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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

      grid-column-gap: 2.5rem;
    }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 990px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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








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


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 

















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JOURNALS 


OF THE Pm 0 oY 2 











From FEsBRoARY the Sth, 1839, 


In the Seconp Year of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA, 


To DECEMBER the 12th, 1839, 


In the Tu1rp YEAR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA. 


a 


Sess. 1839. 


ne 











Printed by Order of The House of Commons. 














Vou. 94, A2 






















JOURNALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 








VOL. 94. 














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Message to 
attend 
Her Majesty. 


Writs issued 
in the Recess, 


Sandwich Writ. 


‘ower Hamlets 
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Clonme! Writ. 





JOUR 


NALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE of 


COMMONS. 





Sess. 1839. 








Martis, 5° die Februarit ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


MESSAGE from Her Majesty, by Mr. Pul- 
man, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Queen commands this Honourable House to 
attend Her Majesty, immediately, in the House of 
Peers. 

a 


Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to attend 


er Majesty :—And being returned ; 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That, in pur- 
suance of the directions of the Act 24 Geo. 3, 


_¢. 26, he had issued his Warrants to the Clerk of 


the Crown in Great Britain, to make out new 
Writs for the election of Members to serve in 
Parliament for the Borough of Chipping Wycombe, 
in the room of the Honourable Robert John Smith, 
now Lord Carrington, called up to the House of 
Peers ; and, for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in 
the room of the Right honourable Robert Cutlar 
Fergusson, deceased. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Baron to serve im this present 
Parliament for the Town and Port of Sandwich, in 
the room of Sir James Rivett Carnac, Baronet, who, 
since his election for the said Town and Port, hath 
accepted the office of Lieutenant-Governor of Her 
Majesty’s Presidency of Bombay. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his. Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of the Tower Hamlets, 
in the room of the Right Honourable Stephen 
Lushington, who, since his election for the said 
Borough, hath accepted the office of Judge of Her 
Majesty’s High Court of Admiralty. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 


to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out 
Vou. 94. 


a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of Clon- 
mel, in the room of the Right Honourable Nicholas 
Ball, who, since his election for the said Borough, 
hath accepted the office of Judge of Her Majesty’s 
Court of Common Pleas in Ireland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Buckingham 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ County Writ. 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the County of Bucking- 
ham, in the room of the Marquis of Chandos, now 
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, called up to the 
House of Peers. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Cavan County 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make out Writ- 
a new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire 
to serve in this present Parliament for the County 
of Cavan, in the room of Henry Mazwell, Esquire, 
now Lord Farnham, a Peer of the United Kingdom. 


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


Mr. Speaker reported, That the House had, this Mr. Speaker 
day, attended Her Majesty in the House of Peers, reports Her 
where Her Majesty was pleased to make a most ,°s* 
— Speech from the Throne to both Houses of 

arliament; of which Mr, Speaker said he had, for 
greater accuracy, obtained a copy; which he read 
to the House, as followeth ; 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


I rejoice to meet you again in Parliament. I am 
particularly desirous of recurring to your advice and 
assistance at a period when many matters of great 
importance demand your serious and deliberate at- 
tention. 

_ I continue to receive from Foreign Powers gra- 
tifying assurances of their desire to maintain with 
Me the most friendly relations. 

I have concluded with the Emperor of Austria a 

Treaty of Commerce, which I trust will extend and 





improve the intercourse between My subjects and 
tr of the Emperor. 


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4, 


I have also concluded with the Sultan a Treaty 
of the same kind, calculated to place the Commercial 
relations between My dominions and the Turkish 
Empire upon a better and more secure footing. 

I have directed Copies of these Treaties to be laid 
before you. 

I have been engaged, in concert with Austria, 
France, Prussia and Russia, in Negociations, with a 
view to a final Settlement of the Differences between 
Holland and Belgium. 

A Definitive Treaty of Peace, founded upon an- 
terior arrangements, which have been acceded to 
by both parties, has in consequence been proposed 
to the Butch and Belgian Governments. I have 
the satisfaction to inform you that the Dutch Go- 
vernment has already signified to the Conference 
its acceptance of that Treaty, and I trust that a 
similar announcement from the Belgian Government 
will put an end to that disquietude which the present 
unsettled state of these affairs has necessarily pro- 
duced. The unanimity of the Five Allied Powers 
- hy a satisfactory security for the preservation of 

eace. 

I lament the continuance of the Civil War in 
Spain, which engages My anxious and undiminished 
attention. 

Differences which have arisen have occasioned the 
retirement of My minister from the Court of Teheran. 
I indulge, however, the hope of learning that a satis- 
factory adjustment of these differences will allow 
of the re-establishment of My relations with Persia 
upon their former footing of friendship. 

Events connected with the same differences have 
induced the Governor General of India to take 
measures for protecting British Interests in that 
Quarter of the World, and to enter into engage- 
ments, the fulfilment of which may render mit 
operations necessary. For this purpose such pre- 
parations have been made as may be sufficient to 
resist aggression from any quarter, and to maintain 
the integrity of My eastern dominions. 

The Reform and Amendment of the Municipal 
Corporations of Ireland are essential to the interests 
of that part of My dominions. 

It is also urgent that you should apply yourselves 
to the prosecution and completion of those Measures 
which have been recommended by the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners of England, for the purpose of in- 
creasing the efficiency of the Established Church, 
and of confirming its hold upon the affections and 
respect of My people. 

e better enforcement of the Law, and the more 
speedy and certain Administration of Justice, are of 
the first importance to the welfare of the community ; 
and I feel assured that you will be anxious to devote 
yourselves to the examination of the Measures which 
will be submitted to you for the purpose of attaining 
these beneficial results. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


I have directed the Annual Estimates to be pre- 
pared, and laid before you. 

Adhering to the principles of economy, which it 
is My desire to enforce in every department of the 
State, I feel it My duty to recommend that adequate 
provision be made for the exigencies of the Public 
Service. 

I fully rely on your loyalty and patriotism to 
maint.in the efficiency of those establishments which 
are essential to the strength and security of the 
country. : 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


It is with great satisfaction that I am enabled to 
inform you, that throughout the whole of My West 
Indian Possessions the period fixed by law for the 
final and complete Emancipation of the Negroes has 
been anticipated by Acts of the Colonial Legislatures; 
and that the transition from the tempo system 
of Apprenticeship to entire Freedom has taken place 


5° Februari. 




















A. 1839. 


without any disturbance of public order and tran- 
quillity. Any Measures which may be necessary, 
in order to give full effect to this great and beneficial 
change, will, I have no doubt, receive your careful 
attention. 

I have to acquaint you, with deep concern, that 
the Province of Lower Canada has again been dis- 
turbed by Insurrection, and that hostile incursions 
have been made into Upper Canada by certain 
lawless inhabitants of the United States of North 
America. 

These violations of the public peace have been 
promptly suppressed by the valour of My forces 
and the loyalty of My Canadian subjects. 

The President of the United States has called 
upon the citizens of the Union to abstain from pro- 
ceedings so incompatible with the friendly relations 
which subsist between Great Britain and the United 
States. 

I have directed full information upon all these 
matters to be laid before you, and I recommend the 
present state of these Provinces to your serious con- 
sideration. : 

1 rely upon you to support My firm determination 
to maintain the authority of My Crown; and I trust 
that your wisdom will adopt such Measures as will 
secure to those parts of My empire the benefit of 
internal tranquillity, and the full advantages of their 
own great natural resources. . 

I have observed with pain the persevering efforts 
which have been made in some parts of the country 
to excite My subjects to disobedience and resistance 
to the law, and to recommend dangerous and illegal 

ractices. For the counteraction of all such designs 

depend upon the efficacy of. the law, which it will 
be My duty to enforce, upon the good sense and 
right disposition of My people, upon their attach- 
ment to the principles of justice,-and their abhor- 
rence of violence and disorder. 

I confidently commit all these great interests to 
your wisdom ; and I implore Almighty God to assist 
and prosper your counsels. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Motion for 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 4¢4ress 


Majesty, to thank Her Majesty for Her most gracious 
Speech from the Throne : 

To assure Her Majesty, that we fully te 
Her Majesty’s particular desire to recur to the advice 
and assistance of Her Parliament, at a period when 
many matters of great importance demand our 
serious and deliberate attention : 

To express our satisfaction that Her Majesty con- 
tinues to receive from Foreign Powers gratifying 
assurances of their desire to maintain with Her Ma- 
Jesty the most friendly relations : 

o thank Her Majesty for informing us, that Her 
Majesty has concluded with the Emperor of Austria 
a Treaty of Commerce, and to declare our partici- 
pation in Her Majesty’s confidence that the pro- 
visions of the Treaty will extend and improve the 
intercourse between Her Majesty’s subjects and 
those of the Emperor : 

To thank! Her Majesty, further, for acquainting 
us that Her Majesty has concluded a Treaty of the 
same kind with the Sultan, calculated to place the 
communications between Her Majesty’s dominions 
and the Turkish Empire upon a better and more 
secure footing ; to thank Her Majesty for having 
directed Copies of these Treaties to be laid before 
us : 
To acknowledge with gratitude the information, 
that Her Majesty has been engaged, in concert with 
Austria, France, Prussia and Russia, in negocia- 
tions, with a view to a final settlement of the dif- 
ferences between Holland and Belgium; that a De- 
finitive Treaty of Peace, founded upon anterior 
arrangements, which have been acceded to by both 

ies, has in consequence been proposed to the 

utch and Belgian Governments : 


To 














2 Vicroriz£. 


To express the lively satisfaction with which we 
learn that the Dutch Government has already sig- 
nified to the Conference its acceptance of that 
Treaty ; and we trust that a similar announcement 
from the Belgian Government will put an end to 
that disquietude which the present unsettled state 
of these affairs has necessarily produced : 

To assure Her Majesty, that we agree with Her 
Majesty in lamenting the continuance of the Civil 
War in Spain, and that we are satisfied that this 
subject engages Her Majesty’s anxious and undi- 
minished attention : 

To assure Her Majesty, that we feel deep con- 
- cern to learn that differences which have arisen 
have occasioned the retirement’of Her minister from 
the Court of Teheran, but that we hear with satis- 
faction that Her Majesty indulges the hope that a 
satisfactory adjustment of these differences will 
allow of the re-establishment of Her Majesty’s 
relations with Persia upon their former footing of 
friendship : 

To thank Her Majesty for the information, that 
events connected with the same differences have 
induced the Governor General of India to take 
measures for protecting British interests in that 
quarter of the world, and to enter into engagements, 
the fulfilment of which may render military opera- 
tions necessary ; and that for this purpose such pre- 
parations have been made as may be sufficient to 
resist aggression from any quarter, and to maintain 
the integrity of Her Majesty’s eastern dominions : 

To assure Her Majesty of our concurrence with 
Her Majesty, that the reform and amendment of 
the Municipal Corporations of Zreland are essential 
to the interests of that part of Her Majesty’s do- 
minions : 

To assure Her Majesty that we will apply our- 
selves to the prosecution and completion of those 
measures which have been recommended by the 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners of England, for the 
purpose of increasing the efficiency of the Esta- 
blished Church, and of confirming its hold upon the 
affection and respect of Her people: 

To declare our entire agreement with Her Ma- 
jesty, that the better enforcement of the law, and 
the more speedy and certain administration of justice, 
are of the first importance to the welfare of the com- 
munity; and that Her Majesty may securely rely 
upon our anxiety to devote ourselves to the examina- 
tion of the measures which will be submitted to us for 
the purpose of attaining these beneficial results : 


To thank Her Majesty for directing the Annual | - 


Estimates to be prepared and laid before us : 
To express our satisfaction that, adhering to the 
rinciples of economy, Her Majesty feels it to be 
Her duty to recommend that adequate ‘provision be 
made for the exigencies of the Public Service: That 
Her Majesty may fully rely on our loyalty and 
patriotism, to maintain the efficiency of those esta- 
blishments which are essential to the strength and 
security of the country : 

To assure Her Majesty that we heartily partici- 
pate in the satisfaction with which Her Majesty is 
enabled to inform us, that, throughout the whole of 
Her Majesty’s West Indian Possessions, the period 
fixed by law for the final and complete emancipation 
of the Negroes has been anticipated by Acts of the 
Colonial Legislatures ; and that the transition from 
the temporary state of apprenticeship to entite free- 
dom, has taken place without any disturbance of 
— order and tranquillity; and to assure Her 

ajesty, that we will give our careful attention to 
‘such measures as may be necessary, in order to give 
full effect to this great and beneficial change : 

To .assure Her Majesty, that we share the deep 
concern which Her Majesty has felt, in acquainting 
us that the Province of Lower.Canadahas again 
been disturbed by Insurrection, and that hostile in- 
cursions have been made into Upper Canada by 
—_ ih. inhabitants of the United States of 

OL, 94. 


5° Februari. 





5 


North America; that we rejoice that these violations 
of the public peace have been promptly suppressed 
by the valour of Her Majesty’s forces, and the 
loyalty of Her Majesty’s Canadian subjects ; that 
we hear with satisfaction that the President of the 
United States has called upon the citizens of the 
Union to abstain -from proceedings so incompatible 
with the friendly relations whieh subsist between 
Great Britain and the United States; to return to 


Her Majesty our humble thanks for having been 


graciously pleased to direct that full information 
upon all these matters should be laid before us; and 
to assure Her Majesty that we will take the present 
state of these Provinces into our serious considera- 
tion, and that Her Majesty may rely upon us to 
support Her Majesty’s firm determination to main- 
tain the authority of the Crown ; and to express our 
hope that we shall be able to adopt such measures 
as will secure to those parts of Her Majesty’s empire 
the benefit of internal tranquillity, and the full ad- 
vantages of their own great natural resources : 

To assure Her Majesty, that it is with equal pain 
that we have observed the persevering efforts which 
have been made in some parts of the country to 
excite Her Majesty’s subjects to disobedience and 
to resistance to the law, and to recommend dan- 
gerous and illegal practices; that for the counter- 
action of all such designs we entirely concur with 
Her Majesty in depending upon the efficiency of the 
law, which it will be Her Majesty’s duty to enforce, 
upon the good sense and right disposition of Her 
Majesty’s people, upon their attachment “to the 
principles of justice, and their abhorrence of violence 
and disorder : 

To assure Her Majesty that we will consider all 
these great interests, thus committed to us, and 
join fervently in Her Majesty’s prayer, that Almighty 
God may assist and prosper our counsels. 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“ and to assure Her Majesty that, as the amend- 
ment of the Representative system enacted in 
1832 has disappomted Her Majesty’s people, and 
as that measure is not and cannot be final, Her 
mn met Ne faithful Commons will take into théir 
early consideration the further Reform of the 
Commons House of Parliament.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there added ; 
- The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 
Yeas, UMr. Ward: on 
Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John Stanley, . 
Noes, UMr. Robert Steuart: Jaze. 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Then the main Question being put ; 


“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Resolution 
to Her Majesty, to thank Her Majesty for Her most fr Address. 


gracious Speech from the Throne : 

To assure Her Majesty, that we fully appreciate 
Her Majesty’s particular desire to recur to the ad- 
vice and assistance of Her Parliament, at a period 
when many matters of great importance demand our 
serious and deliberate attention : 

To express our satisfaction, that Her Majesty 
continues to receive from Foreign Powers pratiiying: 
assurances of their desire to maintain with Her 
Majesty the most friendly relations : 

to thank Her Majesty for informing us, that Her 
Majesty has concluded with the Emperor of Austria 
a Treaty of Commerce, and ‘to declare our partici- 
pation in Her Majesty’s confidence that the pro- 
visions of the Treaty will extend and improve the 
intercourse between Her Majesty’s subjects and 
those of the Emperor : 

To thank » Her Majesty, further, 


for acquainting 
us that Her Majesty 


as concluded a Treaty of the 





B3 same 
































6 5° Februariz. 


same kind with the Sultan, calculated to place the 
communications between Her Majesty’s dominions 
and the Turkish Empire upon a better and more 
secure footing : to thank Her Majesty for having 
directed Copies of these Treaties to be laid before us: 

To acknowledge with gratitude the information, 
that Her Majesty has been engaged, in cuncert 
with Austria, France, Prussia and Russia, in nego- 
ciations, with a view to a final settlement of the 
differences between Holland and Belgium; that a 
Definitive Treaty of Peace, founded upon anterior 
arrangements, which have been acceded to by both 
parties, has in consequence been proposed to the 
Dutch and Belgian Governments : 

To express the lively satisfaction with which we 
learn that the Dutch Government has already signi- 
fied to the Conference its acceptance of that Treaty ; 
and we trust that a similar announcement from the 
Belgian Government will put an end to that dis- 
quietude which the present unsettled state of these 
affairs has somber produced : 

To assure Her Majesty, that we agree with Her 
Majesty in lamenting the continuance of the Civil 
War in Spain, and that we are satisfied that this 
subject engages Her Majesty’s anxious and un- 
diminished attention : 

To assure Her Majesty, that we feel deep concern 
to learn that differences which have arisen have oc- 
casioned the retirement of Her minister from the 
Court of Teheran, but that we hear with satisfac- 
tion that Her Majesty indulges the hope that a 
satisfattory adjustment of these differences will al- 
low of the re-establishment of Her Majesty’s rela- 
tions with Persia upon their former footing of 
friendship : 

To thank Her Majesty for the information, that 
events connected with the same differences have in- 
duced the Governor General of India to take mea- 
sures for protecting British interests in that quarter 
of the world, and to enter into engagements, the 
fulfilment of which may render military operations 
necessary ; and that for this purpose such prepara- 
tions have been made as may be sufficient to resist 
aggression from any quarter, and to maintain the 
integrity of Her Majesty’s eastern dominions : 

To assure Her Majesty of our concurrence with 
Her Majesty, that the reform and amendment of 
the Municipal Corporations of Ireland are essential 
to the interests of that part of Her Majesty’s do- 
minions : 

To assure Her Majesty, that we will apply our- 
selves to the prosecution and completion of those 
measures which have been recommended by the 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners of England, for the 
ae of increasing the efficiency of the Esta- 
blished Church, and of confirming its hold upon 
the affection and respect of Her people : 

To declare our entire agreement with Her Majesty, 
that the better enforcement of the law, and the 
more speedy and certain administration of justice, 
are of the first importance to the welfare of the 
community; and that Her Majesty may securely 
rely upon our anxiety to devote ourselves to the 
examination of the measures which will be sub- 
mitted to us for the purpose of obtaining these 
beneficial results : 

To thank Her Majesty for directing the Annual 
Estimates to be prepared and laid before us: 

‘To express our satisfaction that, adhering to the 
i wea of economy, Her Majesty feels it to be 
er duty to recommend that adequate provision be 
made for the exigencies of the Public Service: that 
Her Majesty may fully rely on our loyalty and 
triotism, to maintain the efficiency of those Esta- 
lishments which are essential to the strength and 
security of the country : 

To assure Her Majesty that we heartily parti- 
cipate in the satisfaction with which Her Majesty is 
enabled to inform us, that, throughout the whole of 
Her Majesty’s West Indian possessions, the period 


A. 1839. 


fixed by law for the final and complete emancipation 
of the Negroes has been anticipated by Acts of the 
Colonial Legislatures ; and that the transition from 
the temporary state of apprenticeship to entire free- 
dom, has taken place without any disturbance of 
iene order and tranquillity; and to assure Her 

ajesty, that we will give our careful attention to 
such measures as may be necessary, in order to give 
full effect to this great and beneficial change : 

To assure Her Majesty, that we share the deep 
concern which Her Majesty has felt in acquainting us 
that the Province of Lower Canada has again been 
disturbed by Insurrection, and that hostile incursions 
have been made into Upper Canada by certain law- 
less inhabitants of the Hited States of North Ame- 
rica: that we rejoice that these violations of the 
public peace have been promptly suppressed by the 
valour of Her Majesty’s forces, and the loyalty of 
Her Majesty’s Canadian subjects: that we hear 
‘with satisfaction that the President of the United 
| States has called upon the citizens of the Union to 
abstain from proceedings so incompatible with the 
friendly relations which subsist between Great Bri- 
tain and the United States: to return to Her Ma- 
jesty our humble thanks for having been graciously 
pleased to direct that full information upon all these 
matters should be laid before us; and to assure Her 
Majesty that we will take the present state of these 
Provinces into our serious consideration, and that 
Her Majesty may rely upon us to support Her 
Majesty’s firm determination to maintain the autho- 
rity of the Crown; and to express our hope that 
we shall be able to adopt such measures as will 
secure to those parts of Her Majesty’s empire the 
benefit of internal tranquillity, and the full advan- 
tages of their own great natural resources : 

To assure Her Majesty, that it is with equal _ 
that we have observed the persevering efforts which 
have been made in some parts of the country 
to excite Her Majesty’s subjects to disobedience, 
|and to resistance to the law, and to recommend 
dangerous and illegal practices ; that for the counter- 
action of all such designs we entirely concur with 
Her Majesty in depending upon the efficiency of 
the law, which it will be Her Majesty’s duty to en- 
force, upon the good sense and right disposition of 
Her Majesty’s people, upon their attachment to the 
ae of justice, and their abhorrence of vio- 

ence and disorder : 

To assure Her Majesty that we will consider all 
these great interests, thus committed to us, and 
join fervently in Her Majesty’s prayer, that Almighty 
God may assist and prosper our counsels. 








up an Address to be presented to Her Majesty upon 
the said Resolution:—And a Committee was ap- 
ointed of Mr. Edward Buller, Mr. George William 
ood, Lord John Russell, Lord Viscount Palmerston, 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Hob- 
house, Mr. Poulett Thomson, Lord Viscount Mor- 
eth, Lord Viscount Howick, Mr. Attorney General, 
r. Solicitor General, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Bor Maule, 
Mr. Edward John Stanley, Mr. Baring, Mr. Robert 
Steuart, or any Five of them ; and they are to with- 
draw immediatel 


Committee. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Registered 
Electors in each County, City, Borough or Town in 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ; 


City, Town or Borough, or Cinque Port; showing, 
in columns, the Number registered under the various 
ualifications of Freeholders, Leaseholders, Tenants, 
ouseholders or Freemen, or under whatever other 
qualification ; 








Ordered, That a Committee be = aes to draw ay seo 
o draw up 
Address. 





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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Electors. 


distinguishing each Division of County, and each, 





Tit 
tati 


Sta 


Ex 


Fac 


Wes 
Elec 


Roy: 
Excl 


New 
Stan 








Tithes Commu- 
tation. 


Newspaper 
Stamps. 


Royal 
Exchange. 


Factories. 


Westmeath 
Election. 


Royal 
Exchange. 


Newspaper 
Stamps. 


2 Vicroriz. 


qualification ; together with an Abstract of the 
whole. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Agreements for the Commutation of 
Tithes, which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners, from the Ist day of May 1838 to 
the 1st day of January 1839. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Stamps issued to the 
several Newspapers in the United Kingdom, in the 
quarters ended the 30th day of June, the 30th day 
of September, and the 31st day of December 1838 ; 
sandiites each Newspaper by name, and the Num- 
ber of Stamps issued each month, during those 
periods, to each Newspaper. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Correspondence which has passed 
between the Treasury, the Royal Exchange Com- 
mittee of the Corporation of London, and any other 
Persons, relating to the re-building of the Royal 
Exchange. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number and Names of the 
Persons summoned for Offences against the Factory 
Act, between the Ist day of January 1838 and the 
Ist day of January 1839; specifying the Date of the 
Conviction or Hearing, the Place of Hearing, by 
whom each Conviction was made, the Place in which 
the Offence was committed, the precise nature of 
the Offence in each case, and the manner in which 
the Penalties and Costs are appropriated. 

Ordered, That the said Addvess be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Mercuri, 6° die Februarii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received a Copy of the Minutes of the Pro- 
ceedings of the Commissioners appointed to examine 
Evidence in Ireland respecting certain matters re- 
ferred to them by the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the merits of the Petition com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
County of Westmeath, and that, in pursuance of the 
Act 42 Geo. 3, c. 106, for regulating the trial of Con- 
troverted Elections in Jreland, he had, by Warrant 
imserted in the London Gazette, directed the said 
Select Committee to re-assemble and meet again 
upon Tuesday, the 19th day of February instant, 
at twelve of the clock at noon, to take the proceed- 
ings of the said Commissioners into consideration. 


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—Copies of all Correspondence which has taken 
place between the Treasury, the Royal Exchange 
Committee of the Corporation of London, and an 
other Persons on the subject of re-building the 
Royal Exchange. 

eturns of the Number of Stamps issued to the 
several Newspapers in the United Kingdom, in the 
Quarters ended the 30th day of June, the 30th day 
of September, and the 31st day of December 1838; 
specifying each Newspaper by name, and the Num- 
ber of Stamps issued each month, during those 
Periods, to each Newspaper. 

Vou. 94, 


5°—6° Februariz. 





7 


Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the direc- Herring 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Report by the F#"*y- 
Commissioners for the Herring Fishery, of their 
Proceedings, in year ended 5th April 1838, being 
Fishing 1837. 

Copy of Warrant granting Compensation to John 
Munro, Ordinary ecu of the Court of Session 
(Scotland), year 1838 :—And then he withdrew. 

. ares That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Shop- Newark 
keepers, Traders and other Inhabitants of the Smal! Debts. 
borough of Newark, or the several parishes, town- 
ships and places thereinafter mentioned, in the 
counties of Nottingham and Lincoln, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for the more easy and speedy reco- 
very of Small Debts in the said borough, and in the 
said parishes, gi ane and places, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of, or Owners or Oc- Eckington 
cupiers of property, or carrying on business within 5™l! Debts. 
the parish of Eckington, and the several parishes, 
townships, hamlets and places in the county of 
Derby thereinafter mentioned, or some or one of 
them, for leave to bring in a Bill for the more easy 
and speedy recovery of Small Debts in the said 
parishes, townships and places, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Preston, in the Preston Gas. 
county of Lancaster, and of the precincts and 
neighbourhood thereof, for leave to me in a Bill 
for lighting the said borough and the precincts and 
neighbourhood thereof with Gas, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Court of Session 
(Scotland.) 


A Petition of the Preston and Wyre Railway and Preston and 
Harbour Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for Wyre Railway. 
amending two Acts passed in the 5th and 6th, 
and in the 7th years of the reign of his late Ma~- 
jesty, “for making a Railway from Preston to Wyre, 
and for improving the Harbour of Wyre, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster,” and for enabling the 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Unstone 
Inclosure, 


A Petition of Proprietors of estates within the 
manor of Unstone, in the parish of Dronfield, in the 
county of Derby, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
dividing, allotting and inclosing certain Commons 
and Waste Grounds within the said manor and pa- 
rish, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Tradesmen and Resi- Wirksworth 
dents of Wirksworth, and several other parishes, Small Debts. 
townships and places in the counties of Derby and 
Stafford, for leave to bring in a Bill for the more 
easy and speedy recovery of Small Debts within 
the said parishes, townships and places, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the London and Southampton Rail- London and 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for Southampton 
making a Branch Railway from the London and semrey ed 
Southampton Railway in or near the parish of South yy." ——— 
Stoneham, in the county of Southampton, to Gos- 
port, in the said county, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Traders and Inhabitants of Bury, Bury (Lan- 
and several other places in the county palatine of caster) Small 


Y | Lancaster, for leave to bring in a Bill for the more Debts. 


speedy and easy recovery of Small Debts, within 
the said town, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Messrs. Pemberton, Crawley and Metropolis 
Gardiner, praying that leave may be given to the Water. 
Short-hand Writers and Committee Clerks who at- 
tended the Select Committees on Metropolis Water, 
in Sessions 1828 and 1834, to attend a trial in the 

B4 Court 

















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aes a 





a 


To aw. 


———— 


&gt; . eaten Ot an ee 
Toe a td A GR em . 


Aberbrothwick 
Harbour. 


Cullompton 
Road. 


Nottingham 
and Mansfield 
Sma!l Debts. 


Corn Laws. 


Hay tian Coffee. 


8 6° Februariz. 


Court of Exchequer, Westminster, and produce the 
notes of the evidence, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be te to the said several 
parties to attend accordingly. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Town Council, Mer- 
chants, Ship-owners, Land-owners and others, In- 
habitants of the royal burgh of Aberbrothwick, 
connected with the Port and Harbour thereof; and 
also of others resident in the neighbourhood of the 
said royal burgh, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
maintaining and improving the Harbour of Aber- 
brothwick, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
making and maintaining a Carriage Road from 
Padbrooke Bridge, in the Parish of Cullompton, to 
Hazel Stone, in the Parish of Broadclist, in the 
County of Devon, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
enlarging the powers and provisions of the said Act, 
and for varying and altering the Tolls, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Traders and Inhabitants of the 
parishes of Saint Mary, Saint Peter and Saint Ni- 
cholas, in the town and county of the town of Not- 
tingham, and of the parish of Mansfield, in the 
county of Nottingham, and of several other parishes 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small 
Debts within the said town and parishes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


. Petitions from the Chamber of Commerce and 
Manufactures of Greenock ;— Lyme Regis and 
Charmouth ;—and, Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Edinburgh ; praying for the repeal of 
the Corn Laws,— were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Merchants, 
Manufacturers and other Inhabitants of the Burgh 
of Dundee, was presented and read; setting forth, 
That the Inhabitants of Hayti,since they established 
their independence, have always shown a strong 
desire to be on friendly terms with Great Britain ; 
and that until the year 1824, British manufactures 
were admitted into Hayti at a duty of seven per 
cent,, while those of other nations were charged 
twelve per cent.; that this preference was only 
withdrawn in consequence of the British Govern- 
ment having refused to acknowledge the independ- 
ence of Hayti, when they recognised the independ- 
ence of the new States in South America; that 
the Haytian people prefer the manufactures of 
Great Britain to those of any other country, and 

ive a decided preference to the linens manufactured 
mm Dundee over those produced in Germany and 
France; they are more extensive purchasers of 
Dundee linens than the greatest of our own colo- 
nies; that the chief production of Hayti is coffee, 
and that consequently the Petitioners are under the 
necessity of taking large quantities of that article 
in payment of their linens; indeed, it is almost the 
only commodity which can be got in return for 
goods sent to that country; that Haytian coffee 
cannot be disposed of in Great Britain, as it is 
subjected to a duty of 1s. 3d. per pound, while 
coffee from the British Colonies pays only 6d. per 
pound; that in consequence of the prohibitory duty 
on Haytian coffee in this country, the Petitioners 
are under the necessity of sending what of that 
article they receive in payment for their linens, to 
Hamburg and re for sale, by which their pro- 
perty is put under the control of foreign agents, 
and subjected to heavy charges, the Petitioners 
thereby not only losing the control of their pro- 
perty, but putting the profits of commission and 
charges into the pockets of their German and Bel- 
gian competitors in the'trade to Hayti; that coffee 
ean be imported from Hayti at present, and sold in 

















A. 1839. 


Great Britain exclusive of duty, at about 44s. per 
ewt., of a quality fully as good as that from the 
British Colonies, which, in consequence of the dis- 
criminating duties now sells at 100s.; that the 
Petitioners would be much relieved and their trade 
promoted and increased by such a reduction of the 
duty on Haytian coffee, as would enable them to 
sell it for consumption in this country ; ‘that thereby 
the revenue would also be benefited, because the 
consumption of coffee would be much increased 
were the price of it reduced; and the growers of it 
in the British Colonies would also find sufficient 
demand on the British market, since it is well 
known, that at present they can scarcely supply 
the quantity which is required; and praying the 
House to take these circumstances into their 
favourable consideration, and to make such a reduc- 
tion in the duty on Haytian coffee as will remove 
the evils of which they so justly complain. 

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


A Petition of Jacob Lebright, of Brighton, in Registration 
the county of Sussex, late a Sergeant in the Tenth of Fectors. 
Royal Hussars, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That, under the plea of being an alien, the 
Petitioner has been struck out of the list of Elec- 
tors for the Borough of Brighton, although he has 
been a householder in that Borough for upwards of 
twenty-three years, and paying all rates and taxes 
during that period; that the Petitioner during the 
late wars, served under Sir Ralph Abercromby and 
the Duke of Wellington, and was twice severely. 
wounded ; and that after a long and faithful service 
was discharged at the general peace on a pension ;. 
that the Petitioner, after thus Pies fighting 
the battles of his king and country, and retiring 
from the army to enjoy the rights of a British sub- 
ject, now most unexpectedly finds himself deprived 
of the elective franchise which had been conferred 
upon him by the Reform Bill, upon the plea of his 
being born in Germany ; that the Petitioner deeply 
feels this mortification, and cannot understand that, 
whilst he is called upon to act in aid of the civil 
power as a special constable, and to contribute to 
all rates and taxes, he should be considered unfit to 
give his vote for a Member of Parliament ; and 
praying the House to take his case into considera- 
tion, with the view of causing such an amendment 
of the law, as will no longer exclude himself and 
many others of Her Majesty’s loyal subjects from 
enjoying the privilege of the elective franchise. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stobo, praying for Church of 
an increase of church accommodation in Scotland, Scotland. 


was praentee, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to the direc- Municipal 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Abstract of Boroughs. 
the Statement of Monies received and expended on 
account of certain Boroughs in England and Wales. 

Returns of Sickness and. Mortality experienced Friendly 
by Friendly Societies. — 

Copy of’ an Act of Sederunt, reducing and regu- Commissary 
lating the Table of Fees exigible by the Commis- Clerk (Rdin- 
“ny Clerk of Edinburgh. =e) 

t. Fox Maule also presented, by Her Majesty’s Religious 
command,—Copies of the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and sacnbnt) 
9th Reports made by the Commissioners of Reli- Stn 
gious Instruction, Scotland. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to an Justices of 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the srd day of Pesce (Lanath) 
August, in the last Session of Parliament,—A 
Return, showing, in columns, the Number of Cases 
tried before the Justices of Peace of the Lower 
Ward of Lanarkshire, at the instance of the Fiscal 
to the Justice of Peace Court, or upon Information, 
or howsoever originated, where Fines have been 

prosecuted 








Debt 
(Scot 


Orde 


Peti 
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(Gre 


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Debtors 
(Scotland.) 


Orders and 
Resolutions. 
Petitions 
against Returns 
(Great Britain.) 


D° - (Ireland.) 


Transmission 
of Petitions 
from Ireland. 


Double 
Returns, 


2 VictToriz. 


prosecuted for and Expenses awarded against Delin- 
quents, under the following heads, during the years 
1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838, viz. Cases for Breach 
of the Excise Laws; for selling Wine, Spirits or 
Ale, or other Liquors, on Sundays; or for Breach 
of the Glasgow Bridewell Act, or any other Act of 
Parliament under which Fines are imposed by Jus- 
tices of the Peace ; showing the Expenses as taxed in 
each case, and the Name of the Recipient of the said 
Expenses; the Amount of Fine imposed; the Amount 
paid by the Party ; the Application of the same, and 
the Names and Employments of the Persons to 
whom Fines or Shares of Fines have been paid; the 
Authority for levying the Amount of the Expenses 
decerned for, and the Application of the Fines im- 
posed ; also, the Sums Total of Fines and Expenses 
as taxed in each year, in separate columns. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of 
August, in the last Session of Parliament,—A 
Return of the Number of Persons imprisoned for 
Civil Debts in the different Gaols in Scotland, for 
the first Three months of the year 1838; distin- 
guishing whether the Persons were imprisoned for 
Debts not exceeding £.8 6s. 8d. stenting (£.100 
Scots), or for Civil Debts exceeding that sum. 

‘ gues That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That all persons who will question any Re- 
turns of Members to serve in Parliament, for an 
County, City, Borough or Place in Great Britain, do 
question the same within fourteen days next, and so 
within fourteen days next after any new Return 
shall be brought in:—And a Debate arising there- 
upon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be adjourned till To-morrow : 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That all persons who will question any 
Returns of Members to serve in Parliament for any 
County, City, Borough or Place in Great Britain, 
do question the same within fourteen days next, and 
so within fourteen days next after any new Return 
shall be brought in. 

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

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

Ordered, That all Members who are returned for 
two or more places in any part of the United King- 
dom, do make their Election for which of the places 


they will Serve, within one week from and after the 
OL. 94 





6° Februarit. 9 


expiration of the fourteen days before limited for 
presenting Petitions, provided there be no question 
upon the Return for that place ; and if any thing 
shall come in question touching the Return or Elec- 
tion of any Member, he is to withdraw during the 
time the matter is in debate ; and that all Members 
returned upon double Returns do withdraw till their 
Returns are determined. 


Ordered, That all persons who shall question any Petitions 


Return of Members to serve in the present Parlia- alleging 


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


ribery. 


Resolved, That no Peer of this Realm, except such Peers, 


Peers of Ireland as shall for the time being be ac- 
tually elected, and shall not have declined to serve, 
for any County, City or Borough of Great Britain, 
hath any right to give his vote in the election of any 
Member to serve in Parliament. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That it is a high infringement of the liberties and 
privileges of the Commons of the United Kingdom, 
for any Lord of Parliament, or other Peer or Pre- 


Y | late, not being a Peer of Ireland at the time elected, 


and not having declined to serve for any County, 
City or Borough of Great Britain, to concern him- 
self in the Election of Members to serve for the 


|\Commons in Parliament, except only any Peer of 


Ireland, at such Elections in Great Britain respec- 
tively, where such Peer shall appear as a Candidate, 
or, by himself, or any others, be proposed to be 
elected ; or for any Lord Lieutenant or Governor 
of any County to avail himself of any authority 
derived from his Commission, to influence the Elec- 
tion of any Member to serve for the Commons in 
Parliament ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Robert Steuart, 1157 
Yeas, Mr. Edward John Stanley: 5 ~~“ 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hume, 18 
Noes, Mr. O'Connell : } ; 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person Bribery. 


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


Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person Witnesses, 


hath been tampering with any Witness, in respect of 
his evidence to be given to this House, or any Com- 
mittee thereof, or directly or indirectly hath endea- 
voured to deter or hinder any person from appear- 
ing or giving evidence, the same is declared to be a 
high crime and misdemeanor ; and this House will 
proceed with the utmost severity against such of- 
fender. 

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


Ordered, That the Serjeant-at-Arms attending Strangers. 


this House do, from time to time, take into his 
custody any Stranger or Strangers that he shall see 
or be informed of to be, in the House or wears Sy 
while the House, or any Committee of the who 
House, is sitting; and that no person, so taken into 
c custody, 


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Constables. 


Footmen. 


Prayers. 


Letters. 


Votes and 
Proceedings. 


Private Bills, 
No. 1. 


10 6° Februarit. 


custody, be discharged out of custody without the 
special Order of the House. 

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


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


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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Resolved, That this House will not receive any 
Petition for Private Bills after Friday, the 22d day 
of this instant February. 

Resolved, That no Private Bill be read the first 
time after Monday, the 18th day of March next. 

Resolved, That this House will not receive an 
Report of such Private Bill after Monday, the 10 
day of June next. 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be printed. 








A. 1839. 


| Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, Standing 
to whom ghall be referred all Reports from the 0" 


Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, in 
which it shall be stated that any of the Standing 
Orders of this House have not been complied with ; 
and to report their opinion thereupon, from time to 
time, to the House. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Petitions Petitions for 


for Private Bills be appointed. 
Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. ° 


Private Bills, 


Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges be ap~ Privileges. 


pointed. 
Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Printing. 


to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to 
the Printing executed by Order of this House, and 
for the purpose of selecting and arranging for print- 
ing, Returns and Papers presented in pursuance of 
Motions made by Members of this House, which 
may be referred to the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


the House, with the exception of such as complain 
of undue Returns, or relate to Private Bills; and 
that such Committee do classify and prepare Ab- 
stracts of the same, in such form and manner as 
shall appear to them best suited to convey to the 
House all requisite information respecting their con- 
tents, and do report the same from time to time to 
the House ; and that such Reports do in all cases 
set forth the number of Signatures to each Petition: 
and that such Committee have power to direct the 
printing in extenso of such Petitions, or of such parts 
of Petitions, as shall appear to require it; and that 
such Committee have power to report their Observa- 
tions thereupon to the House. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
to inquire what temporary Laws of a public and 
general nature, made by the Parliaments of England 
or Great Britain or Ireland, or of the United King- 
dom, are now in force, and what Laws of the like 
nature, passed by the English, British, Irish, or 
United Parliaments, have expired between the first 
day of the last Session of Parliament and the first 
day of the present Session; and also, what Laws of 
the like nature are about to expire in the course or 
at the end of the present Session, or on or before the 
1st day of August 1840, or in the course or at the 
end of any Session which may commence during 
that period, or in consequence of any contingent 
public event ; and to report the same, with their Ob- 
servations thereupon, to the House. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, Public 
to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented to Petitions. 


Expiring Laws. 


Resolved, That in the present Session of Parlia- Public 


Book for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, shall 
be disposed of, before the House will proceed upon 
any Motions, of which Notices shall be entered in 
the Order Book. 

Resolved, That upon days appropriated to Orders, 
and a Question being put from the Chair, that any 
Order of the day be read, no Amendment shall be 
proposed, except, that the other Orders of the day, 
or that any Order set down for the same day, be 
now read; but that this regulation shall not apply 
to the case of a Committee of Supply, or of a 
Committee of Ways and Means. 

Resolved, That no Notice shall hereafter be given 
beyond the period which shall include the Four days 





next 


ment, all Orders of the day, set down in the Order °° 








2 VicToRIz. 


next following on which Notices are entitled to 
precedence, due allowance being made for any 
intervening adjournment of the House, and the 

riod being in that case so far extended as to 
include Four Notice days falling during the sitting 
of the House. 


Mr. Edward Buller reported. from the Committee 
appointed, yesterday, to draw up an Address to be 
presented to Her Majesty ; That they had drawn 
up an Address accordingly ; and the same was read, 
as followeth : 


Most Gracious Sovereign, 


We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal sub- 
jects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of G'reat 
Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, be 
leave to return Your Majesty our humble thanks for 
Your most gracious Speech from the Throne : 

We fully appreciate Your Majesty’s desire to 
recur to the civics and assistance of Your Parlia- 
ment, at a period when many matters of great im- 
portance demand our serious and deliberate attention: 

We beg to express our satisfaction, that Your 
Majesty continues to receive from Foreign Powers 
gratifying assurances of their desire to maintain with 
Your Majesty the most friendly relations : 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for informing 
us, that Your Majesty has concluded with the Em- 
peror of Austria a Treaty of Commerce, and we 
participate in Your Majesty’s confidence that the 
provisions of the Treaty will extend and improve the 
intercourse between Your Majesty’s subjects and 
those of the Emperor : 

We learn with pleasure that Your Majesty has 
concluded a Treaty of the same kind with the Sultan, 
calculated to place the communications between 
Your Majesty’s dominions and the Turkish Empire 
upon a better and more secure footing; and we thank 

our Majesty for having directed Copies of these 
Treaties to be laid before us : 

We acknowledge with gratitude the information, 
that Your Majesty has been en aged, in concert 
with Austria, France, Prussia and Russia, in Nego- 
ciations, with a view to a final settlement of the 
differences between Holland and Belgium ; and that 
a Definitive Treaty of Peace, founded upon anterior 
arrangements, which have been acceded to by both 
parties, has im consequence been proposed to the 
Dutch and Belgian Governments : 

We learn with much satisfaction, that the Dutch 
Government has already signified to the Conference 
its acceptance of that Treaty ; and we trust that a 
similar announcement from the Belgian Government 
will put an end to that disquietude which the pre- 
sent unsettled state of these affairs has necessarily 
produced : 

We concur with Your Majesty in lamenting the 
continuance of the Civil War in Spain, and we feel 
satisfaction that this subject engages Your Majesty’s 
anxious and undiminished attention : 

We learn with deep concern, that differences 
which have arisen have occasioned the retirement of 
Your Majesty’s minister from the Court of Teheran, 
but we hear with satisfaction that Your Majesty 
indulges the hope that a satisfactory adjustment of 
these differences will allow of the re-establishment 
of Your Majesty’s relations with Persia upon their 
former footing of friendship : 

We thank Your Majesty for the information, that 
events ‘connected with the same differences have 
induced the Governor General of India to take 
measures for protecting British interests in that 
&gt; of the world, and to enter into engagements, 

he fulfilment of which may render military opera- 
tions necessary; and that for this purpose such pre- 
parations have been made as may be sufficient to 
resist aggression from any quarter, and to maintain 
the integrity of Your Majesty’s eastern dominions : 

We concur with Your Majesty, that the reform 


pr ae of the Municipal Corporations of 


6° Februarii. 


5 | patriotism, to maintain the efficiency of those 


11 


freland are essential to the interests of that part of 
Your Majesty’s dominions : 

We assure Your Majesty, that we will apply our- 
selves to the prosecution and completion of those 
measures which have been recommended by the 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners of England, for the 
pers of increasing the efficiency of the Esta- 

lished Church, and of confirming its hold upon the 
affection and respect of Your Majesty’s people : 

We entirely agree with Your Majesty, that the 
better enforcement of the law, and the more speed 
and certain administration of justice, are of the first 
importance to the welfare of the community; and 
Your Majesty may securely rely upon our anxiety 
to devote ourselves to the examination of the mea- 
sures which will be submitted to us for the purpose 
of attaining these beneficial results : 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for directing 
the Annual Estimates to be prepared and laid be- 
fore us : 

We beg leave to express our satisfaction that, 
while adhering to the principles of economy, Your 
Majesty feels it to be Tout duty to recommend that 
adequate provision be made for the exigencies of the 
Public Service : 

Your Majesty may fully rely on our loyalty,and 

sta- 
blishments which are essential to the strength and 
security of the country : 
We assure Your Majesty that we heartily parti- 
cipate in the satisfaction with which Your Majesty 
is enabled to inform us, that, throughout the whole 
of Your Majesty’s West Indian Possessions, the 
period fixed by law for the final and complete eman- 
cipation of the Negroes has been anticipated by Acts 
of the Colonial Legislatures, and that the transition 
from the temporary state of apprenticeship to entire 
freedom has taken place without any disturbance of 
public order and tranquillity ; and we will give our 
careful attention to such measures as may be neces- 
sary, in order to give full effect to this great and 
beneficial change : 


We share the deep concern which Your Majesty 
has felt, in acquainting us that the Province of 
Lower Canada &lt;a again been disturbed by Insur- 
rection, and that hostile incursions have been made 
into Upper Canada by certain lawless inhabitants of 
the United States of Worth America. We rejoice 
that these violations of the public saci have been 
promptly suppressed by the valour of Your Majesty’s 
forces, and the loyalty of Your Majesty’s Canadian 
subjects: we hear with satisfaction that the Pre- 
sident of the United States has called upon the 
citizens of the Union to abstain from proceedings 
so incompatible with the friendly relations which 
subsist between Great Britain and the United States: 
we return Your Majesty our humble thanks for 
having been graciously pleased to direct that full 
information upon all these matters should be laid 
before us; and we assure Your Majesty that we will 
take the present state of these Provinces into our 
serious consideration ; and Your Majesty may rely 
upon us to support Your Majesty’s firm determina- 
tion to maintain the authority of the Crown; and 
we sincerely hope that we shall be able to adopt 
such measures as will secure to those parts of Your 
Majesty’s Empire the benefit of internal tranquillity, 
and the full ms atari of their own great national 
resources. 

We have, equally with Your Majesty, observed 
with pain the persevering efforts which have been 
made in some parts of the country to excite Your 
Majesty’s subjects to disobedience and to resistance 
to the law, and to recommend dangerous and illegal 
practices ; that for the counteraction of all such 
designs we entirely concur with Your Majesty in 
depending upon the efficiency of the law enforced 
by Your Mujesty, upon the good sense and right 
disposition of Your Majesty’s people, upon their 

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Queen’s Speech 
to be con- 
sidered. 


Registrar of 
Hackney 
Carriages. 


The Queen 
appoints to be 
attended. 


Auswer to 
Address. 


Bankruptcies. 





12 6°—7°. Februari. A, 1839. 


attachment to the principles of justice, and their 
abhorrence of violence and disorder. 

We assure Your Majesty that we will consider 
all these great interests thus committed to us, and 
we join fervently in Your Majesty’s prayer, that 
Almighty God may assist and prosper our counsels. 

The said Address being read a second time ; 

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

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

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


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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Appointments to the Office 
of Registrar of Hackney Carriages :—and, of any 
Correspondence which has taken place between the 
Secretary of State for the Home Department and 
the Lords of the Treasury, relating to the said 
Office. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 7° die Februarii ; 


Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 18 39. 
PRAYERS. 





| Fay se John Russell reported to the House, 
That Her Majesty, having been waited upon, 
pennant to their Order of yesterday, humbly to 

now Her Majesty’s pleasure when She will be at- 
tended by this House, had been pleased to appoint 
to be attended this day at half an hour after two 
of the clock, at Buckingham Palace. 


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





Post Meridiem. 

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


I thank you for your loyal and dutiful Address. 

I receive with satisfaction the assurance of your 
support in maintaining the authority of My Crown 
in My Canadian Provinces. I rely with confidence 
on your zealous assistance in upholding the obser- 
vance of the Law, and on your careful consideration 
of the weighty matters which will engage your 
attention. 


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

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


Mr. Whitmore, from the Court of Bankruptcy, 
was called in; and at the bar presented,—Further 
Returns to an Order, dated the 18th day of May 
in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns as 
to Bankruptcies previous to the Act of Parliament, 
1831, appointing Official Assignees to take .posses- 
sion of the Estates:—1. The Names of the Official 
Assignees, and of their Official Residence; 2. 
Names of the Bankrupts previous to the Act, whose 


Estates were taken possession of, in whole or in 
their description and residence ; 3. Dates of 
their Bankruptcies; 4. Amount of Assets of each 
Estate received from the original Assignees; 5. 
Amount of Debts due to the Estates not then re- 
ceived ; 6. Amount of Assets from the Estate since 
received; 7. Amount of further expected Assets 
from the Debts; 8. Amount of Dividends declared 
by the Official Assignees, and dates; 9. Total 
Amount paid to Creditors; 10. Total Amount re- 
maining unpaid to Creditors; 11. Expense charged 
for Assignees, Commission and Allowances; 12. 
Expense charged to the estate for petty charges; 
13. Balance of Cash in each Account, debiting the 
same only with the Cash paid away and Charges ; 
14. How the Balance is disposed of, whether paid 
to the Accomptant General; 15. or retained in the 
hands of the Official Assignees for Creditors not 
having yet applied for their Dividends :—The Re- 
ceipts or Payments, on Account of the undivided 
Estates, or of unclaimed Dividends, to be separately 
returned :—And then he withdrew. 

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


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Parrett 
Parrett Navigation for leave to bring in a Bill, to Navigation. 
alter, amend and enlarge the powers and provisions 
of an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign 
of his late Majesty, for improving the Navigation 
of a portion of the River Parrett, and for making 
a navigable canal from the said river to Barrington, 
all in the county of Somerset, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of Estatesor Residents Redruth and 
within or near the parishes and places thereinafter Hayle Roud. 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 
and maintaining a Turnpike-road from the town of 
Redruth to the village of Hayle, in the parish of 
Phillack, both in the county of Cornwall, was 

ered and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Merchants, Tradesmen and Inha- Grantham 
bitants of Grantham and several other parishes and $4! Debts. 
places in the counties of Lincoln and Leicester, for 
leave to bring ina Bill, for the more easy and speedy 
recovery of Small Debts within the said town, and 
parishes and places, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


amending the Roads from Epsom, through Ewell to 
Tooting, and from Ewell to Kingston-upon-Thames 
and Thames Ditton, and across Ewell common 
fields to the Riegate turnpike-road on Borough 
Heath, all in the county of Surrey, for leave to 
bring in a Bill, for altering and amending the powers 
and provisions of the said Acts, and for increasing 
the Tolls, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of Rochdale 
the Rochdale Waterworks, for leave to bring in a Waterworks. 
Bill for altering and amending the powers and pro- 
visions of several Acts, for better supplying the 
inhabitants of the town of Rochdale and the neigh- 
bourhood with Water, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Allestree, Belper Belper 
and several other parishes, townships and. places in Smal! Debts 
the county of Derby, for leave to bring in a Bill, 
for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small 
Debts within the said parishes and townships, was 

resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts, Northampton 
for repairing the Roads between the Horse-shoe ®#4- 
House, in Stoke Goldington, in the county of 
Buckingham, and the town of Northampton, and 





from 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for Epsom Road. 








Timberjand 
Drainage. 


Oldham 
Small Debts. 


Chesterfield 
Small Debts. 


Presentation 
of Public 
Petitions. 





2 Victoriz. 


from the North Bridge of Newport Pagnell, in the 
said county of Buckingham to the said Horse-shoe 
House, for leave to bring in a Bill, for altering and 
amending the powers and provisions of the said 
Acts, and for increasing the Tolls, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners or Proprietors of certain 
lands in the Fen and Dales of Timberland and 
Timberland Thorpe, in the parish of Timberland, 
in the county of Lincoln, for leave to brmg in a 
Bill, for altermg and amending the powers and pro- 
visions of several Acts passed for embanking and 
draining the open and unembanked lands and 
grounds, lying between the Dale’s Head Dyke and 
the River Witham, in the several townships or ham- 
lets and parishes of Walcot, Timberland Thorpe, 
Timberland Martin, Linwood and Blankney, all in 
the county of Lincoln, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gentlemen, Merchants, Tradesmen 
and Inhabitants of Prestwich-cum-Oldham and 
Middleton, in the county of Lancaster, and Saddle- 
worth in the West Riding of the county of York, 
for leave to bring in a Bill, for the more easy.and 
speedy recovery of Small Debts in the said parishes 
and townships, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers and Inhabitants of 
Chesterfield, and several other places thereinafter 
mentioned, situate within the hundred of Scarsdale, 
in the county of Derby, for leave to bring in a Bill, 
for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small 
Debts in the said parishes and townships, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Ward, the Member for Sheffield, having in 
the course of opening to the House a Petition from 
his constituents respecting the Corn Laws, stated 
that it was his intention not to confine himself 
solely to the allegations and prayer of the Petition, 
but to enter generally into the subject, was inter- 
rupted by Mr. Speaker, who stated that such pro- 
ceeding on the part of the honourable Member 
would be contrary to the rule which he considered 
had received the sanction of the House, “that no 
Member, upon the presentation of a Petition, should 
be allowed to enter generally into any subject,” and 
requested that he might receive the instructions of 
the House, whether this rule should be maintained : 

Whereupon a discussion took place, and a Motion 
was made, and the Question proposed :— That 
this House adhere to the established practice with 
respect to the presentation of Petitions, as laid down 
by Mr. Speaker.” 

Whereupon, Mr. Speaker was requested to state 
what he considered to be the rule and practice of 
the House upon the presentation of Petitions. 

Mr. Speaker accordingly stated, That any Mem- 
ber offering any Petition to the House, states the 
place whence it comes, the number of signatures 
affixed, and also the material contents of the Peti- 
tion; and is entitled, if he requires it, to have it 
read at the Table. 

That all Petitions complaining of personal griev- 
ance, and pa present redress, are entertained 
and discussed when presented. 

That all Petitions which are presented relating to 
a subject which the Member wishes to bring under 
the consideration of the House, are printed with the 
Votes, the Member giving notice, when he presents 
his Petition, of the day on which he will make his 
Motion. | 

‘That all Petitions which relate to any subject 
with respect to which a Notice of Motion has been 
given, or with respect to which any Bill is in pro- 
gress through the House, are referred to the Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions, where they are classified, 
and are, according to the judgment of the Com- 
mittee, printed in whole or in part. 

Vou. 94, 


7° Februarie. 13 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


to Private Bills ; 
Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


for Private Bills be appointed, might be read; and 
the same being read; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Shaw Le- 
fevre, Mr. Baines, Mr. Robert Clive, Captain Gor- 
don, Mr. Hope Johnstone, Mr. Villiers Stuart, Mr. 
Strutt, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. George Cavendish, Mr. 
Compton, Mr. Handley, Mr. Robert. Palmer, .Mr. 
Bramston, Mr. Finch, Mr, Henry Thomas Hope, 
Mr. George Philips, Lord Viscount Eastnor, Mr. 
Bingham Barin Mie. Bell, Mr. Gibson Craig, The 
O’ Conor Don, Sie Charles Style, Mr. Aglionby, Sir 
John Yarde Buller, Mr. Crawford, Captain Jones, 
Mr. Thornely, Mr. Barneby, Mr. Chalmers, Mr. 
‘Tatton Egerton, Mr. Stansfield, Lord Worsley, Mr. 
Greene, Mr. Pease, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Edward Rice, 
Mr. Mildmay, Sir William Heathcote, Mr. Halford, 
Mr. Morgan John O’Connell, Mr. Lascelles and 
Mr.: Wodehouse; with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 


yesterday, that a Committee of Privileges be ap- 
pointed, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
A Committee was noininated of Mr. Bernal, Mr. 
Williams Wynn, Lord John Russell, Sir Robert 
Peel, Lord Viscount Clive, Lord Viscount Palmers- 
ton, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Hume, 
Sir Matthew Wood, and all the Knights for Shires, 
Gentlemen of the Long Robe, and Merchants, in 
the House:—And they are to meet upon Friday 
next, in the afternoon ; and to sit every Wednesday, 
Friday and Monday, in the afternoon ; and all who 
come are to have voices ; and they are to take into 
consideration all such matters as shall or may come 
in question, touching Privileges ; and to report their 
sneengg with their Opinion thereupon, to the 
ouse, from time to time; and the Committee are 
to have Power to send for persons, papers and. re- 
cords, for their information ; and if any thing, shall 
come in question, touching the matter of Privilege 
of any Member, he is to withdraw during the time the 
matter is in debate. 


yesterday, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to 
the Printing executed by Order of this' House, and 
for the purpose of selecting and arranging for prin- 
ting Returns and Papers, presented in pursuance of 
Motions made by Members of this House, which 
may be referred to the said Committee, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Labouchere, 
Mr. Hume, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Sir Thomas 
Fremantle, Mr. Baring, Lord Viscount Lowther, 
Mr. Vernon Smith and Mr. Strutt; with Power to 
send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented to 
the House, with the exception of such as complain 
of undue Returns, or relate to Private Bills; and 


stracts of the same, in such form and manner as 
shall appear to them best suited to convey to the 
House all requisite information respecting their 
contents, and do report the same from time, to time 
to the House ; and that such Reports do in all cases 
set forth the Number of Signatures to each Petir 








c3 tion :— 


The Order of the day being read, for nominating Standing 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders relative Orders. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Petitions for 
yesterday, That the Select Committee on Petitions Private Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Privileges. 


The House was moved, That, the Order made Printing. 


The House was moved, That the Order made or 
yesterday, That a Select Committee be appointed, 


that such Committee do classify and yemere Ab- | 





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Expiring Laws. 


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14 7° Februari. A. 1839. 


tion:—And that such Committee have Power to 
direct the printing in extenso of such Petitions, or 
of such parts of Petitions as shall appear to require 
it, might be read; and the same being read; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. George Wil- 
liam Wood, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. O’Connell, Sir 
Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Brotherion, Sir Edward 
Knatchbull, Mr. Clay, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. 
Edward Buller, Mr. Greene, Mr. Macieod, Sir 
William Heathcote, Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Yates, and 
Mr. William John Blake. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
yesterday, that a Select Committee be appointed, to 
mquire what temporary Laws of a public and ge- 
neral nature, made by the Parliaments of England, 
or Great Britain, or Freland, or of the United 
Kingdom, are now in force; and what Laws of the 
like nature, passed by the English, British, Irish, 
or United Parliaments, have expired between the 
first day of the last Session of Parliament, and the 
first day of the present Session; and also, what 
Laws of the like nature are about to expire in the 
course or at the end of the present Session, or on 
or before the 1st day of August, 1840, or in the 
course or at the end of any Session which may com- 
mence during that period, or in consequence of any 
contingent public event; and to report the same, 
with their Observations thereupon, to the House, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Committee was nominated of Mr. Baring, Mr. 
Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General, the Lord 
Advocate, Lord Viscount Howick, Sir Thomas Fre- 
mantle, Mr. Edward John Stanley, Mr. John Par- 
her, Mr. Charles Wood, Mr. Hume, Mr. John 
Jervis, Mr. More O’ Ferrall, Mr. Benett, Sir John 
Guest and Mr. Bernal; with Power to send for per- 
sons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

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

Ordered, That the Committee oan leave to sit, 
notwithstanding any adjournment of the House. 

Ordered, That the Report which upon the 9th 
day of February, in the last Session of Parliament, 
was made from the Committee on Temporary Laws 
of a public and general nature, be referred to the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Grain of all sorts, Meal and Flour, 
stated in Quarters, imported into Great Britain 
and Jreland from Foreign Parts, distinguishing each 
Sort, as well as the Country from whence imported, 
together with the Average Price of each Sort of 
Grain in Great Britain, in the year ending 5th Ja- 
nuary 1839:—Of the Quantities of Foreign and 
Colonial Grain and Flour, distinguishing each Sort 
entered Weekly for Home Consumption, with the 
Rate of Duty, and the Amount of Duty paid 
thereon, in the year ending 5th January 1839 ; show- 
ing also the Total Quantity entered, and the Total 
Amount of Duty received during that year :—Of 
the Quantity of Foreign and Colonial Grain, Meal 
and Flour, stated in weno distinguishing each 
Sort remaining in Warehouse on 5th January 1839 : 
—and, of the Grain, Meal and Flour, stated in 
Quarters, distinguishing each Sort imported from 
freland during the year ending 10th October 1838. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all such Reports relative to the 
Price of Corn in Foreign Countries as may have 
been made by Her Majesty’s Consuls Abroad, and 
have not yet 5 foe laid before Parliament. 





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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Salmon 
to alter the periods for ay ae in Scotland : Fisheries 


And that Mr. Wallace and Mr. Hume do prepare, arn 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill salmon 
for permitting Salmon to be taken with the rod Fisheries 
after the period for taking them with nets in Scot- (roa) Bil 
land: And that Mr. Wallace and Mr. Hume do * 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, wool and 

Accounts of the Quantity of Sheep and Lambs’ Woollen Manu. 
Wool imported into the United Kingdom in the year ""e 
1838 ; specifying the Countries from which it came, 
the Quantity that paid a Duty of One Penny per lb., 
and the Quantity that paid a Duty of One Half- 
penny perlb.; of the Quantity of Foreign Wool re- 
exported during the same period, and the Countries, 
to which it was sent, and of the Quantity remaining 
warehoused under bond on the 5th day of January 
1838: Of the Quantity of British Sheep and Lambs’ 
Wool and Woollen Yon exported from the United 
Kingdom in the year 1838; specifying the Countries 
to which they were sent: And,of the British Woollen 
Manufactures exported from the United Kingdom 
in the year 1838 ; specifying the Countries to which 
they were sent. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Queen’s Speech 
take into consideration Her Majesty’s most gracious considered. 
Speech to both Houses of Parliament; and. the 
same was again read by Mr. Speaker. 

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

Resolved, That this oa will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider of that 
Motion. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Electors. 
Tuesday last, for presenting to Her Majesty an 
humble Address that She would be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Registered 
Electors in each County, City, Borough or Town 
in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land ; distinguishing each division of County, and 
each City, Town or Borough or Cinque Port; show- 
ing, in Columns, the Number registered under the 
various qualifications of Freeholders, Leaseholders, 
Tenants, Householders or Freemen, or under what- 
ever other qualification ; together with an Abstract of 
the whole, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Electors. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Registered 
Electors in each County, City, Borough or Town in 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ; 
distinguishing each division of County, and each 
City, Town or Borough, or Cinque Port; showing, 
in columns, the Number registered under the vari- 
ous qualifications of Freeholders of Lands and 
Houses respectively, Leaseholders, Tenants, House- 
holders or Freemen, or under whatever other quali- 
fication ; together with an Abstract of the whole. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Ep 











Aberdeen 
Harbour. 


Aberbrothwick 
Harbour. 


Bury (Lancas- 
ter) Small 
Debts. 


Belper Small 
Debts. 


Cullompton 
Road. 


Chesterfield 
Small Debts. 


Eckington 
Small Debts. 


Epsom Road. 


Grantham 
Smail Debts. 


London and 
Southampton 
(Portsmouth 
Branch) Rail- 
way. 


Newark 
Small Debts. 


Nottingham 
and Mansfield 
Small Debts. 


Northampton 
Road. 


Oldham 
Small Debts, 


Preston Gas. 


Preston and 
Wyre Railway. 


2 Victoriz. 


Veneris, 8° die Februarit ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of Trustees for executing the 

Act for the Improvement of the Harbour of 
Aberdeen, for leave to bring in a Bill for repealing 
the said Act, and for granting further and other 
powers instead thereof, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Aberbrothwick 
Harbour Bill, which was presented upon Wednes- 
day last, be referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Bury (Lan- 
caster) Small Debts Bill, which was presented upon 
Wednesday last, be referred to the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Belper Small 
Debts Bill, which was presented yesterday, be re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Cullompton 
Road Bill, which was presented upon Wednesday 
last, be referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Chesterfield 
Small Debts Bill, which was presented yesterday, 
be referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Eckington 
Small Debts Bill, which was presented upon Wed- 
nesday last, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Epsom Road 
Bill, which was presented yesterday, be referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Grantham 
Small Debts Bill, which was presented yesterday, 
be referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the London and 
Southampton (Portsmouth Branch) Railway Bill, 
which was presented upon Wednesday last, be re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Newark Small 
Debts Bill, which was presented upon Wednesday 
last, be referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Nottingham 
and Mansfield Small Debts Bill, which was pre- 
sented upon Wednesday last, be referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Northampton 
Road Bill, which was presented yesterday, be re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Oldham Small 
Debts Bill, which was presented yesterday, be re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Preston Gas 
Bill, which was presented upon Wednesday last, be 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Preston and 
Wyre Railway Bill, which was presented upon Wed- 
nesday last, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 

Von. 94, 


8° Februariz. 





15 


Ordered, That the Petition forthe Parrett Naviga-~ Parrett 
tion Bill, which was presented yesterday, be referred Navigation. 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Redruth and Redrath ana 
Hayle Road Bill, which was presented yesterday, be Hayle Road 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Rochdale Rochdale 
Waterworks Bill, which was presented yesterday, Waterworks. 
be referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Timberland Timberland 
Drainage Bill, which was presented yesterday, be P*inage. 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Unstone In- Unstone 
closure Bill, which was presented upon Wednesday Inclosure. 
last, be referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Wirksworth wirksworth 
Small Debts Bill, which was presented upon Wed- Small Debts. 
nesday last, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Zondon and Birmingham Rail- London ana 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable —* 
the said Company to raise an additional sum of “*'”*! 
Money, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Rugby and 
repairing and widening the Road from the Town of Warwick Road. 
Rugby, in the County of Warwick, to the Borough 
of Warwick, in the same County, for leave to brin 
in a Bill for continuing the term, and altering a 
enlarging the powers of the said Act, and for in- 
creasing the existing Tolls, Rates and Duties, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com~ 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Selby;—Metheringham;— Weston ; Corn Laws. 
—Spalding ;—and, Matthias Saul ; praying that the 
Corn Laws may not be repealed,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Perth (two Petitions) ;—and, Pol- 
lockshaws ; praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, 
—were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table ; and the last to be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bourn, praying that Idolatry 
the whole system of British patronage of Idolatry and (India-) 
Mahommedanism may be prohibited, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Astley ;—and, Wrexham ; praying Sale of Beer 
forthe amendment of the Sale of Beer Act,—were pre- 4*t- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Salehurst ;—Burwash (two Peti- Turnpike 
tions);—and, Etchingham (two Petitions); praying Roads. . 
that the Turnpike Roads may be placed under the 
management of Government,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Athlone ;—Killucan;—and A uerty; Education 
praying that the present system of National Educa- (Ireland.) 
tion in Ireland may not be persisted in,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Cirencester Ballot Vote bs Ballot. 
Union, praying for the adoption of Vote by Ballot 
in the election of Members to serve in Parliament, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Female Roman Cathal of - Sate 
county of Longford, complaining of persecution by (Sins 
iavdlerds in Peelend towards thee tenants, in. the 
exercise of the Elective Franchise ; and praying the 
House to devise some means of protection byrestrain- 
ing the hand of the landlord where his tenant is able 
and willing to pay a fair and equitable rent, or com- 

c4 pelling 


A RAE ENTER RT, 

































Church Build. 
ing Acts, 


Strood Church, 


Worksop and 
Kellam Road. 


Wheat, and 
Wheat Flour. 


Presentation 
of Public 
Petitions. 


16 8° Februariz. 


peliing him to furnish a means of emigration to the 
dispossessed, or that the right of voting for Members 
to serve in Parliament for counties in Jreland, may 
be confined to persons who hold at least 500 acres 
in fee direct from the Crown, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Sawyer, Clerk of the Chapel 
Royal at Brighthelmston, praying for the amend- 
ment of the Acts for building and promoting the 
building of additional Churches in populous parishes 
in England, whereby the questions may be deter- 
mined whether women may be churched, or children 
may be christened at such churches, was presented, 
ro § read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
enlarging the present, or providing a new Work- 
house for the use of the Parish of Strood, in the 
County of Kent; for better governing, maintaining 
and employing the Poor of the said Parish; and 
also for repairing or re-building the Church and 
Tower of the same Parish; and for other purposes 
relating thereto, and of Inhabitants and Rate- 
payers of the said parish, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to alter and amend the said Act, and to grant further 
powers and provisions in lieu thereof, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for 
repairing and widening the Road from Worksop to the 
Turnpike Road at Kelham, and from Debdale Hill to 
the Creat Northern Road at South Muskham, in the 
County of Nottingham, and the Road branching out 
of the said Road at or near Kneeshall, and leading 
to the Great North Road, at or near Carlton-upon- 
Trent, all im the same County, for leave to bring in 
a Bill to alter and amend the powers and provisions 
of the said Acts, and to increase the Tolls, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Quantities of Foreign and 
Colonial Wheat, and of Wheat Flour, stated in 
Quarters, at the rate of 392lbs. of Flour to each 
Quarter, that were imported and taken for con- 
sumption in each month from the passing of the 
Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 60 (15 July 1828), to the end of 
the ist day of February 1839; showing also the 
Quantity remaining in Warehouses at the end of 
each month, the monthly average price of Wheat, 
according to the London Gazette, the average rate 
of Duty per Quarter on Foreign and Colonial Wheat 
respectively, and the Amount of Duty received in 
each month :—Of the weekly average price of Wheat, 
and of the aggregate average prices for six weeks, 
regulating the Duty, as published in the London 
Gazette ; also, of the rates of Duty on Foreign and 
Colonial Wheat respectively in each week from the 
passing of the Act, 9 Geo. 4, c. 60, to the end of 
the year 1838 :—And, of the Quantities of Foreign 
and Colonial Wheat, and of Wheat Flour (stated in 
quarters at the rate of 392lbs. to the quarter), 
imported into the United Kingdom in each year, 
from 1828 to 1837; distinguishing the Countries 
from which the same were imported. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate upon the fesse proposed yes- 
terday, “That this House adhere to the established 
practice with oo to the presentation of Petitions 
as laid down by Mr. Speaker ;” 

The House was moved, That the Entry in the 
Journal of the House, of the Resolution of the 
House of the 6th day of February 1833, relative to 
the presentation of Public Petitions, might be read ; 
and the same was read, as followeth ; 

“ Resolved, That when the contents of a Petition 
have been opened, and the prayer stated by the 








A. 1839. 


Member who may have the charge of such Petition, 
Mr. Speaker do desire such Member to bring the 
same to the Table, and do then direct the Clerk to 
read it, without allowing any other Member to speak, 
or putting any question upon such Petition, before 
the same shall have been read, unless it should ap- 
pear to Mr. Speaker, or to any Member, that the 
matter of such Petition was in breach of the privi- 
lege of the House, or that, according to the Rules 
and Orders of the House, such Petition ought not to 
be received, in which cases, The Question, ‘ That the 
Petition be brought up,’ be put, and agreed to before 
such Petition be brought up.” 

The House was also moved, That the entry in 
the Votes of the House of yesterday, relative to the 
presentation of Public Petitions, might be read; and 
the same was read, as followeth ; 


“ Mr. Ward, the Member for Sheffield, having 
in the course of opening to the House a Peti- 
tion from his constituents respecting the Corn 
Laws, stated that it was his intention: not to 
confine himself solely to the allegations and 

rayer of the Petition, but to enter generally 
into the subject, was interrupted by Mr. Speaker, 
who stated that such proceeding on the part of 
the honourable Member, would be contrary to 
the rule which he considered had received the 
sanction of the House, ‘ That no Member, upon 
the presentation of a Petition, should be allowed 
to enter generally into any subject,’ and re- 
quested that he might receive the instructions 
of the House, whether this rule should be main- 
tained. 

“‘ Whereupon a discussion took place, and a 
Motion was made, and the Question proposed, 
That this House adhere to the entation prac- 
tice with respect to the presentation of Petitions, 
as laid down by Mr. Speaker. 

“ Whereupon, Mr. g eaker was requested to 
state what he considered to be the rule and 

ractice of the House upon the presentation of 
etitions. 

“ Mr. Speaker accordingly stated, That any 
Member offering any Petition to the House, 
states the place whence it comes, the number of 
signatures affixed, and also the material con- 
tents of the Petition ; and is entitled, if he re- 
quires it, to have it read at the Table. 

“ That all Petitions complaining of personal 
grievance, and requiring present redress, are 
entertained and discussed when presented. 


“‘ That all Petitions which are presented re- . 


lating to a subject which the Member wishes to 
bring under the consideration of the House, are 
printed with the Votes, the Member giving 
notice, when he presents his Petition, of the 
day on which he will make his Motion. 

“ That all Petitions which relate to any sub- 
ject with respect to which a Notice of Motion 
has been given, or with respect to which any Bill 
is in progress through the House, are referred to 
the Committee on Public Petitions, where they 
are classified, and are, according to the judgment 
of the Committee, printed in whole or in part. 

“ Debate adjourned till To-morrow.” 





And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put, That this House 
adhere to the established practice with respect to 
the presentation of Petitions, as laid down by Mr. 
Speaker ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Attorney General, } 183 

Yeas, Sir George Giey . 

Tellers for the { Mr. Ward, 

Noes, 1 Mr. Villiers : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

A Petition 


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2 VicrorizZ. 


A Petition of the Master, Wardens, Searchers, 
and Corporation of the Companies of Cutlers in 
Haillamshire, of the Town Collector and his Assist- 
ants of the parish of Sheffield, and of the Inhabitants 
of the Borough of Sheffield, praying the House to 
allow counsel to state at the bar, in all its details, 
the case of the Petitioners, and of all who may join 
in the Petition, and to substantiate such statements 
by evidence; and that in the event of the Petitioners 
being thus able to establish their case, the House 
would, without delay, cause to be introduced and 
passed into a Law, a Bill for the immediate and total 
abolition of the Corn Laws, and other restrictions on 
free trade ; and that the House will allow this their 
Petition to be heard and discussed according to the 
ancient and constitutional manner, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Corn Laws. 


Committee on 
Motion for 


aeosts ; The Order of the day being read, for the House 


to resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of the 
Motion made yesterday, that a Supply be granted 
Queen's Speech to Her Majesty : 
referred. Ordered, That Her Majesty’s most gracious 
Speech to both Houses of Parliament, be referred 
to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 

orted, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
ution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Standing 


— The House was moved, That the Order made 


upon Wednesday last, that a Select Committee be 
appointed, to whom shall be referred all Reports 
from the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills, in which it shall be stated, that any of the 
Standing Orders of this House have not been com- 
plied with ; and to report their Opinion thereupon 
from time to time to the House, might be read and 
the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Lord Viscount 
Clive, Lord Viscount Ebrington, Mr. Estcourt, Sir 
Thomas Fremantle, Sir Montagu Chapman, Sir Ed- 
ward Knatchbull, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Pendarves, 
Sir Robert Price, Lord Viscount Sandon, Sir George 
Strickland, Sir Matthew Wood, Mr. George Wilbra- 
ham, Mr. William Miles, and Mr. Pringle. 


Registration of 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Electors Bill. r% 


for the Registration of Parliamentary Electors: And 
that Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide a general form of Affirmation, for all per- 
sons who believe the taking of any Oath to be for- 
bidden by their duty towards God: And that Mr. 
Hawes, Mr. Charles Lushington, and Mr. Clay do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Affirmation 
Bill. 


Highways Bill. The House was moved, That the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will 
4. c. 50, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating’ 
to Highways in that part of Great Britain called 
England, might be read ; and the same being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Laws relating to Highways in England 
and Wales: And that Mr. Barneby and Mr. Shaw 
Lefevre do prepare, and bring it in. 


Registers of 


oS agp ge Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


for safely keeping and authenticating certain Re- 
gisters of Births or Baptisms, Deaths or Burials 
and Marriages: And that Lord John Russell and 
Mr. Fox Maule do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accents of the Quantity of Soap made in each 
ou. 94. 


8° Februariz. 


17 


| Town in Great Britain, distinguishing hard from 
soft, from the 5th day of January 1838 to the 5th 
day of January 1839:-—-Of Soap exported, speci- 
fying the Port from whence shipped, and the Amount 
of Drawback paid thereon, beg the 5th day of 
January 1838 to the 5th day of January 1839 :— 
Of the Quantity of Soap, distinguishing hard from 
soft, and the Amount of all Allowances and Draw- 
backs made to the Manufacturers of Woollens, 
Linens, Silks and others, from the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1838 to the 5th day of January 1839 :—Of 
all Soap exported to Jreland, hard and soft, the 
Port from whence shipped, and the Amount of 
Drawback paid thereon, from the 5th day of Janua 
1838 to the 5th day of January 1839 :—Of all 
a, imported into Great Britain, hard and soft, 
the Port at which it was imported, and the Amount 
of Duty paid thereon, from the 5th day of January 
1838 to the 5th day of January 1839 :—And, of 
the Names of all Persons convicted of defrauding 
the Revenue arising from Soap, the Dates of con- 
viction, the Amount of the several Penalties, whether 
the Person so conweted had been previously con- 
victed or fined, or had Penalties compromised, the 
Amount paid to the seizing Officers for each convic- 
tion, and the Names, Dates and the Amount of 
Penalties paid in all Cases which have been com- 
promised, from the 5th day of January 1838 to the 
5th day of January 1839. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 
Return of the Number and Names of the Poor Uxions. 
Law Unions to which any Order for withholding 
out-door-relief to the able-bodied has been sent, 
since the date of the last Return to that effect on 
22d November 1837, up to the end of the year 1838 ; 
with the Dates on which such Orders have been sent. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Flag Officers. 
a Return of all the Flag Officers who have been 
placed upon Full-pay since the year 1815; with the 
period during which they have been so employed, 
and on what Service. 





Lord John Russell presented a Bill for safely Registers of 
keeping and authenticating certain Registers of Birt's, &amp;c.Bill. 
Births or Baptisms, Deaths or Burials and Mar- No.4. 
riages: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill to provide a general Affirmation 
form of Affirmation for all persons who believe the Bill. 
taking of any Oath to be forbidden by their duty No.5. 
towards God: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Barneby presented a Bill to amend the Laws Highways Bill. 
relating to Highways in England and Wales: And No.6. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday the 18th day of 
this instant Februrary; and to be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill for the Registration of 
Registration of Parliamentary Electors: And the Electors Bill, 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be No.7. 
read a second time upon Tuesday next ; and to be 
printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Answer to 
House, That their several Addresses of the 5th, 6th 4¢4ress«- 
and 7th days of this instant February, (that Her 
Majesty would be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that the Papers therein mentioned might be 
laid before this House,) had been presented to Her 
Majesty ; and that Her Majesty had commanded 
him to acquaint this House, that She will give direc- 





tions accordingly. 
ie D Lord 








Sale of Beer, 


Registrar of 
Hackney 
Carriages. 


Royal 
Exchange. 
No. 8, 


Newspaper 
Stamps. 

No. 9. 
Municipal 
Boroughs. 

No. 10, 


Navy. 


Tothill Fields 
Trust. 


Bank of 
England. 


18 


Lord John Russell presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of 
July in the last Session of Parliament,—Copies of 
any Passages in Presentments of Grand Juries in 
England and Wales, having reference to the state 
of the Law affecting the Sale of Beer, for the years 
1836, 1837 and 1838. 

Lord John Russell also presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—Copies of any Appoint- 
ments to the Office of Registrar of Hackney Car- 
riages:—And, of any Correspondence which has 
taken place between the Secretary of State for the 
Home Department and the Lords of the Treasury, 
relating to the said Office. 

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


Ordered, That the Copies of the Correspondence 
relating to the Rebuilding of the Royal Exchange, 
which were presented upon Wednesday last, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Newspaper 
Stamps, which were presented upon Wednesday 
last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Abstract of the Statement 
of Monies received and expended on account of cer- 
tain Boroughs in England and Wales for the year 
1837, which was presented upon Wednesday last, be 
printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Luna, 11° die Februari ; 


Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 

M®*: Soady, from the Audit Office, was called 
in; and and the bar presented, pursuant to 

the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an 
Account of the Naval Receipt and Expenditure for 
the year ended on the 31st March 1838 :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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








Mr. Giffard, Clerk to the Trustees of Tothill 
Fields Trust, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to an Order dated the 19th day of 
July, in the last Session of Parliament,—A Return of 
the Amount collected by the Trustees of the Tothill 
Fields Trust, under the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 134, in 
each year since the passing of that Act; stating the 
Amount of rated Property assessed, and the rate 
per Pound of each year’s Assessment; also, the 
manner in which the Amount collected has been 
expended in each year, so as to exhibit the Charge 
for Salaries and Establishment paid,and the Amount 
expended under separate Heads, in each year:—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Knight, from the Bank of England, was 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Ac- 
count of the Amount of Balances of Sums issued 
for the payment of Dividends due and not demanded, 
and for the payment of Lottery Prizes, or Benefits 
which had not been claimed, and which remained 
in the hands of the Governor and Company of the 
Bank of England on the there under-mentioned 
days, being those next before the issue from the 
Exchequer of Money for the payment of Dividends 
on account of the National Debt, for each of the 
four preceding Quarters respectively. 

A Copy of all Applications made by the First 
Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer to the Governor and Deputy Governor of 
the Bank of England, for Advances to Government 


8°—11° Februariz. 

















A. 1839. 


authorized by Parliament, from the 5th January 
1838 to the 5th January 1839, with a Copy of the 
Minutes of the Court of Directors thereon, and 
the Answers of the said Court thereto. 

An Account of the Amount of all a Bills, 
or Treasury Bills, and other Government Securities, 
which have been purchased by the Governor and 
Company of the Bank of England, or on which 
any tem or Sums have been lent and advanced for 
the Public Service by the Governor and Company 
of the said Bank in the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1839; showing what Amount of such Bills, 
before the making up of this Account, has been 
ee off and discharged, and the Amount of such 

xchequer Bills, or Treasury Bills, or other Govern- 
ment Securities, which was in the hands of the 
Governor and Company of the said Bank on the 
5th day of January 1839 aforesaid. 


An Account of the Receipt and Expenditure of National Debt. 
£.8,730 in one year, from the 7th January 1838 
to the 5th January 1839, by the Commissioners ap- 
ointed by the 26th Geo. 3, for the Reduction of the 
ational Debt :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- First Report 
lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had — 
examined the Petitions presented on the 6th and 8th a 
days of this instant February; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of Householders in Aberdeen, for leave Aberdeen 
to bring in a Bill for erecting, maintaining and esta- Market and 
blishing a Market-place, with suitable Shops and ia.) 
other Buildings, with proper Avenues and Ap- 
proaches, in the said city, and the Suburbs thereof, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Merchants trading in, to and from Manchester and 
Manchester, for leave to bring in a Bill for making Birmingham 
and maintaining a Railway, with proper works and (stone and Rug- 
conveniences, commencing by a junction with the by) Railway. 
line of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, 
in the township of Meaford, in the parish of Stone, 
in the county of Stafford, and terminating by a 
junction with the London and Birmingham Railway, 
in a certain field in the parish of Rugby, in the county 
of Warwick, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Holmfirth, for leave Holmfirth Gas. 
to bring in a Bill for lighting the said town, and 
certain other places, parishes and townships in the 
neighbourhood thereof, with Gas, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Shop- Leeds Small 
keepers, Traders and other Inhabitants of Leeds, for &gt; 
leave to bring in a Bill for the more easy and speedy 
recovery of Small Debts within the said borough, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- South Eastern 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for diverting the ®#!™*y- 
line of the South Eastern Railway, so as to join the 
London and Brighton Railway, and to amend and 
enlarge the powers and provisions of the Acts relat- 
ing to the South Eastern Railway, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. r 

wo 





Arrestment of 
Wages. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Corn Laws. 


2 Victoria. 


Two Petitions, of Workmen of Glasgow; praying 
the House to pass an enactment protecting Wages 
from arrestment,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Irvine (Moderator of the Presby- 
tery) ;—Lochlee ;—Stronsay ;— Waternish ; — South 
Knapdale ;— Old Kilpatrick ;— Craig ;— Weem(Mo- 
derator of the Presbytery) ;—Dumbarton( Moderator 
of the Presbytery); — Edey ;— Linlithgow ; — Bre- 
chin {Moderator of the Presbytery);—Lochbroom ; 
— Dundee (two Petitions) ;—and, Zorn (Moderator 
of the Presbytery); praying the House to extend the 
efficiency of the Established Church in Scotland,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Paisley ;— Leeds ;—Kirkaldy ;— 
Manchester (President of the Chamber of Com- 
merce) ;—Ashton-under-Lyne, Mossley and Dukin- 
field; — Saint Andrew’s (Provost); — and, Perth 
(Deacon of the Incorporation of Hammermen) ; 
praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were 
a" and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


11° Februariz. 19 


Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Works in Her Majesty’s Yards, and for Payment 
of the Hire of Transports, to the 31st day of March 
1840, be laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Guards, Garrisons and other Land Forces, to the 
31st day of March 1840, be laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge of the 
Office of Ordnance, for Land and Sea Service, to 
the 31st day of March 1840, be laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Account of Services incurred, 
and not provided for by Parliament, be laid before 
this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Debt of Her 
Majesty’s Navy, to the 31st day of March 1839, be 
laid before this House. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions to the proper Officers, to lay 
before this House the said Estimates and Account. 

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


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s British North 


command,—Copies or Extracts of Correspondence America. 

i ilies at thc Coie oa he tiie oh relative to the Affairs of British North America. No. 2. 
Evesh iat Ce ie oleic 5 Report on the Affairs of British North America, British North 
vesham, praying for the adoption of a low and| fom ‘the Earl of Durham, Her Majesty’s High America. 

uniform rate of Postage, was presented, and read ; ; - 


‘iidl Grdgeed’t6 Tie upon the Table. Commissioner :—with Appendix (A.) No, 3. 


Postages 


d 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Corn Laws. 


Church 
Establishment 
(Canada. ) 


Supply, 


Navy, Army, 
&amp;e. - 


A Petition of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace 
for the parts of Lindsey, in the county of Lincoén, in 
Quarter Sessions assembled, praying for the amend- 
ment of the Sale of Beer Act, . the suppression 
of houses licensed to sell beer to be drunk on the 
premises, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kirtling ;—Landbeach ;—Staple- 
ford ;—Longstanton ;— Haslingfield ;— Tamworth ; 
and, Alford; praying that the Corn Laws may not 
be repealed,—were presented, and read; od or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Llanyblodwel ;—Llansilin ;— Os- 
westry ;—and, Rural Dean and Clergy of the Deanery 
of Marchia; praying the House to consider by what 
means the spiritual necessities of the members of 
the Church of England who have emigrated to the 
Canadas may be best supplied,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Steuart, by Order, reported from the 
Committee to whom it was referred to consider of the 
Motion made upon Friday last, That a Supply be 
granted to Her Majesty, a Resolution; and the 
same was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That a Supply be granted to Her 
Majesty. 

he said Resolution being read a second time ; 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolu- 
tion, That a Supply be granted to Her Majesty. 

Resolved, That this * iam will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
the Supply granted to Her Majesty. 


Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge of 
Wages and Victuals for the Seamen and Marines to 
serve in Her Majesty’s Fleet, to the 31st day of March 
1840, be laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Ordinary of 
the Navy, to the 31st day of March 1840, with an 
Estimate of the Half-pay of Officers of the Navy, 
and such of the Officers of the Royal Marines as 
were employed in the last War, be laid before this 


House. 


Vou. 94, 





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


Ordered, That leave be 
for the better ordering of Prisons: And that Lord 
John Russell and Mr. Fox Maule do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill District Prisons 
to encourage the establishment of District Prisons : 3. 


And that Lord John Russell and Mr. Fox Maule 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill al Courts 
for improving County Courts: And that Lord John” ~* 


Russell, Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for holding District Sessions of the Peace: And 
that Lord John Russell, Mr. Attorney General and 
Mr. Solicitor General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Summary 


regulate and enlarge the Summary Jurisdiction of 1 
Justices: And that Lord John Russell, Mr. Attorney 
General and Mr. Solicitor General do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Church Leases. 


to inquire into the mode of granting and renewing 
Leases of the landed and other Property of the 
Bishops, Deans and Chapters, and other Ecclesias- 
tical bodies of England and Wales, and into the 
probable Amount of any increased Value which 
might be obtained by an improved management, 
with a due consideration of the interests of the 
Established Church, and of the present Lessees of 
such Property. 

And a Committee was appointed of Lord John 
Russell, Mr. Goulburn, M Vernon Smith, Mr. 
Pusey, Mr. Lambton, Mr. Granville Vernon, Mr. 
Pease, Mr. Childers, Mr. Blake, Mr. Baring Wall, 
Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Gally Knight, Mr. Hector, Mr. 
Ingham, Mr. Solicitor General, Lord Eliot, Mr. 
Baines, Mr. William Evans, Mr. Hope Johnstone, 
Lord Viscount Sandon, and Lord Viscount Ebring- 
ton, with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

D2 Ordered, 


iven to bring in a Bill Prisons Bill. 





—— 





Wheat. 


Bonded Corn, 


Metropolis 
Police Bill. 


Dublin Metro- 
politan Police. 


Registrar of 
Hackney 
Carriages. 


No. 11. 


Austria. 


Turkey. 


North Midland 
Railway. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


No. 13. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


No. 14. 


20 11°—12° Februari. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Prices of Wheat, as inserted in the 
Royal Gazette, for every week in the year 1838; 
and a similar Return for each of the four preceding 
years ; the whole arranged in corresponding columns. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Quantity of Bonded Corn abandoned 
by the Importers in the Port of London in the year 
18387, and destroyed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for further improving the Police in and near the 
Metropolis: And that Mr. Fox Maule and Lord 
John Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Ac- 
count of all Monies received and expended from 
5th January to 31st December 1838 :—And, also 
an Account of all Monies received as Tax upon 
Houses, Lands and Tenements for the purposes of 
the Dublin Metropolitan Police, made up to 31st 
December 1838, specifying the Total Sum charged 
upon and received from every Parish, the Rate in 


_ the pound at which computed, and the Total Annual 


Value of the Property in every Parish. 
‘ Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. For Maule presented,—Further Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of 
this instant February, for a Copy of any Appoint- 
ments to the Office of Registrar of Hackney Car- 
riages:— and, of any Correspondence which has 
taken place between the Secretary of State for the 
Home Department and the Lords of the Treasury, 
relating to the said Office. 

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


Lord Viscount Palmerston, presented, by Her 
Majesty’scommand,—Copy ofa Senmtiation of Com- 
merce and Navigation between Her Majesty and the 
Emperor of Austria, signed at Vienna, July 3, 1838. 

Copy of a Convention of Commerce and Navi- 
gation between Her Majesty and the Sultan of the 
Ottoman Empire, with Three additional Articles 
thereunto annexed; signed at Balta Liman near 
Constantinople, August 16th, 1838. 

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


A Petition of the North Midland Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter the line of 
the said Railway, and to enable the said Company 
to purchase additional lands and buildings lying 
contiguous to the intended line of the said Railway, 
within the several townships of Leeds and Hunslet, 
in the said parish of Leeds, for the purpose of 
making proper depots and stations at or near the 
intended commencement of the said Railway, and 
for forming approaches thereto, was Process and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Wallace presented a Bill to alter the periods 
for taking Salmon in Scotland: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday the 25th day of this 
instant February ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wallace presented a Bill for permitting 
Salmon to be taken with the rod, after the period 
for taking them with nets, in Scotland: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday the 25th day of 
this instant February ; and to be printed. 








A. 1839. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Grain, Malt, 
Accounts of the Quantity of Grain, Malt and Flour &amp;« 
exported from Ireland to England and Scotland 
during each of the last Three years preceding the 
10th day of October 1838; distinguishing the 
different kinds of Grain, the respective Ports Cc 
shipped from and to, and the Quantity from and to wa 
each Port:—Of the Quantity of Grain, Malt and 
Flour, exported from England and Scotland to Ire- 
land, during each of the last Three years preceding 
the 10th day of October 1838; distinguishing the 
different kinds of Grain, the respective Ports 
shipped from and to, and the Quantity from and to 


each Port :—And, of all the British Corn, Flour - 
and Malt, shipped at the different Ports of England Re 


and Scotland, during each of the last Three years 
preceding the 10th day of October 1838; distin- 
aww: the different kinds of Grain, the respective 
orts shipped from and to, the Quantity from and 
to each Port; distinguishing the Quantities of each 
shipped coastwise, and to Foreign parts, viz. 1. 
British Corn, Flour and Malt, shipped coastwise, 
from and to the several Ports of England and Scot- Ly 
land: 2. British Corn, Flour and Malt, weet 
from the several Ports of England and Scotland to 
foreign parts. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented New South 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Wales. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Revenue of New South Wales for : 
the period of Fourteen years, from the 1st day of 
January 1824 to the 31st day of December 1837, 
inclusive, in a Tabular form ; specifying the various 
heads of Revenue. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Sale of gate of Beer. 
Beer, which was presented upon Friday last, be No, 15. 

rinted. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Registrar Registrar of R 
of Hackney Carriages, which was presented upon Hackney . 
Friday last, be printed. ange 

: t No. 12. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 12° die Februari; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 





PRAYERS. 


R. Ritchie, from the Commissioners of the Northern 4 
Northern Lighthouses, was called in ; and at Lishthouses. 

the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an 

Act of Parliament,—Abstract of the Receipts and 

Payments on Account of the Duties levied for the 

Northern Lights for the year 1837 :—And then he 

withdrew. 

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


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Cambridge 
gesses of Cambridge, for leave to bring in a Bill to &amp;* 
alter, amend, continue and enlarge the powers aad 
provisions of an Act passed in the seventh and 
eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, intituled “ An Act for building : 
a new Gaol for the town of Cambridge, and for ' 
other purposes connected therewith,” was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners of Estates in the parish of Stow-cum-Quy 
Stow-cum-Quy, in the county of Cambridge, for 'closure- 
leave to bring in a Bill for dividing, inclosing and 
allotting several Commons, Commonable come 


Intermixed Lands, Meadows, Pastures and Waste 
Grounds, 





Wishaw and 
Coltness Rail- 
ways 


Monkland and 
Kirkintilloch 
Railway. 


Ballochney 
Railway. 


Slamannan. 
Railway. 


Rochdale 
Small Debts, 


Eyemouth 
Harbour, 


Manchester 


Improvement, 


Dover, Deal, 
~~ ie h 





2 VicToriz. 


Grounds, within the said 
read; and referred to t 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


e Select Committee on 


A Petition of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill, to enlarge, 
alter and amend the powers and provisions of the 
several Acts for making and maintaining the said 
Railway, and for raising a further sum of Money, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Monkland and Kirkintilloch 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill, to 
enlarge, alter and amend the powers and provisions 
of the several Acts for making and maintaining the 
said Railway, and for raising a further sum of 
Money, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of the Ballochney Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill, to alter, amend and 
enlarge the powers and provisions of the several 
Acts for making the said Railway, and for raising 
a further sum of Money, was presented, and read ;' 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Slamannan Railway Company, | 
for leave to bring in a Bill, to alter, amend and} 
enlarge the powers and provisions of an Act passed 
in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty 
King William the fourth, intituled, “ An Act to 
make and maintain a Railway from Stanrig and 
Arbuckle, in the County of Zanark, to the Union 
Canal at Causeway-end, in the County of Stirling,” 
and for raising a further sum of Money, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Ratepayers and Inhabitants of 
Rochdale, and several townships within the parish 
of Rochdale, Heywood, in the township of Heap, 
in the parish of Bury, and Haslingden, and New 
Church, in the parish of Whalley, all in the county 
of Lancaster, for leave to bring in a Bill, for the 
more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts 
within the said townships, parishes and places, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairing, improving and maintaining the Port and 
Harbour of Eyemouth, in the county of Berwick, 
and Merchants, Ship-owners and Inhabitants of 
Eyemouth, for leave to bring in a Bill, for granting 
further and more effectual powers for repairing, im- 
proving and maintaining the said Port and Harbour, 
and the Works connected therewith, and for pro- 
viding the necessary Funds for these purposes, by 
altering or increasing the Rates and Duties leviable 
under the said Act, and by levying new and addi- 
tional Rates, and for making other regulations in 
regard to the purposes aforesaid, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Directors, Committee of Improve- 
ment, and Commissioners for executing the Act for 
effecting Improvements in the Streets and other 
Places within the Town of Manchester, for leave to 
bring ina Bill, to make further Improvements in 
the said town, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees, for executing the Act for 
a the Road from Dover, in the County of 
OL, 94, 


12° Februariz. 


ey was presented, and | 


21 


Kent, through Deal to Sandwich in the said County, 
for leave to bring in a Bill, to continue the Term, 
and enlarge the Powers of the said Acts, and to in- 
crease or alter the Tolls, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Histon ;— Fulbourn ;— Chesterton 
Union (Chairman of the Board of Guardians);-— 
Swaffham Bulbeck ;— Newton ;—Harlton;—Soham; 
—Nottinghamshire Agricultural Association (Chair- 
man) ;—Barling ;—and, Launceston; praying that 
the Corn Laws may not be repealed,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Devonport and East Stonehouse ;— 
Cripplegate Within (London) ;— Walsall ;—- Peter- 
head ;—Brentford;—and, Dalkeith; praying for 
the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Corn Laws. 


Petitions from Bronnington ;—and, Ipswich (five Education. 
Petitions); praying the House not to sanction an 
system of National Education which is not founde 
on the principles of the Established Church,—were 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Boleskine and Abertarff ;—Rasay ; Church of 
— Ardnamurchon; —and, Kilmalie; praying the Scotland. 
House to extend the efficiency of the Established 
Church in Scotland,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee of Church Rates, 
the Protestant Society for the Protection of Religious &amp;c- 
Liberty, praying that Church Rates may be abo- 
lished, that the religious education of the people on 
just and liberal principles, and the protection of 
pious and dissenting poor in workhouses, as well as 
the exemption of dissenters from the oppressions of 
Ecclesiastical Courts, may be permanently secured ; 
that a new establishment of chaplains in union poor 
houses, a church extension in Scotland from the 
Public Revenue, grants for new churches in Eng- 
land, the misappropriation to episcopalians in 

vanada of the national lands, and new episcopa- 
lian sees in our colonial possessions may be pre- 
vented ; and that the wrongs and grievances so often 
enumerated, and by which dissenters are prejudiced 
and debased, and of which they have long unavail- 
ingly but most justly complained, may be finally 
and completely removed, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kiltoom ;—and, Athleague; pray- Education 
ing that the present system of National Education (!reland. ) 
in Ireland may not be persisted in,—were presented, 
and read ; and ottlerted to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the Presentation 
Westminster Reform Society, praying the House to of Public 
. . . Petitions. 
resume the former practice of discussion on the 
presentation of Petitions, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Camber 

gesses of Portsmouth, for leave to bring in a Bill, for (Portsmouth) 
enlarging the Town Quay of the Borough of Ports- 2"*y* &amp;- 
mouth, and for extending the same, and for con- 
structing and maintaining proper Wharfs, Quays, 
Piers, Bridges, Locks, Sluices, Drains, Channels, 
Archways, Embankments, Approaches, Roads, Ware- 
houses and other Works, rections and Conveni- 
ences connected therewith, with power to deepen a 
portion of the Harbour of Portsmouth, called the 
Camber, and the Channel thereof, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 





D3 Petitions 











Church 
Establishment 
(Canada.) 


Burmese 
Prize Money. 


Idolatry 
4 India. ) 


Grain, Flour, 
and Meal. 


Railroads 
(freland.) 


Hops. 


Sault, 


Brewers, &amp;c. 


Post Office 
(Sunday 
iclivery of 
Leiters. ) 





12° Februari. 


99 A, 1839. 


Petitions from Simonburn;—and, Buckminster | Number of Signatures attached to each Memorial ; 
with Sewstern ; praying the House to take into con- | and, also, Copies of the Answers returned thereto : 
sideration the present state of the Church Esta-|—Of all Resolutions passed at Vestries, Wardmotes 
blishment in Canada,—were presented, and read; | or other Public Meetings, in connection with this 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. subject, which have been transmitted to the Lords 
lof the Treasury or to the Postmaster General :— 


A Petition of Relatives of Officers, Non-commis- | And, of any Correspondence which may have 
sioned Officers, Drummers and Privates who fell or | passed, within the last Two years, between the Lords 
died in consequence of the Burmese War in India of the Treasury and the Postmaster General, upon 
in 1825, praying the House to cause payment of | the said subject. 
the Burmese Prize Money, with as little delay as | 


possible, was presented, and read ; and ordered to. Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Education, 

lie upon the Table | command,-—Papers on Education. No. 16. 
| | Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

mh Table ; and be printed. 

Two Petitions from Bath ; praying the House to | 


prohibit the interference of British functionaries in| Qrdered, That a Select Committee be appointed Metropolis 
the management of Idolatrous Observances in India, | to take into consideration the several Plans for the I™provements, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon | Improvement of the Metropolis, concerning which 

the Table. | Reports were made to this House in the years 1836, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of each description of Grain, and of Flour 


1837 and 1838 ; together with any other Plans for 
the same object, which they may deem deserving of 
consideration, and to report their Opinion as to the 


or Meal, stated in Quarters, at the rates and pro-| expediency of adopting any of the said Improve- 


portions adopted by the Custom House Regulations, 
which were imported into Great Britain from Jre- 
land, in each year, from the 5th day of January 
1800 to the 5th day of January 1839. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return in detail, under separate heads, of the Ex- 
penditure by the Commission in Jreland, on the 
subject of Railroads in that country, stating the 
Name of every Person employed, and in what ca- 
pacity employed, who received more than £.100 as 
Salary or Pay for the Services performed ; stating 
also the period of such Services. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Total Number of Acres of Land 
in Great Britain, under the cultivation of Hops in 
the year 1838 : distinguishing the Number of Acres 
in each parish:—Of the Duty on Hops of the 
growth of the year 1838; distinguishing the dis- 
tricts, and the old from the new Duty:—Of the 
Quantity of Hops exported from Great Britain to 
Foreign Countries, from the 5th day of January 
1838 to the 5th day of January 1839; distinguishing 
the Countries to ad the same have been exported, 
and also the Quantities to each Country; also, 
British from Foreign growths, and the dates of the 
years in which the British Hops were grown :— 
And, of the Quantity of Foreign Hops imported 
into the United Kingdom, from the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1838 to the 5th day of January 1839; dis- 
tinguishing the Ports where imported, and the Coun- 
tries from whence exported. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Total Number of Quarters of Malt 
made between the 5th day of January 1838 and the 
5th day of January 1839, in the United Kingdom ; 
distinguishing the Quantity made in each Country, 
and the Quantity used by Brewers and Victuallers, 
and Retail Brewers. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Number of Persons in each of the 
several Collections in the United Kingdom licensed 
a; “ Brewers,” “ Victuallers,” “ to sell Beer to be 
drunk on the Premises,” and, “ to sell Beer not to 
be drunk on the Premises ;” stating the Number of 
each class who brew their own Beer, and the Quan- 
tity of Malt consumed by them, particularizing 
each class in each Collection, from the 5th day of 
January 1838 to the 5th day of January 1839. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Memorials to the Lords of the Trea- 
sury, and to the Postmaster General, on the subject 
of the transmission of Country Letters through the 
London Post Office on the Lord’s Day, with the 





ments ; and also, as to the best means of carrying 
the same into effect :—-And a Committee was ap- 
pointed, of Sir Matthew Wood, Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Viscount Lowther, 
Mr. Herries, Sir Edward Codrington, Sir Robert 
Harry Inglis, Mr. Shaw _— Mr. Clay, Mr. 
George Palmer, Sir De Lacy Evans, Mr. Pendarves, 
Mr. Biniard Sir Benjamin Hall and Mr. Wakley ; 
with Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered That the Committee have Power to report 
their Observations thereupon, from time to time, to 
the House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Administration 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to of Justice 
inquire into the mode of administering Justice in (Stland.) 
Scotland :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Trade or Com 
posed, That no Bill affecting the Trade or Commerce ™¢*¢e Bills. 
of the Country be introduced after Easter, unless on 
special cause being shown why it had not been 
brought forward sooner :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Copyright Bill 
amend the Law of Copyright: And that Mr. Ser- 
jeant Talfourd, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
Sir Robert Harry Inglis and Lord Viscount Mahon 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Parchasers’ 
for the better Protection of Purchasers against Judg- Protection Bill 
ments, Crown Debts and Fiats in Bankruptcy: 

And that Sir Edward Sugden and Mr. Solicitor 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Prisons 
improve Prisons and Prison Discipline in Scotland ; (Scotland) Bil 
And that Mr. Fox Maule, the Lord Advocate, and 
Lord John Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Legacy Duly. 
Returns, showing the amount of Capital on which 
the several Rates of Legacy Duty have been paid in 
Great Britain and Ireland, in each of the four years 
from January 1834 to January 1839 ; distinguishing 
the Amount of each Rate paid in each of these years ; 
and also, the Total Amount of the Rates in each 
year :—Of the Totals of the Capital paid upon, at 
each Rate of Duty, from 1797 to 1838, both inclu- 
sive; and also the Total Amount of each Rate paid 
in the same period :—Of the Total Amount of Re- 
venue received in the United Kingdom in each year, 

since 


(s 


mil = = | 





on 


ill, 


ill, 


2 Vicroriz. 


19°—13° Februariz. 33 


since the 5th day of January 1834 to the 5th day of | Barons of Exchequer in Scotland, and Judges in 


January 1839, for Stamp Duty on Legacies (distin- 
guishing those on direct and on reversionary bequests 
if possible), on Probates, Administrations and Testa- 
mentary Inventories ; distinguishing the Amount from 
England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland :—Of the 
Number of Wills and Administrations transmitted to 
the Legacy Duty Office, in each year from 1834 to 
1839, inclusive :—And, of the Total Amount of Re- 
venue received in the United Kingdom in each year, 
since the 5th day of January 1834 to the 5th day 
of January 1839, for Stamp Duty on Legacies, 
Probates, Administrations and Testamentary Inven- 
tories. 


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


Spirit Licenses j L 

(Scotland) Bille enable persons holding Licenses to sell Beer, Spirits, 
and other Exciseable Liquors in Scotland, to obtain 
a renewal of their Licenses from the Excise: And 
that Mr. Gillon and Mr. Dennistoun do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Poor Relief The House was moved, That the Act1 &amp; 2 Vict. c. 56, 
(Ireland) Act for the more effectual Relief of the Destitute Poor 
Amendment’ in Ireland, might be read; and the same being 


read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the said Act: And that Lord Viscount Mor- 
peth and Mr. More O’ Ferrall do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Business of the A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
House, That it is desirable that no new business should be 
brought on, likely to create debate, after twelve 
o’clock at night, except under urgent circumstances ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Brotherton, 7 19 
Yeas, Sir Edward Codrington : \ 
Tellers for the Mr. For Maule, 26 
Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart : : 


So it passed in the Negative. 


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


Mercurii, 13° die Februarii, 1839: 


Bankrupts’ Ordered, That leave be given to yom a Bill 

~ te ) pin, 108 Teguiating the Sequestration of the Estates of 

(Scotland) Bilt Bankrupts in Scotland: And that the Lord Advo- 
cate and Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Bankruptey Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

(Scotland) Bills amend the Law of Scotland, in matters relating to 
Bankruptcy: And that the Lord Advocate and Mr. 
Attorney General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Writs __ Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

‘Scoland) Bill. facilitate the preparation of Writs in Scotland: And 
that the Lord Advocate and Mr. Attorney General 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Heritable Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
(Scotland) -_ facilitate the Constitution, Transmission and Extinc- 
‘tion of Heritable Securities for Debt in Scotland : 
And that the Lord Advocate and Mr. Attorney Ge- 

neral do prepare, and bring it in. 
Registration Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 


hee ) Bill, provide for the Registration of Leases of long dura- 


tion in Scotland, and to facilitate the Constitution, 
Transmission and Extinction of Securities for Debt 
therein: And that the Lord Advocate and Mr. At- 
torney General do prepare, and bring it in. 


— The House was moved, That the Act 50 Geo. 3, 
! ; c. 31, for augmenting the Salaries of the Lords of 
Session, Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, and 


Vou. 94, 





Ireland, might be read; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, That this House will, 
upon Friday next, resolve itself into a Committee, 
to consider cf the Increase of the Salaries and Re- 
tired Allowances of certain of the Judges in the 
Supreme Courts of Scotland ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, That Her 
eo wm been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, reeemmends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Crown Charters 
regulate and improve the passing of Crown Charters (Scotland) Bill. 
in Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate and Mr. 

Attorney General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Beer Houses. 
Return of the Number of Houses licensed for the 
Sale of Beer between the ist day of January and 
the 3ist day of December 1838, in England and 
Wales ; specifying the Number in which it may be 
consumed on the premises, and the Number in 
which the Sale only is permitted. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration of 
reading of the Registration of Electors Bill ; Electors Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Leitrim Writ, 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out 
anew Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire 
to serve in this present Parliament for the County 
of Leitrim, in the room of Lord Viscount Clemenis, 
deceased. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Carlow Borough 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out Writ. 
a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of Car- 
low, in the room of William Henry Maule, Esquire, 
now one of the Barons of Her Majesty’s Court of 
Exchequer. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill to improve Pri- Prisons 
sons and Prison Discipline in Scotland: And the (Scotland) Bill. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be No. 17. 
read a second time upon Friday the 22d day of this 
instant February; and to be printed. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to amend poor Relief 
an Act of the first and second year of Her present (Ireland) Act 
Majesty, for the more efficient Relief of the Desti- — 
tute Poor in Ireland: And the same was read the No 18 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time er 
upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Serjeant Talfourd presented a Bill to amend Copyright Bill, 
the Law of Copyright: And the same was read the No, 19. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 27th day of this instant Fe- 
bruary ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Gillon presented a Bill to enable Persons spirit Licenses 
holding Licenses to sell Beer, Spirits and other (Scotland) Bill. 
Exciseable Liquors in Scotland, to obtain a renewal No, 20. 
of their Licenses from the Excise: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 27th day of this 
instant February ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Monies in the 
Account of Monies in the Exchequer, or remaining Exchequer. 
to be received, on the 11th day of February 1839, 
to complete the Aids granted by Parliament for the 
service of the years 1837 and 1838, 

d4 Mr. 


















































































































































Troutbeck’s 
Estate. 


Jury Causes 
(Scotland. ) 


Navy. 
No, 21. 


Bank of 
England. 


No. 22. 
National Debt. 
No. 22. 


Adjournment. 


Troutbeck’s 
Estate. 


Grain, Malt, 
&amp;c. 


94, 192°—13°-—14° Februariz. 


Mr. Baring accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report of a Committee of the Board 
of Treasury, to whom were referred the several Me- 
morials presented to that Board by Claimants to the 
Estate of the late Samuel Troutbeck, and the vari- 
ous Proceedings in that case; together with the 
Minute of the Lords of the Treasury thereon. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 25th day of June 
in the last Session of Parliament,—A Return of 
Causes tried by Jury in Scotland, since the Jury 
Court merged in the Court of Session ; specify- 
ing, in columns, the Date of Commencement, and 
each Stage of Procedure, before the Issues were 
settled, and subsequently to the final close of each 
Cause before the Court of Session ; also the Amount 
of Expenses awarded in each Cause, and the Amount 
taxed off, if any:—And, a similar Return of Causes 
set down to be tried by Jury, and which have been 
settled by Compromise, or otherwise than by Trial in 
Court. 

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


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Navy, 


which was presented yesterday, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Bank 
of —T which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


A. 1839. 


10th day of October 1838 ; distinguishing the dif- 
ferent kinds of Grain, the respective Ports shpped 
from and to, and the Quantity from and to each 
Port :—And, of all the British Corn, Flour and 
Malt, shipped at the different Ports of England 
and Scotland, during each of the last Three years 
preceding the 10th day of October 1838; distin- 
guishing the different kinds of Grain, the respec- 
tive Ports shipped from and to, and the Quantity 
from and to each Port; distinguishing the Quan- 
tities of each shipped coastwise, and to Foreign 
Parts ; viz. 1. British Corn, Flour and Malt, 
shipped coastwise, from and to the several Ports of 
England and Scotland; 2. British Corn, Flour and 
Malt, shipped from the several Ports of England 
and Scotland to Foreign Parts. 


Mr. Stephenson also presented, pursuant to the Leith Harbour. 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—State- 
ment of the Establishment proposed for conducting 
the Affairs of the Harbour of Leith, with an Esti- 
mate of the Sum requisite for defraying the Expense 
of the Maintenance and Repairs of the Harbour and 
Docks. 

Copy of Treasury Warrant granting Compensa- Common Law 
tion to the Honourable C. E. Law, for the loss of Courts. 
his office of Clerk of the Rules in the Court of 
Queen’s Bench: Copy of Treasury Warrant grant- 
ing Compensation to the Honourable £. Kenyon 
and others for the loss of their offices. 

Accounts of Fees received by the Second Re- Court of 
membrancer of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, Exchequer 
and of the disposal thereof. omens 


Copy of Treasury Minute granting a special Al- Royal 
.. @ 

lowance to Dr. Gregory, on his retirement from the + srw 

office of Professor of Mathematics in the Royal ' 





Ordered, That the Account relative tothe National | Academy at Woolwich. 


Debt, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Statement of Persons attached to the Insolvent Insolvent 


And then the House, having continued to sit Debtors Court to whom Superannuation Allowances Debtors Court. 
fo] 
till a quarter of an hour after twelve of the have been granted. 


clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 


this day. 


A Return of all Pensions which have become pay- Pensions. 
able by Her Majesty’s command, under the Act 
1 and 2 Vict. c. 95. 











Mercurii, 13° die Februarii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


HE House met; and being counted by Mr. 





An Account, made up to the 31st December 1838, Russian 
of the Sums which have been paid and applied Dutch Loan. 
within the year 1838,by virtue of an Act, 55 Geo.3, 
c. 115, intituled, “ An Act for carrying into effect 
a Convention between his Majesty and the King 
of the Netherlands and the Emperor of All the 
Russias,” for paying and satisfying the Interest on 


Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were | the part of the Loan therein agreed to be borne by 
not present ; yetit being Four of the clock, Mr. Speaker | his Majesty on all or any of the Securities therein 
took the Chair, and again counted the House; and | mentioned, and towards paying and satisfying the 
Forty Members not being present :—The House was | Principal thereof (in case the Principal of any of 





adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first the said Securities shall have been paid); and also 


put, till To-morrow. 


| for paying the Expenses of carrying the said Act 








Jovis, 14° die Februari ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


into execution, and the Sinking Fund for the extinc- 
tion of the same :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Maltby, from the Trinity House, was called Trinity House 


R. Stephenson, from the Treasury, was called | in; and at the bar presented,—Further Return to (Deptford 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to|an Order, dated the 24th day of July in the last" ) 


Order,—Copy of the Report of a Committee of 
the Board of Treasury, to whom were referred the 
several Memorials presented to that Board b 
Claimants to the Estate of the late Samuel Trout- 
beck, and the various Proceedings in that case; 
together with the Minute of the Lords of the Trea- 
sury thereon. 

Accounts of the Quantity of Grain, Malt and 
Flour, exported from Ireland to England and Scot- 
land during each of the last Three years preceding 





the 10th day of October 1838; distinguishing the 
different kinds of Grain, the respective Ports shipped 
from and to, and the Quantity from and to each | 


Session of Parliament, for a Return of the whole 
Receipt and Revenue of the Corporation of Trinity 
House of Deptford Strond ; distinguishing the par- 
ticular Sources from which the same are derived ; 
together with a particular and detailed Account of 
the Appropriation, for the years 1836 and 1837: 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Holmes, from the Commissioners of Arundel Arundel Port- 


Port, was called in; and at the bar presented, pur- 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— 


Port:—Of the Quantity of Grain, Malt and Flour,| Report and Account of the Commissioners of the 
exported from England and Scotland to Ireland,| Harbour of Littlehampton, called Arundel Port, 
during each of the last Three years preceding the | in the County of Sussex, from the 31st day of De- 


cember 





Rich 
Brid 


Wri 


an 








Richmond 
Bridge. 


Devonport 
Writ. 


Perth Police. 


Perth Harbour 
and Navigation. 


Chirk Inclosure. 


Teignmouth 
Bridge, 


Chesterfield 
Small Debts, 


Edenfield and 
tule Bolton 
Road, 


2 VicToriz. 


cember 1837 up to and including the 31st day of 
December 1838 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Smith, from the Commissioners of Richmond 
Bridge, was called in; and at the bar presented, 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
—Richmond Bridge Cash Account for the year 
1837 :— And then he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Devonport, in the 
room of Sir George Grey, Baronet, who, since his 
election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
office of Judge Advocate General, or Judge Martial 
of Her Majesty’s Forces. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Acts for paving, lighting and cleaning the City of 
Perth, and for maintaining Police and Good Order 
within the said City, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
granting further and additional powers, and for in- 
creasing or altering the Rates and Duties, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Commissioners acting under the 
Acts for enlarging, improving and maintaining the 
Port and Harbour of Perth, for improving the Navi- 
gation of the River Tay to the said City, and for 
other purposes therewith connected, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to extend and enlarge the Time for 
completing the said Works, and to enable the said 
Company to borrow and take up at interest a further 
Sum of Money, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Sect Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


A Petition of the Lady of the Honor or Lord- 
ship, and several other Persons, being Owners of 
estates, lands and grounds in the several parishes 
of Llangollen and Llansaintfraid Glyn Ceiriog, 
and within the Honor or Lordship of Chirk, in the 
county of Denbigh, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for dividing, allotting and inclosing certam Commons, 
Commonable Lands, Wastes and Waste Lands within 
the said parishes, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Teignmouth and Shaldon Bridge 


Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, amend 
and enlarge the powers and provisions of an Act 
passed in the fifth year of the reign of his late Ma- 
jesty King George the fourth, for building a Bridge 
over the River Teign, at Teignmouth, in the County 
of Devon, and for making Approaches to the same, 
and for increasing the Tolls, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Edward Humble and Harvey Slagg, 
complaining that the Standing Orders of the House 
in respect to the application for the Chesterfield 
Small Debts Bill had not been complied with; and 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their agents and witnesses against the same, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
more effectually repairing and improving the Road 
from or near Edenfield Chapel to Little Bolton, 
and the Road leading from and out of the said 
Road at Booth Pits, to or near Bury Bridge, in 
the County Palatine of Lancaster, and for making 


and maintaining three several Branches of Road 
Vot. 94. 


14° Februariz. 


25 


communicating therewith, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to repeal the said Act, and make further and 
other powers and provisions in lieu thereof, was pre 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, amend and 
enlarge the powers and provisions of the Acts for 
making a Railway from the Minories to Blackwall, 
with Branches, to be called ‘ The Commercial Rail- 
way,’ and for extending the said Railway from near 
the Minories to Penoburch-atreet, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring ina Bill for amending and 
enlarging the powers of the Acts for making a 
Railway from Bristol to join the London and Bir- 
mingham Railway near London, to be called ‘ The 
Great Western Railway,’ with Branches therefrom 
to the Towns of Bradford and Trowbridge, in the 
County of Wilts, and to enable the said Company 
to raise a further Sum of Money, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Liverpool and Manchester Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill, to 
enable the Manchester and Liverpool Railway Com- 
pany to extend the Line of the said Railway, and 
to make and maintain a Railway, with proper 
Works, Warehouses, Stations and Conveniences, to 
connect the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with 
the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway, in the 
Township of Salford, and with the Manchester and 
Leeds Railway, in the re of Manchester, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Magistrates of the Western Divi- 
sion of the county of Suffolk, praying for the amend- 
ment of the Sale of Beer Act by the suppression of 
houses licensed to sell Beer, to be drunk on the 
Premises, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Mareham-le-Fen ;— Wood Enderby 
and Wilksby ;— Hogsthorpe and Mumby-cum- Chapel ; 
—Kirkby-super-Bain ;—Langton and Wispington ; 
— Addlethorpe-cum - Ingoldmells ; — Donen 
Framfield ; —Limerich ; — Ticehurst ; — Ousden ;— 
Wickhambrook ;— Stow-upland ; — Mildenhall ; — 
Woolpit ;-—Ichlingham ;—Chevington;— Rattlesden; 
— Thorpe ; — Stanton; —Etchingham ;—Bury St. 
Edmund's ;— Hadleigh ;— Castle Camps ;— Harston ; 
and, Great Shelford; praying the House not to 
sanction the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Mewcastle-upon-Tyne ;— Ossett ;— 
Portsmouth ;— Knaresborough ;— Worcester ;—and, 
Harleston ; praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, 
—were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


? 


A Petition of Electors and Artizans of Dublin, 
praying the House to identify the Elective Franchise 
in England and Ireland, countries in which the 
tenures of lands and houses are similar, and to give 
to Ireland as complete Municipal Reform as Eng- 
land has obtained, and to give also to Ireland her 
adequate proportion in the Representation; and, 
finally, to place Ireland upon a footing of equality 
in religious freedom with England, by allocating 
the temporalities of the church of the minority in 
that country to purposes of charity, education and 
public utility, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 











Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


E Petitions 


A Petition of the Commercial Railway Company, Commercial 
Railway 
(London and 
Blackwall.) 


Great Western 


Railway. 


Liverpool and 
Manchester 
Railway 
Extension, 


Sale of Beer 


Act. 


Corn Laws, 


Elective 


Franchise, &amp;c, 


(Ireland. ) 

















oe nan en a name raga 


| 


Churcis of Petitions from Applecross ;— Lochalsh ; —and, 

—— Elgin (Moderator of the Presbytery); praying the 
House to take into consideration the state of Religious 
Instruction in Scotland, and to grant suitable endow- 
ments to the new churches, whose ministers have 
been hitherto unprovided with an adequate and 
permanent stipend,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Canada. A Petition of Louis H. La Fontaine and Charles 
Mandelet, Advocates of the city of Montreal, com- 
plaining of having been arrested without a warrant, 
and detained in prison several days; and praying 
the House to take their case into consideration, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Postage. A Petition of Inhabitants of Llansawel praying 
for the adoption of a low and uniform rate of 
Postage, was ‘eae and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


South Australia. A Petition of William Henry Burnand, of New 
Road, Mary-le-bone, complainng of the Colonial 
Office refusing to allow the Petitioner and others 
to buy land in the neighbourhood of Portland Bay 
on the South East Coast of Australia, which country 
is entirely waste and unoccupied but eminently fit 
to sustain a British Colony ; and praying the House, 
to take the premises into consideration, and to adopt 
such measures as may enable the Petitioner and 
his coadjutors to carry their purpose into effect on 
their giving ample security, which they are prepared 
to do, for defraying the whole expense of the said 
intended settlement, was poms. and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Public Works 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
(Ireland. ) 


Return of all Applications for grants of Public 
Money made to the Commissioners of Public 
Works under the Act 1 and 2 Will. 4, c. 33; 
and to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, under the 
Act 1 Vic. c. 21; specifying the nature of the 
proposed Work, the estimated Cost thereof, and by 
whom the Application was made; distinguishing 
those Applications on which Grants have been made 
from those which have been rejected, and the re- 
spective Amount of such Grants. 


Working A Petition of Matthew Phillips, Engineer and 

oo. Surveyor, praying the House to take into considera- 
tion his plan for ameliorating the condition of the 
Working Classes, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Rublic Petitions Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
Seen) Select Committee on Public Petitions ; That the 
had examined the Petitions presented on the ith 
and 12th days of this instant February; and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Edueation. Petitions from Whitehurch(Salop) ;—Addlethorpe- 
cum - Ingoldmells;— and, Felsham Saint Peter ; 
praying the House not to sanction any system of 
National Education, unless it shall inculcate the 
doctrines, and be conducted under the superintend- 
ence of the clergy of the Church of England,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


American A Petition of Merchants of the Port of Liverpool, 
Treaty. complaining of an infraction of the terms of the 
Treaty of the 3d of July 1815, between this King- 
dom and the United States of North America, with 
reference to certain export duties collected from the 


96 14° Februari. 








A. 1839. 


Petitioners and others; and praying the House to 
take the matter into their serious consideration, and 
adopt such measures as the justice of the case may 
be found to demand, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of the Newark Gas-light and Coke Newark Gas, 
Company, and Inhabitants of Newark, for leave to 
bring ina Bill, for better lighting and supplying 
the said town, and the liberties precincts and 
suburbs thereof with Gas, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Foreign Grain 
Return of the ‘Number of British Ships laden 
wholly or in part with Foreign Grain, entered in- 
wards at the Ports of London, Hull and Newcastle, 
between the 1st day of September 1838 and the 1st 
day of January 1839 :—And, a similar Return of 
Foreign Ships during the same period. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Government 
Copies of any further Correspondence which may ° Oude. 
have taken place between the Ditsctors of the East 
India Company and any Claimant to the Throne of 
Oude. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Italy (Commer. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ‘ia! Relations) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Dr. John Bowring’s Report on 
the Commercial Relations of Italy. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Prussian 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Commercial 
to give directions, that there be laid before this“ 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Returns which 
will show the working of the Prussian Commercial 
Union Treaty, in respect to the increase or decrease 
of the exports and imports, raw and manufactured, 
out of and into the said Union:—Also, whether 
any and what alterations have been made in the 
Tariff, or in the conditions of the Commercial 
Union ; and whether any other and what States 
have joned the Union since the Papers presented 
to this House in the last Session. 

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


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented, pursuant to Court of 

the directions of may of Parliament,—Copy of pracuee | 

the Order of the Lord Chancellor of Zreland re-“"*"*” 

specting Fees in the Court of Chancery in Ireland. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Supp!y- 
solve itself into the Committee of Supply. 


Ordered, That the Registration of Electors Bill Regptiens 
be read a second time To-morrow. ees ry is 


The House was moved, That so much of Her Municipal 
Majesty’s most gracious Speech to both Houses of Corporti 
Parliament at the opening of the Session, as relates "°“"" 
to Municipal Corporations in Jreland, might be 
read ; and the same was read, as followeth ; 


“ The Reform and Amendment of the Municipal 
Corporations of Jreland, are essential to the interests 
of that part of My dominions.” 


Ordered, That leave be given té bring in a Bill, 
for the regulation of Municipal Corporations in Zre- 
land: And that Lord Viscount Morpeth and Lord 
John Russell do prepare, and bring it in, 

A Motion 


El 


tio 


ani 


Es 
(Se 


Ne 





in 


es 


s) 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Election Peti- 
tions Trial Bill. 


Factories Bill, 


Library of the 
House, 


Cotton Gloves 
and Hosiery. 


Bankrupts’ 
Estates 
(Scotland) Bill, 


No. 23, 


Factories Bill. 


No, 24. 


Negro 
Education, 





2 Vicroriz. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That in the trial of Controverted Elections, the 
objects of justice, uniformity and despatch, would 
be best attained by a tribunal not consisting of 
Members of Parliament ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Lord Viscount Mahon, 


} 63. 


Yeas, = | Sir Robert Harry Inglis: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Fox Maule, h 4 
Noes, Sir Thomas Fremantle : . 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to amend the Jurisdiction for the Trial of Election 
Petitions: And that Sir Robert Peel, Sir Thomas 
Fremantle and Mr. Goulburn do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, 
c. 103, to regulate the Labour of Children and 
Young Persons in the Mills and Factories of the 
United Kingdom, might be read; and the same was 
read, 

The House was also moved, That the Act 4 &amp; 5 
Will. 4.c. 1, to explain and amend an Act of the 
last Session of Parliament for regulating the Labour 
of Children and Young Persons in the Mills and Fac- 
tories of the United Kingdom, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating the Employment of Children and 
Young Persons in Factories: And that Mr. Fox 
Maule and Lord John Russell do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Ordered, That a Standing Committee be ap- 
pointed, of Sixteen Members, to assist Mr. Speaker 
in the direction of the Library, to whom shall be 
referred all matters relating thereto :—And a Com- 
mittee was appointed of Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Robert Peel, 
Sir Henry Hardinge, Dr. Lushington, Mr. Goulburn, 
Mr. Shaw, the Lord Advocate, Mr. Williams Wynn, 
Mr. Warburton, Lord Viscount Clive, Mr. Shaw 
Lefevre, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Fazakerley, Mr. Gally 
Knight, and Mr. Acland. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Quantity of Cotton Gloves and Ho- 
siery imported into the United Kingdom, distinguish- 
ing what have been entered for Home Consumption 
and what bonded for Exportation, in each year, from 
the 5th day of January 1835 to the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1839. 


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


Veneris, 15° die Februarii, 1839: 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill for regulating 
the Sequestration of the Estates of Bankrupts in 
Scotland: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upénsBriday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill for regulating the 
Employment of Children and Young Persons in Fac- 
tories: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
the 25th day of this instant February; and to be 
printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Report from C. J. Latrobe, 
Esquire, on Negro Education in British Guiana and 
Trinidad. 

VoL. 94, 


14°-—15° Februari. 





27 


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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Northern Northern 
Lighthouses, which was presented upon Tuesday Vighthouses. 


last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Monies in Monies in the 
the Exchequer, which was presented upon Tuesday ¥** 


last, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till after twelve of the clock on Friday morn- 
ing, adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 15° die Februarii ; 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


No. 25. 


hequer. 


No. 26. 


M R. Joyce, from the Board of Trade, was called Wheat. 


in; and. at the bar presented, pursuant to 
Order,—A Return of the Prices of Wheat, as in- 
serted in the Royal Gazette, for every week in the 
year 1838; and a similar Return for each of the 
Four preceding years; the whole arranged in cor- 
responding columns :—And then he withdrew. 
: Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the East India 
East India Company, was called in; and at the bar ©o™p2y. 


presented, pursuant to the directions of several Acts 
of Parliament,—List, No. 95, specifying the Parti- 
culars of the Compensation proposed to be granted 
to certain Persons reduced from the East India 
Company’s Service in England, under an Arrange- 
ment sanctioned by the Board of Commissioners for 
the Affairs of India, and laid before the Honourable 
the House of Commons on the 20th March 1834, 

List, No.96, specifying the Particulars of the Com- 
pensation proposed to be granted to certain reduced 
Servants of the East India Company in England, 
under an Arrangement sanctioned by the Board of 
Commissioners for the Affairs of India, and laid 
before the Honourable the House of Commons on 
the 26th February 1835. 

List, No. 97, specifying the Particulars of the 
Compensation proposed to be granted to certain 
Persons who belonged to the late Maritime Service 
of the East India Tosiaianie, and to the Widow of a 
Person who belonged to the same Service, under an 
Arrangement sanctioned by the Board of Commis- 
sioners for the Affairs of India, and laid before the 
Honourable the House of Commons on the 26th 
February 1835. 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, being the Warrants or In- 
struments granting any Pension. 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East 
India Company, being the Warrants or Instruments 
granting any Salary or Gratuity:—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


A Petition of the Trustees, Directors and Share- protestant 
holders of the Protestant Dissenters and General Dissenters’ 
Life and Fire Assurance Company, for leave to ri 


bring in a Bill enabling them to sue and be sued in 
the Name of their Chairman, Secretary or some other 
Public Officer, and to have other Powers and Au- 
thorities, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


ompany. 


A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Merchants, Moy Naviga- 
Traders and Inhabitants of the towns of Ballina tivv. 


and Ardnaree, in the counties of Mayo and Sligo, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for improving and main- 
taining the Navigation of the River Moy, between 


the town of Ballina and the Sea, was presented, 
E 2 and 





—— 


ai 
tt 

ii 
Hi 











Bury (Lan- 
caster) Market, 


Corn Laws. 


Church Rates, 


Hereford 
Lunatic 
Asylum, 


Church of 
Scotland, 


Licensed 
Victuallers, 


Trade and 
Naviyation. 





98 15° Februari. A. 1839. 


and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Earl of Derby (Lord of the 
manor of Bury, in the county of Lancaster), and 
Inhabitants of the town and borough of Bury, in 
the said county, for leave to bring in a Bill for esta- 
blishing a New Market or Markets within the said 
town, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Kendal ;— Taunton; — Forfar ; 
—Derby (two Petitions); — Westminster ; — Raw- 
don; — Horbury ; — Arbroath (two Petitions); — 
Dundee ;— Brechin ;—Poplar and Bromley ;—Nor- 
wich ;— Guardians of the Poor of the Wolverhampton 
Union ; — Huddersfield ; — Pudsey ; — Prescot ; — 
Lancaster ;—Stroud ;—and, Merchants, Manufac- 
turers and others, engaged in Trade aud Commerce; 
praying for the repeal cf the Corn Laws,—were 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Kable and the last to be printed. 

Petitions from the hundred of Colneis (Suffolk); 
—Odiham ;—Samford hundred (Suffolk) ;— Wor- 
lingworth and Southolt ;— Chippenham ;— Brighton, 
Patcham, &amp;c. ;—Steyning, Shoreham, &amp;c. ;— Wood- 
mancote and Stratton ;— Houghton ;—Nether Wal- 
lop ;—Little Somborne ;— Rutland (Sheriff) ;—Lang- 
port ;—LEast 7 Agricultural Protective Society 
(Chairman) ;— Yoaford Farmers’ Club (Chairman); 
— West Suffolk(two Petitions) ;—Stock;—and, East 
Kent; praying that the Corn Laws may not be re- 
pealed,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Chelmsford, praying for the abolition of 
Church Rates, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Justices duly appointed to visit the 
house kept by Mr. John Gilliland, for the reception 
of insane patients, called the Hereford Lunatic 
Asylum, praying the House to appoint a Select 
Committee to inquire into the manner in which the 
establishment has been conducted, and also as to 
the propriety of a license having been granted by 
the a a of Hereford, when the same had been 
refused by the Justices of the county, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Petitions from Saint James, Glasgow ;—Cairston 
(Moderator and Clerk) ; — Stenness ;—Brechin ;— 
Paisley (Moderator) ;— Inchinnan ;— and, Firth; 
praying the House to adopt measures for relieving the 
religious destitution which prevails in Scotland, b 
extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Brighton, 
praying that they may be relieved from the respon- 
sibility which they are at present under, to make 
restitution for articles of value, which guests may 
bring to their respective Inns, except in cases where 
the value of such articles shall not exceed ten pounds, 
was presented, and read, and ordered to % upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—&lt;Accounts ‘of the Imports of the prin- 
cipal Articles of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize, 
of the Consumption of such Articles, and of the 
Customs Duties received thereon, in the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1839, compared with the 
Imports, Consumption and Receipts of the preced- 
ing year, ended the 5th day of January 1838 :—Of 
the Exports of the principal Articles of Foreign 
and Colonial Merchandize, in the year ended the 
5th day of January 1839, re oy with the Ex- 
ports of the preceding year, ended the 5th day of 
January 1838 :—Of the Exports of the principa 


Articles of British and Irish Produce and Manu- N 
factures, in the year ended the 5th day of January tic 
1839, cman with the Exports of the preceding 
year, ended the 5th day of January 1838 :—Of the 
Gross and Net Produce of the Duties of Customs in 
the year ended the 5th day of January 1839, com- 


pared with the Produce of the preceding year, ended S 
the 5th day of January 1838 :—Of the Number and i 
Tonnage of Vessels, detinguding the Countries to 


which they belonged, which entered Inwards and 
cleared Outwards in the year ended the 5th day of 
January 1839, compared with the Entrances and 
Clearances in the preceding year ended the 5th day 
of January 1838; stated exclusively of Vessels in 
ballast, and of those employed in the Coasting 
Trade, or the Trade between Great Britain and 
Ireland :—And, of the Number and Tonnage of 
Vessels which entered Inwards and cleared Out- 
wards, with Cargoes, at the several Ports of the 
United Kingdom, in the year ended the 5th day of 
January 1839, compared with the Entrances and 
Clearances of the preceding year, ended the 5th 
day of January 1838; distinguishing the Vessels 
employed in the intercourse between Great Britain 
and Ireland from other Coasters. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Hand-loom 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Weavers. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of certain Reports of the Assistant 
Hand-loom Weavers’ Commissioners. 

Ordered, that the said Address be nes to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Holt, praying for the postage. 
adoption of a low and uniform rate of Postage, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ Raitway and 
Return of the Mileage and Composition for Duties on Stage Carriages. 
Railway and Stage Disease respectively, inthe years 
ended the 5th days of January 1837, 1838 and 1839. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tea Cultivation ; 
a Copy of Papers received from India, relating to the (India) 
measures adopted for introducing the cultivation of the , 
Tea Plant within the British Possessions in India. ‘ 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for Wearmouth 
making and maintaining a convenient Carriage 4 Tyre A 
Road from Wearmouth Bridge to Tyne Bridge, with “"°8 *°* 
a Branch from the said Road to South Shields, all 
in the county of Durham, for leave to bring in a R 
Bill for continuing the Term and Powers of the said 
Acts, and for altering or increasing the Tolls, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select R 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. B 


A Petition of Residents in the city of Dublin, Chimney 
praying the House to a a measure abolishing the Sweepers. A 
system of using Climbing Boys in the sweeping of B 
chimnies, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


P 

A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of Caséle raucation (I 

Blakeney, praying that the present system of Na- (Ireland.) ~ 
tional Education in Jreland may not be persisted in, 

was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon h 

the Table. S 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Answer to 
House, That their several Addresses of the 11th and Addresses. 
14th days of this instant February (that Her Ma- 
jesty would be graciously pleased to give directions 
that the Papers therein mentioned might be laid 
before this isons), had been presented to Her Ma- 
jesty ; and that Her Majesty had commanded him 
to — this House, that She will give directions 





accordingly. 
sid Mr. 





mn 


Negro Educa- 


tion. 


Southwark 
Writ. 


Troutbeck’s 
Estate. 


No. 28. 


Grain, Meal, 
end Flour. 


No, 27. 


Adjournment. 


Registration of 


Electors Bill. 


Registers of 
Births, &amp;c., Bill, 


Affirmation 
ill, 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


J udges’ 
Salaries 
(Scotland.) 


2 VicTorRiz. 


Mr. Baring presented, pursuant to an Address to 
Her Majesty, —Copy of a Report from C.J. Latrobe, 
Esquire, to Lord Glenelg, on Negro Education in 
British Guiana and Trinidad. 

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

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the cue. to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Southwark, in the 
room of Daniel Whittle Harvey, Esquire, who, since 
his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted 
the office of Registrar of Hackney Carriages ; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ the Papers relating to the appointment of Daniel 
Whittle Harvey, Esquire, to the office of Registrar 
of Hackney Carriages, be referred to a Select Com- 
mittee ; and that they be directed to report their 
Opinion whether Mr. Harvey has vacated his seat 
“ by his acceptance of the said office,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—It 
passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ the Papers relating to the appointment of Daniel 
‘ Whittle Harvey, Esquire, to the office of Registrar 
of Hackney Carriages, be referred to a Select Com- 
mittee ; and that they be directed to report their 
Opinion whether Mr. Harvey has vacated his seat 
“ by his acceptance of the said office,” be added in- 
stead thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Papers relating to the appoint- 
ment of Daniel Whittle Harvey, Esquire, to the 
office of Registrar of Hackney Carriages, be referred 
to a Select Committee; and that they be directed 
to report their Opinion whether Mr. Harvey has 
vacated his seat by his acceptance of the said office. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated upon 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Troutbeck’s 
Estate, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


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Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Grain, 
Meal and Flour, which were presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Registration of Electors Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Registers of Births, &amp;c., Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Affirmation Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee, to whom it was referred to consider of the 
mcrease of the Salaries and Retired Allowances of 


certain of the Judges in the Supreme Courts of 
Scotland ; 


And a Motion bein 
being proposed, That 

hair ; ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 


to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
Von. 94, 


made, and the Question 
r. Speaker do now leave the 


15° Februarizz. 





Tellers for the Noes, 


“« itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 
e House divided : 
Tellers for the Yeas, The Lord Advocate, } 56. 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Gillon: 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
Motion made, and Question proposed, That it is 
Salaries and Retired Allowances of certain of the 
from the word “ That” to the end of the Question, 
adequately remunerated, they are of Opinion that 
interruption should take place in the due admi- 
land are less in amount than the Salaries of the 
to command the services of men of the first ac- 
the due administration of justice in Scotland has 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
Tellers for the Yeas, The Lord Advocate, } 67. 
Mr. Hume : } ™. 
enable Her Majesty to increase the Salaries and Re- 


29 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
Th 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Tt. 
Mr. Fox Maule: 
{ Mr. Hume, \ 07. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. ‘ 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
the Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 
the Opinion of this Committee, that provision be 
made by law to enable Her Majesty to increase the 
Judges of the Court of Session in Scotland ; 
Amendment proposed, to leave out all the words 
in order to add the words “ whilst the Committee 
“ desire that every Judge of the land should be 
the whole time of such Judges should be devoted 
to the public service, in order that no unnecessa 
nistration of justice to Her Majesty’s subjects ; 
that, although the Salaries of the Judges in Scot- 
Judges in England, it has always been in the 
power of every Government, as it is at this time, 
quirements at the Scottish Bar to fill those situa- 
tions; and it may be confidently asserted, that 
never suffered from the want of men of the first 
talents to accept of Judgeships,” instead thereof. 
out stand part of the Question ; 
The Committee divided : 
Sir George Sinclair : 
{ Mr. Gillon, 
Main Question put, and agreed to. 
1. Resolved, That provision be made by law to 
tired Allowances of certain of the Judges of the Court 
of Session in Scotland. 


2. Resolved, That Her Majesty be enabled to grant 
to any Judge of the Court of Session, who shall have 
attained the age of Seventy years, and shall have 
acted as such for Fifteen years, an Anntity on his 
resignation of office of the same amount as the 
Salary appertaining thereto; which said respective 
Salaries and Annuities shall be issued and paid in 
manner provided by an Act of the fiftieth year of 
his Majesty King George the Third, for augmenting 
the Salaries of the Lords of Session. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 


mittee of Supply ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Ecclesiasticat 
carry into effect, with certain modifications, the Duties and 


Fourth Report of the Commissioners of Ecclesias- 
tical Duties and Revenues: And that Lord John 
Russell and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


E3 Ordered, 




































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Court of 
Chancery. 


Lower Canada. 


Bonded Corn. 


Fublic Works 
(Ireland, ) 


30 15°—18° 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Bills filed in Her Ma- 
jesty’s High Court of Chancery in the years 1835, 
1836, 1837 and 1838; of the Number of Answers 
filed in the several years 1750 to 1754, inclusive ; 
also, for the several years 1760 to 1764, inclusive ; 
also, for the several years 1770 to 1774, inclusive ; 
also for the several years 1780 to 1784, inclusive ; 
also, for the several years 1800 to 1804, inclusive ; 
also, for the year 1808, and each succeeding year 
to the 31st day of December 1838; also, of the 
Total Number of Folios contained in the Bills, and 
of the Total Number of Folios contained in the 
Answers, filed in each of the years above specified : 
—Of the Number of Causes, Exceptions and fur- 
ther Directions, Pleas and Demurrers set down to 
be heard in and for the years 1836, 1837 and 1838, 
and the Number of Decrees and Orders made on 
the hearing of the same; of the Number of Causes, 
Exceptions, further Directions, Pleas and Demur- 
rers ready for hearing on the First day of each 
Term, and also at the close of the Sittings after 
each Term, in each of the above years; of the 
Number of Re-hearings and Appeals before the 
Lord Chancellor set down in each of the same 
years, and standing for hearing on the first day of 
each term, and also on the last day of the Sittings 
after each term, in each of the above years, specify- 
ing when the first Five of such Re-hearings and Ap- 
peals (except such as appear to have been called on 
and adjourned,) had been set down at each of such 
times :—Of the Number of Cause Petitions pre- 
sented and answered by the Lord Chancellor in 
each of the said years 1836, 1837 and 1838 :—And, 
of the Number of Petitions answered and set down 
for hearing at the Rolls. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Revenues received in Lower Canada, 
in each of the years 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837 
and 1838, in respect of the Casual and Territorial 
Revenue } Duties and Licenses under the Imperial 
Act 14 Geo. 3; Duties and Licenses under the 
Provincial Act 41 Geo. 3; Duties under the Pro- 
vincial Act 33, Geo. 3; also, under 35 Geo. 3; under 
53 Geo. 3, amended by 55 Geo. 3, and continued 
by the Imperial Act 3 Geo. 4; also, under 55 Geo. 3 ; 
under Imperial Acts of 6 Geo. 4, c. 114, and 3 and 
4 Will. 4, c. 59; and under 6 Geo. 3, c. 52; Fines 
and Forfeitures; Tolls on Zochine Canals; Monies 
collected under the 4th Geo. 4, c. 21; Duties on 
Shipping under the 45th and 51st Geo. 3; and 
Duties on Passengers ; distinguishing the Amount 
of Revenue received under each of the said 
Sources. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present ; and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed ‘by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till Monday next. 





Lune, 18° die Februarii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


M R. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—A Return of the Quantity of Bonded Corn aban- 
doned by the Importers, and destroyed, at the Port 
of London, in the year‘ending 5th January 1838. 

A Return of all Applications for Grants of Public 
Money made to the Commissioners of Public Works 
under the Act 1 and 2 Will. 4, c. 33; and to the 
Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, under the Act 1 Vice. 
¢c. 21; specifying the nature of the proposed Work, 
the estimated Cost thereof, and by whom the appli- 
cation was made ; distinguishing those Applications 
on which Grants have been made from those which 


Februariz. A. 1839. 


have been rejected, and the respective Amounts of 
such Grants. 


A Return of the Mileage and Composition for gaia. ang 


in the years ended the 5th days of January 1837, 
1838 and 1839. 


Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the direc- mint. 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Accounts of 
Advances made from the Consolidated Fund for the 
purchase of Bullion for Coinage ; the Sales of Coin; 

the Seignorage arising therefrom, and the Repay- 
ments made into the Exchequer on account of the 

said Advances and Seignorage, to 31st January 1839: 
—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, Thatthe said Papers dolie upon the Table. 


and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament,—Copies of all Cases which 
have been stated and signed by Commissioners acting 
in the execution of the Acts relating to the Assessed 
Taxes, subsequent to the 28th day of November 1837, 
being the date of a like Return made in the last, 
Session of Parliament :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, Thatthesaid Paper do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Owners and Occupiers of lands in pfanchester and 
Stone and Rugby ;—Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham 
Birmingham Canal ;—Company of Proprietors of Extension 
the Navigation from the Trent to the Mersey ;— hy) Railway. 
Trustees of the Stafford Charities ;—and, Sir George © 
Chetwynd, Bart.; complaining that the Standing 
Orders of the House in respect to the application 
for the Manchester and Birmingham Extension (Stone 
and Rugby) Railway Bill, had not been complied 
with ; and praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their agents and witnesses, against the same, 

—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Resident Householders in Aberdeen, Aberdeen 
for leave to bring in a Bill for erecting convenient Market and — 
Market-places, with suitable Approaches, in the said me 
City, and for power to levy Tolls to maintain the 
same, was presented, and read; and referred to the 


Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for New Cross 
more effectually repairing and improving certain Turmpike 
Roads in the Counties of Kent and Surrey, commonly Roads. 
called the ew Cross Turnpike-roads, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for enabling them to take a further 
Toll at a distance of seven miles from the Gate at 
which the former Toll was paid, instead of ata dis- 
tance of ten miles as at present, and to. enable them 
to effect the several beneficial objects connected 
with such an alteration, was. presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Wyrley and 
Wyrley and Essington Canal Navigation, and of the Essington | 
Company of Propriétors of the Birmingham Canal C2 i", 
Navigations, for leave. to bring in a Bill for conso- 
lidating the said two Companies, and for making 
such provisions and arrangements with respect 
thereto as may be necessary, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bradford, in the Bradford 
county of Wilts, for leave to bring in a Bill for (Wilts) 
aving, cleansing, lighting, watching, watering and !™Preve™e"® 
improving the said town, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petitién of Owners and Proprietors of lands in Nottingham 
the parish of Saint Mary, in the town of Nottingham, Common Ficids 
for leave to bring in a Bill for inclosing and allotting 
the Open and Common Fields within the said parish, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

A Petition 





Duties on Railway and Stage Carriages respectively, Stage Carriages, 


Mr. Tierney, from the Tax Office, was called in ; Assessed Taxes, 


(Stone and Rug. 


mingham Canal, 


































= ww 


3 ei H. 





es, 


us 
. 


2 VicToriz. 18° Februari. 31 


Newcastle- A Petition of the Mewcastle-upon- Tyne and North 
upon-Tyne and Shields Railway Company, and of Inhabitants of 
North — the parish of Tynemouth, for leave to bring in a Bill 
oan) for extending the said Railway from its termination 
Railway. at Chirton, in the parish of Tynemouth, to Priors 
Haven, in the said parish, and for altering, amend- 
ing and enlarging the powers and provisions of the 
Act for making and maintaining the said Railway, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Hareshaw A Petition of the Duke of Northumberland, and 
Inclosure. of several other Persons interested in the lands 


hereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 


for inclosing and allotting the Common or Waste 
Lands of Hareshac Common, in the parish of Bel- 
lingham, in the county of Northumberland, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Moulton A Petition of the Duke of Rutland, and Pro- 

Inclosure- - prietors of land in the parish of Moulton, in the 
county of Suffolk, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
inclosing and allotting the Open and Common Fields 
in the said parish, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Great North A Petition of the Great North of England Railway 
of England ~~ Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and 
— amend the several Acts for making and maintaining 
the said Railway, and to extend the time allowed 
thereby for the purchase of lands required for the said 
Railway, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Maiden Newton 


aw A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for 
ads, 


repairing several Roads leading from the Town of 
Maiden Newton, in the County of Dorset, and other 
Roads communicating therewith, in the Counties of 
Somerset and Dorset, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making certain Deviations from the present line of 
Roads, and for altering, amending and enlarging the 
Powers of the said Acts, and for increasing the Tolls, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ringstead A Petition of Proprietors of estates in the parish 

Inclosure, of Ringstead, in the county of Northampton, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for dividing, allottmg and 
inclosing the Open and Common Fields in the said 
parish, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Comberton A Petition of Persons interested in the open and 

lnclosures common fields and waste lands in the parish of 
Comberton, in the county of Cambridge, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for inclosing dividing and allotting 
the said Lands, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 

Rochdale 


sees A Petition of Rate-payers and Inhabitants of the 

(No. 2.) | town of Rochdale, and the several townships in the 
parish of Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for the establishment of a 
Court for the Recovery of Small Debts within the 
said townships and parish, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 

Manchester and 


Sincinghom A Petition of the Manchester and Birmingham 

Railway. Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
vary, extend or enlarge the line of the said Railway, 
and for altering, amending and extending the Powers 
of the Act for making the said Railway, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Hartishead Sale : : 
2 Seethary A Petition of Owners of estates in the township 


Inclosure, of Hartishead, otherwise Hartshead, in the parish 
of Dewsbury, in the county of York, for leave to 
th in a Bill for dividing, allotting and inclosing 
= oY or Waste Lands in the said township, 

OL. 94, 





was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Persons interested in the common parton 
fields and waste grounds in the parish of Barton, Inclosure. 


in the county of Cambridge, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for inclosing, dividing and allotting the said 
Lands, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


in the county of Cambridge, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for inclosing, dividing and allotting the said 
Lands, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Droylsden, Bradford and Clayton Vale ;—Manches- 
ter (Collegiate Church Ward) ;—Séretford ;—Sab- 
den ; —Burnley ; —Bacup ; —Openshaw ; —Hooley 
Hill ;— Whitefield ;—Burton in Kendal, and other 
places ; —Cumbrae ; — Kilsyth ; — Greenock ; —Ac- 
crington ;— Rosehearty ;— Monquhitter;—A berdeen; 
— Manchester ;— Glasgow ;—Saint John, Margate ; 
— Kirkcaldy ;— Forfar ;— Truro; —Saint Mary-le- 
bone (two Petitions) ;—Hales Owen ;—Solihull ;— 
Dunbar ;— Lancaster ;— Smethwick ;—— Handsworth ; 
— Todmorden ;— Eccles ;— Huddersfield ;—Salford; 
—Congleton ; — Nottingham ; —Hinchley ;—Leices- 
ter ;— Blackburn ;— Gomersal ;—Settle ;— Hudders- 
field and Almondbury ;— Lye Waste ;— Birmingham; 
—Brierly Hill;—and, Saint Peter’s Ward, Bir- 
mingham; praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Mareham-on-the-Hill and Scra- 
field ; — Brampton ; — Shendleby and Clazxby ;--- 
Marton ;—Orby ;—Upton ;—High and Low Toin- 
ton ; —Lea ;—Barrow-upon-Humber ; —Caenby ;— 
Kettlethorpe and Fenton ;—Kirkby and Hagnaby ; 
—Wainfleet All Saints ;—Graynigham ;—Asterby 
and Cawkwell ; — Kirkstead ; — Haailen 3 —East 
Ferry ; — Harpswell ; —Hemswell ; — Bucknall ; — 
Tumby ;—Minting Woodhall ;—Scmersby and Bag 
Enderby ;—East Keal;— Willingham ;— Thimbleby ; 
—Moorby and Pluchacre ;—Greetham;—Brinkhill, 
Aswardby and Harrington ; — Menningsby and 
Hareby ; —Bishop’s Norton and Atterly ;—East 
Ville ;— Pelham ;—Sturton and Sotby ;—Stixwould 
Brigg ; — Gainsborough ; —Kirton in Lindsey ; — 
Spridlington and East Firsby ;—Sandwich ;—Neil- 
ton, and other places ; — Herne; —Chartham ; — 
Petham and Waltham ;—Selling and other places ; 
— Rainham ; —Tunstaill and other places ;—Bra- 
bourne and other places ;—Dover ;—Great Chart, 
and other places ;—— Nonington ;-- Wichling and 
Doddington ;-— Boughton ;— Birchington and Saint 
Nicholas in Thanet ;—-Pluckley and Little Chart; 
— Wittersham;— Barham and other places ;—-Smeeth 
and Aldington;—Patrixbourne and Bridge;—Little 
Mongeham, and other places;—New Romney and 
Lydd ;—Ivy Church ;—Great Mongeham, and other 
places ;--Deal and Walmer ;— New Eastry ;—Little- 
bourne; —East and West Langdon ;—Saint Law- 
rence (Isle of Thanet) ;— Sutton Mandeville ;——-Hin- 
don;— Toynton Saint Peter’s;—Toynton All Saints; 
—Braytof, Gunby and Welton ;—Frriskney ;— Croft; 
—Stickford ;—Spilsby ;— Great Steeping ;— Halton 
Holegate;— Irby and Firsby ;—Wainfleet Saint 
Mary’s;— Asgarby and Hameringham ;— Ranby and 
Mount Stainton;—East Barkwith ; —Scrivelsby and 
Dalderby ;—Lusby and Winceby ; — Goulceby ; — 
Springthorpe ;—Salmonby and Ashby Puerorum ;— 
Branston ; —Northorpe ;—Tedford Scotter ;—-Biy- 
bro’; — Blyton ; — Kexley ; — East Stochwith ; — 
Wildsworth;--West Barkwith and West Torrington; 
—Knaith ; — Corringham ; — Fillingham ; —Whap- 
lode ; —Gate Burton; —West Stockwith ; —Sutton 
(Lincoln) ; —Welloughton ; —Reveshy ; —Wimpole ; 
— Haddenham ;—Dry Drayton; —Croydon (Cam- 








E4 bridge) ;— 


A Petition of Persons interested in the common Rampton 
fields and waste grounds in the parish of Rampton, Inclosure. 


Petitions from Pearyn;—Unsworth ; —Newton, com Laws. 














Rural Police. 


Registers of 
Births, &amp;c., Bill. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Theatrical 
Entertainments, 


32 


bridge) ;— Duxford ;— Whittlesford ;—Stretham ;— 
Witchford ; — Bottisham ; — Little Shelford ; — 
Cherryhinton ;— Meldreth ;—Fordham ;— Coton ;— 
Horningsea;— Grantchester ;--Tadlow ;-- Trumping- 
ton ;— Burwell ;— Madingley ;-- Arrington ;--Scamp- 
ton ;—Repham ; —Torksey ; —Tunbridge Wells ;— 
Ryarsh ; —Seal ;—Utford ;—-Stainton, Reasby and 
Newball ;—Heighington;— West Keal ;— Brattleby; 
—Carlton-le-Moorland;— Great Totham;— Thorpe- 
le- Fallows; —Saint Mary, Maldon ; — Crowle ; — 
East Hatley ;—Lincoln ;—Stainfield and Apley ;— 
Saxelby-cum-Ingleby ; — Harmston ; — Kexby ; — 
Saucethorpe and Langton ;-—Laughton ;— Heslington 
Saint Lawrence and Heslington Saint Paul ;—Kirk- 
burn ; — Southburn ; — Garton; — Dunnington ;— 
Brown Candover, and other places ;— Petersfield ;— 
Ecchenswell;—-Saint Peter, Maldon ;— Barton-upon- 
Humber ;—Three Hundreds of Newport ( Bucks) ;— 
Naburn ; —Caister ; —Guildford ; —Holywell-cum- 
Neldingworth ; — Layer-de-la-Hay ; — Houghton- 
cum-Wetion and Hartford ; —Warboys ; — Bridg- 
water ; — Hertford ;— Rochford ;—Woodham Mor- 
timer ; — Ashingdon ; — Hockley ; — Canewdon ; -- 
Foulness ; —Hawhwell ; —Rayleigh ;— Butsbury ;— 
Prittlewell ; — Hadleigh ; — Munden ; — Ramsden 
Cray ; — Rettendon ; — Cranfram ; —Bulpham ; — 
Laindon Hills ;— Fobbing ;— Grays Thorock ;—Dun- 
ton ;—Corringham ; —Chadwell Saint Mary’s;— 
West Horndon and Ingrave ;—-East Horndon ;— 
Horndon-on-the- Hill ;-- Hutton ;—Laindon ;--North 
Ochendon ; — South Ockendon ; —Stondon Massey ; 
—Stanford-le- Hope ;—West Thurruch ;—East Til- 
bury ;-- Vauge mek * uching ;— Little Warley ;—Little 
Burstead ; — Great Burstead ; — Ashford ; —Folk- 
stone;— Canterbury ;-- Doddington ;—Chelderditch ; 
—- Ossett ;-- Buckingham ;= Waldron ;—- Hailsham (two 
Petitions) ;—and, East Grinstead; praying that the 
Corn Laws may not be repealed,—were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie uponthe Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Clergymen and Inha- 
bitants of Redruth, praying for the establishment 
of an efficient Constabulary Force throughout the 
Country, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Presbytery of Berwick, praying 
that in the Registers of Births, &amp;c., Bill, provision 
may be made for dispensing with the attendance of 
a Registrar at marriages, as required by the late Act, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Haddington Presbytery (Mode- 
rator) ;— Galloway Synod (Moderator ;)—Sheuchan 
Mill Chapel, Leswalt ;—Acharacle ;—Wigtown ;— 
Kirkcolm ;— Leswalt ;— and, Dunbar Presbytery 
(Moderator ;) praying the House to adopt measures 
for relieving the religious destitution which prevails 
in Scotland, by extending the efficiency of the Es- 
tablished Church,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Brechin, 
praying that no additional grant of money may be 
made to the Church of Scotland for the endowment 
of new churches, or any other ecclesiastical pur- 
poses, was also presented, and read; and ordered to 
ie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gustavus Smith, of Honiton, sug- 
gesting certain alterations in the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lessee, Managers, Performers, 
and Operatives of the Theatre Royai, Drury Lane, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That by the 
closing of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on the 
Wednesdays and Fridays in Lent, the Petitioners 
are restricted from the exercise of their talents, and 
thereby deprived of one-third of their income during 
that period ; and they pray the House to sanction in 





18° Februaria. 





A. 1839. 


the said Theatre during Lent the same kind of enter- 
tainments that are allowed in other parts of the 
Metropolis. 

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








A Motion was made, and the Question being Theatrical 
put, That an humble Address be presented to Her Entertainments, 


ajesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions to the Lord Chamberlain, to sanction 
on Wednesdays and Fridays during Lent, within 
the City of Westminster, such Entertainments as are 
enjoyed by Her Majesty’s loyal Subjects in every 
other part of the Metropolis ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ( Mr. Thomas Duncombe, +0 


Yeas, Mr. Leader : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John Stanley,) , .., 
Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart: J F 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Sir John Hobhouse presented, by Her Majesty’s Idolatry 


command,—Copy of 
1838, relating to the withdrawal of Interference with 
the Religious Ceremonies of the Natives of India, &amp;c. 


Copy of the Treaty with Runjeet Sing and Shah 
Shujah ool Moolk, concluded at Lahore, on the 26th 
June 1838, and of the Treaty between Runjeet Sing 
and Shah Shujah, of the 12th March 1834, therein 
referred to; a. of the Declaration by the Right 
honourable the Governor General of India, dated 
Somba, October 1st, 1838, and of an Order by his 
Lordship, dated Camp de Buddee, the 8th November 
1838. 

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


Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
Select Committee on Public Petitions; That the 
had examined the Petitions presented on the 14t 
and 15th days of this instant February; and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof tothe House. 

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


Lord Viscount Howick presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,--Estimate of the Charge 
of Her Majesty’s Land Forces for Service at Home 
and Abroad, from the 1st of April 1839 to the 31st 
of March 1840, being 366 days; inclosing, 

Paper(A.)—Detail of the Charge of Her Majesty’s 
Land Forces for Service at Home and Abroad, 
for 366 days, from the ist April 1839 to the 
31st March 1840, both days inclusive. 

Paper (B.)—-Detail of the Regimental Charge of 
the Land Forces at Home and Abroad, as esti- 
mated for the Twelve months, from 1st April 
1839 to the 31st March 1840; distinguishing 
the Numbers of Officers and Non-commissioned 
Officers of each Rank, and the Numbers of 
Rank and File; and also showing the daily 
and annual Pay and Allowances of each Rank, 
and the Charges for Agency and Clothing. 

Abstract of the Distribution of the Forces on the 
1st January 1839, and on the 1st February 1838. 


Lord Viscount Howick also presented, by Her 
Majesty’s command,—Estimate of the Charge of 
General Staff Officers and Officers of the Hospitals 
serving with Her Majesty’s Forces at Home and 
Abroad, and of Her Majesty’s Garrison of the Tower 
of London; from the ist April 1839 to the 31st 
March 1840 ; inclosing, 

Particulars of the Pay and probable Contingent 
Expenses of General Staff Officers and Officers 
of the Hospitals in the United Kingdom and 
on Foreign Stations, except India, for 366 days, 
from the 1st April 1839 to the 31stMarch 1840. 

Particulars of the Pay of General Staff Officers 
and Officers of the Hospitals on Foreign Sta- 

tions, 


espatch, dated sth August (India.) 


East India, 


Public 
Petitions 
(Third Regort.) 


Army 
Estimates. 


No. 33. 








2 Vicroriz#. 


tions, excepting India, and of the Pay of Clerks, 
&amp;e., of the said Officers, from the 1st April 
1839 to the 31st March 1840, both days in- 
clusive. 

Estimate of the Charge of the Allowances to the 
Principal Officers of the several Public Departments 
there under-mentioned, their Deputies, Clerks and 
Contingent Expenses from the 1st April 1839 to 
the 31st March 1840. 

Estimate of the Charge of the Royal Military 
College, from the 1st April 1839 to the 31st March 
1840. 

Estimate of the Charge of the Royal Military 
Asylum, and of the Hibernian Military School, from 
the 1st April 1839 to the 31st March 1840, being 
366 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of Volunteer Corps, from 
ist April 1839 to the 31st March 1840. 

Estimate of the Charge of Allowances as Rewards 
for distinguished Services, not exceeding three-fifths 
of the Emoluments of Garrison Appointments which 
have become vacant; and also of Allowances to 
Officers of Her Majesty’s Garrisons at Home and 
Abroad, holding their Appointments as Rewards for 
Military Service, but to which no efficient Military 
Duty attaches; and which Appointments will be 
abolished on Vacancies occurring, when Rewards 
for distinguished Military Service will be granted 
in lieu thereof; from 1st 4“ 1839 to 31st March 
1840, both days inclusive, being 366 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of the Pay of General 
Officers in Her Majesty’s Forces, not being Colonels 
of Regiments, from the 1st April 1839 to the 31st 
March 1840, both days inclusive, being 366 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of Full Pay for Reduced 
and Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Forces, from 
ist April 1839 to 31st March 1840, both days in- 
clusive, being 366 days. 

Estimate of the Charge for Half Pay and Military 
Allowances to Reduced and Retired Officers of Her 
Majesty’s Forces, from 1st April 1839 to 31st March 
1840, both days inclusive, being 366 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of Half Pay and Reduced 
Allowances to Officers of Disbanded Foreign Corps, 
of Pensions to Wounded Foreign Officers, and of 
Allowances to the Widows and Children of De- 
ceased Foreign Officers, from 1st April 1839 to 31st 
March 1840, both days inclusive, being 366 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of Pensions to be paid to 
Widows of Officers of the Land Forces, from 1st 
April 1839 to 31st March 1840, both inclusive, being 
366 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of Allowances on the 
Compassionate List; of Allowances as of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Royal Bounty; and of Pensions, Gratuities 
and Allowances to Officers for Wounds, from 1st 
April 1839 to 31st March 1840, both inclusive, being 
366 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of Chelsea and Kilmain- 
ham Hospitals; of the In-Pensioners of those Esta- 
blishments ; of the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hos- 
nev ; and of Pensions granted to discharged Negro 

oldiers, from the 1st April 1839 to the 31st March 
1840. 

Estimate of the Charge of Allowances, Compen- 
sations, and Emoluments in the nature of Superan- 
nuation or Retired Allowances, to Persons formerly 
belonging to the several Public Departments there 
under-mentioned, in the United Kingdom, from the 
ist April 1839 to the 31st March 1840, both inclu- 
sive, ie 366 days. 

Abstract of the Estimates of Effective Army 
Services, for 366 days, from the 1st of April 1839 
to the 31st March 1840. 

Abstract of the Estimates of Non-effective Army 
Services, from 1st April 1839 to 31st March 1840. 

Comparative Abstract of the Estimates of Army 
Services, for the year ending 31st March 1839, 
and for the year ending 31st March 1840; showing 


the difference between the Numbers to be maintained , 
Vot. 94. 











18° Februari. 33 


the probable Charges, and the Amounts provided, or 
to be provided, after deducting Appropriations in Aid. 

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


Lord Dalmeny presented, pursuant to an Ad- Navy 
dress to Her Majesty,--Navy Estimates for the year Estimates. 


1839-40. 
Ordered, That the said Estimates do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That to the Return from the Tithe Com- Tithes. 


missioners, ordered on the 5th day of this instant 
February, there be added a Return of the Number 
of Notices of Meetings that have been received by 
them, as well as of Agreements and Apportionments, 
whether confirmed or rejected, or still under the 
consideration of the Diocesan, or otherwise waiting 
confirmation, in each of the several Counties of 
England and Wales :—And that the said Returns 
be continued monthly during the present Session. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registers of 
Births, &amp;c., Bill. 


mittee on the Registers of Births, &amp;c., Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to Judges’ 
whom it was referred to consider of the increase of (Soutien a.) 
the Salaries and retired Allowances of certain of the 


Judges in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, several 
Resolutions, which were read, as follow : 


1. Resolved, That provision be made by Law to 
enable Her Majesty to increase the Salaries and 
retired Allowances of certain of the Judges of the 
Court of Session in Scotland. 

2. Resolved, That Her Majesty be enabled to 
grant to any Judge of the Court of Session, who 
shall have attained the age of Seventy years, and 
shall have acted as such for Fifteen years, an an- 
nuity on his Resignation of Office, of the same 
Amount as the Salary appertaining thereto; which 
said respective Salaries and Annuities shall be 
issued and paid in manner provided by an Act of 
the 50th year of his Majesty King George the third, 
for augmenting the Salaries of the Lords of Session. 

The said Resolutions being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be’ brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Bernal, the Lord Advo- 
cate and Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- 
men who are appointed to prepare and bring in the 
Bill, that they have power to make provision therein, 
to regulate the Duties to be performed by the Judges 
of the Supreme Courts of Scotland. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Southwark 
yesterday, That the Papers relating to the Appoint- W'- 


ment of Daniel Whittle Harvey, Esquire, to the 
Office of Registrar of Hackney Carriages, be re- 
ferred to a Select Committee ; and that they be 
directed to report their Opinion whether Mr. Harvey 
has vacated his seat by his acceptance of the said 
Office, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Attorney 
General, Mr. Williams Wynn, Sir Frederick Pollock, 
Mr. Solicitor General, Lord Stanley, Mr. Serjeant 
Wilde, Sir James Graham, Mr. Jervis, Mr. Cress- 
well, Mr. Sanford, Sir Thomas Acland, Mr. Aglionby, 
Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Ward and Mr. Pusey, with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That ive be the Quorum. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Poor Relief 
a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Jreland) Act (Ireland) Act 


Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, . 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received beeaes 
F ‘he 


Highways Bill. 


Suppiy. 


Sewers Bill. 


Private 
Business, 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill, 


No. 30. 


Supreme Courts 
(Scotland) Bill. 


No. 29. 


Tnfirmaries 
(Treland.) 


Manchester 
and Leeds 
Railway. 


34 


The Highways Bill was, according to Order, read 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Wednesday the 6th day of 
March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Su ply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter and amend the Laws relating to Sewers in 
England: And that Mr. Christopher and Lord 
Worsley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider whether any and what Improvement can 
be adopted in the mode of conducting Private 
Business :—And a Committee was appointed of 
Mr. Poulett Thomson, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Shaw 
Lefevre, Lord Stanley, Mr. Hume, Lord Granville 
Somerset, Mr. Loch, Mr. Greene, Mr. Aglionby, 
Mr. Williams Wynn, Lord Viscount Ebrington, Sir 
James Graham, Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. Freshfield 
and Colonel Davies, with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill to carry into 
effect, with certain modifications, the Fourth Report 
of the Commissioners of Ecclesiastical Duties and 
Revenues: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Mon- 
day next; and to be printed. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to regulate 
the Duties to be performed by the Judges in the 
Supreme Courts of Scotland, and to increase the 
Salaries of certain of the said Judges: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time upon Monday next; and to be |. 


printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Total Annual Income of every In- 
firmary, Fever Hospital and Dispensary in each 
County, County of a City, and County of a Town 
in Ireland, supported partly or entirely by Public 
Funds, during each of the years 1835, 1836 and 
1837; showing the Amount of Funds derived from 
County Presentments, from Subscriptions and Do- 
nations, and from other sources :—Of the Total 
Annual Expenditure of every such Institution 
during each of the above years; specifying, in 
detail, the Sums paid in Salaries to the Medical At- 
tendants, and in Salaries and Wages to other Of- 
ficers and to Servants, and for Medicines and Contin- 
gencies :—Of the Number of Patients admitted as 
Intern into every such Institution during each of 
the above years, and of the Number that was dis- 
charged, and that died :—Of the Number of Extern 
Patients that obtained Medical Aid from every such 
Institution, during each of the above years, and of 
the Number that was attended at their own Resi- 
dences, so far as the same can be procured :—Of 
the Number of Patients in every such Infirmary 
and Fever Hospital on the 31st day of December 
1837, and of the Number of Beds which every 
such Institution was then capable of containing ; 
and of the Number of Physicians, Surgeons and 
Apothecaries attached to every such ‘infirma ; 
Fever Hospital or Dispensary at that date :—Of 
the Number of Governors to every such Institution, 
on the 31st day of December 1837, who were quali- 
fied ex-officio, or by Payment of Subscriptions, to 
vote in the Election of Medical Officers; specifying 
the Number of each class of Governors :—And, 
General Summaries of the foregoing Returns, 
brought out in Totals, for the whole of Jreland. 


A Petition of the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill, for altering 





18°—19° Februariz. 








A. 1839. 


and extending the Line of the said Railway, and - 
for enlarging the Time limited for the purchase (E 
of Lands required for the same, for altering, amend- B 


ing and enlarging the powers and provisions of the 
several Acts for making and maintaining the said 
Railway, and for levying Tolls for the purpose of 
carrying into effect the said alterations, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Wed- Spirit Licenses 
nesday the 27th day of this instant February, the (Scotland) Bit, 
Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill; was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 6th day of March next. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade and Trade and 
Navigation, which were presented upon Friday last, ae 
be printed. No. 38. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Negro Edu- Negro Educa. 
cation, which was presented upon Friday last, be“ 
printed. No. 35, 


beat bet 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 19° die Februarii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. , 
PRAYERS. 
R. Filer, from the Imperial Gas Light Com- Imperial Gas 
pany, was called in; and at the bar presented, LishtCompany. 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
—A Return of the Contingency Fund of the Im- 
perial Gas Light Company :—And then he with- 
drew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Robert Palmer, from the Select Committee Westmeatn 
appointed to try and determine the merits of the Election 
Petition of John Faunt, of Ballinea, William Beatty, 
of Ardmore, Peter Nowlan, of Rochford Bridge, and 
Francis Mitchell, of Drinmore, all in the county of 
Westmeath, Farmers, in that part of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland, on 
behalf of themselves and others claiming a right to 
vote at the last election of Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said county of Westmeath, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the said 
county ; informed the House, that the Committee 
had determined, 

That Sir Montagu Lowther Chapman, Baronet, 
and Sir Richard Nagle, Baronet, are duly elected 
Knights of the Shire to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the county of Westmeath: 

That the Petition of John Faunt and others did 
not appear to the Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious. 

Mr. Palmer also informed the House, that the 
Committee had altered the Poll taken at the said 
Election, by striking off the name of Edward Lasey, 
as not having had a right to voteat the said Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Wirksworth 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Smal! D°" 
case of the Petition for the Wirksworth Small Debts ~ 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
the more easy and speedy recovery of Small Debts 
within the parish of Wirksworth, and other parishes 
and places adjacent or near thereto in the several 
counties of Derby and Stafford: And that Mr. 

William Evans and Mr. Hurt do prepare, and 
bring it in. in 
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ses 
Bill, 


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2 Victoriz. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the London and Southamp- 
ton (Portsmouth Branch) Railway Bill, the Standing 
Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as 
the Plan, Section and Book of Reference, which 
ought to have been deposited in the office of the 
Clerk of the Peace for the county of Southampton, 
on or before the 1st day of March 1838, were not de- 
posited until between nine and ten o’clock on the 
following morning ; but it appeared to the Com- 
mittee that the delay arose in consequence of the 
illness of the Surveyor employed to complete a por- 
tion of the works, so that the Plan could not be com- 
pleted within the time limited by the Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Epsom Road Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 

Bill. mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Epsom Road Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing the Road from Epsom to Tooting, and 
other Roads communicating therewith, all in the 
county of Surrey: And that Captain Perceval and 
Mr. p Sect do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Parrett Navigation Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for granting further powers to the Company of Pro- 
prietors of the Parrett Navigation: And that Mr. 
Sanford and Mr. Acland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Newark Small Debts Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small 
Debts within the borough of Newark, and other 
places in the counties of Wectinghen and Lincoln : 
And that Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Serjeant Wilde do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Unstone Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
loclosure Bill. mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Unstone Inclosure Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the manor of Unstone, in the 
parish of Dronfield, in the county of Derby: And 
that Mr. Cavendish and Mr. William Evans do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Belper Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
—y Debts mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Belper Small Debts Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small 
Debts within the town of Belper, and other places 
in the county of Derby: And that Mr. William 
Evans and Mr. Hurt do prepare, and bring it in. 


London and 
Southampton 
(Portsinouth 
Branch) 
Railway. 


Parrett Naviga- 
tion Bill. 


Newark 
Small Debts 
Bill, 


~~ er Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
“terworks, mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Rochdale Waterworks 

Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
a Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Northampton Road Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing the Road from the town of orthamp- 
ton to Newport Pagnel, in the county of Bucking- 
ham: And that Sir Charles Knightley and Mr. 
Cartwright do prepare, and bring it in. 

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19° Februarie. 35 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Grantham 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the — ave 
case of the Petition for the Grantham Small Debts * 

Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small 
Debts within the town or borough of Grantham, 
in the county of Lincoln, and other places in the 
counties of Lincoln and Leicester: And that Mr. 

Welby and Mr. Handley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Eckington 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Small Debts. 
case of the Petition for the Eckington Small Debts 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Preston aud 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case bs Railway 
of the Petition for the Preston and Wyre Railway” 

Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the several Acts relating to the Preston 
and Wyre Railway and Harbour Company: And 
that Sir Hesketh Fleetwood and Mr. Wilson Patten 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Oldham 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Sm! Debts. 
case of the Petition for the Oldham Small Debts 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Cullompton 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 4 Bill. 
case of the Petition for the Cullompton Road Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually re and maintaining the 
Road from Padbrooke Bridge, in the parish of Cul- 
lompton, to Hazel Stone, in the parish of Broadclist, 
all in the county of Devon: And that Lord Viscount 
Ebrington and Sir Thomas Acland do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Preston Gas 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Bi! 
case of the Petition for the Preston Gas Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for incorporating “ The Preston Gas-Light Com- 
pany,” and for better lighting with Gas or otherwise 
the Parliamentary Borough of Preston, and the town- 
ships and places therein mentioned, in the county 
of Lancaster: And that Sir Hesketh Fleetwood and 
Mr. Townley Parker do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Bury (Lav- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the caster) Small 
case of the Petition for the Bury (Lancaster) Small Debts Bil. 
Debts Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small 
Debts within the town of Bury, and other places 
therein mentioned, in the county palatine of Lan- 
caster: And that Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Richard 
Walker do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Redruth aud 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Hayle Road. 
case of the Petition for the Redruth and Hayle Road 
Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as certain lands, Nos. 14,15 and 
16 on the line of the said Road, in the parish of 
Illagan, cultivated as garden ground, are not laid 
down on an additional Plan, upon a scale of not 
less than a quarter of an inch to every 100 feet ; 
and that several of the Owners, Lessees and Occu- 
piers of property proposed to be taken for the pur- 
poses of the said Road, have not been served with 
a written notice, in the form and manner prescribed 
by the Standing Order, No. 4, p. 16; but it was 

F 2 proved 














36 


roved to the Committee that, either personally or 
i writing, the Owners, Lessees and Occupiers were 
applied to on or before the 31st day of December 
last; and that they have all assented to the measure 
with the exception of one individual, who was duly 
served with notice in writing, as prescribed by the 
Standing Orders. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Gentlemen, Merchants, Manufac- 
turers, Tradesmen and Inhabitants of the town of 
Warrington, in the county of Lancaster, and the 
several townships and places adjoining, in the coun- 
ties of Lancaster and Chester, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for the more speedy recovery of Small Debts 
within the said town and places, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


Warrington 
Small Debts, 


A Petition of the General Commissioners for 
Drainage by the River Witham, in the county of 
Lincoln, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable them 
to sue and be sued in the name of any one of the 
said Commissioners, or of their clerk or clerks for the 
time being, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


London and A Petition of the London and Croydon Railway 

Croydon Rail- Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to raise further 

—_ Sums of Money for the purpose of completing the 
said Undertaking, and to alter, amend and enlarge 
the powers of the Acts for making the said Railway, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Witham 
Drainage. 


A Petition of the Forest of Dean Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to make a Branch from 
the said Railway, and to alter, amend and enlarge 
the powers of the Act for making the said Railway, 
and to vary the Tolls, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Lord Segrave, and of Proprietors 
interested, for leave to bring in a Bill for inclosing 
and allotting the Common or Waste Lands in the 
parish of Berkeley, in the county of Gloucester, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Dean Forest 
Railway. 


Berkeley 
Inclosure. 


A Petition of Gentlemen, Merchants, Tradesmen 
and Inhabitants of the town and manor of Glossop, 
in the county of Derby, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
the more easy and speedy recovery of Small Debts 
within the said town and manor, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
altering the levels of the said Railway, and to ex- 
plain, amend and enlarge the powers and provisions 
of the Act for making the same, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Glossop 
Small! Debts. 


Edinburgh, 
Leith, and New- 
haven Railway. 


London Ceme- A Petition of the London Cemetery Company, for 

tery Company. Jeave to bring in a Bill for altering, amending and 
enlarging the powers granted to the said Company, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


—— A Petition of Ship-owners and Masters of vessels 

Harbour(No.1.) trading between the port of London and the eastern 
and northern ports of the United Kingdom, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for making and maintaining an 
Asylum Harbour at Redcar, on the coast of York- 
shire, and to levy Tolls for the said Harbour, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills.. 


Nottingham A Petition of William Tomlin, and others, of 


(Saint Mary’s) Wo¢tingham, for leave to bring in a Bill for dividing, 
allotting and inclosing the Common and Waste 


Inclosure, 





19° Februariz. 








A. 1839. 


Lands in the parish of Saint Mary, Nottingham, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners of open and common Downs Oxenbourne 
or sheep-walks in the tithings of Oxenbourne and _ Ramsdean 
Ramsdean, in the parish of Eastmeon, in the county *"" 
of Southampton, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
dividing, allotting and inclosing the said Downs, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills.  * 


A Petition of William Nicol, and others, of Zi- Liverpool 
verpool, for leave to bring in a Bill to incorporate East India 
the Petitioners into a Company, to be called “The ean 
Liverpool East India Warehouse Company,” and to - 
enable them to be sue and be sued in the name of 
the Chairman or any one of the Directors, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Commit- 
tee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Sir Alexander Croke, Knight, and Marsh Gibbon 
others, Owners of estates in the parish of Marsh Inclosure. 
Gibbon, in the county of Bucks, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for dividing, allotting and inclosing the 
Common and Waste Lands in the said parish, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Freemen of the city of Coventry, Coventry 
Land-owners, Lessees or Occupiers of Lammas lands, area 
for leave to bring in a Bill for dividing, allotting and 
inclosing certain Commons or Waste Lands called 
Lammas or Michaelmas Lands, belonging to the said 
city, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House being informed, that the Sheriffs of London Bridge 
the city of London attended at the door, they were APProsches,&amp;e. 
called in; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
city of London, in Common Council assembled :— 

And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying for leave to bring 
in a Bill for altering, amending and enlarging 
the powers of several Acts for improving the Ap- 
proaches to London Bridge, was read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House being informed, that the Sheriffs of Corn Laws. 
the city of London attended at the door, they were 
called in; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
city of London, in Common Council assembled :-— 
And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying the House to 
remedy the great evil of the present Corn Laws by 
substituting for the present fluctuating, but gene- 
rally exorbitant rate of duty,such a moderate charge, 
to be periodically diminished until it become nomi- 
nal, as shall be sufficient to prevent the change from 
pressing with undue severity upon any portion of the 
cultivators of the soil ; and that the Petitioners may 
be heard, by theircounsel, agents and witnesses,'at the 
bar of the House in support of the allegations of their 
Petition, was read, and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Deighton ; —Meltham ;— Kirkbur- Corn Laws. 
ton ;--Armitage Bridge ;--Longwood ;— Kirkheaton ; 
—-Lockwood;— Dalton ;--Linley ;--Shelley ;—Salford 
and Manchester (eight Petitions);— Manchester(seven- 
teen Petitions) ;—Audenshaw;— Gloucester ;—New- 
castle-on- Tyne ; — Walsall ;— Birmingham ;—Brid- 
port (two Petitions);— West Bromwich and Tipton ; 

—West Bromwich ;—Hyde ;—Hawich (two Peti- 

tions) ;— Stourbridge ;— Milnathort ;— Devonport ; 

— Lichfield ; — Burneside ; — Crook ; — Belper ;— 
Cuckney and Langwith ;—Great Yarmouth ;—Stock- 

port; — Hanley and Shelton ;— Preston ;— Tower 

Hamlets ;—Altringham ;— Newchurch ;— Clifton ;— 
TIrlam’s-oth’-Height ; — Denton ;— Chorley ;— Pen- 
dlebury;— Gorton ;— Norwich;— Poole;— Coventry; 
—Lichfield ;— Liverpool;— Clerkenwell ;— Warring- 
ton ;— 











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xc, 


2 VicrorizZ. 


ton ; —Greenwich ;— Oldham ;— Wigan ;-—Royton ; | 


— Carlisle ; — Leith; — Perth (two Petitions) ;— 
Trowbridge ;—Saint Pancras (Middlesex) ;—Saint 
Giles’, Camberwell ;— Lambeth (Chairman of a Meet- 
ing) ; — Wigan ;— Bierley ; — Soothill ; — Dunferm- 
line (three Petitions);— 7 arbolton ;— Epsom ;—Fars- 
ley ; —Halifax ;— Cockermouth ; — Netherdale i— 
Holmfirth ;— Banbury ;—Langholm ;—Stonehaven ; 
— Chatham ;— Edinburgh (Chairman of a Meeting) ; 
—Chipping Barnet ;—Mary-le-bone ;—Lane Head; 
— Kilmarnock ;— Bedford ;—Haslingden ;— Little 
London ;— Willenhall ;—the New Invention (Staf- 
ford) ; —Annan ; —Ormskirk ;— North Meols; — 
Fenton ;— Gornal ; — Congleton; — and, Hawick ; 
praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws,— were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from the Hundreds of Woking and Black- 
heath ;— Croydon ;—East Retford ;—Stow Maries; 
— Ross ;—Little Wenlock ;—Linley ;— Broseley ;— 
Willey ;— Barrow ;—Beckbury ;--Epsom ;-- Hamble- 
don; --Great Hanwood ;—Pitchford ;— Bedstow ;— 
Warnford ;— Corhampton ;— Bishop's Waltham ;— 
Durley ;— Over Wallop ; — Nottingham (Northern 
Division) ;—Groombridge Agricultural Association ; 
—Andover ;-—-Danbury ;— Exton; — Droxford ; — 
Upham ; — Soberton ; — Westmeon ;— Rainham ;— 
Meonstohe ;— Rivenhall;—Pocklington ;—Fulletby ; 
—Gautby and other places;—Baumber ;— Panton 
and Hatton ;— Hemingby ; — Wickenby ; — Hack- 
thorn ;— Welton ;— Lincoln ;—Kingston-upon- Hull; 
—Foxearth and Borley ;—Bulmer and Ballingdon- 
cum-Brundon ;— Gestingthorpe and Little Yeldham; 
— Wickham Saint Paul ;—Middleton, Great Henny 
and other places ;— Walter Belchamp ;— Ovington, 
Tilbury and Ashen ;— Toppesfield;—Castle Heding- 
ham ;—FPentlow and Liston ;—Halsted ;—Chelms- 
ford and Essex Agricultural Association (Uhair- 
man) ;—Saffron Walden ;—Shinfield ;—Witham ; — 
Faulkbourne ;—South Weald ;— Brentwood ;—Peb- 
marsh and Alphamstone ;—Feering ;—Kelvedon ;— 
Easthorp ;—Littlebury ;—Beauchamp Roothing ;— 
Cressing ;— Boreham ;— Fairsted;—Belchamp Saint 
Paul's ;—Finchingfield;— Wethersfield ;—Lamarsh ; 
— Hedingham;— Great Yeldham ;—Colne Engaine ; 
—Birdbrook and Ridgwell;—Belchamp Otton ;— 
Castle Hedingham ;—Steeple Bumsted ;—Storwood; 
— Thorpe-le-Street ; — Harlthorpe ; — Shipton ; — 
Seaton Ross ; — East Cottingwith ; — Laytham ; — 
Goodmanham ;—~ Spalding ton ;—Bielby ;— Ellerton ; 
—Gribthorpe ;— Hayton ;— Londesbrough ;— Augh- 
ton; — Foggathorpe ; — Harswell; — Bubwith ; — 
Market Weighton ;—Wrestle and other places ;— 
Everingham;— Holme Spalding Moor ; -- Melbourne; 
— Watkington; — Swanland ; — Riplingham; — 
Lechonfield ;— Kilnwich ; — Hunsley ; — Branting- 
ham Thorpe;— Bentley ;—Skidby ;— Little Weeton ; 
—Houghton and Sancton;—Ruby;— North and 
South Newbald;— Bishop Burton;— Cherry Burton; 
— Tibthorpe ;— Watton ; — Elton; — Holme-on-the- 
Wolds ;—Little Driffield ;—Hutton Cranswichk ;— 
Beswick ;— Middleton ;—Sunderlandwich ;— Sherne; 
—North Dalton ;—South Dalton ;—Aike ; —Flin- 
ton ;— Burton Constable ;— Rotsea ;—Helmpholme ; 
— Catfoss ;— Etherwich ;— Marton ; — Aldborough ; 
—Carleton; — Fosham ;—Bewick ;— Tansterne ; — 
Wawne; — Routh; —- Long Riston ; — Meaux ; — 
Mappleton and Rowlston; — Great and Little 
Cowden ; —Beeford ;—Bilton ;— Benningholme and 
the Grange ;— Brandesburton ; — Bonwich ; — At- 
wick ; — Hornsea ; — Catwick ; — Ellerby ;— North 
Frodingham ;— Rise ;— Seaton ; —Swine ;—Lelley ; 
—Sproutley;— Great and Little Hatfield;— Wither- 
wick ;— Eske ;— Leven ;—Bewholme and Nunkelling ; 
—Dringhoe and other places ;— Sigglesthorne ;— 
Arnold and other places;— Garton and Grimston ; — 
Skipsea ;— Wilberfoss ;— Meltonby-cum-Yapham ;— 
Newton-upon- Derwent ;— Thornton ;— Sutton-upon- 
Derwent ; — High Catton; — Bishop Wilton ; — 
Goulthorpe-cum-Gowthorpe ;— Millington-with-Gi- 
— aie aidan 3— Full Sutton ;— 
OL. 94, 





19° Februariz. 37 


Nunburnholme ;—Barmby Moor ;—Burnby;— Fan- 
gloss ;- Huggate ;— Kilnwick Percy ;—Low Catton; 
—Stamford Bridge East;—Waplington ;—Belby ; 
—Sealby ;— Howden ;— Bellasize ; — Gilberdike ;— 
Breighton-cum-Gunby ; — Brakenholme; — Salt- 
marshe-in-the- East ;—Blacktoft ;—Great Driffield ; 
—Eastrington ; — Holderness (President, Vice-Pre- 
sident and Members of the Associate Agriculturists) ; 
—Driffield Agricultural Association ;—-West Hegg ; 
— Walsham ; — Henstead ;— North Erpingham ;— 
Blofield ;— Tunstead ;—South Erpingham;— Truro; 
—Moulton;—Ruyton and other places ;—Condover; 
— Montford ; — Shawbury ; — Bolas ;—- Adderley ; 
—Church Pulverbatch ;—Habberley ;— Battlefield ; 
— Burlton ;—Uffington and Haughmond ;—Prees ; 
— Whitchurch ;— Waters Upton; —Longford(Salop); 
— Weston-under-Red Castle ; — Child’s Ercall ; — 
Astley ;—Lee Brockhurst ;— Market Drayton ;— 
Stanton ; — Moreton Corbet; — Hodnet; — Litile 
Wakering ;— North Fambridge;— Withyam ;— Hart- 
field ; — pn 5 — Withybrook ; — Lapworth ; — 
Tardebig ; —Easenhall ;-- Copson;— Minworth ; ~ 
Fillongley ; — Willey ;—Comb Fields ;— Barston ; — 
Combrooke;— Chapel Ascot ;— Pailton ;—- Frankton; 
— Monks Kirby ;— Berkeswell ;—Shilton ;—Stivi- 
chall; — Hampton-in-Arden ; —Wolvey ;— Exhall- 
juxta-Wixford ;—Southam ;—Avon Dasset ;— Wea- 
dington ; — Rugby ; — Ansty ; — Stourton ;— Long 
Compton ; —- Brailes ; — Ilmington ; — Meriden ; — 
Eathorpe;—Aston Cantlow ; —Charlecote ;— Welles- 
bourne Mountford ; — Honington ; — Wellesbourne 
Hastings ; — Honily ; — Weethley; — Barcheston ; 
—Great Packington ;—Ashow ;—Astley ;— Burton 
Hastings ; — Cherrington ; — Butlers Marston ; — 
Beaudesert ;---Stoneleigh ;--Lighthorne;—Kinwarton; 
—Stretton-under-Fosseand Newbold Revel ;— Tysoe; 
— Compton Verney ; — Chesterton ; — Barford ;— 
Wootton Wawen ; — Binton ;-— Wixford ;—Pillerton 
Horsey ; — Packwood ;— Bishops Tachbrooke ; — 
Oxhill ; —Hampton Lucy ;—Barton-on-the-Heath ; 
— Bishops Itchington;—Lozley;—Moreton Bagott ; 
—Pillerton Priors ;—Studley ;--Shotteswell;—- Wy ap- 
penbury ;— Weston-under- Wetherby ;— Wolhampcote; 
— Arrow ; —Henley-in-Arden ; — Halford ; —War- 
wick Saint Nicholas ;—Warwick Saint Mary ;— 
Claverdon ;— Harbury ;— Bubbenhall ;— Coughton ; 
— Fullbrook ; — Sherbourn ; — Baginton ; — Whit- 
church ; —Wormleighten ;—Bidford ;—Haselor ;-- 
Compton Wyniates ; — Kettering ; —Welsh Newtor., 
and other places ; —-Barton ; — wep | — Wendy 
and Shingay;—Mold (Chairman of a Meeting);— 
Tarvin, Barrow, and other places ; —Stokesley ;— 
Shrewsbury ;—Emuneth ;— Methwold ;— Hastings ;— 
Peterborough ; —Great Baddow ; — Runwell ;—In- 
gatestone ;— Chelmsford and Moulsham ;— Woodham 
Ferns ;--Ludgershall ;-- Wotton ;--Lewes ;--Cleobury 
Mortimer ; — West Chettington ;—Stanton (Long); 
— Benthall ; — Warrington; — Richards Castle; 
—Claverley ;—Cranwell ;—Scredington ;— Cowbett ; 
—Silk Willoughby ;—South Kyme ;—Dembleby ;— 
Osbournby ; —-Scopwich ;— Stow ;— Swaton ;--Three- 
hingham ;— Holdingham ; ---Burton Pedwardine ;— 
Ruskington ;—Ashby-de-la-Launde;— Old ~~ : 
—North Kyme;— Dowsby ; — Coleshill ; —Poles- 
worth ; — Seckington; — Elindon ; — Coundon ; — 
Brandon and Bretford ;—Curdworth ;— Kingsbury; 
—Amington ;—Upper Whitacre ;— Little Packing- 
ton ;—Baxterley ;— Nether Whitacre ;—-Sheldon ;— 
Bulkington ;—Grendon ;— Hartshill; —Knowle ;— 
Howell;— Foston ;--Newton ;—Sutton Saint Nicho- 
las; —South Rawceby ;—Boultham ;— Wilsthorpe ; 
—Anwick ;— Caythorpe ;— Blankney ;— Martin ;— 
Wallcott ;— Billinghay ;— Thorpe Tilney ;—-Doring- 
ton ;—Ewerby ; —Great Hale;—North Rawceby ; 
~— Aunsby ; — Swarby ; —Crofton ; — Aswarby ; — 
Culverthorpe ; — Heckington ; —Spanby ; —Kirkby 
Laythorpe;—Leadenham;--Kirkby Green;— Brans- 
well ;—Sandwich ;— Dover ;—Reculver-with-Hoath 
and Chislett ;— Whitstable and Blean ;—Sheppy ;—- 
Swinyfield, Olkham, Northbourne and Sholden ;— 





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38 


Sturry ;—Newkington Hardres ;—Elham, Acrise, 
and Wootton ; — Paddlesworth ; — Hillmorton ; — 
Wishaw ; — Lea Marston ; — Caldecote ; — Onsley ; 
— Exhall-jurta-Coventry ; — Mancetter ;— Harbo- 
rough Magna ;— Chilham, Godmersham and Mol- 
dash ; —- Wiledbovengh, Bireholt and Mersham ; — 
Jokham and Wickham ; — Hythe ; — Charing, Est- 
well and Westwell ; — Bonnington ;— Shuttington ; 
—Church Bichenhill ; — Mazstoke ; — Oustrey ; — 
Nuneaton ;— Corley ;— Shustoke ;— Baddesley Clin- 
ton; — Little Hale ; — Swineshead ; — Frampton ; 
— Quarrington; — Frieston ; — Sibsey ; — Sutter- 
ton; — Fishtoft; — Thornton-le-Fen; — Fosdike ;-— 
Gosberton ;-— Sleaford (two Petitions) ; — Bicker ; 
—Frithville ;—-Donnington ;— Asgarby-cum-Bough- 
ton ;—Scott Willoughby ; —Rowston ;—Haytor ;— 
Ospringe ;—Benington ;— Wyberton ;—Stickney ;— 
Butterwick ;— Wigtoff ;—Midville ;— Algarkirk ;— 
Langriville ; — Leverton ; —Wrangle ; —Kirton ;— 
Boston ; — Leake ; —Quadring ; — Brothertoft ; — 
Helpringham ;—Leasingham ;—Kelby ;— Digby ;— 
Blorholm ; — Evedon ; —Ash;—Monkton Sarr ;— 
Horbling ;—Little Bytham ;—Falhingham ;— Sedge- 
brook ;— Wellingore ;— Walcott near Falkingham ;— 
Whaplode ; — Grantham ; — Bassingham ; — Long 
Sutton ; —Syston ; —East and West Allington ;— 
Corby;—Shirbech;— Thurlby ;—Sutton Saint James; 
—Tydd Saint Mary;— Gedney ;—Dunsby ;— Great- 
ford;— Deeping Saint James ;— Langtoft ;—Baston; 
—Swayfield ; —Billingborough ; —Morton ;— West 
Deeping ;— Pointon ;— Hatton;-—Lower Eatington ; 
—Ipsley ;—Stratford-on-Avon;—Lillington;— Mid- 
dleton a Semele ;— Kenilworth ;— Moreton 
Morrell ;—Idticote;— Whatcote;—Arley;—Stretton 


Basherviile ; —Milverton ;— Welbourn ; — Ancaster 
and Wilsford ;—Shoxton ;—Barrowby ;—Ropsley ; 
— Osgodby ; —South Witham ;— Great and Little 
Ponton ; —Normanton ; —Barkstone ; — Welby ; — 
Pickworth ; — Somerby ; — Lenton-cum-Hanton ; — 
Long Bennington ; —Burton-Coggles ;—Kirhby ;— 


Ingoldsby ;—Sapperton and Braceby ;—Navenby ;— 
Aslachby ;—Hougham;—Temple Brewer ;—Great 
Gonerhy ; —Londonthorpe ;— Boothby ;— Bitchfield 
and Bassingthorpe-cum- Westby ;— Boothby Sagnell; 
--Rippingale ;-- Hough-on-the- Hill;--North Witham ; 
— Hacconby ;—- Denton ;—Irnham ee i— 
Creeton and Counthorpe ; — Marston ; — Belton ; 
— Edenham ; — Castle-Bytham ; — Swinstead ; — 
Chilvers Coton ;—Allesley ;—Beausale ;— Billesley ; 
— Oversley ; — Priors he ; — Honingham ; — 
Kington ; — Alveston;— Temple Grafton; — Sam- 
bourn; — Sowe ; — Burton Dassett;— Norton Lind- 
sey ;~-Napton-on-the- Hill ;—Alcester ;—Long Itch- 
ington ; — Leamington ; —Hastings ; — Marton; — 
Grandbor ough ;— Ufton ; — Ladbrooke ;— Bearley ; 
-—Cubbington ;— Haseley ;—Leek Wootton ;—Aston ; 
— Warmington ;— Witnash ; — Stockton ;—Salford ; 
— Binley ; — Wolston ; — Great Alne ;— Wyken;— 
Stoke ;—Preston Bagott ;—Spernall ;— Wolverton ; 
— Snitterfield; — Ravington ; — Atherstone-upon- 
Stour ;— Birdingbury ; — Newbold Pacey ;— Tan- 
worth ;—Offchurch ;— West Grinstead ;— Ifield ;— 
Shipley ;— Billingshurst ;— Petworth ;— Wilford ; — 
Bruisyard and Cransford ;—Earl Soham, Creting- 
ham, and Monewden ;— Wilby ;—Bedfield and Monk 
Soham ; — Cratfield and Ubbeston ; — Easton and 
Letheringham ; — Bodingham ; — Framlingham ; — 
Halesworth —Yoxford;—Ramburgh, Spexhall, and 
Wissett ;— Darsham, Dunwich and Westleton ;— 
Heveningham and Huntingfield;—Aldringham, &amp;c. ; 
—Chediston and Cookley;— Linstead Magna and 
Linstead Parva; — Bramfield and Walpole ;— Be- 
dingfield, Kenton and nag, es ;—Hacheson, Par- 
ham, and Marlesford ;— Carleton and Kelsale ;— 
Tannington and Saxstead ;-—Stradbroke ;— Blyford, 
Thorington, and Wenhaston;—Horham and Athel- 
ington ;—Dennington O’ Brundish ;—Farnborough ; 
—Fenny Compton ;—Ozxfordshire Agricultural So- 
ciety ;—Middleton Stoney ;—Ratley and Radway ; 
— Shotteswell ; — Helmdon; — Upper and Lower 


19° Februariz. 


A. 1839. 


Boddingtons ;— Radstone ;— Newbottle ;—Aynho ;— 
Middleton Cheney ;— Brackley ; — Farthinghoe ; — 
Kingsutton and Astrop;—Culworth ;—Marston St, 
Lawrence and Thorpe Mandeville ;— Thenford ; — 
Eydon ;--Chipping Warden ;--Chacombe ;—Edgcott ; 
— Grimsbury ; — Aston-le-Walls and Appletree ; — 
Broughton and Northnewington ;— Milton ;—Great 
— and Little Barford ;— Banbury ;—Sibford ; 
—Cropready and Willamscott ;— Chipping Norton ; 
—Boddicote ;— Blorham ;—Alkerton and Shening- 
ton ; — Adderbury; — Mollington ; — Claydon ; — 
Wickham ; — Horley ; — Fritwell ; — Swerford ; — 
Great and Little Tew ;—South Newington, Milcomb 
and Wigginton ;— Shutford ; — Wroxton, Ballscott 
and Drayton ;— Souldern ; — Hanwell ;—Hornton ; 
— Upper and Lower Tadmarton ; — Hooknorton ; — 
Swallcliffe;— Deddington ;—Netherhampton, &amp;c. ;— 
Stratford, &amp;c. ;--East Winterslow ; —Winterbourne ;- 
Wishford, &amp;c. ;—Salisbury ;— Wilton ;—Stirling;— 
East Grinstead, &amp;c.;—Ebbesborne, kc. ;--Damerham, 
&amp;c. ;— Bishopstone ;— Broad Chalk, &amp;c. ;— _Durring- 
ton and Bulford;— Downton, Charltonand Redlinch; 
— Monmouth ; — Nottingham ;— Caher ; — Carlow 
County; — Mungret and Creehora; — Limerick 
County ; — Stafford; — Liverpool; — Barford and 
Burcombe ;-- Horncastle ;—-Alvedistone ;-- Amesbury ; 
—Chilmark ;— Thurgaston ;—Coombe and Shalford 
Toney ;— Bramshaw and Plaitford ;—Scremby and 
Ashby ;— Thorpe ;—Little Steeping ;— Belchford;— 
Cherry Willingham; — Snelland; — Raithby and 
Enderby ;—Thornton and Martin ;—Tattershall ;— 
Bransby ; —— West Ashby ; — Hagworthingham ; — 
Newton-on-Trent ; — Legsby ;— Bugbrook;— Upper 
Heyford ;— Rislingbury ; — Harpole ;—Lower Hey- 
ford ;—Floore ;— Beaminster ;— York (East Riding) ; 
— Shaftesbury ;— Malton ; -- Cumberland (Eastern 
Division) ;— Towcester ;— Braintree;—Bocking ;— 
Weel ; — Tickton ;—Beverley ;—Storkhill ;— Moles- 
croft ;— Thearne;— Woodmansey, &amp;c. ;—Hemelhemp- 
stead ;— Kirkby Hill, &amp;c. ;—Redbourn ;—Devizes ; 
— Berwick St. John ;— Warminster ;-- Marlborough; 
—Fovant ;— Bulkworthy ;—Alwington ;—Parkham; 
—Frithelstock;— Welcombe ;—East Putford ;—Lit- 
tleham ;— Monkleigh ;— Abbotsham ;—Langtree ;— 
Northam ; ~ Hartland ; — Bradworthy ;— Woolfar- 
disworthy ;— Bideford ;— Buckland Brewer ;—Port- 
sea;— Old Hurst, &amp;c. ; — Stilton; — Somersham; — 
Bluntisham with Earith, &amp;c. ;—Great Raveley, &amp;e. ; 
—Easton, Ellington and Grafham ;—Bury, Upwood, 
&amp;c. ;—Elion ; — Barham ;— Ramsey ; — Saint Ives 
(Hunts) ;--Saint Neot’s ;-North and South Clifton ; 
— Spalford, &amp;e. ;—South and North Collingham ;— 
Harby, Broadholme, &amp;c. ;— Tipperary ;—Farnham ; 
—Drayton-in- Hales ;—Stone ; — Burton Joyce ; — 
Stowe and Gayton ;— Alderbury and Clarendon; — 
Allington, Boscombe, &amp;c.; — Berwick Saint James, 
&amp;c.;—-Whiteparish and Landford ;--East Dean, &amp;c.; 
—-East Cholderton ;--Laverstoch, Ford and Milford; 
— Shrewton ; — Shalford, &amp;c.;— Odstock, &amp;c. ; — 
Langford and Wily ;— Watford ;-- Wisbech ;— Rudg- 
wick ;—Thornden All Saints ;—Climping and Ford ; 
— Laxfield ;— Great Wilbraham; — Babraham ;— 
Pampisford ; — Stetchworth; — Wood Ditton; — 
Swaffham, &amp;c.; — Rudby, Hutton Rudby, &amp;c.;— 
Ampleforth ;—Minskip, Rockcliffe and Westwich ;— 
Staveley, Scotton, &amp;c. ;—Kirk Leavington ;—Bedale; 
— Alne, Tollerton, &amp;c.;— Craike ; — Coxwold ;— 
Oulston, &amp;c. ; — Easingwold ; —- Yarm ;— Bythorn, 
&amp;e. ;—Great Stukeley and Little Stukeley ;— Bramp- 
ton ; — Buckden ;— Godmanchester ;— Huntingdon ; 
-- Kimbolton ;—-Spaldwick ;--Sompting and Lancing ; 
— Maidstone ;— Buckingham, County ;—Pinchbeck ; 
— Wrotham ; — Stanstead ;—Bighton ;— Misterton ; 
—Crewkerne;— Cannington ;--Old Cleeve;— Walton ; 
~-Chilton-super-Poldon ;—North Petherton;--North 
Perrott ;—East Chinnock ;—Stochland ( Bristol) ;— 





Martock;—Haselbury Plucknett ;— Norton;—Stoke- 
under-Ham ;—Stogumber ;— Kilve ;—Kilton ;—Sta- 
well ;— Montacute ;—Cottenham ;—Steeple Morden ; 





— Rampton; —Little Wilbraham ; — Lancaster ;— 
Copgrove, 








Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Licensed 
Victuallers. 


Foreign Fruit. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Window Tax, 


Municipal 
Boundaries, 


Maynooth 
College. 


Sale of Beer 
Act, 


Church 
Establishment 
(Canada.) 


Church of 
Scotland, 


2 VicToriz. 


Copgrove, Burton Leonard, and other places ;— 
Dunholme ; — Potterhanworth ;— Doddington and 
Wisby ; —Bardney ;—Dunston ;— Wolverhampton ; 
— Penkridge ; — Lapley ; — Mavesyn Ridware ;— 
Lichfield ;— Bushbury ;—Staffordshire;— Banbury ; 
—Much Wenlock ;— Thakeham ;—Slinfold ;—Eaton 
Constantine;— Frodesley ;— Grantham,—Mauthorpe- 
cum-Little Gonerby ;—Rawreth;— Horsmonden ;— 
and, Great Wakering ; praying that the Corn Laws 
may not be repealed,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Sheermen and 
Dyers of Saint Nicholas, Dublin; praying that the 
Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of New Shore- 
ham, praying that they may be relieved from the 
responsibility which they are at present under, to 
et restitution for articles of value, which guests 
may bring to their respective Inns, except in cases 
where the value of the articles shall not exceed ten 

ounds, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
ie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in 
Sompting, and other places, praying that a fixed 
duty may be imposed on the importation of Foreign 
Fruit, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ahascragh ;—and, Oran; praying 
that the present system of National Education in 
Ireland may not be persisted in,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Householders of Spitalfields, pray- 
ing for a repeal of that part of the Window Tax 
which affects the artisan and humbler classes of 
manufacturers, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of land in the 
parish of Wisbech Saint Peter, in the county of 
Cambridge, praying the House to pass a Bill, de- 
fining the limits of the borough of Wisbech, and 
confining the same to the town of Wisbech, and 
such parts of the vicinity as are benefited by the 
Municipal Act, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dudley, praying that 
an inquiry may be instituted before ry Pasa? Grant 
is made in support of the College of Maynooth, was 


peewee, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Beer-sellers and Inhabitants of Dud- 
ley, praying that Retailers of Beer may be placed 
on the same footing as Licensed Victuallers, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Cartmel ;— Towcester Union (Board 
of Guardians) ;—and, the county of Bedford; pray- 
ing for the amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, by 
the suppression of houses licensed to sell Beer to be 
drunk on the premises,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Woodhorn, in the 
county of Northumberland, praying the House to 
take into consideration the present state of the 
Ecclesiastical Establishment in the Canadas, was 
Ro. and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the 
Presbytery of Dingwall, praying the House to adopt 
measures for relieving the religious destitution which 
prevails in Scotland, by extending the efficiency of 
the Established Church in Scotland, was presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
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39 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Vaccine 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Institution 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the last Report from the National 
Vaccine Establishment to the Secretary of State for , 
the Home Department. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Corn Laws, 
That J. B. Smith, Robert Hyde Greg, and others, 
be heard at the Bar of this House, by their witnesses, 
agents or counsel, in support of the allegations of 
their Petition presented to this House on the 15th 
day of this instant February, complaining of the 
operation of the Corn Laws ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Villiers, 
Yeas, Mr. Ward: 
Tellers for the f Lord Seymour, 
Noes, Sir Thomas Fremantle : 
So it passed in the Negative. 


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Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better encouragement of the Arts and Manu- 
factures, and securing to Individuals the benefit of 
their Inventions for a limited time: And that Mr. 
Mackinnon and Mr. Baines do prepare, and bring 
it In. 


Patterns and 
Inventions Bill. 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Poor Relief (Jre- Poor Relief 
land) Act Amendment Bill; and the Amendments | seen aa 
were read, and agreed to. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thurs- 
day next. 


Mr. Mackinnon presented a Bill for the better Patterns and 
encouragement of the Arts and Manufactures, and [ventions Bill 
securing to Individuals the benefit of their Inven- No. 31. 
tions for a limited time: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 27th day of this instant Fe- 
bruary ; and to be printed. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill for the Municipal 
regulation of Municipal Corporations in Jreland: 8 meg 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered “"*" - ‘ 
to be read a second time, upon Friday the Ist day of No. 32. 
March next; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Court of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Sentlend.) 
to give directions that there be laid before this ons 
House, a Return of all Reductions made in the 
Establishments of the Court of Session, Court of 
Justiciary, Court of Exchequer, Jury Court, Court 
of Admiralty, Commissary Court, Office of Keeper 
of the Great Seal, Director of Chancery, Lord Re- 
gister, Keeper of the Signet, Keeper of the Register 
of Sasines, &amp;c., Privy Seal, Queen’s Household and 
Offices, regulated by an Act passed in the 57th year 
of his Majesty King George the Third, in Scotland, 
since the accession of his late Majesty King George 
the Fourth; distinguishing the savings which have 
actually accrued, and those which are prospective. 

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


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to the direc- Prisons. 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of all Re- 
ports, and of Schedules (B.), transmitted to the 
Secretary of State respecting Prisons. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, by Her Majesty's Factories. 
Command,—Copies of Rega of the Inspectors of 


Factories, to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of 
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State for the Home Department, for the half-year 
ending 31st December 1838. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of 
August, in the last Session of Parliament, for Re- 
turns of all the Mills and Factories, specifying the 
Firms which have neglected to transmit Returns to 
the Inspectors, when called upon, at any time during 
the twelve months ending 30th June 1838 :—Of the 
Number of Persons employed in Cotton, Woollen, 
Worsted, Flax and Silk Factories of the United 
Kingdom ; distinguishing Counties and Parishes, 
the description of Manufacture, the Horse-Power, 
and whether moved by Steam-Engines or Water- 
Wheels; also, the moving Power, if Steam and 
Water together, and, finally, the Actual Power; 
likewise, the Number of Children under Nine years 
of Age, the Number also of Children between Nine 
and Thirteen, and of Young Persons between Thir- 
teen and Eighteen, the Total Number of Hands 
employed in all cases, rae, ge the sexes ; 
according to the plan adopted by Mr. Inspector 
Rickards, in the Return ordered to be printed March 
30th 1836 :—And, of the Names of all Mills and 
Firms from which Answers have not been obtained 
for the purpose of the above Return. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
15th day of August, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, That Her Majesty would be graciously 
pleased to direct that each of the Four Factory In- 
spectors do report separately, at the period of his 
quarterly general Report, on the effects of the educa- 
tional provisions of the Factories Act, as exemplified 
in not less than Twelve of the Schools situated in his 
district, in which these provisions have been observed 
in the most efficient manner :—And, that the Four 
Factory Inspectors do make a joint Report as to 
any modification of the existing educational provi- 
sions of the Factories Act, which may appear to them 
desirable. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
5th day of this instant February, for a Return of 
the Number and Names of the Tailed summoned 
for Offences against the Factory Act, between the 
1st day of January 1838, and the Ist day of January 
1839; specifying the Date of the Conviction or 
Hearing, the Place of Hearing, by whom each Con- 
viction was made, the Place in which the Offence 
was committed, the precise nature of the Offence in 
each case, and the manner in which the Penalties 
and Costs are appropriated. 

Ordered, Thatthe said Papers dolie upon theTable. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway 


Stage Carriages. and Stage Carriages, which was presented yester- 


day, be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 20° die Februarii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 
PETITION of Owners and Occupiers of 


houses, manufactories, buildings and _here- 
ditaments within the Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent, 
and places adjoining thereto in the county of Staf- 
ford, for leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the 
more effectual execution of the office of a Justice of 
the Peace within the said Borough and places ad- 
joining thereto, and for other purposes connected 
therewith, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 


Bills. 


Mr. Welby presented a Bill for the more easy 
and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the 
Town or Borough of Grantham, in the County of 
Lincoln, and other Places in the Counties of Lin- 





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A. 1839. 


coln and Leicester: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


sion of the Commercial Railway from the Minories 
to Fenchurch-street, complaining that the Standing 
Orders of the House, in respect to the application 
for the Commercial (London and Blackwall) Railway 
Bill, had not been complied with; and praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their agents and 
witnesses, against the same, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


of Norwich, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, 
amend or repeal the powers and provisions of several 
Acts for better paving, lighting, cleansing, watching 
and otherwise improving the said city, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Sect Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 





Act passed in the twelfth year of the reign of King 
George the first, for repairing the Walls, Gates and 
other public Works in the City of Morwich, and 
several Bridges in and near the said City, and for 
amending the Roads therein mentioned, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


which was yesterday made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
toamend, enlarge and extend the powers and pro- 
visions of two Acts of King George the Third, for 
better supplying the Town and neighbourhood of 
Rochdale with Water: And that Mr. Fenton and 
Mr. Brotherton do prepare, and bring it in. 


for better lighting with Gas or otherwise the Parlia- 
mentary Borough of Preston, and the Townships 
and Places therein mentioned, in the County of 
Lancaster : And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


the several Acts relating to the Preston and Wyre 
Railway and Harbour Company: And. the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Company to raise a further sum of Money, and to 
alter, amend and enlarge the powers and provisions 
of an Act passed in the thirty-third year of the reign 
of his Majesty King George the third, for making 
and maintaining the said Navigable Canal, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Parrett Navigation: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


repairing the Roads from the Borough of Tamworth, 
in the Counties of ae and Warwick, to the 
Town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the County of Lei- 





cester, 


A Petition of Owners, Lessees or Occupiers of Commercial 
lands and premises affected by the proposed exten- (London and 


A Petition of Clergy, Bankers, Merchants, Norwich 
Traders and Inhabitants of the city and county Improvement, 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants Norwich 
of Norwich, for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal an Tonnage. 














The House was moved, That the Report in respect Rochdale 
of the Petition for the Rochdale Waterworks Bill, Waterworks 


Sir Hesketh Fleetwood presented a Bill for incor- preston 
porating ‘ The Preston Gas Light Company,’ and Gas Bill. 


Sir Hesketh Fleetwood presented a Bill to amend Preston an¢ 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the perefordshire 
Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Naviga- and Gloucester 
tion, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said shire Canal. 








Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for granting fur- parrett Navi- 
ther Powers to the Company of Proprietors of the gation Bill. 


ae. A. 





A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Tamworth ant 


Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch Road. 











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cester,and from Harrington Bridge(heretofore Sawley 
Ferry), in the said County of Leicester to a Turnpike- 
gate at or near the end of Swarcliffe-lane, leading 
to Ashby-de-la-Zouch aforesaid, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to extend the term, and alter, amend 
and enlarge the powers and provisions of the said 
Act, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Unstone Mr. Cavendish presented a Bill for inclosing 

Inclosure Bille Lands in the Manor of Unstone, in the Parish of 
Dronfield, in the County of Derby: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Petition of Digby Lord Middleton, and the 
several other Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for dividing, 
allotting and inclosing several Heaths, Commonable 
Lands, Commons and Waste Grounds within the 
manor or township of Totley, in the parish of Dron- 
field, in the county of Derby, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


Totley or Dron- 
field Inclosure. 


Fretherne and =A Petition of Proprietors of lands hereinafter 

Saul Inclosures mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for dividing, 
allotting and inclosing certam Open and Common 
Arable, Meadow and Pasture Lands and Fields, and 
other Commonable Waste and Intermixed Lands and 
Grounds within the parishes of Fretherne and Saul, 
in the county of Gloucester, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Great Central A Petition of Robert Murdoc, of Mountjoy-square, 
joey oom 9 Dublin, Solicitor, praying the House to enlarge the 
gar) &gt;. ; ; 

Railway. time till the 11th day of March next, for presenting 
a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill to construct a 
Railroad from Celbridge to Mullingar, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Edward Hudson, of Leeds, in the 
West Riding of the county of York, Corn Merchant 
and Miller, and of Inhabitants of the manor of 
Leeds, for leave to bring in a Bill for releasing the 
Inhabitants of the said manor of Leeds from the 
obligation of sending their Corn, Grain and Malt to 
be ground at the Mills of the said Edward Hudson, 
on his being paid a reasonable sum of Money for the 
loss or detriment which will be thereby occasioned 
to the said Mills, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for 
repairing several’ Roads leading into the City of 
Glasgow, so far as the same relate to the Roads 
from the said City to Yorker ee and other Roads 
in the County of Renfrew, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to repeal, amend or alter the said Acts, and for 
granting further powers to the Trustees for the care 
and maintenance of the said Roads, and for levying 
Tolls and Duties thereon not only as at present 
levied, but on Carriages of every description drawn 
or propelled otherwise than by animal power, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Leeds Suke 
Cor Toll, 


Glasgow and 
Rentrew Road. 


Epsom Road 


Bn Captain Perceval presented a Bill for repairing 


the Road from Epsom to Tooting, and other Roads 
communicating therewith, all in the County of 
Surrey: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Gentlemen, Coal-masters, Manu- 
facturers, Lime-burners, or Tradesmen and Inha- 
bitants of the towns of Aberford, Selby, Sherburn, 
Tadcaster, Wetherby and the respective neighbour- 
hoods thereof, all in the West Riding of the county of 
Y cs. og to bring in a Bill for the more easy 

OL. J4, 


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and speedy recovery of Small Debts within the said 
towns, townships and places, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 

Mr. Richard Walker presented a Bill for the more Bury (Lanca- 
easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within {1} Smal 
the Town of Bury, and other Places therein men- . 
tioned, in the County Palatine of Lancaster: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Lord Viscount Ebrington presented a Bill for Cullompton 
more effectually repairing and maintaining the Road Read Bill. 
from Padbrooke Bridge, in the Parish of Cullompton, 
to Hazel Stone, in the Parish of Broadclist, all in 
the County of Devon: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- Fraserburgh 
cil of the burgh of regality of Fraserburgh, in the Hetvour. 
county of Aberdeen, Commissioners and Trustees 
for executing the Act for repairing and maintaining 
the Harbour of Fraserburgh, and Merchants, Ship- 
owners and Inhabitants of the said burgh of rega- 
lity, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
Commissioners and Trustees to enlarge and improve 
the said Harbour, and to alter and increase the 
Rates and Duties leviable under the said Act, and 
for levying new and additional Rates and Duties, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham 

Birmingham Canal Navigations, for leave to bring Canal. 

in a Bill, to alter, amend and enlarge the powers 

and provisions of the Act for consolidating and ex- 

tending the powers and provisions of the several Acts 

relating to the said Canal Navigations, and for 

making several Branch Railways to be connected 
therewith, was presented, and read; and referred to 

the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Resolutions of Bills relating to 
this House of the 6th day of this instant February, Smal! Debts. 
“ That this House will not receive any Petition for 
Private Bills after Friday the 22d day of this instant 
February :—That no Private Bill be read the first 
time after Monday the 18th day of March next :—~ 
That this House will not receive any Report of such 
Private Bill after Monday the 10th day of June 
next,” might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the time for receiving any Petition 
for Private Bills, solely for the Recovery of Small 
Debts, be extended from the 22d day of this instant 
February, to Friday the 8th day of March next. 

Ordered, That the time for the First Reading of 
any Private Bill solely for the Recovery of Small 
Debts, be extended from the 18th day of March 
next, to Monday the 8th day of April next. 


A Petition of Owners and Proprietors of Estates Litherland 
and Inhabitants of the township of Litherland, in ®o4s. 
the parish of Lifton, in the county of Lancaster, 
for leave to bring in a Bill, for converting the Roads 
in the township of Litherland into a Turnpike 
Road, and placing the same under the management 
of Trustees, with power to collect Tolls, to be ap- 
plied to the repair of the same, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Oakham ;—Uppingham ;— Manton ; Corn Laws, 
— Hambleton ; — Teigh ; — Empingham; — Edith- 
weston ; — Barrowden ; — Morcott ; — Thorp-by- 
Water ; — Stretton ; — Caldecott ;— Stoke Dry ;— 
Whissendine ; — Clipsham ; -— Brooke; — Horn ;— 
Egleton ;-—Glaston ;—Ridlington ;— Market Over- 
ton ;— Lyndon; — Belton ;—Exton ;—Wardley ;— 
Whitwell ;—_Braunston ;--Ryhall aad Belmisthorpe : 
— Barleythorpe;— Bisbrooke;—Ayston ;— Lydding- 
ton; — Greetham ; — Ryhall; — Tixover ; — Great 

G . Casterton;— 





Metropolis 
Tmprovements. 


Lunatics. 


Education, 


Church of 
Scotland. 


"Grundisburgh; — Charsfield and other places ;— 





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Casterton;— North Luffenham ;— Ashwell ;— Lang- 
ham ;— Preston ;—Pilton ;—Pickworth ;— Tinwell; 
— Tickencote;— Barrow —Seaton ;—Wing ;—Cas- 
terton Parva; -— South Luffenham ;—Thistleton ;— 
Burley ; — Hedon ; — Eddlethorp ; — Howsham ;— 
Helperthorpe ;— East Hesterton ;-- North Grimston; 
—Leppington ;—Towthorpe;—Wharram Percy ;— 
Norton ; — Setterington; — Raisthorpe;— Skirpen- 
beck ; — Burythorpe ;— Scrayingham ;—Acklam ;— 
Scagglesthorpe ;— Duggleby ;— Wharram-le-Street ; 
—Sledmere ;— Rillington ;-—Bugthorpe ;—Knapton ; 
— Kenneythorpe ;— Kirby Underdale ;— Kirkham ; 
—Leavening ;— Kirby Grindalythe ;— Langton ;— 
Yeddingham ; — Sutton Ambo ; -- Weaverthorpe ;— 
Candlesby; — Hundleby ; — Burgh;— Partney and 
Dalby ; — Bolingbroke ;— Northampton County ;— 
Little Baddow ;—Kilsby;— West Harmingfield ;— 
Margaretting ; — Burpham ; — Chichester ;— Lyme 
Regis ;—Leyburn ;— Wistow ;— Hambleton ;—Cam- 
blesforth and Carlton ;— Lenham ;— Wye ;—May- 
field ; — Bridport ; — Woodbridge ;—Hasketon and 


Henham and other places ;-—-Careby and other places; 
—Carlby;— Blythburgh and Walberswick ;—_Bramp- 
ton Stoven and Uggeshall ;—Easton Bavents and 
other places ;— Holton and Westhall ;— Roxwell ;— 
Willingale ;— Fryerning ;— East Hanningfield ;— 
Watlington ;— Wherwell ;—- Broomfield ;—- Wootton 
Bassett ;—and, Little Waltham ; praying that the 
Corn Laws may not be repealed,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Pittenweem ; — Strathmiglo; — 
Maldon ; — Lossiemouth ;—Earls Ferry ;— Bilston ; 
— Dumfries (two Petitions) ;— Kingston-upon- Hull ; 
—and, Rochdale; praying for the repeal of the 
Corn Laws,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of the 
parish of Al/hallows Barking, in the city of London, 
submitting a Plan for improving the communication 
between London Bridge and Saint Katherine's 
Docks, and praying the House to adopt the proposed 

lan, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Metropolis Improvements. 


A Petition of Richard Saumarez, of Claremont, 
in the Island of Jersey, and of 45, Hans-place, 
Chelsea, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, Knight 
of the Imperial Austrian Order of Leopold, and a 
Captain of the Royal Navy, praying for an in- 


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A, 1839. 


for Grants of Public Money, to endow additional 
Churches for the establishment in Scotland, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered tolie upon the Table. 


- Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull ;—Bradford Tolls on British 
(York) ;—and, Leeds; complaining of the duties, Vessels(Stade,) 
fines and charges, imposed by the Hanoverian 

Revenue Officers at Stade, on British ships and 

their cargoes, passing up the Elbe, to Hambro’, 

and praying relief,—were presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of David Jones, a Prisoner in Her Church Rates, 
Majesty’s Gaol at Carmarthen, complaining of pro- 
ceedings having been instituted against him, as one 
of the churchwardens of the parish of Llanon, in the 
county of Carmarthen, by the vicar of the parish, 
in consequence of his omitting to provide bread 
and wine for the Sacrament, a Fak 5 rate having 
been refused by the parish, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Petitions from Lancaster ;— Wells (Somerset) ;— gate of Beer 
Parts of Holland (Lincoln); — and, Dorchester ; Act. 
praying for the repeal of the Sale of Beer Act,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lincoln, praying Protestants of 
the House to adopt such measures as may tend to Ireland. 
give security to the peaceful and well-disposed in 
freland, and to extend an open and decided pro- 
tection to the persecuted Protestant population in 
that country, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Holyhead 
Return of the Expense incurred in cutting through Read. 
Hills, gnd similar Improvements, on the Holyhead 
line of Road. 


Petitions from Members of the Shepton Mallet Maynooth 
Church of England Lay Association ;—and, Warring- College. 
ton; praying the House not to grant any further sum 
of public money to the Roman Catholic College of 
Maynooth,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Great Leinster and Munster Rail- Railways 
way Company, complaining of certain statements (Ireland.) 
affecting that Railway in the Report of the Commis- 





quiry into the nature and extent of the protection 
afforded to Lunatic Wards of the High Court of 
Chancery, and the enormous expenses entailed on 
the estate of the Lunatics connected with the Mas- 
ter’s Office, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Beccles ;—Dennington ;—Bungay; 
~-Bramford ;—Grundisburgh and other places ;— 
Burham and other places ;—Stratford St. Mary and 
Higham ;— Copdock and. Washfield ;— Shotley ;— 
Kettleburgh and Monewden ;— Melton ;— Tatting- 
stone ;— Sproughton ;— Witnesham ; — Yoxford ; — 
Chattisham ;—Worlingworth-cum-Southill ;—Blar- 
hall;— Brome and Oakley ;—Marlesford ;— Ipswich ; 
—Coddenham and other places ;—Woodbridge ;— 
Debenham ;— Wilby ;—Stradbrooke ;— Nacton and 
Levington ;— Wickham Market ;— Boyton and Hol- 
lesley ; — Walton ; — Earlsoham ; — Wherstead ; — 
Ufford ; — Tewhesbury ;—- Beckford and Ashton- 
under-hill ; — and, Shepton Mallet ; praying the 
House not to countenance any system of National 
Education, not founded on the principles of the 
Established Church, and placed under the superin- 
tendence of the clergy of that church,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Annan, praying the 
House to refuse all applications that may be made 





sioners on Railways in Jreland; and praying the 

House to take the same into consideration, was pre- 

sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of several Persons, whose names are Ship Propeller 
thereunto subscribed, being members of an intended Comp2ny- 
Company, to be called the Ship Propeller Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill, for enabling the 
said Company, to sue and be sued in the name of 
any member or officer for the time being of the 
said Company, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 

Petitions from ZLiangollen; —and, Whittington ; Church 
complaining of the depressed condition of the Establishient 
Church in Canada, and praying the House to apply aaa 
a remedy,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Bail, of the parish of Great sale of Beet 
Elm, in the county of Somerset, Brewer, praying that Act- 
the Sale of Beer Act may not be repealed, was 
. and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the General Cemetery Company,-for General Ceme- 
leave to bring in a Bill to raise further Sums of tery Comp": 
Money, and to alter and amend, and enlarge the 
powers 








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Potteries, &amp;c. 
Police, Im- 
provement, &amp;e. 


Postage. 


Prisons 
(Scotland.) 


Supply. 


Nova Scotia, 
&amp;e, 


Town Councils, 
&amp;o, 


Canada, 


2 VicToRIz. 


powers and provisions of an Act passed in the third 

ear of the reign of his late Majesty King William the 
Fourth , for establishing a General Cemetery for the 
Interment of the Dead in the Neighbourhood of the 
Metropolis, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of houses, 
manufactories, buildings, lands and tenements within 
the towns, townships, hamlets, vills or places of 
Longion, Lane End, Fenton Culvert, otherwise G'reat 
Fenton, and several other places in the several pa- 
rishes of Stoke-upon-Trent, Trentham’ and Stone, in 
the county of Stafford, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to establish an effective Police, and otherwise im- 
prove and light with Gas the said towns or townships, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Zlanelly, praying 
for the adoption of a low and uniform rate of Post- 
age, was —- and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of the royal burgh of Peebles, praying that 
the recommendation contained in the Second Report 
of the Inspectors of Prisons in Scotland, “That the 
peculiar burdens and liabilities of royal burghs, and 
all other peculiar burdens and liabilities relating to 
Gaols, and imposed by general or local Acts, be 
abolished,” may be carried into effect, was presented 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence 
received from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince 
Edward’s Island and Newfoundland, relative to the 
constitution of the Legislative and Executive Councils 
of the Governments of those Colonies, or to their 
being made elective, or to any change that has been 
required by any branch of the Legislature of those 
Colonies to be made to the said Councils, within the 
last eight years; also, to any change that has been 
made, or directed to be made in them, or in any 
mode of appointing new Members of the said 
Councils. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Lists of Fees recommended by 
the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 
to be adopted and sanctioned by Town Councils :— 
and, a Return of the Amount of Fees received by 
the Clerk of the Magistrates, the Town Clerk, aad 
the Clerk of the Peace, in each City and Borough 
in England and Wales (except the City of London) 
in each of the years 1837 and 1838. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Public Revenue received in Upper 
Canada, in each of the years 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 
1837 and 1838, in respect of casual and Territorial 
Revenue ; Duties under the Imperial Act 14 Geo. 3, 
c. 88; under the Provincial Act 33 Geo. 3; under 
the Provincial Act 35 Geo.3; under the Provincial 

Vor. 94, 


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20° Februarie. 





43 


Act 41 Geo. 3; under the Provincial Act 53 and 
55 Geo. 3; in respect of Tolls at the Burlington Bay 
Canal and Kettle Creek Harbour, and from other 
sources :—Also, a Statement of the Amount of the 
Public Debt of the Province in each year, and of 
what description :—Also, the Expenditure of the 
Province of Upper Canada, during the years 1833, 
1834, 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1888, made out under 
the same heads of Expenditure as the Estimate of 
Public Expenditure annually submitted to the House 
of Assembly of Upper Canada:—Also, the Public 
Expenditure of the Province of Lower Canada, 
during the years 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837 and 
1838, made out under the usual general heads 
of Expenditure :—And the Amount and nature of 
the Public Debt of the Province in each of those 
years. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Canada, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Ordinances, except those al- 
ready presented to this House, passed by the Special 
Council and Governor of Lower Canale, since the 
24th day of November 1838. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Canada. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Report of the Commissioners 
appointed in Lower Canada, under an Ordinance 
of 1 Vic. c. 7, to inquire into the Losses sustained 
during the late Rebellion; also, of the Names of 
Persons who claimed Compensation before the said 
Commissioners, and the Amount of their Claims. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Liverpool and 

Return of the Hours at which the Government Steam Holyhead 
Packets have left the River Mersey, and the Number P#ekets- 
of Hours occupied in the Passages between Liver- 
pool and Kingstown each day, since the 1st day of 
September last, with the name of each Packet :— 
A similar Return between Holyhead and Kingstown: 
—Return of the Number of times that the Mail and 
Passengers have been conveyed by tender to and from 
the Steamers outside the bar of the Mersey :—And, 
of the Days in which no Mail has left Liverpool or 
Holyhead, since the 1st day of September last. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Idolatry tdoiatr 
(India), which was presented upon Monday last, be (India.) 
printed. . No. 39. 

Ordered, That the Copy of the Treaties between East India. 
Runjeet Sing and Shah Shujah ool Moolk, which was No. 40. 
presented upon Monday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Copies of Reports, and of Prisons. 
Schedules (B.), transmitted to the Secretary of State, No. 36. 
respecting Prisons, which were presented yesterday, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Persons Factories. 
employed in Cotton, Woollen, Worsted, Flax and Np, 41. 
Silk Factories, which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Copies of the Reports by the Factories, 
four Factory Inspectors on the effects of the Edu- Ny, 42, 
cational provisions of the Factories Act, which were 
presented yesterday, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return of the Number and Factories. 
Names of Persons summoned for Offences against No, 43. 
the Factories Act, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


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Bankruptcy 
Court. 


Westminster 
Improvement. 


Birmingham 
and Gloucester 
Railway. 


Necropolis 
Cemetery 
Company. 


Sawmill Ford 
Bridge and 
Road, 


Rochdale 
Waterworks 
Billi. 


Over Darwen 
Gas. 


44, 


Jovis, 21° die Februari ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


Me Basil Montagu, from the Court of Bank- 
ruptcy, was called in; and at the har pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Par- 
liament,—A Statement of the Amount transferred 
and paid out as Dividends :—Of the Amount paid 
by Orders of Court and of the Judges, from the 
3ist day of December 1837 to the Ist day of 
January 1839; also, showing the unappropriated 
Balance existing on the following Accounts, and 
standing to the credit of Basil Montagu, Esquire, 
as Accountant in Bankruptcy, on the Ist day of 
January 1839; namely, 1st, The wy ial a Fund 
Account ; 2d, ‘The Interest arising from Bankruptcy 
Fund Account; 3d, ‘The Unclaimed Dividend Ac- 
count; 4th, The Secretary of Bankrupts’ Account ; 
5th, The Secretary of Bankrupts’ Compensation 
Account: together with Appendixes to the two last- 
named Accounts, of the Payments made, to whom, 
and whether as Salaries, Compensations or other 
Allowances :—And then he withdrew. 

. Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of William Green, and others, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for forming certain new Streets 
in the neighbourhood of Buckingham Palace, the 
Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and the 
Courts of Law, and for more effectually draining the 
same, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to extend the Line of the said Rail- 
way, and to alter, amend and enlarge the powers 


21° Februari. 





and provisions of the several Acts for making and 
maintaining the said Railway, was presented, and | 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Proprietors of shares in an under- 
taking for the formation of a Cemetery, by the name 
of the Necropolis Cemetery Company, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to make and maintain a Cemetery 
for the Interment of the Dead, on that portion of 
the Southampton Property, in the parish of Saint 
Pancras, in the county of Middlesex, known by the 
name of the Haverstock Hill Estate, and to incor- 

orate the said Company and other persons into a 

oint Stock Company, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of land 
in the parishes of Dysart, Weymiss, Markinch, 
Scoonie, and elsewhere, in the county of Fife, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for altering, amending and 
widening the Turnpike Roads in the county of Fife ; 
and for authorizing a suitable Bridge to be built 
over the River Leven, was presented, and read ; and 
referred tu the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Mr. Fenton presented a Bill to amend, enlarge 
and extend the Powers and Provisions of two Acts 
of King George the Third, for better supplying the 
Town and Neighbourhood of Rochdale with Water : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Township of 
Over Darwen, in the county of Lancaster, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for lighting the said Township with 
Gas, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 








A. 1839. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Chsitenham 
Act for better paving, sighting, cleansing, watch- !mprovement. 
ing and improving the Town of Cheltenham, in the 
County of Thine, and for regulating the Police 
thereof, and for removing and preventing Nuisances 
and Annoyances therein, and Owners of estates or 
Inhabitants, Rate-payers within the said town, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for altering, amending and 
enlarging the powers and provisions of the said Act, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bradford, in the Bradford 
West Riding of the county of York, for leave to ad . 
bring in a Bill for better supplying the said Town tes 
and Neighbourhood with Water, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Gravesend and Gravesend, &amp;c, 
Milton, in the county of Kent, for leave to bring in S*- 
a Bill for better lighting the said Towns and Neigh- 
bourhood with Gas, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills, 


A Petition of Owners of estates, in the manor of Almsworthy 
Almsworthy, in the county of Somerset, for leave to Inclosure. 
bring in a Bill for dividing, allotting and inclosing 
divers Waste, Open or Common Lands, within the 
said Manor, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of Owners of land and Inhabitants Kennet ana 
of Amesbury, Bulford, Durrington, Netheraven, Amesbury 
Enford, and other places in the county of Wilts, for Road. 
leave to bring in a Bill for making a Turnpike Road 
diverging out of the present Turnpike Road leading 
from Bath to London, in the parish of West Kennett, 
in the county of Wilts, and terminating at the end 
of the parish of Durrington; together with several 
Branches communicating therewith, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Bury, 
repairing, improving and maintaining the Roads eam 
from Bury , through Haslingden to Blackburn and 
Whalley, and other Roads communicating therewith, 
in the &gt;a Palatine of Lancaster, and for making 
a new piece of Road also to communicate there- 
with, for leave to bring in a Bill for amending and 
enlarging the powers and provisions of the said Act, 
and for altering and increasing the Tolls, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Clitheroe, 

more effectually repairing the Road from Clitheroe — = 
to Whalley, and from thence to Blackburn and = * 
Mellor Brook, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 
and for making a Branch of Road between Black- 
burn and Whalley, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enlarge and amend the term and powers of the said. 
Act, and to alter and increase the Tolls, and for 
making a new piece of Road, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Black Quarry 
making and maintaining a Turnpike Road from o Sones 
Anniesland Toll Bar to Saint George’s Road, and =~ 
Branch Roads therewith connected, all in the county 
of Lanark, for leave to bring in a Bill for making and 
maintaining a Turnpike Road from the Black Quarry 
Gate Toll Bar on the Garscube Turnpike Road to 
the Lanchyhall Road, in the said county of Lanark, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

A Petition 


=—.e, ot 





Bristol and — “ A 
Gloucestershire Railway Company, and Shareholders in a "a 


Railway. 


Liverpool Court 
"of Requests. 


Liverpoo! 
Churches. 


Leeds and 
Harewood 
Road. 


Crichton 
Charities, 


Great Milton 
nclosure, 


2 VicToriz. 


A Petition of the Bristol and Gloucestershire 
hereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for extending the said Railway, so as to join the 
line of the Cheltenham and Great Western Union 
Railway, in the parish of Standish, in the county of 
Gloucester, and to alter, amend and enlarge the 
powers and provisions of the Act passed for making 
and maintaining the said Bristol and Gloucester- 
shire Railway; and to increase or alter the Rates, 
Tolls or Duties, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of Liverpool, for leave to bring in a Bill for alter- 
ing, amending and enlarging the powers and provi- 
sions of an Act passed in the sixth and seventh 
years of the reign of his late Majesty King William 
the Fourth, intituled, “An Act to amend and render 
more effectual An Act passed in the fourth and 
fifth year of the reign of his said late Majesty, 
intituled, ‘An Act for amending the proceedings and 
Practice of the Court of Passage, of the Borough 
of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster,’ 
and to repeal an Act passed in the Twenty-fifth year 
of the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Second, intituled, ‘An Act for the more easy and 
speedy Recovery of Smali Debts in the Town and 

ort of Liverpool and Liberties thereof, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster; and to give further 
Powers for the Recovery of Small Debts within the 
Borough of Liverpool,’”’ so far only as the same Act 
or any part thereof, relates to the Court of Requests 
of the Borough of Liverpool, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of Liverpool, for leave to bring in a Bill for alter- 
ing and amending the powers and provisions of 
several Acts, for erecting and endowing new 
Churches in the said Borough, so far as relates 
to the Churches of Saint Michael, Saint Mark 
and Saint Luke, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts 
relating to the Road from the Town of Leeds 
through Harewood, to the south-west corner of the 
Inclosures of Harrogate, in the West Riding of the 
County of York, for leave to bring in a Bill to en- 
large the term and powers of the said Acts, and to 
increase or alter the Tolls, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Elizabeth Grierson, otherwise 
Crichton, Widow, and William Grierson, Esquire, 
two of the surviving Trustees of the Will of James 
Crichton, Esquire, late of Friar’s Carse, in the 
county of Dumfries, deceased, for leave to bring in 
a Bill to incorporate the said Trustees and other 
Persons, and to enable them to hold Lands and Te- 
nements, for the purpose of carrying the Charitable 
Intentions of the said Will into effect, by erecting 
and endowing an Asylum for the reception of Lunatics 
at Dumfries, was presented, and read ; and referred 


Hy the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
ills. 


A Petition of Proprietors of, or Persons interested 


‘in the common and waste lands, in the township 


of Great Milton, in the parish of Great Milton, in 
the county of Oxford, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for dividing, allotting and inclosing the said Iands, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

Vou. 94, 


21° Februariz. 








45 


Mr. Aglion 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the London and Birmingham Rail- 
way Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the London and Birmingham Railway Com- 

any to raise a further Sum of Money: And that 

r. Dugdale and Sir Eardley Wilmot do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Rugby and Warwick Road Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and maintaining the Road from the town 
of Rugby to the borough of Warwick, all in the 
county of Warwick: And that Mr. Dugdale and 
Sir Eardley Wilmot do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Worksop and Kelham Road Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and maintaining the Road from Worksop 
to the Turnpike Road at Kelham, and from Deb- 
dale Hill to the Great Northern Road at South 
Muskham, in the County of Nottingham: And that 
Mr. Houldsworth and Mr. Gally Knight do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Strood Church Bill, the Stand- 


‘|ing Orders had been complied with. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to repeal so much of an Act passed in the fifty-second 
year of his late Majesty King py the third, 
relating to the parish of Strood, in the county of 
Kent, as refers to the Church of the same parish, 
and to make more effectual provisions in lieu thereof : 
And that Mr. Law Hodges and Sir Edmund Filmer 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby presented a Bill for the more easy 
and speedy recovery of Small Debts within the 
Town of Belper, and other Places in the County of 
Derby: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Members of the Brighton General 
Gas Light and Coke Company, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for more effectually supplying the said Town 
and Neighbourhood with Gas, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Gentlemen, Bankers, 
Merchants, Manufacturers, Traders and Inhabitants 
of Halifax, Huddersfield, Almondbury and other 
places, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and 
amend the Act for the more easy and speedy re- 
covery of Small Debts in the said places, to extend 
the sum for recovery thereby limited, and for grant- 
ing additional powers, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


by reported from the Select Committee London anti 


Birmingham 
Railway Bill. 


Rugby and 
Warwick Road 
Bill. 


Worksop and 
Kelham Road 
Bill. 


Strood Church 
Bill. 


Belper Small 
Debts Bill. 


Brighton Gas, 


Halifax, 

Huddersfield 
and Bradford 
Small Debts, 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for Soutmolton 


repairing, widening and rendering safe several Roads 
leading from the Town of Southmolton, in the County 
of Devon, for leave to bring in a Bill for con- 
tinuing the term granted by the said Acts, for alter- 
ing and amending the provisions thereof, and for 
varying or increasing the Tolls, and for making and 
maintaining several new branches of Road, was pre~ 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

G 3 Mr. 








Chesterfield 
Small Debts. 


Basingstoke 
Roads, 


West Beckham 
and Alby 
Tnclosure. 


Morville and 
Shipton Road, 


, Clun Inclosure. 


Rathkeule 
Inclosure. 


4.6 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom 
the Petition of Edward Humble and Harvey Slagq, 
complaining of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Chester- 
field Small Debts Bill, was referred ; That in the case 
of the Petition for the said Bill the Standing Orders 
had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairing and widening the Road from Odiham to 
Alton, in the County of Southampton, and also an 
Act for repairing the Road from the Golden Farmer, 
near Bagshot, in the County of Surrey, to Hartford 
Bridge Hil, and from thence to Basingstoke and 
Odiham, and from Odiham to the Great Western 
Road at Bartley Heath, in the said County of 
Southampton, and also from Odiham aforesaid to 
a place ealled the Bull Inn, in the Parish of Swallow- 
field, in the County of Wilts, on the Turnpike Road 
leading from the Town of Reading, in the County of 
Berks to Basingstoke aforesaid, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for making several Deviations in the lines of 
the said Roads, (that is to say) a Deviation com- 
mencing from and out of the Road by the said first 
two Acts authorized to be maintained at or near a 
place called the Golden Pot, in the parish of Alton, 
in the said county of Southampton, and terminating 
in the Turnpike Road leading from Alton to Basing- 
stoke, at or near a place called Wilhall, in the said 
parish of Alton, and another Deviation commencing 
from and out of the said Road commencing at Pot- 
bridge, in the parish of Odiham, in the said county 
of Southampton, and terminating in the line of the 
said Road at or near to the Pond adjoining to the 
premises called Winchfield House, in the parish 
of Winchfield, in the said county, for consolidating 
the said Roads into one Trust, and for altering or 
increasing the Tolls, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners of estates in the parishes 
of West Beckham and Alby, in the county of Nor- 
folk, for leave to bring in a Bill for dividing, allotting 
and inclosing the Common and Waste Grounds, in- 
closed Fields and other Lands in the said parishes, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of estates, 
and other Inhabitants within the county of Salop, 
for leave to bring ina Bill for making and maintain- 
ing a Turnpike Road to commence at or near to 
Morville Hall, in the parish of Morville, in the 
county of Salop, to the township of Shipton, in the 
se of Shipton, in the said county, with several 

ranch Roads, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Earl of Powis, Lord of the 
honor or lordship of Clun, in the county of Salop, 
and of Proprietors of estates within the said honor 
or lordship, for leave to bring in a Bill for dividing, 
allotting and inclosing the Common and Waste 
Lands of the said honor or lordship, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Proprietors of, or Persons interested 
in, the commons and waste grounds in the manor 
of Mount Southwell, otherwise Knockbillingsby, in 
the parish of Rathkeale, in the county of Limerick, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for dividing, allotting, 
inclosing and draining the said Commons, Lands 
and Waste Grounds, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 





21° Februariz. 





A. 1839 


A Petition of Merchants; Traders or Inhabitants Tyne Steam 
of North Shields, in the county of Northumberland, **"y- 
and South Shields, in the county of Durham, for 
leave to bring in a Rill for establishing Steam Ferries 
and other Works for the purpose of carrying Pas- 
sengers, Carriages, &amp;c., between the several townships 
of Tynemouth, Chirton and North Shields, in the pa- 
rish of Tynemouth, and the townships of Westoe and 
South Shields, in the parochial chapelry of Saint 
Hilda, in the parish of Jarrow, in the county of 
Durham, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 





A Petition of Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, for Liverpool 
leave to bring in a Bill for altering, amending and ?°*k* 
enlarging the powers and provisions of the several 
Acts for making the said Docks, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 


titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of James Atkin, of Liverpool, Merchant Liverpool 
and Ship-owner, one of the Commissioners appointed P ~~ 
under the Act for the better regulation of Pilots ‘%*'™ 
of the Port of Liverpool, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to alter, amend and enlarge the provisions of the 
said Act, and to alter the Rates of Pilotage, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Overseers of the Poor of Liverpool, LiverpootDocks 
for leave to bring in a Bill for rendering so much of Estate Rating, 
the Estate of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks 
as is situate in the parish of Liverpool liable to the 
rate for the relief of the Poor of that parish, was 
presented and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Liverpool 
gesses of Liverpool, for leave to bring in a Bill for Buildings. 
altering and amending the powers and provisions of 

the several Acts for the better regulation of Build- 

ings in the town of Liverpool, and for other am. 

was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Saint Leonard’s 
making and maintaining a Turnpike Road from and Sedlescomb 
Saint Leonard’s and Saint Mary Magdalen to the ®°**- 
Royal Oak Inn at Whatlington, and through Sedles- 
comb to Cripp’s Corner, in the Parish of Ewhurst, 
in the County of Sussex, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
continue and enlarge the term and powers of the said 
Act, and to extend the period limited for the Pur- 
chase of Lands authorized to be taken for the pur- 
poses of the said Act, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill for the more easy Newark Small 
and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Debts Bill. 
Borough of Newark, and other Places in the Coun- 

ties of Nottingham and Lincoln: And the same 

was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 

second time. 


A Petition of Directors of the Rhymney Iron Rhymney Iron 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the (Belwel 2 
said Company to erect and endow a Church in the Church.) 
Parish of Bedwelty, in the county of Monmouth; 
and to incorporate the said Company, and enable 
them to sue and be sued in the name of any director 
or officer of the said Company, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of George Wigney, and others, for leave Brighton 
to bring in a Bill for constructing and establishing Ce™*'*'s- 
a Public Cemetery in the parish of Brighton, in the 
county of Sussex, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 





Private Bills. 
Mr, 


ne 





cks 
1g. 


- 


!’s 
nb 


Wirksworth 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Corn Laws. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


York Improve- 
ment, 


Rishworth 
Reservoirs, 


Richmond and 
Reeth Road. 


Barnsle y 
Waterworks. 


Spirit Licenses 
(Scotland) Bill. 


2 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill for the more easy 
and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the 
Parish of Wirksworth, and other Parishes and Places 
adjacent or near thereto, in the Counties of Derby 
and Stafford: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Cumberworth and Cumberworth 
Half ; —Peebles ; —Linlithgow (two Petitions) ;— 
Portobello ; — and, Selkirk ; praying for the repeal 
of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 

esses of East Retford ; — Neen Solers ; — Hope 
Bowdler ; — Hopesay ; — West Coker ; — Ashford 


21° Februarii. 


A Petition of Gentlemen, Merchants, Traders and Hatfield (York) 
Inhabitants of the manor of Hatfield, in the county Smal! Debts. 





Bowdler ; —Nether Stowey ; —Longstork ;-~ North 
Cave ;— Hotham ; —Tonbridge ;—-West and Middle 
Chinnock and Chiselborough ;—South Petherton ;— | 
Ludlow ; —-Lutterworth ;--Market Harborough ;— | 
Louth (Lincoln) ; — Aubourn and Haddington ; — 
Bridgewater ;—Members of the Bourn Agricultural 
Society ;—and, Owmby; praying that the Corn Laws 
may not be repealed,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Glasgow ; — Arbroath ; — South 
Leith ;—Kilmuir ;—Isle of Skye ; —--Braccadale ;— 
Kilmarnock ; —-Stirling ; ---Dundee (six Petitions) ; 
— Farnell ,— Shapinshay ; — North Knapdale ; — 
Fairlie ; — Sedburgh ; — Killin; — South Uist ; — 
and, Deskford; praying the House to adopt mea~ 
sures for relieving the religious destitution which 
prevails in Scotland, by extending the efficiency of 
the Established Church,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Kinross ;—Selkirk ;—Milnathort ; 
—and, Stow; praying the House to refuse all grants 
of public money for building Churches, or for further 
endowments to the Church of Scotland,—were also 
oo aan and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of several Commissioners under an Act 
for paving, lighting, watching and improving the 
city of York and the Suburbs thereof, and the Li- 
berty of Saint Peter, in the said city, and for regu- 
lating the Police, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
widening and improving a Street called Spurrier- 
gate, in the parish of Saint Michael Spurriergate, 
in the said city, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of mills, 
manufactories and premises near to the Ryburn or 
Ripponden Brook, in the parish of Halifax, in the 
West Riding of the county of York, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for making and maintaining several 
Reservoirs in the township of Rishworth, in the said 
parish, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
making a Turnpike Road from Richmond to Reeth, 
in the County of York, and of Creditors of Tolls 
thereby authorized to be collected, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for altering, amending and enlarging the 
powers and provisions of the said Act, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Barnsley, 
in the West Riding of the county of York, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for establishing Works for supply- 
ing the said Town and neighbourhood with Water, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Cromarty ;— Dingwall ; — and, 
Peebles; praying that the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Vot. 94. 


47 


of York, for leave to bring in a Bill for the more 
speedy and less expensive recovery of Small Debts 
within the said manor and the adjoining parishes, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Gentlemen, Manufacturers and Rotherham 


Tradesmen, Inhabitants of the town of Rotherham, 
in the West Riding of the county of York, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for the more easy and speedy re- 
covery of Small Debts in the said Town and neigh- 
bourhood, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Four Petitions from Persons engaged in Stage~ a- Coach 
f uties, 


coach business, complaining of the present rate o 
taxation upon Stage Coaches ; and praying the House 
to repeal the whole of the said duties, or to reduce the 
same to the level of the tax upon Railways, and place 
an equivalent tax upon Steam-boats,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Snow Harris, of Plymouth, shipwreck by 
F.R.S., stating that the Petitioner, after a prac- Lightning. 


tical and theoretical inquiry into the cause of 
damage to Ships by Lightning, has arrived at a 
complete method of avoiding such damage, by ren- 
dering the massive and fixed conductors of electri- 
city employed in our powder magazines and other 
public buildings, applicable to the masts of ships, 
aud carrying on a connected system of conduc- 
tion throughout the principal metallic masses in 
the hull to the sea; and praying the House to insti- 
tute an inquiry into the subject, so that the facts and 
evidence relating to this question, so important to 
science, and so intimately affecting the naval and 
commercial interests of this great maritime country, 
may be collected under the authority of Parliament, 
in the full confidence that the result of such inquiry 
will lead to the protection of those costly fluatin 
structures essential to our national defence an 
prosperity, together with the lives of those on board, 
from one of the most awful casualties to which they 
are exposed, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Petitions from Ore ; — Fairlight ;— and, Pett ; Education. 


praying the House not to sanction any system of 
ational Education which shall not inculcate the 
doctrines of the Church of England, and be con- 
ducted under the superintending care of the pa- 
rochial clergy,— were — and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Wakeman, of Thame, in the Registration of 
county of Oxford, Gentleman, praying the House Electors. 


to make such amendments in the law regarding 
the Registration of Voters as may secure to the 
freeholders a more equitable and easy mode of esta- 
blishing their just claims, and also protect them 
from the annual vexation and injustice they are 
subjected to in the courts of revision, as they are at 
present administered, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Childs, of Bungay Saint Mary, Church Rates, 


in the county of Suffolk, Printer, praying the House 
to take measures for the immediate abolition of all 
those laws which empower the members of the 
Church of England to levy the expense of conduct- 
ing the worship of that one sect from persons who 
are unable to join in it, and which inflict on loyal 
and conscientious subjects the marks of civil and 
religious degradation, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of John Hardy, Esquire, Steward of the Pentefract 
court baron, of the Honor of Pontefract, in the county Honor Court, 


of York, and Thomas Horncastle Marshall, Esquire, 
G 4 Deputy 





Prestor and 
Wyre Railway 
and Harbour, 
and Preston and 
Wyre Dock. 


London and 
Greenwich 
Railway. 


West Durham 
Railway. 


Melbourn 
Taclosure. 


Brazils Steam 
Packet Com- 


pany. 


Goole and 
Thorne Road. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Anderton 
Carrying 
Company. 


Croydon, 

Merstham, and 
Godstone Iron 
Nailway Com- 


pany. 


Danish Claims. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


48 


Deputy Steward of the same court, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to further extend the Jurisdiction of the 
Court of the Honor of Pontefract in actions of Debt 
and all other personal actions, to simplify the form of 
Proceedings in the said Court, and to alter and vary 
the Fees and Charges, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Ccrimittee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Preston and Wyre Railway and 
Harbour Company, and also the Preston and Wyre 
Dock Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to con- 
solidate the said Companies, and to alter and enlarge 
the powers and provisions of the Acts incorporating 
the said Companies, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the London and Greenwich Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, amend 
and enlarge the powers and provisions of the several 
Acts passed for making the said Railway, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of several Persons whose names are 
thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from Crook and Billy Row, in 
the parish of Brancepeth, in the county of Durham, 
to the Byer’s Green Sovak of the Clarence Railway 
in the said county, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners of estates in the parish 
of Melbourn, in the county of Cambridge, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for dividing, allotting and inclosing 
the Common and Waste Grounds in the said parish, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of William Augustus Kentish, Member 
of the London, Liverpool and Brazil Steam Packet 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
said Company to sue and be sued in their corporate 
name, or by one or more of their proprietors or offi- 
cers, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners of Estates and Inhabitants 
of the township of Goole, in the parish of Snaith, 
in the county of York, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making a Turnpike Road from the said township, 
to King-street in the town of Thorne, in the said 
county, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That Lord Brabazon have leave of ab- 
sence for six weeks on account of ill health. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Anderton Car- 
rying Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
the said Company to sue and be sued in the name of 
one of their Directors or their Secretary for the time. 
being, and to enable them to hold Lands, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Croydon, Merstham and God- 
stone Iron Railway Company, for leave to bring in 
a Bill to dissolve the said Company, and to repeal 
the Acts of Incorporation, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report of the Commissioners for inves- 
tigating the Claims of the Sufferers by seizure of 
Ships and Goods by the Danes in 1807. 


Two Petitions from Runcorn, praying the House 
to repeal that portion of the Sale of Beer Act, which 
permits Beer to be drunk upon the premises of Beer- 
shop Keepers,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Q1° Februariz. 





A. 1839. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Gentry, Merchants Railways 
and others, from the four provinces of Ireland, (1eln4.) 


praying the House to take into consideration the 
construction of Railways in Ireland, and to appoint 
a Select Committee to determine impartially the 
best lines of Railway, and to point out the terms 
and conditions upon which Grants and Loans may 
be made in furtherance of such Railways, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Order, Flag Officers. 


—a Return of all the Flag Officers who have been 
placed upon Full Pay since the year 1815, with the 
period during which they have been so employed, 
and on what service. 

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


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- Public Peti- 
lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had po" = 


examined the Petitions presented on the 18th and 
19th days of this instant February; and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Williams Wynn reported from the Select Com- Southwark 
mittee to whom the Papers relating to the Appoint- Writ. 


ment of Daniel Whittle Harvey, Esquire to the 
office of Registrar of Hackney Carriages, was re- 
ferred; and who were directed to report their 
Opinion whether Mr. Harvey has vacated his seat 
by the acceptance of the said office ; That they had 
considered the matter referred to them, and had 
come to several Resolutions, which they had directed 
him to report to the House; and the Resolutions 
of the Committee were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That having considered the Statutes, 
6 Anne, c. 7, 41 Geo. 3, c. 52, and 1 and 2 Vict. 
c. 79, your Committee is of opinion, that the Office 
of Registrar of Metropolitan Public Carriages is a 
new office of Profit under the Crown, within the 
true intent and meaning of the first of the above- 
mentioned Statutes. 

2. Resolved, That your Committee is of opinion, 
that Mr. Harvey has accepted the said office, and 
has thereby vacated his seat. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Southwark 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 


for the electing of a Burgess, to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Southwark, in the 
room of Daniel Whittle Harvey, Esquire, who, 
since his election for the said Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the office of Registrar of Metropolitan Public 
Carriages. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Beer Houses 


List of the Number of Beer Houses in the (Parlia- 


mentary) Boroughs of Manchester and Salford, and gajford.) 


the Number of Licenses taken out for such Houses 
respectively, from the 1st day of January 1836 to 
the 1st day of January 1839, distinguishing the 
Number of such Houses, and the Number of Li- 
censes granted to each of such Houses in each year ; 
distinguishing also the Number of Houses to which 
Licenses have been granted during the same period, 
permitting Beer to be drunk upon the Premises, 
and those to which Licenses have been granted not 
permitting Beer to be drunk upon the Premises :— 
and, of the Number of Licensed Victuallers in the 
Boroughs of Manchester and Salford, and the Num- 
ber of times for which Transfers of Licenses have 
been granted to such Houses within the before- 
mentioned period ; distinguishing the Number of 
such Houses and Licenses in each year. 


Returns made up to the latest possible period, of 








the 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lunatics. 





2 VicToriz. 


the Number of Lunatics against whom Commissions 
of Lunacy are now in force, and of the Total Amount 
of their Annual Incomes, and the Total Amount of 
the Sums allowed for their maintenance; distin- 
guishing the Number of Persons and Amount of 
Income, and the Allowance for the Maintenance of 
those who individually have less than £.190 per 
annum :—A similar Return, and distinguishing in 
like manner, of those who have more than £.100, 
and less than £.200 per annum :—A similar Return, 
and distinguishing in like manner, of those who 
have more than £.200, and less than £.400 per 
annum :—A similar Return, and distinguishing in 
like manner, of those who have more than £.400, 
and less than £.600 per annum:—And a similar 
Return, and distinguishing in like manner, of those 
who have more than £.600, and less than £.1,000 


per annum :—Also, a similar Return, and distin-| P 


guishing in like manner, of those who have more 
than £.1,000 per annum, with the Amount of their 
Income :—And, a Return of the Amount of per cen- 
tage, from the 8th day of July 1835 to the 8th day 
of January 1839, on Lunatics’ Incomes received 
under the provisions of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, 
c, 36, and of the Payments made thereon, from the 
3d day of February 1835 to the 8th day of January 
1839. 


Internal Come 
munication. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee, to take into consideration the different Acts 
imposing Duties affecting the means of Internal 
Communication in the country :—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for the Enfranchisement of Lands of Copyhold and 
Customary Tenure, and other Lands, subject to 
manorial rights: And that Mr. James Stewart, Mr. 
Attorney-General and Mr. Freshfield, do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Copyholds’ 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


A Petition of Merchants and Manufacturers of 
Manchester, interested in the trade to Hambro’, com- 
plaining of the Duties, Fines and Charges imposed by 
the Hanoverian Revenue Officers at Stade, on Bri- 
tish Ships and their Cargoes passing up the Elbe, 
to Hambro’ ; and praying the House to take the 
same into consideration, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Tolls on British 
Vessels (Stade. ) 


Tolls on British A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
Vessels (Stade.) posed, That this House has seen with great regret 
the conduct of the King of Hanover, in relation to 
the Tolls levied by the authority of his Majesty on 
British Vessels and Cargoes at the town of Stade ; 
and this House is of opinion that no foreign power 
ought to be permitted to levy any Tolls, Dues or 
Charges on British Vessels and Cargoes, until its 

right to do so is first clearly and fully established. 
And the previous Question being put, That that 

Question be now put :—It passed in the Negative. 
Designs Copy- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
yayt Extension for extending the Copyright of Designs for Calico 
: Printing, to Designs for printing other Woven 
Fabrics: And that Mr. Poulett Thomson and Mr. 

Labouchere do prepare, and bring it in. 


Designs Copy- 
right Bil, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
secure to Proprietors of Designs for Articles of 
Manufacture, the Copyright of such Designs for a 
limited time: And that Mr. Poulett Thomson and 
Mr. Labouchere do prepare, and bring it in. 

Canada. A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Total Expense incurred with reference to the 
Appointment of the Earl of Durham, as High Com- 
missioner and Governor General of Canada, stating 


the Expense of the Outfit of the Governor General 
Vox. 94. 


21° Februarz. 








49 


and Suite; also, the Number and Names of the 
several Persons employed in or connected with that 
Appointment, distinguishing the Situations or Offices 
to which they were respectively appointed, the Period 
during which each Office was held, the Salaries paid 
or to be paid to each, the Sums granted or to be 
granted to each for Outfit, as well as all other inci- 
dental Expenses of the Governor General, or each 
Person employed therein, during their residence in 
Canada, and on their return to this Country :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Canada. 
Account of the Expense incurred in the Mission of 
the Earl of Durham, as High Commissioner and 
Governor of Canada, distinguishing any Salaries 
aid, and of all Expenses incurred in the passages 
of the Earl of Durkan and Suite. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Ecclesiastical 
consolidate and reform Ecclesiastical Courts in Jre- feed) Ba 
land: And that Mr. Barron, Mr. Lynch and Dr, “ ; 
Stock do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Metropolitan 
for regulating the Metropolitan Police Courts : And Police Courts 
that Mr. Fox Maule and Lord John Russell do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Income and 
Account of the Public Income and Expenditure of Expenditure. 
the United Kingdom, in the years ended the 5th day 
of January 1837, 1838 and 1839; distinguishing 
the actual Payments for the Expenses incurred in 
the Collection and Management of the Revenue: 
for the Charges of the Public Debt (the terminable 
Annuities being also valued by Estimate); for the 
Expenses of the Civil Government ; the Allowances 
to the Royal Family; and to His Royal Highness 
Prince Leopold, now King of the Belgians; the 
Establishment of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ; 
the Expenses of the Two Houses of Parliament, 
and the Civil Departments; the other Pensions on 
the Consolidated Fund, or the Gross Revenue ; and 
the Civil List :—Also, the Payments for the Admin- 
istration of Justice; Diplomatic Expenses; and the 
Payments on Account of the Sums voted for the 
Army, Navy and Ordnance Services :—Also, Public 
Works, Bounties, Post Office, the Quarantine and 
Warehousing Establishments, and all other Pay- 
ments not coming under any of the foregoing Heads ; 
with an Appendix, showing the several items com- 
posing val Head of the Account. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Licensed 
Return of the Number of Licensed Victuallers Victuallers, &amp;c. 
having Licenses from Magistrates, and the Number 
of Keepers of Beer Shops having Licenses to sell 
Beer only, from the Excise, who have been charged 
before the Police Magistrates with breaches of the 
Laws in the Metropolis in the years 1830 to 1838, 
both inclusive ; stating the Number convicted and 
the Number dismissed in each year; stating also 
the Number of Licensed Victuallers and Number of 
Licensed Beer Sellers in the Metropolis, in each of 
these years. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Licensed 
Returns of the Number of Convictions for adulter- Victuallers, &amp;c. 
ating Beer in each of the last Three years; dis- 
tinguishing Licensed Victuallers and Beer Retailers : 

—Of the Number of Licenses granted to Licensed 
Victuallers in each of the Three years immediately 
preceding the passing of the Act 1 Will. 4, c. 64, 
distinguishing the Rates :—Of the Number of Li- 
censes taken out for Beer Houses, and by Retailers 
of Cider and Perry only, ar tg in each of the 
last Three years ; distinguishing the Number at each 
rate of License, together with the Amount of Duty 
paid in each year in respect of such Licenses :—Of 
the Number of Licenses taken out by Licensed Vic- 

H tuallers 








Poor Relief 
(lreland) Act 
Amendment 


Bill. 


Designs Copy- 
right Bill. 


No, 44. 


Designs Copy- 
right Extension 


Bill. 
No. 45. 


Tithes Commu- 
tation. 


Public Works 
(Ireland.) 


Education 


(Ireland.) 


Registration of 
Electors Bili. 


Wheat. 
No. 46. 


50 
tuallers in each of the last Three years; distin- 
guishing the Rates, and distinguishmg those who 
hold Beer Licenses only ; together with the Amount 
of Duty paid in respect of such Licenses :—And, of 
the Number of Victuallers and Beer Retailers who 
Brew their own Beer, distinguishing each. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Rclicqner accordingly 

resented the said Returns. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the first 
and second year of Her present Majesty, for the more 
efficient Relief of the Destitute Poor in Jreland, was, 
according to Order, read the third time; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. John Parker, by Order, presented a Bill to 
secure to Proprietors of Designs for Articles of Ma- 
nufacture the Copyright of such Designs for a limited 
time: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday, the 
ist day of March next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. John Parker, by Order, presented a Bill for 
extending the Copyright of Designs for Calico Print- 
ing to Designs for printing other Woven Fabrics : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday, the 1st day 
of March next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. John Parker presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 5th day of this instant February, That to 
the Return from the Tithe Commissioners, ordered 
on the 5th day of February, there be added a Return 
of the Number of Notices of Meetings that have 
been received by them, as well as of Agreements 
and Apportionments, whether confirmed or rejected, 
or still under the consideration of the Diocesan, or 
otherwise waiting confirmation, in each of the seve- 
ral Counties of England and Wales; and that the 
said Returns be continued monthly during the pre- 
sent Session. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the different Roads (excepting Mail 
Coach Roads) under the management of the Com- 
missioners of Public Works in Ireland; showing 
the length of each Road in English Miles, &amp;c., the 


Expense of constructing such as have been com-| 


pleted, and the Expense of Repairs of each Road, 
for each of the last Three years ; distinguishing those 
under Contract from those repaired under Engineers 
of the Board, and stating the Expense of Superin- 
tendence, wherever it can be separated from the 
general expense; stating also whether the Con- 
tracts are entered on by Public Notice and Compe- 
tition, or how. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command,— Fifth Report of the Commis- 
sioners of National Education in Jreland, for the 
yeur ending 31st March 1838. 

Ordered, Thai the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


21°—22° Februariz. 











A. 1839. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bonded Bonded Corn, 
Corn, which was presented upon Monday last, be No. 46. 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Public Works 
Works (Ireland), which was presented upon Mon- (reland.) 
day last, be printed. No. 47, 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 22° die Februari; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of the Commissioners acting Leamington 
under the Act for paving, lighting, watching, —- 
regulating and improving the Town of Leamington “™ ~""5* 
Priors, in the County of Warwick, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for amending and enlarging the powers and 
provisions of the said Act, and to increase or alter 
the existing Rates, and to enable the said Commis- 
sioners to borrow further Sums of Money on the 
credit of the said Rates, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners and Masters of vessels Redcar Har- 
trading between the northern and eastern ports of °° (No. 2) 
Great Britain, for leave to bring in a Bill to autho- 
rize the formation of a Harbour of Refuge at Redcar, 
with power to levy Tolls and Harbour Dues for the 
construction and maintenance of the same, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Bishop Auck- 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for _ — 
amending the Act for making the said Railway, and “* i 
for granting further and more effectual powers for 
enabling the said Company to complete the same, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees acting under the Act for Honiton and 
more effectually repairing the Road from the Honiton lminster 
Turnpike-road, near Yard Farm, in the Parish of ~~ 
Upottery, in the County of Devon, towards I/minster, 
to the eastern boundary of the Parish of Buckland 
Saint Mary, in the County of Somerset, and other 
Roads communicating therewith, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for altering, amending and extending the 
powers of the said Act, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city and suburbs Cork Improve- 
and liberties of Cork, for leave to bring in a Bill for ™*" 
altering and amending several Acts for making wide 
and convenient Streets, Ways and Passages in the 
city of Cork, and the suburbs thereof, and for the 
further Improvement of the said city and suburbs, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Augustus Smith, of Ashlyns Hall, Berkhampstead 
in the parish of Berkhampstead, in the county of ee 





| Hertford, Esquire, and Benjamin Martin, of the 
| same place, Linen Draper, for leave to present a Pe- 
| tition for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend 


| 


}an Act passed in the second and third years of the 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into | reign of King Edward the Sixth, intituled, “ An Act 


a Committee, To-morrow, upon the Registration of 


Electors Bill, was read, and discharged. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, 
the 4th day of March next, resolve itself into the 


said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wheat, 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 





for establishing a Free School at Berkhampstead, in 
the County of Hertford,” was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 


‘for Private Bills. 


| A Petition of William Revell Vigers, of Russell- Avti Dry-rt 


'square, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, Chair- Compeny- 
man of the Board of Directors of the Anti Dry-rot 
Company, 


a nee i oi 





iS 


London and 
Southampton 
(Guildford 
Branch) 
Railway. 


Blackheath 
Cemetery. 


Greenwich 
Sewers. 


ke 


are 


Tramore 
Drainage. 


London and 
Birmingham: 


Railway Bill. 


Rugby and 
Warwick Road 
Bill, 


Tyne Dock. 
ad 


Cheltenham 
Waterworks, 


2 Vicroriz£. 


Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
said Company, incorporated by an Act passed in the 
fifth and sixth years of the reign of his late Majesty 
King William the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to 
enable John Howard Kyan to assign to a Company 
certain Letters Patent,” to enrol a Memorial of the 
names, and descriptions of the Secretary and of the 
several persons, being members of the said Com- 
pany, upon oath, in the High Court of Chancery, 
notwithstanding the time limited by the said Act 
has expired without the said Memorial having been 
enrolled, was presented, and read; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of the Mayor and other Inhabitants 
of Guildford, in the county of Surrey, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for making and maintaining a Branch 
Railway from the said town to join the London and 
Southampton Railway at or near certain fields in the 
parish of Woking in Goldsworth, otherwise Goldings 
and Knaphill Tithing, in the county of Surrey, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Greenwich, and the 
neighbourhood, for leave to bring in a Bill to esta- 
blish a Cemetery for the Interment of the Dead in 
an open situation on Blackheath, in the parish of 
Charlton, in the county of Kent, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and parish 
of Greenwich, in the county of Kent, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for making proper and suitable Com- 
mon Sewers, Drains and other Works for effectually 
cleansing and draining the said town, with power to 
levy Tolls, Rates or Duties, and incorporating the 
Petitioners and others into a Joint Stock Company 
for the said purpose, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in 
the parish of Drumcannon, in the county of Water- 
ford, and others, Inhabitants of Tramore, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for inclosing, embanking, draining, 
reclaiming and improving a certain tract of Waste 
and Sea-covered Land, or Sandy Beach and Marshy 
Ground, called the Back Strand of Tramore, in the 
said county, was presented, and read ; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


Mr. .Dugdale presented a Bill to enable the Lon- 
don and Birmingham Railway Company to raise 
a further Sum of Money: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Dugdale presented a Bill for repairing and 
maintaining the Road from the Town of Rugby to 
the Borough of Warwick, all in the County of War- 
wick: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, Coal-owners 
and others, interested in the trade of the port of 
Newcastle-upon- Tyne, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
constructing a Dock, with suitable Works and Con- 
veniences at or near to Jarrow Slake, upon or within 
the River Tyne, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Cheltenham Waterworks Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for amending, 
altering and enlarging the powers and provisions of 
an Act for better supplying the Town and Neigh- 
bourhood of Cheltenham with Water, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 

Vou. 94, 


22° Februarie. 








51 


A Petition of Members of an intended Company, White Lead 
to be called “ The Patent White Lead Company,” Company. 
for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the said 
Company to sue and be sued in the name of any 
member or officer for the time being of the said 
Company, was presented, and read; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of the Directors of the British and British and 
Colonial Trust and Assurance Company, for leave — Trust 
to bring in a Bill for incorporating the said Com- rsdn a 
pany, with powers to sue and be sued in the name 
of any director or officer of the said Company, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Lord Viscount Ebrington reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private Orders; 
Bills, several Resolutions, which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for London and 
the London and Southampton (Portsmouth Branch) Seuthamptou 


Railway Bill, the Parties be permitted to proceed ——” 
with their Bill. se 


2. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for Redrath and 
the Redruth and Hayle Road Bill, the Parties be H*yle Road 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


A Petition of Members of an intended Company, Filtration 
to be called “ The Filtration Company,” for leave ComP™Y: 
to bring in a Bill to enable the said Company to 
sue and be sued in the name of any member or 
officer for the time being of the said Company, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Redruth and 
of the Petition for the Redruth and Hayle Road fiayle Road 
Bill, which was, this day, made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private 
Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Turnpike-road from the town of Red- 
ruth, in the county of Cornwall, to and through the 
village of Hayle, in the parish of Phillack, in the 
same county: And that Mr. Pendarves and Mr. 

William Praed do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of William Bush, of Wormwood-street, Royal Patent 
in the city of London, Surveyor and Engineer, and oy ea 
others, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the and Humane 
number of proprietors of a Patent granted to the Association. 
said William Bush, and to form them into a Joint 
Stock Company, to be called “ The Royal Patent 
Salvage, Marine Life Insurance and Humane Asso- 
ciation,” was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- West Croft 
gesses of Wottingham, for leave to bring in a Bill to an pad 
inclose a certain Meadow, called the West Croft, in , 
the parish of Saint Mary, in the said town, and 
other Common Lands, for making a Canal from 
the Nottingham Canal to a Meadow, called Last 
Croft, and for erecting a Bridge over the said 
Nottingham Canal, to make communication between 
the said Common Lands and the said town, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Inhabitants of the Peterborough 
liberty of Peterborough, in the county of NWorth- Gal. 
ampton, for leave to bring in a Bill for erecting a 
new Gaol in the said town, with power to levy Tolls, 

Rates and Duties for the support and maintenance 
of the same, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Conimittee on Petition for Private Bills. 

H2 A Petition 








Walsall Junc- 


tion Canal. 


Liverpool 
Pilotage 
(No. 2.) 


Sidmouth 
tmprovement 
and Market. 


Burnett's 
Patent. 


Liskeard 
Smail Debts. 


Rochester 
Cemetery. 


London and 
Southampton 
(Portsmouth 
Branch) 
Railway. 


Itchen Bridge 
and Roads. 


52 22° Februariz, 


A Petition of the Deptford Pier and Improvement Deptford Fier, 


A Petition of Owners and Proprietors of estates 
in the county of Stafford, and Merchants, Traders 
and others of Walsall, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making and maintaining a Navigable Cut or Canal, 
to commence from and out of the Wyrley and Essing- 
ton Canal, at or near to a certain place called the 
Birchills, in the foreign of the parish of Walsall, 
and to terminate in and join with the Walsall Branch 
of the Birmingham Canal, near to the western ex- 
tremity of the said town of Walsall, so as to open 
a complete communication between the said Wyrley 
and Essington Canal, and the Walsall Branch of the 
Birmingham Canal, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Merchants and Ship-ownersof Liver- 
pool, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, amend and 
enlarge the powers and provisions of an Act for the 
better regulation and encouragement of Pilots for 
the conducting of Ships and Vessels into and out of 
the Port of Liverpool, and for altering and increasing 
the rates of Pilotage, and to assimilate the laws and 
regulations for the government of Pilots of the said 
Port to those established under the General Pilot 
Act, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Householders and 
Inhabitants of Sidmouth, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for paving, lighting, watching, cleansing and 
improving the Streets of the said town, and also for 
the establishment of a Market and the erection of 
a Market-house in the said town, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Sir William Burnett, Knight, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for extending the number of 
Proprietors allowed by a Patent granted to him for 
Improvements in preserving Wood and other veget- 
able matters from decay, and for forming them into 
a Company, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Liskeard, and several 
other parishes and townships in the county of Corn- 
wall, for leave to bring in a Bill for the more easy, 
speedy and less expensive method of recovering 
Small Debts in the said several places, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of George Hodgkinson, and others, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for the establishment of a 
Cemetery for the Interment of the Dead in the 
parish of Saint Margaret’s, in the city of Rochester, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the London and Southampton 
(Portsmouth Branchy Railway Bill, which was this 
day made from the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders relative to Private Bills, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Acts relating to the London and South- 
ampton Railway, and to make a Branch Railway 
therefrom to the Port of Portsmouth: And that 
Mr. Shaw Lefevre and Mr. Mackinnon do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


A Petition of Hugh M‘Intosh, of Bloomsbury- 
square, in the county of Middlesez, Contractor of 
Public Works, for leave to bring in a Bill for alter- 
ing, amending and enlarging the powers of several 
Acts for establishing a Floating Bridge over the 
River Jichen, near the Town of Southampton, with 
proper Approaches thereto, and for making Roads to 
communicate therewith, was presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 











A. 1839. 


Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for altering, 
amending and enlarging the powers and provisions 
of the Act for maintaining a Pier and other Works 
at Deptford, in the County of Kent, and for in- 
creasing and altering the Tolls, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Deptford Pier Junction Rail- Deptford Pier 


way Company, for leave to bring ina Bill for alter- Junction 


ing, amending and enlarging the powers and pro- 
visions of the Act for es ll a Railway from the 
London and Greenwich Railway to the Deptford 
Pier, to be called the Deptford Pier Junction Rail- 
way, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the South-eastern Railway Com- south Easte 
? a : : i m 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for diverting the (Deviation) 
line of the South-eastern Railway, and to abandon Railway. 


so much of the present line as may be rendered un- 
necessary by reason of such diversion, or otherwise 
that the said Company may be allowed to adopt their 
new line in any Bill which they may have leave to in- 
troduce into the House in the present Session, for 
diverting the South-eastern Railway, so as to join 
the London and Brighton Railway, in lieu of the 
line in respect of which they gave notice, and de- 
posited Plans, Sections and Books of Reference in 
the spring of last year, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Robert Gunter and H. Alexander, Brompton 
for leave to bring in a Bill for making and maintain- New Road 


ing a Turnpike Road, to commence near the Hoop 
and Toy Inn at Old Brompton, in the parish of 
Saint Mary Abbot, Kensington, in the county of 
Middlesex, to join the Turnpike Road from London 
to Hammersmith, at Warwick-square, opposite the 
Addison Road, all in the said parish of Saint Mary 
Abbot, Kensington, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Oswestry ;— Dudley ;— Oxford ;— Corn Laws. 


Newry ;—Bury (Lancaster); —Jedburgh ; — Ormis- 
ton ;—and, Ashford-in-the-Water; praying for the 
repeal of the Corn-laws,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. ‘ 

Petitions from Rutland;— Reigate ;— Thirkleby ; 
— Cottingham ; — Cowlam ; — Preston (York); a 
Thorganby ;— Grimston ;— Hilston ;— West-Ella ;— 
Lund ;— Elvington ;— Thorngumbald ;— Thizendale ; 
— Wetwang ; -— Osgodby; — Hessle;— Members of 
the Richmondshire Agricultural Association ;—Kil- 
burn and Olsted ;—Asenby ;—Scawton ;— Braffer- 
ton ;—Cowesby, kc. ;—Stanwich ;—Sandhutton and 
Charlton Miniott ;— Foriett ;—Coldkirby Olbyland; 
—Manfield ; — Milby, &amp;c.;—Marton, &amp;c. ; —Mel- 
sonby ; — Kirkby Ravensworth ; — Rochdale ;— Wy- 
cliffe ;—Marrick ;— Gilling ; —Felishirk ;—Sutton- 
under-Whitestone Cliff ;— Topcliffe ;—Holbeach ;— 
Wareham ;— Winchester (two Petitions) ;— Carew ; 
— Abington ;—Hemingford Grey and Hemingford 
Abbots ;—Ferrybridge ;— Morayshire ; -— Middleton 
and Theburton ;--Cahirelly and Ballybricken ;— 
and, Saint Martin’s(Salop) ; praying that the Corn- 
laws may not be repealed,—were also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Seamen of North Shields, praying Seamen's 


ailway. 


for an alteration of the law relating to the payment Ws 


of Seamen’s Wages in cases of Shipwreck, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


A Petition of Samuel Baker, Assistant Honorary Merchant 


Secretary of the Shipwrecked and Distressed Seamen- 


Sailors’ Asylum, Ratcliffe Highway, praying the 
House to cause the large sums contributed by 
merchant 





£ 


Pier, 


Pier 


tern 


) 


Education. 
a 


County Rates. 


Highways. 


‘Church Rates, 





2 Vicroriz. 


merchant seamen, and at present vested in the 
hands of the Merchant Seamen’s Corporation in 
London, and the Trustees at the Outports, to be 
appropriated for their benefit, if not in erecting 
asylums, in granting an increase to their pensions, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Bath Church of 
England Lay Association, praying the House not 
to sanction any system of National Education which 
is not founded on the principles of the Established 
Church, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Accounts from the respective Treasurers of Counties 
in England and Wales, of the Total Amount an- 
nually received by them from the County Rates, 
and from any other Source of Receipt applicable in 
aid of County Rates :—Also, of the Total Amount 
annually expended by them during their years of 
Account, ending in or with the years 1835, 1836, 
1837, and 1838 ; and, in cases where such Account is 
made up to Easter, Lady-day, or the Spring Quarter 
Sessions, an Account for the twelvemonth then ter- 
minating ; in all such Accounts of Expenditure, dis- 
tinguishing the Expense of building and maintain- 
ing County Bridges, and repairing the Roads apper- 
taining thereunto :—Also, the Expense of building, 
enlarging, improving or repairing the County Gaol, 
and every House of Correction, Bridewell, Lock-up- 
house, or Sheriff’s-ward within the County :—Also, 
the Expense incurred in the Maintenance and Safe- 
custody of Prisoners confined in any of these :— 
Also, Expenses incurred in Criminal Prosecutions 
at the Assizes and Quarter Sessions :—Also, Ex- 
penses incurred in apprehending and conveying 
Vagrants, and in payment of High and Petty Con- 
stables; together with a separate Account of the 
Debt at this time due and payable out of the County 
Rates, or other County Property :—And, Similar 
Accounts of Expenditure on these several objects, 
during each of the last Four P han from the Cham- 
berlain, or other proper Officer of all Counties of 
Cities and Counties of Towns in England and 
Wales. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She-will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
An Account of the Total Sum expended during the 
year ending the 25th day of March 1839, by Surveyors 
of the Highways, in every Parish, Township or Place 
in England and Wales, separately maintaining its 
Highways; such Account of the Money expended 
from the 25th day of March 1838 to the 25th day 
of March 1839, in making, improving, maintaining 
or repairing the said Highways, to be made up and 
returned as soon after the said 25th day of March 
1839, as the present Surveyors shall have prepared 
and settled their Accounts ; with such Explanations 
annexed to the Return as may appear to be ne- 
cessary. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
An Account of all Monies received and expended by 
Churchwardens and Chapelwardens in England and 
Wales, from Easter 1838 to Easter 1839; distin- 
guishing the Sum received by them from Church 

fou. 94, 


22° Februariz. 





53 


Rates, from other Sources of Official Receipt appli- 
cable in aid or in lieu of Church Rates ; and distin- 
guishing from other kinds of Expenditure defrayed 
by them, all Expenses incurred in building, improv- 
ing and maintaining in repair, Churches or Chapels, 
and any Buildings or Fences appertaining thereunto: 
—Also, an Account of Debt (if any) due by the 
Parish or Chapelry for Expenses chargeable upon 
the Church Rates; and if such Debt shall have 
been secured on Annuities or other Contingent Pay- 
ments, an Estimate of the Value of every such Lia- 
bility, or a Statement of the Particulars thereof. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and Maynooth 
neighbourhood of Bedford, praying the House to College. 


institute an inquiry into the state, studies and dis- 
cipline of Maynooth College, and to withhold all 
further grants of public money from the said Col- 
lege, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor in the Red- Sale of Beer 


ruth union, in the county of Cornwall, complaining Ac 
of the increase of poverty and crime, owing to the 
prevalence of Beer-shops ; and praying the House to 
take into their immediate consideration the necessity . . 
of instituting a Rural Police, was presented, and: 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. &gt; 


Petitions from Prestonkirk;— Glasgow Presbytery Church of 
(Moderator) ;—Fetlar ;—_Bridgegate ;—and, North Scotland. 


Yell; praying the House to extend the efficiency of 
the Established Church in Scotland, was presented, 
and read; and ordered tv lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Timberland 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in D'ivage Bill. 


the case of the Petition for the Timberland Drain- 
= the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more effectual Drainage of certain Lands, 
called the Fen and Dales of Timberland and Tim- 
berland Thorpe, in the Parish of Timberland, in the 
County of Lincoln: And that Mr. Handley and 
Mr. Christopher do prepare, and bring it in. 


_ Sir Eardley Wilmot presented a Bill for repair- Worksop and 
ing and maintaining the Road from Worksop to the Kelham Road 


Turnpike Road at Kelham; and from Debdale Hill ®*" 
to the Great Northern Road at South Muskham, in 
the County of Nottingham: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of Proprietors of Shares in an Under- gary, Cemetery. 


taking for the formation of a Cemetery or Burial 
Ground, by the name of the Bath Cemetery Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to make and main- 
tain a Cemetery for the Interment of the Dead, on 
a piece or — of Land, called or known by the 
name of The Close, above Way, in the parish of 
Charlecombe, otherwise Charlecomb, adjoining the 
city of Bath, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Mary-le-bone, United Mary- 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable them to form le-bone Gas 


themselves intoa Company, under the title of the Lisht end Coke 
Company. 


United Mary-le-bone Gas Light and Coke Company, 
for more effectually lighting with Gas the several 
Streets, and other Public Ways in the said parish, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the North Union Railway Com- youn union 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for altering, Railway, 


HS amending 








54 


amending and enlarging the powers and provisions| 
of the Acts for making and maintaining the said 
Railway, and for raising a further Sum of Money, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Northern and Eastern Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for altering, 
amending and enlarging the provisions of the Act 
for making a Railway, to form a Communication be- 
tween London and Cambridge, with a view to its 
being extended hereafter to the northern and east- 
ern Bueaties of England, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way (No. 1.) 


Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way (No 2.) 


A Petition of the Northern and Eastern Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter the 
Terminus near London of the said Railway, by 
making a Deviation, to commence in the parish of 
Tottenham, in the county of Middlesex, and to ter- 
minate at or near Angel-lane, in the parish of West- 
ham Stratford, im the county of Essex, and there 
to communicate with the Eastern Counties Railway ; 
and to alter, amend and enlarge the provisions of 
the Act for making the said Railway, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Holborn Hill 
and Skinner 
Street [inprove- 
ment. 


A Petition of John Ross and others, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for opening, making and maintaining 
a new Street, to commence at or near Vewgate-street, 
in the Old Bailey, in the parish of Saint Sepulchre, 
in the city of London, and from thence pursuing a 
nearly direct course, to terminate at or near the top 
of Fetter-lane, in the parish of Saint Andrew, also 
within the liberty of the said city, to avoid the 
obnoxious declivities of Holborn-hill and Skinner- 
street, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Trustees of the British Mu- 
seum, for leave to bring in a Bill to empower the 
said Trustees to purchase and take several Buildings 
and parcels of Land and Hereditaments, abutting 
on Great Russell-street and on Montaque-street, in 
the parish of Saint George, Bloomsbury, for com- 
pleting the buildings of the British Museum, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


British Museum 
Buildings. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and others, 
interested in the trade and commerce of the city of 
London, for leave to bring in a Bill for making and 
maintaining a Wet Dock or Docks, with all proper 
and necessary Depots, and other Works, in the 
parishes of Saint Michael and Saint Paul, Dept- 
ford, in the county of Kent, with power to alter 
certain Public Roads in the said parishes, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Deptford 
Steam-Ship 
Docks. 


Sir Edmund Filmer presented a Bill to repeal so 
much of an Act passed in the fifty-second year of 
his late Majesty King George the Third, relating to 
the parish of Strood, in the county of Kent, as 
refers to the Church of the same parish, and to 
make more effectual provisions in lieu thereof: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Strood Church 
Bill. 


A Petition of John Cox and others, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for lighting with Gas, the Streets, 
Lanes, and other Public Places in the town of Herne 
Bay, and parish of Herne, in the county of Kent, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Bristol, 
of Portishead, in the county of Somerset, and of 
Merchants, Traders, Ship-owners and others in- 
terested in the Commerce and Navigation of the 


Heme Gas. 


Portishead 
Pier. 


92° Februari. 





A, 1839. 


constructing a Pier and Landing-place, at or near 
to Portishead, with power to make Approaches 
thereto, and other Works, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of Bolton, Bolton Inclosure 
in the county of Lancaster, for leave to bring in a Bill #"4 Improve. 
to consolidate, enlarge and amend the several Acts mae 
for inclosing, dividing and allotting the Common of 
Bolton Moor, and other Common or Waste Grounds, 
in the township of Great Bolton, and for widening, 
paving, lighting, &amp;c., the Streets and Places withm 
the towns of Great Bolton and Little Bolton, and 
for supplying the said towns with Water, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the Poor Law 
West Derby Union, in the county palatine of Lan- om 
caster, praying the House to make alterations in the 
Poor Law Amendment Act, with respect to Orders 
of Affiliation, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stamullen, Moor- Tithes, &amp;c., 
church and Julianstown, in the county of Meath, (Ieland.) 
praying the House to pass a Bill to relieve Her Ma- 
jesty’s Roman Catholic subjects from the grievance 
of Tithes and Church Rates, under any shape or 
name, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Patrick O’ Hare, of Leitrim, in Spirit Dealers 
the county of Down, praying the House to pass a (Ieland.) 
law, enabling Spirit Dealers in Jreland to sell Spirits 
and Groceries on the same premises, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Marquis of Donegal, and the Belfast Water, 
Earl of Belfast, for leave to bring in a Bill for incor- 
porating a Company, to be called the Belfast Water 
Company, for affording an additional supply of 
Water to the inhabitants of the town of Belfast, to 
enable them to sue and be sued, and to increase and 
alter the existing Tolls, Rates or Duties leviable 
under certain Acts for better lighting, paving and 
improving the said town, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Sir George Grey presented,— Return to an Ad- Canada. 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of May in 
the last Session of Parliament, for Copies of the 
several Acts of the Legislature of Upper Canada in 
the last Session, for the Preservation of the Peace, 
and for the Trial of Persons charged with Insurrec- 
tion and Revolt against the Government of the Pro- 
vince ; stating the Dates on which the several Bills 
received the Royal sanction :—Return of the Names 
and Quality or Station of the several Persons ar- 
rested in Upper Canada, and placed in confinement 
in the Prisons of Toronto, and other places in the 
Province, on a charge of Insurrection or Treason, 
the Dates of their Arrest and Discharge, and, if tried, 
whether by Court Martial or Civil Courts, with the 
result of such Trials severally ; also, the Number in 
Prison at the time of the last Dispatch :—and, A 
similar Return for Zower Canada (so far as relates 
to Upper Canada). 

Sir George Grey also presented,—Return to an Church 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of April renee 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of Neo India. ) 
the Number of Persons on the Ecclesiastical Esta- 
blishment of the Church of England, and of the 
Presbyterian Church, and other Religious Denomi- 
nations, maintained by Grant of Public Money in 
each of the Colonies, and in the Territories of the 
East India Company ; stating the Rank of each 
where stationed, the Expenses of fixed Salary, and 





Bristol Channel, for leave to bring in a Bill for) 


of Allowances of each, and the Total Expenses of 
each 


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each Colony (or Presidency and Dependency) for 
such Establishments, in Sterling Money, for the 
last year the Account can be made up, so as to ex- 
hibit the whole Amount paid for the support of Re- 
ligion of every Denomination (so far as relates to 
the Colonies). 

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


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the 
House, That their several Addresses of the 19th and 
20th days of this instant February (that Her Ma- 
jesty would be graciously pleased to give directions 
that the Papers therein mentioned might be laid 
before this House), had been presented to Her Ma- 
jesty ; and that Her Majesty had commanded him 
to acquaint this House, That She will give directions 
accordingly. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address 
to Her Majesty,—A Copy of the last Report from 
the National Vaccine Institution to the Secretary 
of State for the Home Department. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of the 
Number of Causes instituted and decided in the 


Vaccine 
Institution. 


Court of Session 
(Scotland.) 


Court of Session in Scotland, between the 1st January | C 


1838 and the 1st January 1839. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Shareholders or Members of the 
London and Westminster Mutual Life Assurance 
Society, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
said Society to sue and be sued in their own name, 
or in the name of the managing director, or one of 
the general or local directors for the time being, or 
of any one proprietor of the said Society, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Londen and 
Westminster 
Mutual Assur 
ance Society. 


Railways 


The House was moved, That the Reports of the 
(Ireland. ) 


Commissioners appointed to inquire into the manner 
in which Railway Communications can be most ad- 
vantageously promoted in Ireland, which were pre- 
sented upon the 20th day of March 1837, and the 
27th day of July in the last Session of Parliament, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, That this House will, 
upon Friday next, resolve itself into a Committee 
to consider the Reports of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed to consider and recommend a general System 
of Railways for Ireland; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 

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

the House, this day, adjourn till Monday next. 

Prisons The Prisons (Scot/and) Bill was, according to 

(Scotland) Bill. Qrder, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday, the 
4th day of March next. 

Pankrupts The Bankrupts’ Estates (Scotland) Bill was, ac- 

(Scothen 4) Bill cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 

“mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday, the 11th day of March next. 


Abele 5 The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
red, = Mittee of Supply; 

Monies in the Ordered, 'Yhat the Account of Monies in the Ex- 
XC iequer. 


chequer, or remaining to be received, on the 11th 
day of February 1839, to complete the Aids granted 


by Parliament for the Service of the years 1837 and 
VoL. 94, 


22° Februarie: 


55 


1838, which was presented upon the 12th day of 
this instant February, be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Mil- Transfer of 
lions, be granted to Her Majesty, to discharge the Aids. 
like amount of Supplies granted for the Service of 
the year 1838, or for any preceding year. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Affirmation 
mittee on the Affirmation Bill ; Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

hair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { a — arker, 


93. 
Tellers for the Noes, { i ae tag } 125. 
So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 

“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 

“ itself into the said Committee,” be added instead 

thereof :—-It was resolved in che Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day six 
months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Railroad 
Copy of all Resolutions and Memorials presented (Ieland.) 
to the Lord Lieutenant or Chief Secretary of Jreland, 
or to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, respecting 
Railroads in that Country. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navy. 
Returns of the Number of Seamen and Marines 
voted by Parliament for the service of the Navy in 
the following years, 1818, 1823, 1828, 1833 and 
the subsequent years:—Of the distribution of the 
Ships of the Navy in Commission on the 1st day of 
December in the same years :—Of the Complements 








of such Ships as were stationed upon the Coasts of 
| Great Britain and Ireland at the same periods :— 
| Of the Number of Marines on Shore at the same 
| periods :—Of the Number of Marines employed on 
| particular Service Abroad (not being part of the 
| ordinary Complements of any of Her Majesty’s 
| Ships), on the 31st day of March 1838 ; distinguish- 
ing the Numbers on each of such Services :—Of the 
| Number of Seamen and Marines borne on the Books 
| of the under-mentioned Ships, distinguishing Super- 
_numeraries, if any, on the 31st day of March 1838, 
-and the War Complements of the same Ships, as 
established by Her Majesty’s Order in Council,— 
Howe, Britannia, Royal Adelaide, Cornwallis, Mel- 
ville, Wellesley :—Of the Number of Seamen borne 
| for the Service of the Coast Blockade on the 1st day 
H 4 0 








56 


of January and the 1st day of July in each year of | 
its existence: — Of the Number of Ships of the 

Line stationed upon the Coasts of Great Britain 

and Jreland on the 1st day of July 1792; the Num- 

ber of Officers and Men serving on board the said | 
Ships, and the Number of Marines employed on | 
Shore at the said Date: —Of the Number of Officers 
and Seamen, and also of Marines, serving in His 
Majesty’s Ships, distinguishing the Seamen from 
Marines, in the months of September, October and 
November 1792; and also, a Return of the Number 
of Marines employed on Shore during the same 
months :—And, of the Distribution of the Ships of 
the Royal Navy in Commission, for the months of 
September, October and November in the year 1792, 
being the Three months preceding the Parliamentary 
Grants for an additional force. 


Bankruptcy Ordered, That the Account relative to the Bank- 

nan ruptcy Court, which was presented yesterday, be 
No. 48. printed. . 

TithesCommu- Ordered, That the Return relative to Tithes Com- 

Ni a mutation, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 

oO. ° ° : 
u Ordered, That the Returns relative to Licensed 
icensed 7 : 

Vicuasiion:. Victuallers, &amp;c., which were presented yesterday, be 

No, 50. printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 


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Luna, 25° die Februarii ; 
Anno 2° Victoriz Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 
Assessed Taxes M*: Tierney, from the Tax Office, was called in ; 
(Scotland.) and at the bar presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Return of Copies of 
Cases stated and signed by the Commissioners acting 
in the execution of the Assessed Tax Acts, determined 
by the Judges in Scotland, since the date of a like 
Return made in the last Session of Parliament :— 
And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to Order,—A Copy of Papers 
received from India, relating to the Measures adopted 
for introducing the Cultivation of the Tea Plant with- 
in the British Possessions in’ India :—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Tea Cultivation 
(ludia.) 


Mr. Handley presented a Bill for the more eftec- 
tual Drainage of certain Lands called the Fen and 
Dales of Timberland, and Timberland Thorpe, in the 
Parish of Timberland, in the County of Lincoln: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Timberland 
Drainage Bill. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the South Eastern Railway 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, ‘That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter and divert the line of the South Eastern 
Railway, so as to connect the same with the London 
and Brighton Railway, and to amend the Acts re- 
lating to the said South Eastern Railway: And that 
Mr. Law Hodges and Mr. Edward Rice do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


South Eastern 
Railway Bill. 


Great Central 


Irish (Celbridge mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for, the Great Central Irish 
(Celbridge and Mullingar) Railway Bill, for exten- 
sion of time to present a Petition for a Bill, the 


_ and Mullingar) 
Railway Bill. 


99°__95° Februari. 


Mr, Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com-| 


A. 1839. 


Committee recommend that leave be given to present 
a Petition on or before the 11th day of March next. 

Ordered, That the time for presenting a Petition 
for the said Bill be enlarged, till Monday, the 11th 
day of March next, 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Holmfirth Gas 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case Bill. 
of the Petition for the Holmfirth Gas Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for lighting with Gas the town of Holmfirth, and 
the neighbourhood thereof, in the West Riding of 
the county of York: And that Sir George Strickland 
and Lord Viscount Morpeth do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Aberbrothwick 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the Harbour Bill 
case of the Petition for the Aberbrothwick Harbour 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for extending, improving, regulating and managing 
the Harbour of the royal burgh of Aberbrothwick, 
in the county of Forfar: And that Mr. Chalmers 
and Lord Douglas Hallyburton do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre presented a Bill to amend the London and 
Acts relating to the London and Southampton Rail- Southampton 
way, and to make a Branch Railway therefrom to Seon) heb 
the Port of Portsmouth: And the same was read the way Bill. 


first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- pubtic 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined Petitions 
the Petitions presented from the 20th to the 22d (Pi Repot) 
days of this instant February, both inclusive ; and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

Ordered That the Report do lie upon the Table, 
and be printed. 


Petitiens from Henry Taylor, Esquire, of Ponte- Manchester and 


fract ;—and, Joseph Jones, the elder, of Oldham, Leeds Railway. 


Esquire, complaining that the Standing Orders of 
the House, in respect to the application for the Man- 
chester and Leeds Railway Bull, had not been com- 
plied with; and praying that they may be heard, 
by their counsel, agents and witnesses, against, the 
same,—were presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Lochcarron ;—Minnigaff ;—Kir- Ciurch of 

hinner ;—Poolew ;— North Ronaldshay ;—Dundee ; 8°°'«¢. 
— Lerwick (Moderator) ; — Cross ; — Burness ;-- 
Flotta ;— Lady ;-— Harray ; — Vig ; — Torosay ;— 
Birsay ;—Carnach-in-Stratheonon ;-— Banchory ;-- 
and, Maryculter ; praying the House to take into 
consideration the state of Religious Instruction in 
Scotland, and to grant suitable endowments to the 
new churches, whose ministers have been hitherto 
unprovided with an adequate and permanentstipend, 
—were presented and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of landed Proprietors and others of Railways 
Ballyshannon, stating that they fully concur in the (Ireland.) 
views taken in the Report of the Commissioners on 
Railways in Ireland, and pray the House to take 
the most speedy and effectual steps to open the 
communication by Railway between Ballyshannon 
and Lough Erne, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Mary’s Hoo ;—Cliffe ;— Com Laws 
Saint James Grain ;— Cooling ;—Chalk ;—High 
Halstow ;— Calcott ;—Chedzoy ;— Wester Ross ;— 
Heighington;— Beverley ;— Neen Savage ;—Walling- 
ford (two Petitions) ;—Swinderby ;—Pontesbury ;— 








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Maynooth 


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College. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
‘and Act. 


Wave 


First Report 
ou Private 
Business, 


No.5]. 


2 VictToriz. 


Sutton Coldfield ;—Atherstone ;—Manfield;— Wine- 
stead ;—Halsham ;— Hollym ;— Holmpton ;—Burst- 
wick ;—Easington ;—South Frodingham ;— Burton 
Pidsea ;—Kilnsea ;—Keyingham ;—Out Newton ; 
—-Otteringham ;— Owstwich ;—Kimswell ;— Rooss ; 
—Owthorne ;— Paull;—Sheffling ;—Ulram;— Wax- 
holme ;—Sunk Island ;— Welwich, Weeton and Plow- 
land ;—Withern Sea ;—Patrington ;— Burlington ; 
—Butterswick ;—Bempton;—Burton Agnes ;—Eas- 
ton ;-—Argam ;—Boynton ;— Bessingby ;— Buckton ; 
—Flamborough ;—Flixton ;—Faikton ;—Foston;—- 
Fraisthorpe;— Foxholes;— Haisthorpe ;— Brigham ; 
—Fordon ; —Gembling ; —Gransmoor ;— Grindale ; 
— Harpham ;— Hilderthorpe ;— Hunmanby ;— Great 
Kelk ;—Kelham and Cottam ;—Langtoft ;— Reigh- 
ton ; — Rudston ;—Ruston Parva;—Sowerby and 
Marton ; — Specton ;— Thwing ; —Thornham ; — 
North Burton ;—Wansford ;— Willerby and other 
places ;— Muston ;— Wold Newton;— Barlby ;— Ric- 
call , —Frydaythorpe ;—Netherexe ;—Fen Ditton ; 
— Elsworth ;— Whaddon ; — Foxton ;— Harston ;— 
Milverton ;—Huntspill ;—Hardington Mandeville ; 
—Pawlett ;—Winthorpe and Skegness ;—Stohesay ; 
— Norbury ;— Cardiston ; —Milson ; — Albrighton 
and Bonningale ;-—-Etwall ;— Derby ;—Radborne ; 
— Melbourne ;—Repton ;--and, Duffield; praying 
that the Corn Laws may not be repealed,—-were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Sedberg ;—Longtown ;—Dent ;— 
Perth (Deacon) ;—-Saint Mawes ;--and, Thetford ; 
praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Wallingford ;—and, Ryde in the 
Isle of Wight; praying that no further grant of 
money may be given to the Roman Catholic Col- 
lege of Maynooth,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Guardians of the Headington 
Union ;— and, Maldon Union; praying for the 
amendment of the Poor Law Act,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to consider whether any and what Improvement can 
be adopted in the mode of conducting Private 
Business, have Power to report their Observations 
and Opinion thereupon, from time to time, to the 
House. 

Mr. Poulett Thomson reported from the said Se- 
lect Committee ; That they had considered the matter 
to them referred, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House, together with several 
Resolutions:—And the Resolutions of the Com- 
mittee were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That referring to the Resolutions of 
the 19th April 1826, by which Mr. Speaker is 
directed to prepare Lists for Committees, he be re- 
geet to reduce considerably the Number of 

ames of Members above the line on the List as 
therein directed ; and to exclude altogether those 
below the line, and of those Names so left, such 
Members only to serve as shall have signified their 
intention of attending throughout the proceeding 
by a declaration to the Committee of Selection, 
according toa rule to be established by them. 

2. Resolved, That upon special application to the 


Committee of Selection, by any Member not being 


upon Mr. Speaker’s List, declaring that his Consti- 
tuents are locally interested in any Bill, they have 
Power to add such Member in this List, provided 
they be satisfied of the reality of such interest. 

3. Resolved, That the Committee of Selection 
shall then add to the Committee thus formed, a 
Number of other Members not being locally in- 
terested in the Bill, in such a proportion as in each 
case they shall see fit. 

Von, 94, 


25° Februari. 


57 

4. Resolved, That the Committee of Selection 
consist of the Chairman of the Standing Orders 
Committee, and of the Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills, and the three Chairmen of the Sub- 
committees, and that Three be a Quorum of such 
Committee. 

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


Petitions from Dolgellan ;— Saint George ; — Church 
Llanrhaiadr (Mochnant) ;— Nannerch ; —Cilcain ; —, 
—Northop ;— Nerquis ;—and, Trydden ; stating (Wales) 
that the measures lately adupted, and now proposed, 
with reference to the Ecclesiastical Revenues of 
North Wales, more especially by the transfer of the 
sinecure Rectories to the general fund for the aug- 
mentation of poor livings throughout England, are 
fraught with the most injurious consequences to 
the welfare of the North Wales Church; and 
praying the House to direct that such Ecclesiastical 
Property be transferred to the Commissioners of 
Queen Anne’s Bounty, for the benefit of the diocese 
in which such Revenues arise, and more particularly 
of the respective parishes from whence hey accrue, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition from Inhabitants of Alford, praying Education. 
the House not to sanction any system of National 
Education not founded on the principles of the 
Established Church, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Llanhaiadr ;--Shotley and Mug- Church 
gleswich ; — and, Wainfleet All Saints; praying aa 
the House to take into consideration the present ‘“"" 
state of the Ecclesiastical Establishment in Canada, 

—-were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





| A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Newhaven ticensed 

| and Seaford, praying that they may be relieved Victuallers, 
from the responsibility which they are at present 
under to make restitution for articles of value which 

‘guests may bring to their respective inns, except in 
cases where the value of such articles shall not ex- 

‘ceed ten pounds, was presented, and read ; and 

_ ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Postage. 
gesses of Bedford, sas Pa the adoption of a 
low and uniform rate of Postage was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Perth, praying the Chureh of 
House not to sanction any further endowments to Scotland. 
the Church of Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Church Rate Abo- Church Rates, 
lition Society, praying for the abolition of Church 
Rates, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Dealers in and Retailers of Spirit Licenses 
Ales and Spirits in Edinburgh, praying that the (Scotland) Bill 
Spirit Licenses (Scot/and) Bill may pass into a law, 
| was — and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the Chancellor, Masters, and Ecclesiastical 
‘Scholars of the University of Oxford ;—Dean and Duties and 
Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Christ in Ox- Revenues Bill 
ford ;—Dean and Chapter of Exeter;—and, Dean 
and Chapter of Canterbury ; praying that the Eccle- 
siastical Duties and Revenues Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table 

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8 


Imprisonment A Petition of Debtors in Horsham Gaol, pray- 

for Debt Act. ing for the amendment of the Imprisonment for 
Debt Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Prisons The Order for the House to resolve itself mto a 
(Scotland) Billk Committee upon the Prisons (Scotland) Bill, upon 
Monday next, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 6th day of March next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Right honourable Charles Wathin Williams 
Wynn, having stated that, as doubts were enter- 
tained whether he had, since his election, accepted 
an office under the Crown, by which he had vacated 
his seat, and that he was desirous of having the 
Opinion of the House thereupon ; 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire whether the Right honourable Charles Wat- 
hin Williams Wynz has, since his election, accepted 
from the Crown the office of Steward of the Lord- 
ship of Denbigh, and that they be directed to report 
their Opinion whether Mr. Wynn has vacated his 
seat by bis acceptance of the said office. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


Stewardship of 
Denbigh. 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be 
now read a second time ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, that Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 


The House was moved, That the Entry in the 
Journal of the House of so much of his late 
Majesty’s most gracious Speech to both Houses of 
Parliament, at the opening of the Session of 1833, 
as relates to the state of the Established Church, 
might be read ; and the same was read, as followeth; 


“ Your attention will also be directed to the state 
of the Church, more particularly as regards its 
Temporalities, and the maintenance of the Clergy. 
The complaints which have arisen from the collec- 
tion of Tithes appear to require a change of system, 
which, without diminishing the means of maintain- 
ing the Established Clergy in respectability and use- 
fulness, may prevent the collision of interests, and 
the consequent disagreement and dissatistaction 
which have too frequently prevailed between the 
Ministers of the Church and their parishioners. 

“ It may also be necessary for you to consider 
what remedies may be applied for the correction of 
acknowledged abuses, and whether the Revenues 
of the Church may not admit of a more equitable 
and judicious distribution. 

“In your deliberations on these important sub- 
jects, it cannot be necessary for Me to impress upon 
you the duty of carefully attending to the security 
of the Church established by Law in these Realms, 
and to the true interests of Religion.” 


The House was also moved, That the Entry in 
the Journal of the House of so much of his said 
late Majesty’s most gracious Speech to both Houses 
of Parliament, at the opening of the Session of 
1835, as relates to the state of the Established 
Church, might be read; and the same was read, 
as followeth ; 


“ TI have appointed a Commission for considering 
the state of the several Dioceses in England and 
Wales, with reference to the amount of their Re- 
venues, and to the more equal distribution of Epis- 
— Duties ; the state of the several Cathedrals and 
collegiate Churches, with a view to the suggestion of 
such measures as may render them most conducive to 


25° Februari. 








A. 1839. 


the efficiency of the Established Church; and for 
devising the best mode of providing for the Cure of 
Souls, with reference to the residence of the Clergy 
on their respective Benefices. 

“ The especial object which I have in view in the 
appointment of this Commission, is to extend more 
widely the means of Religious Worship according 
to the doctrines of the Established Church, and to 
confirm its hold upon the veneration and affections 
of My people.” 


The House was also moved, That so much of Her 
Majesty’s most gracious Speech to both Houses of 
Parliament, at the commencement of the present 
Session as relates to the state of the Established 
Church, might be read; and the same was read ; 
as followeth ; 

“ It is also urgent that you should apply your- 
selves to the prosecution and completion of those 
measures which have been recommended by the 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners of England for the 

urpose of increasing the efficiency of the Esta- 
lished Church, and of confirming its hold upon 
the affection and respect of My people.” 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Monday the 11th day of March next. 


2a 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Registers of 
into a Committee upon the Registers of Births, &amp;c. Bitths, &amp;c.,Bill 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. No.60. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ype That the Committee had gone through the 

ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and ( 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Monday the 11th day of March 
next; and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


Supreme Courts 


The Order of the day being read, for the second ! 
(Scotland) Bill. 


reading of the Supreme Courts (Scotland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “‘ now” 
stand part of the Question; ~ 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

TW. Mr. Fox Maule, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : 
r Mr. Wallace, 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Gillon : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Monday next. 


} 139. 


Lo 
7 


The Factories Bill was, according to Order, read Factories Bill. 
a second ‘time ; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday the 11th day of March 
next. 


Mr. Baring, by Order, reported from the Commit- Supply; 
tee of Supply, a Resolution, which was read, as fol- 
loweth ; 

Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Millions, Transfer of 
be granted to Her Majesty, to discharge the like Aid 
amount of Supplies granted for the service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, 
or for any preceding year. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Resolved, 





of 


Bill. 


ourts 
Bill. 


Bill. 


2 VicroriZ. Q5°—26° 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
Ways and Means for raising the Supply granted to 
Her Majesty. 


Ways and 


Means. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
_ Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) (No. 1.) 
Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 


The Amendments following were proposed to be 

- made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 

“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 


And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, Lo oma } 29. 

Tellers for the Noes, “m Dap 


} 55. 
So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being put, That the words “ upon 
this day six months” be added at the end of the 
Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


Clerks of the 


f Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
Peace Bill. 


to enable the Justices of Counties in Quarter Ses- 
sions to appoint to the Office of Clerk of the Peace, 
in certain cases: And that Mr. Pakington and Mr. 
Godson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Borough Watch 


Rates Bill, Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


for more equally assessing and levying Watch Rates 
in certain Boroughs: And that Mr. Baines and Mr. 
Brotherton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Victuallers and 
Beer-sellers. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Licensed Vic- 
tuallers having Licenses from Magistrates, and the 
Number of Keepers of Beer Shops, licensed to Sell 
Beer only from the Excise, who have been charged 
with breaches of the Laws in the years 1830 to 1838, 
both inclusive, in the Towns of Liverpool, Man- 
chester, Birmingham and Leeds; stating the Num- 
ber convicted and the Number dismissed in each 
year ; and the Number of Licensed Victuallers and 
Licensed Beer Sellers in their respective Towns, in 
each of these years. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


Her Majesty, by such Members of this House, as are | -- 


of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 
Factories. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Factories within 
the District of each Inspector :—Of the Number of 
Mills visited by each Inspector; distinguishing 
hew many he has visited once, twice, three times, or 
oftener, within nine or six months before the 1st day 
of July 1838 :—Similar Returns for the six months 
ending the 31st day of December 1838 :—Similar 
Returns of the Number of Mills, and Visits of each 
Superintendent, for each period above named :— 
Of the Number of Mills not visited within each 


period, either by.an Inspector or Superintendent :— 
Vou. 94, 


Februari. 59 
And, of the Number of Days employed within each 
period by each Inspector and Superintendent in the 
discharge of their Duties; and of the Number of 
Miles travelled by each within the same periods. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Navy and Army 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Promotions. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Commission appointed to 
inquire into Navy and Army Promotions. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill for regulating Metropolitan 
the Police Courts in the Metropolis: And the same Police Courts 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read q, me. 
second time upon Friday the 8th day of March No. 57. 


next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill for-further im- Metropolis 
proving the Police, in and near the Metropolis: Police Bill. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered No. 58. 
to be read a second time upon Friday the 8th day 
of March next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill for the better p,isons Bill. 
Ordering of Prisons: And the same was read the yw) 69 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time iat 
upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill to encourage the pistrict Prisons 
Establishment of District Prisons: And the same Bill. 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a No. 59. 
second time, upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Baines presented a Bill for more equally Borough Watch 
assessing and levying Watch Rates in certain Bo- Rates Bill. 
roughs : And the same was read the first time; and No. 60. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the last Report from Vaccine 
the National Vaccine Institution, which was pre- Institution. 
sented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 52. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court Court of Session 
of Session (Scotland), which was presented upon (Scotland.) 
Friday last, be printed. No. 53. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Canada, Canada. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 54. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Church Church 
Establishment (Colonies), which was presented upon Establishment 
Friday last, be printed. ‘a 

o. 58. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Pensions, pensious. 
which was presented upon the 14th day of this wo. 56, 
instant February, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Martis, 26° die Februarii : 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


fb: House met; and being counted by Mr. Adjournment. 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 

not present; yet it being Four of the clock, Mr. Speaker 

took the Chair, and again count House ; and 

Forty Members not being present :—The House was 

adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 

put, till ‘To-morrow. 





12 








Metropolitan 
Police. 


Horse Patrol. 


South Eastern 
Railway Bill. 


Great Western 
Railway Bill. 


Chirk Inclosure 
Bill, 


Liverpool and 
Manchester 
Extension 


Railway Bill. 


Aberdeen 
Harbour Bill, 


Dover, Deal, 
and Sandwich 
oad Bill, 


60 


Mercurii, 27° die Februari ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Golden, from the Metropolitan Police Office, 
was called in; and at the bar presented, 
pursuant to the directions of several Acts of Parlia- 
ment,—An Account of all Monies demanded, re- 
ceived and expended for the purposes of the Metro- 
ia Police, made up to the 31st day of Decem- 

r 1838, 

An Account current of all Monies received and 
expended for the Horse Patrol Service, for the year 
ending the 31st day of December 1838 :—And then 
he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Law Hodges presented a Bill to alter and 
divert the Line of the South Eastern Railway so as 
to connect the same with the London and Brighton 
Railway, and to amend the Acts relating to the 
said South Eastern Railway: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Great Western Railway Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Acts relating to the Great Western 
Railway, and to raise a further Sum of Money, for 
the purposes of the said Undertaking: And that 
Mr. William Miles and Mr. Philip Miles do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Chirk Inclosure Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the honour or lordship of 
Chirk and Chirk Land, in the several parishes of 
Llangollen and Llansaintfraid Glyn Ceriog, in the 
county of Denbigh: And that Lord Viscount Dun- 
gannon and Mr. William Ormsby Gore do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Liverpool and Manchester Ex- 
tension Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
for enabling the Liverpool and Manchester Railway 
Company to extend the line of the said Railway, 
and for amending and enlarging the powers and 
provisions of the several Acts relating to such Rail- 
way: And that Lord Viscount Sandon and Mr. 
Cresswell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Aberdeen Harbour Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
for improving und maintaining the Harbour of 
Aberdeen: And that Mr. Bannerman and Mr. Duff 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from. the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Dover, Deal and Sandwich Road 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing the Road from Dover, in_ the county 
of Kent, through Deal to Sandwich in the said 
county: And that Sir Edward Knatchbull and Mr. 
Plumptre do prepare, and bring it in. 


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A. 1839. 


Mr. Greene —— from the Select Committee Newark Gas 


on Petitions for 
the Petition for the Mewark Gas Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
for the better lighting and supplying the borough 
of Newark, in the county of Nottingham and the 
neighbourhood thereof with Gas: And that Mr. 
Gladstone and Mr. Serjeant Wilde do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


rivate Bills; That in the case of Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Commercial 
on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom the Peti- (London and 


tion of Owners, Lessees or Occupiers of Lands and 
premises affected by the proposed extension of the 
Commercial Railway from the Minories to Fen- 
church-street, complaining of non-compliance with 
the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition for 
the Commercial (Zondon and Blackwall) Railway 
Bill, was referred ; That in the case of the Petition 
for the said Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
for extending the Line of the Railway between 
London and Blackwall called “ The Commercial 


Blackwall) 
Railway Bill, 


Railway,” and for amending the Act relating. 


thereto: And that Mr. Alston and Mr. Thomas 
Duncombe do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Stow-cum-Quy 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Inclosure Bil. 


case of the Petition for the Stow-cum-Quy Inclo- 
sure Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
for inclosing Lands in the parish of Stow-cum-Quy, 
in the county of Cambridge: And that Mr. Townley 
and Mr. Eaton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Cambridge Gaol Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with, 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
to amend an Act of the seventh and eighth of King 
George the Fourth, for building a New Gaol for the 
Town of Cambridge, and for making further provi- 
sions for Payment of Creditors under the said Act : 
And that Mr. Pryme and Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Bury (Lancas- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the B 


case of the Petition for the Bury (Lancaster) Mar- 
ket Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for providing a Market-place, and for regulating 
the Markets and Fairs in the town and borough of 
Bury, in the county palatine of Lancaster: And 
that Lord Stanley and Mr. Richard Waiker do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Siaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- North Midland 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the North Midland Railway 
Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as “ Robert Hall,Owner,” is omitted 
in the List deposited in the Private Bill Office, but 
it was proved to the Committee that application was 
made to him in the form and manner as required 
by the Standing Orders, but no answer was received ; 
and that the answer of “ neuter” is affixed to the 
name of “' Griffith Wright,” instead of “ no an- 
swer,’ and that the answer of “ neuter’? should 
be affixed to the name of “ John Hirst” instead of 
“no answer,” in the Lists deposited in the Private 
Bill Office. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 
Ordered, 


Cambridge 
Gaol Biti. 


ter) Market 
ill. 


Railway Bill. 


- =o 


uy 
ll. 


Wigan Writ. 
North Devon 
Writ. 


Aberbrothwick 
Harbour Bill. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Corn Laws. 


Church of 
Scotland, 





2 VicToRiz. 


Ordered, That Mr, Speaker do issue his Warrant | 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to. make out a.new. Writ | 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present | 
Parliament for the Borough of Wigan, in the room 
of Richard Potter, Esquire, who, since his election | 
for the said Borough, hath accepted the office of | 
Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s three Chiltern | 
Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonenham, in | 
the County of Buckingham. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Northern Division of 
the County of Devon, in the room of Lord Viscount 


Ebrington, now. Baron Fortescue, called up to the | 


House of Peers. 


Mr. Chalmers presented a Bill for extending, im- 
proving, regulating and managing the Harbour of 
the Royal Burgh of Aberbrothwick, in the County 
of Forfar: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Great Wigstown ;-—Chard (Chair- 


-man of a Meeting) ;— and, Malton; praying the 


House to withdraw every kind of public support from 
the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Swaffham ;— Hundreds of Milford 
and Launditch (Norfolk) ;—Rushbury ;—Becking- 
ham and other places ;— Sandon (two Petitions) ;— 
Langford ;—South Shoebury ;—North Shoebury ;— 
North Benfleet ;— Mountnessing ; — Chignal Saint 
James;— Lastwood ;— Wickford ;— Good Easter ;— 
Mashbury ; —Havering Atte Bower ; —Washingbo- 
rough ; — Waddington ; — Roxby and Newton ; — 
Appleton-le-Street ;— Crathorne ;—Kirby Wiske ;— 
South Kilvington; -- Thirkleby, and other places ;— 
Ormesby ; —Richmond ; —North Otterington, &amp;c. ; 
— Sessay and Dalton ; —Kildale ;—Sinderby and 
Ainderby ;—Clareton, and other places ;—Barning- 
ham ;--Kirby Hill ;—Catton and Skipton ;—News- 
ham-cum- Brechenbro’ ; —Whorlton ; —Rainton and 
Baldersby ; —Upsall and Oldstead ;—Sowerby ; — 
North and South Somercotes ;—Saltfleet ;— Wool- 
avington ;— Penshurst ;—Panbroke ;—Northfleet ;— 
Ramsgate, and other places ;— Merton, and other 
places ;—Lynsted and Romney ;— Wye;— York city ; 
— Lissington ; —Glentworth ; — South Carlton ;— 
North Carlton; -- Nocton ;—Aisthorpe ;—Burton ; 
— Barlings ;— Gayton-le-Marsh 3; — Glentham ; — 
Sutton (York) ; —Wassand ;— North Cave ;—Goz- 
hill ;—Ferriby ;—Fimber ;— Broomfleet ;— Humble- 
ton ; — Coniston ; — Tunstall ; — North and South 
Cliff: —Skipwith ; — Heslerton: West ;—Ganstead ; 
— Lockington ; — Thirtleby ; — Flaxfleet ;—- Dan- 
thorpe ; — Dunnington ; -- Lissett ; —Elloughton ;— 
Sherbourne ; —Airlaby ; — Barnston ; —Iitling ;— 
Ryhill and. Camerton ;—and, South Cave; praying 
that the Corn Laws may not be repealed,— were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Lincoln ; — Kingston-upon-Hull ; | 
—Addingham ;— Kincardine and Tulliallan ;— Kid- | 
derminster ;—Lutterworth ;— Kilsyth ;—.Boddam ;— | 
and, Inverness; praying for the repeal of the Corn | 


Laws,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered | 


to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Auchtermuchty ;—and, the western 
district of Stirlingshire; praying the House to refuse 
any further grant’ of Public Money to the Chureh 
of ‘Scotland,—-were presented, and read’; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Newhurn;—Stromness ;— Kirkwall 
and Saint Ola;—-Walls;— Arrochar ;—and, Kenmore 
and Killing ; praying the House to adopt measures 
for relieving the religious destitution which prevails 


Q7° Februari. 








Vou. 94. 


61 
in Scotland, by extending the efficiency of the Esta- 


blished Church,—were) also’ presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Driver, of No. 3, Furnival’s Bankruptcy 
Inn, Attorney-at-law, complaining of the present Court, 
defective formation of the Court of Review in Bank- 
ruptcy, and praying for Inquiry, was presented, and 


‘read ; and ordered to, lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Hexham, praying Church 


‘the House to take into consideration the present Establishment 


state of the Ecclesiastical Establishment in the (#4) 


Canadas, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sugar Refiners of Greenock, pray- Foreign Sugar. 


ing the House to pass a measure for allowing the 


use of Foreign free-labour Sugars and Molasses in 
this country, at the same rates of duty as are pay- 
able on Sugars and Molasses the produce of British 
colonies, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and Grocers Foreign Coffee. 
of Greenock, praying for a reduction of duty on 
Foreign Coffee, was presented, and read ; oj or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Tonbridge, praying Idolatr 
for the abolition of the practice of compelling servants (India.) 
of the East India Company to attend Idolatrous 
Ceremonies, was presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shareholders in the Dublin and Railways 
Kilkenny Railway, praying the House to appoint a (Ireland.) 
Committee to investigate the facts connected with 
the issuing of the Irish Railways Commission, the 
alteration and renewal thereof, and also the two 
Reports from the said Commission, and the proceed- 
ings connected therewith, and subsequent thereto, 
in-such manner and by such means as may lead to 
a fair, rational and sound conclusion, and be calcu- 
lated to promote in the four provinces of Ireland 
judicious lines of Railway, without injustice to the 
Petitioners or to any other of Her Majesty’s subjects 
who have resigned their property, from the faith 
they have had in the Acts of the Legislature, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an spirits, 
Account of the Total Proof Gallons of Spirits dis- 
tilled in each Kingdom; the Proof Gallons Malt 
Drawback was paid on in Scotland, and was paid 
on in Jreland; the Proof Gallons exported eon 
Scotland to freland, distinguishing what of these 
Malt Drawback was paid on; the Proof Gallons 
exported from Scotland to England, and the Proof 
Gallons of these Malt Drawback was repaid on; 
the Proof Gallons exported from Jreland to Eng- 


| land, and the Proof Gallons of these Malt Drawback 


was repaid on; and the Proof Gallons Duty was 
paid on for Home Consumption in each Kingdom, 
all for the year ending the 5th day of January 1839. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Foreign Wheat, 

an Account of the Total Imperial Quarters of Foreign &amp;c. 

Wheat entered for Home Consumption in the United 

Kingdom, from the time the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 60, 

came into operation, to the 5th day of January 1839, 

the Total Amount of Duty received thereon, and 

showing what that Duty, was equal to per Imperial 

Quarter on the aggregate Average of all this period: 

—and, the same Account for all other kinds of 

Foreign Corn, Grain, Meal or Flour. 


A Petition ofthe Mayor,. Aldermen and Burgesses Postage. 
of Lancaster, praying for the adoption of a low and 
13 uniform 





Tolls on British t 
Vessels (Stade. ) Nottingham, complaining of the Duties, Fines and 


Education. 


*, 


Turnpike 
Roads. 


Bricks. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Oaths. 


Merchar't 


Seamen's Fund. 


Criminal Law. 


Austialia 


New South 
Wales, &amp;c. 


62 


uniform rate of Postage, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and Manufacturers of 


Charges imposed by the Hanoverian revenue officers 
at Stade on British Ships and their Cargoes passing 
up the Elbe to Hambro’, and praying for the abo- 
lition thereof, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Tilstock, praying 
the House not to sanction any system of National 
Education, unless it shall inculcate the doctrines, 
and be conducted under the superintendence of the 
clergy of the Established Church, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Turnpike Road from 
Barnsdale to Leeds, and the Branch from and out 
of the same to Aberford, all in the West Riding of 
the county of York, praying that such alterations 
may be made in the law, to compel the inhabitants 
of townships to contribute towards the repairs and 
maintenance of Turnpike Roads, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Duties paid upon Bricks in the several 
Excise Collections in England, for the last Ten 
vears, distinguishing the years. 


Petitions from Justices of the Peace of the county 
of Derby ;—and, Uxbridge ; praying the House to 
enact some law to prevent Beer retailed in houses, 
commonly called Beer-shops, from being drunk on 
the premises,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upor the Table. 


A Petition of Solicitors in the town of Oswestry, 
praying for the amendment of the Act passed in the 
fifth and sixth years of his late Majesty King Wil- 
liam the Fourth, for the more effectual abolition of 
Oaths, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Ingham presented,—-Returns to an Order, 
dated the 23d day of July in the last Session of Par- 
liament, for a Return from the Trustees of the Mer- 
chant Seamen’s Fund at the several Out-ports not 
under the management of the Corporation in London, 
of the Gross Amount of Pensions paid to each of the 
three Classes of Disabled Seamen, Widows and 
Children, and of the Rates of Pension and Number 
of Pensioners in each class, for the year ending the 
31st of December 1837. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Shanrahan, praying 
for the abolition of the punishment of Death, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Correspondence between the 
Colonial Department and Messrs. Graham and Co., 
re‘erred to in the Petition of Mr. W. H. Burnand, 


printed by Order of this House, on the 14th day of 


this instant February, relative to South Australia. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 

of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Despatches from the Governor of 


27° Februari. 


A. 1839. 


New South Wales, dated the 18th day of July 1838, 
and the Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen’s 
Land, dated the 6th day of October 1838, relative 
to Transportation, and the Assignment of Con- 
victs. 

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


Friday last, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Seamen and Marines voted 
by Parliament for the Service of the Navy in the 
following years,—1818, 1823, 1828, 1833, and the 
subsequent years :—Of the Distribution of the Ships 
of the Navy in Commission, on the 1st day of De- 
cember in the same years :—Of the Complements 
of such Ships as were stationed upon the Coasts of 
Great Britain and Ireland at the same periods :— 
Of the Number of Marines on Shore at the same 
periods :—Of the Number of Marines employed on 
Particular Service Abroad (not being part of the ordi- 
nary Complements of any of Her Majesty’s Ships), 
on the 31st day of March 1838; distinguishing the 
Numbers on each of such Services :—Of the Num- 
ber of Seamen and Marines borne on the Books of 
the under-mentioned Ships, distinguishing Super- 
numeraries, if any, on the 31st day of March 1838, 
and the War Complements of the same Ships, as 
established by Her Majesty's Order in Council,— 
Howe, Britannia, Royal Adelaide, Cornwallis, Mel- 
ville, Wellesley :—Of the Number of Seamen borne 
for the Service of the Coast Blockade on the 1st day 
of January and the 1st day of July in each year of 
its existence :—Of the Number of Ships of the Line 
stationed upon the Coasts of Great Britain and 
Ireland on the 1st day of July 1792; the Number 
of Officers and Men serving on board the said 
Ships; and the Number of Marines employed on 
Shore at the said date :—Of the Number of Officers 
and Seamen, and also of Marines, serving in His 
Majesty’s Ships, distinguishing the Seamen from 
Marines, in the months of September, October and 
November 1792; and also, Return of the Number 
of Marines employed on Shore during the same 
months :—And, of the Distribution of the Ships of the 
Royal Navy in Commission, for the months of Sep- 
tember, October and November, in the year 1792, 
being the three months preceding the Parliamentary 
Grants for an additional force, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That so much of the said Orders as 
requires a Return of the Number of Marines em- 
ployed on Particular Service Abroad, (not being part 
of the Ordinary Complements of any of Her Majes- 
ty’s Ships), on the 31st day of March 1838, dis- 
tinguishing the Numbers on each of such Services, 
be discharged. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—Returns of the Number of Men voted for the 
Service of the Navy in the under-mentioned years : 
—Of the disposition of the Ships of the Royal Navy 
in Commission, on the 1st of December 1821, 1823, 
1828, 1833, and the subsequent years; with a Re- 
turn of the Number of Officers and Men allowed in 
the Complements of the Ships serving on the Coasts 
of Great Britain and Ireland, at those Dates :— 
Of the Number of Marines on Shore on the Ist of 
December, in the years 1818, 1823, 1828, 1833, 
1834, 1835, 1836, 1837 and 18388, showing the 
Number of Men borne on the Books of the there- 
under mentioned Ships, on the 31st March 1838, 
distinguishing Supernumeraries :—Accounts, show- 
ing the Number of Seamen borne in the there under- 
mentioned Ships, for the Service of the Coast 
Blockade, on the 1st January and 1st July in each 
year of its existence, the Numbers being exclusive of 
the respective Complements of the Ships :—Of the 
Number of Ships of the Line stationed on the Coasts 

















of 





The House was moved, That the Orders made upon Navy- 


Navy 


2 Vicroriz£. 27° Februari. 


of Great Britain and Ireland, on the 1st July, 1792; | 
the Number of Officers and Men serving on board 


63 


A Petition of Licensed Dealers in and Retailers Spirit Licenses 
of Wines, Ales and Spirits, in Linlithgow, praying S°°t!#4.) 


Copyright Bill. 


Stafford’s 
Patent. 


Protestant 
Dissenters. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Church 
Establishment 
(Waies, ) 


the said Ships, and the Number of Marines employed 
on Shore at the said Date:—Of the Number of 
Officers and Seamen, and also of Marines, serving 
in His Majesty’s Ships, distinguishing the Seamen 
from the Marines, in the months of September, 
October and November 1792; and also the Number 
of Marines employed on Shore during the same 
months :—And of the Distribution of the Ships of 
the Royal Navy in Commission, for the months of 
September, October and November 1792, being the 
Three months preceding the Parliamentary Grants 
for an additional Force. 

. epi That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Tegg, of No. 73, Cheapside, 
in the city of London, Bookseller and Publisher, 
praying that the Copyright Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Morgan Vane, of Carlton 
Chambers, Regent street, in the parish of Saint 
James, in the city of Westminster, Solicitor and 
Parliamentary Agent for Daniel Stafford and his 
Assignees, for leave to present a Petition for leave 
to bring ina Bill, to enable the said Daniel Stafford 
and his Assignees to assign to a Company certain 
Letters Patent, granted to him for certain Improve- 
ments on Carriages, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Deputies from the several Congre- 
gations of Protestant Dissenters of the three deno- 
minations, Presbyterian, Independent and Baptist, 
in and within twelve miles of London, praying that 
the Dissenters of England and Wales may be imme- 
diately and absolutely relieved from the exactions 
of Church Rates ; that they may be no longer ex- 
cluded from, but admitted to the honours of the 
Universities of este and Cambridge; may pos- 
sess the right of Burial by their own Ministers in 
parochial cemeteries ; that the civic duties of the 
office of Churchwarden be separated from those of 
an ecclesiastical nature ; that Ecclesiastical Courts 
may be abolished; that the arbitrary powers of the 
Poor Law Commissioners in compelling the appoint- 
ment of stipendiary chaplains to union honses, be 
abolished, and that dissenting ministers have free 
access to such inmates of the workhouses as are 
willing to receive their instructions ; and that the 
provision of the Marriage Act, which requires notice 
of marriages by the Registrars’ License, to be read 
before the board of guardians, be repealed, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Retailers of Beer, and 
Inhabitants of Leicester, praying for the repeal of 
the Sale of Beer Act, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Llanferres, stating 
that the measures lately adopted, and now proposed, 
with reference to the Ecclesiastical Revenues of 
North Wales, more especially by the transfer of the 
sinecure Rectories to the general fund for the aug- 
mentation of Poor Livings throughout England are 
fraught with the most injurious consequences to the 
welfare of the Worth Wales Church ; and praying 
the House to direct that such Ecclesiastical Pro- 
perty be transferred to the Commissioners of Queen 
Anne’s Bounty, for the benefit of the diocese in 
which such Revenues arise, and more particularly 
of the respective parishes from whence they accrue, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Vou. 94. 





the House to alter the law regulating the present 
Licensing System in Scotland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for nominating 
the Select Committee on the Stewardship of Den- 
bigh ; 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Canada. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
A Return of the Names of Persons imprisoned in 
Lower Canada, charged with Treason or Offences of 
a treasonable nature since the 1st day of November 
1837, their Trade or Profession, the Day of the 
Commencement of their Imprisonment, the Date of 
their Discharge, the Amount of Bail or Personal 
Security demanded and given, and if tried, by 
what Tribunal tried, and the Sentence passed upon 
them, and if Sentence of Death passed, whether 
executed or commuted, and if commuted, the 
Commutation of the Punishment :—And, a similar 
Return for Upper Canada. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Slave Trade. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Report of Hall Pringle and 
Alexander Campbell, Esquires, Associate Fustices 
of the Peace, relative to certain atrocities of Slave 
Traders laid before the Secretary of State for the 
Colonies, in a Letter of Mr. Eveiyn of the 17th day 
of February 1838; and the Evidence taken under 
a Commission from Government by the said Justices 
at Lucca, in Jamaica, on the 18th day of July, and 
following days, 1838. 

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


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to the direc- Convicts. 


tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Two Reports 
of John Henry Capper, Esquire, Superintendent of 
Ships and Vessels employed for the Confinement of 
Offenders under Sentence of Transportation. 


Copy of the Rules for the Government and Re- Juvenile 
gulation of the Prison for Young Offenders at Offenders. 


Parkhurst, in the Isle of Wight. 


Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to Order, Tithes Commu- 
—A Return of all Agreements for the Commutation ‘4% 


of Tithes, which have been confirmed by the Tithe 

Commissioners, from the 1st day of May 1838 to 

the Ist day of January 1839. 

“ Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from William Wordsworth ; — Thomas Copyright Bill. 


Arnold ;—Authors and others connected with Lite- 
rature or Science (three Petitions); — Archibald 
Alison ; —Gilasgow (four Petitions);—James Thom- 
son;— John Smith ;—George Cook, D.D. ;—and, 
Saint Andrew’s University (Rector); praying that 
the Copyright Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Copyright Bill, 


reading of the Copyright Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 

14 “ now,” 








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27° Februari. 





A. 1839. 


“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the | House for a repeal of those burthens which are 


words “ upon this day six months.” 


within the power of Parliament to remove; they 


And the Question being put, That the word “now” | entreat the House to make a reduction on the griev- 


stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. ‘ 

Tellers for the f Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, 1 
Yeas, LSir Robert Harry Inglis: J 

Tellers for the f Mr. Solicitor General, 1 
Noes, U Mr. Warburton : f 


73 


3 


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So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Wednesday the 10th day of April next. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 

Account, Ordered, That the Account of Monies in the 
referred : 


Exchequer, or remaining to be received on the 11th 
Monies in the 





day of February 1839, to complete the Aids granted 
by Parliament for the service of the years 1837 and 
1838, which was presented upon the 12th day of 
this instant February, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 


Exchequer. 


(In the Committee.) 
Traaster of 


yor Resolved, That towards making good the Supply 
ids. 


granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Two Millions, 
a part of the sum now remaining in the Exchequer 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, or remaining to be received on the 11th day of 
February 1839, to complete the Aids granted by 
Parliament for the service of the year 1838, and of 
antecedent years, be applied to the service of the 
year 1839, 
Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal also acquainted tle House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Patterns and 


i The Order of the day being read, for the second 
lnveutions Bill, 


reading of the Patterns and Inventions Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be, read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 13th day of March next. 


West India 


A Petition and Memorial of the Legislative Coun- 
Produce. 


cil of the Island of Grenada and its dependencies, 
signed “ John Sanderson, Chief Justice, President 
in Council,” was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That in conjunction with the other Colonial Legis- 
latures in Her Majesty’s possessions in the West 
Indies, the Legislative Council have considered it just 
and expedient to terminate the system of Apprentice- 
ship established by Parliament for regulating the 
services of the labouring population of that colony, 
and they have accordingly repealed the laws which 
imposed restrictions upon any particular class of 
Her Majesty’s subjects, and placed the whole popu- 
lation of those islands upon an equal footing ; that 
under the altered state and circumstances of the 
British colonies in the West Indies, they are op- 
pressed with many new difficulties, and subjected 
to a considerable increase of expenditure, and the 
Legislative Council rely with confidence on the 





| last, be printed. 





ous and excessive duties which are now imposed by 
| Parliament on their staple productions, and having 
jaided the House in the abolition of slavery, they 
‘humbly presume to state the necessity of a liberal 
encouragement being afforded to those colonies 
where slavery has been abolished, and that the con- 
sumption of sugar produced by the labour of slaves 
should be prohibited within the British dominions ; 
and praying, That the House will be pleased to take 
this Memorial into consideration, and to afford such 
relief as may seem meet. 

A Petition and Memorial of the House of Assem- 
bly of the Island of Grenada and its dependencies, 
sisned “ Lewis Heyes, Speaker, John C. Ker, 
Clerk,” was also presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That the House of Assembly feel compelled to ad- 
dress the House in order to represent the situation 
in which, under existing circumstances, the Colony 
of Grenada is placed by the operation of causes 
proceeding from, and strengthened by, those Acts of 
Parliament of the United Kingdom conjointly with 
those of the local Legislature by which the unex- 
pired term of the Apprenticeship of the predial 
population was abandoned, and unqualified freedom 
conferred upon that class from the 1st day of August 
last; in appreciating the sacrifice which that colony 
has, in common with others, made in the instance 


stated, the House should be made aware of the cha- 


racter of the labouring population, their unwillingness 
and capricious aversion to perform adequate, or in 
many cases any,work for the wages stipulated,and the 
consequent certainty of a diminution of those means 
by which the planter, his family and domestics, 
have hitherto derived a scanty subsistence from the 
soil they are doomed to cultivate, which cultivation, 
imperfect as it has become, can only now be con- 
tinued by the regular payment of money-wages to 
the labourers employed. With this exposition of 
their situation, and to avert, if possible, the ruin 
with which the colony is threatened, the Petitioners 
implore the House, that a reduction proportionate 
to the sacrifice they have made, and to the heavy 
expenses now necessarily incurred, may be effected 
in these onerous duties, so long and so strictly im- 
posed upon the produce of the country; and fur- 
ther, that the House will be pleased, in its wisdom 
and consideration, to adopt such measures as may 
tend to prohibit and prevent the future importation 
of foreign sugar, being the product of slave-labour 
into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Jre- 
land, or the colonies and territories thereunto be- 
longing, so that the Petitioners may, by being 
placed on a more equitable footing in the European 
and other markets with respect to the sale of their 
staple productions, be better enabled to overcome 
the overwhelming difticulties with which they are at 
present embarrassed, and which must be increased 
by their inability to pay the wages of their agricul- 
tural labourers, and meet with the other exigencies 
of the times. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Serjeant Talfourd have leave Leave of 
to go the circuit. Absence. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Tea Culti- Tea Cultivation 


vation (India), which was presented upon Monday (India.) . 
No, 63. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





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Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


Grain, Flour, Me: Crafer, from the Treasury, was, called in; 

and Meal. and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
A Return of each description of Grain, and of Flour 
or Meal, stated in Quarters, at the Rates and Pro- 
portions adopted by the Custom House Regulations, 
which were imported into Great Britainfrom Ireland, 
in each year from the 5th day of January 1800 to 
the 5th day of January 1839. 

Danish Claims, © Copy of Report of the Commissioners for investi- 
gating the Claims of the Sufferers by Seizure of Ships 
and Goods by the Danes in 1807. 

CourtofSession Mr, Crafer also presented, pursuant to the direc- 

(Setland.) tions of several Acts of Parliament,—A Copy of the 
Warrant, granting a Compensation Allowance of 
£.200 per annum, to James Marshall, Keeper of the 
Fee Fund of the Court of Session, Scotland, 1839. 

Tin Duties. A Return of the Compensations payable on the 
repeal of the Coinage Duties on Tin, and of the Gross 
Annual Payments and Cost Charges and Expenses 
to Officers and others, in respect of Tin Coinage 
Duties, in the Duchy of Cornwall, during the last 
Ten years:—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Bankruptcies. Mr. Clerk, from the Court of Bankruptcy, was 
called in, and at the bar presented,—Further Returns 
to an Order dated the 18th day of May 1838, for 
Returns as to Bankruptcies previous to the ‘Act of 
Parliament passed in 1831, appointing Official As- 
signees to take possession of the Estates :—1. The 
Names of the Official Assignees, and of their Official 
Residence:—2. Names of the Bankrupts previous to 
the Act whose Estates were taken possession of in 
whole or in part, their Description and Residence;— 
3. Dates of their Bankruptcies:-——-4. Amount of As- 
sets of each Estate received from the original Assig- 
nees:—5. Amount of Debts due to the Estates not 
then received :—6. Amount of Assets from the 
Estate since received :—7. Amount of further ex- 

ected Assets from the Debts :—s8. Amount of 
Dividends declared by the Official Assignees, and 
Dates :—9. Total Amount paid to Creditors :—10. 
Total Amount remaining unpaid to Creditors :-- 
11. Expenses charged for Assignees’ Commission 
and Allowances :—12. Expense charged’ to’ the 
Estate for Petty Charges :—13. Balance of Cash 
in each Account, debiting the same only with the 
Cash paid away, and Charges :—14, How the Ba- 
lance is disposed of, whether paid to the Accountant 
General :—-15. Or retained in the hands of the Of- 
ficial Assignees for Creditors not having yet applied 
for their Dividends :—The Receipts or Payments, 
on account of the undivided Estates, or of unclaimed 
Dividends, to be separately returned :—And then he 
withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Newark Gas Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill for the better 
il, lighting and supplying the Borough of Newark, in 
the County of Nottingham, and the Neighbourhood 
thereof, with Gas: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


eo Mr Pryme presented a Bill to amend an Act of the 


seventh and eighth of King George the Fourth for 
building a new Gaol for the Town of Cambridge, 
and for making further provision for Payment of 
Creditors under the said Act: And the same was 


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


Inclosure Lord Viscount Dungannon presented a Bill for 
; inclosing Lands in the Honor or Lordship of Chirk 
and Chirk Land, in the several Parishes of Llangollen 


Vou, 94. 


and Llainsaiatfraid Glyn Ceiriog, in the County of | 





Denbigh: And the same was read the first time 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir Edward Knatchbull presented a Bill for re- Dover, Deal, 
pairing the Road from Dover, in the County of Kent, snd Sandwich 
through Deal to Sandwich, in the said County : a 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Rear-Admiral Nicholas Tomlinson, Westminster 
of Middleton, in the county of Sussex, and Elizabeth, !mprevement. 
his wife, Maria Ward, of the same place, Spinster, 
and William Tooke, of Russell-square, in the county 
of Middlesex,Esquire, complaining that the Standing 
Orders of the House, in respect to the application 
for the Westminster Improvement Bill had not been 
ng 278 with ; and praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their agents and witnesses, against 
the same, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Yates reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented on the 25th day of this instant (Sixth Report.) 
February ; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. ' 

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


Petitions from Heckmondwike ; — Pleasley ; — Corn Laws. 
Tewkesbury ;— and, Bridgwater; praying for the 
repeal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Ebberstone ;—Falsgrave ;— Har- 
wood Dale ;—Broxa and Suffield ;—Stainton Dale ; 
—Newby and Throxenby ;— Hackness and Pilpho ; 
—ZIrton;—Hutton Bushell ;— Osgodby ;—Lebbers- 
ton ;— West Ayton;—Snainton;—Scal by ;—Clough- 
ton ; --- Burniston; — Brompton; — Sawdon and 
Troutsdale ;—-East Ayton ;— Cayton ;—Gristhorpe ; 
— Wykeham ;—Seamer ;— Ginakton ;—Paglesham ; 
— Clunbury ; — More ;— Bishop’s Castle ;—Shelve ; 
— Broughton; — Leckford;-—- West Tytherley ;— 
Frenchmoor ;--West Dean ;--Lockerley;—Aldbrough 
and West Dunsforth ;—Bosbury ;— Great Ouseburn 
and other places ;— East and West Rounton ;— We- 
therby ;—Ainderby Steeple ;—Ingleby Arncliffe ;— 
Thornton-le-beans ; — Welbury ;—West Harsley ;— 
Winton and Ligiton ;—Hipswell and Hudswell ;— 
Danby Wiske and Yafforth ;— North Otterington ; 
—North Allerton ;—Stainton ;—Middleton re yas ; 
—Kirby Ligston;— East Harlsey ;--Moulton ;— 
Grinton ; -— Hurstbourne Tarrant and Vernhams 
Dean ; —- Farnsfield ;— Cordangan ;—- Hundred of 
East (Cornwall) ;— Clonbeg ;— Bruis ;— Trigg ;— 
Clonmel ; — Templemore ; — Dumfries ;— Coonagh ; 
— Tong ;— Worksop ;— Enmore; —and, Durston ; 
praying that the Corn Laws may not be 2 
—were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Lord Viscount Sandon presented a Bill for ena- Liverpool and 
bling the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Com- Manchester 
pany to extend the Line of the said Railway, and op Segaaaa 
for amending and enlarging the Powers and Provi- 
sions of the several Acts relating to such Railway: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Bedford ;—Stevenage ;—Ashwell ; sale of Beer 

—Royston ;—and, Baldock; praying the House not Act. 

to repeal the present laws permitting Beer to be 

sold by an Excise License, but revise the said laws, 

and place the Beer-seller and Publican, so far as re- 

gards the Sale of Beer, under equal protection and 
privilege,—were presented, and read; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Thorogood, a Prisoner in Her church Rates, 
Majesty’s Gaol at Chelmsford, praying for the imme- &amp;c. 
diate and final extinction of Church Rates, and for 
K 





Charch of 
Scotland, 


Education 
(Ireland. 


Stow-cum-Quy 


Inclosure Bill. 


Criminal Law. 


Metropolis 
Improvements. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Redruth and 
Hayle Road 
Bill. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Idolatry 
(India. ) 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


New South 
Wales, &amp;c. 





66 


the abolition of the Ecclesiastical Courts, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Petitions from Applegarth; — Middlebie ;— Pen- 
pont (Moderator); — Saint Mungo; — Aberdeen 
(Moderator and Clerk) ;—New Pitsligo ;—Lonmay ; 
— Langholm ; — Lochmaben (Moderator) ; — Long- 
side;— Kinloss ;—Banff;—and, Old Deer; praying 
the House to adopt measures for relieving the re- 
ligious destitution which prevails in Scotland by 
extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Kilkeeven ;—and, Ardcarne ; pray- 
ing the House to devise measures for the assistance 
and encouragement of Schools in Jreland, in which 
the Scriptures are made the foundation of instruc- 
tion, and from which the inculcation of doctrines 
peculiar to the Roman Catholic Church, is excluded, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Sir Matthew Wood, by Order, presented a Bill for 
inclosing Lands in the Parish of Stow-cum-Quy, in 
the County of Cambridge: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Baldock, praying 
for the abolition of the punishment of Death, ex- 
cept in cases of murder, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Inhabitant Householders of Saint 
Matthew, Bethnal-green ;—-and, the Rector, Church- 
wardens, Overseers of the Poor, Vestrymen and 
Inhabitants of Christ Church, Spitalfields; suggest- 
ing certain Improvements and new lines of Road and 
Streets in the said parishes, and praying the House 
to take the same into consideration, —were presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Metropolis Improvements. 


Petitions from Nottingham (Justices of the 
Peace) ;—and, Worcester ; praying for the amend- 
ment of the Sale of Beer Act, by the suppression of 
houses licensed to sell Beer to be drunk on the pre- 
mises,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Pendarves presented a Bill for making a 
Turnpike Road from the Town of Redruth, in the 
County of Cornwall, to and through the Village of 
Hayle,in the Parish of Phillack, in the same County: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Forfar, praying the 
House to refuse all further endowments to the 
Church of Scotland, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Nottingham and 
Nottinghamshire Association of the Church Mis- 
sionary Society, praying the House to prohibit the 
interference of British functionaries in the manage- 
ment of Idolatrous Observances in India, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Edward Cooper have leave of 
absence for a month on urgent business;—and, Mr. 
Erle have leave to go the circuit. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the 
House, that their several Addresses of the 22d, 25th 
and 27th days of February last (That Her Majesty 
would be graciously pleased to give directions, that the 
Papers therein mentioned might be laid before this 
House), had been presented to Her Majesty ; and that 
Her Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this 
House, that She will give directions stitallagi. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty,—Copies of Despatches from 
the Governor of New South Wales, dated the 18th 





28° Februariz. 


A. 1839. 


day of July 1838, and the Lieutenant Governor of 
Van Diemen’s Land, dated the 6th day of October 
1838, relative to Transportation, and the Assignment 
of Convicts. 

Copies of the Correspondence between the Colo- Australia, 
nial Department and Messrs. Graham and Co., re- 
ferred to in the Petition of Mr. W. H. Burnand, 
printed by Order of this House, on the 14th day of 
this instant February 1839. 

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


Petitions from Norton Fitz-Warren ;— Milverton ; Education, 
—and, Corfe; praying the House not to adopt any 
system of national Education not founded on the 
principles of the Established Church, and placed 
under the superintendence of the clergy of that 
church,—-were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Penryn, praying for Postage, 
the adoption of a low and uniform rate of Postage, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report which, 
upon Monday last, was made from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to consider whether any and what 
Improvement can be adopted in the mode of con- 
ducting Private Business, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

1. Resolved, That the present distribution of Private Bill 
Counties in the several Lists, for the purpose of Committees. 
forming Committees on Private Bills, prepared under No. 64, 
the direction of Mr. Speaker, as prescribed by the 
Resolution of the 19th day of April 1826, has been 
found not to answer the object for which it was 
framed, and that the same be discontinued. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That with a view to give effect to the Opinions 
and Resolutions contained in the Report of the 
Select Committee on Private Business, presented 
on the 25th instant, it is expedient that new Lists 
be prepared under the direction of Mr. Speaker, 
reducing considerably the Number of Members 
above the Line in the Lists as now formed, excluding 
altogether those below the Line, and having regard 
to the new Divisions of Counties as regulate by 
the Reform Act ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“itis expedient that Members representing local in- 

“ terests should be excluded from the Committees in 
“‘ which such interests are concerned,’ instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Lord Seymour, } 245 

Yeas, Sir George Clerk: - 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hume, 

Noes, Sir George Strickland : \ - 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the 
words “ That any Member whose constituents have 
“a local interest in any Private Bill shall be a 
“‘ member of the Committee, but without a right to 
“ vote.” 

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

2. Resolved, That with a view to give effect to 
the Opinions and Resolutions contained in the Re- 
port of the Select Committee on Private Business, 
presented on the 25th instant, it is expedient that 
new Lists be prepared under the direction of Mr. 
Speaker, reducing considerably the Number of 
&gt; aa wed above the Line in the ith as now formed, 





excluding altogether those below the Line, and 
having 











2 Vicroriz. 


having regard to the new Divisions of Counties as 
regulated by the Reform Act. 

3. Resolved, That a Committee of Selection be 
appointed, consisting of the Chairman of the Stand- 
ing Orders Committee, and of the Chairman of the 
Committee, and of the three Sub-Committees, on 
Petitions for Private Bills, and of whom Three 
shall be a Quorum; and that the said Committee 


- of Selection do report from time to time to the House 


es, 


Stewardship of 
Denbigh. , 





with respect to the Proceedings on Private Bills. 

4. Resolved, That no Member whose name shall 
be on the List prepared under the direction of Mr. 
Speaker, shall be entitled to attend or vote unless 
he shall have previously made a declaration, in such 
form as shall be prescribed by the Committee of 
Selection, of his willingness to serve throughout the 
Proceedings of the Committee on the Bill referred 
to the List to which he belongs. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That any Member who is not included in 
the List directed to be prepared, shall be at liberty 
to make special application to the Committee of 
Selection, alleging that his Constituents have a 
local interest in any Private Bill in progress ; and 
the Committee shall have Power to add the name 
of such Member to the List, if the importance and 
reality of such interest shall be established to their 
satisfaction ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting after the word “ progress,” 
the words “such Member making declaration of 
“ his willingness to serve throughout the Proceed- 
“« ings of the Committee.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by leaving out the words “ import- 
ance and.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ importance and” stand part of the Question :— 
It — in the Negative. 

hen the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

5. Resolved, That any Member who is not in- 
cluded in the List directed to be prepared, shall be 
at liberty to make special application to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, alleging that his Constituents 
have a local interest in any Private Bill in progress, 
such Member making declaration of his willingness 
to serve throughout the Proceedings of the Com- 
mittee ; and the Committee shall have Power to 
add the Name of such Member to the List, if the 
reality of such interest shall be established to their 
satisfaction. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Committee of Selection shall 
select and add tothe List such number of Members 
not locally interested in the Bill in progress, and 
in such proportion, as in the circumstances of each 
case shail in their judgment be necessary ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding at the end thereof, the words 
“ such Members making declaration of their will- 
“‘ ingness to serve throughout the Proceedings of 
“ the Committee.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

6. Resolved, That the Committee of Selection 
shall select ana add to the List such Number of 
Members not locally interested in the Bill in pro- 
gress, and in such proportion, as in the circumstances 
of each case shall in their judgment be necessary ; 
such Members making declaration of their willing- 
ness to serve throughout the Proceedings of the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 


upon Monday last, That a Select Committee be ap- 
Vor. 94, : 


98° Februariz.—1° Marti. 








67 


pointed, to inquire whether the Right honourable 
Charles Wathin Williams Wynn has, since his elec- 
tion, accepted from the Crown the Office of Steward 
of the Lordship of Denbigh, and that they be 
directed to report their Opinion whether Mr, Wynn 
has vacated his seat by bis acceptance of the said 
Office, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Ton Jervis, 
Mr. Goulburn, Sir Frederick Pollock, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Lord Stanley, Mr. Serjeant Wilde, Sir 
James Graham, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Ward, Mr. Pusey 
and Mr. Greene, with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Elective 
put, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Franchise. 
assimilate the Franchise of Parliamentary Electors 
in England, Wales and Ireland, and to render the 
same more extensive ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Mr. O’ Connell, 
Mr. Redington : 
Tellers for the Noes, _ pment an 


So it passed in the Negative. 


} 92. 


pass. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Law of Libel 
to secure the Liberty of the Press, and to check Bill 
Vexatious Actions for Libel: And that Mr. O’ Connell 
and Mr. Redington do prepare, and bring it in. 


Tellers forthe Yeas,{ 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented penization 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Letters 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, Patent) 

a Return of all Fees and Expenses charged upon 
Letters Patent of Denization ; also stating the Num- 
ber of Names usually included in one Patent. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Double ana 
to amend the Law relating to Double and Treble Treble Costs 
Costs, and to pleading the Ciasenel Issue only, and -™ 
to Notice and Limitation of Actions in certain cases: 

And that Sir Frederick Pollock and Mr Pryme do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Theatrical 
posed, That itis the Opinion of this House, that Entertainments, 
during Lent no greater restrictions should be placed 
upon Theatrical Entertainments, within the City of 
Westminster, than are placed upon the like amuse- 
ments at the same period in every other part of the 
Metropolis. 


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


Veneris, 1° die Martii, 1839: 


And the previous Question being put, That that 
Question be now put ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 
Yeas, | Lord Viscount Dungannon + 
Tellers for the { Mr. Robert Steuart, 71 
Noes, \ Sir George Clerk : J 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question being put ; 
Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this House, 
that during Lent no greater restrictions should be 
placed upon Theatrical Entertainments, within the 
City of Westminster, than are placed upon the like 
amusements at the same period in every other part 
of the Metropolis. 
Resolved, 


92. 
72 


K.2 





Marriages, 


Malt. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Transfer of 
Aids, 


Ecclesiastical 
Inquiry. 


Committals 
(Ireland.) 


Metropolitan 
Police. 


No. 65. 


Horse Patrol, 
No. 65. 
Navy. 
No. 66, 


Convicts. 


No. 67. 


Tithes Commu- 


tation. 


No. 68, 





68 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously = 
to give directions that there be laid before this ouse, 
A Return of the Number of Marriages solemnized in 
Roman Catholic Chapels, and Protestant Dissenting 
Places of Worship, in England and Wales, from the 
1st day of January to the 31st day of December 
1838, specifying the various Denominations of the 
several Protcatant Dissenting Places of Worship in 
which such Marriages have been solemnized ; also, 
the Number of Marriages, during the same period, 
which have been contracted before the several Dis- 
trict Registrars. 

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





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Bushels of Malt on 
which Duty has been paid in each year, from 1810 
to 1829, both years inclusive :—And, of the Number 
of Bushels of Malt on which Duty has been paid, 
in each year, from 1830 to 1838, both years in- 
clusive. 


Mr. Robert Steuart, by Order, reported from the 
Committee of Ways and Means, a Resolution; which 
was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, Tiat towards making good the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Two Millions, 
a part of the sum now remaining in the Exchequer 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, or remaining to be received on the 11th day 
of February 1839, to complete the Aids granted by 
Parliament for the Service of the year 1838, and of 
antecedent years, be applied to the Service of the 
year 1839. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Robert Steuart, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Baring do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of a Memorial addressed by the Church- 
wardens and other Inhabitants of the Parish of 
Grove, in Berkshire, to the late Commission of 
Ecclesiastical Inquiry. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Returns from the 
Clerks of the Crown and Clerks of the Peace of 
the several Counties, &amp;c., in Ireland, of the Number 
of Persons committed to Gaol for trial in the year 
1838. 

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


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Metro- 
politan Police, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to the Horse 
Patrol, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Navy, 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Reports of the 


Superintendent of Ships and Vessels employed for | P 


the confinement of Convicts, which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Tithes 


Commutation, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
— on Friday morning, adjourned till this 

ay. 


28° Februari.—1° Marti, 





A. 1839. 


Veneris, 1° die Martii ; 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


Sik Rufane Donkin presented, pursuant to an Ordnance 

\J Address to Her Majesty,—Estimates of the Estimates, 

Office of Ordnance for the year 1839-40, with No. 69, 
Comparative Abstract of the Estimate 1839-40 

with 1838-9. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates do lie upon the 

Table; and be printed. 


The Lord Advocate presented, pursuant to the Court of Session 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of Acts (Scotland.) 
of Sederunt, regulating the Practice and Proceed- 
ings of the Court of Session in Scotland. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Richmond 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ Writ. 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Richmond, in the 
room of Lord Dundas, now Earl of Zetland, called 
up to the House of Peers. 


Sir George Strickland presented a Bill for light- Holmfirth 
ing with Gas the Town of Holmfirth, and the Neigh- 64s Bill. 
bourhood thereof, in the West Riding of the County 
of York: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands in Bamsley 
the township of Barnsley, in the parish of Sidk- Waterworks. 
stone, in the West Riding of the county of York, 
complaining that the Standing Orders of the House, 
in respect to the application for the Barnsley Water- 
works Bill, had not been complied with ; and pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
agents and witnesses, against the same, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Goole and 
Navigation of the River Dun, complaining that the Thome Road. 
Standing Orders of the House in respect to the ap- 
plication for the Goole and Thorne Road, had not 
been complied with; and praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their agents and witnesses, 
against the same, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Itchen Bridge 
Northam Bridge and Roads, complaining that the and Roads. 
Standing Orders of the House, in respect to the - 

— for the Itchen Bridge and Roads Bill, 

ad not been complied with ; and praying that they 
may be heard, by their counsel, agents and wit- 
nesses, against the same, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- wishaw and 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Coltness Rail- 
case of the Petition for the Wishaw and Coltness “*9 ®'- 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
lied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Wishaw and Coltness Railway Company 
to raise a further Sum of Money: And that Mr. 
Lockhart and Mr. Dennistoun do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Camber 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the ( Pertsmont 
case of the Petition for the Camber (Portsmouth) °°"” 
Quays, &amp;c., Bill, the Standing Orders had been 





complied with. 
Ordered, 




















1. 





2 Vwroriz. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enlarging the Town Quay of the Borough of Ports- 
mouth, and for improving that portion of the Har- 
bour of Portsmouth called The Camber: And that 
Mr. Francis Baring and Sir George Staunton do 
prepare, and bring it in. 





Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Aberdeen Market and 
Improvements (No. 1.) Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Aberdeen 
Market and 
Improvements 
(No. 1 ) 


Edenfield and 
Little Bolton 


Mr. Robert Palmer — from the Select Com- 
Road Bill. 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Edenfield and Little 
Bolton Road Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
more effectually repairing and improving the Road 
from Edenfield Chapel to Little Bolton, and certain 
Branch Roads connected therewith, allin the county 
palatine of Lancaster: And that Mr. Bootle Wil- 
braham and Lord Francis Egerton do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ballochney 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
Railway Bill. D 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Ballochney Railway 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Ballochney Railway Company to raise a 
further Sum of Money: And that Mr. Lockhart and 
Mr. Dennistoun do prepare, and bring it in. 


Monkland and 
Kirkintilloch 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Monkland and Kirkin- 
‘tilloch Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money: And 
that Mr. Lockhart and Mr. Dennistoun do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Slamannan Railway Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Slamannan Railway Company to 
raise a further Sum of Money: And that Mr. Lock- 
hart and Mr. Dennistoun do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Slamannan 
Railway Bill. 


Petitions for 


, Ordered, That the Select Committee on Petitions 
Private Bills, 


for Private Bills have leave to sit this day till tive of 
the clock during the sitting of the House. 


Dean Forest 
ilway, 


A Petition of Sir Thomas Crawley Boevey, Baro- 
net, and the Reverend Edward Jones, and Owners 
and Occupiers of lands and premises upon or near 
to the line of an intended Railway from the Forest 
of Dean Railway near Cinderford Bridge to the 
River Severn, in the parish of Awre, in the county 
of Gloucester, complaining that the Standing Orders 
of the House in respect to the application for the 
Dean Forest Railway Bill, had not been complied 
with ; and praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their agents and witnesses, against the 
same, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Bradford 


(Yan) ae A Petition of Greenwood Bentley, of Bradford, 


in the West Riding of the county of York, Gentle- 
mam, Agent for Sarah Sowett, of Bradford afore- 
said, spinster, complaining that the Standing Orders 


of the House in respect to the application for the 
Vox. 94. 


1° Martiz. 


69 


Bradford (York) Waterworks Bill, had not been 
complied with; and praying that he may be heard, 
by himself his agents or witnesses, against the 
same, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Sussex (Eastern Division) ; — Sale of Beer 
Blackburn (two Petitions);— York (East Riding) ; Act. 
—and, Wakefield; praying for the amendment of 
the Sale of Beer Act, by the suppression of houses 
licensed to sell Beer to be drunk on the premises,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Two Petitions from Bradford, in the county of 
York, praying the House to assimilate the hours for 
opening and closing the houses of Licensed Victual- 
lers and Beer-sellers,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ashmansworth ;— Hughley ;— Cuck- Corn Laws. 
field; — Roxburghshire (Upper District); — Bland- 
ford ;— Tettenhall ; — Sherborne ;— Chiddingly ; — 
Shareshill ; — Great Wyrley ;— Norton Canes ;— 
and, Cheslyn Hay; praying that the Corn-laws may 
not be repealed,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Leslie ;—Ilkeston ;—Ayr, Newton 
and Wallacetown ;—and, Saltcoats ; praying for the 
repeal of the Corn Laws,—were also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rowland Milner, late a Lieutenant Navy Half Pay- 
in Her Majesty’s Royal Navy, complaining of being 
deprived of his Half Pay; and praying for an in- 
quiry, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


_| upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dublin, praying that Municipal 
the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) Bill may not Corporations 
pass into a law as it now stands, was presented (/*eland) Bill. 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Thomas Ludford Stewart, Esquire, 
Seneschal of the manor of Belfast, praying that the 
said Bill may not pass into a law without full 
compensation being given to him for the losses he 
will sustain thereby, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Gwernafield; — and, Abergele ; Church 
praying that the emoluments of sinecure recto- Fetablistment 
ries in Wales may be applied to the benefit of the ¥***) 
diocese in which such revenues arise,—were pre- 
sented,and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Mains and Strathmartine;—Dun- Church of 
tocher ;— Ballingray ; — Dundee (Moderator and Scotland. 
Clerk) ; — Forgandenny ; —- Blantyre ; — Lunan;— 
Burntisland ;— Inverkeillor ; — Dailly ;—Monkton 
and Prestwick ;—Symington;—Denino;—Portmoak; 
—Shirling ;— Kinysbarrs ;—Calton (Glasgow) ;— 
Auchinleck ;—Cleish ;—Aberdeen ; —Stow ;—Aber- 
dalgie ;— Buchlyvie ;—Coupar Angus ;—-Tannadice ; 
—Meigle (Moderator of the Presbytery); — and, 
Tillicoultry ; praying the House to adopt measures 
for relieving the religious destitution which prevails 
in Scotland, by extending the efficiency of the 
Established Church,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Parishioners of Kinglassie, praying 
the House not to sanction any further endowments, 
to the Church of Scotland, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Great Driffield, pray- (indie?) 
ing the House to prohibit the interference of British (mdi 
functionaries in the management of Idolatrous Ob- 
servances in India, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


at 
Petitions from Darlaston ;—St. Lawrence, Lud- Education, 
low ;—Isfield ;—and, Saint Pauland Saint Martin ; 





praying the House not to sanction any system of ) 
K 3 


National 











Maynooth 
College. 


Railways 
(Treland.) 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Standing 
Orders ; 


North Midland 
Railway. 


Copper, 


Metropolis 
Improvements. 


70 


National Education which shall not inculcate the 
doctrines of the Church of England, and be con- 
ducted under the superintendence and care of the 
parochial clergy,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Glasgow (Moderator of the Pro- 
vincial Synod) ;— Elgin and Moray ;—and, Westow ; 
praying the House not to sanction any further grants 
to the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth,—were | 

resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Dublin and Drogheda Railway 
Company (Chairman) ;— Carlow ;— William Young ; 
—- Nenagh ;— and, Carrick-on-Suir ; praying the | 
House to take into consideration the several lines | 
of Railway in Jre/and, suggested by the Petitioners, 
~-were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Land-owners, Gentry and Mer- 
chants of Limerick ;—and, Land-owners, Gentry, 
Merchants and others, from the four Provinces of 
Ireland, interested in the construction of Railways 
in Ireland, praying the House to appoint a Select 
Committee to determine impartially the best lines 
of Railway, and point out the terms and conditions 
upon which grants and loans may be made in fur- 
therance of such Railways,—were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Citizens of Armagh, praying the 
House to empower the Government to complete a 
system of leading Trunk Railways throughout Jre- 
land, was also presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Inhabitants of Cork, praying that 
the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill may not 
pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Pendarves reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, 
a Resolution; which was read, as followeth; 

Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for the 
North Midland Railway Bill, the parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of all Copper imported into the United 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1839 ; distinguishing each sort of Copper, from 
what country and into what Ports imported :—Of 
the Quantities of Copper exported from the United 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1839; distinguishing each sort, from what Port 
sent, and to what country exported :—Of the Quan- 
tities of Copper exported from the Port of London, 
in the year ending the 5th day of January 1839 ; 
re aE. each sort, and to what country ex- 
ported ;—Of the Quantities of Copper exported from 
the Port of Liverpool, in the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1839; distinguishing each sort, and 
to what country exported:—and, Of all Copper Ore 
that has been imported into the United Kingdom, 
without payment of Duty, for the purpose of Ex- 
portation, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1839. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of all Tin imported into the United King- 
dom in the year ending the 5th day of January 1839; 
distinguishing from what countries imported: —And, 
of all Tin exported from the United Kingdom, in 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1839; dis- 
tinguishing to what countries exported. 


A Petition of the Churchwardens, Overseers of the 
Poor, and Inhabitants of the parish of Saint Mary, 
Whitechapel,suggesting certain Improvements in the 
Eastern District of the Metropolis, and praying the 








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A. 1839. 


House to take the same into consideration, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Metropolis Improvements. 


Two Petitions from Lynn Regis, praying for the Ecclesiasticg| 
abolition of Ecclesiastical Courts,—were presented, Courts. 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Hunter, Peter Hachett, and Combination 


| other Prisoners on board the hulk Justitia, off Wool- of Workmen 


wich, for a conspiracy-to keep up the rate of Wages, (&lt;°tlan¢.) 
and praying to be released from confinement, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from A thlone;— Dublin ;— Palmerstown; Elective 
—- Waterford ;—and, New Ross; praying the House Franchise, &amp;c, 
to identify the Elective Franchise in England and (Hlan4.) 
Ireland, countries in which the tenures of lands and 
houses are similar, and to give to Jreland as com- 
plete Municipal Reform as England has obtained, 
and to give also to Ireland her adequate proportion 
in the Representation ; and, finally, to place Lreland 
upon a footing of equality in religious freedom with 
England, by allocating the temporalities of the 
church of the minority in that country to purposes 
of charity, education and public utility,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to an Ad- Navyand Army 
dress to Her Majesty,—A Copy of the Commission Promotions. 
appointed to inquire into Army and Navy Promotions. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


Petitions from Great Driffield ;—and, Allondale Church 
Town; praying the House to consider by what Fstablishnuent 
means the spiritual necessities of the members of (#4) 
the Church of England who have emigrated to the 
Canadas, may be best supplied,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Arundel, Licensed 
praying that they may be relieved from the respon- Victuallers. 
sibility they are at present under, to make restitu- 
tion for monies and other property which guests 
may bring to their respective inns, except in cases 
where the value of such property shall not exceed 
ten pounds, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- North Midland 
spect to the Petition for the North Midland Railway Railway Bill 
Bill, which was this day made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, 
might be read ; and the same being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to ‘ising in a Bill to 
alter the Line of the North Midland Railway, ahd 
to amend the Acts relating thereto: And that Mr. 

Baines and Mr. John Parker do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

A Petition of John Richardson and John Connell, Edinburgh, 
of Fludyer-street, Westminster, the Agents of Doctor Leith, aud 
Patrick Neill, of Edinburgh, complaining that the Rt" 
Standing Orders of the House, in respect to the , 
application for the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven 
Railway Bill, had not been complied with, and pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
agents and witnesses, against the same, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the London and Brighton Railway south-Easte™ 
Company ;—and, William Ward and Frances Anne, Railway. 
his wife, complaining that the Standing Orders of 
the House, in respect to the application for the 
South Eastern Railway Bill had not been complied 
with ; and praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their agents and witnesses, against the same, 

—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to Stewardship of 
inquire, whether the Right honourable Charles Denbie- 
Watkin Williams Wynn has, since his Election, No. 83. 





accepted 





stical 


tion 
men 


i.) 


1 Army 
ns, 


iment 


idland 
Bill, 


— i 


stern 


nip of 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Affirmation 
Bill, 


Ecclesiastical 
Daties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Spirituous 
Liquors Sale 
Act. 


Attornies and 
Solicitors 
(Ireland. ) 


Post Horse, 
&amp;c. Duties. 


Canada. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Poor Relief 

( Treland) Act 
Amendment 
Bill, 


2 Victroriz. 


accepted from the Crown the office of Steward of the 
Lordship of Denbigh, and to report their Opinion, 
whether Mr. Wynn has vacated his seat by his ac- 
ceptance of the said office, have Power to report 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. John Jervis reported from the said Select 
Committee; That they had considered the matter 
to them referred ; and had come to several Resolu- 
tions, which they had directed him to report to the 
House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them ; and the Resolutions of the Com- 
mittee, were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That the office of Steward of the 
Lordship of Denbigh is an office of Profit from the 
Crown. 

2. Resolved, That the Right honourable Charles 
Watkin Williams Wynn was appointed to the said 
office by her present Majesty. 

3. Resolved, That the said office was not accepted 
by the Right honourable Charles Watkin Williams 
Wynn from the Crown, since his Election as a 
Member of the present Parliament. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Godson 
have leave to go the Circuit. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Zondon, praying that 
the Affirmation Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clergy in the Deanery of Sand- 
wich ;—and, Canterbury; praying that the Eccle- 
siastical Duties and Revenues Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers residing in the 
town and neighbourhood of Wakefield, praying that 
so much of the Spirituous Liquors Sale Act, as ex- 
onerates parties from liability to pay for spirits, when 
purchased in less amount than twenty shillings at one 
time, may be repealed, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors of Ireland, 
praying for a legislative enactment, empowering the 
profession to form themselves into a society for re- 
gulating the admission of apprentices, and also for 
admission to the profession, and general manage- 
ment of the Attornies and Solicitors of Jreland, 
subject however to the control of the Judges of 
the Superior Courts, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Bailies and Councillors, 
Merchants, Manufacturers, Stage Coach Proprietors, 
and other Inhabitants of Kilmarnock, praying for 
the repeal of the Duties on post horses, carriages 
let to hire, coachmen and guards, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Appointments made by the 
Earl of Durham, as Lord Commissioner of the 
British North American Colonies, previous to his 
departure from England, and during his stay in 
Canada; specifying the Name of each Person, the 
Amount of Salary, if any, and the Nature of the 
Duties to be performed. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham 
and Mr. Senior: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled An 
Act to amend an Act of the first and second year 


of Her present Majesty, for the more efficient 
Vou. 94, 


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71 


Relief of the Destitute Poor in Zreland, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Borough Courts 
for regulating the mode of establishing Rules of 3! 


Proceedings in the Borough Courts of England and 
Wales ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Kayser’s 
for naturalizing John Christopher Kayser ; to which Bek, ul. 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


A Petition of John Bibby, James Muspraté and Litherland 
Henry Penny, all of Bootle-cum-Linacre, in the ®o4s. 


county of Lancaster, Gentlemen, complaining that 
the Standing Orders of the House, in respect to the 
application for the Litherland Roads Bill, had not 
been complied with; and praying that they may be 
heard, by their counsel or agents, and witnesses, 
against the same, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House Railways 
to resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of the Ireland.) 


= of the Commissioners appointed to consider 
and recommend a general system for Railways in 
Ireland ; 

The House was moved, That the following para- 
graph of the Report from the Select Committee, 
appointed in Session 1836, to inquire into the best 
modes by which information can be afforded to the 
House on the different Railway Bills, might be read ; 
and the same was read : 


“With regard to Ireland, where no great Lines 
have hitherto been commenced, it is possible that 
some assistance may be afforded by the Board of 
Works, and your Committee have received from His 
Majesty’s Government a Memorial, presented to 
Viscount Melbourne by a great and influential bod 
of Irish Proprietors, desiring a general survey, wit 
a view of marking out the best Lines in that country. 
But although it may not be inexpedient to direct 
that some aid should be given by the above-men- 
tioned Board in assisting in surveys of Lines, at the 
request of the parties interested, and at their ex- 
pense, your Committee cannot recommend that the 
Government should undertake the responsibility of 
deciding upon the points between which Railway 
communication should be undertaken, or entering 
upon the extended survey, which seems to be 
desired.” 


Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. ° 


(In the Committee.) 

Motion made, and Question put, That Her Ma- 
jesty be enabled to authorize Eeckcunn Bills, to 
an amount not exceeding Two millions Five hun- 
dred thousand pounds, to be made out by direction 
of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, and 
to be by them advanced for the construction of a 
Railway or Railways in Jreland, the Sum so ad- 
vanced being secured, and the interest and sinking 
fund to be secured, on the profits of the works, the 
deficiency, if any, being provided for by an assess- 
ment on the several districts through which such 
Railway or Railways may be carried, or which may 
be benefited thereby. 

The Committee divided ; 

Tellers for a | Mr. Edward John Stanley, 144 

Yeas. Mr. Robert Steuart : ; 

Tellers for the Sir Edward Knatchbull, } 100 

Noes. \ Colonel Perceval: : 

Resolution to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 


lution. 
Ordered, 





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Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Designs 
Copyright Bill. 


Designs 
Copyright 
Extension Bill, 


Ways and 
Means, 


Supply. 


Court of Session 
(Scotland.) 





Standing 
Orders. 


72 


Ordered, That tle Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day for the second 
reading of the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) 
Bill, be now read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That this House do now adjourn ; 


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


Sabbati, 2° die Martii, 1839: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. - 

. Mr. Serjeant Jackson, " 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ Colonel Sicha } 65. 
Mr. More O’ Ferrall, 
Mr. Robert Steuart : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the Order of the day, for the second reading of 
or ae a ca Corporations (Jreland) Bill, be now 
read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, at the rising of the House this 
day, adjourn till Monday next,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 


Tellers for the Noes, } 151. 


The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ( Mr. Edward John tear? | 147 
Yeas, Mr. John Parker : , 

Tellers for the f Sir Robert Harry Inglis, } 61 
Noes, \ Captain Jones : ? 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day for the second 
reading of the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill, 
be now read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Designs Copyright Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the *second 
reading of the Designs Copyright Extension Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for'the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return, in columns, of the Number of Causes in- 
stituted in the Court of Session in Scotland, between 
the 1st day of January 1839 and the 12th day of 
this instant March, with the Number thereof en- 
rolled before each of the Lords Ordinary, and the 
Number finally decided, and those still in de- 
pendence. 





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A. 1839. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Fire Insurance. 
Accounts of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office 
for Duty by each Insurance Office in Great Bri- 
tain wal Ireland, on Insurance from Fire, for the 

uarters ending severally the 25th day of March, 
the 24th day of June, the 29th day of September, 
and the 25th day of December 1838; distinguish- 
ing the Amount of Allowance made to each Office 
for collecting the same in the Country, London, 
Edinburgh and Dublin respectively, with the Dates 
of such Payment :—And, of the Sums issued by 
each Office on Farming Stock exempt from Duty, 
for the quarters ending severally the 25th day of 
March, the 24th day of June, the 29th day of 
September, and the 25th day of December 1838 ; 
distinguishing the Amount of each Office in the 
Country, London, Edinburgh and Dublin respec- 
tively. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to apply a Sum of Transfer of 
Money to the Service of the year One thousand 4‘4s Bill. 
eight hundred and Thirty-nine: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next. 


Mr. Pryme presented a Bill to amend the Law Double and 
relating to Double and Treble Costs, to pleading _— Coats 
the General Issue, and to Notice and Limitation of 
Action in certain cases: And the same was read the N® 7. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, pur- Italy (Commer. 
suant to an Address to Her Majesty,—A Copy of ‘i! Relations.) 
Dr. John Bowring’s Report on the Commercial Re- 
lations of Italy. 

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


Lord John Russell presented a Bill for improving County Courts 
County Courts: And the same was read the first Bil. 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon No.7, 
Friday, the 22d day of this instant March ; and to 


| be printed. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill for holding District 
District Sessions of the Peace: And the same was 5°" Bill 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second No. 72. 
time upon Friday, the 22d day of this instant March; 
and to be printed. 


The Borough Courts Bill was read the first time ; Borough Courts 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- ®!. 
nesday next; and to be printed. No. 73, 


Kayser’s Naturalization Bill was read the first Kayser’s 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Nat. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Grain, Grain, Flour, 
Flour and Meal, which was presented yesterday, be and Mew. 
rinted. No. 74, 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Danish Danish Claims. 
Claims, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 75. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Vew South New South 
Wales, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be Wales, » 
rinted. No. 76. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Australia, Australia. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 77. 
Ordered, That the Returns relative to Com- Committals 
mittals (Jreland), which were presented yesterday, Ireland.) 
be printed. No. 78 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after one of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 





Inc 












Ordered, That Mr. Sanford be added to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 












rance, 
Ecclesiastical 
Inquiry. 
British 
Museum. 

f 

d 

sts 

). 
Preston and 
Wyre Railway 

amer- Bill. 

ns.) 

' Unstone 


Inclosure Bill. 


Manchester 

and Leeds 

Railway Bill. 
urts 


Bradford 
(Wilts) 
Improvement 
Bill, 

urts 


Hareshaw 
Tnclosure, 


Wearmouth 
~ Tyne 

tidge Road 
Bill.” 


2 VicToRix. 


Lune, 4° die Martii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Chalk, Chief Clerk to the Ecclesiastical 


Commissioners, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Copy of a Me- 
morial addressed by the Churchwardens and other 
Inhabitants of the parish of Grove, in Berkshire, 
to the late Commission of Ecclesiastical Inquiry : 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Income and Expenditure of the 
British Museum, for the year 1838 ; of the esti- 
mated Charges and Expenses for the year ending 
the 25th day of March 1840, and of the Sums 
necessary to discharge the same ; and also, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Persons admitted to visit 
the Museum from Christmas 1832 to Christmas 
1838. 

Mr. Cowtun, Clerk to the Trustees of the British 
Musuem, was called in; and at the bar accordingly 
presented the said Account :—And then he with- 
drew. 

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


The Preston and Wyre Railway Bill was read a 
second time, and committed. 


The Unstone Inclosure Bill was read a second 
time, and committed. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom 
the Petitions of Henry Taylor and Joseph Jones, 
severally complaining of non-compliance with the 
Standing Orders in the case of the Petition for the 
Manchester and Leeds Railway Bill, were referred ; 
That the Standing Orders relative to Railway Bills, 
had been complied with in the case of the Petition 
for the said Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Bradford (Wilts) Im- 
provement Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
paving, lighting, watching and improving the town 
of Bradford, in the county of Wilts: And that 
Mr. Zong and Sir Francis Burdett do prepare, and 
bring it im. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Hareshaw Inclosure Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
inclosing a Common, Moor or tract of Waste Land, 
called Hareshaw Common, in the parish of Belling- 
ham, in the county of Northumberland: And that 
Mr. Bell and Mr. Blackett do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Wearmouth and Tyne 
Bridge Road Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
more effectually repairing and improving the Road 
from Wearmouth Bridge to J'yne Bridge, with a 
— ~igs the said Road to the town of South 

"OL. 94, 


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73 


Shields, all m the county of Durham: And that 
Mr. Alderman Thompson and Mr. Andrew White 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Manchester and 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; 
case of the Petition for the Manchester and Bir- 
mingham Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to enable the Manchester and Birmingham Railway 
Company to vary and extend the line of their Rail- 
way, and to amend the Act relating thereto: And 
that Mr. Bootle Wilbraham and Lord Francis Eger- 
ton do prepare, and bring it in. 


That in the Birminghan 


ailway Bill. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Moulton 


mittee on Petitions for 
case of the Petition for the Moulton Inclosure Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
inclosing Lands in the parish of Moulton, in the 
county of Suffolk: And that Colonel Rushbrooke 
and Mr. Waddington do prepare, and bring it in. 


rivate Bills; That in the Inclosure Bill. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Rochdale 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Small Debts 
case of the Petition for the Rochdale Small Debts (N® 2-) Bill. 


(No. 2.) Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the more easy and speedy recovery of Small Debts 
within the town of Rochdale, and other places in the 
county palatine of Lancaster: And that Mr. Fenton 
and Mr. Brotherion do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Great North 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the of England 


case of the Petition for the Great North of England 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with, inasmuch as application in writing 
was not made to several Parties being Owners and 
Occupiers on the line, before the 31st day of De- 
cember last, either by delivering the same personally, 
or by leaving the same at their usual place of abode, 
or in their absence from the United Rigion, with 
their agents respectively ; but it appeared to the 
Committee that application in writing had subse- 
quently been made to each of the above Parties, 
either by delivering the same personally, or by leav- 
ing the same at their usual place of abode, and that 
of the above Parties four only have dissented from 
the proposed Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


ailway. 


The Order made upon Friday last, That leave be siamannan 
given to bring in a Bill for enabling the S/amannan Railway. 


Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report in respect to the Peti- 
tion for the said Bill, which upon Friday last was 
made from the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills, be re-committed to the former Com- 
mittee ; and that they have leave to sit, and proceed 
To-morrow. 


A Petition of Benjamin Rawson, of Nidd Hail, Bradford 


near Harrogate, in the county of York, Esquire, 
complaining that the Standing Orders of the House 
in respect to the application for the Bradford ( York) 
Waterworks Bill, had not been complied with; and 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his 
agents and witnesses, against the same, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


(York) 
Waterworks, 


Mr. Sanford presented a Bill to amend the Acts Great Western 
relating to the Great Western Railway, and to raise Railway Bill, 


L+ a further 








74 


a further Sum of Money for the purposes of the 
said Undertaking: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Parrett Navi The Parrett Navigation Bill was read a second 
gation Bill. time ; and committed. 


Epsom Road The Epsom Road Bill was read a second time ; 
_ and committed. 


Corn Laws. Petitions from Mamhead ;— Germansweek ; — 
Upottery ;— Monkton ;—Stoke Cannon ;—Ashton ; 
— Clyst Honiton; — Exminster ;— Ashcombe ; — 
Powderham ;— Kenton ;— Clyst Saint George ;— 
Doddiscombesleigh ;— Otterton ; —Upton Pyne ;— 
Salcombe ; —Sidbury ;—Harpford ;—- Clyst Saint 
Mary ;—Trusham ;—Ven Ottery ;— Bovey Tracy ; 
—Membury ; — Bickleigh ;— Whimple ;—Huxham ; 
— Hennoch ; — Harford ;—Christow ;—Saint Bu- 
deaux ;-— Woolborough ;— Kingsteignton ;— Wood- 
land ;— East Ogwell;—Dunterton ;—Southleigh ;— 
Ide ; — Branscombe ; — Gittisham ; — Cotleigh ; — 
Farway ;--Stockland ;--Hundred of West ( Cornwall) ; 
—Saint Andrew's ;—Saint Columb Major, &amp;c.;— 
Purleigh ;— Elmdon ;—Great Chesterford ;—Ash- 
don ;— Wimbish ;—Wenden Lofts ;—Radwinter ;— 
Great Sampford ;—Thaxted ;—Wenden Ambo ;— 
Hayden ;— Debden ;--Strethall ;—Great and Little 
Cheshall ;— Newport (Essex) ;— Little Sampford ;-- 
Crishall ;— Ugley ; — Haddington ;— Wirksworth ; 
— Swadlincote ;— and, Aston; praying that the 
Corn Laws may not be repealed,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Anstruther Easter ;—Saint Mo- 
nance ;—- Forres ;—Saint Andrew’s; —Stricken ;— 
Eccleshill ; — Kintore;-—- Paisley (Chairman of a 
Meeting); — Fraserburgh ; — Alverthorp ;—Morley;-- 
Mirfield ;—Cleckheaton ;—Glenmuich, &amp;c. ;—Stoch- 
port ;—Govan Colliery ;—-Kirkintillock ;--Cumber- 
nauld;—Gilasgow (two Petitions) ;—and, Dumbar- 
ton; praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws,— 
were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon. the Fable. 


Greatest Petitions from Glensheil;—Shieldag ;— Fodderty ; 
—and, Fourdoun (Moderator of the Presbytery) ; 
praying the House to adopt such measures as may 
be deemed necessary for securing the due extension 
of the Established Church of Scotland,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Elective Petitions from Carrickbeg ;—and, Dysart ; pray- 
Gecenast ce. ing the House to identify the Elective Franchise in 
: England and Ireland, countries in which the tenures 
of lands and houses are similar, and to give to 
Ireland as complete Municipal Reform as England 
has obtained, and to give also to Ireland her ade- 
quate proportion in the Representation, and finally 
to place Ireland upon a footing of equality in Re- 
ligious Freedom with England, by allocating the 
Temporalities of the Church of the minority in 
that country to purposes of charity, education and 
public utility,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


4° Marti. 


—New Spynie;—Lochcarron Presbytery (Clerk) :| 


A. 1839. 


| A Petition of Heritors and Commissioners. of Prisons 
[Supply of the Shire of Elgin, praying that the (Seotlane) Bit 
Prisons (Scotland) Bill may pass into a law, was 

| presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Chobham, praying Sale of Beer 
for the amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, was ““ 


presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That Sir John Edwards have leave of em of 
absence for a month on account of ill health. a 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kirkby Moorside, Church 
praying the House to take into consideration the ee 
present state of the Ecclesiastical Establishment “ 
m the Canadas, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sidney Walsingham Bennett, pray- Fees on 
ing that a Return of the Fees ordered by the Committels. 
Judges under the Act 1 Victoria, to be taken by 
Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Deputy-Sheriffs and other 
Officers of Sheriffs in England and Wales, may be 
laid before the House, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Pakington presented a Bill to enable Justices Clerks of the 
of the Peace at Quarter Sessions to appoint to the Peace Bill. 
Office of Clerk of the Peace in certain cases: And No.79. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Thursday the 14th day 
of this instant March ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Spirit Licenses 
Spirit Dealers of Paisley, praying that the Spirit (cetlend) Se. 
Licenses (Scotland) Bill may pass into a law, was 


presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





Mr. F’reshfield reported from the Select Com- Public Peti- 
| mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- &gt;" _ 
| mined the Petitions presented from the 27th day of “?” ‘ 
| February last to the 1st day of this instant March, 
both inclusive; and had directed him to make a 
| Report thereof to the House. 

) Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to the direc- Criminal 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Tables of Criminal Offenders 
Offenders (Scotland) for 1838. sammnatied 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to Order, Railroads 
—A Return, in detail, under separate heads, of the (Ireland.) 
Expenditure by the Commission in Jreland on the 
subject of Railroads in that Country, stating the 
Name of every Person employed, and in what ca- 
pacity employed, who received more than £.100 as 
Salary or Pay for the Services performed; stating 
also the period of such Services. 

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








~ ae 
| Petitions from Wareham ;—and, Kirkby Overblow ; Education. 
praying the House not to countenance any system 
|of National Education not founded on the principles \ 


of the Established Church, and placed under the 


North Midland — Sir George Strickland presented a Bill to alter | superintendence of the Clergy of that church,—were 


Railway Bill. the Line of the North Midland Railway, and to | presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
amend the Acts relating thereto: And the same was Table. 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second | 
time. | A Petition of Sir William Boyd, praying for in- Sir W. Boy. 
_quiry into a claim made by him upon the Treasury 
Ecclesiastical Petitions from the Deanery of Sutton ;— and, for the arrears of a superannuation allowance due 


Duties and the Reverend Isaac Gossett, and others; praying | to his late father, Cathcart Boyd, as Examiner and 
that the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill; Accountant of Salt Duties at Edinburgh, and Secre- 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Revenues Bill. 





tary to the Customs in Scotland, was presented, and 
| read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Resolved, 











Li 
Li 


Fi 


Bill, 


er 


ent 


1Ses 


Bill, 


ith 


Railways. 


Linen and 
Linen Yarn. 


Postage. 


Foreign Sugar. 


Foreign Coffee. 


Election Peti- 
tions Trial Bill, 


No. 80. 


British North 
Americ. 


Registration of 
Electors Bill. 


Coals, Cinders 
and Culm, 


Supply ; 


Navy Estimates 


referred, 


2 VicToriz. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Bye-laws made under the 
authority of any Acts relating to Railroads, im- 
posing Penalties upon any Persons other than those 
in the service of the said Company. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Quantity and Official Value of Linen 
and Linen Yarn exported from the United Kingdom 
in the year 1838, specifying the Countries to which 
sent. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Council, Bankers, Mer- 
chants and Inhabitants of Carmarthen, praying for 
the adoption of a low and uniform rate of Postage, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


‘ A Petition of Sugar Refiners, Merchants and 
Dealers in Sugar of the city of Edinburgh and port 
of Leith, praying for a reduction of the duty on 
Foreign Sugar, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Wholesale and Retail Grocers and 
Dealers in Coffee of the city of Edinburgh and P ort 
of Leith, praying for a reduction of the duty on 
Foreign Coffee, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Sir Robert Peel presented a Bill to amend the 
Jurisdiction for the Trial of Election Petitions: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s com- 
mand,—Copy of Appendix (B.) to the Report on 
the Affairs of British North America, from the Earl 
of Durham, Her Majesty’s High Commissioner. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration of Electors Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and 
Culm shipped at the several Ports of England, 
Scotland and Ireland, Coastways, to other Ports of 
the United Kingdom, in the year 1838 ; distinguish- 
ing the Quantity shipped at each of the said Ports, 
as compared with the year 1837 :—Of the Quantities 
and Declared Value of Coals, Cinders and Culm 
exported from the several Ports of England, Scot- 
land and Jreland, to Foreign Countries, and the 
British Settlements Abroad, in the year 1838; dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which the same were 
sent, and comparing the same with the year 1837 ; 
also distinguishing the Ports of the United King- 
dom from which the same were shipped :—Of the 
Quantities of Coal, Cinders and Culm exported 
from the United Kingdom in the year 1838, with 
the Rate and Amount of Duty thereon:—And, of 
the Quantities of Coal brought Coastways and by 
Inland Navigation into the Port of Zondon during 
the year 1838, comparing the same with the Quan- 
tities brought during the year 1837. . 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee of Supply ; 


Ordered, That the Navy Estimates for the year 
1839-40 be referred to the Committee. 
VoL. 94, 





4°— 5° Marti. 


75 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Pubtic Income 


Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to &gt; 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ it appears, by an Account laid on the Table of 
‘¢ this House, that the Net Public Income of the 
“ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
“ in the year ended the 5th day of April 1838, 


“« was - - - - - = £,46,090,544 
“ And that the Expenditure in the 
«‘ same period was - = = 47,519,076 





“ Showing an excess of Ex- 
“ penditure of - - - £.1,428,532 
over the Income of the Country in the year up to 
that period : 


“ That the Estimates of Army Services for the 
“ year 1838-39, were £.6,062,216, and £.6,199,810 
for the year 1839-40, showing an increase of 
“ charge in this year of £.137,600 more than in the 
past year: 
“ That the Gross Estimate for Navy Services in 


‘é 


n~ 
nan 


“ the year 1838-9 was - - - £.4,960,911 
“ Whilst the Estimates for the year 

“ 1839-40 are - - - - 5,459,374 

“ Showing an excess of - - £.498,463 


n 
na 


More in this year than in the past : 


“ That, with such an apparent increase of 
“ £.636,063 in the Estimates of the Navy and 
Army alone, more in this year than in the past, 
and with so large an excess of expenditure in the 
“ year ended the 5th day of April 1838, it is expe- 
dient, before the House vote any part of the Sup- 
“ plies for either of these Departments, that an 
“ account of the state of the Revenue and Ex- 
“ penditure of the Country, made up as near to this 
“ period as it can be, should be laid on the Table 
of this House, with an explanation of the manner 
“ in which the excess of charge is to be provided,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


n 
wn 


d Expen- 
ture. 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That Thirty- Seamen ana 
four thousand one hundred and sixty-five Men be Marines. 


employed for the Sea Service, for 
months, to the 31st day of March 1840, including 
Nine thousand Royal Marines and Two thousand 
Boys. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Martis, 5° die Martti, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the matters to them referred ; and that he was di- 
rected to move, That the Committee may have leave 
to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


hirteen lunar ° 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supreme Court 


mittee on the Supreme Courts (Scotland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 


| resolve itself into the said Committee. 


(Scotland &gt; Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Prisons Bill. 


reading of the Prisons Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 
The 


L2 











District Prisons 
Bill. 


Borough Watch 
Rates Bill. 


Designs 
Copyright Bill. 


' Designs 
Copyright 
Extension Bill, 


Ways and 
Means. 


Transfer of 
Aids Bill, 


Copyholds’ 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


No. 81, 


Navy.and Army 


Promotions, 


No. 82. 


Soap, 


76 

The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the District Prisons Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


4°—5° 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Borough Watch Rates Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Designs Copyright Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday, the 
13th day of this instant March. 


The Designs Copyright Extension Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday, the 13th day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Transfer of Aids Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed toa Committee 
of the whole House, for this day. 


Mr. James Stewart presented a Bill for the En- 
franchisement of Lands of Copyhold and Customary 
Tenure, and other Lands subject to Manorial Rights: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Tuesday, the 19th 
day of this instant March ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Navy and 
Army Promotions, which was presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 


Martis, 5° die Martii; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 18 39. 


PRAYERS. 


M* Crafer, from the ‘Treasury, was called in, 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—Accounts of the Quantity of Soap made in each 
Town in Great Britain, btitiqeiihing hard from 
soft, from the 5th day of January 1838 to the 5th 


Mari. A. 1839. 


have been compromised, from the 5th day of January 
| 1838 to the 5th day of January 1839. 


Foreign and Colonial Wheat, and of Wheat Flour, 
stated in Quarters, at the rate of 3921bs. of Flour to 
each Quarter, that were imported and taken for 
Consumption in each month from the passing of the 
Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 60 (15 July 1828), to the end of 
the 1st day of February 1839; showing also the 
Quantity remaining in Warehouse at the end of each 
Month, the Monthly Average Price of Wheat, ac- 
cording to the London Gazette, the Average Rate 
| of Duty per Quarter on Foreign and Colonial Wheat 
respectively, and the Amount of Duty received in 
each Month:—Of the Weekly Average Price of 
Wheat, and of the Aggregate Average Prices for 
| Six Weeks, regulating the Duty, as published in the 
| London Gazette; also, of the Rates of Duty on 
| Foreign and Colonial Wheat respectively in each 
| Week from the passing of the Act, 9 Geo. 4, c. 60, 
to the end of the year 1838 :—And of the Quantities 
of Foreign and Colonial Wheat, and of Wheat Flour 
(stated in Quarters at the rate of 392lbs. to the 
Quarter), imported into the United Kingdom in each 
year, from 1828 to 1837; distinguishing the Coun- 
tries from which the same were imported. 





wholly or in part with Foreign Grain, entered in- 
wards at the Ports of London, Hull and Newcastle, 
between the 1st September 1838 and 1st January 
1839; and a similar Return of Foreign Ships for 
the same period :— And then he withdrew. 

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





Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of Fe- Wheat, ana 
| bruary last, for Returns, showing the Quantities of Whe Flow. 


A Return of the Number of British Ships laden Foreign Grain, 


Colonel Rushbrooke presented a Bill for inclosing Moulten 


Lands in the Parish of Moulton, in the County of Icloswe Bill 


Suffolk: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


the Petition forthe Almsworthy Inclosure Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the manor of Almsworthy, 
in the parish of Excford, in the county of Somerset ; 
, And that Mr. Acland and Mr. Sanford do prepare, 
| and bring it in. 





Mr. Greene reported from the Seleet Committee 
| on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
| the Petition for the Wyrley and Essington Canal, 
| and Birmingham Canal Bill, the Standmg Orders 


| 


day of January 1839 :—Of Soap exported, specify- | had been complied with; but it appeared to the 
ing the Port from whence shipped, and the Amount | Committee that the application only came within 
of Drawback paid thereon, from the 5th day of | the third class, it being proved by evidence before 


January 1838 to the 5th day of January 1839 :— 
Of the Quantity of Soap, distinguishing hard from 
soft, and the Amount of all Allowances and Draw- 
backs made to the Manufacturers of Woollens, 
Linens, Silks, and others, from the 5th day of Ja- | 
nuary 1838 to the 5th day of January 1839 :—Of | 
all Soap exported to Ireland, hard and soft, the | 
Port from whence shipped, and the Amount of. 
Drawback paid thereon, from the 5th day of Ja- 
wary 1838 to the 5th day of January 1839 :—Of 
ell Soap imported into Great Britain, hard and 
soft, the Port at which it was imported, and the 
Amount of Duty paid thereon, from the 5th day of 
January 1838 to the 5th day of January 1839 :— 
Of the Names of all Persons convicted of defraud- 
ing the Revenue arising from Soap, the Dates of 
Conviction, the Amount of the several Penalties, 
whether the Person so convicted had been pre- 


viously convicted or fined, or had Penalties com- | 


romised, the Amount Paid to the Seizing Officers 
or each Conviction, and the Names, Dates, and 
the Amount of Penalties paid in all cases which 


them, that the object of the Bill is simply to unite 
the Wyrley and Essington and the Birmingham 
Canal Navigation Companies, without interfering 
with any of the Tolls, Powers or Provisions of either 
Company, and that the agreement between the two 
Companies was not executed until the 9th day of 
February last. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


| Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case 
of the Petition for the Orenbourn and Ramsdean 
Inclosure Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given in a Bill for in- 
closing cettain Open and Common Downs or Sheep- 
walks, within the several tithings of Ozenbourn 
and Ramsdean, in the parish and manor of East- 
meon, in the county of Southampton: And that Mr. 
Hector and Mr. Shaw Lefevre do prepare, and bring 











it in. 
Mr. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Almsworthy 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Iclosure Bill 


Wyrley and 
Essington Canal, 
and Birming- 
ham Canal. 


Oxenbourn 
and Ramsde 
Inclosure Bill. 


























rain. 


Bill. 


y 
Bill. 


id 


anal, 
ng- 


dean 
Bill. 


Basingstoke 
Roads Bill. 


Herefordshire 
and Gloucester- 
shire Canal. 


Southmoltoun 
Roads Bill. 


Birmingham 


Canal, 


Berkeley 


Inclosure Bill. 


Leeds Soke 
Corn Toll Bill, 


* it in, 


Marsh Gibbon 
Inclosure Bill. 


2 VictToriz. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Basingstoke Roads Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing several Roads leading to the towns of 
Basingstoke, Odiham and Alton, in the county of 
Southampton, and for making several Deviations in 
the line of the said Roads: And that Mr. Shaw 
Lefevre and Sir William Heathcote do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of the 
Petition for the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire 
Canal Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as the whole line of Canal extends 
into the counties of Gloucester and Hereford, and no 
advertisement was inserted in any Gloucester news- 
paper; but it appeared to the Committee, that 
though the terms of the Petition were general, and 
applied to the whole line of the Canal, yet that the 
intention was to apply the money to be raised by 
this Act, exclusively to works within the county of 
Hereford; and it further appeared, that to give 
publicity to their intention, the parties had also 
advertized in another Hereford paper, called The 
Hereford and Gloucester Times, twice during the 
month of November, and once during the month 
of December. | 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select | 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Southmolton Roads Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making and repairing several Roads leading to 
and from the town of Southmolton, in the county 
of Devon: And that Sir Thomas Acland and Mr. 
Chichester do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Birmingham Canal Bill, the 


5° Martie. 





Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Berkeley Inclosure Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Berkeley, in 
the county of Gloucester: And that Mr. Grantley 
Berkeley and Mr. Craven Berkeley do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Petition for the Leeds Soke Corn Toll Bill, the ap- 
plication does not come within the Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for discharging the Inhabitants of the manor of 
Leeds, in the township and parish of Leeds, in the 
county of York, from the custom of grinding Corn, 
Grain and Malt at certain Water Corn-mills in the 
said manor, and for making Compensation to the 
Proprietor of the said Mills: And that Mr. Baines | 
and Sir George Strickland do prepare, and bring 





Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee | 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of | 
the Petition for the Marsh Gibbon Inclosure Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the parish of Marsh Gibbon, 
in the county of Buckingham: And that Sir Thomas ' 
Fremantle and Sir Harry Verney do »repare, and 
bring it in. 

Vor. 94. 





77 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Fretherne and 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case — Inclosure 
of the Petition for the Fretherne and Saul Inclo- 

7 Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with, 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the parishes of Fretherne and 
Saul, in the county of Gloucester: And that Mr. 

Grantley Berkeley and Mr. Craven Berkeley do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Totley or 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of aoa 
the Petition for the Totley or Dronfield Inclosure ““°°"* ~~ 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the manor of Totley, in the 
parish of Dronfield, in the county of Derby: And 
that Mr. George Cavendish and Mr. William Evans 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Leeds and 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of ary 
the Petition forthe Leeds and Harewood Road Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing and maintaining the Road from Leeds 
through Harewood to the south west corner of the 
Inclosures of Harrogate, in the West Riding of 


| the county of York: And that Mr. Lascelles and 


Sir George Strickland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Norwich 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of !mprovement. 
the Petition for the Norwich Improvement Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Aberford, &amp;. 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Small Debts 
the Petition for the Aberford, &amp;c. Small Debts Bill, —_ 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small 
Debts within the town of Aberford and other Pires, 
in the West Riding of the county of York, and 
Ainsty of the city of York: And that Sir George 
Strickland and Mr. Lascelles do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Norwich 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Tonnage. 
the Petition for the Norwich Tonnage Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- pristot ana 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Gloucestershire 
case of the Petition for the Bristol and Gloucester- Railway Bill, 
shire Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for altering and extending the line of the Bristol 
and Gloucestershire Railway, and for amending the 
Acts relating thereto: And that Mr. Philip Miles 
and Mr. Henry Hope do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Manchester 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Improvement 
case of the Petition for the Manchester Improve- ¥#- 


‘ment Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 


with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for effecting Improvements in the Streets and other 
places within and contiguous to the town of Man- 
chester: And that Mr. Poulett Thomson and Mr. 
Mark Philips do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com-~ Over Darwen 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Gas Bill. 
L3 case 








Great Milton 
Inclosure Bill. 


Croydon, 
Merstham, 
and Godstone 
Tron Railway 
Company Bill. 


Stafford’s 
Patent. 


Rhymney 
Tron Company 
(Bedwelty 
Church.) 


Hatfield (York) 


Small Debts. 


New Cross 


78 


case of the Petition for the Over Darwen Gas Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better lighting with Gas the village of Over 
Darwen, in the county palatine of Lancaster: And 
that Mr. Duckworth, Lord Stanley and Mr. William 
Feilden do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Great Milton Inclosure 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the township of Great Milton, 
in the county of oa : And that Lord Norreys, 
Mr. Wolstenholme Parker and Mr. Harcourt do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Croydon, Merstham and 
Godstone Iron Railway Company Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for dissolving the Croydon, Merstham and Godstone 
Iron Railway Company: And that Captain Alsager 
and Mr. Kemble do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for leave to present a Petition for 
Stafford’s Patent Bill, the Committee recommend 
that leave should be given to present the Petition for 
a Bill on or before the 8th day of this instant March. 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Peti- 
tion, as desired. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Rhymney Iron Company 
( Bedwelty Church) Bill, the Standing Orders had not 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in thecase 
of the Petition for the Hatfield (York) Small Debts 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 


TurnpikeRoads mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 


Bill. 


Clitheroe, 


Biackburn, &amp;c., 


Roads Bill. 


Witham 


Drainage Bill. 


case of the Petition for the New Cross Turnpike 
Roads Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
regulate the distance at which a second Toll shall 
become payable at the Gates and Bars upon the 
Roads of the New Cross Turnpike Trust in the 
counties of Kent and Surrey, after a first Toll has 
been paid thereon: And that Sir Edmund Filmer 
and Mr. Law Hodges do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Clitheroe, Blackburn, 
&amp;c., Roads Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
pled with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing, improving and maintaining the Road 
from Clitheroe through Whalley to Blackburn and 
Mellor Brook, in the county palatine of Lancaster, 
and for making a new piece of Road to communi- 
cate therewith: And that Mr. Wilson Patten and 
Lord Stanley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Witham Drainage Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 


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A, 1839. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bili to 
enable the General Commissioners for Drainage by 
the River Witham, in the county of Lincoln, to sue 
and be sued in the Name or Names of any one of 
the said Commissioners, or of their Clerk or Clerks 
for the time being: And that Mr, Handley and Mr. 
Christopher do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Bury, Haslingden, &amp;c., 
Roads Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
repairing, improving and maintaining the Roads 
from Bury through Haslingden, to Blackburn and 
Whalley, and other Roads communicating therewith, 
in the county palatine of Lancaster: And that Mr. 
Wilson Patten and Lord Stanley do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Rishworth Reservoirs 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making and maintaining certain Reservoirs in 
the township of Rishworth, in the parish of Halifax, 
in the West Riding of the county of York: And 
that Lord Viscount Morpeth and Sir George Strick- 
land do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Halifar, Huddersfield 
and Bradford Small Debts Bill, the Standing Or- 
ders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small 
Debts within the parishes of Halifax, Bradford, 
Kighley, Bingley, Guiseley, Calverley, Batley, 
Birstal, Mirfield, Hartishead-cum-Clifton, Almond- 
bury, Kirkheaton, Kirkburton and Huddersfield, 
and the lordship or iiberty of Tong, i the county 
of York: And that Mr. Charles Wood and Mr. 
Protheroe do prepare, and bring it in. 


_ The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Manchester and Leeds Rail- 
way Bill, which was yesterday made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private 
Bills, might be read; and the same being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for extending and for altering the line of the Man- 
chester and Leeds Railway, and for making Branches 
therefrom, and for amending the Acts relating 
thereto: And that Lord Stanley and Mr. Mark 
Philips do prepare, and bring it in. 


Petitions from the county of Somerset ;—Berks ;-- 
county of Lancaster ;— Langport ;—Stourport and 
Areley Kings ;— Wilts ;—county of Leicester (Chair- 
man of Quarter Sessions) ;— Vorthumberland (Chair- 
man of Quarter Sessions) ;—county of Hertford ;— 
Bath ;—county of Southampton ;—county of Wor- 
cester ;—Lathe of Aylegord ;— Northwich ; — and, 
Preston ; praying for the amendment of the Sale of 
Beer Act,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


ing that the said Act may not be repealed, was also 
oegage, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Caville-cum-Portington ;— Thorpe; 
—Cotness ;-- Yokefleet ;— Barmby Marsh ;— Assel- 
by ;— Balkholme ;— Kilpin ;— Laxton; — Metham ; 
—Krnedlington;—Princethorpe;—Clifton;— Which- 
ford and Ascote ;— Ryton-upon-Dunsmore ; — Bal- 
(sall; — Wasperton ; — Budbrooke ; — Stretton-on- 
Dunsmore ;— 





Bury, Hasling. 
den, &amp;c., Roads 
Bill. 


Rishworth 


Reservoirs Bill, 


Halifax, Hud- 
dersfield aud 


Bradford Small 


Debts Bill, 


Manchester 
and Leeds 
Railway Bill. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Huddersfield, pray- . 


Corn Laws- 


g- 
ads 


ill, 


all 


Church 


Establishment 
(Canada.) 


Church Rates, , 


Copyright Bill, 


Maynooth 
College. 


Criminal Laws. 


Lunatics, 


Church of 


Scotland, 





2 Vicroriz. 


Dunsmore ;—Leamington Priors ; — Westerdale ;— 
Newton Kyme ;—Hovingham ;—Brompton (York) ; 
—North Kilvington ; — Danby ;— Commondale ;— 
Easington ;—Glimsford, Stanstead and Boxtead ;— 
Mildin and other places ;—Melford and Alpheaton ; 
—Great Waldinfield and Acton ;—Bures, Nayland, 
and other places ;—Somerton, Hartest and Lawshall; 
— Newton ;— Great Cornard and Little Cornard ; 
—Shempling and Cockfield ; — Ilkingham ;—Clare, 
Chilton, and other places ;— West Suffolk ;— Edling- 
ton ;—Cavendish;—Clelsworth, Kersey and Rindsly; 
— Boxford and other places ;—Sudbury ;—Norfolk 
(Western Division) ;-—-Castle Acre ;—Little Ouse- 
burn ;—Kirby Hall and other places ;—East Pech- 
ham ;—North Wexford Agricultural Association ;— 
Downham Market;—East Keedham ;—Rudham ;— 
East Dereham; — Willoughby ; — Taunton Saint 
James, Wilton, Bishopshill and other places ;— Rath- 
heale ; — Swanton Morley, Worthing and other 
laces ;— Chudleigh ;—Haltham and Roughton ;— 
ragby ;—Northfield ;—and, Semer, Whatfield and 
other places; praying that the Corn Laws may not 
be repealed,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Carnarvon ; — Dumfermline ;— 
Stirling (Deacon) ;—Stirling (Convener of Trades) ; 
—and, Dundee; praying for the repeal of the Corn 
Laws,—were also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tardebigg ;—and, Redditch, pray- 
ing the House to take into consideration the present 
state of the Ecclesiastical Establishment in the 
Canadas,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Haverfordwest, pray- 
ing the House to take into consideration the case of 
David Jones, late Churchwarden of Llanon, in the 
county of Carmarthen, relative to proceedings taken 
against him by the Vicar of that parish, in conse- 
quence of his omitting to provide bread and wine 
for the Sacrament, a Church Rate having been re- 
fused by the parish, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Compositors and others in the em- 
ploy of Messrs. Balnes, 38, Gracechurch-street, in 
the city of London, praying that the Copyright Bill 
— not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from East Dereham ;—Archdeaconry of 
Colchester ; — Great Yeldham and other places ;— 
and, Wethersfield; praying that an inquiry may be 
made into the studies and discipline of Maynooth 
College, and that all further Grants of Public 
Money may be withheld from the said College, until 
the result of such inquiry be known,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tring ;—Saint Albans ;—Rick- 
mansworth ; —Hemel Hempstead ;— and, Watford ; 
praying for the abolition of the punishment of Death 
except in cases of Murder,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Churchwardens, Overseers and 
Parochial Committee-men of Saint Luke in the pa- 
rish of Chelsea, praying the House to cause an inquiry 
to be made into the nature of the protection given 
to the Idiots and Lunatics, and of those placed as 
Lunatics, inthe Union workhouses under the authority 
of the guardians of the KensingtonUnion, those build- 
ings not being under the control or surveillance of 
the Metropolitan Commissioners of Lunacy, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dolphinton ; — Saint Leonard's, 
Perth (Preses) ;—Provincial Synod of Lothian and 
7) (Moderator) ; — Lismore and Appin ;— 

Tou. 94, 


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79 


Kilbride ;—and, Liberton ; praying the House to 
adopt measures for relieving the religious destitution 
which prevails in Scotland, by extending the effici- 
ency of the Established Church,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Folkington, praying Education. 
the House not to sanction any system of National “~y 
Education not founded on the principles of the 
Established Church, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bridgewater pray- Bridgewater 
ing that Dissenters may be prevented from h&lt;Iding Charity School. 
the office of trustee of the Bridgewater Charity 
School, or any other schools and other Church of 
England Charities, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Andrew White presented a Bill for more effec- Wearmouth and 
tually repairing and improving the Road from Wear- Tyne Bridge 
mouth Bridge to Tyne Bridge, with a Branch from ®°*4 Bil. 
the said Road to the Town of South Shields, all in 
the County of Durham: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time, 


A Petition of the High Sheriff of the County ofrithes 
Meath, Chairman; and Robert Mullen, Secretary of (Ireland.) 
a Meeting, of Noblemen, Freeholders, and Inhabit- 
ants of the county of Meath, praying for the aboli- 
tion of Tithes in Jreland, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Luke White have leave of ab- a of 
sence for a month, on urgent business ;—and, Sir “’**"°* 
James Colquhoun a month, on urgent business. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Navy. 
That with due consideration for the exigencies of 
the State, it is important to the interest and the 
honour of the country, that all Her Majesty’s Ships 
in commission shall have such a complement of men 
as will render them efficient to every a ; 
and that an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased 
to enlarge the powers of the Naval and Military 
Commission now sitting, so as to embrace the subject 
of Pensions, and every other subject which they 
think beneficial to the public service :—It passed in 
the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Turnpike 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed, to Trusts. 
consider the most effectual means of securing to the 
Creditors of Turnpike Trusts the sum of nearly Eight 
millions, advanced by them on the security of Tolls; 
and also, to consider the best means of consolidating 
the Turnpike Trusts throughout Great Britain :— 

And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Registration 
for the better Registration of Voters in Ireland : 7 eins) on 
And that Mr. William Smith O’ Brien, Sir Denham . ’ 
Jephson Norreys and Mr. Wyse do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Polls at Elec- 
regulate Polls at Elections in freland: And that oy (Ireland) 
Mr. William Smith O’Brien, Sir Denham Jephson™** 
Norreys and Mr. Wyse do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Worthing, Licensed 
praying that they may be relieved from the respon- Victuallers. 
sibility which they are at present under, to make 
restitution for articles of value, which guests may 
bring to their respective inns, except in cases where 
the value of such articles shall not exceed Ten 
Pounds, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Innkeepers. 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the more 


effectual Protection of Innkeepers ; 
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Slito Port. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Sale of Beer 
Bill. 


Waterford 
Fever Hospital 
Bill. 


Bankrupts 
(Ireland) Bill. 


British 
Hardware and 
Cutlery. 


80 : 5°-—6° Martiz. 


The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas Mt Darbye } 20 
Tellers for the Noes yori pum Ph. : lipe: t 
So it passed in the Negative. 


156 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
that She will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions that there be laid before this House, Copies 
or Extracts of any Despatches, Communications 
and Correspondence that have passed between the 
British Mission at Stockholm and Her Majesty’s 
Minister for Foreign Affairs, during the years 1837 
and 1838, relative to the Port of Slito, in the island 
of Gottland ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

rf Mr. Milner Gibson, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Senta Meili, hus. 


i Lord Seymour, 
Tellers for the N oes,| Mr. Robert Steuart: 


} 40. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Petitions from Culcheth ;—Manchester (two Pe- 
titions) ;—Vewton ;—and, Pennington, Bedford, and 
other places (Chairman of the Board of Guardians) ; 
praying for the repeal of the Sale of Beer Act,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Southampton ;—Lancaster ;—and, 
New Windsor ; praymg that the said Act may not 
be repealed,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Licensed Retailers of Ale and Beer, 
Residents of the borough of Mew Windsor and its 
vicinity, praying the House not to permit any altera- 
tion in the laws relating to the sale of Beer mjurious 
to the Petitioners, but that the same may be revised, 
and a law passed alike affecting all dealers in that 
essential beverage, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter and amend the Laws relating to the Sale of 
Beer: And that Mr. Pakington, Lord Francis Eger- 
ton, and Mr. Sanford do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 and 7 
Will. 4, c. 116, to consolidate and amend the Laws 
relating to the Presentment of Public Money by 
Grand Juries in Jreland, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the said Act, so far as to authorize the 
Grand Jury of the county of Waterford to present 
in aid of a Fever Hospital in the county of the city 
of Waterford: And that Mr. Villiers Stuart and 
Mr. Wyse do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 and 7 
Will. 4, c.14, to amend the Laws relating to Bank- 
rupts in Jreland, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the said Act: And that Mr. Beamish and 
Mr. Serjeant Jackson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Duties levied, and Pro- 
hibitions imposed, on British Hardware and Cutlery, 
by the Taritis uf France, Belgium, Russia, Prussia, 
Denmark, Sweden, Spain and Portugal, and any 
change which has taken place in the said Tariffs 
since 1815. 











A. 1839. 


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


A Motion was made, and the Question being ~ Canada. 


5 


—_ That an humble Address be presented to 
er Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Despatches and Correspondence which 
passed between Sir Francis Head, as Lieutenant- 
Governor of Upper Canada, and the Colonial Office, 
and Her Majesty’s Ministers, during the time he 
held that office ; 


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


Martis, 6° die Martii, 1839: 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ Copies” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ or Extracts of Despatches from Sir I. B. Head, 
** on the subject of Canada, with Copies or Extracts 
“ of the Answers from the Secretary of State,” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
pep to be left out stand part of the Question :— 

t passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ or Extracts of Despatches from Sir F’. B. Head, 
* on the subject of Canada, with Copies or Extracts 
“ of the Answers from the Secretary of State,”’ be 
added instead thereof :—It was resolved in the Affir- 
mative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of Despatches from Sir 
F. B. Head, on the subject of Canada, with Copies 
or Extracts of the Answers from the Secretary of 
State. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Sheriffs’, &amp;c., 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Fees. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, by the Judges of the Courts of 
Law in Westminster Hall, of the Fees which have 
been ordered by them, or either of them, to be taken 
by the Sheriffs, Under Sheriffs, Deputy Sheriffs, 
Agents, Bailiffs or other Officers of Sheriffs in Eng- 
land and Wales, setting forth the authority under 
which the said Fees have been imposed. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Sanford be discharged from petitions for 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on Private Bills. 


Petitions for Private Bills. 
Ordered, That Mr. Packe be added to the Com- 
mittee. 


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


authorize the immediate distribution of a portion of 
the Fund applicable to the relief of Persons entitled 
to certain Arrears of Tithe Compositions, under an 
Act of the last Session of Parliament, intituled, 
“ An Act to abolish Compositions for Tithes in 
Treland, and to substitute Rent-charges in lieu 
thereof: And that Lord Viscount Morpeth and 
Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Transfer of 
into a Committee upon the Transfer of Aids Bill ; 4'4 Bill, 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 


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resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order for reading a second time this day, the 


Spirit Licenses : 
(Scotland) Bill. Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 13th day of this instant 
arch. 


Bankrupts — Mr. Beamish presented a Bill to amend an Act 
(Ireland) Bill. oF the sixth and seventh year of his late Majesty 
No. 84. King William the Fourth, for amending the Late 
relating to Bankrupts in Ireland: And the same 

was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 

second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Waterford 
Fever Hospital 
Bill. 


No. 85. 


Mr. Villiers Stuart presented a Bill to amend an 
Act passed in the sixth and seventh years of the 
reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, 
intituled, “ An Act to consolidate and amend the 
Laws relating to the Presentment of Public Money 
by Grand Juries in Ireland,” so as to enable the 
Grand Jury of the County of Waterford to make 
Presentments for the support of the Fever Hospital 
for such County, although situate in the County of 
the City of Waterford: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time; 
and to be printed. 


Prisons 


ticlend.) Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to the direc- 
reianad, 


tions of an Act of Parliament,—Seventeenth Report 
of the Inspectors General, on the General State of 
Prisons in Jreland. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of J uly 
1837,—A Return of the Number of Churches which 
have been erected by voluntary contributions, re- 
cognized as necessary by the General Assembly, 
and whose Ministers have been admitted into Church 
Courts by the recent Act of Assembly :—Of the 
Number of Seats in every such Church, specifying 
the Amount of the Seat Rents annually collected ; 
distinguishing each Number paid for, from the lowest 
to the highest rate, and whether any, and how many 
Seats are occupied Rent-free ; and specifying the 
Amount of Stipend annually paid to the Ministers of 
every such Church, and the sources from which 
such Stipend has been derived; also, the Amount 
which has been annually devoted to the support of 
the Poor from the Collections at the Doors oF every 
such Place of Worship; together with an Abstract 
of the said Return. 

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


Church 
Accommodation 
(Scotiand.) 


British 
Museum. 


No. 86. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Bri- 
tish Museum, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Tables relative to Criminal 
Offenders (Scotland) for the year 1838, which were 
presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Copy of Appendix (B.) to the 
Report on the Affairs of British North America, 
No. 3.111. from the Earl of Durham, which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways 
(Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Criminal 
Offenders 
(Scotland.) 


No. 87. 


British North 
America, 


Railways 
(Ireland.) 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 


Vor. 94, 


Martii. 81 


Mercurii, 6° die Martii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839, 


PRAYERS. 


ORP E RED, That the Third and Fourth Divi- Petitions for 
sions of the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 
Private Bills have leave to sit this day till five of the 

clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Craven Berkeley presented a Bill for inclosing Berkeley 
Lands in the Parish of Berkeley, in the County of Inclosure Bill. 
Gloucester: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Craven Berkeley presented a Bill for inclosing Fretherne and 
Lands in the Parishes of Fretherne and Saul, in $au! Inclosure 
the County of Gloucester: And the same was read _ 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


The London and Birmingham Railway Bill was London and 
read a second time ; and committed. Birmingham 
Railway Bill. 

The Rugby and Warwick Road Bill was read a Rugby and 
second time ; and committed. oe Road 

Mr. Baines presented a Bill for discharging the Leeds Soke 
Inhabitants of the Manor of Leeds, in the Town- Cor Toll Bill. 
ship and Parish of Leeds, in the County of York, 
from the custom of grinding Corn, Grain and Malt, 
at certain Water Corn-mills in the said Manor, and 
for making Compensation to the Proprietor of the 
\said Mills: And the same was read the first time ; 


\and ordered to be read a second time. 








Mr. Mark Philips presented a Bill for effecting Manchester 
Improvements in the Streets and other Places [provement 
within and contiguous to the Town of Manchester: ~' 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


The Rochdale Waterworks Bill was read a second Rochdale 
time ; and committed. ae 

The Preston Gas Bill was read a second time ; Preston Gas 
and committed. Bill. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Barton _ 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That closure Bill 
in the case of the Petition for the Barton Inclosure 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the parish of Barton, in the 
county of Cambridge : re that Mr. Townley and 
Mr. Yorke do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Comberton 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Mc!osure Bill. 
the case of the Petition for the Comberton Inclo- 
sure Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the parish of Comberton, in 
the county of Cambridge: And that Mr. Townley 
and Mr. Yorke do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Rampton _ 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in "closure Bill. 
the case of the Petition for the Rampton Inclosure 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the parish of Rampton, in 
the county of Cambridge: And that Mr. Townley 
and Mr. Eaton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Preston and 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Wyre Railway 
the case of the Petition for the Preston and Wyre "9 pro" 
Railway and Harbour, and Preston and Wyre Dock Wyre Dock 

Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. B!. 
M 


Ordered, 











Cheltenham 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Warrington 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Anti Dry-Rot 
Company. 


Belper Small 
Debts Bill. 


Wirksworth 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Kayser’s 


Nat. Bill. 


Goole and 
Thorae Road. 


Liverpool 
Buildings, 


Liverpool 
_ Churches. 





82 6° Martin. — A. 18389. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the several Acts relating to the Preston 
and Wyre Railway and Harbour Company, and the 
Preston and Wyre Dock Company, and to consoli- 
date the said Companies: And that Sir Hesketh 
Fleetwood and Mr. Wilson Patten do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Cheltenham Water- 
works Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Cheltenham Waterworks Company 
to enlarge and extend their Works, and for amending 
the Act relating thereto: And that Mr. Craven Berke- 
ley and Mr. Codrington do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Warrington Small 
Debts Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small 
Debts within the town of Warrington, and other 
places adjacent thereto, in the counties of Lancaster 
and Chester: And that Mr. Blackburn and Mr. 
Wilson Patten do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Anti-dry Rot Com- 
pany Bill, the Standing Orders had not been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Belper Small Debts Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


The Wirksworth Small Debts Bill was read a 


second time; and committed. 


Kayser’s Naturalization Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


Petitions from William Godfrey and William 
Naking, Owners and Occupiers of land on the 
line of the Goole and Thorne Turnpike-road ;— 
Charles Darley, an Owner of land in the township 
of Thorne ;—Richard Middlebrooke, an Owner of 
land in the parish of Thorne, and the Overseer of 
the public Sees for the Thorne district, in the 
West Riding of the county of York, in or over 
which the Turnpike-road from Goole to Thorne is 
proposed to be carried ;—Occupiers of lands in 
the parish of Thorne ;—and, Occupiers of lands 
under the Dean and Chapter of Durham near 
Thorne, in the parish of Fishlake, in the said West 
Riding ; complaining that the Standing Orders of 
the House in respect to the application for the 
Goole and Thorne Road Bill, had not been com- 
plied with, and praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their agents and witnesses against the 
same,—were presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That. in 
the case of the Petition for the Liverpool Buildings 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Liverpool Churches 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Liverpool Cour 


ips 2 ; llom 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in f Requests. food] 


the case of the Petition for the Liverpool Court of 
Requests Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- Com I 
plied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Birmingham 

Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 2%4 Gloucester 
the case of the Petition for the Birmingham and “'™*™ 
Gloucester Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had 
not been complied with, so far as the application 
related to a proposed extension line of Raileny, 
from the Passengers’ Depot of Gloucester to the 
Berkeley Canal; but it appeared to the Committee, 
that whilst a junction with the Berkeley Canal was 
a part of the original design of the Company, yet 
that from circumstances beyond their control, they 
were not in a situation before the latter end of last 
year to carry the design into effect; that the proposed 
line is a mile in length only, and that previous to 
the presentation of the Petition, all the Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers upon the line were applied 
to and have assented to the measure; and also, 
that the Plan, Section and Book of Reference, List 
of Owners, Lessees and Occupiers, Estimate and 
undertaking to complete the Works, were deposited 
in the Private Bill Office. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. Educ 


Sir George Strickland presented a Bill for making Rishworth 
and maintaining certain Reservoirs in the Township Reservoirs Bil. 
of Rishworth, in the Parish of Halifax, in the 
West Riding of the County of York: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 
Higl 
The House was moved, That the Report in respect Hatfield (York) ; 
of the Petition for the Hatfield (York) Small Debts Small Debts 
Bill, which was yesterday made from the Select Bil. 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more speedy recovery of Small Debts within 
the manor of Hatfield, and other places in the West a 
Riding of the county of York: And that Sir George 
Strickland and Lord Viscount Morpeth do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Norwich 
of the Petition for the Norwich Improvement Bill, Improvement Sm 
which was yesterday made from the Select Com- ®! 
mittee on Poidcne for Private Bills, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for paving, lighting and improving the City of Vor- 
wich, and County of the said City: And that the 
Marquis of Douro and Mr. Benjamin Smith do pre- D 
pare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Birmingham 
of the Petition for the Birmingham Canal Bill, Canal Bill. 
which was yesterday made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Company of Proprietors of the 
Birmingham Canal Navigations to make a new Cut, 
and for extending and altering some of the pro- 
visions of their present Act: And that Lord Viscount 
Ingestre and Sir Eardley Wilmot do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


[hood aml 


Sir Eardley Wilmot presented a Bill to enable the Witham 
General Commissioners for Drainage by the River Drainace Bill, 
Witham, in the County of Lincoln, to sue and be 
sued in the Name or Names of any One of the said 
Commissioners, or of their Clerk or Clerks for the 
time being: And the same was read the first time ; ’ 
and ordered to be read a second time. = 
e 





ourt 


ster 


ill, 


atk) 


Cullompton 
Road Bill. 


Corn Laws, 


Education. 


os 


Highways Bill. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Small Debts, 


Deptford 
Dock Yard. 


London and 
Birmingham 
Railway Bill, 


Tin. 


2 Vicroriz. 


The Culiompton Road Bill was read a second 
time, and committed. 


Petitions from Cadbury ;— Chawleigh ;—Plym- 
tree; — Halberton ;— Bradninch; — Culmstock ;— 
Uffculme ; — Kentisbeare ;— Sampford Peverell ; — 
Brushford ;—Silverton;— Netherexe;— Awliscombe ; 
—Washfield ; — Dunkeswell ; — Morebath; — East 
Worlington ;— West Worlington ;—Cheldon ;—Feni- 
ton ;— Bucherell . peste. ;— Tallaton ;—Shel- 
don ;—Cullompton ;—Church Over ;— Little Law- 


ford ;—Willoughby ;— King’s Newnham ; — Foles- 


hill ,—Lower Shuckburgh ;-- Newton and Biggin ;— 
Thurlaston ; — Newbold-upon-Avon ; — Edgbaston ; 
—Dunchurch ; — Bilton ;— Bourton-on-Dunsmore ; 
— King’s Lynn ;-—Church Lawford ;—Worfield ;— 
Sutton and Bolsover ;—Barlbrough and Clown ;— 
Chesterfield ;—Ardsley ; — Hildersham ; —- Members 
of the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Farmer’s As- 
sociation ;— Wombwell ;-—Otterton;—Barton Stacey 
and Chilbolton ;—Curry Rivel;—Stogursey ;—and, 
Thurso; praying that the Corn Laws may not be 
repealed,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the Island of South 
Ronaldshay, praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leeds ;—Claverley ; — Wellington 
(Somerset); — Halse and Fitzhead;—and, Meole 
Brace; praying the House not to sanction any plan 
of National Education which shall not inculcate the 
doctrines, and harmonize with the discipline of the 
Established Church,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Warburton ;— Lymm (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Crouchley-lane ;——- Oughtrington ; — Lymm 
Booths ; — Foxley-lane ;— Heatley and Broom ;— 
and, Bury, Lancaster (Chairman of a Meeting); 
praying that the Highways Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Buckingham (Chairman of the 
Quarter Sessions) ; — Stoke-upon-Trent, and other 
places ;—and, Hanley and Shelton; praying for the 
repeal of the Sale of Beer Act,—-were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kingsbridge and 
Dodbrooke, praying the House to pass a general 
measure to facilitate and improve the present very 
inefficient and expensive means of recovering Small 
Debts, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Parishioners of Saint Paul, Deptford; praying 
that they may be relieved from the grievous burthen 
of paying Government land tax, and keeping Go- 
vernment poor, without possessing the equitable 
perer of assessing Government and National esta- 
lishments as they do parish property, was pre- 
sented, and read; and i ae 5 to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of John Robins, of London Wall, 
Common Carrier; praying that he may be heard, 
by his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
London and Birmingham Railway Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. , 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
— of all Foreign Tin and Tin Ore imported 
OL. 94. 


6° Martiz. 


83 


into the United Kingdom, in each quarter of the 
last Three years ending the 5th day of January 
1839; distinguishing from what Countries imported : 
—-Of the Quantities of all Foreign Tin, and Tin 
Ore, taken out of the warehouses for Consumption 
in the United Kingdom, in each month of the Three 
years ending the 5th day of January 1837, 1838 
and 1839; with the rates of Duty payable thereon : 
——Of the Quantities of all Foreign Tin, and Tin Ore, 
taken out of the warehouses for Exportation from 
the United Kingdom, in each month of the Three 
years ending the 5th day of January 1837, 1838 
and 1839; distinguishing the Countries to which 
exported :—And, of the Quantity of British Tin ex- 
ported from the United Kingdom in each quarter of 
the Three years ending the 5th day of January 1837, 
1838 and 1839; distinguishing the Ports from 
which the same was shipped, and the Countries 
whereto the exportations were made. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Zinc and 
Returns stating the Quantities of Foreign Zinc, Calamine. 
and of Calamine, imported into the United King- 
dom in each year, ae 1834 to 1838 inclusive ; 
distinguishing the Countries from which the same 
were imported :—Of Foreign Zinc exported from 
the United Kingdom in each year from 1834 to 
1838 inclusive ; distinguishing the Countries whereto 
the same was exported :—And, of Zinc, the pro- 
duce of the United Kingdom, exported in each 
year from 1834 to 1838 inclusive; distinguishing 
the Countries to which the same was exported. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Saint Thomas Poor Law 
Union, in the county of Devon, praying for an Amendment 
alteration of so much of the Poor Law Amendment 4“ 

Act as relates to the Law of Settlement, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Friends of religion, good order Lord’s Day 
and temperance in the borough of Lancaster, 








praying the House to pass a law for prohibiting the 
sale of intoxicating liquors on the Lord’s Tos, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Morgan Vane, of Carlton Stattord’s 
Chambers, Regent-street, in the parish of Saing Patent. 
James, Westminster, Solicitor oak Parliamentary 
Agent for Daniel Stafford and his assignees, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to incorporate a Company to 
work out a Patent granted to the said Daniel Staf- 
ford for certain Improvements on Carriages, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Erie ;—Rendall ;—and, Halkirk ; Church of 
praying the House to adopt measures for relieving ine 
the religious destitution which prevails in Scotland, 
by extending the efficiency of the Established 
Church,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Norwich 
of the Petition for the Vorwich Tonnage Bill, which Tose Bil. 
was yesterday made from the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring im a Bill 
to repeal so much of an Act passed in the twelfth 
year of the reign of his Majesty King George the 
First, for repairmg the Walls, Gates and Public 
Works, in the City of Norwich, and several Bridges 
in and near the said City, and for amending the 
Roads therein mentioned, as relates to the levying 
of the Tolls and Duties thereby directed to be levied 
and paid: And that the Marquis of Dowro and Mr. 

Bagge do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Theatrical 





to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased En'esinments. 
M 2 to 








Highways Bill, 


84. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Correspondence that has 
passed between the Lord Chamberlain’s Office and 
the Lessee of Drury Lane Theatre, from Monday 
last to the present time. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Highways Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
te proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

hair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That,” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“‘ this House will, upon this day six months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,’ instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Barneby, 

Yeas, Mr. Bethell: 
Tellers for thef Sir George Strickland, 
Noes, L Mr. John Fielden : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crausss, N° 1 to No 4, agreed to. 

Crauses, No 5 and N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 7, disagreed to. 

Crauses, N° 8 to N° 13, postponed. 

Cravuse N° 14, (Highways in unions, &amp;c., placed 
under Board of Guardians) read. 

Question That the Chairman do report Progress, 
and ask leave to sit again put, and Negatived, 

Amendment proposed, Pr. 5. 1. 16. To leave 
out the following words: “ Being placed under the 


“* superintendence and management of: a competent 
“ board.” 


Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out, stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Barneby, 

Yeas, \ Lord Eliot: ; 
Tellers for the { Sir George Strickland, 44 
Noes, Mr. Tatton Egerton: ; any 

Another Amendment proposed, |. 18., to leave 
out the following words: “ Whenever the Poor 
“* Law Commissioners for England and Wales shall 
“ have formed, orshall form, any number of parishes 
‘“‘ into a union for the administration of the laws 
“ for the relief of the Poor, or shall have placed, 
“ or shall place, any single parish under the orders 
“ and regulations of the said Commissioners.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out, stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 1 

n 7 . Mr. Barneby, 

Tellers for the Yeas, | Mr. Shaw &gt; a? f 86. 
f Mr. Tatton Egerton, } 40 
"| Mr. Robert Palmer : ‘ 


To report progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


}i96. 
\os. 








63. 


Tellers for the Noes 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fresh- 
field reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill ; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 





6°—7° Marti. 





A. 1839. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 20th day of this instant March, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
15th day of this instant March, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Double and 
reading of the Double and Treble Costs Bill; Zeetle Come 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Borough Couns 
reading of the Borough Courts Bill ; Bu. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
npon Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That Thirty- Seamen and 
four thousand one hundred and sixty-five Men be Marines. 
employed for the Sea Service, for Thirteen lunar 
months, to the 31st day of March 1840, includin 
Nine thousand Royal Marines and Two dona 
Boys. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit-again. 





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


Jovis,*7° die Martii, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matters to them referred; and that he was 
| directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 

mittee of Ways and Means; ae, 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Transfer of Aids Bill; Transfer of 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. an 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, C 
with a view to consider and report to this House, © 
what steps it is advisable to take with respect to 
the present state of the Caledonian Canal :—And 
a Committee was appointed of Mr. Robert Steuart, 
Mr. Francis William Grant, Mr. Hastie, Mr. Hope 
Johnstone, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Chalmers, Lord 
Viscount Sandon, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Philip Miles, 
Mr. Divett, Mr. Alderman Thompson, Mr. Den- 
nistoun, Mr. Dunbar, Mr. Hutton and Mr. William 
Williams; with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Annual Reports of the Com- 
missioners, together with the Report of Mr. Walker, 
to the Board of Treasury, on the subject of the said 
Canal, which was presented upon the 2d day of 
July, in the last Session of Parliament, be referred 
to the Committee. 


aledonian 
anal. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Accidents in 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Mites 

te give directions, that there be laid before this 

House, Returns of the Coroners’ Inquests held on the 





bodies of Persons killed during the last Five years, 
im 


5 





85 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Hartishead 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of d etna | 
the Petition for the Hartishead or Dewsbury Inclo-“"°°™® *" 
sure Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


2 Vicroriz. 6°—7° Maritiz. 


in the Coal Pits, Lead and other Mines, of the coun- | 
ties of Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmorland, 

Durham, York, Lancaster, Derby and Stafford; dis- 

tin a the Age and Sex of the Persons killed, 

and the Verdicts returned. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
= — Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 

uncil. 


) Bill, 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select’ Committee Liverpool 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of an 
the Petition for the Liverpool Pilotage (No. 1.) Bill, (He. 3.) 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


nd Soap. 
sts No. 89. 
Wheat, and 
Wheat Flour. 
No. 90. 


Foreign Grain. 
No, 90. 


Prisons 
(Ireland.) 


No. 91. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Soap, 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to Wheat, 
and Wheat Flour, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. | 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign 
Grain, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 

Ordered, That the 17th Report of the Inspectors 
General of Prisons in Jreland, which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Tamworth and 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case Ashby-de-la- 
of the Petition for the Tamworth and Ashby-de-la- 2° ®o=4- 
Zouch Road Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Jourts 


Mr. Greene reported from tlie Select Committee Saint Leonard’s 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of "4 ~— 
the Petition for the Saint Leonard’s and Sedles- °™** **4 
combe Road Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do iie upon the Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Thursday morning, 


" adjourned till this day. 





Jovis, 7° die Martii; 


Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1839. Mr. Greene ae from the Select Committee Liverpool 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Docks. 


Cominittees, 


No. 92. 


Government 


PRAYERS. 


M® Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
caused to be prepared Sessional Lists of 


— to serve on Committees upon Private 
ills. 


Ordered, That the said Lists be printed. 


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the 


the Petition for the Liverpool Docks Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch 
as the Section was not deposited with the Clerk 
of the Peace for the county of Lancaster until the 
31st day of December last. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


of Oude. Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Liverpool 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of - tse 


the Petition for the Liverpool East India Warehouse Company. 


East India Company, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to Order,—Copies of any further 
Correspondence which may have taken place be- 


Leeds Small 
Debts. 


Perth Harbour 
and Navigae 
tion Bill. 


Perth Police 
Bill, 


tween the Directors of the East India Company 
and any Claimant to the Throne of Oude :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Leeds Small Debts Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of. 
the Petition for the Perth Harbour and Navigation 
Bill, the Standing Orders, had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter, amend and enlarge the powers and pro- 
visions of two several Acts of the eleventh year of 
the reign of King George the Fourth, and first year 
of the reign of King William the Fourth, and fourth 
and fifth years of the reign of King William the 
Fourth, for improving the Port and Harbour of Perth, 
and the Navigation of the River Tay, to the said city : 
And that Mr. Kinnaird and Lord Viscount Stormont 








do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee | 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of | 
the Petition for the Perth Police Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually paving the Streets of the City 
of Perth; for the better lighting, watching and 
cleansing the said City and Suburbs thereof; for 
maintaining and regulating the Police of the same ; 
and for other purposes relating thereto: And that 
Mr. Kinnaird and Lord Viscount Stormont do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 

Vou. 94. 





Company Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with; but it appeared to the Committee 
that the Company sought to be incorporated was 
not formed until the 10th day of January last, and 
the deed of co-partnership was produced bearing 
that date. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Kennet and 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of os 


the Petition for the Kennet and Amesbury Road Bill, 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with, 
inasmuch as the Section was not deposited with the 
Clerk of the Peace for the county of Wilts until the 
17th day of December last, and also that no per- 
sonal application was made tothe Reverend J. Parker, 
George Heneage Walter Heneage, Esquire, William 
Shudd, Esquire, and the Earl of Pembroke, but it 
appeared to the Committee that letters were sent 
by post, and answers were returned prior to the 31st 
of December. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Protestant 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Dissenters 


the Petition for the Protestant Dissenters’ Assurance ¢ 
Company Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 
commlad with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standmg Orders. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee North Union 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Railway. 


the Petition for the North Union Railway Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 
M3 Ordered, 








Moy Naviga- 


tion. 


Moy Naviga- 
tion. 


London and 
Southampton 
(Portsmouth 
Branch) Rail- 
way Bill. 


London and 
Southampton 
(Portsmouth 
Branch) Rail- 
way Bill. 


London and 
Southampton 
( Portsmonth 
Branch) Rail - 
way Bill. 


Tyne Steam 
Ferry, 


86 


7° Martiz. 





A. 1839, 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Petitions | with ; and praying that the promoters thereof may 


for Private Bills, have Power to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them in the case of the 
Petition for the Moy Navigation Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Moy Navigation Biil, the Stand- 
ing Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch 
as the Committee were not satisfied of proof being 
given of the deposit of the Estimate of Expense in 
the Private Bill Office prior to the 31st day of 
December last. This case first came before the 
Committee on Monday, the 4th day of this in- 
stant March, and upon that occasion, when the 
Committee Clerk, Mr. John Rose, opened the 
Papers brought from the Private Bill Office, he 
immediately said, “ There is no Estimate of Ex- 
pense !” almost immediately he found, lying on his 
desk, an Estimate of Expense, without the endorse- 
ment of any Clerk of the Private Bill Office, and 
in a position which rendered it doubtful whether 
it could have fallen out of the Papers which he 
had just opened; the Committee directed some 
inquiries to be made at the Private Bill Office, and 
Mr. Hodgkin, the Clerk there, having expressed his 
disbelief of the Estimate of Expense having ever 
been in his possession, and having stated that the 
receipt on the Petition for the Bill, of a Declaration 
and Estimate, referred to the Declaration and Esti- 
mate of the probable amount of rates and duties 
substituted in lieu of the Subscription Contract ; 
and that had he received an Estimate of Expense, 
he should have especially noticed it in the receipt 
on the Petition; the Committee called upon the 
Parties to appear before them on Welmuabe, the 
6th instant, and directed them to give strict proof 
of having made the deposit of the Estimate of Ex- 
pense at the Private Bill Office prior to the 31st day 
of December, the evidence respecting which, and of 
its having been received from Jreland in due time, 
they annex to this Report. 

Ordered, That the Report, and Minutes of Evi- 
dence, be referred to the Select Committee on Stand- 
ing Orders. 


Petitions from Owners and Occupiers of land and 
houses, Merchants, Farmers, Tradesmen and In- 
habitants of Southampton ;— Fareham ;— Gosport; 
— Titchfield;—and, Owners and Occupiers of pro- 
perty in and near the city of Winchester; praying 
that the London and Southampton (Portsmouth 
Branch) Railway Bill, may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The London and Southampton (Portsmouth 
Branch) Railway Bill, was read a second time ; and 
committed to Mr. Shaw Lefevre and the South 
Hants List. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of Twyford (Hants) and 
other places ;—-and, Inhabitants of Portsmouth; pray- 
ing that the London and Southampton (Portsmouth 
Branch) Railway Bill, may not pass into a law as 
it now stands,—were presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill. 


Two Petitions of the North and South Shields 
Ferry Company, complaining that the Standing 
Orcers of the House, in respect to the application 
for the Tyne Steam Ferry Bill, had not been com- 
ew with ; and praying that they may be heard, 








y themselves, their agents and witnesses, against | 


the same,—were presented, and read ; and referred 


not be allowed to proceed, was also presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills 


Mr. Hector presented a Bill for inclosing certain Oxenbourn 
Open and Common Downs or Sheep-walks, within 2n4 Ramsdean 
the several Tithings of Oxenbourn and Ramsdean, “°° Bil. 
in the Parish and Manor of Eastmeon, in the County 
of Southampton: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Liverpool 
spent of the Petition for the Liverpool Churches Churches Bill. 
ill, which was yesterday made from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for altering and amending certain Acts relating to 
the Churches of Saint Mark, Saint Luke and Saint 
Michael, in the borough of Liverpool: And that 
Lord Viscount Sandon and Mr. Cresswell do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Reverend Edward Jones and Dean Forest 
Sir Thomas Crawley Boevey, Baronet, Owners of Railway. 
certain lands and premises upon or near the line 
of an intended Railway from the Forest of Dean 
Railway near Cinderford Bridge to the River Severn, 
in the parish of Aure, in the county of Gloucester, 
complaining that the Standing Orders of the House, 
in respect to the application for the Dean Forest 
Railway Bill, had not been complied with; and 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their agents and witnesses against the same, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more effec- Edenfield and 
tually repairing and improving the Road from Eden- Little Bolton 
field Chapel to Little Bolton, and certain Branch 4 Bi! 
Roads connected therewith, all in the County Pala- 
tine of Lancaster: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Philip Miles presented a Bill for altering Bristol and 
and extending the Line of the Bristol and Gloucester- ag 
shire Railway, and for amending the Acts relating R*!9y 5. 
thereto: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Traders and Inhabitants of the town- Newton Abbot, 
ships of Newton Abbot, Newton Bushel, Ashburton, a Small 
. ebts. 

and several other places in the county of Devon, 

for leave to bring in a Bill for the more easy and 

speedy recovery of Small Debts within the said 

several townships and places, was presented, and 

read; and referred to the Select Committee on 

Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of William Young and Robert Mur- ser ll 
doch, of Mountjoy-square, Dublin, Solicitors, praymg ("0.1 
that the hg for tanation the Petition ror the ome — 
Great Central Irish (Celbridge and Mullingar) Rail- ; 
way Bill may be further enlarged, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from the Chamber of Commerce of Dublin Com Laws. 
(President) ;— Stanford Rivers;— Yardley,—Kings- 
bridge and Dodbrook ;—Fyfield ;— Hatfield Broad 
Oak ;—Chipping Ongar ;—Thoydon Bois ;—Lough- 
ton ;—Great Parndon ;— High Ongar ;—Nazing ; 


_—Matching ; — Nettswell;— Little Parndon ; — 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private | Thoydon Mount ;—Chigwell ;— Stapleford Tawney ; 


Bills. 


—Norton Mandeville ;— Abbotts Roding ;—Bob- 


A Petition of the Sub-Dean and several Members , bingworth ; — Speering ; —Thoydon ; —Garnon ;— 
of the Chapter of Durham, complaining that the | Harlow ;—North Weald Bassett ;—Epping ;— Little 
Standing Orders of the House in respect to the | Laver ;— Roydon ;—Shelley ;— Navestock ;—Lam- 


application for the said Bill, had not been complied | 


bourne ;—Moreton ;--Greenstead ;-—Latten ;—- Kel- 
vedon ;— 


(Ir 


Ha 


so 





Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Haytian Coffee. 


Charch of 
Scotland. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Church of 
Scotland, 


Maynooth 
College. 


Elective 
Franchise, &amp;c., 
(Ireland.) 


Railways 
(Ireland.) 


2 Vicroriz. 


vedon Hatch ;— Thirsk ;—Members of the Banff- 
shire Farmers’ Club ;— Fordyce ;— Northorp ;—and, 
Writtle; praying that the Corn Laws may not be 
repealed,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Milton Damerel ;— Liversedge ;— 
Chairman of a Meeting of Councillors of the burgh 
of Hamilton, in Council assembled ;—South Divi- 
sion of the county of Nottingham ;— Welch Pool; 
—New Wodstockh—Fristle-Stock ;—Aberchirder ;— 
and, Edinburgh (Lord Provost); praying for the 
repeal of the Corn Laws,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Deans and Chapters of Win- 
chester ; — Rochester ;—Lincoln;— and, Sarum ; — 
Rhos ;—Cybeilog ;—and Tegengle; praying that 
the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lawshall All Saints;—Brighthelm- 
ston ;—and, Stowmarket ; praying the House not to 
sanction any plan of National Education, which 
shall not inculcate the doctrines and correspond with 
the regulations of the Established Church,—were 
SS and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Tradesmen 
and Inhabitants of Liverpool, praying for a reduction 
of Duty on Haytian Coffee, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Greenock, praying 
the House to refuse all additional endowments to 
the Church of Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Winston Barron have leave 
of absence for a month, on urgent business :—Mr. 
John O’ Connell a month, on account of illness in 
his family :—and, Mr. Ingham, to go the Circuit, 


Petitions from Minginish ;— Dalkeith (Mode- 
rator) ; — Snizort ;— North Uist ;— Carinish ; — 
Kirkmaiden ;— Cumbray ;— Hamilton (Moderator) ; 
and, Eddlestone ; praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for relieving the religious destitution which 
prevails in Scotland, by extending the efficiency of 
the Established Church,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Bath Church of 
England Lay Association, praying the House to 
refuse all further grants of public money to the 
Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint John, in the city of Water- 
ford;—and, Ballygunner ; praying the House to 
identify the Elective Franchise in England and 
Treland, countries in which the tenures of lands 
and houses are similar, and to give to Ireland 
as complete Municipal Reform as England has 
obtained, and to give also to Ireland her ade- 
quate proportion in the representation, and finally, 
to place /reland upon a footing of equality in re- 
ligious freedom with England, by allocating the 
Temporalities of the Church of the minority in that 
country, to purposes of charity, education and 
public utility,—were a and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Mayor of the city of 
Dublin, Chairman of a Meeting of Nobility, Gentry, 
Bankers, Merchants and Citizens of Dublin, praying 
the House to give prompt attention to the thorough 
facilitation of intercourse in Ireland by means of 

Von. 94. 


7? Martiz. 








87 


Railroads, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Woollen Cloths 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 24 Yarns, &amp;c. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Duties levied, and prohibi- 
tions imposed, on Woollen Cloth and Woollen 
Yarns, Cotton Cloth and Cotton Yarns, Linen 
Cloth and Linen Yarns, Silk Goods, and on Fabrics 
combining the mixture of any of these Materials, 
by the Tariffs of France, Belgium, Russia, Prussia, 
Denmark, Sweden, Spain, Portugal and the United 
States of America, since the year 1815, with any 
changes that have taken place in the said Tariffs, 
affecting these Manufactures, within that period. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of Charles Bucke, Gentleman, praying Copyright Bill. 


for the insertion of a clause in the Copyright Bil 
to the effect, that should a publisher neglect to re- 
publish a work after it has been out ef print seven 
years, it may revert to the author or his assigns, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Select Com- Public Peti- 
tions (Eighth 


mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
mined the Petitions presented on the 4th and 5th ® 
days of this instant March, and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Aberdeen 
arket and Market and 


spect of the Petition for the Aberdeen ; 
Improvements (No. 1.) Bill, which upon Friday last ( 
was made from the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for erecting, establishing and maintaining a new 
Market in the city of Aberdeen, and for providing 
suitable Approaches thereto: And that Mr. Banner- 
man and Captain Gordon do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Order,— Liverpool and 
A Return of the Hours at which the Government _ head 
Steam Packets have left the River Mersey, and the ***** 


Number of Hours occupied in the Passages between 
Liverpool and Kingstown each day, since the 1st 
day of September last, with the Name of each 
Packet: — Similar Return between se and 
Kingstown :—Returns of the Number of Times that 
the Mail and Passengers have been conveyed by 
tender to and from the Steamers outside the bar of 
the Mersey :—And, of the Days in which no Mail 
has left Liverpool or Holyhead, since the 1st day of 
September last. 

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


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Rochester — 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That im Cemetery Bill. 


the case of the Petition for the Rochester Cemetery 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
establishing a General Cemetery for the Interment 
of the Dead, in the city of Rochester, in the county 
of Kent: And that Mr. Hobhouse and Mr. Law 
Hodges do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Glou- Registration of 
cester, praying that the Registration of Electors Bill Electors Bill. 


may not pass into a law as it now stands, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 
M 4 Resolved, 








88 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of all Certificates granted and refused 
for dealing in Ale and Spirits in the city of Edin- 
burgh, and county of Mid Lothian, for the last four 
years :—Of all Certificates for dealing in Ale and 
Spirits granted and refused, on appeal, by the Ma- 

istrates and Justices in the said city and county, 
Sohing the same period :—And of the Services done 
for the 2s. 1d. charged on each such Certificate by 
the Clerk of Court, and 5s. charged in cases of ap- 
peal on each such Certificate. 

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


Ale and Spirit 
Dealers 
(Edinburgh.} 


Barton 
Inclosure, 


A Petition of the Governors of the Charity for the 
Relief of Poor Widows and Children of Clergymen, 
taking notice of the application for leave to bring in 
the Barton Inclosure Bill; and praying that such 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Church 
Establishment 
( Wales.) 


Petitions from Saint Asaph ; — Llanwrin ; — 
Llanasa;—Pontbleiddyn;—and, Mold; praying that 
the emoluments of sinecure rectories in Wales, may 
be applied to the benefit of the diocese in which 
such revenues arise,—-were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sale of Beer 


. A Petition of Matthias Saul, of Lancaster, Joiner 
ct. 


and Builder, praying that the Sale of Beer Act may 
not be repealed, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Town Council of Edinburgh, praying tor the adup- 
tion of a low and uniform rate of Postage, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Postage, 


Outrages 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
(Ireland. : 


propyect That there be laid before this House, a 
eturn of all Outrages, Crimes and Offences, dis- 
tinguishing the several kinds and descriptions, which 
have occurred in the several Counties, Cities and 
Towns in Jreland, in each month of the respective 
years 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838 and 1839, to the time 
of making such Return; showing the Sum Total 
of each description of Outrage, Crime and Offence 
committed in each County, City and Town in each 
month ; showing also, the Total in each County, 
City and Town in each month and in each of the 
said years; showing also, the Number of Persons 
concerned in each Outrage, Crime or Offence, so far 
as the same can be ascertained :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 


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


Veneris, 8° die Martti, 1839: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


Hereford 


Lunatic Asylum, 5 Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, 


inquire into the manner in which the house kept 
by Mr. John Gilliland, for the reception of Insane 
Patients, at Hereford, has been conducted :—And 
a Committee was appointed of Mr. Barneby, Lord 
Ashley, Mr. Robert Gordon, Lord Granville Somer- | 
set, Lord Seymour, Mr. Gally Knight, Mr. Vernon | 
Smith, Mr. William Miles, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Estcourt, | 
Mr. Bolton Clive, Mr. Pakington, Mr. Ward, Mr. 
Gaskell, and Mr. Warburton, with Power to send for 
rsons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the quorum. 


7°—8° Martiz. 





A. 1839. 


Lord Stanley presented a Bill for extending and Manchester He 
for altering the Line of the Manchester and Leeds W%\&lt;e% ' 
Railway, and for making Branches therefrom, and ieee | 
for amending the Acts relating thereto: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 

Sir Thomas Fremantle presented a Bill to alter Sale of Beer . 


and amend the Laws relating to the Sale of Beer : Bil. 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered No.93. 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday, the 20th 

day of this stant March; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Prisons 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased S°t!¢) Bill, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Communications from the 
Sheriffs of Scotland, to the Secretary of State, rela- 
tive to the Prisons Bill for Scotland. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Caledonian 
Copies of two Letters from the Secretary to the ©. 
Commissioners of the Caledonian Canal, on the 
subject of the necessity for Repairs and Works 
on the Canal; with Copy of a Treasury Minute 
thereon. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ships « Pique,” 
Copy of the Reports of Senior Officers, on the “ Inconstant,” 
sailing qualities of Her Majesty’s Ships Pique and = 
Inconstant, of Vanguard, Pembroke and Bellerophon, 
of Rodney and Fangeird, during their respective 
Trial Cruizes; and also, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles 
Paget's Reports of trials between Her Majesty’s 
Ships Pique and Inconstant, in November and D - 
cember 1836:— Of the Report of Captain Lord 
John Hay on trial of sailing qualities between Her 
Majesty’s Ships Pique and Castor, in 1835 :—Of the 
Report of Sir J. G. Bremer, on trial of sailing qua- 
lities between Her Majesty’s Ships, Castor, Pique, 
and Inconstant, 3d July 1837 :—Return of Expense 
of building the Hulls of the above-named Ships :—- 
Also, a List of Defects to be made good, as given by 
the Boatswains and Carpenters of said Ships on 
coming into Port after each Trial Cruize. 

Sir Charles Adam accordingly presented the said 
Papers. 

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


The ingrossed Bill to apply a Sum of Money to Transfer of 
the Service of the year One thousand eight hapdred Aids Bill. 
and thirty-nine was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to apply the Sum of Two Millions, 
to the Service of the year One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-nine. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Mr. Baring presented, by Her Majesty’s com- Shannon 
mand,—Copies of the Fourth and Fifth Reports of Navigation- 
the Commissioners appointed, pursuant to the Act 
5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 67, for the [Improvement of the 
Navigation of the River Shannon. 

‘ ps That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Baring, by Order, presented a Bill for the more Halifax, Hud- 
easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the — -, 
Parishes of Halifax, Bradford, Kighley, Bingley, Debts Bill. 
Guiseley, Calverley, Batley, Birstal, Mirfield, Har- 
tishead-cum-Clifton, Almondbury, Kirkheaton, Kirk- 
burton and Huddersfield, and the Lordship or Liberty 
of Tong, in the County of York: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 






















A Petition 





Hereford 
Lunatic 
Asylum. 


Patterns and 
Javentions Bill. 


Bill, 


Legacy Duty. 


e,” 


Caledonian 
Canal. 


Duchies of 
Cornwall and 
Lancaster. 


Commissary 
Clerks 
(Scotland.) 


Petitions for 
Priyate Bills. 


2 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Mary Jenkins of the city of Here- 
ford, praying the House to cause inquiry to be made 
into the manner in which the Lunatic Asylum at 
Hereford, kept by Mr. John Gilliland has been con- 
ducted, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Hereford Lunatic Asylum. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Patterns and Inventions Bill; was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 20th day of March next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till near two of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Veneris, 8° die Martii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


M®* Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—Returns to an Order dated the 12th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for Returns, showing the Amount of 
Capital on which the several Rates of Legacy Duty 
have been paid in Great Britain and Ireland, in 
each of the years from January 1834 to January 
1839; distinguishing the Amount of each Rate paid 
in each of these years; and also, the Total Amount 
of the Rates in each year :—Of the Totals of the 
Capital paid upon, at each Rate of Duty, from 1797 
to 1838, both inclusive; and also the Total Amount 
of each Rate paid in the same period :—Of the 
Total Amount of Revenue received in the United 
Kingdom in each year, since the 5th day of January 
1834 to the 5th day of January 1839, for Stamp 
Duty on Legacies (distinguishing those on direct 
and on reversionary bequests if possible), on Pro- 
bates, Administrations and Testamentary Invento- 
ries; distinguishing the Amount from England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland :—Of the Number of 
Wills and Administrations transmitted to the Legacy 
Duty Office, in each year from 1834 to 1839, 


7°—8° Mar tiz. 


89 
Mr. Richard Walker presented a Bill for pro- Bury ,CLanoase 
viding a Market-place, and for regulating the “od ter) Market 
kets and Fairs, in the Town and Borough of Bury, 
in the County Palatine of Zancaster: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Petition of Gentlemen, Merchants, Manufac- Tavistock, &amp;c., 
turers, Traders and other Inhabitants of Tavistock, $™!l Debts, 
and other places, for leave to bring in a Bill for an 
easy, spee , and less expensive method of recover- 
ing Small Debts within the said town and neigh- 
bourhood, was presented, and read; and referred 
. the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 

ills. 


A Petition of Thomas Smith, and others, being 
Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of Lands, com- 
plaining that the Standing Orders of the House in 
respect to the application for the Goole and Thorne 
Road Bill, had not been complied with ; and pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
agents and witnesses, against the same, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Goole and 
Thorne Road. 


The Marquis of Douro presented a Bill to repeal Norwich 
so much of an Act passed in the twelfth year of the 78° Bil 
reign of his Majesty King George the First, for 
repairing the Walls, Gates and other Public Works 
in the City of Norwich, and several Bridges in 
and near the said City, and for amending the Roads 
therein mentioned, as relates to the levying of the 
Tolls and Duties thereby directed to be levied and 
paid: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


The Marquis of Douro presented a Bill for better Norwich 
paving, lighting and improving the City of Norwich provement 
and County of the same City: And the same was — 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of Thomas Nias, of No.9, Rotherfield- Northern and 
street, in the parish of Saint Mary, Islington, Gen- Fastem Rail 











inclusive :—And, of the Total Amount of Revenue 
received in the United Kingdom in each year, | 
since the 5th day of January 1834 to the 5th day 
of January 1839, for Stamp Duty on Legacies, 
Probates, Administrations and Testamentary Inven- 
tories. 

Returns of the Number of Bushels of Malt on 
which Duty has been paid, in each year, from 1810 
to 1829, both years inclusive :—And, of the Number 
of Bushels of Malt on which Duty has been paid, 
in each year, from 1830 to 1838, both years inclu- 
sive. 

Copies of Two Letters from the Secretary to the 
Commissioners of the Caledonian Canal, on the 


subject of the necessity for Repairs and Works 


on the Canal; with Copy of a Treasury Minute 
thereon. 


tleman, complaining that the Standing Orders of "” silted 
the House in respect to the application for the 


| Northern and Eastern Railway (No. 2.) Bill, had not 
|been complied with; and praying that he may be 


heard, by his agent and witnesses against the same, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Messrs. Fairhurst, Tilston &amp; Co., Anderton 
complaining that the Standing Orders of the House + ing 
, er ompany. 
in respect to the application for the Anderton 
Carrying Company Bill, had not been complied 
with ; and praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their agents and witnesses, against the 
same, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 





Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the direc- 


! 


‘minated of Captain Perceval and the West Surrey Bi. 


The Committee on the Epsom Road Bill was no- Epsom Road 


tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Accounts of J jct. 
the Gross and Net Revenue of the Duchies of Corn- | 


wall and Lancaster for the year ending Michaelmas | 


The Committee on Kayser’s Naturalization Bill Kayser’s 


1838, showing the Amount of Revenue which be-| was nominated of Mr. Wallace and the South Scot- Nat- Bill. 


came due, the Monies received and paid within the | 
year, and the Arrears and Balances at the close of | 
the preceding and current years. | 

Copy, Warrant granting Compensation to Robert | 
Threshie, late Commissary Clerk of Dumfries-shire : 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills have leave to sit this day till five 
of the clock during the sitting of the House. 


land List. 


The Committee on the Parrett Navigation Bill Parrett Naviga- 
was nominated of Mr. Sanford and the West ie Bill. 
Somerset List. 


The Committee on the Belper Small Debts Bill Belper Small 
was nominated of Mr. William Evansand the South Pe Bil 
Derby List. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- General 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the Cemetery 





Vot, 94. 


XN case Company Bill. 








Patent White 
Lead Company. 


Railways 
(Trelaud.) 


Timberland 
Drainage Bill. 


Coventry 
Lammas Lands 
Inclosure Bill. 


Edinburgh, 
Leith, and 
Newhaven 


Railway Bill. 


Staffordshire 
Potteries, &amp;c. 
Police, Im- 
provement, 
Bill, 


&amp;e., 


90 


case of the Petition for the General Cemetery Com- 
pany Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the General Cemetery Company to raise 
a further Sum of Money, and for amending the Act 
relating to the said Cemetery: And that Mr. Byng 
and Mr. Thomas Wood do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Members of an intended Company 
to be called the Patent White Lead: Company, for 
leave to present a Petition, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to enable them to purchase certain Letters 
Patent granted to John Baptiste, Constantine Fo- 
rassa, Paul Isaac Muston, and Henry Walker 
Wood, and also Letters Patent granted to John 
Woolrich, for improvements in making or producing 
White Lead or Carbonate of Lead, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Kilkenny ;—and, the Chairman, 
Secretary and Agent of the General Jrish Rail- 
way Committee, praying that if the lines sug- 
gested by the Jrish Railway Commissioners be 
adopted, protection may be extended to private 
enterprize embarked in Railway Undertakings in 
Ireland, upon principles calculated effectually to 
promote and secure for the Four Provinces of Jre- 
land judicious and impartial lines for Railway com- 
munication,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Cork;—and, Clare; praying the 
House to carry into effect the recommendations of 
the Commissioners,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Timberland Drainage Bill was read a second 
time; and committed to Mr. Handley and the 
Lincoln (parts of Kesteven and Holland) List. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Coventry Lammas 
Lands Inclosure Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for exonerating the rights of Pasture of the Freemen 
and others, in and over certain Lands called Lammas 
and Michaelmas Lands, and for improving certain 
Commons and Waste Lands, all in and near the 
city and county of the city of Coventry: And that 
Mr. Ellice and Mr. William Williams do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; and to 
whom the Petition of John Richardson and John 
Connell, complaining of non-compliance with the 
Standing Orders in the case of the Petition for the 
Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Bill was 
referred ; That, in the case of the Petition for the said 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter, amend and enlarge the powers and provi- 
sions of an Act passed in the seventh year of the 
reign of his Majesty King William the Fourth, in- 
tituled, An Act for making and maintaining a 
Raiway or Railways from the City of Edinburgh 
to Leith, and to the Shore of the Frith of Fort, 
at or near to Newhaven and ‘Trinity, all in the 
County of Edinburgh, and to alter and vary the 
lines and levels of the Railways thereby autho- 
rized to be made, and for other purposes relating to 
the said Undertaking: And that Mr. Gibson Craig 
and Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Staffordshire Pot- 





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A. 1839. 


teries &amp;c. Police, Improvement, &amp;c., Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for establishing an effective Police in places within 
or adjoining to the district called the Staffordshire 
Potteries, and for improving and cleansing the 
same, and better lighting parts thereof: And that 
Mr. Edward Buller and Mr. Bingham Baring do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Honiton and 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the — Roads 


case of the Petition for the Honiton and Ilminster 
Roads Bill, the Standing Orders had not been com- 
plied with, inasmuch as no Notice had been given 
in the London Gazette ; that the newspaper Notices 
do not state the time and place of deposit of the 
Plan, Sections and Books of Reference; that no 
duplicate Plan and Book of Reference were depo- 
sited with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of 
Somerset, on or before the 30th day of November 
last, and that no Section was then deposited, and 
that no Section was deposited with the Clerk of the 
Peace for the county of Devon, on or before the said 
30th day of November last ; but it appeared to the 
Committee, that on the 3d day of December last 
a duplicate of the Plan, and on the 29th day of 
December a Section and duplicate of the said Roads, 
were deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the 
county of Somerset; and on the 31st day of De- 
cember, a Section of the said Roads, and a duplicate 
thereof, were deposited with the Clerk of the Peace 
for the county of Devon. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Maiden Newton 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the ®o=ds Bill. 


case of the Petition for the Maiden Newton Roads 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making and maintaining several Roads leading 
from the town of Maiden Newton, in the county of 
Dorset, and other Roads communicating therewith, 
in the counties of Somerset and Dorset: And that 
Mr. Fox Strangways and Mr. Robert Gordon do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Staffordshire 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the Pvtteries 


case of the Petition for the Staffordshire Potteries 


(Stipendiary 
Justice of the 


(Stipendiary Justice of the Peace) Bill, the Standing Peace) Bill. 


Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide for the more effectual Execution of the 
Office of a Justice of the Peace within and adjoin- 
ing to the district called the Staffordshire Pot- 
teries, and for other purposes connected therewith : 
And that Mr. Davenport and Mr. Alderman Cope- 


land do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com South Eastern 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; and towhom the (Deviation) 


Petitions of the London and Brighton Railway Com- 
pany; and, William Ward, severally complaining of 
non-compliance with the Standing Orders, in the case 
of the Petition for the South-eastern (Deviation) 
Railway Bill, were referred ; That the Standing Or- 
ders relative to Railway Bills had not been complied 
with in the case of the Petition for the said Bill, 
inasmuch as no Notices of the intended application 
were published in the months of February and 
March, in 1838; that no Plans, or Duplicates, Sec- 
tions, or Duplicates and Books of Reference, were 
deposited at the office of the Clerk of the Peace for 
the counties of Surrey and Kent, on or before the 
1st day of March 1838 ; that no copies of so much 
of the said Plans, Sections and Books of Reference, 
as relates to the several parishes in or through which 
the said Works are intended to be made, were de- 
posited with the Parish Clerks of such parishes 
respectively 


ailway. 





dads 


Morville and 
Shipton Road, 


2 Vicroriz. 


8° Mar tit. 
respectively on or before the ist day of April 1838 ; | 


91 


practicable to describe the situation of such Water- 


that no copy of any Plan, Section or Book of Refer-| course on their Plan. 


ence was deposited on or before the 1st day of April 
1838, in the Private Bill Office; but it appeared to the 
Committee, that in consequence of a recommenda- 
tion proceeding from the Committee on the London 
and Brighton Railway Bill in the year 1837, the 
Parties decided upon making a diversion of their 
line which afterwards appeared to be highly ob- 
jected to by the Land-owners connected therewith, 
in consequence of which they proceeded to survey 
a new line, to which it has been proved before the 
Committee by reference to the Lists produced before 
them, that there are no Owners, Lessees or Occu- 
piers dissenting ; that such deviation was not de- 
cided upon within the time that rendered it prac- 
ticable for them to give the Notices required by the 
Standing Orders in the months of February and 
March 1838 ; and it further appeared to the Com- 
mittee that the promoters caused Notices of the 
intended application to Parliament for this new 
line to be advertised for three successive weeks in 
the month of November last in the London Gazette, 
and in some newspaper of each of the counties 
affected by the proposed deviation, and caused 
Plans, Sections and Books of Reference thereof to 
be deposited by the 30th day of November last with 
the several Clerks of the Peace of the counties and 
Parish Clerks of the parishes affected thereby, and 
deposited also a similar Plan, Section and Book of 
Reference of such new line of deviation in the Pri- 
vate Bill Office by the 31st day of December last. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Greenwich 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the See's Bill. 


case of the Petition for the Greenwich Sewers Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better Sewage and draining of the Town or 
Parish of Greenwich, in the county of Kent: And 
that Mr. Wolverley Attwood and Mr. Barnard do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Blackheath 
Private Bills; That in the Cemetery Bili. 


mittee on Petitions for 
case of the Petition for the Blackheath Cemetery 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making and maintaining a Cemetery, or Burial- 
ground, to be called “ The Blackheath Cemetery,” 
and to be situate in the parish of Charlton, in the 
county of Kent: And that Sir Edmund Filmer 
and Mr. Wolverley Attwood do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Eyemouth 
Private Bills; That in the Herbour Bill. 


mittee on Petitions for 
case of the Petition for the Eyemouth Harbour Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually repairing, improving and main- 
taining the Harbour of Eyemouth, in the county of 
Berwick: And that Mr. William Holmes and Sir 
Hugh Campbell do prepare, and bring it in. 


case of the Petition for the Morville and Shipton 
Road Bill, the Standing Orders had not been com- 
plied with, inasmuch as the Notice published in the 
newspapers and London Gazette does not state the 
intention of depositing with the Parish Clerk of the 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Newcastle- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the ey cota 
case of the Petition for the Newcastle-upon-Tyne ry aaatmnensog 
and North Shields (Tynemouth Extension) Railway Extension) 


Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with, Reilway Bill. 


Barnsley 
Waterworks. 


parish of Holgate a copy of so much of the Plans 
as relates to the said parish ; but it appeared to the 
Committee that at the time of preparing the Notices 
of application, very great uncertainty existed whe- 
ther or not certaim lands were situate within the 
said parish of Hoigate, or the parish of Stanton 
Long ; the former parish was, by way of precaution, 
inserted amongst the parishes through which the 
line would pass, but the like precaution was omitted 
in the enumeration of parishes with the Clerks of 
which copies of the Plan would be deposited ; it 
further appeared that a copy of so much of the said 
Plans as relates to the said parish of Holgate, was 
in fact duly deposited with the Clerk of the said 
parish on or before the 31st of December last; and 
that in the Notice of the application which was duly 
served upon each of the Owners, Lessees and Occu- 
piers of lands within the said parish, the intention 
to make such deposit was stated; and that every 
Owner, Lessee and Occupier of property in the said 
parish who would be aftected by the intended Bill 
assented thereto. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom 
the Petition of Owners of land, complaining of non- 
compliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of 
the Petition for the Barnsley Waterworks Bill, was 
referred; That the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with in the case of the Petition for the 
said Bill, inasmuch as a certain Watercourse, called 
Shawwell Watercourse, from which water is intended 
to be taken, is not described on the Plan; but it 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the Mewcastle-upon-Tyne and North 
Shields Railway Company to make a rey from 
the termination or intended termination of their 
present line at Worth Shields, to Prior’s Haven, in 
the township and parish of Tynemouth, both in the 
county of Northumberland: And that Mr. Bell and 
Mr. Hodgson Hinde do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House being informed, that the Lord Mayor Municipal 


of the city of Dublin attended at the door, he was © 
called in; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Commons and Citizens 
of Dublin, being the Corporation of the said city :— 
And then he withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying that the Municipal 
Corporations (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a law, 
was read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Liverpool;— Freemen and Pro- 
testants of the city of Dublin ;—Company of Sad- 
dlers, &amp;c., Dublin ;—and, Corporation of Smiths, 
Dublin; praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Land-owners, Land-holders and 
Rate-payers of the north and south liberties of the 
city of Cork, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, and that the House when passing any 
Rill for the regulation of Municipal Corporations in 
Ireland, do accompany it by a Boundary Bill, 
separating the said liberties from the city of Cork, 
and constituting them a part of the county at large, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


appeared to the Committee that the said Water- 

course is partially a pipe conveying the water under 

ground, and the Parties considered that it was not 
Vor, 94. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ardagh, in the county Elective 
of Limerick, praying the House to identify the a &amp;e, 
Elective Franchise in England and Ireland, countries Gant) 
N2 in 











Worksop 
and Kelhem 
Road Bill. 


Commercial 
(London and 
Blackwall) 
Railway Bill. 


Southmolton 
Roads Bill. 


Northnmpton 
Road Bill. 


Corn Laws. 


Church of 
Scotlend. 


92 


in which the tenures of lands and houses are similar, 
and to give to Ireland as complete municipal reform 
as England has obtained, and to give also to Ireland 
her adequate — in the representation, and 
finally, to place Jreland upon a footing of equality 
in religions freedom with England, by allocating 
the temporalities of the Church of the minority in 
that country to purposes of charity, education and 
public utility, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


The Worksop and Kelham Road Bill was read a 
second time; and committed to Mr. Gally Knight 
and the Worth Nottingham List. 


Mr. Alston presented a Bill for extending the 
Line of the Railway between London and Black- 
wall, called “ The Commercial Railway,” and for 
amending the Acts relating thereto: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Sir Thomas Acland presented a Bill for making 
and repairing severa] Roads leading to and from the 
Town of Southmolton, in the County of Devon: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Sir Thomas Acland, by Order, presented a Bill for 
repairing the Road from the Town of Northampton 
to Newport Pagnel, in the County of Buckingham: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Stamford ;—Dunchidveck ;—Ta- 
merton Folliott ; — Clyst Hydon ; —Combrawley ;— 
Dalwood ;— Sidmouth ;— Rochbeare ;— Stowford ;— 
Seaton and Beer ;—Egg Buckland ; —Luppett ; — 
Cheriton Bishop ; — Yarcombe ; — Aylesbeare ; — 
Broad Clyst ; —Broadwoodwidger ; —Northleigh ;— 
Shaugh ;— Teigngrace ;—-Ipplepen ;--Berks ;— Hurst ; 
— Greenlaw ; — Cockburnspath ; — Whitsome ; — 
Ayton; — Westruther ; — Hume ;-— Lauder ;— Chan- 
nelkirk ; —Coldstream ; — Langton ; —Fogo ;—Pol- 
warth ; — Bunkle ; —Long formacus ; — Gordon ; -— 
Mertoun ; — Earlstoun ;— Nenthorn ; — Eccles ; — 
Swinton ; —Edrom ;— Coldingham ; —Mordington ; 
— Eyemouth ; — Hutton ; — Foulden ; — Cranshaws 
and Abbey Saint Bathans ;--Ladykirk ;— Dunse ;— 
Chirnside ;—Legerwood ; —Flint (Sheritf) ;—Elgin ; 
—South Brent ;—Cantley ;— Maltby ;-— Warminster 
and Balby ;—Fishlake ;—Sykehouse ;—Royston and 
Carlton ;—Armthorpe ;— North and South Elmsall; 
— Campsall and Askerne ; — Rossington ; —~ Kirk 
Bramwith ;—Barnby-upon-Don and Kirk Sandall ; 
—Treeton ;— Bolton-upon- Dearne ;—Harworth and 
Martin ;—Loversall ;—Great Torrington ;—Kettle- 
burgh, Brandestone and Hoo; — Brimpsfield ;— 
Elkstone and Colesbourn ; — Bakewell ;— Hertford ; 
— Alves ; — Birnie ; —- Torglen ; — New Spynie ;— 
Berrow ;—Urquhart ;— Kelso ;— Lympsham ;— Wel- 
lingborough ; —Bleadon ;—Badsworth ;—Benefeld ; 
—Brierley and Shafton;—Kirk Smeaton ;—Saint 
Andrew’s Lhanbryd ;-- Cleveland ; —Edgeworth ;— 
Usk ; — Drainey ; — and, Thrapston ; praying that 
the Corn Laws may not be repealed,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Tale. 

Petitions from Ayr ; — Sanguhar ;-—Burrington ; 
—and, Sudbury ; praying for the repeal of the Corn 
Laws,—were ulso presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Culross;— Dundee (three Petitions); 
—Dun ;—-Lawers ;—Islay and Ima (Moderator) ;— 
Alves ;—Ladyloan &gt;t Weadeoneel and Kilberry ;— 
Sorn ;— Heriot ;— Orwell ; —Marytown ; — Roslin; 
—Kinglassie ;— Oban ;—Monzie ;— Selkirk ;— Ulla- 
pool ; — Partick; — Gilmerton (two Petitions) ;— 


8° Martii. 





A. 1839. 
Gauloch ; — Shotts ;— Eaglesham; —and, East An- 


struther ; praying the House to adopt measures for 
relieving the religious destitution which prevails in 
Scotland, by extending the efficiency of the Esta- 
blished. Church,— were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Bridekirk and its 
vicinity, in the county of Dumfries, praying the 
House to refuse additional endowments tothe Church 
of Scotland, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Spirit Dealers and others, Spirit Licenses 


Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Marston Trussell ;—and, the Mo- Education. 
derator of the Presbyterian Church in En i 
connexion with the Church of Scotland, in Synod 
assembled ; praying the House not to sanction any 
system of National Education which shall not in- 
culcate the doctrines of the Established Church,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Sugar Refiners, Merchants, Ship- Foreign Sugar. 
owners and Dealers in Sugar of Port Glasgow, 
praying the House to make such an alteration in 




















the Duties on Foreign Free-Labour Sugar and Mo- 
lasses from countries east of the Cape of Good Hope, 
as will place them on the same footing with British 
West India produce, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to hie upon the Table. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, several Orders; 
Resolutions, which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for Wyrley and 
the Wyrley and Essington Canal and Birmingham Essington. 
Canal Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be vs gs 
dispensed with. Canal. 

2. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for Great North 
the Great North of England Railway Bill, the of England 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on ®*!"*y- 
inserting therein a clause to exclude from its opera- 
tion those parties to whom application has not been 
duly made. 

3. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for Herefordshire 
the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Bill, #4 Glouces-_ 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, oe 
on giving Notices forthwith for three successive 
weeks in some newspaper of the county of Glou- 
cester. 

4. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for Rhymney Iron 
the Rhymney Iron Company (Bedwelty Church) Company 
Bill, the Parties be permitted to proceed with their “nae “y 
Bill, with the exception of that part which would 

give them a power to sue and be sued, on giving forth- 

with the Notices prescribed for Bills in Class No. 1. 

5. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for Birmingham 
the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Bill, the — 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, with —eiiled 
the exception of that part which relates to the pro- 
posed extension line of Railway from Gloucester 
to the Berkeley Canal; and that the Committees 
on this and the three preceding Bills do examine, 
in the first place, how far such Orders have been 
complied with, and do report the same to the House 
on the Report of the Bill. 

The second, third, fourth and fifth Resolutions of 
the Committee, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor in the Oundle Marriages Act- 
Union, in the counties of Northampton and Hunting- 
don, praying for the amendment of the Marriages 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 





Johnstone ; — Jornock ; — Annan ; — Erskine ; ~ 


upon the Table. 
Ordered, 


Residents in the town of Dumfries, praying that the (Scotland) Bill 





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ill. 


1) 


I. 


nm 


er 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Sale of Beer 
Acte 


Sale of Beer 
Bill. 


Post Horse, 
&amp;e., Duties. 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Small Debts. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Church 
Establishment 
({Wales.) 


Roman 
Catholics, 


East India. 


Tithes Commue 
lation, 


2’Victroriz. 


absence for a month, on account of illness in his 
family;—Mr. John Dundas, ten days, on account 
of a domestic affliction ;—- Colonel Westenra, a 
fortnight, on urgent business ;— Mr. Maurice O’Con- 
nell, a month, on urgent business;— Mr. Samuel 
White, a month, on urgent business ;—Mr. Charles 
Walker, a month, on urgent business;—and, Mr. 
John Talbot, a month, on urgent business. 


Two Petitions from Magistrates of the county of 
Cornwall, complaining of the recent increase of crme, 
arising, as they believe, from the prevalence of Beer- 
houses; and praying the House to afford an eftec- 
tual remedy for evils, the magnitude of which is 
generally acknowledged and lamented,—-were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Magistrates, Clergy and 
Inhabitants of the borough of Stamford, praying that 
the Sale of Beer Bill may pass into a law, was 
ee and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Post-masters, 
Stage Coach Proprietors and Inhabitants of Ayr, 
praying the House to remove the unequal and op- 
pressive taxation on land carriages moved by animal 
power on turnpike roads, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Shepton Mallet ;—and, Clergymen 
of the deanery of Marchia (diocese of Saint Asaph), 
praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues 

ill, may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Cul- 
lompton, Thoeverton and other places, in the county 
of Devon, praymg for a more speedy, mexpensive 
and effectual mode of recovering Small Debts, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Longtown Union, 
in the county of Cumberland, praying for the amend- 
ment of the Peer Law Act, with respect to the opera- 
tion of the Clauses which relate to bastardy, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Clergy of North Wales ;—Llan- 
brynmair ; — Halkin ; — Llangollen ;— and, Wrex- 
ham; praying that the emoluments arising from 
sinecure rectories in Wales may be applied to the 
benefit of the diocese in which such revenues arise, 
---were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


' A Petition of Inhabitants of Westow, in the East 
Riding of the county of York, praying for the ex- 
clusion of Roman Catholics from Parliament, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir John Hobhouse presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—Copies of Treaties with Persia, and 
other Powers in the East Indies. 

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


Mr. Fox Maule presented,—Further Return to an 
Order, dated the 18th day of February last, That to 
the Return from the Tithe Commissioners, ordered 
on the 5th day of February last, there be added 
a Return of the Number of Notices of Meetings 
that have been received by them, as well as of 
Agreements and Apportionments, whether confirmed 
or rejected, or still under the consideration of the 

Vor. 94, 


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93 


Ordered, That Sir Hugh Campbell have leave of | Diocesan, or otherwise waiting confirmation, in each 


of the several Counties of England and Wales; and 
that the said Returns be continued monthly during 
the present Session. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham Message from 


and Mr. Senior: 
Mr. Speaker, 


the Lords. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Ecclesiastical 


for repealing part of an Act of the last Session of 
Parliament, intituled, “ An Act for suspending, 
until the first day of August One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-nine, and to the end of the then 
Session of Parliament, the appointment to certain 
Dignities and Offices in Cathedral and Collegiate 
Churches, and to Sinecure Rectories ;” to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of: this House :-— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Complaint being made to the House of a Report 
published in a printed Newspaper, intituled, “ The 
Times,” dated, Tuesday, March 5th, 1839, printed 
and published by John Joseph Lawson, Printer, at 
the Office in Printing House-square, as containing 
the report of proceedings upon giving judgment in 
the House of Lords in the appa aa Gordon and 
others, v. Clyne, in which certain expressions are 
attributed to Lord Brougham, reflecting on a Mem- 
ber of this House, in consequence of a statement 
made by him in debate in this House, in respect of 
the physical inability of one of the Judges of Scot- 
land; in breach of the Privileges of this House ; 

The said Newspaper was delivered in, and the 
paragraph complained of read. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That John Josep Lawson, do attend at the bar 
of this House upon Monday next :—It passed in the 
Negative. 


Appointments 
Suspension Bill. 


Privilege. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Municipal 
posed, That the Order of the day, for the second Corporations 
reading of the Municipal Corporations (Zre/and) Bill, Are!#n¢) Bill 


be now read ; ° 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Outrages (Ire- 


Question, by leaving out the words “ the second 
“ reading of the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) 
“ Bill,” in order to add the words “ resuming the 
“ adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
yesterday, That there be laid before this House, 
“a Return of all Outrages, Crimes and Offences, 
“ distinguishing the several kinds and descriptions 
which have occurred in the several Counties, Cities 
“and Towns in Jreland, in each month of the re- 
. spective years 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838 and 1889, 
to the time of making such Return; showing the 
Sum Total of each description of Outrage, Crime 
“ and Offence committed in each County, City and 
“ Town in each month ; showing, also, the Total 
“ in each County, City and Town in each month, 
“‘ and in each of the said years; showing, also, the 
Number of Persons concerned in each Outrage, 
Crime or Offence, so far as the same can be ascer- 
“ tamed,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the 


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second reading of the Municipal Corporations (Zre- Corporations 


land) Bill, be now read ; and the same being read ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 


And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the Question ; 


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(Ireland) Bill. 











94 


The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old get de 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Edward John Stanley, \ 


Yeas, L Mr. Robert Steuart: J 300. 
Tellers for thef Sir Robert Harry Inglis, | oo 
Noes, Mr. Blackstone: FF ae 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the*whole House, 
for Friday the 22d day of this instant March. 

Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Supply. A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee 
of Supply, be now read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old ogee 

oe Mr. Bagge, 7 

Tellers for the Yeas, Colonel Sis thoep: I 1. 

Tellers for the Noes,f i 5 ee 276. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply, be now read ; and the same being 
read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Charr ; 

Lighting of the An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 

ouse, 


Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ it is the opinion of this House, that the proper 
“ officer be directed to replace the branches and 
“ candles that have been removed, and to colour 


8°—9° Marti. 





“ the insides of the shades pale green,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


Sabbati, 9° die Martii, 1839: 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill; 


Metropolitan 
Police Courts 


ne Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 22d day of this instant March. 
Metropolis The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Police Bill. —_ reading of the Metropolis Police Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 22d day of this instant March. 
Railways The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
Ireland.) , 


the Report from the Committee to whom it was 
referred to consider the Reports of the Commis- 
sioners appointed to consider and recommend a 
general System of Railways for Zreland ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Fri- 
day next. 


Supreme Courts The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) Bill. mittee on the Supreme Courts (Scotland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Prisons Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Prisons Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


A. 1839. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second District 
reading of the District Prisons Bill; Prisons Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Outrages 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed (Ireland.) 
~ Thursday last, That there be laid before this 

ouse, a Return of all Outrages, Crimes and Of- 

fences, distinguishing the several kinds and descrip- 
tions, which have occurred in the several Counties, 
Cities and Towns in Ireland, in each month of the 
respective years 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838 and 1839, 
to the time of making such Return; showing the 
Sum Total of each description of Outrage, Crime and 
Offence committed in each County, City and Town 
in each month; showing, also, the Total in each 
County, City and Town in each month, and in each 
of the said years; showing, also, the Number of 
Persons concerned in each Outrage, Crime or Of- 
fence, so far as the same can be ascertained ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to autho- Tithe Composi- 
rize the immediate distribution of a portion of the (relend) Bill 
Fund applicable to the Relief of Persons entitled to N 
certain Arrears of Tithe Compositions under an Act “~*” aa 
of the last Session of Parliament, “ to abolish Com- 
positions for Tithes in Jreland, and to substitute 
Rent-charges in lieu thereof, and for other pur- 
poses:’’ And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Poor Relief 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- relan®) At 
tituled, An Act for the more efficient Relief of the piu. 
Destitute Poor in Jreland ; and the same were read, 
as follow ; 

Pr, 4. 1. 4. After “ Order,” insert Clause (A.) 

Criavuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That in the 
election of guardians under the provisions of the 
said Act, every rate-payer who, under the last 
rate made in any union shall have paid or contri- 
buted, or be liable to pay or contribute rate in 
respect of property in any electoral division, 
shall have a vote or votes in the election of guar- 
dians in such electoral division, according to the 
“* scale of votes provided by the said Act.” 


In the title of the Bill: 
L. 3. Leave out “ efficient,” and insert “ ef- 
“ fectual.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Death by 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Peise™ 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns from the Coroners of England and 
Wales, of all Inquisitions held by them during the 
years 1837 and 1838, in cases where death was 
found by verdict of Jury to have been caused by 
Poison. 

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


The Committee on the Preston and Wyre Rail- eg 
way Bill was nominated of Sir Hesketh Fleetwood \)"° *“"” 


Bill, 








and the North Lancaster List. 


The 








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Ss 
ill, 


way 


Ecclesiastical 
intments 
Suspension Bill. 


No. 95. 


Spirits. 


Army. 


Journal to be 
printed, 


Government 
of Oude. 


No. 96. 


Liverpool and 
Holyhead 
Packets, 


No. 97. 


2 Vicroriz. 


The Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspensions Bill 
was read the first time, and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Total Gallons of Proof Spirits dis- 
tilled in England, Scotland and Ireland respec- 
tively, distinguishing the Quantities produced from 
Malt, and from a mixture of Malt and unmalted 
Grain, or from any other ingredient ; showing also 
the Total Quantity of each sort in the United King- 
dom, for the year ending the 5th day of January 
1839 :—Of the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits 
(distinguishing the sorts) on which Duty was paid 
for Home Consumption in each of the three King- 
doms, with the Rate per Gallon, and Amount of 
such Duty; also the Total of Gallons and Duty in 
the United Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1839 :—Showing, under separate 
Heads, the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits, 
(distinguishing the materials from which made), 
imported into each Kingdom from each of the others 
respectively, and including, in the cases of England 
and Scotland, those conveyed either by Land or 
Sea; stating also the rate of Duty per Gallon, and 
the Total Amount thereof in each case, and what 
portion of such Duty was paid on the removal of 
the Spirits from Bond, and what after their arrival 
at the place of destination, for the year ending the 
5th day of January 1839 :—Of the Total Number 
of Gallons of Proof Spirits permitted out from 
Distillers’ Stocks in England, and the Total Number 
of Gallons Proof of British Brandy and Spirits of 
Wine, permitted out from Rectifiers’ Stocks in Eng- 
land, for the year ending the 5th day of January 
1839; also the Stocks remaining in the hands of 
English Distillers on the 5th day of January 1839: 
— And of the Total Number of Proof Gallons of 
Rum, Brandy, Geneva, and all other Spirits, that 
paid Duty in each Kingdom, from the 5th day of 
January 1838 to the 5th day of January 1839; rate 
of Duty per Gallon, and Amount thereof; Total 
Number of Gallons of each kind, and Total Duty 
thereon; Total Number of Gallons of all kinds, and 
Total Duty thereon, for the United Kingdom ; 
showing the Total Number of Proof Gallons of all 


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95 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Flag Officers, Flag Officers. 
which was presented upon the 21st day of February No.98. 
last, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock 
on Saturday morning, adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 





Lune, 11° die Martii; 
Anno, 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 





. M R. Maltby, from the Trinity House, was called Lighthouses. 


in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of 
the ‘ete ah and Application of all Monies received 
as Tolls for Lighthouses, &amp;c., in the year ending 
31st December 1837, by the Corporation of Trinity 
moe of Deptford Strond:—And then he with- 
rew. 


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


Ordered, That the Third Division of the Select Petitions for 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, have leave Private Bills. 


to sit this day till five of the clock, during the sitting 
of the House. 


Mr. Bell presented a Bill for inclosing a Common Hareshaw 
Moor or Tract of Waste Land, called Hareshaw Mclosure Bill. 
Common, in the Parish of Bellingham, in the County 
of Northumberland: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Thomas Wood presented a Bill for enabling General 
the General Cemetery Company to raise a further Cemetery Com- 
Sum of Money, and for amending the Act relating PY ®"" 
to the said Cemetery: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and other Per- Parrett Navi- 
sons interested in the Navigation of the River Par- 8%" Bil. 
rett, in the county of Somerset, and Inhabitants 
of the various towns, villages or districts supplied 
with goods and merchandize by means of the said 


kinds that paid Duty, and Total Amount thereof, | river, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
in each Kingdom ; and Total Number of Gallons, | selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 


and Total Duty thereon, in the whole of the United | of the Parrett Navigation Bill, was presented, and 


Kingdom, from the 5th day of January 1838 to the 
5th day of January 1839. 


Lord Viscount Howick presented, by Her Majes- 
ty’s Command,—Statistical Reports on the Sick- 
ness, Mortality, and Invaliding among the Troops 
in the United Kingdom, the Mediterranean and 
British America, prepared from the Records of the 
Army Medical Department and War Office Returns. 

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


Ordered, That the Journal of this House, from 
the end of the last Session of Parliament to the end 
of this present Session, with an Index to the Ninety- 
fourth volume, be printed. 

Ordered, That One thousand Copies of the said 
Journal and Index be printed by the appointment 
and under the direction of John Hews Ley, Esquire, 
Clerk of this House. 

Ordered, That the said Journal and Index be 
printed by such person as shall be licensed by Mr. 
Speaker, and that no other person do presume to 
print the same. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Govern- 
ment of Oude, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Liverpool 
and Holyhead Packets, which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 

Vou. 94. 





read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of John Tulloch, of Montague-place, Commercial 
Bedford-square, Gentleman, praying that he may be (London and 
heard, by himself, his rat 0 or agent, against ae 
certain parts of the Commercial (London and Black- 
wall) Railway Bill, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


ailway Bill. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Cheltenham 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Improvement 
case of the Petition for the Cheltenham Improve-®" 
ment Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
better regulating, paving, lighting, cleansing, watch- 
ing and improving the town of Cheltenham, in the 
county of Gloucester ; and for regulating the Police 


| thereof, and for removing and preventing Nuisances 


and Annoyances therein: And that Mr. Craven 
Berheley and Mr. Henry Berkeley do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Richmond and 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Reeth Road 
case of the Petition for the Richmond and Reeth ®*"'. 

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96 


Road Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
more effectually repairing and maintaining the Road 
from Richmond to Reeth, in the county of York: 
And that Mr. William Duncombe and Mr. Cayley 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Glasgow and 
Renfrew Road 
Bill. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Glasgow and Renfrew 
Road Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually maintaining and repairing the 
Road leading from the west side of the Entry to 
the New or Jamaica-street Bridge of Glasgow, by 
or near Parkhouse, to the east end of the Bridge 
at Renfrew: And that Mr. Speirs and Mr. Hous- 
toun do prepare, and bring it in. 


Fraserburgh 


4 Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
Harbour Bill. 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Fraserburgh Harbour 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied witb. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for further improving and maintaining the Harbour 
of the burgh of regalit 
county of Aberdeen: And that Captain Gordon and 
Mr. Duff do prepare, and bring it in. 











Hartishead 
or Dewsbury 
lnclosure Bill, 





The House was moved, That the Report in 0, 
of the Petition for the Hartishead or Dewsbury 
Inclosure Bill, which upon Thursday last was 
made from the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That. leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the township of Hartishead, 
otherwise Hartshead, in the parish of Dewsbury, in 
the West Riding of the county of York: And that 
Mr. Lascelles and Mr. Milnes do prepare, and bring 


it in. 






























































Preston The Committee on the Presion Gas Bill was 






































Gas Bill. nominated of Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, and the 
North Lancashire List. 
London and The Committee on the London and Birmingham 
nena Railway Bill was nominated of Mr. Dugdale, and 
ey” the North Warwick List. 
Wirksworth The Committee on the Wirksworth Small Debts 
Small Debts 








Bill was nominated of Mr. William Evans, and the 
South Derby List. 





Bill. 




















es gg notice of the application for leave to bring in the 
watension 


piesa Manchester’ and Birmingham Extension (Stone and 

Ruxzby) Rail- Rugby) Railway Bill; and praying that such Bill 

way. may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
































Metropolis 


A Petition of Charles Cochrane and others, pray- 
: ’ 


mprovementss ing that the plans of improvement proposed to be 
executed by the Westminster Improvement Com- 
pany, may be taken into consideration by the 
ouse, and that the same may be referred, together 
vith the Report of the Committee in 1832, to the 
Select Committee on Metropolitan Improvements 
to inquire and report whether the whole or a 
portion of the sum of 150,000/., being a moiety of 
the sum of 300,0001., authorized to be levied by a 
duty on Coals, ought to be granted to the West- 
minster Improvement Company, in aid of such pro- 
jected improvements, the motiey to be laid out under 
the control of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, Forests, Works and Buildings, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Metropolis Improvements. 







































































11° Martiz. 


of Fraserburgh, in the | 


Manchester and A Petition of the Corporation of Congleton, taking | 





A. 1839. 


Ordered, That the Reports of the Select Com- Metropolis 
mittee appointed in Session 1832, to inquire into Improvements, 
the most economical and eligible mode of improving 
the Approaches to the Houses of Parliament, and to 
the Courts of Law, and also of improving the im- 
mediate neighbourhood of Buckingham Palace, be 
referred to the Select Committee on Metropolis 
Improvements. 


Lord Viscount Sandon presented a Bill for alter- Liverpool 
ing and amending certain Acts relating to the Churches Bil, 
Churches of Saint Mark, Saint Luke and Saint 
Michael, in the Borough of Liverpool: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill to alter, amend Edinburgh, 
and enlarge the powers and provisions of an Act /titt, and 
; : - Newhaven 
assed in the seventh year of the reign of his Railway Bin, 
Majesty King Wéiiliam the Fourth, intituled, An 
Act for making and maintaining a Railway or Rail- 
ways from the City of Edinburgh to Leith, and to 
the Shore of the Frith of Forth, at or near to 
Newhaven and Trinity, all in the County of Edin- 
burgh, and to alter and vary the Lines and Levels 
of the Railways thereby authorized to be made, and 
| for other Purposes relating to the said Undertaking: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 





Petitions from Iver; — Denham ;— Dorney ; — Corn Laws. 
Eton ;— Farnham Royal ; — Fulmer ;— Horton ;— 
Langley Marish ;—Stoke Poges ;— Taplow ;—Upton- 
cum-Chalvey ;— Wexham ; — Wyradisbury ;—Burn- 
ham ;—Datchet ;— Woolborough ;— Ludford Magna 
and Ludford Parva;—Wyham-with-Cadebyand Lud- 
borough ;—North Reston and South Reston ;— Thed- 
dlethorpe All Saints and Theddlethorpe Saint Helen’s ; 
—Holton-le-Clay, Waithe and Grainsby ; — South 
Thoresby and Swaby ;—Ruckland and other places ; 
—Udtterby and North Ormsby ;— Conisholme and 
other places ; — Gayton-le-Wold and Brough-cum- 

Girsby ;— Yarborough and other places ;—Haugham 
and T'athwell ;—Grimoldby and Manby ;--Saltfleetby 
All Saints and other places;—Great Carlton and 
‘other places ;—Ganton ;—Berdsall;— Filey ;— Sut- 
ton ;— Barlby Weston ;— Marfleet ;—Mennethorpe ; 
— Gate Fulford; — Lowthorpe ; — Winterton ; — 
Brigg ;— Faldingworth ;— Normanby ;— Nettleham ; 
| ngham ;—Hoxne Union ;—Stow ;—Snarford ;— 
| Horsington ;--Benniworth and Willingham ;--Scam- 
| bleshy ;— Tidmarsh ;— Ashampsted ; — Jedburgh ;— 
Crediton ;— Washford Pyne ;—Tharverton ;— Thel- 
| bridge, kc. ;—Stoodleigh ;— Wembworthy; -Luffing- 
| colt ;—Clayhydon ; —Hemiock ; — Churchiaunton;— 
| Burrington; — Morchard Bishop ; — Loxbeare ; — 
Bampton ;— Op ama ;— Zeal Monachorum; 
—Down Saint Mary ;—Shobrooke ;— Puddington ; 
— Clayhangle ;— Stockley Pomeroy ;— Poughill ;— 
Sandford ;— Calverleigh ;— Clannaborough ;— Ken- 
nerleigh:—-Siockleigh English ;-- Bow ;—- Butterleigh ; 
—Cheriton Fitzpaine ;--Newton Saint Cyres ;—Tor- 
bryan ; — Oundle; — Knockando ;— Rothes ;— Briz- 
worth ; — Selkirkshire; — Bellie; — Speymouth ; — 
_Enzie; — Deskford; — Limerick City Grand Jury 
| (Foreman) ;-— Pontefract ;-- Woolley ;—Bulcote ;— 
Hundred of Stratton (Cornwall) ; — Hoveringham , 
| —Axholme; — Osgathorpe ; — Bedford County ;— 
Ripon ;— Saint Nicholas, Worcester ; — Thorne; — 
Mold ; — Bredgar;— Hundreds of Spelthorne and 
Elthorne, Middlesex ;—Church Eaton ;—Altcar ;— 
Great Grimsby, &amp;c. ;—- Aughton ; — Wednesfield ;— 
Anstruther Wester ;— Temple Mungret ;-—-Ormskirk; 
—Leitrim;— Llanelly ;—Llambeder and Partrishou ; 
— Crickhowell ;—Saint Michael Cwmdu ;—Llangei- 
nider ;— Llangattock ;— Raglan and Landenny ;-- 
Trellick and Trellisks Grange ; =— Chepstow ;-- Mit- 
chell Troy and Cwmcarvan ;— Lanvihangel Tory- 
mynyd, &amp;c.;--Glascoed and Monkswood ;—Shere- 
newton and Moanton; — Penalt; — Lanvahas and 
Lanvair 








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Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill. 


2 Vicroriz£. 


Lanvair Discoed; — Saint Arvans ; — Dixton; — 
Skenfrith ;—Bettws Newyd ;—Lansby ;—Landogo ; 
—Ilton and Howick ;— Ragland ;—Newchurch ;— 
Abernant ;— mere ;—Llangeler, &amp;c. ;--Llanwinio; 
—Selatiyn;—Great Bromley ;—Great Clacton ;— 
Kirby ;— Frating ; —Bradfield ;— Mistley ; —Ten- 
dring ; —Great Oakley ; —Ramsey ;—Thorrington ; 
—Little Bromley ; —Wrabness ; —Manningham ;— 
Thorp-le-Soken ;--Wix;--Great Bentley ;—Lauford ; 
— Little Oakley ; — Elmstead ;-- Ardleigh ;—— Little 
Clacton ;—Great Holland ;— Watton ;-- Alresford ; 
— Weeley ;--Saint Osyth ;--Askeaton;—Castle Cary; 
—Norton and other places ;— Featherstone ;-—Hal- 
sall ;——Worcester ;— Builth and Llanddewyn Cwm; 
—Llandewalley and Bronllys ;—- Hay ;-—Cheswar- 
dine ; — Hordley ; — Hardwick ;——- Manorbear and 
Penally ;— Melrose ; —— Notton and other places ;-- 
Lowdham ;—Llanbadarn Vawr ;-—Knochin ;—Sud- 
brook ; — Bracebridge ; -— Leicester; — Weston; —— 
Northumberland ;— Fiskerton ;—Ellesmere ;--Hun- 
dred of Earsham (Norfolk) ;—Hundreds of Loddon 
and Clavering (Norfolk) ;--Kidwelly ;-- Llanstephan; 
—Coleorton ;— Colchester ;— Ashby-de-la-Zouch ;—- 
Whittington ; — Acton Round ; — Rhoscrowther ;— 
Eaton Socon ; —— Duffus ;-- Llanyblodwell ;-— Hin- 
stock ; — Wroxeter ; — Canwick ; — Llangedwin ; -- 
Llanrhaiadr-a-Mochnant ; —- Selkirk ; — Limerick 
County (Grand Jury) ;—Llanymyneck ;—Loughbo- 
rough ;-—Leighton ;-——Wrockwardine ;--Members of 
the Lauderdale Agricultural Society ;—Witham-on- 
the-Hill ;--Witchampton ;—Saint John-in-Bedwar- 
dine ;— Cammering ham ;—— Oswestry ;—Easter Ross ; 
— Marloes ;-—Shrawardine ;——Leicester ; —- Waltham 
District ; — Skellingthorpe ; — Wennington ;—Wan- 
stead ;-—East Ham ;—- Cold Norton ;— Burnham ;— 
Asheldham ; — Dengie ;— Althorne and Crixseu ;— 
Saint Lawrence ;--Mayland ;—Downham ;—Steeple ; 
— Southminster ;— Bradwell ;— Tillingham;— West 
Ham ;—Barking ;—Little Ilford ;—Dagenham ;— 
and, Upminster ; praying that the Corn Laws may 
not be repealed,——were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Maryport ;—Staveley ;—Barnard 
Castle ; — Beverley ; — Coldstream ;—Saddleworth ; 
Saint Agnes ;—Scarborough ;— Brixham ;— Great 
Yarmouth ;—and, Ayton; praying for the repeal of 
the Corn Laws,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Norfolk;—Members of the Com- 
mittee of the Barnet Association ;— Thorne ;— 
Eton and Slough ;—and, county of Gloucester ; 

raying for the repeal of that part of the Sale of 
Beer Act which permits the sale of beer to be 
consumed on the premises,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Halifaz, praying 
that the said Act may not be repealed, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Orpher ;—Dalkeith ;—Aberfoyle ; 
Rothsay (two Petitions) ;— Tweedsmuir ;—and, Pol- 
lockshaws ; praying the House to we measures 
for relieving the religious destitution which prevails 
in Scotland, by extending the efficiency of the Esta- 
blished Church,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from wen — Portmoak ; — and,’ 


Nairn; praying the House not to sanction any 
further endowments to the Church of Scotland,-- 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of Haddington, praying that the Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of the Provost, Bailies, Treasurer and 
Councillors of Paisley ;—and, Commissioners of 
a of Paisley; praying that the said Bill may 

ou. 94. 


11° Marti. 


97 


not pass into a law,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


quire, a Candidate at the last Election for a Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Car- 
low, in Ireland, was delivered in and read ; setting 
forth, That at the last Election for a Member to serve 
in Parliament for the borough of Carlow in Ireland, 
held on the 25th day of “February last past, the 
Petitioner and Francis Bruen, Esquire, were Candi- 
dates; that William Fishbourne, Esquire, the Sove- 
reign of said borough, acted as Returning Officer 
at said Election ; that, at the final close of the poll 
on the 27th day of February last, the said Returning 
Officer declared the poll to be as follows: for the 
said Francis Bruen 167, and for the Petitioner 164 ; 
and the said Returning Officer declared the said 
Francis Bruen as the Member elected at said Elec- 
tion, as having the majority of votes at said Election 
over the Petitioner; the Petitioner states that, be- 
sides the votes so reckoned by the said Returning 
Officer, there tendered their votes at said Election 
to said Returning Officer, and required their votes 
to be put on the poll for the Petitioner, nine duly 
registered voters for said Borough, but whose votes 
the said Returning Officer illegally refused to re- 
ceive ; that such rejection of said votes was there- 
upon solemnly protested against by the Petitioner, 
and by the electors of said Borough; the Petitioner 
insists, that the poll as given at said Election, if 
the votes so illegally rejected had been reckoned on 
the poll, would stand as follows: for the Petitioner 
173, for the said Francis Bruen 167; leaving a 
majority of votes as given at said Election for the 
Petitioner, over the said Francis Bruen, of six; 
and praying, That the facts hereinbefore stated may 
be inquired into, that the said nme votes may be 
reckoned on the poll for the Petitioner, and that 
the poll taken at said Election, and the said 
Return, may be amended accordingly, and that it 
may be declared that the Petitioner was elected 
and ought to have been returned, or that the House 
will give such other relief as to the House shall 
seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday the 11th day of April 
next at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

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


not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


and its neighbourhood, praying the House to insti- 
tute an inquiry into the state, studies and discipline 
of the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, and 
refuse any further Grants of Public Money, was 


presenter and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


gel y Pennant ;—Dolbenmaen ; — and, Penmorfa; 
praying that the emoluments arising from sinecure 
rectories in Wales may be applied to the benefit of 
the diocese in which such revenues arise,—were 


raat and read ; and ordered to lie wpon the 
able. 


—and, Mr. Farrand a week, to attend the Assizes. 


Petitions from Barnsley ;—and, Wakefield ; 
ing for the establishment of Inland Bonding 





o houses, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Great Yarmouth rome hag 


A Petition of Thomas Gisborne, the younger, of Carlow Borough 
Horwich House, of Derbyshire, in England, "Bg. Election. 


Petitions from Dublin;—and, Liverpool; praying Municipal 
that the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill may Clclond) Bill 


vllege. 


Petitions from Llangybi and Llanarmon ;—Llan- Church 


fuirtalhaiarn ;—Llanarmom yn Yule ;—Llanfihan- ee 


Ordered, That Mr, William Turner have leave Leave of 
of absence for a fortnight, on account of ill health : Absence. 


T2Y~- Bonding 
are- Warchouses. 








98 


houses,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chollerton ;—Saint John Lee ;— 
and, Deanery of Ripon; praying the House to take 
into consideration the present state of the Ecclesias- 
tical Establishment in the Canadas,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
‘ Petitions from Woodhorn; — Bridlington; — 
/ Wigan ;—Ripon ;—and, Deanery of Ripon; pray- 
ing the House not to sanction any system of Na- 
tional Education, which is not founded on the prin- 
ciples of the Established Church,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Order for the Separation of the Riding 
House Troop of Artillery from the Corps of Artillery 
Drivers in 1808 :—Return of Officers of the Riding 
House Troop of Artillery placed upon Half Pay or 
Retired Pay, since 1816; the Amount thereof to 
each; the Names of such, if any, who have been 
since promoted from Half to Retired Full Pay, with 
a Statement of their Foreign Services :—Return of 
all Officers of the late Corps of Artillery Drivers 
who have been restored to Active Full Pay, since 
1816 :—Return of all Officers of the late Corps of 
Artillery Drivers who have been raised from Half 
to Retired Full Pay, since 1816:—Copy of the 
Order for the re-formation of the Corps of Artillery 
Drivers in 1816 :—Statement of the Terms granted 
to the Officers :—List of the Horse Artillery Officers 
posted to the re-formed Corps, with a Statement of 
the Services of each whilst attached thereto, their 
Rank and Daily Pay, and Term of Service therein : 
—Return of the period of Foreign Service of Cap- 
tain Henry Lane and Lieutenant Madden, of the 
Corps of Artillery :—-Artillery Drivers; the Date 
of their Commissions ; the Amount of Pay of each 
in Active Service ; the Amount of Retirmg Pay of 
each; the Date of their Retirement or Discharge, 
and Cause thereof:—-Copy of the Muster Roll and 
Pay List of Captain Henry Lane’s Troop of Artil- 
lery Drivers for any One Month of the year 1812: 
--And, Return of all Officers of Artillery Drivers 
now upon Active Pay, Half Pay or Retired Pay, 
who have received Civil or Military Distinctions or 
Pensions, or Brevet Promotion, distinguishing the 
Reward granted to each. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, several 
Resolutions ; which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Anti Dry- Rot Company Bill, the Standing 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Liverpool Docks Bill, the Standing Orders 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Kennet and Amesbury Road Bill, the Standing 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Protestant Dissenters’ Assurance Company 
Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
with. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Barnsley Waterworks Bill, the Standing Orders 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection for 
Committees on Private Bills be appointed :—And 
a Committee was appointed of Mr. Estcourt, Mr. 
Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. Aglionby 
and Mr. Green. 


The Committee on the Cullompton Road Bill was 
nominated of Sir Thomas Acland, and the North 
Devon List. 





11° Martii. 











A. 1889. 


A Petition of Grand Jurors of Limerick, praying Railways 
for the introduction of a Bill, for-the pu of (Ireland.) 
carrying into effect the proposition contamed in the 
report of the Railway Commissioners for Jreland, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of the General Irish 
Railway Committee, praying that the proposed 
measures for carrying into effect the reports of the 
Trish Railway Commissioners, may not receive the 
sanction of the House, was also presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Constables. 
Peace for the parts of Lindsey, in the county of 
Lincoln, in quarter sessions assembled, complaining 
of the repeal of the provision for the remuneration 
of Parish Constables, for their time and trouble in 
the search for and apprehension of prisoners sus- 
pected of felony; and praying the ee to take 
the matter into consideration, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Jones, a Magistrate and Court of Session 
Frontier Settler of the Province of Upper Canada, (Scotland. ) 
complaining of delay in the proceedings of the Court 
of Session in Scotland, and praying for inquiry, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and Dealers in Sugar, Foreign Sugar. 
of the burgh of Jedburgh, praying for a reduction 
of duty on Foreign Sugar, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Wholesale and Retail Grocers and goreign Coffee. 
Dealers in Coffee, in the burgh of Jedburgh, pray- 
ing for a reduction of duty on Foreign Coffee, was 
SS and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


The Newark Gas Bill was read a second time ; Newark 
and committed to Mr. Serjeant Wilde and the South Sas Bill. 
Nottingham List. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Answer to 
House, that their several Addresses of the 28th day Addresses. 
of February last, and of the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7t 
and 8th days of this instant March, (that Her Ma- 
jesty would be graciously pleased to give directions 
that the papers therein mentioned might be laid 
before this House), had been presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, and that Her Majesty had commanded him 
to acquaint this House, that She will give directions 
accordingly. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to several Theatrical 
Addresses to Her Majesty, —A Copy of all Corres- Entertainmeuts. 
pondence that has passed between the Lord 
Chamberlain’s Office and the Lessee of Drury-lane 
Theatre, from Monday last to the present time. 

Copy of a Communication from the Sheriffs of Prisons 
Scotland to the Secretary of State, relative to the (Scotland) Bill. 
Prisons Bill for Scotland. 

Mr. For Maule also pee’. pursuant to the Grand Jury 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Accounts of Presentment 
Presentments made by the Grand Juries of the se- senate 
veral Counties, Cities and Towns of Ireland, for the 
year 1838. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, ships « Pique.” 
Copies of Reports from Captain Bozer on the “ Inconsant,” 
Pique, since he has had command of that Ship: ** 
also, from Captain Pring on the Jnconstant (except- 
ing those included in the Returns already laid before 
Parliament); with Statements of the Quantity of 
Provisions and Water those Ships stowed, and of 

the 





ssion 


par. 


9 VicToriz. 


the Number of Troops conveyed in them to Worth 
America, and Reports of both Ships’ Defects during 
1837 and 1838 :—Of Report from the Commander- 
in-Chief in the Mediterranean on the Vanguard ; 
also, of Admiral Bouverie’s Report on the Van- 
guard: — Of Captain Herbert and Commander 
Preston’s Reports of Trials between the Vestal, 
Calliope and Electra:—Of Reports on the Quali- 
ties of the New Class of Packets :—Of Commander 
Henderson’s Report on the Qualities of the Colum- 
bine:—Of Reports received from Lord John Hay 
on the Gorgon, dated November and December 
1838, and January 1839 :—-And, of Reports of the 
Sailing Qualities of the under-mentioned Ships, 
between the Dates specified against their Names, 
viz :— 
Vanguard, from January 1837 to August 1838. 
Pique, from August 1837 to January 1838. 
Vestal, from January 1836 to September 1837. 
Cleopatra, from August 1835 to November 1838. 
Columbine, from January to December 1835. 
Ditto, from January to December 1837. 
Pantaloon, from July 1832 to September 1834. 
Pandora, from August 1833 to January 1836. 
Ditto, from March to December 1836. 
Dolphin, from August to December 1837. 
Rover, from December 1834 to January 1836. 
Sir Charles Adam accordingly presented the said 
Papers. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Public Peti- Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
wen Select Committee on Public Petitions ; That ter 
ie had examined the Petitions presented from the 6t 

to the sth days of this instant March, both inclu- 
sive ; and had directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Malt. Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt, which 
No.99. was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 
East India. Ordered, That Copies of the Treaties with Persia 
No.100. and other Powers in the East Indies, which were 


presented upon Friday last, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Tithes 
Commutation, which was presented upon Friday 


Tithes Commu- 
tation. 


No.101.  jast, be printed. 
Caledonian Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Caledo- 
conal. nian Canal, which was presented upon Friday last, 
be referred to the Select Committee on the Cale- 
donian Canal. 
a Petitions from Saint John, Limerick ;—and, Saint 
ranchise, 


(Ireland.) aan Michael, Limerick ; praying the House tv identify 
the Elective Franchise in England and Ireland, 
countries in which the tenures of lands and houses 
are similar, and to give to Ireland as complete 
Municipal Reform as England has obtained, and 
to give also to Ireland her adequate proportion in 
the representation, and _— to place Ireland 
upon a footing of equality in religious freedom with 

ngland by allocating the temporalities of the 
church of the minority in that country to purposes 
of charity, education and public utility,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Registersof = A Petition of John Shephard, acting Registrar 

Births, &amp;e.Bill. oF the Diocese of London, praying that the Re- 
gisters of Births, &amp;c., Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Prisons Bill, A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 


gesses of Kingston-upon-Hull, praying that a Clause 

may be inserted in the Prisons Bill, making pro- 

vision, that besides the regular chaplain of each 
Vou. 94, 


11° Mariiz. 


99 


prison such clergymen and dissenting ministers as 
may be willing to afford gratuitous public instruction 
m gaols, may be authorized to do so, under the 
direction of the visiting magistrates, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Preses and Secretary of the Postage. 
Society of Farmers of the western district of the 
county of Ross ;—and, Chairman and Clerk of the 
Justices of the Peace of the county of Ross; praying 
for the adoption of a low and uniform rate of Post- 
age,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Warden and Canons of the Col- Ecclesiastical 
lege of the Twelve Minor Canons of the Charch of Duties and 
Saint Paul, London;—Dean and Chapter of Ripon ; ®eve™*s Bill 
—and, Clergy of the Rural Deanery of Tamworth ; 
praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Importers of Lath-wood and opera- Laths. 
tive Lath-renders of the port of Hull, complaining 
of the importation of foreign manufactured Laths, 
and praying the House to take the matter into con- 
sideration, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Canada. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of the Correspondence between 
the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and the 
Secretary of State, on the subject of the creation of 
Rectories in that Province by Sir John Colborne. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Supply. 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee 
of Supply be now read ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That,” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words, “ this House haviug on a former day agreed 
“ to the following Resolution, viz. 
‘ That it is the Opinion of this House, that Theatrical En- 
‘ during Lent, no greater restrictions be placed tertainments. 
‘ upon Theatrical Entertainments within the city 
‘ of Westminster, than are placed upon the like 
‘amusements at the same period in every other 
‘ part of the Metropolis ;’ 
“ This House learns with regret and surprise, 
“ that Her Majesty’s Ministers have thought fit to 
“ interfere with the wholly unfettered discretion 
“ which the Legislature has been pleased to vest in 
“ the Lord Chamberlain, with respect to Theatrical 
“ Entertainments in Westminster, by directing that 
“ Officer of Her Majesty’s Household so to exercise 
“ his discretionary authority as to defeat the mani- 
“ fest object of a Resolution of the Commons 
“ House of Parliament,” instead thereof. ; 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
osed to be left out, stand part of the Question :— 
t was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
mittee of Supply, be now read ; and the same being 
read:—The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That Thirty-four thousand one hun- seamen and: 
dred and sixty-five Men be employed for the Sea Marines. . 
Service for thirteen lunar months to the 31st day of 
March 1840, including Nine thousand Royal Ma- 
rines and ‘Two thousand Boys. 

2. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding One Mil- wages for 
lion eighty thousand and eighty-nine pounds be Ditto. 





granted to Her Majesty, to defiay the Charge of 
02 ages 








Victuals for 
Ditto, 


Outrages 
Ireland.) 


House of 
Commons 


Redruth and 
Hayle Road 
Bill. 


B 8 
Ineo 


100 


Wages to Seamen and Marines, and to the Ordinary 
and Yard Craft which will come in course of pay- 
ment, during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred and forty-six thousand six hundred and 
twenty-five pounds be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Victuals for Seamen and Ma- 
rines in Her Majesty’s Fleet, and for the Ordinary 
and Yard Craft to the 31st day of March 1840. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


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


Martis, 12° die Martii, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Thursday last, That there be laid before this 
Wotie, a Return of all Outrages, Crimes and Of- 
fences, distinguishing the several Crimes and de- 
scriptions, which have occurred in the several Coun- 
ties, Cities and Towns in Jreland, in each month of 
the respective years 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838 and 
1839, to the time of making such Return ; showing 
the Sum Total of each description of Outrage, 
Crime and Offence committed in each County, City 
and Town in each month ; showing, also, the Total 
in each County, City and Town in each month and 
in each of the said years ; showing, also, the Number 
ef Persons concerned in each Outrage, Crime or 
Offence, so far as the same can be ascertained ; 

And the Question being again — :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


And Notice being taken that Forty Members 
were not present; the House was told by Mr. 
Speaker; and Forty Members not being present, 
and it being then a quarter of an hour after two of 
the clock on Tuesday morning :—The House was 
adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till this day. 





Martis, 12° die Marti; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 
R. Romilly, from the Commissioners for esta- 
blishing Regulations in the Offices of the 
House of Commons, was called in; and at the bar 
resented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Sitlement—Cortificete of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed by an Act passed in the 52d year of the 
reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, 
intituled, “ An Act to repeal an Act passed in the 
thirty-ninth and fortieth year of the reign of his 
present Majesty, for establishing Regulations in the 
Offices of the House of Commons, and for establish- 
ing other and further Regulations in the said Offices : 
—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Redruth and Hayle Road Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed to Mr. Pendarves and 
the West Cornwall List. 


A Petition of Richard Holmes, of Arundel, in 
the county of Sussex, Gentleman, for leave to pre- 
sent a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill for 


11°—12° Martiz. 





A. 1839. 


dividing, allotting and inclosing the Common Fields, 
Common Meadows, Open and Common Downs, 
Common and Waste Lands, in the parish of Bury, 
in the county of Sussex, was presented, and an; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


The Aberbrothwick Harbour Bill was read a Aberbrothwick 
second time; and committed to Mr. Chalmers and Harbour Bill, 
the North Scotland Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Necropolis 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Cemetery _ 
the Petition for the Necropolis Cemetery Company ©°™P*"Y Bil. 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inoorporating a Company to be called The Ne- 
cropolis Cemetery Company, and for enabling such 
Company to establish a Cemetery for the Interment 
of the Dead at Haverstock Hill, in the parish of 
Saint Pancras, in the county of Middlesex: And 
that Mr. John Ellis and Mr. Phillpotts do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee patent White 
on Petitions for 
the Petition for leave to present a Petition for the 
Patent White-lead Company Bill, the Committee 
recommend that leave be given to present a Peti- 
tion for a Bill on or before Monday, the 18th day of 
this instant March. 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Peti- 
tion, as desired. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Rathkeale 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Inclosure Bill. 
the Petition for the Rathkeale Inclosure Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands within the parish of Rathkeale, 
in the county of Limerick: And that Mr. William 
O’Brien and Colonel Fitzgibbon do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee London Ceme 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of tery Company. 
the Petition for the London Cemetery Company Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Tyne Dock 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Bill. 
the Petition for the Tyne Dock Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making Wet Docks and other Works at or near 
to Jarrow Slake, within the Port of Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne, and in the county of Durham, to be called 
The Tyne Docks: And that Mr. Ord and Mr. 
Hodgson Hinde do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene i, ein from the Select Committee Gravesend, &amp;c. 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Gas Bill. 
the Petition for the Gravesend, &amp;c. Gas Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better lighting with Gas the town of Gravesend, 
and the neighbourhood thereof, in the county of 
Kent: And that Mr. Law Hodges and Sir Edmund 
Filmer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Sawmill Ford 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Bridge aud 
the Petition for the Sawmill Ford Bridge and Road “"" 
Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as the Notices in the Edinburgh 
Gazette were not given in three successive weeks, 
the two last of such Notices being in the Gazettes 
of Tuesday the 30th October, and Friday the 2d of 
November, in the same week. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 

Mr. 


rivate Bills; That in the case of Lead Company, 


Liskea 
Small 


Paten 
Lead 


Stow: 
Inclo 


Grea 


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Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Liskeard Small Debts Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Liskeard 
Small Debts. 


Patent White A Petition of Members of a certain intended 

Lead Company. Company, to be called the Patent White Lead Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable them to 
purchase a Patent granted to John Woolrich, of 
Birmingham, for an improved process of manufac- 
turing Caenate of Lead, commonly called White 
Lead, and to enable them to sue and be sued in the 
Name of any Member or Officer for the time being 
of the said Company, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Stow-cum-Quy The Stow-cum-Quy Inclosure Bill was read a se- 
Inclosure Bill. cond time ; and committed to Mr. Townley and the 
Cambridge List. 


Great Central Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
—— mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
—_ case of the Petition for leave to present a Petition 
for the Great Central Zrish (Celbridge and Mul- 
lingar) Railway Bill, the Committee recommend 
that leave be given to present a Petition for the 
said Bill on or before the second day after the 
Easter recess. 
Ordered, That leave be given to present a Peti- 
tion, as desired. 


Slamannan 


on Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
alway. 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Slamannan Railway 
Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as no Notices were given in any 
Newspaper published in the county of Stirling into 
which the Railway runs. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ringstead 
Inclosure Bill. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Ringstead Inclosure 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the parish of Ringstead, in 
the county of Northampton: And that Lord Viscount 
Maidstone and Mr. Maunsell do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Litherland 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
Roads Bill. 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; and to whom 
the Petition of J. Bibby and others, complaining of 
non-compliance with the Standing Orders in the case 
of the Petition for the Litherland Roads Bill was 
referred ; That the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with in the case of the Petition for the said Bill. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to repair and maintain certain Roads within the 
township of Litherland, in the parish of Sefton, in 
the county of Lancaster: And that Lord Viscount 
Sandon and Lord Stanley do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Sidmouth Improvement 
and Market Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for paving, lighting, watching, cleansing and other- 
wise improving the town of Sidmouth, in the county 
of Devon, and for building a Market-house, and 
regulating the Market there: And that Sir John 
Yarde Buller and Mr. Montagu Parker do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

Vo. 94, 


Sidmouth 
mprovement 
aud Market 
Bill, 


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101 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Clan Inclosure. 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Clun Inclosure Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. ' 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. siti 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Filtration 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Company- 
ease of the Petition for the Filtration Company 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Crichton 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Chities. 
case of the Petition for the Crichton Charities Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, "That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
incorporate the Trustees and others, Directors of the 
Crichton Royal Institution for Lunatics at Dumfries, 
and for the better enabling them to carry on their 
Charitable Designs: And that Mr. Hope Johnstone 
and the Lord Advocate do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection for Committee of 
Committees on Private Bills, have leave to sit this rane 
day till five of the clock, during the sitting of the vt Bis) 
House. 


Petitions from Ann Cussell and J. Caulstock ;— south Eastern 
and, W. C. Burt and others; complaining that the Railway. 
Standing Orders of the House, in respect to the a 
plication for the South Eastern Railway Bill, had 
not been complied with ; and praying that such 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
tions for Private Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Herefordshire 
a of the Petition for the Herefordshire and a yy 
loucestershire Canal Bill, which, upon Friday last, 
was made from the Select Committee on Standin 
Orders relative to Private Bills, might be read ; mx. 
the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
for enabling the Company of Proprietors of the 
Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Navigation 
to raise a further Sum of Money: And that Sir 
Robert Price, Mr. Hoskins and Mr. Foley do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Anderton 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; and to Cying Com- 
whom the Petition of Messrs. Fairhurst, Tilston 
&amp; Co., complaining of non-compliance with the 
Standing Orders in the case of the Petition for the 
Anderton Carrying Company was referred; That 
in the case of the Petition for the said Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Chirk Inclosure Bill was read a second time ; Chirk Incfosure 
and committed to Mr. Ralph Ormsby Gore and the Bill. 
North Wales List. 


A Petition of Trustees for maintaining the road Blackquarry 
leading from Glasgow to Giarscube Bridge, com- or Anniesiand 
plaining that the Standing Orders of the House in ~~ 
respect to the application for the Black Quarry 
or Anniesland Road Bill, had not been complied 
with ; and praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their agents and witnesses, against the 
same, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Cambridge Gaol Bill was read a second time ; Cambridge 
and committed to Mr. Pryme and the Cambridge G20! Bill. 
List. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Saint Leonard’s 
spect of the Petition for the Saint Leonard's and waSeiuscomb 
Sedlescomb Road Bill, which, upon Thursday last, 

03 was 





Great North 
of England 
Railway Bill. 


Liverpool and 
Manchester 
(Extension) 
Railway Bill. 


Cheltenham 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


6 


Cheltenham 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Dover, Deal, 
and Sandwich 
Road Bill. 


Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way (No, 1.) 


Corn Laws. 





102 


was made from the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills, might be read; and the same being 


read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act passed in the sixth year of His 
late Majesty King William the Fourth, for making 
a Turnpike Road from Saint Leonard’s and Saint 
Mary Magdalen, to the Royal Oak Inn at What- 
lington, and through Seddlescomb to Cripp’s Corner, 
in the parish of Ewhurst, in the county of Sussex : 
And that Mr. Compton Cavendish and Mr. Goring 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Great North of England 

ailway Bill which, upon Friday last, was made from 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders relative 
to Private Bills, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending and enlarging the provisions of the 
several Acts relating to the Great North of England 
Railway Company, and for other purposes relating 
thereto: And that Mr. Pease and Mr. Harland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 





The Liverpool and Manchester (Extension) Rail- 
way Bill was read a second time; and committed 
to Lord Viscount Sandon and the South Lancaster 
List. 


Mr. Craven Berkeley presented a Bill to enable 
the Cheltenham Waterworks Company to enlarge 
and extend their Works, and for amending the Act 
relating thereto: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Craven Berkeley presented a Bill for better 
regulating, paving, lighting, cleansing, watching and 
improving the Town of Cheltenham, in the County 
of Gloucester, and for regulating the Police thereof, 
and for removing and preventing Nuisances and 
Annoyances therein: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 





The Dover, Deal and Sandwich Road Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed to Sir Edward 
Knatchbull and the East Kent List. 


A Petition of Richard Davis, of Little Wenlock, 
in the county of Salop, Gentleman, the Owner of 
two leasehold houses in Rotherfield-street, in the 
parish of Saint Mary, Islington, in the county of 
Middlesex, complaining that the Standing Orders 
of the House in respect to the application for the 
Northern and Eastern Railway (No. 1.) Bill, had 
not been complied with; and praying that he may 
be heard by himself, his agent and witnesses, against 
the same, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Alberbury ; — Hundred of Diss 
(Norfolk); — Hundred of East Fegg (Norfolk); — 
Hundred of Humbleyard (Norfolk) ;— Hundred of 
Forehoe (Norfolk) ;— Hundred of Depwade (Nor- 
folk) ;—Hundred of Hap ing (Norfolk) ;— Norwich; 
—Hundred of Eynsford. ( Norfolk) ;—Scothorne ;— 
Louth;— Legburn and Little Cawthorpe;— Kedding- 
ton, &amp;c. ;—Claythorpe, &amp;c. ;— Fotherby, &amp;c. ;— Bur- 
well, &amp;c.; — North and South Cockerington and 
Alvingham ;—South Elkington, &amp;c. ;—Hainton and 
South Willingham ;—-North Thoresby and Fulstow ; 
— Withern;—North Coats and Marsh Chapel ;— 
Tothill;—-Kelsterne-with-Lambcroft and Calcethorpe; 
—Binbrook Saint Gabriel and Binbrook Saint Mary; 
—Hallington, &amp;c. ;—Meole Brace ;— Broughton ;— 
Acton Burnell ;—Clive ;— Grinshill;— Preston Gub- 
balls ;— Atcham ;— Wem ;— Chelmarsh 3—Alveley ; 
— Hinzton;— Orwell ;— Littleport ;— Ely (two Peti- 


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A, 1889. 


lingham ;— Feversham ;—Snailwell ;— Milton (Cam- 
bridge) ;—Ickleton ;—Arreton ;-—— Binsted ;— Brooke ; 
— Brading ; — Bonchurch ;— Brixton ;—- Chale ; — 
Carisbrooke;—-Calbourne ;-- Freshwater ;--Gatcombe; 
— Godshill ; — Mottistone ;—— Newport (Hants) ; — 
Northwood ; — Saint Nicholas ; — Saint Helen’s ;— 
Saint Lawrence ;-—-Shanklin ;--Shorwell ;--Shalfleet ; 
—Thorley ;— Whippingham ;— Whitwell ;— Wootton; 
— Yarmouth ;—Yaverland :—Ashby Saint Ledgers ; 
— Badby ; — Boughton ;— Braunston ;—By field ;— 
Charwelton;—Clay Coton ;—Coton;—Cold Ashby ; 
—Creaton ; — Dallington ;— Dodford ;—East Had- 
don ;—Everdon ;— Farthingstone ;— Floore ;—Guils- 
borough ;—Haselbeech ;—Helidon ;—Long Buchby ; 
— Newnham;—WNorton ;—-Naseby ;—Preston Capes; 
— Ravensthorpe ;—Spratton ; — Stowe ;—Staverton ; 
— Thornby ; — Weedon Beck ; — Welford ; — West 
Haddon ;— Welton ;— Winwick ;— Woodford ;— Yel- 
vertoft ; — Great and Little Wymondley ; — Paul's 
Waldon; — Ippollitts; — Watton ;— Pirton ;— Roys- 
ton ;—Astwick ;—Offley ;—Graveley ;—Sheephall ;- 
Ickleford ;— Hinxworth;—Newnham ;— King’s Wal- 
den ;— Baldock ;— Buckland ;— Kimpton ;— Hexton; 
— Willian ; — Stevenage ; -—— Hitchin ;— Ashwell ;— 
Knebworth ; —Datchworth ;— Weston ;— Lleyn ;— 
Castle Eaton ;— Duntisbourn;—Central Agricultural 
Society of Great Britain and Ireland (Chairman) ; 
— Haverhill, &amp;c. ;— Berwick-upon-Tweed ;—Saleby, 
&amp;c. ;—Inch Saint Lawrence;— Little Chesterford ;— 
Leaden Roothing ;— Wicken Bonant ;—Arkesden ;— 
Hadstock ; — Tilty ; — Helions Bumstead ;— High 
Roothing ;— White Roothing ;—Aythrop Roothing ; 
— Henham ;— Farnham ;—Takeley ;— Furneaur Pel- 
ham ;— Thorley ;— Bishop’s Stortford ;—Elsenham ; 
— Widdington; — Manuden ; — Great Bardfield ;— 
Hemstead ;--Broxted ;--Clavering ;-- Berden;--Great 
and Little Hallingbury ;—Rickling ;—Quendon ;— 
Cornhill ;— Spring field ; — Heybridge ;— Sapperton 
and Coates ;—Great Badminton and Little Badmin- 
ton ;—Tormarton and Acton ;— Turville ;—Lucking- 
ton, &amp;c. ;—Stoke Gifford and Stapleton ;— Newent ; 
—Terling ;— Didmarton and Oldbury-on-the-Hill ; 
—Rendcomb and North Cerney;—Old Sodbury ;— 
Little Sodbury and Chipping Sodburu ;— Cirencester ; 
——Dodington, &amp;c.;—South Cerney ;—Doddinghurst ; 
— Guilden Morden; — Great and Little Seling a 
White Nolley ;— Great Waltham ;— Blackmore ; — 
Bourn ;—Abingdon Pigotts ;—Sutton (Cambridge) ; 
—Alnwick ;—Glanton;— Norham ;—Midlavent ;— 
Eastlavent ; — Singleton ;— East Dean ;-—Oving ;— 
Boxgrove ; — Tangmere ; — Westhamstead ;— Stoke 
(two Petitions) ;—Wisborough Green ;— Leominster ; 
—Carnarvon ;—Stansted Mountfitchet ;— Barlaston ; 
—Stainforth ;— Standon ; — Kilshannig ;—Barry- 
more ;—— Mere ;— Southwold ;— Hartismere ;—Cow- 
fold; — Pulborough; — Dorchester; — County of 
Hereford (High Sheriff) ;--South Perrott ;--Haugh- 
ton-le-Sherne ;— Middleton Saint George and Dins- 
dale ;-— Barton;—-Coniscliffe ;-— Longnewton ;-- Elton ; 
— Middlesbrough ; — Hart ; — Billingham ;— High 
Worsall ;— Redmarshall ;— Norton ;--Hurworth ;— 
Wooler ;—County of Brecknock;—County of Angle- 
sey ; — Birchanger ; —- County of Kincardine (five 
Petitions) ;--Maryculter ;-— Bicknoller ;-- High Ham; 
—Long Sutton ;— East Mersea ;—Imokilly ;— Tiver- 
ton ;—Birch ;— Hooton Pagnell;--Brodsworth-with- 
Pigburn and Scansby ;—Stainton with Hellaby ;— 
Dromtariff ;--Kilcorney ;— Millstreet ;—Noghavalle 
(two Petitions) ; — Cudlin; — Stonham Aspal and 
Stonham Parva ;— Darfield ;—Muchelney ;— Dray- 
ton ;—Abberton ;—Orford, &amp;c. ;—Saxrmundham and 
Sternfield ;—Iken, &amp;c. ;—Aldeburgh, &amp;c. ;— Benhall, 
&amp;c. ;-—- Wickham Market and Petestree ;--Mordiford ; 
--County of Worcester ;—Glenham Magna, &amp;c. ;— 
Bentley with Arksey ;—County of Cambridge and 
Isle of Ely ;—Saffron Walden Union ;—Creed, &amp;c. ; 
— Woodford ; — Thundersley ;— Peldon ;—Aldham; 
— Mile End ;— York (North Riding) ;— Lexden and 
Winstree ; — Birling ;-— Doncaster ;— Banff ;— Not- 





tions) ;—Eversden ;—Litlington ;—Sawston ;— Wil- 





tingham (South Division) ; — March ;— Stroud ; — 
Welches 


Education, 





2 VicToriz. 


Welches Dam ;—Kilgariffe ;— Eifionydd ;—Adding- 
ton, &amp;c. ;--Bridgnorth ;—- Denbigh ;—Strood ;—Salt- 
freet with Skidbrook ; — Malpas ; — Wakes Colne ;— 
Fingrinhoe ;— Great Horkesley ;— Shepton Beau- 
champ ;— Northwich ;— Langenhoe ;—Berechurch ;— 
Little Wigborough ;— Stanway ;—Little Horkesley ; 
—Layer Bretton ;— Hatfield Peverel ;— Worming- 
ford ;—Great Wigborough ;--Wivenhoe ;-- Fordham ; 
—Markstey ;—Great Tey ;— Westerham ;—Chapel ; 
—Great Bradley ;--Paul’s Cray ;—Great and Little 
Maplested ; — West Bergholt ; — East Donyland ;— 
Lexden ;—Brighilingsea ;— Layer Marney ;— Lang- 
ham ;—Copford ;—Plomesgate Union ;—Cradley ;— 
Newry ; — Ringwood ; — Kingsomborne ; — Conis- 
brough, &amp;c. ;—Higham ;--Kent (Western Division) 
(two Petitions); — Leigh ; — Hundred of Wirrall 
(Chester) ; — Manea ;-— Bolton-upon-Swale, &amp;c, ;— 
Last Woodhay; — Mexbrough and Denaby ; — Fin- 
ningley and Awkley ;— Arundel ;— Burford ;—Dod- 
dington ;—Shiffnall ;--Allhallows (Kent) ;-- Beverleu; 
— Berwick;— Middle ;— Belford ;— Wimblington ;— 
Adwick-le-Street and Owston ;—Grand Jury of the 
county of Waterford (Foreman); — Wath -upon- 
Dearne ;—Home Lacy, &amp;c. ;—Derby ;— Melbourne 
(Cambridge) ;—North Cowton ;— Wilburton ;— Car- 
dington ; —- Chatteris; — Sprotbrough, &amp;c.;—South 
and East Cowton, &amp;c. ;—Bledlow ;— Wandsworth ; 
— Wimborne ; — Whittlesey ; — Tolleshunt Knights ; 
—Benacre, &amp;c.;—Marr and Hickleton ;— Wrington; 
—Barlavington;— Rustington;—Norton Fitzwarren; 
— Burnham ;—West Wratting ; — Thetford ;—Hun- 
dred of Mutford and Lothingland (Suffolk) ; — For- 
trose (Chairman of a Meeting);—Stoke-upon-Terne ; 
— Oakington ;—Linton (Cambridge); — Rawmarsh ; 
— Little Marcle, &amp;c.;—Waterbeach ;— Isleham ;— 
Eaton ;— Shalford ;—Taunton ;--W hitwell ;—County 
of Kerry ; — Ashbocking Farmers’ Club ; — Broad- 
well ;—Chinnor ;— Dedham ;-— Northiam;—Tendring 
Agricultural Association ;—Great and Little Cog- 
geshall ;— Newton Bromshold ;—-Berrington;—Stow- 
cum-Quy ;— Downham ;— Witcham ;— Eastnor ;— 
Markshall ;—Earls Colne;—Shorne ;—Great Dun- 
mow ; — Stebbing ; — Barnston ;—Great Easton ;— 
Little Bardfield ; — Little Canfield; — Great Can- 
field ;—High Easier ;— Little Dunmow ;— Margaret 
Roothing ; — Hilton and Fenstanton ; — Wisbech ;— 
Ledbury ;—Waltham Holy Cross ;—Members of the 
Duhallow Agricultural Society ;—Rede;— Adbaston ; 
—Alford (two Petitions) ;— Clatt ; — Aberdeen ;— 
Ibsly ;— Harbridge ;—and, Ellingham ; praying that 
the Corn Laws may not be repealed,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Wellington (Somerset); — Earls- 
town ;— Montrose ;— Bervie ; — Auchinblae; — Lau- 
rencekirk ;-- Johnshaven;— Manchester ;—-Thornbury ; 
— Buckie; — Dunsbourne and Winstone ;—Cirences- 
ter;--North Cerney, &amp;c.;—Port Gordon, &amp;c.;— 
Moffat ;— Lewes ;—Greenlaw ;— Hebden Bridge ;— 
Maybole ;—Chamber of Commerce of Waterford ; 
— Gateshead; — Kirkwall ;— Bradford (Wilts) ; — 
Coldingham ;—Oadby ;—-Great Coggeshall; Frome 
Selwood ; — Oxford ; — Braintree and Bocking ; — 
Tattenham;— Rawstonstall ;— Blairgowrie and Rat- 
tray ;-- London ;—-Wick (two Petitions) ;— Newbottle; 
hate ;— Otley ;— Darlington ;-— Stockton-upon- 
Tees; — Nairn; — Yeadon ;— Idle ;— Eyemouth ;— 
Batley ; — Kirkby Lonsdale ; — Guiseley ; — Saint 
Luke, Middlesex ;— Horsforth ;— Plymouth ;---New- 
church ;—-Bristol ;—- Builth ;— Belfast ;— Alnwick ; 
— Tavistock ;—and, East Budleigh; praying for the 
repeal of the Corn Laws,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bolton-le-Moors ;— Ringwood ;— 
and, Malpas; praying the House not to sanction 
any system of National Education that is not 
founded on the principles of the Established Church, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

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103 


A Petition of Members of the Maidstone Mecha- 
nics Institution, and others, praying the House to 
take into consideration the propriety of establishing 
a national board of Education, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Essex (Chairman of the General Sale of Beer 
Quarter Sessions) ;—and, Street ;—praying for the Act- 
amendment of the Sale of Beer Act,—were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Natives and Inhabitants of Saint flective 
Mary, Limerick, praying the House to identify the Franchise, &amp;e., 
Elective Franchise in England and Ireland, countries (1*¢!™4-) 
in which the tenures of lands and houses are similar, 
and to give to Jreland as complete Municipal Re- 
form as England has obtained, and to give also to 
Lreland her adequate proportion in the representa- 
tion, and finally to place Jreland upon a footing of 
equality in religious freedom with England, by allo- 
cating the temporalities of the church of the mino- 
rity in that country to purposes of charity, educa- 
tion and public utility, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Ernest Hamilton, of the Turnpike 
county of Stafford, Civil Engineer, praying that an Trosts. 
inquiry may take place with a view to consolidate 
Turnpike Trusts into districts, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Horsepath, praying Maynooth 
the House to withdraw every kind of public support College. 
from the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, was 
ar gap and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- poor Law 
dians of the Poor of the Halsted Union, in the county Amendment 
of Essex, stating, that the provision made under the 4“ 
Poor Law Amendment Act, for the affiliation of 
bastard children, is altogether inoperative ; and that 
the remedy contemplated by the Act leads in most 
instances, to great expense in trials in Courts of 
Quarter Sessions ; and praying the House to take 
the matter into consideration, with a view to the 
adoption of a less expensive and more easy mode 
of obtaining orders of affiliation, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Llangwstennin and Eglwys-rhos ; church 
--and, North Wales; praying that the emoluments of Establishment 
sinecure rectories in Wales may be applied to the (Wes) 
benefit of the diocese in which such revenues arise, 

—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Peterhead ;—Drumoak ;—Mongu- church of 
hitter ;—and, New Deer; praying the House to Scotland. 
adopt measures for relieving the religious destitution 
which prevails in Scotland, by extending the effi- 
ciency of the Established Church,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clergy of the Deanery of Ripon, Ecclesiastical 
oo ing that the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Duties and 
. : Revenues Bill. 
ill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Bankrupts’ 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Bank- ae ~— 
rupts’ Estates (Scotland) Bill. (Scotland) Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Ecclesiastical 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Eccle- nae 
siastical Duties and Revenues Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Registers of Registers of _ 
Births, &amp;c., Bill be taken into further consideration ®i*'"s,&amp;e., Bill 
upon Monday next. 


04 Resolved, 








104 


Factories Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into a Committee upon the Factories 
Bill. 

Election Peti- | Ordered, That the Election Petitions Trial Bill 


tions Trial Bill. pe read a second time upon Friday next. 


Registration of Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 


Electors Bill. resolve itself into a Committee upon the Registration 
of Electors Bill. 

Borough Watch Ordered, That the Borough Watch Rates Bill 

Rates Bill. he read a second time upon Monday next. 

Bankrupts Ordered, That the Bankrupts (Jreland) Bill be 


(Ireland) Bill. read a second time upon Friday next. 


Ways and Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
Beans. solve itself into the Committee of Ways and Means. 
Tithe Composi- Ordered, That the Tithe Composition Arrears P 
(ireland) Bill (Ireland) Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 
Ecclesiastical Ordered, That the Ecclesiastical mmr 
Sovension Bill Suspension Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Licensed Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Victuallers, &amp;¢. Returns of the Number of Licensed Victuallers 
convicted of Police or Excise Offences (distin- 
guishing each) from the year 1830 to the year 1839, 
inclusive, in England and Wales :—Of the Number 
of Beer-shop keepers convicted of Police or Excise 
Offences (distinguishing each) from the year 1830 
to the year 1839, inclusive, in England and Wales : 
—Of the Number of Licensed Victuallers and 
Beer-shop keepers (distinguishing each) convicted 
for the adulteration of Beer in the Metropolis, in 
the years 1835, 1836 and 1837 :-—Of the Number 
of Houses in which the Sale of Beer was carried 
on under the provisions of the Beer Act on the 
10th day of October 1837:—And, of the Number 
of Beer Licenses taken out under the Beer Act 
from the 10th day of October 1837 to the 10th 


12°—13° Marti. 





A. 1839. 


be given, in writing, Seven clear days beforehand, 
by the Agent soliciting the Bill, to the Clerks in 
the Private Bill Office, and that all Committee 
Proceedings of which such Notice shall not have 
been given, be void. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply. 
the Report from the Committee of Supply : 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Spirits. 
Return of the Total imperial proof Gallons of Rum, 
Brandy, Geneva and other Foreign, Colonial or 
Guernsey or Jersey Spirits in Bond, in the United 
Kingdom, on the 5th day of January 1826, and 
imported in each year since then, to the 5th day of 
January 1839, added together; and the Total im- 
erial proof Gallons of each of these that paid Duty 
in the United Kingdom, exported as Merchandise, 
as Ships’ Stores, or under any other denomination 
or character, or taken for the use of the Navy, or 
used for mixing with Wine, or any other purpose, 
in each year, from the 5th day of January 1826 to 
the 5th day of January 1839, and that remained in 
Bond on the 5th day of January 1839, and showing 
the Total Gallons of each of these added together, 
and difference betwixt each of these so added to- 
gether and the Gallons of each of them in Bond 
on the 5th day of January 1826, and imported from 
then to the 5th day of January 1839, and stating 
in detail how this difference arose, the particular 
Statutes or Copies of all Orders authorizing the 
same, and what the Total Amount of Duty, at the 
rate each kind of them was subject to, would have 
been, and what that Amount is equal to per Gallon 
on each Gallon of the Total Quantity of Gallons of 
each kind of these that paid Duty, during the period 
from the 5th day of January 1826 to the 5th day of 
January 1839. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Foreign Com 





day of October 1838, inclusive. 


Corn Importa- 


tion, 


The House was moved, That the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 60, to amend the laws relating to the Importation 
of Corn, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Gestion 
being proposed, That this House will, immediately, 
resolve itself into a Committee, to take into consider- 
ation the said Act :— And a Debate arising there- 
upon; 


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


Mercurii 13° die Martii, 1839 ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for improving the practice and proceedings of the 
Court of Pleas of the county palatine of Durham 
and Sadberge: And that Mr. Harland and Lord 
Viscount Dungannon do prepare, and bring it in. 


Durham Court 
of Pleas Bill. 


The House was moved, That the 10th Standing 
Order relative to the Private Bill Office, might be 
‘ead ; and the same was read, as followeth; 

Ordered, That Notice of the day and hour on 
which the Committee on the Bill is appointed to sit 
be given, in writing, Three clear days beforehand, 
by the — soliciting the Bill, to the Clerks in the 
Private Bill Office, and that all Committee Pro- 
ceedings of which such Notice shall not have been 
given, he void. 


Standing 
Orders, 


Ordered, That the said Standing Order be re- 


pealed. 


Ordered, That Notice of the day and hour on 


to Her Majesty that She will be graciously pleased 2"4 Flour. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of or Extracts from, all Letters or other Com- 
munications from Foreign Governments, or from 
British Ambassadors and Consuls, or other Em- 
ployés abroad, received between the years 1815 and 
1838, containing any complaint with reference to 
the Duties on the importation into this country of 
Foreign Corn and Flour, or any proposal for inter- 
oenee of commercial productions, founded upon 
the abolition or reduction of such Duties. 

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


Mr. Harland presented a Bill for improving the Durham Cout 
Practice and Proceedings of the Court of Pleas of of Pleas Bill. 
the County Palatine of Durhamand Sadberge: And No. 102. 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time, upon Wednesday the 17th 
day of April next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Outrages 
Returns of all Outrages, Crimes and Offences; dis- Ireland.) 
tinguishing the several Crimes and Descriptions, 
which have occurred in the several Counties, Cities 
and Towns in Jreland, in each month of the respec- 
tive years 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838 and 1839, to the 
time of making such Return; showing the Sum Total 
of each Description of Outrage, Crime and Offence 
committed in each County, City and Town in each 
month ; showing, also, the Total in each County, 

City and Town, in each month, and in each of the 
said years ; showing, also, the Number of Persons 
concerned in each Outrage, Crime or Offence, so 
far as the same can be ascertained :—Extracts from 
the Quarterly Returns made by the several Clerks 





which the Committee on the Bill is appointed to sit 





of Petty Sessions Courts in Ireland respectively, to: 
the 





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Dourt 
Sill, 


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the Chief or Under Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, 
pursuant to the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 34, showing 
the Number of Informations submitted to the Ma- 
gistrates at each such Petty Sessions, the Number 
adjudicated upon by the Magistrates, the Number 
returned for Trial to the Clerks of the Crown and 
Peace in each Quarter respectively, and distin- 
guishing the County, Barony and District in which 
each such Petty Sessions Court is held, as appearing 
on the said Quarterly Returns :—Also, Extracts 
from the Quarterly Lists kept by the said several 
Clerks of Petty Sessions Courts in Zreland_respec- 
tively, and by them transmitted to the Chief or 
Under Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, pursuant 
to the said Act, showing the Number of Informa- 
tions, Examinations and Recognizances sworn, taken 
or acknowledged by or before any Justice or Justices 
of the Peace not sitting in Petty Sessions; distin- 
guishing the Offences in respect of which the same 
were sworn, taken or acknowledged; and distin- 

ishing the Counties, Baronies and Districts in or 
for which such Petty Sessions were held:—Return 
of all the Coroners’ Inquests taken in the respec- 
tive years 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838 and 1839, to 
the time of making such Return, in the several 
Counties, Cities and Towns in Ireland respectively ; 
specifying the Names of the Persons on whose Bodies 
such Inquests were held; also, the Times when, and 
Places where, the same were severally taken, and the 
Finding or Verdict of the Jury in each case; and in 
all cases of Homicide, distinguishing those in which 
the Verdict was against Persons described by Name, 
and those in which the Verdict was against Persons 
unknown :—Also, Return from the Treasurers of the 
several Counties, and Counties of Cities and Towns 
in Ireland, of the Sums presented for Coroners at 
each Assizes, in the respective years 1835, 1836, 
1837, 1838 and 1839, specifying the Number of 
Inquests in each County, City’ or Town, for which 
such Presentments were respectively made :—Return 
of all Rewards offered by the Lord Lieutenant of 
Ireland, for the discovery of the Perpetrators of 
Murders and other Outrages, from the 1st day of 
December 1837, to the time of making such Return; 
distinguishing the Rewards offered in each Month, 
and such of them as have been claimed and paid 
respectively :—-Also, Return of all such Rewards 
offered by Stipendiary Magistrates or Officers of 
Police, or other Public Officers, distinguished in 
like manner, from the 1st day of January 1836 :— 
Also, Copy of all such Rewards offered by private 
individuals, and published in The Hue and Cry, 
from the 1st day of January 1836 :—Copies of all 
Reports and Communications made by any Magis- 
trate or any Official or other person to the Irish 
Government, relating to Offences connected with 
Ribbonism, so far as may be consistent with the 
Public Service and the administration of justice, 
for the years 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838 and 1839, to 
the time of making such Return :—And, Copies of 
all Memorials, Addresses and Resolutions, for- 
warded to the Irish Government by Magistrates or 
other Official Persons, in respect of Crimes and 
Outrages committed in Jreland, and the Answers 
thereto, in the years 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838 and 
1839, to the time of making such Return. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Correspondence 


Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill. relative to the Prisons (Scotland) Bill, which was 


No 103. presented yesterday, be printed. 


Grand Jury Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns rela- 
ho tive to Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland), which 
No. 104. were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ships “Pique,” Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Ships 
glnconstant,” Pique, Inconstant, &amp;c., which were presented upon 


No. 105. Thursday last, and yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 


Vex. 94. 


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105 


Mercurii, 13° die Marti; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


N R. Bradden, from the office of the Lord Warden Pilotage 
of the Cinque Ports, was called in ; and at the (Cinque Ports.) 

bar presented, pursuant to the directions of several 

Acts of Parliament,—An Account of the Receipts 

and Appropriations of the surplus Rates of Pilot- 

age :—And then he withdrew. 

. oe That the said Account do lie upon the 

able. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Tamworth and 
of the Petition for the Tamworth and Ashby-de-la- Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch Road Bill, which, upon Thursday last, was _ nee 
made from the Select Committee on Petitions for ~ 
— Bills, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually repairing and maintaining the 
Roads from the borough of Tamworth, in the coun- 
ties of Stafford and Warwick, to the town of Ashby- 
de-la-Zouch, in the county of Leicester; and from 
Harrington Bridge (heretofore Sawley Ferry), in 
the said county of Leicester, to a Turnpike Gate at 
or near the end of Swarcliffe-lane leading to Ashby- 
de-la-Zouch aforesaid: And that Mr. Farnham and 
Mr. Packe do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre presented a Bill for repairing Basingstoke 
several Roads leading to the Towns of Basingstoke, Roads Bill. 
Odiham and Alton, in the County of Southampton, 
and for making several Deviations in the Line of the 
said Roads : And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Fenton presented a Bill for the more easy and Rochdale 
speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Town of Small Debts, 
Rochdale, and other Places, in the County Palatine (N°) Bil 
of Lancaster: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Kinnaird presented a Bill to alter, amend Perth Harbour 
and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of two several and Navigation 
Acts of the eleventh year of the reignof King George i". 
the Fourth, and first year of the reign of King 
William the Fourth, and fourth and fifth year of 
the reign of King William the Fourth, for improv- 
ing the Port and Harbour of Perth, and the Navi- 
gation of the River Tay to the said City: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


The Great Western Railway Bill was read a Great Western 
second time; and committed to Mr. William Miles Railway Bill. 
and the East Somerset List. 


Sir Robert Price presented a Bill for enabling the Herefordshire 
Company of Proprietors of the Herefordshire and #nd Gloucester- 
Gloucestershire Canal Navigation to raise a further “i Ca! Bil. 
Sum of Money: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordeiid to be read a second time. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Peterborough 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Gaol Bill. 
case of the Petition for the Peterborough Gaol Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for building a new Gaol for the city of Peterborough, 
and for other purposes connected therewith: And 
that Sir Robert Heron and Sir George Clerk do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Clun Inclosure 
of the Petition for the Clun Inclosure Bill, which Bill. 
was yesterday made from the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 
P Ordered, 








Corn Laws, 


Railways 
(Ireland.) 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Waste Lands. 


106 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the borough or township of 
Clun, in the parish of Clun, in the county of Salop: 
And that Mr. Robert Clive and the Earl of Dar- 
lington do prepare, and bring it in. 


Petitions from Kinsale and other places ;— Com- 
beinteignhead ;— North Huish ;—Chagford ;-—Lew- 
trenchard ;-— Rewe ;— Brampford Speke ;— Heavi- 
tree ;-—Whitstone ;— Tedburn Saint Mary ;-—Wood- 
bury ;—Ashprington ;—Sowton ;— North Bovey ; 
Tormoham ;— Paignton ;—Abbotsherswell ;—Weston 
Peverell ;—Morleigh ; —Alphington ; — Ugborough ; 
— Manaton ; — Lifton ;— Drewsteignton ;— Thrus- 
helton ;--Kingsherswell ;—Spreyton ; — Farringdon ; 
—Moretonhampstead;—South Tawton;—Marldom; 
— Cornworthy ;--Hittisleigh ;-- Throwleigh ;--South 
Brent ;— Newton Union ; — Coryton ;— Offwell ;— 
Hilcombe Barnel ;— Bridford ; — Gidley ;— Kings- 
wear ;— Dawlish ;— Harberton ;—Dittisham ;—-Saint 
Thomas; — Saint Mary Church ;-— Bradstone ;—- 
Lympstone ;— Halwell ;— Bicton ; — Bickhington ; — 
Brixham ;— Kingsdown and Fawkham ;— Farning- 
ham, Eynsford and Lullingstone ;— Horton, Kirby 
and Sutton-at-Hone;— Stone and Swanscombe ; — 
Southfleet and Longfield ;--Erith and East Wick- 
ham:—Ash, Ridley and Hartley ;—Darenth and 
Wilmington ;-— Brenchley ;--— Birdham ; — Alding- 
bourn ;— Foots Cray and Chislehurst ;— Hundred of 
South Greenhoe (Norfolk) ;—Bawtry ;— Belfast ;— 
Newchurch ;—Saint Mary’s Cray ;— Orpington ;— 
Tudeley and Capel;— Cavan County ;-—— Bromley ;— 
Great and Little Woolton and Childwall ;— Lough- 
gilly ;— Hale, Halewood and Speke ;—- Littleham 
and Exmouth ;—Withycombe Rawleigh ;—Collaton 
Rawleigh ;— East Budleigh;— Beith ;—Cockington; 
—Coffinswell ; — Maidstone ; —Baronies of Fermoy, 
Orrery and Kilmore(Cork) ;— Garston, Allerton and 
Aigburth ;—Knockgraffon ;—Wheathill ; — Smeth- 
cote ;— Clun ;— Stoke Saint Milborough ; —Barony 
of Duhallow (Cork) ;—Allerston ; — Hackhetstown ; 
—New Ross;—WexfordCounty ;—North and South 
Hykeham ;— Titchfield ;—North Scarle and Crow- 
land;—Members of the Carrick Farmers’ Society 
and others ;—Anstruther Easter ;—Braithwell and 
Micklebring;— and, Bramley; praying that the 
Corn Laws may not be repealed,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Great and Little Wootton and 
Childwall ;-- Newcastle-under-Lyme ;—— Stow (Edin- 
burgh);—Bradford ( York);— Buckland Brewer ;— 
Carnwath ;— Godalming ;—and, Nottingham; pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Roscommon ;—and, the Province of 
Connaught ; praying the House to direct a survey to 
be taken of the Province of Connaught, with a view 
to the establishment of Railroads therein,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of houses 
and demesnes in the county of Dublin, praying the 
House not to sanction the adoption of any plan with 
regard to Railways in Zreland, which would prejudice 
the interests of the Petitioners, without an opportu- 
nity of being heard against the same, was also pre- 
sente1, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clergymen. of the Deanery of 
Pool, in the diocese of Saint Asaph ;—and, Brigh- 
stone; praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and 
Revenues Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





A Petition of Freeholders and Owners of cottage 
houses in the clothing districts of the county of 
Gloucester, praying the House to take into con- 


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A. 1839. 


sideration the propriety of inclosing all Waste, Crown 
and Parish Lands, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Hand-loom Weavers of the county Hand-loom 
of Gloucester, complaining of distress; and praying Weavers. 
for the establishment of a Board of Trade for regu- 
lating their wages, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Subscribers to or Trustees of @ Highways. 
certain turnpike road leading from Arundel towards 
Petworth, in the county of Sussex, praying for an 
alteration of the law relating to = ade was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Justices of the Peace for the Sale of Beer 
Western Division of the county of Sussex ;—Ports- Bill. 
mouth (two Petitions);— Gosport (two Petitions) ;— 
and, Warrington; praying that the Sale of Beer Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Reading; praying that Li- Sale of Beer 
censed Sellers of Beer by retail may be placed on Act. 
the same footing as Licensed Victuallers, both as 
regards the time allowed for selling Beer and the 
charge for Licenses and transfer thereof, — were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Perth Presbytery (Moderator) ;— Church of 
Edinburgh Presbytery (Moderator) ;—-Zanark Pres- Scotland. 
bytery (Moderator); — Kirkcudbright Presbytery 
(Moderator) ;—.Dumfries Provincial Synod (Mode. 
rator) ;—and, Dalton; praying the House to adopt 
measures for relieving the religious destitution which 
prevails in Scotland, by extending the efficiency of 
the Established Church,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Hamilton (Provost); — Lochwin- 
nock ;—and, Kilmarnock; praying the House to re- 
fuse any further grants of public money to the 
Church of Scotland,—were also presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Castle Baynard, in Metropolis 
the city of London, in wardmote assembled, praying Felice Bill. 
that the Metropolis Police Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Prisons _ 
Noblemen, Commissioners of Supply, Justices of the (Scotland) Bill. 
Peace, and Magistrates of towns in the county of 
Renfrew, in quarter sessions assembled, praying 
that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Town Council of the city of Edinburgh, praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon th 
Table. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, several Orders; 
Resolutions ; which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for Moy Navige- 
the Moy Navigation Bill, the Parties be permitted i. 
to proceed with their Bill. 

2. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for Liverpool East 
the Liverpool East India Warehouse Company Bill, India Ware 
the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. bouseComPa"s 

3. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for Honiton and 
the Honiton and Ilminster Roads Bill, the Standing I!minster Roeds 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. — 

4. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for South Eastern 
the South Eastern (Deviation) Railway Bill, the (Deviation) 
Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. “ 

5. Resolved, 








Morville and 
Shipton Road. 


Great North of 
England Rail- 
way Bill. 


London and 
Southampton 
(Portsmouth 
Branch) Rail, 
way Bill. 


Elective 
Franchise, &amp;c., 
({reland.) 


{nland Bonding 
Warehouses. 


Public Works 
(Ireland. 


Spirit Licenses 
(Scotland) Bill. 





2 VicToriz. 


5. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for | 


the Morville and Shipton Road Bill, the Parties be 
allowed to proceed with their Bill. 

The first and last of the said Resolutions, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Pease presented a Bill for amending and en- 
larging the Provisions of the several Acts relating 
to the Great North of England Railway Company, 
and for other Purposes relating thereto: And the 
same was read the first tume ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


A Petition of the Reverend Richard Bingham, 
Clerk, praying that he may be heard, by himself, 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
London and Southampton (Portsmouth Branch) Rail- 
way Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, by 
himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if 
he think fit; and counsel heard in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Boystown, &amp;c.;—Clones East ;— 
Wherry ;— Butlerstown ;— Waterford ;—and, Strad- 
bally ; praying the House to identify the Elective 
Franchise in England and Ireland, countries in 
which the tenures of lands and houses are similar, 
and to give to Ireland as complete Municipal reform 
as England has obtained, and to give also to Jreland 
her adequate share in the representation, and finally 
to place Ireland upon a footing of equality with 
England in religious freedom, by allocating the 
temporalities of the Church of the minority in that 
country to purposes of charity, education and public 
utility,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stourport, praying 
for the establishment of Inland Bonding Warehouses, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Re- 
turns of all Sums of Money, from whatever sources, 
and under whatever descriptions, voted or applied, 
either by way of Grant or Loan, in aid of Public 
Works in Ireland, since the Union; including the 
Expenses of all Commissions and Surveys, and other 
Preliminary Inquiries, and all Sums advanced for 
making Roads, and the Employment of the Poor in 
Treland, in Fisheries or otherwise :-—Of all Sums of 
Money voted, obtained or applied for Public Works 
in the City and Liberties of Limerick since the year 
1829; together with the Names of the Parties to 
whom the same or any portion thereof, to the Amount 
of £.100, has been paid or allowed :—And, of all 
Applications made to Government for any Grants 
or Loans of Money for or towards the Improvement 
of the Navigations of the South of Ireland; together 
with a Return of all Sums of Money, whether by 
way of Grant or Loan, specifically voted by Parlia- 
ment, or obtained under or by virtue of any general 
Grant or Loan voted by Parliament, in aid of Public 
Works in Jreland, for, or on account of, or connected 
with, the Improvement of the Navigation of the 
River Shannon or any other River in the South of 
Ireland, since the Union; together with a detailed 
Account of the Application of the same, and the 
Names of the Persons to whom the same or any 
portion thereof, amounting to £.100, has been paid. 


A Petition of Alexander Kay, Provost of Dundee, 
praying that the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Dealers and Retailers of spirituous 
liquors in Aberdeen, praying that the said Bill may 
pass into a law, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vor. 94, 


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107 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Chamber of Mexico. 

Commerce of Dundee, complaining of inconvenience 
and distress experienced by the manufacturers and 
merchants, in consequence of the suspension of their 
trade with the coast of Mezico by the blockade 
thereof; and praying the House to take the matter 
into consideration, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Holyhead 
an Account of all Sums of Money paid to the Con- 84. 
solidated Fund and to the Commissioners for issuing 
Exchequer Bills for the Employment of the Poor, 
in repayment of Loans advanced for the Improve- 
ment of the Holyhead Road; also, an Account of 
all Sums of Money paid to the Consolidated Fund 
from Tolls received at the Menai and Conway 
Bridges. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Godalming, praying Malt, &amp;c. 
for the repeal of the Malt Tax, and all other taxes 
pressing exclusively on land, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Moy Naviga- 
of the Petition for the Moy Navigation Bill, which "°™ 
was this day made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Improvement of the Navigation of the River 
Moy, in the counties of Mayo and Sligo, in Ireland: 
And that Mr. Dillon Browne and Colonel Perceval 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Petitions from Astley ;—and, Colsterworth, and Church 
other places ; praying the House to take into con- power ag 
sideration the present state of the Ecclesiastical , 
Establishment in the Canadas,— were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wilsden ;— Thornton 3-—Bradford Eswcation. 
(York) ;—Horton;—and, Manningham; praying the \. 
House not to sanction any system of national Edu- = / 
cation not founded on the principles of the Esta- 
blished Church,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Chairman of a London and 
Meeting of the Citizens of Dublin, praying for the Dublin Commu- 
re-appointment of a Select Committee to consider ™°*"™ 
the best mode of communication between Lendon 
and Dublin, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, London and 
Returns of the Hours of Departure and Arrival of Birmingham, 
the Morning and Evening Mails from London to ** Mails. 
Birmingham, and from Birmingham to Warrington, 
and from Warrington to Preston, fixed by the Post- 
master General; and the Hours at which they did 
actually depart and arrive each day, as exhibited 
by the Time-bills, since the opening of the North 
Union Railway to the 1st day of this instant 
March :—Of the average Speed of travelling required 
by the Postmaster General for the Mail Trains on 
the London and Birmingham, the Grand Junction 
and the North Union Railways, respectively :—And, 
of any Fines or Penalties which the above-named 
Railroad Companies have incurred, and what have 
actually been levied by the Postmaster General under 
the Powers vested in him by the Act 1 and 2 Vice. 

c. 98. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Corn Importe- 
adjourned Debate upon the Question |roposed yes- tion. 
terday, That this ~ will, immediately, resolve 
itself into a Committee, to take into consideration 
the Act regulating the Importation of Foreign Corn ; 

And the Question being again pees :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

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And 


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13°— 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Thursday morning ; 
Jovis, 14° die Martti, 1839: 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


108 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Designs Copyright Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Designs Copy- 
right Bill, Ke 


Designs Copy- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

right Extension mittee on the Designs Copyright Extension Bill ; 

_ Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Spirit Licenses The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Bill, yeading of the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Double and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
-— Costs reading of the Double and Treble Costs Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


Borough Courts The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Bill. reading of the Borough Courts Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Su ply; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. 


mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into thé said Committee. 


The Tithe Compositions Arrears (Jreland) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
To-morrow. 


Tithe Composi- 
tions Arrears 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Appointments 
Suspension Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspen- 
sion Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


Mr. John Parker, by Order, reported from the 
Committee of Supply, several Resolutions; which 
were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That Thirty-four thousand one hun- 
dred and sixty five Men be employed for the Sea 
Service, for thirteen lunar months to the 31st day 
of March 1840, including Nine thousand Royal 
Marines and Two thousand Boys. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Mil- 
lion eighty thousand and eighty-nine pounds be 

ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 

ages to Seamen and Marines, and to the Ordinary 
and Yard Craft which will come in course of pay- 
ment, during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred and forty-six thousand six hundred and 
twenty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Victuals for Seamen and Ma- 
rines in Her Majesty’s Fleet, and for the Ordinary 
and Yard Craft, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Supply ; 


Seamen. 


Wages to D®, 


Victuals for D°, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better regulation of Her Majesty’s Koyal 
Marine Forces while on Shore: And that Mr. 
Charles Wood and Sir Charles Adam do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Marine Mutiny 
Bill. 


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A. 1839. 


| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Rating of 
‘to render the Owners of Small Tenements liable to Tenements Bin, 
the Payment of Rates assessed thereon: And that 

Mr. Robert Gordon, Mr. Burroughes and Mr. Bro- 

therton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Abstract of the Returns. re- Church 
lative to Church Accommodation (Scotland) which eaten 
was presented upon the 5th day of this instant °°" ) 
March, be printed. No. 106, 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after one of the 
clock on Thursday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





Jovis, 14° die Martii ; 


Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1859. 





PRAYERS. 
O RDERED, That the Committee on Kayser’s Kayser's 
Naturalization Bill have leave to sit this day till Nat, Bill. 
| five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


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| Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Itchen Bridge 
on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom the "4 Reads. 
Petition of the Northern Bridge Proprietors, com- 
plaining of non-compliance with the Standing Orders 
in the case of the Petition for the Jtchen Bridge 
and Roads Bill was referred ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the said Bill, the Standing Orders 
had been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Tramore 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of Drainage. 
the Petition for the Tramore Drainage Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with, inas- 
much as the Notices were not inserted in the County 
paper in three successive weeks, the respective 
dates of such insertion being the 13th, 17th and 
27th of November, and inasmuch as the Notices 
were affixed on the doors of the several churches 
and chapels only twice in the month of November, 
namely, on Sunday the 11th and Sunday the 18th, 
and again on the 16th day of December. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee p,.,, Forest 
on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom the Railway. 
Petition of Sir Thomas Crawley Boevey, and others ; 
and, of the Reverend Edward Jones and Sir Thomas 
| Crawley Boevey, complaining of non-compliance 
| with the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition 
‘for the Dean Forest Railway Bill, were referred ; 
That the Standing Orders had not been complied with 
in the case of the Petition for the said Bill, inasmuch 
as four cottages in a field marked 98 on the Plan in 
ithe parish of Awre, were not laid down upon the 
Plan, nor entered in the Book of Reference, nor 
was application made to James Charley and Charles 
Morse the Owners, and William Steel, William 
James, William Ruthers and Henry Williams the 
respective Occupiers of such cottages; but it was 
stated by the Engineer, that the curve towards the 
said cottages is at present at a quarter of a mile 
radius, and consequently such cottages could not 
be taken ; and inasmuch as a field situated between 
134 and 138 in the said parish of Atwre was not 
laid down in the Plan or entered in the Book of 
| Reference, nor was any application made to the 
| Owners and Occupiers thereof; and inasmuch as 
a field situated between 151 and 153 in the said 
parish of Awre was not laid down on the Plan or 
entered in the Book of Reference, nor was any ap- 
plication made to the Owner or Occupier thereof ; 
jand inasmuch as the vertical scale which appears 
upon the Section is not repeated on'the Plan; and 
inasmuch as the datum line is not the same through- 
‘out 
































I. 


Birmingham 
and Gloucester 
Railway Bill. 


Deptford Pier. 


Deptford Pier 
Junction Rail- 
way, 


Loudon 
and Croydon 
Railway, 


London and 
Greenwich 


Railway Bill. 


West Croft 
nelusure and 
Canal Bill, 


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14° Marti. 


109 


out the whole length of the work, and that in con- | for inclosing certain Lands called the West Croft and 
sequence of this variation in the datum line the | Burton Leys, in the parish of Saint Mary, in the 
vertical measure from the datum line to the line of | town and county of the town of Nottingham, and 


Railway is wrongly described by twelve feet from 


from the same error, the gradient for 484 yards in 
the tunnel is represented to be 1 in 41, whereas it 
is in fact 1 in 63; and inasmuch as the height of 
the Railway over or under the surface of the Road 
between Lidney and Littledean is not marked on 
the Section, and inasmuch as in the first mile on 
the Section, there is a space of half a mile without 
having the height over or under the surface of the 
ground marked upon it, and the like omission 
occurs between the third and fourth mile, between 
the fourth and fifth mile, and again, between the 
fifth aud sixth mile. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Birmingham and Giloucester 
Railway Bill, which upon Friday last was made 


from the Select Committee on Standing Orders re-' 





| for forming a Canal and other Works within the 
the second mile to the end of the Section; and that, | 


said parish: And that Sir Ronald Ferguson and 
Sir John Hobhouse do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Brighton __ 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Cemetery Bill. 


ease of the Petition for the Brighton Cemetery Bill, 


the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for establishing a general wre for the Inter- 
ment of the Dead in the parish of Brighton, in the 
county of Sussex: And that Captain Pechelland Sir 
Adolphus Dalrymple do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Glossop Smalt 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Debts Bill 
case of the Petition for the Glossop Small. Debts 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small 
Debts within the town and manor of Glossop, in 


lative to Private Bills, might be read; and the | the county of Derby: And that Mr. George Caven- 


same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to amend the Acts relating to the Birmingham and 
Gloucester Railway: And that Mr. Hope and Mr. 
Phillpotts do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Deptford Pier Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Deptford Pier Junction 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with, inasmuch as no Notices were given 
to the Owners, Lessees and Occupiers on the line of 
Railway. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- | 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the London and Croydon 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with; inasmuch as the Notices of the in- 
tended application were given in the months of 
February and March 1838, instead of in the months 
of October or November, as required for Bills under 
the third class ; but it appeared to the Committee, 
that it was the intention of the Parties to make a 
Railway, and that such intention was not abandoned 
until the meeting of Parliament im the present 
ear. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 

Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the London and Greenwich 
Railway Bill, the Standmg Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for granting further powers to the London and 
Greenwich Railway Company: And that Mr. Wol- 
verley Attwood and Mr. Barnard do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the West Croft Inclosure 
and Canal Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Vor. 94. 














dish and Mr. William Evans do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- West Durham 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Ra!way Bill. 


case of the Petition for the West Durham Railway 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for incorporating certain Persons for the making 
and maintaining a Railway from the township of 
Crook and Billy-row to the Byer’s Green Branch 
of the Clarence Railway, in the parish of Saint 
Andrew Auckland, to be called “ The West Durham 
Railway:” And that Mr. Pease and Mr. Lambton 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill to enable the Monk- Monkland and 
land and Kirkintilloch Railway Company to raise aninirreee 
a further Sum of Money: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill to enable the Bal- Ballochney 
lochney Railway Company to raise a further Sum Bailway Bill) 
of Money: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill to enable the Wishaw and 
Wishaw and Coltness Railway Company to raise a sg Sail 
further Sum of Money: And the same was read“ ~"* 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Sir Hesketh Fleetwood reported from the Committee Preston and 
on the Preston and Wyre Railway Bill; That the ap- Wyre Railway 
plication being solely for the purpose of raising a fur- "* 
ther Sum of Money, the Standing Orders relative to 
Railway Bills do not apply to this Bill; and that 
the Committee had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; 
and the Amendments were read ; and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Dillon Browne presented a Bill for the Im- Moy Navigation 
provement of the Navigation of the River Moy, in i" 
the Counties of Mayo and Sligo, in Ireland: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Mr. Townley presented a Bill for inclosing Lands Barton 
in the Parish of Barton, in the County of Cam- I¢losure Bill, 
bridge : And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
P38 Mr. 








, 


Rampton 
Inclosure Bill. 


Comberton 
Inclosure Bill. 


Westminster 
Improvement. 


Liverpool 
Court of 
Requests Bill. 


Liverpool 
Pilotage 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


Liverpool 
Buildings Bill. 


Holborn Hill 
and Skinner- 
street Tmprove- 
ment. 


Epsom Road 
Bill, 


Saint Leonard’s 
and Sedlescomb 
Road Bill, 


110 


Mr. Townley presented a Bill for inclosing Lands 
in the Parish of Rampton, in the County of Cam- 
bridge: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Townley presented a Bill for inclosing Lands 
in the Parish of Comberton, in the County of Cam- 
bridge: And the same was read the first time ; and 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Charles Cochrane, and others, pray- 
ing that the time for the first reading of the West- 
minster Improvement Bill, may be extended from 
Monday the 18th day of this instant March till 
Monday the 29th day of April next, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Liverpool! Court of Re 
ae Bill, which upon the 6th day of this instant 

arch was made from the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for altering, amending and enlarging an Act passed 
in the 6th and 7th years of the reign of King William 
the Fourth, as far as relates to the Court of Re- 
—— of the borough of Liverpool: And that 

ord Viscount Sandon and Mr. Cresswell do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Liverpool Pilotage 
(No. 1.) Bill, which upon Thursday last was made 
from the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend, enlarge and extend the powers and provi- 
sions of an Act of the fifth of King George the 
Fourth, for the better regulation of Pilots in the 
Port of Liverpool: And that Lord Viscount Sandon 
and Mr. Cresswell do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Liverpool Buildings 
Bill, which upon the 6th day of this instant March 
was made from the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for altering, amending, consolidating and enlarging 
the provisions of certain Acts relating to the regu- 
lation of Buildings in the borough of Liverpool: 
And that Lord Viscount Sandon and Mr. Cresswell 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of John Edwards, of Holborn Hill, 
in the parish of Saint Andrew, Holborn, in the city 
of London, and Edmund Pontifex, of Shoe-lane, 
in the said parish, Engineer, complaining that the 


‘Standing Orders of the House, in respect to the 


application for the Holborn Hill and Skinner-street 
Improvement Bill, had not been complied with; 
and praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their agents and witnesses, against the same, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Lord Hotham, by Order, reported from the Commit- 
tee on the Epsom Road Bill ; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. George Cavendish presented a Bill to amend 
an Act passed in the sixth year of his late Majesty 
King William the Fourth, for making a Turnpike- 


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A. 1839. 


road from Saint Leonard’s and Saint Mary Mag- 
dalen, to the Royal Oak Inn at Whatlington, and 
through Sedlescomb to Cripps’ Corner, in the Parish 
of Ewhurst, in the County of Sussex: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Sir Hugh Campbell presented a Bill for more Eyemouth 
effectually repairing, improving and maintaining Harbour Bill, 
the Harbour of Eyemouth, in the County of Ber- 
wick: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


The North Midland Railway Bill was read a North Midlang 
second time ; and committed to Mr. Baines and the Railway Bill, 
West Riding of York List. 


Mr. Strangways presented a Bill for making and Maiden Newton 
maintaining several Roads leading from the Town of Reads Bill, 
Maiden Newton, in the County of Dorset, and 
other Roads communicating therewith, in the Coun- 
ties of Somerset and Dorset: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of Henry Sanford, of Tooting, in the Northern and 
county of Surrey, Esquire, taking notice of the appli- a Rail. 
cation for leave to bring in the Northern and Eastern "” stati 
Railway (No. 2) Bill, and praying that such Bill 
may not pass into a law, and that he may be heard 
by his counsel, agent or witnesses, against the same, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Lascelles presented a Bill for inclosing Lands Hartishead 
in the Township of Hartishead, otherwise Harts- beaming § 
head, in the Parish of Dewsbury, in the West Riding 
of the County of York: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Brompton 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the New Road. 
case of the Petition for the Brompton New Road 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Clive presented a Bill for inclosing Clun Inclosure 
Lands in the Borough or Township of Clun, in the ®#"' 
Parish of Clun, in the County of Salop: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Morville and 
of the Petition for the Morville and Shipton Road Shipton Road 
Bill, which was yesterday made from the Select °'": 
Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private 
Bills, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Turnpike Road from Morville to Ship- 
ton, with a Branch to Brockton, and another Branch 
from Brockton to Easthope’s Cross, allin the County 
of Salop: And that Mr. Robert Clive and the Earl 
of Darlington do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order made upon Tuesday last, that Captain Fraserburgh 
Gordon and Mr. Duff do prepare, and bring in the Harbour Bill. 
Fraserburgh Harbour Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That Captain Gordon and General Ar- 
buthnott do prepare, and bring in the Bill. 


Petitions from Emsworth ;— Perth Guildry In- Postage. 
corporation (Dean qf Guild) ;—and, James Hunter, 
of Whitefield ; praying for the adoption of a low and 
uniform rate of Postage,—were presented,and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection for Committee of 
Committees on Private Bills, have leave to sit this St!" 
day till five of the clock during the sitting of the 
House. 

A Petition 


(Private Bills.) 


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Railways 
(Ireland. ) 


Education. 


Municipal 
Boundaries. 


Corn Laws, 


Education, 


» Saul ;—Frampton-upon-Severn ;-— East Dereham ;— 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Sheep-stealin 
(Ireland.) . 


Church of 
Scotland, 


. —-were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


2 Victoriz. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Athenry, in the 
county of cy praying that the a of 
Connaught may be included in the Government 
measure for making Railways in Jreland, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Grand Jury of the county of 
Kerry, assembled at Spring Assizes, praying the 
House to pass the measure lately introduced into 
the House by Her Majesty’s Government, for making 
Railways in Ireland, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of 
Athenry, praying that the present system of National 
Education in Jreland may not be persisted in, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Council of the borough of Eye, 
praying that the Boundary of the said borough, re- 
commended by the Commissioners, may be adopted, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Boharm ;— Wincanton ;-— Buchie ; 
—Boyndie;— Liddesdale;— Great Bedwyn ;—Ab- 
bott’s Langley; — Cahirmony ; — Abdon ;— Wilbar- 
ston ;— Hadlow ;--Whitchurch (Hereford) ;—Market 
Deeping ;-—Munsley, Ashperton and Canon Froome ; 
— Stretton Grendison-cum-Ashperton; — Great 
Glenn ;— Tetbury ;— Westwittering ;—Donnington ; 
— Eastwittering ;— Pagham ;— Northmundham ;— 
Sedlesham ;— Swindon ;— Horton ; --Guildsfield ; — 
Christchurch (Monmouth); — Fermanagh (Grand 
Jury) ;-— Hallaton ;—- Tillington;-- and, Alrewas ; 
praying that the Corn Laws may not be repealed,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Clifton Dartmouth Hardness;-- 
Crathie and Braemar ;-—Isle of Wight ;--Cupar ; 
—-Fruchie ;— Wilsden ;-— Northampton ;——Lerwick ; 
—Asland of Eday ;-~Shipley ;--Lennoxtown ;-—and, 
Wakefield ; praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, 
—were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Arlingham ;— Wheatenhurst ; — 


Marbury ;—and, Ash (Salop); praying the House 
not to sanction any system of National Education not 
founded on the principles of the Established Church, 


the Table. 


Petitions from Bath; —- Clergy of the Rural 
Deanery of Westmeon ;—-Clergy of the Archdeaconry 
of Winchester ;—and, Clergy of the Rural Deanery 
of Broadwater; praying that the Ecclesiastical 
Duties and Revenues Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury of 
the county of Meath, stating that the crime of Sheep- 
stealing has increased to a very great extent within 
that county ; and praying that a law similar to the 
statute, 28 Geo. 3, c. 37, may be re-enacted, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Inverness Presbytery (Moderator 
and Clerk) ;— Plockton ;— Portsoy ; — Balchullish 
and Ardgower ; — Dores; — Kirkwall Presbytery 


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(Moderator and Clerk) ;—Bon Accord ;—Carluke ; 
--Dunse Presbytery ;—Longformacus;--Abbey Saint | 
Bathan’s; — Lauder Presbytery (Moderator) ; sal 
Bunkle and Preston; — Closeburn; — and, Keiss ; | 
praying the House to adopt measures for relieving | 
the Religious destitution which prevails in Scotland, | 


111 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a West India 
Return of Imports from the West Indian Colonies pt 
for 1838. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Crown Estate 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Orkney.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Rents, Profits and Emolu- 
ments of the Estate belonging to the Crown, in the 
County of Orkney, for each year from 1832 to 1838, 
inclusive ; specifying the Sum annually received, 
the Amount (if any) expended on Improvements, 
with the Description and particular Cost of such 
Improvements, and the Names of the Persons oc- 
cupying the parts of the Estate on which Improve- 
ments have been made:—And, of the Salary, 
Emoluments and Allowances paid to the Chaniber- 
lain of the Crown in Orkney, and his Clerks, for 
each year since the Appointment of such Chamber- 
lain, to 1838, inclusive. 

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


A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of Prisons 
Dundee, praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill (Scotland) Bill. 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Balliane;—and, Rathcoffy ; pray- Elective 
ing the House to identify the Elective Franchise in Franchise, &amp;c. 
England and Ireland, countries in which the tenures (e!n4.) 
of lands and houses are similar, and to give to [re- 
land as complete Municipal Reform as England has 
obtained, and to give also to Ireland her adequate 
proportion in the Representation; and finally, to 
place Jreland upon a footing of equality in religious 
freedom with England, by allocating the temporali- 
ties of the church of the minority in that country 
to purposes of charity, education and public utility, 

—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Spirit Dealers 
Return of Persons Licensed to sell Spirits, Wine &amp;- 
and Beer by Retail, to be consumed on the Pre- 
mises, in England and Scotland, the Rate of License 
paid, and who are licensed; also, to Sell Coffee 
and Tea, on one and the same premises respectively. 


Petitions from Dalton-le-Dale ;— Warden ;—and, Church 


| Aycliffe; praying the House to take into consider- Fstablishment 


ation the present state of the Ecclesiastical Esta- pores 


blishment in the Canadas,--were presented, and 
read ; and‘ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister and Session of the Army oe 
Presbyterian Church of Athlone, in connection with service.) 
the General Synod of Ulster, praying for the ap- 
pointment of a Presbyterian Chaplain to the garri- 
son of Athlone, and to all other garrisons similarly 
situated, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Poor Law « 
Guardians of the Poor of the Altrincham Union, in Amendment 
the county of Chester, praying for an alteration of ““” 
the Poor Law Amendment Act, with respect to 
orders of Affiliation, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Couch, Captain in Her Ma-~ CaptainCouch’s 
jesty’s Royal Navy, complaining of the infringement P#'ent. 
of his Patent for the invention of the Ships’ “ Solid 
Safety Channel,” for the preservation of life and 
property at sea, and of the order of the present 
Board of Admiralty, deeming its use inexpedient, 


by extending the efficiency of the Established | whereby he has been subjected to very severe pecu- 
Church,,—were presented, and read ; and ordered | niary loss; and praying for inquiry, was presented, 


to lie upon the Table. 
Vor, 94, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Pp 4 Mr. 











112 14°—15° 


Publie Peti- Mr. George William Wood reported from the Select | 
‘aoe Ss Committee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
aa mined the Petitions presented on the 11th and 12th 
days of this instant March ; and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
ndon , , T i 
seca The House was moved, That the Report in respect 


1, of the Petition for the London Cemetery Compan 
re = Bill, which, upon Tuesday last, was wi none he 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act for the establishing of Cemeteries | 
for the Interment of the Dead Northward, Southward 
and Eastward of the Metropolis, by a Company to | 
be called “ The London Cemetery Company :” And | 
that Mr. Hurst and Mr. Edward Heneage do prepare, | 


and bring it in. 





Filtration 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
Company Bill. 


of the Petition for the Filtration Company Bill, which, 
upon Tuesday last, was made from the Select Com- 
mittee.on Petitions for Private Bills, might be read; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for forming and regulating a Company, to be called 
“ The Filtration Company,” and to enable the said 
Company to purchase certain Letters Patent: And 
that Mr. Hutt and Mr. Mackinnon do prepare, and 
bring it in. 





| 


Navy. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
An Account showing the Number of Hired Packets 
employed in the year 1837-8, stating the rate of 
Payment, and the Amount paid for each in that 
year :—A Statement, showing in what the Credits of 
£.27,899, in the Naval Estimates of the year 1838-9, 
consist (Vote No. 13):—Accounts of the manner in 
which the sum of £.25,000, voted in the Navy'| 
Estimates of 1837-8 was expended, for Freight of | 
Ships on Monthly Pay; stating the Number of 
Ships employed, the Tonnage of each, the rate paid 
per Ton or Ship, the time employed, and on what 
Service :—Showing the Average Contract Prices of 
the principal Articles of Victualling Stores during 
the years 1836-7, 1837-8 and 1838-9 :—Of the} 
manner in which £.100,000, voted for Freight in the 
Convict Department, in the Navy Estimates of 
1837-8, were expended; stating the Number of 
Ships employed, the Tonnage of each, the Number 
of Convicts sent out, the rate of Freight paid for 
each Ship, and the Number of Convicts embarked, 
and the ae delivered at each Port; also the 
Amount paid for Gratuities, Fittings, Bedding, Pro- 
visions and Medicines :— Of the + dite of Sema- 
phores in Commission, and for which the Sum of 
£.3,400, voted in the year 1837-8 was expended :— 
A Statement of the manner in which the Sum of 
£.6,000 voted in the year 1837-8 for Bounty and 
Captured Ships of War, &amp;c., was applied :—And, 
an Account showing the Total Amount received at 
each Yard at Home and Abroad for old Naval Stores, 
sold agreeably to the Act 50 Geo. 3, c. 117, s. 6, 
in the year 1837. 





Leicester 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
Borough Writ. 


to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
fur the electing uf a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Leicester, in the. 
room of Samuel Duckworth, Esquire, who, since his | 
election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
office of one of the Masters in Ordinary of the High 





Marti. A. 1839. 


The Holmfirth Gas Bill was read a second time ; Holmfrt 
and committed to Lord Viscount Morpeth and the Gas Bil. 
West Riding of York List. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s com- West Indies, 
mand,—Papers relative to the Affairs of the West 
Indies. 

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


he “4 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Tithes. 
command,—Report of the Tithe Commissioners for 
England and Wales to Her Majesty’s Principal Se- 
cretary of State for the Home Department. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


| Table. 


Petitions from the Chairman of the Committee of Prisons 
the Prison Discipline Association, Scotland ;—and, (Scotland) Bii, 
the Provost, Bailies and Councillors of the royal 
burgh of Dumbarton; praying that the Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Rowland Williams, Canon of Saint Church 
Asaph Cathedral ;— Tremarchion ;-- and, Caerwys ; Establishment 
praying that the emoluments of sinecure Rectories (Wales.) 
in Wales may be applied to the benefit of the diocese 
in which such revenues arise,——were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message fron 

and Mr. Farrer : the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Transfer of Aids 
Act to apply the Sum of Two Millions to the Service 8'!!- 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and Thirty - 
nine, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Beckett's 
to enable William Beckett, Esquire, and his Issue Name Bill 
Male, to take the Name and bear the Arms of 
Turner, pursuant to the Will of Martha Turner, 
Widow, deceased ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :--And then the Messen- 
gers withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Corn Import 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed “" 
upon Tuesday last, That this House will imme- 
diately resolve itself into a Committee, to take into 
consideration the Act regulating the Importation of 
Foreign Corn ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


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


Veneris, 15° die Martii, 1839: 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Convict Ships 
Returns of all Ships or Vessels hired for the Con- and Transports: 


veyance of Convicts from Great Britain and Ireland 


to Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales, 
between the 1st day of January 1836 and the 31st 
day of December 1838 ; stating the Ships’ Names, 
Tonnage, Owner’s Name, Master’s Name, Broker’s 
or Agent’s Name, Class of Ship, Rate of Freight, 
and when the same commenced, Number of Con- 
victs taken on board, when sailed, when arrived, 





Court of Chancery. 

Petitions from Horbury ; —and, Dewsbury; pray-| 
ing for the establishment of Inland Bonding Ware- | 
houses,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Inland Bonding 
Warehouses. 


| 


Amount of Demurrage (if any):—And, of all Ships 
or Vessels hired or employed as Transports, between 
the Ist day of January 1836 and the 31st day of 
December 1838 ; stating the Ship’s Name, Tonnage, 
Owner’s Name, Master’s Name, Broker or Agent’s 
Name, Class of Ship, Rate of Freight, and when 
the same commenced, how and where employed. 

Gadered, 








National 
Gallery. 


Royal 
Academye 


) Bilt, 


School of 
Design. 


lent 


ron 


Aids 


Clerks of the 
Peace Bill. 


Double and 
Treble Costs 
Bill. 


Chelsea 


Pensioners, 
tae 


2 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Persons who have visited 
the National Gallery in each month from pce 
1835 to January 2839; also the Amount of Salary 
and Perquisites, if any, received by each Person 
employed, and the Principal Items of Miscellaneous 
Expenses under separate heads, in each of the Two 
past years; also the average Number of Students 
who have attended on days of study. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount of Money received for Ad- 
mission, and of the Number of Persons who visited 
the Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts in 
each of the years 1836, 1837 and 1838; distinguish- 
ing the Entrance Money from the Proceeds by the 
sale of Catalogues; together with the Amount paid 
in Salaries and Perquisites to each Person employed 
in that establishment in each of those years; also, 
the Miscellaneous Expenses under separate heads 
in each of these years; and the average Number of 
Students who have attended the Life School, and 
that of the Antique, in each of these years. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount expended in the outfit of the 
Government School of Design at Somerset House ; 
distinguishing the Expense of Repairs of the Pre- 
mises, and the Cost of Objects for the accommoda- 
tion and use of the Students ; stating the Name of 
each Person employed, and the Amount of Salary 
and Allowance to each; and also, the Principal 
Items of Miscellaneous Expenses up to the 1st day 
of January 1839; also, the Number of Pupils who 
have attended the School in each month, the Rates 
of Pay for Admittance of Pupils, and the Amount 
received for the same period. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Clerks of the Peace Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Double and Treble Costs Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Sir Francis Head’s Despatch to the Co- 
lonial Office, of the 5th day of May 1837; witha 
Copy of the Address agreed to by the Legislature 
of Upper Canada in the year 1836, and transmitted 
for the purpose of being laid before his late Ma- 
jesty, describing the sufferings of the Chelsea Pen- 
sioners who had commuted their Pensions, which 
Address is referred to in the aforesaid Despatch :— 
Of any Despatch from the Colonial Office, or from 
any other Department, in reply to the Address of 
1836 from the Colonial Legislature : — Copies or 
Extracts of any Correspondence between the Secre- 
tary of State for the Colonies; and the Governors 


14°—15° Martii. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Chelsea 
at War to Sir Pensioners. 


113 


Copies of a Letter from the Secreta 
Charles Burrell, relating to the Emigration of a 
Pensioner from the Parish of Shipley, dated the 
21st day of June 1828 :—Of a Letter from the Se- 
cretary of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, to the Secre- 
tary at War, on the same subject, dated the 23d 
day of June 1828 :—Of a Memorandum for the in- 
formation of Out-Pensioners desirous of commuting 
their Pensions, dated War Office, the 1st day of 
March 1831 :—And, of a Memorandum for the in- 
formation of Out-Pensioners desirous of commuting 
their Pensions, dated War Office, the 8th day of 
August 1831. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Chelsea 
Returns of the Total Number of Chelsea Pensioners Pensioners. 


who have commuted their Pensions for the purpose 
of settling in the Colonies; distinguishing the Num- 
ber in each year, from the year 1830 to 1837, both 
_— inclusive :—To state the Number of commuted 
ensioners by classes, the Number under 30 years 
of Age, above 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80 years of 
Age, at the time of commutation:—To state the 
Numbers who have been replaced on the Pension 
List, and in what years they recommenced receiving 
their quarterly Payments; distinguishing those who 
may belong to the class who did not embark for the 
Colonies from those who embarked for, and have 
returned from the Colonies ; and also, the Numbers 
now remaining in the Colonies, as far as the same 
can be ascertained by Papers in the possession of 
the Government at present :—To state the Numbers 
who have applied to be replaced on the Pension 
List, and whose applications have been refused :— 
Returns, showing what has been the increase or 
decrease in the Numbers and Expense of Chelsea 
Pensioners, from the year 1814 to 1838, both years 
inclusive:—1. The Year, Strength of the Regular 
Army, including India, Augmentations, Reductions, 
Number of Pensioners, Increase and Decrease ; Ob- 
servations :—2. The Year, the Regular Force, the 
Number of Men to whom permanent Pensions were 
granted each year, ditto Temporary Pensions, Total 
Number of Pensioners, Number of Permanent Pen- 
sioners taken off the List; Increase, Decrease, Charge, 
Explanatory Remarks, &amp;c.:—3. A Return, taken 
from the year when the List of Pensioners had 
reached its maximum; distinguishing the Numbers 
pensioned from the Regular Army, the Ordnance, 
Militia, Yeomanry, Negroes, &amp;c.; Total Numbers 
and Charge :—And, a similar Statement for the year 
1838, with a Recapitulation, comparing the Gross 
Numbers and Charge in each of the Two years, and 
showing the Reduction in Numbers and Expense. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, British 
a Copy of a Memorial to the Chancellor of the Ex- Museum. 


chequer from the Marquis of Northampton and others, 
respecting the ees for the British Museum of 
Mr. Hawkins’ Collection of Organic Remains ; with 
the Answer to such Memorial. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill for enlarging the Camber (Ports- 
Town Quay of the Borough of Portsmouth, and for nea 
improving that portion of the Harbour of Ports-““ 


and Lieutenant Governors of Upper and Lower Ca- 


al nada, respecting the condition of the commuted 





Pensioners in those Provinces :—Copy of a Letter 
from the Secretary at War to the Under Secretary 
of State for the Colonies, to facilitate the Emigration 
of Pensioners to the Colonies, dated the 26th day 
of September 1828:—-Copy of a Letter from the 
Deputy Secretary at War to the Under Secretary of 
State for the Colonial Department, dated the 11th 
day of October 1830, and Inclosure regarding the 
Emigration of Pensioners :—And, Answer from the 
Under Secretary of State for the Colonial Depart- 
ment, dated the 20th day of October 1830; and, 
Inclosure. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
wae &gt; eae Most honourable Privy Council. 

OL, 94, 





mouth called “‘ The Cumber:” And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 








114 


Veneris, 15° die Marti ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Jenkins, from the General Penitentiary at 
Milbank, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Par- 
liament,—Report of the Superintending Committee 
of the General Penitentiary at Milbank, for the 
reception of Convicts; specifying the state of the 
Building, the Conduct of the Officers, the Treatment 
and Condition of the Prisoners, the Amount of their 
Earnings, and the Expenses of the Establishment 
during the year 1838 :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Bell presented a Bill to authorize the New- 
castle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway Com- 
pany to make a Railway from the Termination, or 
t _ intended Termination, of their present Line at Worth 
Railway Bill, Shields to Priors Haven, in the Township and Pa- 
rish of Tynemouth, both in the County of Nortkum- 
berland: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Penitentiary 
Milbank.) 


Newcastle- 
upon-T yne and 
orth Shields 
(Tynemouth 
Extension) 


Totley or Dron- 
field Inclosure 


Mr. George Cavendish presented a Bill for inclos- 


Bill. ing Lands in the Manor of Totley, in the Parish of 
Dronfield, in the County of Derby: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 

Aberdeen Mr. Bannerman presented a Bill for improving 

Harbour Bil, ond maintaining the Harbour of Aberdeen: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 

Aberdeen Mr. Bannerman presented a Bill for erecting, 

+ onal establishing and maintaining a new Market in the 

(No. 1.) Bill. City of Aberdeen, and for providing suitable Ap- 
proaches thereto: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Epsom Road An ingrossed Bill for repairing the Road from 

Bil. Epsom to Tooting, and other Roads communicating 
therewith, all in the County of Surrey, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Captain Perceval do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Moulton 


, The Moulton Inclosure Bill was read a second 
Inclosure Bill. time ; and committed to Colonel Rushbrooke and 
the West Suffolk List. 


Birmingham Mr. Henry Hope presented a Bill to amend the 
quit Gloucerle? Acts relating to the Birmingham and Gloucester 
ilway Bill. &lt;3 ° 


eee And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Birmingham 


Mr. Dugdale presented a Bill for enabling the 
Canal Bill, 


Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal 
Navigations to make a new Cut, and for extending 
and altering some of the Provisions of their present 
Act: And the same was read the first time ; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


New Cross The Order made upon the 5th day of this instant 
ane Roads March, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to re- 
= gulate the distance at which a second Toll shall 
vecome payable at the Gates and Bars upon the 
Roads of the New Cross Turnpike Trust in the 
counties of Kent and Surrey, after a first Toll has 
been paid thereon, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
extend, alter and amend the powers and provisions 
of an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of 
his late Majesty King George the Fourth, relating 
to the New Cross Turnpike Roads, in the counties 
of Kent and Surrey: And that Sir Edmund Filmer 

and Mr. Law Hodges do prepare, and bring it in. 


15° Martii. 








A. 1839. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Deptford Pier 
of the Petition for the Deptford Pier Bill, which Bill. 
was yesterday made from the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter and amend the powers and provisions of an 
Act of the fifth year of the reign of his Majesty 
King William the Fourth, for making and main- 
taining a Pier and other Works at Deptford, in the 
county of Kent: And that Mr. Barnard and Mr. 
Wolverley Attwood do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Ellis presented a Bill for incorporating a Necropolis 
Company to be called The Necropolis Cemetery emery 
Company; and for enabling such Company to esta- ©°mP#"y Bill 
blish a Cemetery for the Interment of the Dead at 
Haverstock Hill, in the Parish of Saint Pancras, in 
the County of Middlesex: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Lord Viscount Sandon presented a Bill to repair Litherland 
and maintain certain Roads within the Township of Roads Bill. 
Litherland, in the Parish of Sefton, in the County 
of Lancaster: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Robert Clive presented a Bill for making a Morville 
Turnpike Road from Morville to Shipton, with a ~ — 
oa . 


Branch to Brockton, and another Branch from 
Brochton to Easthope’s Cross, all in the County of 
Salop: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Pringle presented a Bill for more effectually Glasgow 
maintaining and repairing the Road leading from = — 
the West Side of the Entry to the ew or Jamaica- — 
street Bridge of Glasgow, by or near Parkhouse, to 
the East End of the Bridge at Renfrew: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Rhymney Iron 
of the Petition for the Rhymney Iron Company ( Bed- Company (Bet- 
welty Church) Bill, which upon Friday last was pov Chu") 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Or- 
ders relative to Private Bills, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Rhymney Iron Company to erect and 
endow a Church in the parish of Bedwelty, in the 
county of Monmouth: And that Lord Granville 
Somerset and Mr. Alderman Thompson do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of estates in Portishead 
the parish of Uphill, in the county of Somerset, Fier 
complaining that the Standing Orders of the House 
in respect to the application for the Portishead Pier 
Bill, had not been complied with ; and praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their agents and 
witnesses, against the same, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the several Acts re- Preston and 
lating to the Preston and Wyre Railway and Har- = at 
bour Company, was read the third time. ” 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Hesketh Fleetwood do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from the Southern Division of the county Corn Law» 
of Chester ;-—Leyton ;-—Leverington and Leverington 
Parsondrove ; —- Walthamstow ; — Members of the 
North Derbyshire Agricultural Society ; — Street 
(Somerset) ;-- Wantage ;— Willerby, &amp;c. ;— Hexham; 

— Boyton;—-Earnley ;—Swavesey;— Preston, Laven- 
ham and Thorpe ;-—Lolworth ;—Guardians of the 
Poor 





‘Olt 


n) 


yay 


~way (No. 1. 
Bill. ) 


2 VictTorizZ. 


Poor of the Ely Union ;—Elm ;—Saint Alban’s ;— 
West Wickham;— Barrington ;—and, Wisbech Saint 
Mary; praying that the Corn Laws may not be re- 

aled,--were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Kilconquhar and Colinsburgh ;—~ 
and, Balmerino ;—praying for the repeal of the Corn 
Laws,—were also presented,and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way (No. 2.) 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom 
the Petition of Thomas Nias, complaining of non- 
compliance with the Standing Orders in the case of 
the Petition for the Northern and Eastern Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill, was referred ; That in the case of the 
Petition for the said Bill, the Standing Orders had 
not been complied with, inasmuch as no Notices 
were given in the months of February and March 
last, and inasmuch as no Plans, Sections and Books 
of Reference were deposited with the Clerks of the 
Peace for the counties in which the Work is pro- 
posed to be made, onor before the 1st day of March 
1838, or with the Clerks of the several parishes on 
or before the 1st’ day of April last ; but it appeared to 
the Committee that it was not until the month of 
October last that the Promoters of the Bill could 
come to an arrangement with the Eastern Counties 
Railway Company, as to the terms upon which the 
proposed junction should be effected ; and # further 
appeared that Notices were given in the newspapers 
of the counties in which the Work is proposed to be 
made, for three successive weeks in October and 
November 1838, and also in the London Gazette ; 
that Plans, Sections and Books of Reference were 
deposited with the respective Clerks of the Peace 
for Essex and Middlesex, on or before the 30th day 
of November last; and that a copy of so much of 
the same as relates to the parishes in which the 
Work is proposed to be made was deposited with 
the Parish Clerks on or before the 31st day of 
December last. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Melbourn Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
Inclosure Bill. mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Melbourn Inclosure Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
inclosing Lands in the parish of Melbourn, in the 
county of Cambridge: And that Mr. Yorke and Mr. 
Eaton do prepare, and bring it in. 


British Museam Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 

Buildings Bill. mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the British Museum Build- 
ings Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring 1n a Bill for 
enabling the Trustees of the British Museum to 
purchase certain Houses and Ground for the en- 
largement of the Museum, and making a suitable 
Access thereto: And that Sir Robert Peel and Sir 
Robert Harry dnglis do prepare, and bring it in. 


West Beckham Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 

and Alby — mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the 

Inclosure Bill, case of the Petition for the West Beckham and Alby 
Inclosure Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
inclosing Lands in the parishes of West Beckham 
and Alby, in the county of Norfolk: And that 
Mr. Wodehouse and Mr. Burroughes do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Northern and 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
Eastern Rail- 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Northern and Eastern 
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15° Martiz. 115 


Railway (No. 1.) Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend and extend the powers of the Northern and 
Eastern Railway Act: And that Mr. Ward and Mr. 
Marshall do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Sir William Young be added to the Marsh Gibbon 
Gentlemen who are appointed to prepare and bring !nclosure Bill. 
in the Marsh Gibbon Inclosure Bill. 


Beckett’s Name Bill was read the first time; and Beckett's 
ordered to be read a second time. Name Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Litlington, praying Sale of Beer 
that the Sale of Beer Act may not be repealed, was A*t: 
cage and read; and ordered to le upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Romsey, Licensed 
praying that they may be relieved from the respon- Vietvallers. 
sibility they are at present under to make restitu- 
tion for articles of value which guests may bring to 
their respective inns, except in cases where the value 
of such articles shall not exceed ten pounds, was 


resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Wandell and Lamington ;-—Kirtle ; Church of 
—Inveresk ;-- and, Yester; praying the House to Scotland. 
adopt measures for relieving the religious destitu- 
tion which prevails in Scotland, by extending the 
efficiency of the Established Church,—-were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Banff, praying the 
House not to sanction any further endowments to 
the Church of Scotland, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chancellor and the Clergy of Ecclesiastical 
the Diocese of Carlisle, praying that the Ecclesi- Putiesand 
astical Duties and Revenues ill may not pass into _ 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of York, praying the Lord’s Day. 
House to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors 
on the Lord’s Day, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Long Sutton ;—and, York (two Maynooth 
Petitions); praying the House not to sanction any College. 
further Grant to the Roman Catholic College of 
Maynooth,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Presbyterian Congregation of Army 
Strabane, praying that Presbyterian soldiers may 
be permitted to attend the Presbyterian Church, in 
the same manner as Episcopalian and Roman Ca- 
tholic soldiers are permitted to attend their respec- 
tive churches, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


_ Petitions from Aberystwith;—and, Chepstow; pray- Postage. 
ing for the adoption of a low and uniform rate of 
Postage,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bradford (Somerset) ;—Elkesley ; Education. 
—Walesby ;— and, West Buckland ; praying the 
House not to sanction any system of National ) 
Education not founded on the principles of the 
Established Church,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee standing 
on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, several Orders; 
Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for North Union 
the North Union Railway Bill, the Standing Orders Railway. 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for gawmill Ford 
the Sawmill Ford Bridge and Road Bill, the Parties Bridge ana 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill. Road. 

Q2 3. Resolved, 











Liskeard 
Small Debts, 


Slamannan 
Railway. 


Anderton 
Carrying 
Company. 


Highways Bill. 


Richmond 
and Reeth 
Road Bill. 


Fraserburgh 
Harbour Bill. 


New Cross 


116 


3. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Liskeard Small Debts Bill, the Standing Orders 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Slamannan Railway Bill, theParties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill, on giving forthwith the 
Notices required by the Standing Orders in some 
newspaper of the county of Stirling; and that the 
Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first place, 
how far such Order has been complied with, and 
do report the same to the House, on the Report of 
the Bill. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Anderton Carrying Company Bill, the Standing 
Orders ought: not to be dispensed with. 

The second and fourth Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Saint 
Leonard, Shoreditch, mn the county of Middlesex, 
praying that the Highways Bill may not pass into 
a law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cayley presented a Bill, for more effectually 
repairing and maintaining the Road from Richmond 
to Reeth, in the County of York: And the same 
was read the jirst time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Captain Gordon presented a Bill for further im- 
proving and maintaining the Harbour of the Burgh 
of Regality of Fraserburgh, in the County of Aber- 
deen: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Law Hodges presented a Bill to extend, alter 


Turnpike Roads and amend the Powers and Provisions of an Act 


Bill 


Slamannan 


Railway Bill. 


Sawmill Ford 
Bridge and 
Road Bill. 


Church Esta- 
blishment 
(Wales). 


Prisons. 


assed in the seventh year of the reign of his late 
Majesty King George the Fourth, relating to the 
New Cross Turnpike Roads, in the Counties of Kent 
and Surrey: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Slamannan Railway Bill, 
which was this day made from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, might 
be read ; and the same being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Slamannan Railway Company to 
raise a further Sum of Money: And that Mr. Lock- 
hart and Mr. Dennistoun do prepare, and _ bring 
it in. 

The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Sawmill Ford Bridge and 
Road Bill, which was this day made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private 
Bills, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for building a Bridge over the River Leven, in the 
county of Fife, and otherwise improving the Road 
from Boreland Loan to Scoonie Bridge: And that 
Captain Wemyss and Mr. Edward Ellice, junior, do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, « Copy of the Petition to Her Majesty from 
certain of the Inhabitants of the county of Anglesey, 
on the subject of the Ecclesiastical Duties and Re- 
venues Bill now before this House. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to "ra directions, that there be laid before thisHouse, 
a Return of the Amount expended out of the County 


15° Martiz. 








" A. 1839. 


Rates in each County of England and Wales, in 
each of the years 1836, 1837 and 1838, for the 
Maintenance of Prisoners and for the Building, Re- 
pair. or Alteration of Prisons. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Prisoners 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of theTotal Number of Persons imprisoned 
for any period exceeding Forty-eight Hours in each 
County in Scotlund, in the years 1836, 1837 and 
1838 ; distinguishing the Number liberated without 
trial, the Number imprisoned after Summary Con- 
victions, and the Number committed until liberated 
in due course of Law. 

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


A Petition of Sir William Burnett, Knight, of So- Burnett's 
merset House, in the County of Middlesex, Physician- Patent. 
general to the Royal Navy, praying that the time 
for presenting Burnett’s Patent Bill be enlarged till 
Monday the 15th day of April next, was presented 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Mouse was moved, That the Report in respect itchen Bridge 
of the Petition for the Jtchen Bridge and Roads Bill, and Roads Bill. 
which was yesterday made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending and enlarging the powers of the Acts 
for establishing a Floating Bridge, over the River 
Ttchen near the town of Southampton: And that 
Lord Viscount Duncan and Mr. Dottin do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Ord presented a Bill for making Wet Docks Tyne Dock 
and other Works at and near to Jarrow Slake, Bill. 
within the Port of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, and in the 
County of Durham, to be called The Tyne Docks : 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Goole and 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom Thorne Road. 
the Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of 
the Navigation of the River ie ;—of William God- 
frey and William Naking, Owners and Occupiers of 
land on the line of the Goole and Thorne Turnpike- 
road ;—of Charles Darley, an Owner of land in the 
township of Thorne ;—of Richard Middlebrooke, an 
Owner of land in the parish of Thorne, and the 
Overseer of the public drains for the Thorne district, 
in the West Riding of the county of York, in or 
over which the Turnpike-road from Goole to Thorne 
is proposed to be carried ;—of Occupiers of lands in 
the parish of Thorne ;—and, of Occupiers of lands 
under the Dean and Chapter of Durham near 
Thorne, in the parish of Fishlake, in the said West 
Riding ; severally complaining of non-compliance 
with the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition 
for the Goole and Thorne Road Bill, were referred ; 
That in the case of the Petition for the said Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with, inas- 
much as no application had been made to any of 
the Owners on each side of the highway leading to 
the point marked 149 on the Plan, although it ap- 
peared that it was the intention of the Parties to 
take powers to deviate 100 yards on each side of the 
line laid down on the Plan ; also, that no applica- 
tion had been made to the Occupiers of land, 
Nos. 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 97 and 98, 
marked on the Plan; also, that no application had 
been made to Mr. Middlebrooke the Surveyor, of a cer- 
tain drain marked 138 and 140 ; and that the above 

corresponding 





ol 








Brompton 
New Road Bill. 


Ship “ Snake.” 


Fire Insurance. 


Elective 
Franchise, &amp;e., 
(Ireland.) 


Church 
Establishment 
(Wales. ) 


Highways, 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


2 VicToriz. 15° Marti. 117 


corresponding numbers do not appear in the Book of several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do de- 
Reference; also, that there appeared a difference of | sire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
five and a half chains between the Plan and Section; | House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
that the Section is not correctly drawn, as the sur-| sion read. 

face of the ground is not shown at the following) Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
points in the line, viz. 62 chains, 72 links from Goole; | up to the House of Peers :—And_ being returned ; 
3 miles 8 chains 40 links from Goole; 4 miles from} Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the desire 
Goole; 5 miles and 25 chains from Goole; 6 miles! of the Lords authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
6 chains from Goole; 6 miles 37 chains from Goole;| Commission, had been at the House of Peers, where 
6 miles 50 chains 20 links from Goole; and 6 miles} a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 





67 chains 10 links from Goole. | giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se-| the several Public Bills therein mentioned ; and 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 


| the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect | are as follow: 


of the Petition for the Brompton New Road Bill, An Act to apply the Sum of Two Millions to the Transfer of Aids 
which was yesterday made from the Select Com-| , 


; . io Bill. 

mittee on Petitions for Private Bills, might be read ; | pe i en ee 
and the same being read; Ayre _.| An Act to amend an Act of the first and second Poor Relief 

Ordered, ‘That leave be given to bring in a Bill | year of Her present Majesty, for the more effectual (oehnd) Act 
for making a Turnpike Road from the Hoop and | Relief of the Destitute Poor in Jreland. — 
Toy Public House at Old Brompton, to join the ‘ : 
Turnpike Road from London to Hammersmith, at The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons 
Warwich-square, and for widening part of the Ful-| mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; —— 
ham Road and the Road leading therefrom to Old Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
Brompton, in the county of Middlesex: And that the 25th day of this instant March, resolve itself 
Mr. Thomas Wood and Sir De Lacy Evans do pre- | to the said Committee. 


pare, and bring it in. The Order of the day being read, for receiving Railways 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a ~ a fr de = yuo ret a it was re- (Ireland.) 
Copy of the Report of Captain Milne, Commander of | *°T°* ” ts wate de —. of the a ead 
Her Majesty’s Ship “Snake,” made to the Commodore se é = aa = Tr / _—.. aa same 
onthe West India station, in consequence of instruc- sy poe ed Th se R ~ ib See d M 
tions from the Admiralty, relative to certain atrocities | oe hd ” noe es = SS 
alleged to have been perpetrated on board a Portu-| ©*Y “° a en 
guese Slaver, captured by the Snake ; also, Copies| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supreme Courts 
of, or Extracts from, any Reports of other Public | mittee on the Supreme Courts (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 
Officers in the West Indies on that subject. Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 25th day of this instant March, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 





A Petition of the President, Treasurer, Secretary 
and other Office-bearers of the Young Friendly So- 
ciety of Paisley, praying for the repeal of the Duty | The Order of the day being read, for the second Prisons Bill. 
on Policies of Fire Insurance, was presented, and reading of the Prisons Bill; 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 





Bannon and other places-Saiat Munehins (Li.| The Order of the day being read, for the second pict Prin 
merich);— and, Donagh; praying the House to reading of the District Prisons Bill ; Bill. 
identify the Elective Franchise in England and Ire- Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

land, countries in which the tenures of lands and | Friday next. 

houses are similar, and to give to Ireland as com-| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pactories Bill. 
plete Municipal Reform as England has obtained, | mittee on the Factories Bill ; 

and to give also to Lreland her adequate propor-| Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 


tion in the Representation ; and, finally, to place | resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ireland upon a footing of equality in religious free- 


dom with England, by allocating the temporalities The Order of the day being read, for the second Election Peti- 
of the church of the ‘minority in that country to | '@ding of the Election Petitions Trial Bill ; tions Trial Bill. 
purposes of charity, education and public utility,— Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon Monday next. 


the Table. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration of 
7 ee , ; mittee on the Registration of Electors Bill ; Electors Bill, 

rhgdd so Ys eer Besnig 9 ofw a tee Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

Llanfair Dyffryn Cloyd ;—— Parevoelas ;— ("me resolve itself into the said Committee. 


llan;—Gresford;—Bettws yn Rhos ;—and, Ruthin;| The Order of the day being read, for the second Bankrupts 
praying that the emoluments of sinecure rectories in | readitig of the Bankrupts (Zreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Wales may be applied to the benefit of the diocese| | Ordered,That the Bill be read a second time upon 

in which such revenues arise,—were presented, and | Wednesday next. 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Designs Copy- 


A Petition of Inhabitant Rate-payers of Dudley, mittee on the Designs Copyright Bill ; right Bill. 
praying that all persons living in, and rated to the| esolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
repair of the streets and roads within the limits and | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
jurisdiction of any local Acts, may be exempted 
from the payment of Highway Rates, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Designs Copy. 
mittee on the Designs Copyright Extension Bill; right Extension 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday ®"" 
A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
the Black Rod: The Order of the day being read, for the second Borough Courts 
Mr. Speaker, reading of the Borough Courts Bill ; Bill. 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to| Monday next. 


Vou. 94, es + The 














Supply. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Ecclesiastical 
Appvintments 
Suspeusion Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Carlow Borough 
Election, 


118 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upor Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspen- 
sion Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


A Petition of the there undersigned Electors of the 
Borough of Carlow, in Ireland, who claimed a right 
to vote, and did vote at the last Election of a Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said Borough of 
Carlow, held on the Twenty-fifth day of February 
last past, was delivered in, and read; setting forth, 
That, at the last Election of a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Carlow, 
held on Monday the Twenty-fifth day of February 
last, Thomas Gisborne the younger, of Horwich 
House, in the county of Derby, Esquire, and Francis 


15° Marti. 








A. 1839. 


would have been the duty of the said Returning 
Officer to have returned the said Thomas Gisborne, 
and he must in law and ought to have been returned 
as the Member duly elected at the said Election ; 
the Petitioners therefore humbly submit that the 
said Return should be amended by adding the votes 
so rejected as aforesaid to the poll of the said 
Thomas Gisborne, and that the said Thomas Gis- 
borne should be forthwith declared to be the Mem- 
ber for the said Borough of Carlow; and the 
Petitioners further allege, that divers of the voters 
on the poll for the said Francis Bruen were bribed 
and corrupted to give their votes at the said Elec- 
tion; that divers of the voters on the poll for the 
said Francis Bruen bribed and corrupted other per- 
sons to vote at said Election; that divers of the 
persons on the poll of the said Francis Bruen voted 
in consequence of threats and intimidation, and 
other undue and improper influence ; that divers of 
the persons on the poll of the said Francis Bruen 
were not, at the time of their registry as such voters, 
or for six months previous thereto, in the occupation 
of a qualification of the clear yearly value of Ten 
pounds, as directed by the Irish Reform Act; and 
other persons voted at said Election for the said 
Francis Bruen who were registered in respect of a 
qualification which did not entitle them to be regis- 
tered as voters for said Borough; that divers per- 


Bruen, of Coolbawn House, in the county of Wex-|sons voted at said Election for the said Francis 


to vote at the said Election, and did vote thereat 
for the said Thomas Gisborne; that William Fish- 
bourne, Esquire, the Sovereign of the said Borough, 
acted as Returning Officer at said Election, and 
having taken the oath prescribed by law, proceeded, 
on Monday the Twenty-fifth day of February last 
past, to take the poll at the said Election, and con- 
tinued to do so until Wednesday the Twenty-seventh 
following, when he declared the said [Francis Bruen 
to be duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present 





ford, Esquire, were Candidates; that the Petitioners | Bruen, and are reckoned on the poll for him, who 
were and are electors of the said Borough, entitled 


were not, at the time of so voting, or at the time of 
their registry, and from thence to the time of the 
Election, in the possession or occupation of the 
qualification in respect of which they were registered 
and claimed to vote, or in respect of a qualification 
of the nature and value prescribed by law; that 
divers persons polled at the said Election in favour 
of the said Francis Bruen who were not entitled to 
vote thereat, inasmuch as previous thereto, and sub- 
sequent to their being admitted to register, they had 


| surrendered, assigned, given up, or otherwise de- 


Parliament at the said Election; that the number | parted with, and did not hold and occupy, the 
of voters stated by the said Returning Officer at the | houses, warehouses, counting-houses, or shops, and 


close of the said poll to have voted for the said 
Francis Bruen was 167; and for the said Thomas 
Gisborne 164; making an apparent majority for the 
said Francis Bruen over the said Thomas Gisborne 
of three votes; that such majority and Return were 
obtained in favour of the said Francis Bruen in con- 
sequence of the said Returning Officer having re- 
fused to receive and reckon on the poll for the said 
Thomas Gisborne the votes of the following persons, 
each and every one of whom was and were at the 
time of said Election, and had been for six months 
before the said Election, duly registered Electors of 
the said Borough, and had made their respective 
affidavits and received their respective certificates as 
in the nineteenth and twenty-eighth sections of the 
Trish Reform Act provided, and each and every one 
whom claimed to vote at the said Election, and 
they and each of them tendered their votes at said 
Election for the said Thomas Gisborne, that is to 
say, Patrick Baggott, of Tullow-street, John Kil- 
foyle, of Tullow-streec, Francis Curran, of Tullow- 
street, Richard Hobourne, of Tullow-street, Samuel 
Guilder, of Grandby-row, James Fisher, of Green- 
lane, Garret Doyle, ot Centaur-street, Patrick 
Barry, of Tullow-street, and Robert Morris, of 
Tullow-street ; that the rejection of the said votes b 
the said Returning Officer was solemnly protested 








the lands held therewith, or other the premises in 
respect of which they had so registered ; that divers 
persons not duly qualified so to do were admitted to 
poll for the said Francis Bruen at said Election, 
and their votes included in the said majority, al- 
though not legally or at all qualified to vote at said 
Election, inasmuch as between the time of their 
being admitted to register as electors for the said 
Borough, and the holding of the said Election, they 
had given up, surrendered, assigned, or otherwise 
parted with portions of the premises, in respect 
whereof they were so registered, so that at the time 
of such Election they had ceased to hold and occupy 
the entire of same, the residue thereof remaining in 
their possession not being of sufficient annual value 
to confer a qualification to vote at the said Election; 
that divers persons voted at the said Election for the 
said Francis Bruen as honorary freemen or bur- 
gesses who had obtained their freedom or burgess- 
ship since the Thirtieth March, one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-one, and others who had not 
been admitted as freemen or burgesses six months 
before they were registered, and others who had 
never been admitted, or who had been unduly ad- 
mitted, as such freemen and burgesses ; that divers 
persons voted for the said Francis Bruen at said 
Election as freemen and burgesses who were not 


against by the said voters, and by divers of the | freemen and burgesses of the said Borough, and 


electors of the said Borough, as also b 
Thomas Gisborne ; notwithstanding which protest 
the said Returning Officer persevered in refusing the 
said votes, and refused to reckon the said votes on 
the poll at the final close thereof; that, if the said 
votes had been received and reckoned on the poll, 
as they ought in law to have been, the said Thomas 
Gisborne would have had a majority of six votes 
over the said Francis Bruen at said Election, and it 





the said | others who were admitted in fraud, and for Election 


purposes, and on pretended rights, and who were 
not entitled to be admitted as freemen and bur- 
gesses, and who were illegally and fraudulently re- 
gistered as freemen and burgesses for the said 
Borough, and others, who, if they were entitled to 
be admitted as freemen and burgesses of the said 
Borough, were not legally admitted or sworn, or 
who had not taken the oaths or paid the stamp 

duty 


9 VICTORIZ. 


duty on admission ; that divers persons voted at said 
Election for the said Francis Bruen who were not 
duly registered, or not entitled to vote at said Elec- 
tion, and others who were persous employed in the 
Stamp Office, Tax Office, and Post Office, and dis- 
qualitied by Acts of Parliament in that case made 
and provided from voting at said Election; that 
divers persons voted at the said Election for the said 
Francis Bruen who had not taken or subsctibed 
such oaths or affidavits as by the Irish Reform Act, 
and other Acts relating to Elections in Ireland, are 
prescribed to be taken by persons claiming to be 
registered, or whose affidavits were insufficient and 
illegal ; that divers other persons voted at the said 
Election for the said Francis Bruen who were paid 
agents for the said Francis Bruen, and others who 
personated the rightful voters, and also many voters 
who were not qualified or in any way entitled to vote 
at said Election; and the Petitioners submit, that 
the votes of all the above-mentioned persons should 
be taken from the poll of the said Francis Bruen ; 
that a systematic plan of bribery, corruption, and 
treating was pursued and acted on at said Election 
by the friends, agents, and supporters of the said 
et Bruen ; that voters on the poll for the said 
Francis Bruen were bribed to give their votes, and 
other voters were bribed not to vote for the said 
Thomas Gisborne, and others were compelled or 
bribed, or improperly induced and influenced, to go 
away from the said Borough, and did go or were 
sent away to Liverpool, and other parts of the 
Kingdom; that the said Francis Bruen, by his 
agents, friends, and managers, did, after the teste of 
the writ for said Election, and during the said Elec- 
tion, and before the commencement of same, give, 
present, and allow to various persons having, or 
claiming to have votes in said Election, money, 
meat, drink, and entertainment, and did make and 
enter into promises, agreements, obligations, and 
engagements to give and allow money, meat, drink, 
presents, rewards and entertainments to and for 
such persons, in order to procure their votes, and to 
be elected, and for being elected Member to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough of Car- 
low; that by the above and other undue means the 
said Francis Bruen obtained a colourable majority, 
and was returned to serve in Parliament at the last 
Election for the said Borough ; and praying, that the 
House will adjudge and declare that the Return of 
the said Francis Bruen is an illegal Return, and 
ought to be forthwith amended, and that the same 
may be amended, by adding the votes of the nine per- 
sons above referred to, to the poll of the said Thomas 
Gisborne, and substituting his name in the Return in- 
stead of the name of the said Francis Bruen, or that 
the said Return be amended in such other way, and 
by such other means, as to the House shall seem fit ; 
or that the said Return and the Election may be de- 
clared null and void, and the parties sent toa new Elec- 
tion; and that the House will grant suchotherand fur- 
ther relief to the Petitioners as the merits of their case 
may require, and as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday the 11th day of April 
next, at the same time that the Petition of Thomas 
Gisborne, Esquire, is ordered to be taken into con- 
sideration. 


A Petition of thethere undersigned Electors of the 
Borough of Carlow, in Ireland, who claimed a right 
to vote and did vote at the last Election of a Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said Borough of 
Carlow, held on the Twenty-fifth day of February 
last past, was also delivered in, and read ; setting 
forth, That at the last Election of a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of 
Carlow, in Ireland, held on Monday the Twenty- 
fifth day of February last, Thomas Gisborne the 
younger, of Horwich House, Derbyshire, in England, 

s sam and Francis Bruen, of Coolbawn House, in 

oL. 94, 


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119 


the county of Wexford, in Ireland, Esquire, were 
Candidates; that the Petitioners were and are 
electors of the said Borough entitled to vote at said 
Election, and did vote thereat for the said Thomas 
Gisborne the younger; that William Fishbourne, 
Esquire, the Sovereign of the said Borough, acted 
as the Returning Officer at said Election, and, 
having taken the oath prescribed by law, he pro- 
ceeded, on Monday, the Twenty-fifth day of Fe- 
bruary last past, to take the poll of said Borough, 
and continued so to do until Wednesday the Twenty- 
seventh following, when he declared the said 
Francis Bruen tc be duly elected a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament at said Election; that 
the number of voters stated by said Sovereign and 
Returning Officer, at the close of the said poll, to 
have voted for the said Francis Bruen, was one 
hundred and sixty-seven; and for the said Thomas 
Gisborne the younger, one hundred and sixty-four, 
making a colourable majority for the said Francis 
Bruen over the said Tuomas Gisborne of three votes ; 
that such majority and Return were obtained by the 
said Francis Bruen in consequence of the said 
Returning Officer having refused to receive and 
reckon on the poll for the said Thomas Gisborne the 
younger, the votes of the following persons, each and 
every one of whom was and were at the time of the 
said Election, and had been for six months before the 
said Election, duly registered electors of said Bo- 
rough, and had made their affidavit and received 
the certificate as in the nineteenth and twenty-eighth 
sections in the Irish Reform Act provided, and 
each and every one of whom claimed to vote at the 
said Election, and they and each of them tendered 
their votes at said Election, for the said Thomas 
Gisborne the younger, that is to say, Patrick Bag- 
got, of Tullow-street, John Kilfoyle, of Tullow-street, 
Francis Curran, of Tullow-street, Richard Hobourne, 
Tullow-street, Samuel Guilder, of Grandby-row, 
James Fisher, of Green-lane, Garret Doyle, of Cen- 
taur-street, Patrick Barry, of Tullow-street, and 
Robert Morris, of Tullow-street ; that the rejection 
of the said votes by the said Returning Officer was 
solemnly protested against by the said voters and by 
divers of the electors of the said Borough, as also 
by the said Thumas Gisborne the younger, notwith 
standing which protest the said Returning Office: 
persevered in refusing the said votes, and refused to 
reckon the said votes on the poll at the final close 
thereof ; that if the votes of the said nine registered 
electors had been received and reckoned on the poll, 
as they ought in law to have been, the said Thomas 
Gisborne the younger would have had a majority of 
six votes over the said Francis Bruen at said Elec- 
tion, and it then would have been the duty of the 
said Returning Officer to have returned him, and he 
must in law have been returned as the Member duly 
elected at said Election; the Petitioners therefore 
humbly submit, that the said Return should be 
amended by adding the votes so rejected as afore- 
said to the poll of the said Thomas Gisborne, and the 
said Thomas Gisborne the younger be forthwith de- 
clared to be the Member for the said Borough of 
Carlow ; that the Petitioners further allege, that the 
Election of the said Francis Bruen was carried by 
the bribery and corruption of the electors of the said 
Borough ; that a number of voters on the poll for 
the said Francis Bruen were bribed and corrupted, 
or otherwise unduly influenced, to give their votes 
for him at said Election, and that the votes of said 
persons should be taken off the poll; that a num- 
ber of voters on the poll for the said Francis Bruen 
bribed and corrupted other voters to vote at said 
Election, and the Petitioners submit, that the votes 
of said persons should also be disallowed and taken 
off the poll ; that several persons voted at said Elec- 
tion for the said J’rancis Bruen, and are reckoned on 
the poll for him, who at the time of their registry as 
such voters, or for six months previous thereto, were 
not in the occupation of a qualification of, bond Side, 
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120 15°—16° Martiz. 


the clear yearly value of ten pounds, as directed by 
the Irish Reform Act, and that the votes of suc 

persons should be taken off the poll; and_other 
persons voted at said Election for the said Francis 
Bruen who were registered in respect of a qualifica- 
tion which did not entitle them to be registered as 
voters for said Borough, and that their votes should 
also be disallowed and taken off the poll of the said 
Francis Bruen; that several persons voted at said 
Election for the said Francis Bruen, and are reckoned 
on the poll for him, who were not at the time of so 
voting, or at the time of their registry, and from 
thence to the time of the Election, in the possession 
or occupation of the qualification in respect of which 
they were registered and claimed to vote, or in re- 
spect of a qualification of the nature and value a 
scribed by law, and that their votes should be taken 
off tue poll; that several persons polled at the said 
Election in favour of the said Francis Bruen who were 
not entitled to vote thereat, inasmuch as previous 
thereto, and subsequent to their being admitted to 
register, they had surrendered, assigned, given up, 
or otherwise departed with, and did not hold and 
occupy, the houses, warehouses, counting-houses, or 
shops, and the lands held therewith, or other the 
premises in respect of which they had so registered ; 
that several other persons not duly or so to do 
were admitted to poll for the said Francis Bruen at 
said Election, and their votes included in said major- 
ity, although not legally or at all qualified to vote at 
said Election, inasmuch as between the time of their 
being admitted to register as electors for the said 
Borough, and the holding of the said Election, they 
had given up, assigned, surrendered, or had other- 
wise departed with portions of the premises in respect 
whevoa? they were so registered, so that at the time 
of such Election they had ceased to hold and occupy 
the entire of same, the residue thereof remaining in 
their possession not being of sufficient annual value 
to confer a qualification to vote at said Election, and 
that the said Francis Bruen and his agents respec- 
tively well knew, previous to and at the time of said 
Election, that said persons had not a right to vote 
thereat; that several persons voted for the said 
Francis Bruen at said Election as freemen and bur- 
gesses who were not freemen and burgesses of the 
said Borough, who were admitted freemen and bur- 
gesses of said Borough since the 31st day of March 
1831, and others who were admitted in fraud and for 
election purposes, and on pretended rights, who were 
not entitled to be admitted as freemen and burgesses, 
and who were illegally and fraudulently registered 
as freemen and burgesses for the said Borough, and 
who, if they were entitled to be admitted freemen 
and burgesses of the said Borough, were not legally 
admitted or sworn, who had not taken the oaths or 
paid the stamp duty on admission, and that the 
votes of all said persons should be taken off the poll 
of the said Francis Bruen; that several other persons 
voted at said Election for the said Francis Bruen 
who were not duly registered or not entitled to vote 
at said Election, and others who were persons em- 
ployed in the Stamp Office, Tax office, and Post 
Office, and disqualified by Acts of Parliament in that 
case made and provided from voting at said Election, 
and that the votes of all such persons should be taken 
off the poll; that several other persons voted at said 
Election for the said Francis Bruen, who were paid 
agents for the said Francis Bruen, and other voters 
wh were personated, and several other voters who 
were not qualified to vote at said Election ; and Pe- 
titioners submit that the votes of all these persons 
should be taken from the poll of the said Francis 
Bruen ; that a systematic plan of bribery, corruption, 
and treating, was pursued and acted on at said 
Election by the friends, agents, and supporters of 
the said Francis Bruen, in order to corrupt the voters, 
and in consequence several voters on the poll for the 
said Francis Bruen were bribed to give their votes 
for him, and other voters were bribed not to vote for 





A. 1839. 


the said Thomas Gisborne the younger, and were 
sent away to Liverpool, and to various parts of the 
kingdom ; that the said Francis Bruen, by his agents 
and managers, and by persons employed by him and 
them and on his behalf, did, after the teste of the 
writ for said Election, and during the said Election, 
and before the commencement of same, give, present 
and allow to various persons having or claiming to 
have votes at said Election, money, meat, drink and 
entertainment, and did make and enter into promises, 
agreements, obligations and engagements to give 
and allow money, meat, drink, presents, rewards 
and entertainments to and for such persons, in order 
to procure their votes, and to be elected, and for 
being elected Member to serve in this present Par- 
liament for said Borough of Carlow; that, by the 
above and other undue means, the said Francis 
Bruen obtained a colourable majority, and was re- 
turned to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, 
in open violation of the law and freedom of Election, 
and to the great prejudice of the Petitioners, and of 
the said Thomas Gisborne the younger, who had at 
the said Election, as it is submitted it will appear 
upon a fair scrutiny of the poll, and an investigation 
of the qualification of persons who voted, a great 
majority of the good and legal votes, and ought 
therefore to have been returned as Representative 
and Burgess for the said Borough of Carlow, to 
serve in the present Parliament; and praying, that 
the House will adjudge and declare that the Return 
of the said Francis Bruen is an illegal Return, and 
ought to be forthwith amended, and that the same 
may be amended, by adding the votes of the nine 

ersons above referred to, to the poll of the said 

homas Gisborne the younger, and substituting his 
name in the Return instead of the name of the said 
Francis Bruen, or that the said Return be amended 
in such other way, or by such other means as to the 
House shall seem fit, or that the said Return and the 
Election may be declared null and void, and the par- 
ties sent to a new Election, and that the House will 
grant such further relief to the Petitioners as the 
merits of their case may require. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday the 11th day of April 
next, at the same time that the last preceding Petition 
is ordered to be taken into consideration. 

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


Tuesday last, That this House will immediately re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to take into consider- 
ation the Act regulating the Importation of Foreign 
Corn ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 

twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
Sabbati, 16° die Martii, 1839: 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Monday next ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby, 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. John Fielden, 1 
Yeas, Mr. Whittle Harvey: J ™ 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, . 
Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart : } ae 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the original Question being again proposed, 
That this House will immediately resolve itself into 
a Committee, to take into consideration the Act re- 
lating the Importation of Foreign Corn :—And a 
rther Debate arising thereupon ; 





And 


The Order of the day being read for resuming the Corn Impotts- 
adjourned debate upon the Question proposed upon tion. 


Tihe € 
tions A 
(Irelav 


Call of 


House. 


Leave 
Absen 
















orta- 


Tihe Composi- 
tions Arrears 


(Ireland) Bill, 


Call of the 
House. 


leave of 
Absence. 


West Indies, 
No. 107. 


Tithes, 
No. 108. 


Bankruptcies. 


2 Vicroriz. 15°— 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Ewart, 53 
Yeas, Mr. Hawes: Pig 

Tellers for the { Sir Edward Knatchbull, } ae 
Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart : i 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the original Question being again coe 
That this House will immediately resolve itself into 
a Committee to take into consideration the Act re- 
gulating the Importation of Foreign Corn :—Anda 
further Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 

osed, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Wednesday next; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words ‘“ Wednes- 
day next,” and adding the words “this day six 
months” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
“Wednesday next” stand part of the Question :— 
The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then the original Question being again proposed, 
That this House will immediately resolve itself into 
a Committee, to take into consideration the Act re- 
gulating the Importation of Foreign Corn :—And a 
further Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Tithe Compositions Arrears (Ireland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That this House be called over upon 
Monday next. 

Ordered, That such Members as shall not then 
attend be sent for in custody of the Serjeant-at- 
Arms attending this House. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bulkeley Hughes have leave 
of absence for a week, on urgent business ;—Sir 
Denham Jephson Norreys a week, on urgent busi- 
ness; —Mr. Wilson Jones aweek, on urgent business ; 
—Mr. Edward Cooper a week, on urgent business ; 
—Mr. Henry Ashley a week, on urgent business ; 
—Colonel Grant a week, on urgent business ;-—and, 
Mr. Thornely a month, on account of illness in his 
family. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Affairs 
of the West Indies, which were presented yesterday, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Copy of the Report of the 
Tithe Commissioners for England and Wales, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till near three of the clock on Saturday morn- 
ing, adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 18° die Martii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Barton, from the Court of Bankruptcy, 
was called in; and at the bar presented,— 
Further Returns to an Order, dated the 18th day of 
May in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns 
as to Bankruptcies previous to the Act of Parlia- 
ment, 1831, appointing Official Assignees to take 
possession of the Estates:—1. The Names of the 
Vor. 94. 


16°-—18° Martii. 











121 
Official Assigeees, and of their Official Residence ; 
2. Names of the Bankrupts previous to the Act, 
whose Estates were taken possession of, in whole or 
in part, their description and residence ; 3. Dates of 
their Bankruptcies ; 4. Amount of Assets of each 
Estate received from the original Assignees; 5. 
Amount of Debts due to the Estates not then re- 
ceived ; 6. Amount of Assets from the Estate since 
received; 7. Amount of further expected Assets 
from the Debts; 8. Amount of Dividends declared 
by the Official Assignees, and Debts; 9. Total 
Amount paid to Creditors; 10. Total Amount re- 
maining unpaid to Creditors; 11. Expense charged 
for Assignees’ Commission and Allowances; 12. 
Expense charged to the estate for Petty Charges ; 
13. Balance of Cash in each Account, debiting the 
same only with the Cash paid away and Charges ; 
14. How the Balance is disposed of, whether paid 
to the Accomptant General ; 15. Or retained in the 
hands of the Official Assignees for Creditors not 
having yet applied for their Dividends :—The Re- 
ceipts or Payments, on Account of the Undivided 
Estates, or of Unclaimed Dividends, to be separately 
returned :-—-And then he withdrew. 

. ila That the said Returns do lie upon the 

able. 


Ordered, That the Second Division of the Select Petitions for 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills have leave Private Bills, 
to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the sit- 
ting of the House. 


The Berkeley Inclosure Bill was read a second Berkeley 
time ; and committed to Mr. Grantley Berkeley, and Inclosure Bill. 
the East Gloucester List. 


The Fretherne and Saul Inclosure Bill was read Fretherne and 
a second time; and committed to Mr. Grantley a Tuclosure 
Berkeley, and the East Gloucester List. aa 


Mr. Davenport presented a Bill for establishing staffordshire 
an effective Police in Places within or adjoining to Potteries, &amp;c., 
the District called The Staffordshire Potteries, and Police Im- 

; f : provement, &amp;c,, 
for improving and cleansing the same, and better pill, 
lighting Parts thereof: And the same was read the 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Law Hodges presented a Biil for establishing Rochester 
a General Cemetery for the Interment of the Dead, Cemetery Bill. 
in the City of Rochester, in the County of Kent: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill for enabling the siamannan 
Slamannan Railway Company to raise a. further Railway Bill. 
Sum of Money: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Wallace reported from the Committee on the Kayser’s 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for naturaliz- Nat. Bill. 
ing John Christopher Kayser ; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment :—And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wallace do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Hope Johnstone presented a Bill to incorpo- Crichton 
rate the Trustees and others, Directors of the Chsrities Bill. 
Crichton Royal Institution for Lunatics, at Dum- 
fries, and for the better enabling them to carry on 
their Charitable Designs: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Long presented a Bill for paving, lighting, Bradford 
hiersay and improving the Town of Bradford, (Wilts) ae 
in the County of Wilts: And the same was read Proveme™t 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 
R Mr. 











122 


London Mr. Hurst presented a Bill to amend an Act for | 

Cemetery the establishing of Cemeteries for the Interment of 

Company Bill. the Dead northward, southward and eastward of the 
Metropolis, by the London Cemetery Company : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Melbourn 
Inclosure Bill. 


Mr. Yorke presented a Bill for inclosing Lands in 
the Parish of Melbourn, in the County of Cam- 
bridge: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


‘Tamworth and 
Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch Road 
Bill. 


Mr. Farnham presented a Bill for more effectually 
repairing and maintaining the Roads from the Bo- 
rough of Tamworth, m the Counties of Stafford 
and Warwick, to the Town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 
in the County of Leicester, and from Harrington- 
bridge (heretofore Sawley Ferry), in the said County 
of Leicester, to a Turnpike-gate at or near the end 
of rae ry ee leading to Ashby-de-la-Zouch 
aforesaid: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Over Darwen 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better lighting 


Gas Bill. with Gas the Village of Over Darwen, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Wearmouth The Wearmouth and Tyne Bridge Bill was read 

na gl a second time; and committed to Mr. Alderman 

mse "Thompson and the North Durham List. 

London and Mr. Wolverley Attwood presented a Bill for grant- 

Greenwich 


ing further Powers to the London and Greenwich 
Railway ee And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Railway Bill. 


Blackheath — Mr. Wolverley Attwood presented a Bill for 
Cemetery Bill. making and maintaining a Cemetery or Burial 
Ground, to be called “ The Blackheath Cemetery,” 
and to be situate in the Parish of Charlton, in the 
County of Kent: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Greenwich Mr. Wolverley Attwood presented a Bill for the 
Sewers Bill, 


better Sewage and Drainage of the Town or Parish 
of Greenwich, in the County of Kent: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


West Croft 
Inclosure and 
Canal Bill. 


Sir Ronald Ferguson presented a Bill for inclos- 
ing certain Lands called the West Croft and Burton 
Leys, in the Parish of Saint Mary, in the Town 
and County of the Town of Nottingham, and for 
forming a Canal and other Works within the said 
Parish: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Ringstead 
Inclosure Bill. 


Lord Viscount Maidstone presented a Bill for in- 
closing Lands in the Parish of Ringstead, in the 
County of Northampton: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Leeds Soke The Leeds Soke Corn Toll Bill was read a second 
Corn Toll Bill. time; and committed to Mr. Baines and the West | 
Riding of York List. 
Perth Police Mr. Kinnaird presented a Bill for more effectually 
am. wving the Streets of the City of Perth; for the 
tter lighting, watching and cleansing the said 
City and Suburbs thereof; for maintaining and re- 
gulating the Police of the same, and for other Pur- 
poses relating thereto: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
righton i j ishi 
= on. on Captain Pechell presented a Bill for establishing 


a General Cemetery for the Interment of the Dead, 
in the Parish of Brighton, in the County of Sussez : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


18° Martzz. 


A. 1839. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for repairing, Clitheroe, 
improving and maintaining the Roads from Clitheroe een &amp;e, 
through Whalley to Blackburn and Mellor Brook, °° ®'" 
in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and for 
making a new piece of Road to communicate there- 
with: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Staffor 
Potter! 
(Stipet 
Justice 
Peace, 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for repairing, Bury, Hasling. 
: - o&gt; eG P g; y ug 
improving and maintaining the Roads from Bury den, &amp;c., Roads 
through Haslingden to Blackburn and Whalley, ®*- 

and other Roads communicating therewith, in the 

County Palatine of Lancaster: And the same was 

read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 

time. 


York . 
ment. 


Mr. Wodehouse presented a Bill for inclosing West Beckham 
Lands in the Parishes of West Beckham and Alby, 2nd Alby © 
in the County of Norfolk: And the same was read ™losure Bil. 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of Freeholders of Saul and Fretherne, Fretherne and 
in the county of Gloucester, praying that the Fre- Saul Inclosure 
therne and Saul Inclosure Bill may not pass into a 
law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Liver 
Estat 
Bill. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Brighton Gas 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Bill. 
case of the Petition for the Brighton Gas Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better lighting with Gas the town of Bright- 
helmstone and the several Places therein mentioned 
in the county of Sussex: And that Captain Pechell 
and Sir Adolphus Dalrymple do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


(Nc 


Captain Pechell, by Order, presented a Bill for in- Great Milton 
closing Lands in the Township of Great Milton, in luclosure Bill. 
the County of Oxford: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Pease presented a Bill for incorporating cer- West Durham 
tain Persons for the making and maintaining a Railway Bill 
Railway from the Township of Crook and Billy-row 
to the Byers Green Branch of the Clarence Rail- 
way, in the Parish of Saint Andrew Auckland, all 
in the County of Durham, to be called “The West 
Durham Railway :” And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Lord Granville Somerset presented a Bill to enable Rhymney Iron 
the Rhymney Iron Company to erect and endow a Company 
Church in the Parish of Bedwelty, in the County Cherch) Bill 
of Monmouth: And the same was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


a=) 


Captain Alsager, by Order, presented a Bill for Gravesend, &amp;» 
better lighting with Gas the Rovn of Gravesend, Ss Bill. 
and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the County of 

Kent: And the same was read the first time; and 

ordered to be read a second time. 


bet eet ee, 


_ Sir George Strickland presented a Bill for repair- Leeds and 
ing and maintaining the Road from Leeds through Harewood 
Harewood, to the South-west corner of the Inclo- 84 _ 
sures of Harrogate, in the West Riding of the 
County of York: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir George Strickland presented a Bill for the Hatfield (York) 
more speedy Recovery of Small Debts, within the Small Debts 
Manor of Hatfield, and other Places in the West _ 
Riding of the County of York: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


a Sawmill Ford 
Bridge and 
Road Bill. 


Captain Weymss presented a Bill for building 
Bridge over the River Leven, in the County of Fife, 
and otherwise improving the Road from Boreland 
Loan 





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xe,, 


Ig. 
ads 


1S 


il. 


on 


XCoy 


Staffordshire 
4 
Stipendiary 
— of the 
Peace) Bill. 


York Improve- 
ment. 


Liverpool Dock 
Estate Rating 
Bill. 


Redcar Harbour 


(No. 2.) 


London Bridge 
Approaches, 
&amp;c., Bill. 


Brighton Gas 
Bill, 


Bishop 
Auckland and 
Weardale 
Railway Bill, 


Brazil Steam 
Packet Com- 
pany Bill, 


2 Vicroriz. 


Loan to Scoonie Bridge: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Edward Buller presented.a Bill to provide 
for the more effectual execution of the office of a 
Justice of the Peace within and adjoining to the 
District called the Staffordshire Potteries, and for 
Purposes connected therewith: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the 
case of the ‘Petition for the York Improvement Bill, 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with, 
inasmuch as no application was made to the Owners 
and Occupiers of the property intended to be taken 
on or before the 31st day of December last, although 
compulsory powers are sought to be obtained by 
the proposed measure. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Liverpool Dock Estate 
Rating Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks 
liable to be rated to the Rates for the Relief of the 
Poor of the parish of Liverpool, in the county pala- 
tine of Lancaster : And that Lord Viscount Sandon 
and Mr. Cresswell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Redcar Harbour (No. 2.) 
Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as one of the Notices in the news- 
paper was given on the 6th day of December, and 
also in the London Gazette on the 4th day of Decem- 
ber last. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That-in the 
case of the Petition for the London Bridge Ap- 
proaches &amp;c., Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for further extending the Approaches to London 
Bridge, and amending the Acts relating thereto: 
And that Sir Matthew Wood and Mr. Crawford do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Captain Pechell presented a Bill for better light- 
ing with Gas the Town of Brighthelmstone, and the 
several Places therein mentioned, in the County of 
Sussex: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Bishop Auckland and 
Weardale Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Bishop Auckland and Weardale 
Railway Company to complete their Railway and 
other Works, and for amending an Act of Her pre- 
sent Majesty relating thereto: And that Mr. Pease 
and Mr. Harland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Brazil Steam Packet 
Company Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for a and regulating a Company, to be called 

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123 


The London, Liverpool and Brazil Steam Packet 
Company: And that Mr. Crawford and Mr. Alder- 
man Copeland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select‘ Com- Pontefract 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Honor Court. 
case of the Petition for the Pontefract Honor Court 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Mark Philips presented a Bill to enable the Manchester and 
Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company to Birmingham 
vary and extend the Line of their Railway, and to “!"*Y _ 
amend the Act relating thereto: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


The Manchester Improvement Bill was read a Manchester 
second time ; and committed to Mr. Mark Philips, Improvement 
and the South Lancaster List. — 


_ Mr. Acland presented a Bill for inclosing Lands Almsworthy 
in the Manor of Almsworthy, in the Parish of Ex- Inclosure Bill. 


ford, in the County of Somerset : And the same was 


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


_ Sir John Yarde Buller presented a Bill for paving, Sidmouth 
lighting, watching, cleansing and otherwise improv- !~provement 
ing the Town of Sidmouth, in the County of Devon, 34 Market 
and for building a Market-house, and regulating 
the Market there: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. William O’Brien presented a Bill for in- Rathkeale 
closing Lands within the Parish of Rathkeale, in closure Bill. 
the County of Limerick: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Sir Hesketh Fleetwood presented a Bill to amend Preston’ and 
the several Acts relating to The Preston and Wyre pt ae a 
Railway and Harbour Company, and The Pres- pe ae 
ton and Wyre Dock Company, and to consolidate Wyre Dock 
the said Companies: And the same was read the 5! 


first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir Hesketh Fleetwood reported from the Com- Preston Gas 
mittee on the Preston Gas Bill; That they had Bill. 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill for building a Peterborough 
new Gaol for the City of Peterborough, and for G0! Bill. 
other Purposes connected therewith: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


The Witham Drainage Bill was read a second Witham 
time ; and committed to Mr. Handley, and the Lin- Drainage Bili. 
toln (parts of Kesteven and Holland) List. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Warwick, praying Rugby and 

that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel Warwick 
. : Road Bill. 

or agents, against certain parts of the Rugby and 
Warwick Road Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Ward presented a Bill to amend and extend Northern and 
the Powers of the Northern and Eastern Railway an mall 
Act: And the same was read the first time; and man, a 
ordered to be read a second time. 


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124 


Brazil Steam Mr. Crawford presented a Bill for forming and | 

Packet Com- yegulating a Company to be called The London, 

my” Liverpool and Brazils Steam Packet Company: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

Bishop Mr. Pease presented a Bill for enabling the 

—- Bishop Auckland and Weardale pve 4 Company 

Railway Bill, to complete their Railway and other Works, and 


for amending an Act of Her present Majesty re- 
lating thereto: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 





British Museum The Order made upon Friday last, That Sir 
Buildings Bill. Robert Peel and Sir Robert Harry Inglis do pre- | 
are and bring in the British Museum Buildings | 

Bil, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Peel and Lord Stanley | 


| 


do prepare, and bring in the Bill. 


London Bridge 
Approaches 
&amp;c., Bill, 


A Petition of Edward Tyrrell, Esquire, Remem- | 
brancer of the city of London, praying that the | 
time for presenting the London Bridge Approaches, 
&amp;c. Bill may be enlarged till Wednesday the 10th day 
of April next, was presented, and read ; and referred | 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private | 
Bills. 





Marsh Giboon = Sir William Young presented a Bill for inclosing | 


Inclosure Bill. 


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A. 1839. 


A Petition of Members of the Presbytery of Army (Presby. 
Monaghan, in connexion with the Synod of Ulster, £12? Church 
. ce.) 
praying that measures may be adopted to secure 
to the Presbyterian soldiers in the British army 
the right and privilege of attending the ministra- 
tions of their own church when at home, and the 
services of chaplains of their own persuasion when 
in distant lands, was presented, and read ; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tuam;—Mahoonagh and Feoho- Elective 
nough ;—Kilmalloch and Balingaddy ;— Hollywood; Franchise, &amp;e,, 
—Naul ;—and, Grean and Ponaiieeodon: praying (land. ) 
the House to identify the Elective Franchise in jd 
land and Ireland, countries in which the tenures of 
lands and houses are similar, and to give to Ireland 
as complete Municipal Reform as England has ob- 
tained, and to give also to Jre/and her adequate 
proportion in the representation, and finally to place 
Ireland upon a footing of equality in_ religious 
freedom with England, by allocating the tempo- 
ralities of the church of the minority in that coun- 
try to purposes of charity, education and public 
utility,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Freeholders and other Inhabitants Tithes, &amp;c., 
of Saint Mary and Saint Peter, Rathmines, in the (Ireland.) 
county of Dublin, praying the House to extinguish 


Lands in the Parish of Marsh Gibbon, in the County Tithes, and Rent-charges for Tithes, Ministers’ 
of Buckingham: And the same was read the first Money, and all other compulsory ecclesiastical 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. exactions, and to apply a tax equivalent in amount, 

' _ | to the purpose of general education, or other na- 
Liverpool Dock Lord Viscount Sandon presented a Bill for making | tional objects, and further praying for corporate 
— Rating the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks liable to be | reform, and that votes at elections for members to 
rated to the Rates for the Relief of the Poor of the | serve in Parliament, may be taken by ballot, and 
Parish of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Zan- | that the Elective Franchise may be extended on an 


caster: And the same was read the first time; and | equality with England and Wales, was presented, 





ordered to be read a second time. 


Liverpool Lord Viscount Sandon presented a Bill for alter- 
Buildings Bill, ing, amending, consolidating and enlarging the 
Provisions of certain Acts relating to the Regulation | 
of Buildings in the Borough of Liverpool: And the | 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read | 


a second time. 


Call of the 
House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Call of 
the House; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


British Museum 


Sir Robert Peel presented a Bill for enabling the 
Buildings Bill. 


Trustees of the British Museum to purchase certain 
Houses and Ground for the enlargement of the 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Montrose;—and, Crawford; pray- Chureh of 
ing the House to adopt measures for relieving the 5°t's"¢. 
religious destitution which prevails in Scotland, by 
extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
—-were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Denny and its vici- 
nity, praying the House to refuse all applications for 
additional endowments to the Church of Scotland, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered’ to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Fareham Union ;--and, Hexham Poor Law 
Union; praying for the amendment of the Poor Amendment 








Museum, and for making a suitable Access thereto: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered | 
to be read a second time. 


Corn Laws. Petitions from Appledrom;— Baronies of Con- 
dons and Clongibbons and Kinnatalloon (Cork) ;— 
Felpham ;—Fressingfield ;--Hundred of Depwade 
(Norfolk) ; — Kelmoylan ;— Rathven ;— Latching- 
don ;—Banchory Devenich ;— Handon, &amp;c.;— Great 
Stainbridge ; — Darlington;— Hundred of Godley 
(Surrey) ;—Hazleton, &amp;c.;—High Legh ;— Fida- 
more ;— Ballycahaneand Manister ;—Dublin Coun- 
ty ;--Stonehouse, &amp;c.;— Heanor; —and, Derby; 
praying that the Corn Laws may not be repealed,-- 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Cromarty;—and, Tain; praying 
for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Copyholders and Inhabitants of 
Wentsland and Bryngwyn, and town of Pontypool, 
in the county of Monmouth; praying that the Copy- 
holds Enfranchisement Bill may pass into a law, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


€opyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


Law Act,—-were presented, and read ; and ordered - 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Dean and Chapter of Westmin- Ecclesiastical 

ster ;—Chapter of Southwell ;—Chancellor, Masters Duties a4 
and Scholars of the University of Cambridge ;-—“""° 
Principal and Commonalty of Vicars of Chichester ; 
—Dean and Chapter of Wells ;—-and, Clergy of the 
Deanery of Potterne; praying that the Ecclesias- 
tical Duties and Revenues Bill may not pass into 
a law,--were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chickenby, in the parish of Dews- Sale of Beer 
bury;— Stroud ;-—-and, Padiham and Bradford, A*- 
(Wilts) (two Petitions); praying for the amendment 
of the sale of Beer Act,-—-were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Dealers in Sugar of the town of Foreign Sugar 
Kelso, praying for a reduction of Duty on Forei 
Sugar, was presented, and read; and. ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Prisons - 
Town Council of Perth, praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bul. 





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Postagee 


Local Courts. 


Highways Bill. 


Foreign Coffee. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Factories Bill. 


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(Scotland) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, | 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, Manu- 
facturers, Proprietors and Inhabitants of Dundee, 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 


was also cgay: and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


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Aldersgate, in the city of London ;—and, Merchants, 
Traders, Citizens and Inhabitants of the Ward of 
Cheap, in the city of London; praying that the 
Metropolis Police Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





Petitions from Edinburgh {Chamber of Com- 


Two Petitions from Inhabitants of the Ward of Metropolis 
Police Bill. 


Petitions from Ballinasloe,—and, Land-owners, Railways 


merce) ;-~Anstruther Wester ;---Bacup;--and, Fun-| Gentry and others, from various parts of Ireland, (Ireland. 


tington; praying for the adoption of a low and | interested in the construction of Railways, praying 
uniform rate of Postage,—-were presented, and read; | the House to take into consideration the construc- 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. tion of Railways in Ireland, and to appoint a Select 


A Petition of Gentlemen, Manufacturers, Trades- 
men and Inhabitants of the North Eastern parts of 
the West Riding of the county of York, praying for 
the establishment of Local Courts for the recovery 
of Small Debts, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Surveyors of Highways in the town- 
ship of Manchester, praying that the Highways Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Wholesale and Retail Grocers and 
Dealers in Coffee, of Musselburgh, praying for a 
reduction of Duty on Foreign Coffee, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Abbey Corrofin and other places ; 
— Boyle ;--Balla Drumand other places ;—and, Kil- 
coman and Robin; praying thatthe present system of 
National Education in Jreland may not be persisted 
in,-—were presented, and read; and ordered. to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Flax-spinners of Dundee, praying 
that the Factories Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
now stands, was presented, and read; and ordered 


Committee to determine impartially the best lines 
|of Railway,\and to point out the terms and condi- 
‘tions upon which grants and loans may be made 
‘in furtherance of such Railways,——were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

| Petitions from Zwam ;--and, Proprietors, Inhabit- 
ants and other persons interested in the welfare of 
the province of Connaught, praying that the pro- 
vince of Connaught may participate in the benefits 
proposed to be conferred on the rest of Lreland by 
the establishment of Railroads,—-were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of William Bryson, of Percy Cottage, 
Stoke Newington, in the county of Middlesex, stating 
that in the first year of the reign of Her present 
| Majesty, an Act was passed for makinga Railway 
from Dublin to Kilkenny, under the title of the 
Great Leinster and. Munster Railway; that the 
Petitioner became a shareholder therein; that he 
now finds, that at the recommendation of the Rail- 
way Commissioners for Jreland, the House has 
agreed to a Resolution, granting the sum of Two 
millions and ‘a ‘half sterling, for the purpose of 
making another line of Railway, which if carried 
into effect, will be absolutely ruinous to the Kilkenny 
line; and praying the House to take the premises 
into consideration, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Tabke. 








‘ 


to lie upon the Table. A Petition of Inhabitants of Stroud, praying that Bristol aud 


| the Bristol and Gloucestershire Railway Bill may te 
Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee! pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- Raliwey Bul. 


on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, several | dered to lie upon the Table. 
Resolutions; which were read, as follow: | ‘ 

1.. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for, |The House was moved, That the Report in respect Iondon and_ 
the Tramore Drainage Bill, the Parties be permitted of the Petition for the Zondon and Croydon Railway ee Rail- 
to proceed with their Bill. | Bill, which was this day made from the Select Com- “*Y *"* 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for | mittee on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, 
the Dean Forest Railway Bill, the Standing Orders | might be read; and the same being read ; © ; 
ought not to be dispensed with. | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for to amend and enlarge the powers and provisions of 
the Gooleand Thorne Road Bill, the Standing Orders the several Acts relating to the London and Croydon 
ought not to be dispensed with. Railway: And that Captain Alsager and Mr. Kemble 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for do prepare, and bring it in. 
the Deptford Pier Junction Railway Bill, the Par-' 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Tramore 
Drainage. 


Dean Forest 
Railway. 


Goole and 
Thorne Road. 


Deptford Pier 
Junction Rail- 
way, 


London and 
Croydon 


Railway, 


Public Peti. 
tions (Eleventh 
Report.) 


ties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, with the | 
exception of that part which would give them an 

extension of time for the compulsory purchase of 
land ; and ‘that, the Committee on the Bill do ex- 
amine in the first place, how far such Order has been 
complied with, and do report the same to the House, 
on the Report of, the Bill. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the London and Croydon Railway Bill, the Parties 
be &gt; See ay to proceed with their Bill. 

n 


e first, fourth and fifth Resolutions of the Com-. 


mittee, a a second time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. William John Blake reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- 
amined the Petitions presented from the 13th to the 
15th days of this instant March both inclusive; and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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

Vor. 94, 


A Petition of Edward William Cox, Proprietor 
of The Somerset County Gazette Newspaper, stating 
that, in common with other proprietors of newspapers, 
‘the Petitioner is subject to the injustice of being 
compelled to insert the advertisements required by 
‘the Insolvent, Debtors’ Act at the price of three 
shillings each, being less than the wages of the 
compositor ; and praying for the repeal of such 


portion of the said statute, was presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| Sir De Lacy Evans presented a Bill for making 
a Turnpike Road from The Hoop and Toy Public- 
‘house at Old Brompton to join the Turnpike Road 
from London to Hammersmith at Warwich-square, 
and for widening part of the Fulham Road, and the 
Road leading therefrom to Old Brompton, in the 
County of Middlesex: And the same was read the 
first time ; and’ordered to be read a second time. 





‘before this House, a Return of the Number and 
| R 3 Names 


Insolvent 
Debtors’ 
Schedules, 


Brompton 


New Road Bill, 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Poor Law 
the 8th day of February last, That there be laid Unions, 








Filtration _ 
Company Bill. 


Croydon, 
Merstham, and 
Godstone Iron 
Railway Com- 
pany Bill, 


Tramore 
Drainage. 


London and 
Croydon 
Railway Bill, 


Canada. 


Borough Courts 
Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Metropolis 
Improvements. 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill, 


Registers of 


Births, &amp;c., Bill, 


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Names of the Poor Law Unions to which any Order 
for withholding Out-door Relief to the Able-bodied 
has been sent, since the date of the last Return to 
that effect on 22d November 1837 up to the end of 
the year 1838; with the Dates of which such Orders 
have been sent, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
before this House forthwith. 


Mr. Hutt presented a Bill for forming and regu- 
lating a Company to be called The eal Fil- 
tration Company, and to enable the said Company 
to purchase certain Letters Patent: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Captain Alsager presented a Bill for dissolving 
The Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Iron Rail- 
way span cB And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of George Lewis Smyth, of 16, Bridge- 
street, Parliament-street, Parliamentary Agent, pray- 
ing that the time for presenting the rhe en Drain- 
age Bill may be enlarged till Monday next, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Captain Alsager presented a Bill to amend and 
enlarge the Powers and Provisions of the several 
Acts relating to the London and Croydon Railway : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to an Address 
to Her Majesty,—Copies of any Appointments made 
by the Earl of Durham, as Lord Commissioner of 
the British North American Colonies previous to his 
departure from England, and during his stay in 
Canada ; specifying the name of each Person, the 
Amount of Salarygif any, and the nature of the 
Duties to be performed. 

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


A Petition of the Corporation of Hereford, pray- 
ing that the Borough Courts Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdesweil 

and Mr. Farrer : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Second Report made from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by this House in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment to take into their consideration the several 
Plans for the Improvement of the Metropolis ; to- 
gether with the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
the Committee, and the Appendix, Index and Plans: 
—And then the Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this etn will send an Answer 
to the said Message, by. Messengers of their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 
they again withdrew. 


The Order of the day bein 


read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical 


uties and Revenues 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, the 


15th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Registers of 
Births, &amp;c., Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday, the sth day of April 
next. 


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A. 1839. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Factoties Bi, 
Committee upon the Factories Bill upon Friday next, 
was read, a discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday, the 
12th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply; 
mittee of Supply ; 

Ordered, hat the Estimates of Army Services, Army 
from the 1st day of April 1839 to the 31st day of Estimates, 
March 1840, be referred to the Committee. referred. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Seamen and 

Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” Marines. 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ it be an Instruction to the Committee to re-con- 
“ sider the vote of 34,165 Seamen and Marines, 
and to inquire if it is not advisable, under the 
present state of the Country and of its Foreign 
relations, to make a considerable and immediate 
“‘ increase in that number,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a number of Land Forces, not Land Forces. 

exceeding Eighty-nine thousand three hundred and 
fifty-one Men (exclusive of the Men belonging to 
the Regiments employed in the Territorial Posses- 
sions of the East India Company), Commissioned 
and Non-Commissioned Officers included, be main- 
tained for the Service of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, from the 1st day of 
April 1839 to the 31st day of March 1840. 


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2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Charge for D’. 


Millions, be granted to Her Majesty, on account of 
the charge of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, for Service 
in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, and on Stations Abroad (excepting the Regi- 
ments employed in the Territorial Possessions of the 
East India * sathwotoow} from the ist day of April 
1839 to the 31st day of March 1840, both days in- 
clusive. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five hun- Half Pay 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty owed o 
on account, to defray the charge of Half-Pay to~“"™ 
Officers of the Navy and Royal Marines, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1840. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five hun- Military 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty a 
on account, to defray the charge of Military Pensions (Navy.) 
and Allowances which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- ciyil . D’. 
dred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty on account, to defray the charge of Civil 
Pensions and Allowances which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1840. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, That he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said meayr 

e 





Bankr 
Estate 
(Scotl 


Borot 


Rutes 


Elec 
tions 


Bill 


Wa 













Bill. 





2 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the:day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate upon the Gestion proposed upon 
Tuesday last, That this House will immediately re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to take into considera- 
tion the Act regulating the Importation of Foreign 
Corn ; 

And the Question being again 
House resumed the said we Tir me 


Corn Importa- 
tioD. 


roposed :—The 
ebate. 


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


Martis, 19° die Martii, 1839: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ( Mr. Villiers, 195 
Yeas, Mr. Hume: ' 
Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 38° 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: } ‘ 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Bankrupts? The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Helland) Bill mittee on the wpe ys Estates (Scotland) Bill ; 
- ‘Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


Borough Watch The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Rutes Bill. reading of the Borough Watch Rates Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 10th day of April next. 
Hection Peti- © The Order of the day being read, for the second 


tins Trial Bill. reading of the Election Petitions Trial Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 
Borough Courts The Order of the day being read, for the second 
. reading of the Borough Courts Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Ecclesiastical 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
,reading of the Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspen- 
sion Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


Appointments 
Suspension Bi 


Tithe Composi- 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
tions Arrears 


a Committee upon the Tithe Compositions Arrears 


oe (Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 
Drainage of Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
lands Bill. fgg facilitating the Drainage of Lands in England 
and Wales: And that Mr. Handley and Mr. William 
Miles do prepare, and bring it in. 
tes of The House was moved, That the Act 53 Geo. 3. 
Estate Bill, C+ 4, for granting a Sum of Money for purchasing 


an Estate for the Marquis of Wellington, and his 
Heirs, in consideration of the eminent and signal 
Services performed by the said Marquis of Wel- 
lington, to His Majesty and the Public, might be 
read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 53Geo.3. 
c. 133, to amend an Act of the present Session 
of Parliament, for granting a Sum of Money for 
purchasing an Estate for the Marquis of Wel- 
lington and his Heirs, in consideration of the eminent 
= — Services performed by the said Marquis 

OL. 94, 


18°—19° Marti. 





127 


of Wellington, to His Majesty and the Public, might 
be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 54 Geo. 3. 
c 161, for settling and securing an Annuity on 
Arthur Duke of Wellington, and his Heirs, and for 
empowering the Lord High Treasurer or Lords Com- 
missioners of the Treasury, to advance out of the 
Consolidated Fund of Great Britain a Sum of Money 
in lieu of such Annuity, to purchase an Estate in 
order to accompany the said Title, in consideration 
of the eminent and signal Services performed by 
the said Duke of Wellington to His Majesty and to 
the Public, and for making further provision for the 
disposal of a Sum of Money granted by an Act of 
the last Session of Parliament, for purchasing an 
Estate for the said Duke, then Marquis of Wellington, 
might be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 55 Geo. 3. 
c. 186, for granting an additional Sum of Mone 
for providing a suitable Residence and Estate for 
the Duke of Wellington and his Heirs, in considera- 
tion of the eminent and signal Services performed 
by the said Duke to His Majesty and the Public, 
might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House wasalso moved, That the Act 59 Geo. 3. 
c. 21, to amend several Acts for purchasing an 
Estate for the Duke of Wellington, might be read ; 
and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 59 Geo. 3. 
c. 63, to explain an Act passed in the fifty-fifth year 
of His present Majesty, for purchasing an Estate for 
the Duke of Wellington, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter the powers of jointurmg chutilinel in several 
Acts for purchasing and providing a Residence and 
Estates for the Duke of Wellington, and to settle 
certain articles to go as Heir Looms with the said 
Estates: And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer 
and Lord John Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Handley presented a Bill for facilitating the Drainage of 
Drainage of Lands in England and Wales: And Lands Bill. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered tobe No. 109 
read a second time, upon Wednesday the 17th day 
of April next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill poke of 
to alter the powers of jointuring contained in several Wellington’s 
Acts for purchasing and providing a Residence and Fstate Bill. 
Estates for the Duke of Wellington, and to settle No. 110. 
certain articles to go as Heir Looms with the said 
Estates: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time this day; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Barnard presented a Bill to alter and amend Deptford Pier 
the Powers and Provisions of an Act of the fifth Bill. 
ear of the reign of His Majesty King William the 
ourth, for making and maintaining a Pier and 
other Works at Deptford, in the County of Kent: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Dottin presented a Bill for amending and Itchen Bridge 
enlarging the Powers of the Acts for establishing a Roads 
a Floating Bridge over the River Ztchen, near the” 
Town of Southampton: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee staffora’s 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Patent. 
the Petition for Stafford’s Patent Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee United Mary- 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of _—— ~ ‘ 
the Petition for the United Mary-le-bone Gas Light Gineud Bill, 
and Coke Company Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 

R4 Ordered, 








128 


for better supplying with Gas the parish of Saint 
Mary-le-bone, in the borough of Mary-le-bone, and 
laces near and adjoining thereto, by a Company to 
S called The United Mary-le-bone Gas Light and 
Coke Company: And that Sir Benjamin Hall and 
Lord Teignmouth do prepare, and bring it in. 
Black Quarry 


or Anniesland 
Road Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; and to whom the 
Petition of the Trustees of the Glasgow and Gars- 
cube Road, complaining of non-compliance with the 
Standing Orders in the case of the Petition for the 
Black Quarry or Anniesland Road Bill, was referred ; 
That in the case of the Petition for the said Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for extending and enlarging an Act passed in the 
seventh year of the reign of His late Majesty King 
William the Fourth, c. 138, intituled, “ An Act for 
making and maintaining a ‘Turnpike Road from 
Anniesland Toll Bar to Saint George’s Road, and 
Branch Roads therewith connected, allin the county 
of Lanark,” and for making and maintaining another 
Branch Road, to be called Saint George’s Road, in 
connection with the said Road: And that Mr. 
Greene, Mr. Dennistoun and Mr. Lockhart do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Bury (Sussex) 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee, 
Inclosure. 


the Petition for leave to present a Petition for the 
Bury Inclosure Bill, the Committee /recommend 
that leave be granted to present a Petition, as de- 
sired. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Black Quarry 
or Anniesland 


Road Bill. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for extending and 
enlarging an Act passed in the seventh year of the 
reign of His late Majesty King Wil/iam the Fourth, 
c. 138, intituled, “ An Act for making and maintain- 
ing a Turnpike Road from Anniesland Toll Bar to 
Saint George's Road, and Branch Roads therewith 
connected, all in the County of Lanark,” and for 
making and maintaining another Branch Road, to be 
called Saint George’s Road, in connection with the 
said Road: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


United Marye = Sir Benjamin Hail presented a Bill for better 
le-bone Gas supplying with Gas the Parish of Saint Mary-le-bone, 
Light and Coke - bed : 
Compuny Bill, In the Borough of Mary-le-bone, and Places near 
: and adjoining thereto, by a Company to be ealled 
The United Mary-le-bone Gas Light and Coke Com- 
pany: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of William Henry Bucherfield, Se- 
cretary and Agent to the Provisional Committee for 
conducting the application for the Portishead Pier 
Biil, praymg that the time for presenting the said 
Bill may be enlarged till Monday next, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Consular Returns from Hamburgh, Altona, 
Copenhagen, Flensburgh, Stralsund, Stettin and 
Danzig, of the Number of Barrels of Wheaten or 
other Flour or Meal, shipped during the year 1838 
from those Ports, ; distinguishing the Flags of the 
Vessels in which such Shipments took place, as 
well as the Ports or Places to which such Vessels 
were bound. 

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


Portishead 
Pier. 


Foreign Flour 
and Meal. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after two of the clock 
on Tuesday Morning, adjourned till this day. 


18°—19° Martiv. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 








A. 1839. 
Martis, 19° die Martii ; 


Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


Me: Speaker acquainted the House, That in Controvertey 
pursuance of the Act 42 Geo. 3, c. 106, for Elections 
regulating the Trial of Controverted Elections or Re- ‘*!*4.) 
turns of Members to serve in the united Parliament 
for Ireland, he had received from Christopher Fitz- 
simon, Esquire, Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper in 
Ireland, a List of Barristers-at-Law of above six 
years’ standing, who have consented, under their 
hands and seals, to act as Commissioners, or as 
Chairmen to the Commissioners, for the purposes of 
the said Act. 

Ordered, That the said List be depusited in the 
Office of the Clerk of this House. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection for Committee of 
Committees on Private Bills, have leave to sit this see ' 
day till five of the o’clock, during the sitting of the ne 
House. 


The House being informed, that the Sheriffs of Metropolis 
the City of London attended at the door; they were Police Bill 
called in, and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
the Court of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of 
London :—And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying that the Metropolis 
Police Bill may not pass into a law, was read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

The House being informed, that the Sheriffs of 
the City of London attended at the door; they were 
called im, and at the bar presented,--A Petition of 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
City of London, in Common Council assembled :-- 

And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying that the said Bill 
may not pass into a law, and that they may be heard, 
by their counsel, at the bar of the House, against the 


same, was also read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Wells ; — Bridgwater; — Saint Bristol end 

George ;—-Stapletonand other places ;~.Bristol;- Taun- seg: 
ton ;-- Wotton-under-Edge ;—- Cirencester ;-- Tewhes- ie oat 
bury ;-— Wickwar and Kingswood;-—Directors of the 
Bristol Dock Company ;—Bristol Chamber of Com- 
merce (President);——-Merchant Venturers’ Company, 
Bristol ;-—Bristol and Exeter Railway Company ;— 
Birmingham and Derby Railway Company ;—Bir- 
mingham and Gloucester Railway Company ;-—Glou- 
cester ;--Exeter ;--and, Cheltenham and Great Wes- 
tern Railway Company; praying that the Bristol 
and Gloucestershire Railway Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Andrews, of Lombard- “ym Hill 
street, in the city of London, praying that the time “°°; 

‘ A r : street I ee 
for presenting the Holborn-hill and Shinner-street ment Ba. 
Improvement Bill may be enlarged until Monday 
next, was presented, and read; and referred to the 


Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


An ingrossed Bill for incorporating the Preston Gas Preston Gas 
Light Company, and for better Lighting with Gas or ''"- 
otherwise the Parliamentary Borough of Preston,and 
the Townships and Places therein-mentioned, in the 
County of Lancaster, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Hesketh B leetwood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





| The House was moved, That the Report in respect Deptford Pier 
|of the Petition for the Deptford Pier Junction Rail- function |. 
| way Bill, which was yesterday made from the Select y 


Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private 


Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 


Ordered, 





North 
Railw: 


Brad 
(Yo 


wor! 




















) 


North Midland 
Railway Bill. 


Bradford 
(York) Water- 


works. 


2 VicTortiz. 


19° Martiz. 


129 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | from the line of the intended Conduits, Aqueducts or 


alter and amend the powers and provisions of an 
Act for making a Railway from the Zondon and 
Greenwich Railway to the Deptford Pier, to be 
called The Deptford Pier Junction Railway: And 
that Mr. Barnard and Mr. Wolverley Attwood do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Trustees of Charles Brandling, 
deceased, afterwards of Charles John Brandling, 
Esquire, deceased, and subsequently of the Reve- 
rend Ralph Henry Brandling, Clerk, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the North Midland 
Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; and to whom 
the Petitions of Greenwood Bentley; and, of Benja- 
min Rawson, severally complaining of non-compliance 
with the Standing Orders, in the case of the Petition 
for the Bradford (York) Waterworks Bill were re- 
ferred ; That in the case of the Petition for the said 
Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as the Plans of the said intended 
Works, which have been deposited with the Clerk of 
the Peace of the West Riding of the county, and 
in the Private Bill Office, do not exhibit thereon the 
height of the embankments and the depth of the 
cuttings on a scale specified thereon, as regards a 
proposed Conduit from or near Haycliffe Hill, to or 
near Great Horton, but it appeared to the Com- 
mittee, that that part of the line was abandoned by 
the Promoters of the measure; that the said Plans 
do not describe the line or situation of the whole of 
the proposed Works, inasmuch as the line of the 
Conduits or Aqueducts necessary to connect the 
Upper and Lower Chellow Dean Reservoirs, is not 
shown upon the said Plans, but it appeared that the 
Owner had had notice, and that the only Works in- 
tended by the Parties were laying a pipe through the 
said land; that upon the said Plans a certain field, 
situate between Nos. 22 and 18 in the township of 
Manningham is delineated, but such field is not 
numbered upon the said Plan, nor in the said Book 
of Reference; nor does the Book of Reference contain 
the names of the Owner and Occupier of such field, 
nor do the Lists of Owners and Occupiers deposited 
contain such names, but it appeared that such field 
cannot be taken, inasmuch asthe levels will not 
permit it, and it also appeared that the same Owners 
and Occupiers possess the surrounding property, and 
have had notice in respect of such property; that 
the said Plan deposited in the Private Bill Office is 
not an exact duplicate of the Plan deposited with 
the Clerk of the Peace in four several instances, in 
which the position of the line of Conduits differed, 
but it appeared that in no instance the difference 
exceeds twenty yards; that the Plans deposited in 
the Private Bill Office and with the Clerk of the 
Peace do not exhibit thereon the height of the se- 
veral embankments, nor the depth of the several 
cuttings respectively, as regards several of the pro- 

osed Reservoirs, but it appeared that such omission 
had been intentionally made, for the purpose of 
avoiding the confusion m the Plan which would have 
arisen had the Standing Order been literally com- 
plied with; that a property, described as a field, 
adjoming to Nos. 97 and 98, in the township of 
Wilsden, is not numbered on the Plans, but such 
property was numbered in the Book of Reference ; 
that certain fields being within the deviation from 
the line of the proposed Works were not numbered 
on the Plan or Book of Reference, but it appeared 
that the levels would not permit the Parties to take 
such lands; that certain buildings, within 60 yards 

Vou. 94, 





pipes, in the township of Thornton, are not num- 
ered on the Plans, or on the enlarged Plan, but it 
appeared that such Works were purposely omitted, 
inasmuch as the levels would not permit them to be 
more ex ange ; that the height of the 
several embankments and depth of, cuttings as 
shown on the Plan in the Private Bill Office, differ 
from the same as shown upon the Section deposited 
in the Private Bill Office in these several instances, 
in Nos. 61, 63, 200, 206, 211, 48, 86, 32, 85, 82, 
103, 196, in the township of Wilsden; in Nos. 109 
and 69 in the township of Allerton; and in Nos. 33 
and 43 in the township of Manningham; but it 
appeared that the Parties could not comply literally 
with the Standing Orders in these instances ; that 
the Plans and Sections do not sufficiently show the 
situation of the lands of the present Company of 
the Bradford Waterworks, which are to be taken; 
nor are any numbersof reference attached thereto, nor 
any enlarged Plans laid down showing the situation 
of the present Waterhouse and Works of the said 
Company, nor do the Plans show how or where the 
said present Waterworks are to be affected by the 
said intended measure, but it appeared to the Com- 
mittee that it was not the intention of the Parties to 
take such property; that of two lines of Conduits 
from the Reservoir at Whetley Hill, laid down upon 
the said Plans, but one of such lines only is shown 
upon the Section, but it appeared that it was 
the intention of the Promoters to abandon such por- 
tion of the Work ; that the Trustees of the Keighley 
and Bradford Turnpike Road are not inserted in the 
Book of Reference; that no application had been 
made to the said Trustees on or before the 3ist of 
December last for their consent ; that no such ap- 
plication was made to Jonas Pearson, as Owner of 
property No. 31, in the township of Thornton, but 
it appeared that James Pearson had been applied to, 
who was supposed by the Parties to be the Owner of 
the property; that no such application was made 
to Willam Fairbank as Owner of Nos. 94, 95, 952, 
96 and 97, in the township of Allerton, but it ap- 
peared that application had been made to him in 
respect of No. 93, and that application had been 
made to John Fairbank in respect of the said Nos. 
94, 95, 954, 96 and 97, who had stated to the Pro- 
moters that he was the Owner and Occupier of such 
property ; that no answer was put down in the Lists 
of Occupiers as having been received from John 
Jewett, as Occupier of Nos. 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 
66 and 67, in the township of Allerton, although 
the said John Jewett had returned an answer of 
dissent, but it appeared to the Committee that such 
answer had not reached the Solicitor for the Bill; 
that no answer was put down in the said Lists as 
having been received from Thomas Whitley, as Oc- 
cupier of No. 70, in Allerton, although the said 
Thomas Whitley had returned an answer of dissent, 
but it also appeared that such answer had not 
reached the Solicitor for the Bill; that Jonas Jen- 
nings was stated in the said Lists to have assented 
as Occupier of No. 75 in the township of Wilsden, 
although the said Jonas Jennings had not assented ; 
but it appeared that the answer had been inserted 
by mistake; that Lord Oxmantown, as Owner of 
os. 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35, in 
the township of Heaton, and Nos. 1 and 2 in the 
township of Manningham, was inserted in the said 
Lists as “assenting,” although no application had 
been made to him; but it appeared to the Com- 
mittee that Lord Ozmantown was in Ireland, that 
notice was served upon his agent, and also upon the 
Honourable Mr. Duncombe, who was stated to be 
joint Owner with his lordship, and who assented, 
and such answer was put down jointly with that of 
Lord Oxmantown, and not as separate assents from 
each party. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 
S Beckett's 








Beckett’s 
Name Bill. 


Manchester 
and Leeds 
Railway Bill. 


Bristol and 


Gloucestershire 


Railway Bill, 


Wirksworth 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Small Debts 
Bills. 


Wigan Borough 


Eleotion. 


130 


Bechett’s Name Bill was read a second time; and 
committed to Mr. Robert Palmer, and the Berks List. 


The Manchester and Leeds Railway Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed to Lord Stanley, and 
the South Lancaster List. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
roposed, That the Bristol and Gloucestershire 
ailway Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” __, 

And the Question being put, That the word 
* now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 4, 

Yeas, \ Mr. Henry Hope: om 

Tellers for the { Mr. Grantley Berkeley, 1 57 

Noes, Colonel Sibthorp : , 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and 
committed to Mr. Henry j aa and the West Glou- 
cester List. 

Petitions from Edward Bloxsome, of Dursley, in 
the county of Gloucester, Gentleman ;—and, James 
Cornock, of Gossington-hall, in the parish of Slim- 
bridge, in the said county, Gentleman, praying that 
the said Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands 
—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition of Lord Segrave, praying that he may 
be heard, by his counsel or agent, against certain 

arts of the said Bill, was also presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. William Evans, by Order, reported from the 
Committee on the Wirksworth Small Debts Bill; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That the Order to commit any Bill for 
the Recovery of Small Debts be discharged, and 
that no such Bill be committed until the 8th day of 
April next. 


A Petition of John Hodson Kearsley, of Higher 
Hall, within Westleigh, in the county of Lancaster, 
Esquire, a Candidate at the last Election fora Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Wigan, 
in the county of Lancaster, was delivered in, and 
read; setting forth, That the Petitioner was a Can- 
didate at the last Election of a Member to serve in 
this Parliament for the Borough of Wigan, in the 
county of Lancaster; that the said Election was 
held on Friday the eighth day of March instant, 
and that the polling took place on Saturday the 
ninth day of March instant; that at such Election 
the Petitioner, and William Ewart, Esquire, were 
the Candidates, and Reece Bevan, Esquire, acted as 
the Returning Officer at the said Election; that at 
the close of the said poll, the said Reece Bevan 
declared the Election to have fallen on William 
Ewart, Esquire; and the said William Ewart was 
accordingly returned as duly elected Member to 
represent the said Borough in this present Parlia- 
ment; that the —— for the said William Ewart 
was apparent and colourable only, inasmuch as 


many persons were admitted to vote, and did vote} Wi 
at the said Election for the said William Ewart who 
were not entitled to vote thereat, and whose names 





19° Martz. 





A. 1839. 


ought, therefore, to be struck off the poll; that 
many persons were admitted to vote, and did vote 
at the said Election for the said William Ewart, 
whose names appeared upon the Register of Voters 
for the said Borough as occupiers of houses, ware- 
houses, counting-houses, shops and other buildings, 
or of such houses, warehouses, counting-houses, 
shops and other buildings, together with land in 
the said Borough, but a at the time of their so 
voting, had not the same qualifications for which 
their names were originally inserted in the said Re- 
gister, inasmuch as since the time of their respec- 
tive Registry, and — to the time of their so 
voting at the said Election, they had ceased to oc- 
cupy the premises in right of the occupation of 
which they had been so severally registered as afore- 
said ; that many persons were admitted to vote, and 
did vote at the said Election on behalf of the said 
William Ewart, whose names appeared upon the 
Register of Voters for the said Borough as occupiers 
of certain premises in the said Register specified 
and set forth, who at the time of their so voting had 
not the same qualifications for which their names 
were originally inserted in the said Register, inas- 
much as since the time of their respective registry, 
and previous tc the time of their so voting at the said 
Election, they had ceased to occupy some part of 
the said premises, and did not in fact, at the time 
of their so voting as aforesaid, continue to occupy 
the whole thereof; that many persons were admitted 
to vote, and did vote at the said Election for the 
said William Ewart, as owners or occupiers of cer- 
tain premises within the said Borough, who were not 
entitled to vote thereat, inasmuch as, before and at 
the time of the registration of such persons, either 
the premises in right of which they voted were not 
respectively ofthe clear yearly value of Ten pounds, 
or the said voters were not themselves the legal or 
actual owners or occupiers of the same, or were not 
duly rated, or had not paid their rates in respect 
thereof, but the said votes were nevertheless impro- 
perly inserted or retained in the Register, im con- 
sequence of the decision of the Barrister revising 
the same; that many persons were admitted to vote, 
and did vote at the said Election for the said William 
Ewart who were not entitled to vote thereat, inas- 
much as at the said Election, or previous to such 
Election, they had ceased to be resident within the 
said Borough, or within Seven statute miles thereof, 
or within Seven statute miles of the place where the 
poll of the said Borough was taken, and were thereby 
disqualified and incapacitated from voting thereat ; 
that many persons were admitted to vote, and did 
vote at the said Election on behalf of the said William 
Ewart who had received bribes or promises of 
money, or other advantage or reward, to give their 
votes thereat, or who had wagered or bet sums 
of money upon, or were otherwise pecuniarily in- 
terested in the result of the said Election and Re- 
turn of the said William Ewart, and who were 
thereby disqualified or incapacitated from voting at 
the said Election ; that many persons were admitted 
to vote, and did vote at the said Election for the 
said William Ewart, who had given or offered bribes 
to other persons claiming to be electors of the said 
Borough, to induce and procure the said last-men- 
tioned persons to give their votes to the said William 
Ewart, or to forbear to give them to the said John 
Hodson Kearsley, and who were thereby incapa- 
citated and disabled from voting at the said Elec- 
tion ; that many persons were admitted to vote, and 
did vote at the said Election for the said William 
Ewart who were disqualified and disabled from 
voting, inasmuch as they were at the said Election, 
or within Twelve months previously thereto, respec- 
tively concerned or employed in charging, collect- 
ing, levying or managing the Duties on Houses and 
indows, or as Postmasters or their deputies, or 
persons employed by or under them, in receiving, 
collecting or managing the Revenue of the Post- 





office, 





2 Vicroriz. 


office, or any part thereof; that many persons were 
admitted to vote, and did vote at the said Election 
for the said William Ewart who were disqualified 
and incapable of voting thereat, inasmuch as they 
were respectively, either during the said Election, 
or within Six months previous to the said Election, 
or within Fourteen days after it was completed, 
employed at such Election as agents, attornies, poll- 
clerks, flagmen, or in some other capacity for the 
purpose of such Election, and accepted and took 
from the said William Ewart, or from some other 
person, in consideration of, or with reference to 
such employment, sums ef money, retaining fees, 
offices, places or employments, or the promise of, 
or some security for the same; that divers other 
persons who were not entited to vote at the said 
Election, by reason that their names: were not in the 
Register of Voters for the Borough of Wigan, were 
nevertheless allowed and admitted to vote at the 
said Election, and voted for the said William Ewart ; 
that divers other persons whose names appear in 
the said Register were not by law entitled to vote at 
the said Election, by reason that their respective 
places of abode, or the nature of their respective 
qualifications, or the local or other descriptions of 
their respective properties by law required so to be 
described, is or are incorrectly or insufficiently de- 
scribed in the said Register, and that the said last- 
mentioned persons. were allowed and admitted to 
vote at the said Election, and voted for the said 
William Ewart; that divers other persons who, upon 
the tender of their votes at the said Election, were 
required to answer the questions by law authorized 
to be put at the time of polling, declined to answer 
such questions, or some or one of them, or gave 
evasive and unsatisfactory answers to such ques- 
tions, or some or one of them, and whose votes 
ought thereupon to have been rejected, were never- 
theless allowed to retire from the polling books, and 
on a second tender of their votes were admitted to 
vote, and did vote at the said Election for the said 
William Ewart; that at the said Election divers 
other persons were brought to the poll in an intoxi- 
cated and insensible state, and were rejected by the 
said Returning Officer, but notwithstanding such 
rejection, the Poll Clerk recorded the votes of such 
persons in favour of the said William Ewart; that 
many persons were admitted to vote, and did vote 
at the said Election for the said William Ewart, 
who had been unduly registered as burgesses of the 
said Borough, because at the time of the said re- 
gistry they had not resided for Six months previous 
thereto within the said Borough, or within Seven sta- 
tute miles thereof,and because they were not elected, 
made and admitted burgesses before the First day 
of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
one ; that many persons were admitted to vote, and 
did vote at the said Election for the said William 
‘ Ewart who had been unduly registered as the occu- 
piers of premises within the said Borough, inasmuch 
as the premises in respect of which they were so 
respectively registered were not at the time of their 
registry of the clear yearly value of not less than 
ten pounds, or that the said persons were not re- 
spectively in the legal actual occupation of the same, 
or had not occupied the same for twelve months pre- 
vious, or that they were not respectively rated in 
respect thereof, or had not on or before the Twen- 
tieth day of July next previously to such registry, 


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131 


Election, the said William Ewart did, by himself, 
his agents and partisans, and by persons employed 
and acting for him, by divers ways and means on 
his behalf, at his charge, before the said Election, 
directly or indirectly give, present or allow to per- 
sons having a voice or vote in such Election, money, 
meat, drink, entertainment and provisions, and did 
make presents, gifts, rewards and entertainments, or 
promises, agreements, obligations or engagements 
to give or allow money, meat, drink, provisions, pre- 
sents, or rewards and entertainments to or for the 
said last-mentioned persons, and to or for their use, 
benefit, employment, profit or preferment, in order 
to be elected, and for being elected to serve in Par- 
liament for the said Borough ; that the said William 
Ewart, by himself, his agents, friends and mana- 
gers, and by persons employed by and acting for 

im and on his behalf before, at and during the 
said Election, were guilty of open, extensive and 
notorious bribery, and corrupt and illegal practices, 
in order to corrupt and procure, and did endeavour 
thereby to corrupt and procure, and did thereby 
corrupt and procure, divers persons having or claim- 





ing to have a right to vote at the said Election, to 
give their votes in favour of him, the said William 
Ewart, or to forbear to give them in favour of the 
Petitioner, and also did illegally and improperly 
carry off, during the period of the said Election, 
divers other persons having, or claiming to have a 
right to vote at the Election, and fraudulently and 
corruptly influenced and induced other persons 
claiming to have a right to vote at the said 
Election, to absent themselves from the said 
Borough during the period of the said Election, in 
order to prevent their giving their votes in favour 
of the Petitioner, in violation of. the rules, orders 
and privileges of the House, to the grievous 
scandal and detriment of the Petitioner and the 
electors of the said Borough, and in contempt and 
defiance of the freedom and purity of Election; 
and praying the House to take the premises into 
\their consideration, and to declare that the said 
| Election and Return of the said William Ewart, 
Esquire, is wholly null and void, and that the 
Petitioner was duly elected, and ‘ought to have 
been returned at the said Election, and to direct 
that the name of the said William Ewart may be 
forthwith erased from the said Return, and the 
name of the Petitioner substituted therein in his 
place, and to grant to the Petitioner such farther 
and other relief as to the House shall seem meet. 

_ Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Tuesday the 16th day of April next, 
at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

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





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


5th Dragoons in 1799, with a List of the Disbanded 
Officers at the time therein; the Dates of their 
Commissions, and the Terms upon which they were 
discharged ; distinguishing those who subsequently 
returned to the Service, with the Rank they after- 
wards obtained :—And, of the Order for the Dis- 
bandment or Re-formation of the late Corps of Horse 
Grenadier Guards, with a List of the Officers therein 





paid all the poor-rates and assessed taxes which had 
become payable by them respectively in respect of 
such premises, previously to the Sixth day of April | 


Voi. 94. 


at the time, the Dates of their Commissions, and 
the Terms upon which they were disbanded. 


Copies of the Order for the Disbandment of the 


Army. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Royal 
next preceding the said registry ; that many persons | Copies of Mr. Ouvry’s Letter of Instructions from Artillery. 
were admitted to vote, and did vote at the said | the Board of Ordnance, in 1814, to General Douglas, 
Election for the said William Ewart, who, since the|for the Reduction to temporary Half-pay of the 
time of their registry, and previous to the time of| Officers of the Four junior Troops of Royal Ar- 
their voting, had become bankrupts or insolvents, | tillery Drivers :—Of the Instructions for the union 
and had thereby lost their qualification, and become) of the Zrish Artillery with the English Artillery, 
disqualified from voting ; that as well before as after| and the Terms granted to all the Irish Officers :— 
the teste or issuing out of the Writ for the said|a List of the Officers of the Irish Artillery who sub- 


s 2 sequently 








Message from 
the Lords, 


Antinano’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Anttnano’s 
Nat. Bill. 


London and 
Birmingham, 
&amp;c., Mails. 


Corn Laws. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Education 
(lreland.) 


Mexico and 
Buenos Ayres. 


Mexico and 
Buenos Ayres, 


132 19°—21° Martiz. 


sequently entered the English Artillery ; distin- 
guishing those who entered from the Full-pay List 
and those. who entered from Half-pay, giving the 
Dates of their Commissions at such Entry, and a 
Statement of the Rank to which they afterwards 
attained: And, List of all Officers of Artillery who 
have received Brevet Promotion, or Civil or Military 
Honours, or Pension or Reward of any kind, for 
Services performed during the War; stating the 
Services for which such were given, the description 
of Reward obtained, and the Amount of Pension 
granted. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 

Mr. Brougham: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing Don Manuel de la Torre y Anti- 
nano ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Antiunano’s Naturalization Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return in addition to the Return ordered on the 
13th day of this instant March, of the Hours of 
Departure and Arrival of the Morning and Evening 
Mail from Preston to Warrington, from Warrington to 
Birmingham, and from Birmingham to London, fixed 
by the Postmaster General; and the Hours at 
which they did | depart and arrive each 
day, as exhibited by the Time Bills, since the 
opening of the North Union Railway. 


Petitions from Thriplow ;—Spaxton ;— Westleigh ; 
—and, Alverdiscott; praying that the Corn Laws 
may not be repealed,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to Te. upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dilhorn, in the 
county of Stafford, praying the House to withdraw 
every kind of public support from the Roman Ca- 
tholic College of Maynooth, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return in detail, of all the Sums of Money which 
have been paid to the Jrish National Board of 
Education, specifying all the Items of its Expendi- 
ture, the Names and Numbers of Schools and of 
Patrons, whether Protestant, Catholic or Presby- 
terian, Clerical or Lay; also of Schools aided or 
built, and whether previously aided by any other 
Board or Institution, or individual ; also, the Number 
of Deeds of Conveyance of same to Trustees, and 
Number of Children educated, distinguishing Pro- 
testants and Catholics; the whole up to the 1st day 
of January 1839. 


Petitions from Liverpool ; — Glasgow ;— and, 
London ; praying the House to take measures for 
the due protection of the Foreign Commerce of this 
country, in consequence of the severe proceedings 
adopted by the Government of France towards the 
Republics of Mexico and Buenos Ayres,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
wg That an humble Address be presented to 

er Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Memorials addressed to Her Majesty’s 
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, by British 
Merchants trading with Mexico and Buenos Ayres, 
praying his interference to protect British Com- 
merce against the effect of Blockades established 
in the Ports of those countries by the Government 
of France ; together with the Correspondence with 
the said Merchants arising thereout ; 








A, 1839. 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“also, Copies of any Communications received 
from the Government of France, or that of 
“ Brazil, relative to the Claims advanced by the 
“ latter to a portion of Portuguese Guiana; and 
of any reference sought by either Party to the 
Arbitration of England (conformably to the Terms 
“ of the Treaty of Paris in 1817), previous to the 
recent Military Occupation of Portuguese Guiana 
by a French Force; also, Copies of any Des- 
patches or Correspondence from the British 
Minister resident at Rio Janeiro, on the subject 
“ of the Indemnification of British Subjects resi- 
“ dent at Para, for Losses sustained during the 
Insurrectionary Movements against the Brazilian 
Government in 1835.” 


And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added ; 


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


Mercurii, 20° die Martti, 1839. 


The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She wili be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Memorials addressed to Her Ma- 


“ 


cc 
“ 


n 


‘ 
“ 


jesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, by 


British Merchants trading with Mexico and Buenos 
Ayres, praying his interference to protect British 
Commerce against the effect of Blockades esta- 
blished in the Ports of those countries by the Go- 
vernment of France; together with the Corre- 
spondence with the said Merchants arising thereout. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, 'That leave be given to bring in a Bill Brick Duties 
to consolidate and amend the Laws for the collecting Bi- 


and securing the Duties of Excise on Bricks: An 
that Mr. Baring and Mr. Chancellor of the Exche- 
quer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Paper Duties 
to consolidate and amend the Laws for the collecting Bi!l- 


and securing the Duties of Excise on Paper: And 
that Mr. Baring and Mr. Chancellor of the Exche- 
quer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Contempt of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ©" 


togive directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of Persons who are at present confined 
for Contempt of Court, in any of Her Majesty’s 
Gaols in Great Britain, wnder Process issuing out 
of all Courts Civil and Ecclesiastical; stating the 
Time at which, and by what Court, each Person was 
committed, and the Cause of Committal :—And, a 
similar Return for Jreland. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Revenue Laws. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of Persons who are now confined 
in any of Her Majesty’s Gaols and Houses of Cor- 
rection for Offences against the Revenue Laws in 
Great Britain and Ireland ; stating the nature of 
the Offence, the Amount of Penalty incurred, and 
Date of Imprisonment. 

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

Mr. 


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Per 
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Supply 5 


Land Forces. 


Charge for D®. 


Half Pay 
(Navy and 
Marines.) 


Military 
Pensions and 
Allowances 


(Navy.) 


Civil - Do 


Mutiny Bill. 


Tithe Compo- 
sitions Arrears 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Duke of 
Wellington's 
Estate Bill. 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


Waterford 
Fever Hospital 
Bill, 


Bankrupts’ 
Estates 


(Scotland) Bill. 


London and 
Southampton 
(Portsmouth 
Branch ) Rail- 
way Bill, 


2 Vicroriz. 


Mr. John Parker, by Order, reported from the 
Committee of Supply, several Resolutions; which 
were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That a number of Land Forces not 
exceeding Eighty-nine thousand three hundred and 
fifty-one Men (exclusive of the Men belonging to 
the Regiments employed in the Territorial Posses- 
sions of the East India Company), commissioned 
and non-commissioned Officers included, be main- 
tained for the Service of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, from the 1st day of 
April 1839-+to the 31st day of March 1840. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
Millions, be granted to Her Majesty, on account of 
the Charge of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, for Ser- 
vice in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, and on Stations abroad (excepting the Re- 
giments employed in the Territorial Possessions of 
the Eust India Company), from the 1st day of 
April 1839 to the 31st day of March 1840, both 
days inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five hun- 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
on Account, to defray the Charge of Half-pay to 
Officers of the Navy and Royal Marines which will 
come in course of Payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1840. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five hun- 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
on Account, to defray the Charge of Military Pen- 
sions and Allowances which will come in course of 
Payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1840. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, on Account, to defray the Charge of Civil 
Pensions and Allowances which will come in course 
of Payment during the year ending on the 31st 
day of March 1840. 

The said Resolutions being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the 
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters : 
And that Lord Viscount Howick and Sir George 
Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth, by Order, reported the 
Tithe Compositions Arrears (Jreland) Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Duke of Wellington’s Estate Bill was, ‘ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


The Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


Ordered, That the Waterford Fever Hospital Bill 
be read a second time upon Friday next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, this day, upon the Bankrupts’ Estates 
(Scotland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Petitions from Owners and Occupiers of estates 
and property on or near the line of Railroad therein- 
after mentioned ;—and, Owners and Occupiers of 
houses and property in the Borough of Ports- 
mouth ; praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the London 
and Southampton (Portsmouth Branch) Railway 
Bill, were presented, and read. 

Vou. 94. 


19°—-20° Martie. 


133 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 


tions, if they'think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Jamaica, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Communications addressed to 
the Secretary of State by the Agent for the Island 
of Jamaica, relative to the Conduct of the Negro 
Population in that Island. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a British Force 
Return of the Amount of British Force present in (Ver Cruz.) 
the Bay of Vera Cruz at the time of the taking of 
the Castle of Saint Juan d’Alloa by the French 
Squadron under Admiral Baudin, and at the taking 
of Vera Cruz by the same Squadron :—Also, Copies 
of any Memorials on the same subject addressed to 
the Lords of the Admiralty. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a West India 
Return of the Number of disposeable Ships and Sto. 
Vessels under 'the Orders of Commodore Douglas, 
actually present within the Jamaica part of the 
West India Station, at different periods between 
May and December 1838. 


Ordered, That the Annual Report relative to the Penitentiary 
Penitentiary at Milbank, which was presented upon (Milbank.) 
Friday last, be printed. No. 111. 

Ordered, That Copies of the Appointments made Canada. 
by the Earl of Durham as Lord Commissioner of No. 112. 
the British North American Colonies, which were 
presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued. to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Mercurii, 20° die Martii: 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Stonor, from the Court of Bankruptcy, was Bankruptcies. 

called in; and at the bar presented,—Further 
Return to an Order dated the 18th day of May, in 
the last Session of Parliament, for Returns as to 
Bankruptcies previous to the Act of Parliament, 1831, 
appointing Official Assignees to take possession of 
the Estates :—1. The Nilined of the Official As- 
signees, and of their Official Residence :—2. Names 
of the Bankrupts previous to the Act whose Estates 
were taken possession of, in whole or in part, their 
Description and Residence : — 3%. Dates of their 
Bankruptcies:—4. Amount of Assets of each Estate 
received from the Original Assignees :—5. Amount 
of Debits due to the Estates not then received :-—6. 
Amount of Assets from the Estate since received : 
—7. Amount of further expected Assets from the 
Debts :—8. Amount of Dividends declared by the 
Official Assignees, and Dates:—9. Total Amount 
paid to Creditors :—10. Total Amount remaining 
unpaid to Creditors :-—11. Expense charged for As- 
signees’ Commission and Allowances:—12. Expense 
charged ‘to the Estate for Petty Charges : — 13. 
Balance of Cash in each Account, debiting the same 
only with the'Cash paid away and Charges : — 14. 
How the Balance is disposed of, whether paid to 
the Accountant General :—15. Or retained in the 
hands of the Official Assignees for Creditors not 
having yet applied for their Dividends :—The Re- 
ceipts or Payments, on account of the Undivided 





s3 Estates, 








Poor Law 
Unions. 


Dover Harbour. 


Shrewsbury 
and Holyhead 
Road. 


Oxenbourn 
and Ramsdean 
Inclosure Bill, 


Bury (Lan- 
caster) Market 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Corn Laws. 


Hand-loom 
Weavers, 


Maynooth 
College. 


Postage. 


134 


Estates, or of Unclaimed Dividends, to be separately 
returned :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Hodgkin, from the Office of the Poor Law 


Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar pre-| F 


sented, pursuant to Order,—A Return of the Number 
and Names of the Poor Law Unions to which an 
Order for withholding Out-Door-Relief to the Able- 
bodied has been sent, since the date of the last 
Return to that effect, on the 22d day of November 
1837, up to the end of the year 1838 ; with the 
Dates of which such Orders have been sent :—And 
then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie uponthe Table. 


Mr. Ledger, from the Warden and Assistants of 
Dover Harbour, was called in; and at the bar st 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Par- 
liament,—An Account of the Receipt and Expendi- 
ture of the Dover Harbour Tonnage Duties, for 
one year, from the 10th October 1837, to the 10th 
October 1838 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr Adams, from the Office of the Commissioners 
of the Shrewsbury and Holyhead Road, was called 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—General 
Statement of the Income and Expenditure of the 
Shrewsbury and Holyhead Road, between the 1st 
February 1838 and the 1st February 1839 :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


The Oxenbourn and Ramsdean Inclosure Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed to Mr. Hector 
and the North Hants List. 


The Bury (Lancaster) Market Bill was read a 
second time; and committed to Mr. Richard Walker 
and the South Zancaster List. 


A Petition of the Warden and Scholars of Saint 
Mary College of Winchester, praying that the Eccle- 
siastical Duties and Revenues Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hursley ;— Kerry (Grand Jury) ; 
—County of Ross ;— Goole ; — Southchurch ;— 
Helmsley ; — Kirby Moorside ; — Guisbrough ;— 
Glastonbury ;—.Butleigh ;—and, Stretton ; praying 
that the Corn Laws may not be repealed,—were 
gang and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

Petitions from Brandon ;—Yazley ;—and, Tor- 
quay ; praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws,— 
were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hand-loom Weavers of the county 
of Wilts; —and, Frome ; complaining of distress, and 
praying for the establishment of a board of trade 
for regulating their wages,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Reverend Henry Edwards ;— 
and, Inhabitants of Sudbury ; praying the House 
not to sanction any further grants to the Roman Ca- 
tholic College of Maynooth,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leominster ; — Leicester ;—New 
Kent Road;—and, Kirkaldy Chamber of Commerce 
(Chairman) ; praying for the adoption of a low and 
uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


20° Mariiz. 








A. 1839. 


Petitions from Odorney ;— Bally M‘Elligott ;— lective 
Lixnaw ;— Templemore, Kill and Clonmore ;—Cove ; Franchise, t., 
— Scrabby and Collumbkill East ; — Culdaff ;— #4.) 
Tullaghbegly ; — Raymunterdony ; — Tintern ; — 

Maglass, and other places ;— L West Tulloucha- 
begly ; praying the Ties to identify the Elective 
ranchise in England and Ireland, countries in which 
the tenures of lands and houses are similar, and to 


y give to Ireland, as complete Municipal Reform as 


ngland has obtained, and to give also to Ireland 
her adequate proportion in the representation, and 
finally, to place Jreland upon a footing of equality 
in religious freedom with England, by allocating the 
temporalities of the church of the minority in that 
country, to purposes of charity, education and 
public utility,— were ea. and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kinlochspelvie;—Cross;—Kirkurd; Church of 
— Biggar Presbytery (Moderator) ; — and, Worth Scotland. 
Esk; praying the House to adopt measures for re- 
lieving the religious destitution which prevails in 
Scotland, by extending the efficiency of the Esta- 
blished Church,—were presented, pis read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Collessie, praying 
the House not to sanction any further endowments 
to the Church of Scotland, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and Dealers in Sugar, in Foreign Sugar. 
Hawich, praying for a reduction of duty on Foreign 
Sugar, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and Dealers in Coffee, in Foreign Cofiee. 
Hawick, praying for a reduction of duty on Foreign 
Coffee, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Northiam, praying Bducation. 
the House not to sanction any plan of National 
Education, which shall not nak the doctrines and 
correspond with the regulations of the Established 
Church, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Whittington, praying RomanCatholic 
for the repeal of the Roman Catholic Relief Act, Relief Act. 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Clergy, Magistrates, Merchants, Newfoundland. 

Traders and other Inhabitants of Newfoundland ;— 
and, Harbor Grace and Carbonear, in Conception 
Bay, in the Island of Newfoundland; praying that a 
Commission may be appointed to inquire into the con- 
dition and government of that Colony, and to report 
to Her Majesty thereon,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee standing 
on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, several Orders. 
Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Northern and 
the Northern and Eastern Railway (No. 2.) Bill, eet 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. —* 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for York Improve- 
the York Improvement Bill, the Standing Orders ™" 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for RedcarHarbour 
the Redcar Harbour (No. 2.) Bill, the Parties be per- (Ne: 2.) 
mitted to proceed with their Bill. 

The first and third Resolutions of the Committee, 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Chapelry of Nine- church 
banks, praying the House to take into consideration Establishment 
the present state of the Ecclesiastical Establishment ‘*™***) 
in the Canadas, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition 


Railway 
(Ireland 


Turnpik 
Roads. 


Metr 
Impr 


Sme 





















S 


Railways 
({reland.) 


Turnpike 
Roads. 


Metropolis 
Improvements. 


Small Debts. 


LJ, Berquin, 


Metropolis 
Police Bill. 


Spirit Licenses 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill, 


Lord’s Day, 


2 VicToriz. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff, Chairman of a 
Meeting of Freeholders and Inhabitants of the 
County of Kerry, praying that the measure intro- 
duced by Her Majesty’s Government, relative to 
Railways in Jreland, and now under consideration 
in the House, may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Creditors of the Tolls on the 
Hurdlow and Manchester Turnpike Roads, stating 
that the debts owing by the trustees of the said 
roads, amount to the sum of £.'77,000; that since 
the opening of the Grand Junction Railway, extend- 
ing from Manchester to Birmingham, the tolls on 
the said turnpike roads have fallen off £.2,500 per 
annum, in consequence of the number of passengers 
and vehicles that have been taken off the road ; 
that since the various railway companies have ob- 
tained almost exclusive monopolies of the conveyance 
of passengers, the duties affecting internal communi- 
cation, and especially the tax on post horses, press 
with accumulated force, not only to the securities 
on turnpike roads but to all persons connected 
with travelling in Great Britain ; and praying that 
all such existing restraints on travelling by turnpike 
roads and highways may be speedily removed, and 
that property invested in turnpike securities may re- 
ceive protection, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees for repairing and improving 
the Cannon-street Road and other roads, in the 
counties of Middlesex and Essex, praying for the 
removal of Whitechapel Market, was presented and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Me- 
tropolis Improvements. 

A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Traders and 
others, of the borough ofthe Tower Hamlets, praying 
that the said borough may participate in the proposed 
plans for the Improvement of the Metropolis, was 
also presented and read ; and referred to the said 
Select Committee. 


A Petition from the West Ham Union, praying for 
the adoption of a measure for the better recovery of 
Small Debts, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Louis Joseph Berquin, late of the 
Mauritius, Printer and Publisher, complaining of 
the loss he has sustained by having his permission 
of residence in the colony of Mauritius cancelled, 
and praying for relief, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Aldermen, Common Council- 
men and Inhabitants of the Ward of Aldgate, in 
the city of London, praying that the Metropolis 
Police Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Spirit Dealers and others, 
Residenters in the town of Glasgow, praying that 
the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Justices of the Peace for the county of Fife, pray- 
ing that the said Bill may not pass into a law, was 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the table. 


A Petition of Duncan Davidson, Preses of a 
meeting of the Heritors, Commissioners of Supply 
and Justices of the Peace of the county of Ross, 
praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Yozxford, praying 
~ a to prohibit the sale of intoxicating h- 
ox, 94. 


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quors on the Lord’s Day, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Hobhouse presented, by Her Majesty’s East india. 


Command,—Extracts relative to the Expedition of 
Shah Shooja-ool-Moolk into Affghanistan in 1833-34, 
and the Treaty between the Shah and Runjeet Sing, 
of 12th March 1833, which formed the basis of the 
subsequent Treaty concluded at Lahore on the 26th 
June 1838. 

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


No. 113. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Highways Bill. 


into a Committee upon the Highways Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Freshfield reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Freshfield reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Wednesday, the 24th day of April 
next; and the Bill, as‘amended, to be printed. 


No. 114. 


Petitions from Manchester, — and vicinities ; Sale of Beer 
Maidstone (two Petitions) ;— Brighton (two Peti- Act. 


tions) ;— Bath (two Petitions);— Southwark and 
Lambeth ; — Middlesex ;— Portsmouth (two Peti- 
tions) ;—and, Aylesbury (two Petitions); praying 
that Retailers of Beer may be placed upon the same 
footing as Licensed Victuallers,— were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leeds (two Petitions) ;— Bradford sale of Beer 
(York) (two Petitions ; — Manningham, and other Bill. 


places ; — Chapel Allerton and Potternewton ;— 
Keighley (two Petitions) ;—Hunslet ;—Ripon (two 
Petitions); — Worth Bierley ;— Great and Little 
Horton ; — Selby ; — Bingley ; — Macclesfield (two 
Petitions) ;— Rochdale (two Petitions) ;— Heywood ; 
— Bacup; — Rossendale; — Trowbridge (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Calverley and Farsley ;— Pudsey ;— Stock- 
port (two Petitions) ;-~Idle and Eccleshill ;—Thorn- 
ton, Allerton and Clayton ;—Bowling and Tong ;— 
Ashton-under-Lyne and Staley Bridge (two Peti- 
tions) ;—- Barwick in Elmet ;— Otley ;— Dewsbury 
(two Petitions) ;— Pontefract ;—Aberford ; —Chapel- 
en-le-Frith ;-- Huddersfield (two Petitions) ;—Shef- 
field ; — Saddleworth ;— Stafford (County) ;— Hol- 
beck ;— Hyde, and other places ;—Burnley ;— Hali- 
fax (two Petitions);— Bramley and Farnley ;— 
Walsall ;—Armley and Wortley ;— Heptonstall (two 
Petitions) ;-— Sowerby ; — Elland ; — Liverpool ;— 
Birmingham (two Petitions) ; and, Oldham; pray- 
ing that the Sale of Beer Bill may pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Boston ;— Saint Alban’s ;— Wig- 
toft;—Ashton-under-Lyne, and other places ;— Hyde, 
and other places ;-— Hatfield (Herts) ;—John Wil- 
liam Liddon ;—John M. Mills ;—Isaac Winter ;— 
Seabrook Liddington; — George Cutler; — John 
Steed ;—John Isaac House ;— Henry Parsons ;— 
Griffin Cant ;— Edward Hawkes ;—Joseph Kings- 
ley; — Samuel Richardson ; — William Bennett ; — 
Thomas and James Nash;— William Olney; — 
George Howard ;—James Weston ;— William Adams; 
—Samuel Wilson ;— William Hicks ;— Spilsby ;— 
Swineshead ; —Gosberton ;— Kirton ;— Surfleet ;— 
Algarkirk ;—Fishtoft ; and, Boston; praying that 
the said Bill may not pass into a law,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Sale of Beer Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Wednesday the 24th day 
of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Patterns and Inventions Bill; | 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 











Wednesday the 10th day of April next. 
s4 The 


Sale of Beer 
Bill. 


Patterns and 
Inventions Bill. 








136 


Spirit Licenses The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scutland) Bill. reading of the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 24th day of April next. 


Clerks of the = The Clerks of the Peace Bill was, according to 

Peace Bill, Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 17th 
day of April next. 

Double and The Order of the day being read, for the second 

— Costs yeading of the Double and Treble-Costs Bill ; 

; Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Friday next. 

Bankrupts The Bankrupts (Zreland) Bill was, according to 


(Ireland) Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
15th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Designs Copyright Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Designs Copy- 
right Bill. 


Designs Copye The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
-_ Extension mittee on the Designs Copyright Extension Bill ; 
, Resolved, Tnat this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
ae and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
eans. 


mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ecclesiastical 
Appointments 
Suspension Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspen- 
sion Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The ingrossed Bill to authorize the immediate 
distribution of a Portion of the Fund applicable to 
the Relief of Persons entitled to certain Arrears of 
Tithe Compositions under an Act of the last Session 
of Parliament, “ to abolish Compositions for Tithes 
in Ireland, and to substitute Rent-charges in lieu 
thereof, and for other purposes,” was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Tithe Composi- 
tions Arrears 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Duke of 
Wellington’s 
Estate Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Duke of Wellington’s 
Estate Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. John Parker 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


ee The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
oo mittee on the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Advertisements. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return, showing the Total Number of Advertise- 
ments, and Total Amount received therefrom, in 
England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland respec- 
tively, for each year sce the Duty was reduced to 
1s. 6d.; and for each year, during a corresponding 

Period, before the Duty was reduced. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return by the Masters in Ordinary of the High 


Court of 
Chancery, 


20°—21° Martiz. 





A. 1839. 


Court of Chancery, showing the Number of Re- 
ceivers’ Accounts in arrear and unpassed in their 
respective Offices, for the last Twelve months, and 
up to the date of this Return. 


Mr. Barnard presented a Bill to alter and amend Deptford pie, 
the Powers and Provisions of an Act for making a Junction Rai). 
Railway from the London and Greenwich Railway “*Y 8! 
to the Deptford Pier, to be called “ The Deptford 
Pier Junction Railway :” And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 21° die Marti; 


Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


RDER ED, That the Committee of Selection Committee of 

for Committees on Private Bills have leave to aig 
sit this day till five of the clock, during the sitting ™** B) 
of the House. 


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the East India 
East India Company, was called in ; and at the bar C°™P*’Y: 
presented, pursuant to the directions of several Acts 
of Parliament,—Particulars of all Compensations, 
Superannuations and Allowances granted by the 
Court of Directors of the East India Company, 
and confirmed by the Board of Commissioners for 
the Affairs of India, between the 1st January and 
3ist December 1838, (under the authority of the 
Act of the 3 and 4 Will 4, c. 85, s.'7), to Persons 
who have been employed by or under the East 
India Company, whose interests have been affected 
by the discontinuance of the said Company’s Trade, 
and who have been reduced. 

An Account of Allowances, Compensations, Re- 
munerations and Superannuations granted to the 
Officers and Servants of the Board of Commis- 
sioners for the Affairs of ZJndia, and of the East 
India Company in 1838. 

An Account respecting the Annual Territorial 
Revenues and Disbursements of the East India 
Company for three years, 1833-34, 1834-35, and 
1835-36, according to the latest advices; with an 
Estimate of the same for the succeeding year :-— 
And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. William Evans reported from the Committee Belper Small 
on the Belper Small Debts Bill ; That they had exa- Debts Bill 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true ; and had gone through the Bill,and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The General Cemetery Company Bill was read a Genera! Ceme- 
second time ; and committed to Mr. Thomas Wood, Bill Company 
and the Middlesex List. = 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- RedcarHarbou 
spect of the Petition for the Redcar Harbour (No. 2-) Bill 
(No. 2.) Bill, which was yesterday made from the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders relative to Pri- 
vate Bills, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring im a Bill 
for establishing and maintaining a Harbour to be 
ealled Port William at Redcar, in the North Riding 
of the county of York: And that Mr. William 
Duzxcombe and Mr. Cayley do prepare, and brin 
itin: And that leave be given to present the Bil 
on or before Wednesday next. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Ward of Tower, commercia! 
in the city of London, praying that the Commercial (London and 
(London and Blackwall) Railway Bill may not pass nae 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions 


Comm 
(Lond 
Black’ 
Railw: 


Nor 
Imp 
Bill. 






















Pier 


ail. 


lls.) 





Commercial 
(London and 
Blackwall) 
Railway Bill. 


Norwich 
Improvement 
Bill, 


Norwich 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Northern and 
Eastern Rail 
way (No. 2. 

Bik, ° 7 


2 Vicroriz. 


Petitions from Owners, Tenants or Occupiers of 
Legal Quays and Bonded Warehouses in Lower 
Thames-street ;— Inhabitants and others of Port- 
soken Ward ;—and, Inhabitants and others of Ald- 
gate Ward; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the said Bill,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
ao. That the Commercial (Zondon and Blackwall) 

ailway Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. to leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the ae 

The House divided: 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Alston, 

Yeas, Mr. Thomas Duncombe : 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Crawford, 

Noes, Mr. Harvey: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Thomas Duncombe, and 
the Middlesex List. 


Petitions from Owners and Occupiers of houses or 
land in the parishes of Lakenham ;— Heigham ; — 
Saint Gregory ;—Saint Martin at Palace and Saint 
Helen ;—Saint John of Maddermarket ; —- Saint 
Mary ;— Saint Martin-at-Oak ; — Saint George 
Colegate ;— Saint Augustine ;—Saint Peter South- 
gate ;— Saint Laurence and Saint Margaret ;— Saint 
Stephen ;— Saint Peter-per-Mountergate ; — Saint 
George of Tombland ;—Saint Simon and Saint Jude 
and Saint Peter of Hungate;—Saint Andrew ;— 
Saint Peter of Mancroft ;—Saint John’s Sepulchre ; 
—Saint John Timberhill ;—and, Saint James and 
Saint Edmund, Saint Clement and Saint Paul 
(Norwich) ; praying that the Vorwich Improvement 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


} 80. 


1 
J 64. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Norwich Improvement Bill be now 
read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon Thursday the 11th day of April next.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { The Marquis of Douro, 

Yeas, Lord Viscount Stormont : } _ 

Tellers for the { Mr. Benjamin Smith, } 

Noes, Mr. Warburton : 7” 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to the Marquis of Douro, and 
the Norfolk List. : 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Northern and Eastern 

ilway (No. 2.) Bill, which was yesterday made 
from the Select Committee on Standing Orders 
relative to Private Bills, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Northern and Eastern Railway Com- 
pany to alter the line of their Railway, by forming 
a junction with the Eastern Counties Railway, and 
to — a Station and other Works at Shoreditch, 

OL, 94. 


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137 


and to amend the Act relating to the Northern and 
Eastern Railway: And that Mr. Ward and Mr. 
Marshall do prepare, and bring it in: And that 
leave be given to present the Bill on or before Wed- 
nesday next. 


A Petition of the Dun Navigation Company North Midland 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel Railway Bill. 
or agents, against certain parts of the North Mid- 
land Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands yfanchester and 
on the line of the proposed Railway, in extension Birmingham 
of the Manchester and Birmingham (Stone and Fxtension 
Rughy) Railway, complaining that the Standing Cy) Railway - 
Orders of the House in respect to the application Bill. 
for the Manchester and Birmingham Etension 
(Stone and Rugby) Railway Bill had not been com- 
plied with, a praying that they may be heard, by 
their agents and witnesses, against the same, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Morley ;—and, Sheffield; praying gale of B 
that the Sale of Beer Bill may pass into a law,— — 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Petitions from Kintore ;—and, Kinloch and Le- church of 
thendy ; praying the House to’adopt measures for Scotland. 
relieving the religious destitution which prevails in 
Scotland, by extending the efficiency of the Esta- 
blished Church,—-were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wiveliscombe, praying Corn Laws. 
that the Corn Laws may not be repealed, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Ashworth, and others, Factories Bitl: 
prayin for the insertion of a clause in the Factories 

ill, that punishment shall only be awarded to 
substantial, not mere formal, violations of the law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Fable. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Metropolis 
the Message from the Lords, of Monday last, wherein Improvement; 
their Lordships request that this Huse will be 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy 
of the Second Report made from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House in the last Session 
of Parliament, to take into their consideration the 
several Plans for the Improvement of the Metro- 

olis; together with the Minutes of Evidence taken 
rd the Committee, and the Appendix, Index 
and Plans. 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Bernal do deliver the same. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the pupiic peti. 
Select Committee on Public Petitions ; That ow tions (Twelftli 
had examined the Petitions presented on the 18th Report.) 
and 19th days of this instant March; and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Answer to 
House, that their several Addresses of the 11th, Addresses. 
12th, 14th, 15th, 18th and 19th days of this in- 
stant March (that Her Majesty would be graciously 
pleased to give directions that the Papers therein 
mentioned might be laid before this House), had 
been presented tc Her Majesty, and that Her Ma- 
jesty had commanded him to acquaint this House, 
that She will give directions accordingly. . 

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138 


Church Sir John Hobhouse presented,—Further Return to 
(Bust Indie.) an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of April, 


in the last Session of Parliament, for A Return of 
the Number of Persons on the Ecclesiastical Esta- 
blishment of the Church of England, and of the 
Presbyterian Church, and other Tlinives Denomi- 
nations, maintained by Grant of Public Money in 
each of the Colonies, and in the Territories of the 
East India Company; stating the Rank of each, 
where stationed, the Expenses of fixed Salary, and 
of Allowances of each, and the Total Expenses of 
each Colony (or Presidency and a for 
such Establishments, in Sterling Money, for the 
last year the Account can be made up, so as to 
exhibit the whole Amount paid for the support of 
Religion of every Denomination (so far as relates to 
the Last Indies). 

Ordered, That the said Return dolie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 

Sir Gifin Wilson : 
r. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the Sale of the Advowson of the Vicarage of 
Tetbury, in the County of Gloucester; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Tetbury 
Vicarage Bill. 


Charch . Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address 
wales) to Her Majesty,—A Copy of the Petition to Her Ma- 


jesty from certain of the Inhabitants of the County 

of Anglesey, on the subject of the Ecclesiastical Du- 

ties and Revenues Bill now before this House. 
Ordered,That thegaid Paper do lie upon the Table. 


re Licenses 
( 


cotland) Bill The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 


nesday the 24th day of April next, the Spirit Li- 
censes (Scotland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the ist day of May next. 


Ecclesiastical 


Ordered, That the Copy of a Memorial from the 


Inquiry. Parish of Grove, in Berks, to the late Ecclesiastical 

No.115. Commission, which was presented upon the 4th day 
of this mstant March, be printed. 

Shrewsbury Ordered, That the General Statement of the In- 


and Holytiead ~¢ome and Expenditure of the Shrewsbury and 


yon 116 Holyhead Road, which was presented yesterday, 
one" be printed. 
Poor Law Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law 
‘aceee Unions, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
NO, ie . 
Reform of The House was moved, That the Act 2 Will. 4, 


Parliament Act. ¢, 45, to amend the Representation of the People in 
England and Wales, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the said Act; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

, Mr. Hume, : 

Tellers for the Yeas, eal Miles: yo 

Lord Seymour, 85 

Mr. John Parker: J °° 

So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


Railroad Come 
munication 


A Motion was made, and the Question being = 
er 
( Ireland.) 


sed, That an humble Address be presented to 

ajesty, that She will be graciously pleased to direct 
measures to be taken for securing to every Province 
in Jreland the advantages of Railroad Communica- 
tion ; 

And Notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 


21°—92° Martiz. 





A. 1839. 


Veneris, 22° die Martii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


P Ravers. 


PETITION of Gentlemen, Yeomen and In- Norwich 
habitants of the county of Norfolk, praying T™=8e Bill. 
that the Norwich Tonnage Bill may pass into a law, 


was —— and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The Norwich Tonnage Bill was read a second Norwich 
time ; and committed to the Marquis of Douro, and Tonnage Bill, 
the East Norfolk List. 


Mr. Estcourt, by Order, reported from the Com- Redrath ana 
mittee on the Redruth and Hayle Road Bill ; Hayle Road 
That they had examined the allegations of the 2! 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Zetbury Vicarage Bill was read the first Tetbury 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. Vicarage Bill 


A Petition of John Barnes, of Ardwick, near Manchester 
Manchester, Gentleman, praying that he may be rc 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against ~ 
certain parts of the Manchester Improvement Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Chesterfield 
spect of the Petition for the Chesterfield Small Small Debts 
Debts Bill, which upon the 21st day of February ®#!!. 
last was made from the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small 
Debts within the borough and parish of Chester- 
field, and other parishes and places adjacent or near 
thereto,in the county of Derby: And that Mr. George 
Cavendish and Mr. William Evans do prepare, and 
bring it in, 


A Petition of William Tomlins, and others, pray- Noittinghan 
ing that the time for presenting the Nottingham (Saint Mary’s) 
(Saint Mary’s) Inclosure Bill, may be extended til] 1's" 
Monday the 15th day of April next, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


tary and Agent to the Provisional Committee for 
conducting the Portishead Pier Bill, praying that 
the time for presenting the said Bill may be ex- 
tended till Friday the i2th day of April next, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land and London and 
other property in the parish of Titchfield, in the Southampton 
county of Southampton, praying that a Clause may oe. 
be inserted in the London and Southampton (Ports- Railway Bill. 
mouth Branch) Railway Bill, for erecting a station 
at Fontley, in the said parish of Titchfield, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Committee 


on the Bill. 


The Committee on the Rochdale Waterworks Bill Rochdale 4 
was nominated of Mr. Fenton, and the South Lan- rae" 








caster List. 
The 


A Petition of William Henry Buckerfield, Secre- portishead Pict. 


Unste 
Inclo 


Chel! 
Wat 
Bill. 


Rott 
Smal 
Bill. 


Live 
Bill. 


Carl 
Ele 


Eh 





Unstone 


Inclosure Bill. 


Cheltenham 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Rotherham 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Liverpool Dock 
Estate Rating 
Bill. 


Carlow Borough 
Election, 


Carlow Borough 
Election. 


Metropolis 
Police Bill, 


Copyholds 
Trauchise- 
ment Bill, 


Com Laws. 





2 Victoriz. 


The Committee on the Unstone Inclosure Bill 
was nominated of Mr. George Cavendish, and the 
North Derby List. 





The Cheltenham Waterworks Bill was read a se- 
cond time ; and committed to Mr. Craven Berkeley, 
and the East Gloucester List. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Rotherham Small Debts 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small 
Debts within the town of Rotherham, and other 
places, in the West Riding of the county of York: 
And that Sir George Strickland and Lord Viscount 
Milton do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against the Liverpool Dock 
Estate Rating Bill, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that he had 
received a Declaration in writing, subscribed by 
Francis Bruen, Esquire, who is returned a Burgess 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Carlow, that he, the said Francis Bruen, did not 
intend to defend his Return for the said Borough. 

And the said Declaration being delivered in at the 
Table, was read ; and is as followeth ; viz. 


I, Francis Bruen, Esquire, having been elected 
and returned a Member to serve in Parliament for 
the Borough of Carlow, at the last Election for the 
said Borough, and such Return having been peti- 
tioned against, do hereby, in pursuance of the Act 
of Parliament in that behalf, declare that it is not 
my intention to defend the said Election or Re- 
turn. 

Dated this 21st March 1839. Francis Bruen. 

The House was moved, That the 11th, 12th and 
13th sections of the Act 9th Geo. 4, c. 22, to conso- 
lidate and amend the Laws relating to the Trial of 
Controverted Elections, or Returns of Members to 
serve in Parliament, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

The Orders for ‘taking into consideration, upon 
Thursday the 11th day of April next, the Petition 
of Thomas Gisborne, the younger, Esquire ; also 
the Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Carlow ; and also, the Petition of 
Robert Lawler and the there-undersigned Elec- 
of the Borough of Carlow, were severally read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 30th day of April 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


Petitions from the Ward of Walbrook, London ;— 
the Ward of Cripplegate Without, London ;—Mer- 
chants, Traders and others of the City of London; 
—and, the Ward of Farringdon Within, London; 
praying that the Metropolis Police Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners or Mortgagees of lands 
being copyhold for years, held of the manor of Kib- 
worth Harcourt ; praying that the Copyholds En- 
franchisement Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Huntsham ;—Cruwys Morchard ; 
—Ohkehampton;—Dunsford ;— Berry Pomeroy ;— 
Plympton Saint Mary, &amp;c. ;—Breage and Germo ; 
— Romsey ;— Ashborne ; — Cargill; — and, Upper 


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139 


Culme ; praying that the Corn Laws may not be re- 
aled,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
ie upon the Table. 

Petitions from O¢terton;—Sandbach ;—and, Dar- 
laston ; praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws,— 
were also ae. and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Petersfield, Harting and other Postage. 
places ; — Southwold ;— Westbourne ;— Harlow ;~— 
Newport Wickhen, &amp;c.:—Newton Abbot and Newton 
Bushel ;—Epping ;—and, Mary Port; praying for 
the adoption of a low and uniform rate of Postage, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Guardians of the Durham Poor Law 
Union ;—and, York Union; praying for the amend- — 
ment of the Poor Law Act,—were presented, and “* 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rothesay;—Broughty Ferry ;—— Church of 
Edinburgh ;— Maybole ;— Rattray ; — Drymen ;—- S¢otland. 
Lochee ;—Newton-upon-Ayr ;— Fenwick ;--Newark; 
— Banton ;—Oa ;— Kilsyth ;—North Leith ;— Ca- 
trine ;—Kemback ;— Glencoe ;— Tarbert ; —Denny ; 
— Harris ;—Ardchattan;— Monimail ; — Largs ;— 
Rathen ;— Kincardine O’ Neil;— A uchterless ;— Kil- 
maurs ;—New Monkland (two Petitions) ;—Zanark ; 
—Saint Fergus ;—Strichen ;—Brechin ;--Glenlyon ; 
—Glenelg ;—Caithness ;—Inverary ; — Delling ; — 
Knoydart, &amp;c.;—Saint Madoes ;— Balquhidder ;— 
Kincardine; — Tenandry ; — Gash ;—Dunbarny ;— 
Dunkeld ;—Leith Wynd ;—and, Edinburgh; pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for relieving the 
religious destitution which prevails in Scotland, b 
extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Cockpen (Chairman and Clerk of 
a Public Meeting);— Inverkeithing ;—Blairgowrie 
and Rattray ;—Montrose ;—Lanark ; —- Peebles ;— 
Carluke ;—Earlsferry, &amp;c. ;—Kilmaurs ;—Carnous- 
tie; — Eastwood ;— Rothesay ;—and, Kilsyth; pray- 
ing the House not to sanction any further endow- 
ments to the Church of Scotland,—were also pre- 








Von, 94. 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Com- Standing 
mittee on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, Orders; 
a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for the Bradford 
Bradford (York) Waterworks Bill, the Standing (York) 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. ne 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Commissioners for erecting and Prisons 
maintaining a Bridewell for the county of Lanark (Scotland) Bill. 
and city of Glasgow, praying that the Prisons (Scot- 
land) Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Spirit Dealers and others spirit Licenses 
of Ayr, praying that the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) (Scotland) Bill. 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 
Return of every Union or Parish to which the recent Amendment 
Election Order, appointing the Clerks to act as Re- “ 
turning Officers, has been addressed by the Poor 
Law Commissioners; distinguishing the time of 
issuing each such Order. 


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich, Eeclesiastical 
praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues parece 
ill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


T 2 A Petition 








140 


A Petition of the Governor, Deputy Governor 
and Guardians of the Pour, of the city and county 
of Norwich, praying for the amendment of the 
Registration of Births, &amp;c. Act, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Registration of 
Births, &amp;c., 
Act, 


Sale of Beer 


- A Petition of the there-undersigned Members of 


a Committee acting on behalf of the Beer-sellers of 
Greenwich, praying that the Sale of Beer Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. ' 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Uttoxeter, praying 
that the said Bill may pass into a law, was also pre- 
sented,and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


A Petition of Licensed Retailers of Ale and Beer 
of Brighton, praying that ey may be placed on 
the same footing with Licensed Victuallers, was pre- 
sented and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Impressment 
and Corporal 
Punishment. 


Petitions from Ross (Hereford);—and, Hereford; 
praying that Impressment of Seamen, and Corporal 

unishment, may be abolished,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Elective Petitions from Shrule;—Carrickedmond and Ab- 
ireland, &amp;e» beyshruel ;—and, Monaghan ; praying the House to 


identify the Elective Franchise in England and 
Zreland, countries in which the tenures of lands 
and houses are similar, and to give to Jreland as 
complete Municipal Reformas England has obtained, 
and to give also to Ireland her adequate Peepories 
in the representation ; and, finally, to place Lreland 
upon a footing of equality in religious freedom with 
ngland, by allocating the temporalities of the church 
of the minority in that country to purposes of cha- 
rity, education and public utility,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon che Table. 
Foreign Coftee. Petitions from Dalkeith ;—Stirling ;—and, Kirk- 
aldy ; praying for a reduction of Duty on Foreign 
Coffee,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 
Lead, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Imports and Exports of Lead and 
Lead Ore, for the last year, ending the 5th day of 
January 1839. 
Sugar. A Petition of Sugar Refiners of London, praying 
for a reduction of Duty on Sugar, the produce of 
free labour, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Canada. 


No, 118. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to an Address 
to Her Majesty,—Copies or Extracts of Despatches 
from Sir F. B. Head, on the subject of Canada, with 
Copies or Extracts of the Answers from the Secretary 
of State. 

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


Highland Roads 


Mr. Loch presented, pursuant to the directions of 
and Bridges. 


an Act of Parliament,—The Twenty-fifth Report 
of the Commissioners for Highland Roads and 
Bridges. 

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


Duke of 
Wellington’s 
Estate Bill. 


Mr, Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Order, re- 
ported the Duke of Wellington’s Estate Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and d to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Registration 


Mr, William O’ Brien presented a Bill for the 


— git, better Registration of Voters in Ireland: And the 
( No. 119 * same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time upon Wednesday, the 10th day 
of April next ; and to be printed. 


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A. 1839. 


Mr. William O’ Brien presented a Bill to regulate Polls at 
Polls at Elections in Ireland: And the same was Elections — 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read’a second ‘e!an¢) Biv, 
time upon Wednesday, the 10th day of April next; No. 120, 
and to be printed. 


The ingrossed Bill to alter the Powers of jointuring Duke of 
cibiitainiedl in several Acts for purchasing and —— 
viding a Residence and Estates for the Duke of 5" 
Wellington, and to settle certain articles to go as 
Heir Looms with the said Estates, was, according to 
the Order made this day, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr, Chancellor of the Exchequer 
do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their 
concurrence. 


Petitions from the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Rail- Post Horse 
way Company ;—and, Ardrossan ; praying that the Duties. 
Post Horse Duties and all other taxes on travelling, 
| be regulated and equalized,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Roserea, praying Railways 
the House not to sanction any proposition for a line (Ireland.) 
of Railway in Jreland, not laid out by adequate and 
impartial authority, on the line of traffic and popu- 
lation, and that a Select Committee be appointed 
to investigate the premises, so as to lead to a just 
and fair decision, which may include the town of 
Roscrea, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Land-owners and others of Clones, 
in the county of Monaghan, submitting that if the 
allocation of two millions and a half be exclusively 
made to the southern districts, and on an imperfect 
line, neither following the route of population or 
traffic (in place of an equal distribution in aid of the 
Drogheda Railway Company and the other incor- 
— and approved Companies for the Centre, 

est and South of Ireland) the consequence will 
be an injury to the Petitioners and others similarly 
circumstanced, and praying the House to take the 
premises into consideration, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Model Schools, 

an Account of the Expenditure of the Sum of ten 
thousand pounds, or any part thereof, granted by 
Parliament in 1835, towards the erection of Model 
Schools :—And, Copies of any applications to the 
Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury for aid out of the 
above Grant, for the Erection of Model Schools; and 
of the Answers thereto ; specifying the Dates of 
each. 


A Petition of the President, Vice President, Debtors. 
Treasurer and Committee of the Liverpool Guardian 
Society for the Protection of Trade, praying that a 
power may be vested in the Town Clerk to grant an 
Order for the immediate arrest of Debtors about to 
quit the country without peyment of their debts, on 
their intention so to do being proved upon oath to 
his satisfaction, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Beasmore, late Serjeant Ar- John Beasmore. 

mourer in the 17th Regiment of Foot, complaining 
of the result of an inquiry into his case, and of 
imprisonment in consequence of the decision of a 
court martial; and praying the House to order 
him Copies of the inquiry and court martial, was 
Sreernint and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Select Committee Expiring Laws. 
appointed to inquire what temporary Laws of a No, 121. 
public and general nature, made by the Parliaments 
of England, or Great Britain, or Ireland, or of the 
United Kingdom, are now in force, and what a 

oO 


Tramo! 
Draina 


Muni 


(Irela 


Coun 
Bill. 


Dist 
Sess 


Me 
Pol 
Bill 


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Bill), 





2 Victroriz. 


of the like nature, passed by the English, British, 
Trish or United od aires have expired. between 
the first day. of the last Session of Parliament and 
the first day of the present Session ; and also, what 
Laws of the like nature are about to expire in the 
course or at the end of the present Session, or on 
or before the ist day of August 1840, or in the 
course or at the end of any Session which may 
commence during that ice 9 or in consequence of 
any contingent public event ; and to report the same, 
with their Observations thereupon, to the House ; 
and who were. instructed to Report their Opinion 
from time to time to the House, which of the said 
Laws are fit to be revived, continued or made per- 
petual; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the 
case of the Petition for further time for presenting 
the Tramore Drainage Bill, the Committee recom- 
mend that the Parties be permitted to present their 
Bill on or before Monday next. 

Ordered, That the time for presenting the said 
Bill be enlarged till Monday next. 


Tramore 
Drainage Bill. 


Municipal The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- 
fielond) Bill tee on the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

the 15th day of April next, resolve itself into the 


said Committee. 


County Courts The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Bill reading of the County Courts Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 19th day of April next. 


District 


The Order. of the day being read, for the second 
Sessions Bill. 


reading of the District Sessions Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 19th day of April next. 


Metropolitan 
Police Courts 
Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 22d day of April next. 


a The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Police Bill. ~~ yeading of the Metropolis Police Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 22d day of April next. 
Prisons Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Prisons Bill : 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 8th day of April next. 


District Prisons 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the District Prisons Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 8th day of April next. 


Registration of 
Electors Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration of Electors Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
8th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Election Peti- 


lection Peti The Election Petitions Trial Bill was, according 
tions Trial Bill. 


to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
8th day of April next. 


Rorough Courts ‘The Order of the day being read, for the second 
” reading of the Borough Courts Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
Vou. 94. 


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141 


The Waterford Fever Hospital Bill was, according Waterford 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to Fever Hospital 
a Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
15th day of April next.. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bankrapts’ 
mittee on the Bankrupts’ Estates (Scotland) Bill; Fetstes 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday (Scotland) Fille 
the 8th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Double and 
reading of the Double and Treble Costs Bill ; — com 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspension Bill Ecclesiastical 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and Sipension Bill. 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply ; 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding Four hun- Land Forces. 
dred and twenty-one thousand three hundred and 
eighty-three pounds, (to complete the sum of Three 
millions four hundred and twenty-one thousand three 
hundred and eighty-three pounds,) be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her Majesty’s 
Land Forces, for service in the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, and on Stations abroad 
(excepting the Regiments employed in the Territorial 
Possessions of the East India Company), from the 
1st day of April 1839 to the 31st day of March 
1840, both days inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- General 
dred and fifty-five thousand three hundred and fifty- Officers. 
nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defray- 
ing the Charge of General Staff Officers, and Offi- 
cers of the Hospitals, serving with Her Majesty’s 
Forces in the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, and on Foreign Stations (excepting 
India), and of Her Majesty’s Garrison of the Tower 
of London, for the year, from the 1st day of April 
1839 to the 31st day of March 1840, both days in- 
clusive. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- Public Military 
eight thousand seven hundred and eight Prion 5 Departments 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Allowances to the principal Officers of the 
several Public Military Departments in Great Bri- 
tain, their Deputies, Clerks and Contingent Ex- 
penses, for the year, from the 1st day of April 1839 
to the 31st day of March 1840, both days inclusive. 


4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventeen Royal Nilitary 
thousand four hundred and eighty-six pounds, be Asylum, &amp;c. 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Royal Military Asylum and of the Hibernian 
Military School, for the year, from the 1st day of 
April 1839 to the 31st day of March 1840, both 
days inclusive. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- Volunteer 
nine thousand one hundred and thirty-seven pounds, Corps. 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Volunteer Corps, for the year, from the 1st da 
of April 1839 to the 31st day of March 1840, bot 
days inclusive. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen Rewards for 
thousand and forty-two pounds, be granted to Her Military Ser~ 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Rewards for’ 
distinguished Military Services ; and also of Allow- 
ances to Officers of Her Majesty’s Garrisons, hold- 
ing their Appointments as Rewards for Military 
Service, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, and on Foreign Stations, for the year 
from the 1st day of April 1839 to the 3ist day of 
March 1840, both days inclusive. 


T3 7. Resolved, 





Pa 


of General 
cers. 


Fall Pay for 
Reduced and 
Retired 
Officers. 


Half Pay to D°. 


Half Pay to 
Foreign Officers. 


Widows’ 
Pensions, 


Compassionate 
List. 


Chelsea and 
Kilmainham 
Hospitals. 


Superannuation 
Allowances, 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


No. 122. 





142 


7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and two thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the Pay of 
General Officers in Her Majesty’s Forces, not being 
Colonels of Regiments, for the year, from the 1st 
day of April 1839 to the 31st day of March 1840, 
both days inclusive. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Full-pay for reduced 
and retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Forces, for 
the year, from the 1st day of April 1839 to the 
31st day of March 1840, both days inclusive. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred and seventeen thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Half- 
pay and Military Allowances to reduced and retired 
Officers of Her Majesty's Land Forces, for the year, 
from the ist day of April 1839 to the 31st day of 
March 1840, both days inclusive. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
seven thousand two hundred and four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Half-pay and reduced Allowances to Officers of 
disbanded Foreign Corps, of Pensions to wounded 
Foreign Officers, and of Allowances to the Widows 
and Children of deceased Foreign Officers, for the 
year, from the 1st day of April 1839 to the 31st 
day of March 1840, both days inclusive. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and forty-three thousand nine hundred and 
forty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge of Pensions to be paid to the 
Widows of Officers of the Land Forces, for the 
year, from the 1st day of April 1839 to the 31st 
day of March 1840, both days inclusive. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and thirty-one thousand eight hundred 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of Allowances on the Compassionate 
List; of Allowances as of Her Majesty’s Royal 
Bounty; and of Pensions, Gratuities and Allow- 
ances to Officers for Wounds, for the year, from 
the 1st day of April 1839 to the 31st day of March 
1840, both days inclusive. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
million three hundred and eight thousand and seven 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals ; 
of the In-pensioners of those Establishments; of 
the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital and of 
Pensions granted to discharged Negro Soldiers, for 
the year, from the ist day of April 1839 to the 31st 
day of March 1840, both days inclusive. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- 
four thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Allowances, Compen- 
sations and Emoluments in the nature of Super- 
annuation or retired Allowances to Persons formerly 
belonging to the several Military Public Depart- 
ments in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, for the year, from the 1st day of April 1839 
to the 31st day of March 1840, both days inclusive. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Copyholds Enfranchisement 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 


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A. 1839. 


the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday the 17th day of April 
next ; and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ang 

mittee of Ways and Means ; Means, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Lord Viscount Howick presented a Bill for punish- Mutiny Bil, 
ing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment 
of the Army and their Quarters: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time, upon Monday next. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented a Bill for the Regu- Marine Mutiay 
lation of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Forces while ®#!. 
on Shore: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time, upon Monday 
next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Post Horse 
a Return of the Amount of Post Horse Duty paid Duty. 
in each of the Three Months respectively ended the 
5th day of January 1838 and the 5th day of January 
1839. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Cavalry 
a Return of all Officers of Cavalry who have been Appointments, 
appointed Colonels of Regiments subsequent to the 
1st day of January 1828, with a Statement of the 
length and nature of the Services of each, in the 
form and terms established at the Horse Guards for 
Regimental Returns of Service. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tower 

Returns of the Number of Visitors admitted to the Admissions, 
Armoury in the Tower, from the 1st day of May 
1837 to the 1st day of March 1838, and from the 
1st day of May 1838 to the 1st day of March 1839, 
stating the Number of Free Admissions, and the 
Number of those Persons who paid for Admission, 
in each of those Months ; the Rate of Fees paid by 
each, and Aggregate Amount received in the same 
time ; stating also in what manner the Money re- 
ceived has been appropriated, and to whom paid:— 
And of the Number of Visitors admitted to the Jewel 
Office in the Tower, in each of the last Four Years ; 
stating the Number in each Month admitted Free, 
and the Number who have paid for admittance, the 
Rate of Fees paid for each Person in that period, 
and the Aggregate Amount received in each year 
from such Fees; also, an Account of the manner in 
which the Money received has been appropriated, 
and to whom paid. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Public Works 
Copy of the Seventh Annual Report of the Com- Ireland.) 
missioners forthe Extension and Promotion of Public 
Works in Ireland. 

Mr. Baring acordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Rishworth Reservoirs Bill was read a second Rishworth Re- 
time ; and committed to Lord Viscount Morpeth, servoirs Bill. 
and the West Riding of York List. 


A Petition of Henry Cary and Simeon Clarke, Carlow Boroug! 
Electors of the Borough of Carlow, was delivered in, Election. 
and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners are 
Electors of the Borough of Carlow, and have and 
claim to have had a right to vote at the last Election 
of a Member to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough, and voted thereat accordingly ; that the 
Petitioners have been informed and believe, that a 
Petition has been presented to the House from 
Thomas Gisborne, Esquire, the younger, the un- 
successful 





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No. 


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Estabil 
(East 

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(Wale 


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Bill, 


lutiny 


Bast India 
Companys 
No, 123. 


Church 

Establishment 

(East India.) 
No. 124. 


Church Esta- 
blishment 
(Wales.) 


No. 125. 


its, 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


Public 
Accountants, 


Dean Forest 
Mines, 


2 VictorRiz. 


successful Candidate at the said Election, com- 

laining of the Return thereat of Francis Bruen, 
Teacian the present Sitting Member for the said 
Borough, and praying, among other things, that it 
may be declared that Thomas Gisborne, the said 
Petitioner, was elected and ought to have been re- 
turned at the said Election ; and praying that they 
may be admitted as Parties to a gr the prayer of 
the said Petition, and to defend the Election and 
Return of the said Francis Bruen, by showing that 
the said Francis Bruen had the majority of good 
and legal votes given and tendered at the said Elec- 
tion, and was duly elected and entitled to be returned 
thereat. 

The House was moved, That the tenth section of the 
Act9 Geo. 4. c. 22.to consolidate and amend the Laws 
relating to the Trial of Controverted Elections or 
Returns of Members to serve in Parliament, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Petitioners be admitted Par- 
ties in the room of the said Francis Bruen, Esquire, 
pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the Annual Accounts of Territorial 
Revenues and Disbursements of the East India Com- 
pany, which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Church 
Establishment (East India), which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Petition to Her 
Majesty from the county of Anglesey on the subject 
of the Ecclesiastical’ Duties and Revenues Bill, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Luna, 25° die Marit ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


Me Irving, Inspector General of Imports and 
Exports, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Parliament,—Accounts of the Trade and Naviga- 
tion of the United Kingdom, for three years ending 
5th January 1839 :—And then he withdrew. 

" Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Soady, from the Audit Office, was called in ; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament,—List of Officers 
and Departments whose Accounts are audited by 
the Commissioners for auditing the Public Ac- 
counts. 

An Account of the Arrears and Balances due to 
and from all Public Accountants on the 5th of 
January 1839, arising upon Accounts which have 
been stated or declared, completed to the 5th of 
January 1839. 

List of the Accounts depending in the Office of 
the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts, 
which have not been audited, stated or declared, 
completed to the 28th February 1839 :—And then 
he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Lists and Account do lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Adams, from the Office of the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests and Land Reve- 
nues, was called in; and at the bar presented, pur- 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— 
The First Report of the Dean Forest Mining Com- 


99°-—95° Martiz. 


143 


Mr. Stephenson, from the Treasury, was called in; Public Incom 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions and Expendi- 
of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account of the 


Ordinary Revenues and Extraordinary Resources 
constituting the Public Income of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the year 
ending 5th January 1839. 

An Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extra- 
ordinary Resources constituting the Public Income 
of Great Britain, for the year ending 5th January 
1839. 

An Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extra- 
ordinary Resources constituting the Public Income 
of Ireland, for the year ending 5th January 1839. 

An Account of the Total Income of the Revenue 
of Great Britain and Ireland in the year ended 
5th January 1839, after deducting the Re-payments, 
Allowances, Discounts, Drawbacks and Bounties of 
the nature of Drawbacks ; together with an Account 
of the Public Expenditure of the United Kingdom, 
exclusive of the Sums applied to the reduction of 
the National Debt within the same period. 

An Account of the Net Public Income of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in 
the year ended 5th January 1839, after abating the 
Expenditure thereout defrayed by the several Re- 
venue Departments; and of the actual Issues or 
Payments within the same period, exclusive of the 
Sums applied to the redemption of Funded or 
paying off Unfunded Debt; and of the Advances 
and Repayments for Local Works, &amp;c. ;—also, an 
Account of the Balances of Public Money remain- 
ing in the Exchequer on the 5th January 1838 ; the 
Amount of Money raised by the additions to the 
Funded or Unfunded Debt in the year ended 5th 
January 1839; the Money applied towards the 
Redemption of the Funded Debt or paying off 
Unfunded Debt; the Total Amount of Advances 
and Re-payments on account of Local Works, &amp;c., 
with the Difference accruing thereon, and the Ba- 
lances in the Exchequer on 5th January 1839. 


An Account of the Income of the Consolidated consolidatea 
Fund arising in the United Kingdom, in the year Fund. 


ended 5th January 1839; and also. of the actual 
Payments, on account of the Consolidated Fund, 
within the same period. 

An Account of the Money applicable to the pay- 
ment of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom, in the year ended 5th January 1839, and of 
the several Charges which have become due thereon 
in the same year; including the Amount of Ex- 
chequer Bills charged upon the said Fund, at the 
commencement and at ‘the termination of the said 
year; with Appendices. 


An Account of the Receipt and Expenditure of national Debt. 


the Sums placed in the hands of the Commissioners 
for the Reduction of the National Debt, in the year 
ending 5th January 1839. 


An Account of the Total Amount of the Unre- Funded Debt. 


deemed Funded Debt, and the Charge thereof, at 
the 5th January 1838 ; of the Debt, and Charge 
thereof, created in the year ended 5th January 1839 ; 
of the Debt, and Charge thereof, reduced in the 
course of that year; and of the Total Amount of 
the Unredeemed Debt, and Charge, as it stood on 
the 5th January 1839. 

An Account of the state of the Public Funded 
Debt of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Charge 
thereupon, at the 5th January 1839. 


An Account of the Unfunded Debt of Great Unfundea 
Britain and Jreland, and of the Demands out- Debt. 


standing, on the 5th January 1839, distinguished 
under the following heads ; viz. Exchequer Bills ; 
Sums remaining unpaid, charged upon the Aids 
granted by Parliament ; Advances out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of Jreland, towards the Supplies, 
and Exchequer Bills to be issued on the Consoli- 








missioners :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
Voi, 94, 


dated Fund ; and distinguishing also such part of 

the Unfunded Debt and Demands as has been pro- 

vided for by Parliament; together with an comme 
T4 ie) 








Disposition of 
Grants, 


Arrears and 
Balances 
(Customs. ) 


Fxcise. 


Stamps. 


Taxes. 


Post Office. 



















Land Revenue 
of the Crown. 









Increase and 
Diminution of 
Salaries. 















































144 


of -he Ways and Means a’ in the Exche- 
uer, or to be received, on the 5th January 1839, to 
efray such part of the Unfunded Debt, and De- 

mands outstanding, as have been provided for ; with 

Appendices. bad 

An Account, showing how the Monies given for 
the Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, for the year 1835, have been disposed 
of, distinguished under their several heads, to the 
5th day of January 1839. 

Customs ; Out-Ports, England, Scotland, Ire- 
land :—Account of the Total Amount of Current 
Balances in the hands of the respective Collectors, 
and Arrears of Balances of late Collectors, on the 
5th January 1839. 

An Account of the Total Amount of the Arrears 
and Current Balances due, on the 5th January 1839, 
from the Officers of Excise in England, from 5th 
January 1774, as far as the same can be made up. 

An Account of the Total Amount of the Arrears 
and Current Balances due, on the 5th January 1839, 
from the Officers of Excise in Scotland, from Sth 
January 1774, as far as the same can be made up. 

Excise, Ireland :—An Account of the Arrears and 
Current Balances due on 5th January 1839, from 
the Officers of Excise in Ireland, from 5th January 
1774. 

An Account of the Total Amount of Arrears due, 
on 5th January 1839, from Distributors of Stamps 
in Great Britain, who have died or gone out of office 
since 5th Jauuary 1800, so far as the same can be 
made up. 

An Account of the Net Balances in the hands of 
the Distributors of Stamps in Great Britain, on the 
10th October 1838 and 5th January 1839, respec- 
tively. 

Stamps, Jreland:—An Account of Arrears and 
Balances due from former and present Distributors, 
&amp;c., of the Stamp Department, on the 5th January 
1839. 

Taxes, Great Britain: —An Account of the 
Total Amount of the Arrears and Current Balances 
due, on the 5th January 1839, from the Receiving 
Officers of the Land and Assessed Taxes in Great 
Britain, from 5th January 1790, so far as the same 
can be made up. 

Taxes, Ireland :—An Account of deceased and 
dismissed Tax Collectors’ Balances on 5th January 
1839. 

Taxes, Ireland :—An Account of a Balance due, 
by a deceased Revenue Collector, on account of 
Taxes, on the 5th January 1839. 

An Account of Arrears due, from late Postmasters 
in Great Britain, on 5th January 1839 ; and, an 
Account of Irrecoverable Debts due from late Post- 
masters in Scotland, on 5th January 1839 :—Also, 
an Account of Recoverable Debts due from late 
Postmasters in Scotland, on 5th January 1839. 

An Account of Balances and Arrears due from 
Deputy Postmasters and — in Great Britain 
ead the Colonies ; also, of Balances in the hands 
of the Receiver-General, in the years 1837 and 
1838. 

An Account of Arrears due by deceased, dis- 
missed and resigned Deputy Postmasters and 
Letter-carriers in Zreland, on the 5th January 1839. 

An Account of Balances and Arrears due, from 
Deputy Postmasters and others in the General Post 
Office, Ireland, in the years 1837 and 1838. 

Auditors of the Land Revenue :—An Account of 
the Total Amount of the Balances due, on the 5th 
January 1836, from the several Persons employed 
in receiving or collecting the Land Revenues of the 
Crown in England and Wales, Alderney, and the 
Isle of Man. 

An Account of every Increase and Diminution 
which has taken place within the year 1838, in the 
Number of Persons employed, or in the Salaries, 
£moluments, Allowances and Expenses in all Public 
Offices or Departments. 


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A. 1839. 


An Account of all Allowances or Compensations superanyy,. 
nted as Retired Allowances or Superannuations, tious. 


in all Public Offices or Departments, which re- 
mained payable on the Ist January 1838; the 
Annual Amount which was granted in the year 
1838; the Annual Amount which ceased within the 
year; and the Total Amount remaining payable on 
the 31st of December 1838. 


An Account of all Additions which have been Public Deis, 


made to the Annual Charge of the Public Debt by 
the Interest of any Loan that hath been made or 
Annuities created in the last Ten years. 


Mr. Stephenson also presented, pursuant to Orders, Foreign Com, 
— Accounts of the Grain of all sorts, Meal and Flour, &amp;c. 


stated in Quarters, imported into Great Britain 
and Ireland from Foreign Parts, distinguishing each 
Sort, as well as the Country from whence imported, 
together with the Average Price of each Sort of 
Grain in Great Britain, in the year ending 5th Ja- 
nuary 1839:—Of the Quantities of Foreign and 
Colonial Grain and Flour, distinguishing each Sort 
entered Weekly for Home Consumption, with the 
Rate of Duty, and the Amount of Duty paid 
thereon, in the year ending 5th January 1839; show- 
ing also the Total Quantity entered, and the Total 
Amount of Duty received during that year :—Of 
the Quantities of Foreign and Colonial Grain, Meal 
and Flour, stated in Quarters, distinguishing each 
Sort remaining in Warehouse on 5th January 1839: 
—and, of the Grain, Meal and Flour, stated in 
Quarters, distinguishing each Sort imported from 
Ireland during the year ending 10th October 1838. 
Accounts of 

in Great Britain, under the cultivation of Hops, in 
the year 1838; distinguishing the Number of Acres 
in each Parish :— Of the Duty on Hops of the 
growth of the year 1838; distinguishing the dis- 
tricts, and the old from the new Duty :—Of the 
Quantity of British Hops exported from Great 
Britain to Foreign Countries, from the 5th day of 
January 1838 to the 5th day of January 1839 ; 
distinguishing the Countries to which the same 
have been exported, and also the Quantities to 
each Country ; the Dates of the years in which 
the British Hops were grown:—And, of the Quan- 
tity of Foreign Hops imported into the United 
Kingdom, from the 5th day of January 1838 to 
the 5th day of January 1839; distinguishing the 
Ports where imported, and the Countries from 
whence exported. 


An Account of the Total Number of Quarters of Malt. 


Malt made between the 5th day of January 1838 
and the 5th day of January 1839, in the United 
Kingdom; distinguishing the Quantity made in each 
Country, and the Quantity used by Brewers and 
Victuallers and Retail Brewers. 


An Account of the Number of Persons in each of Brewers, &amp;c. 


the several Collections in the United Kingdom li- 
censed as “ Brewers,” “ Victuallers,” “ to sell Beer 
to be drunk on the Premises,” and, “ to sell Beer 
not to be drunk on the Premises ;” stating the 
Number of each class who brew their own Beer, and 
the Quantity of Malt consumed by them, particu- 
larizing each class in each Collection, from the 5th 
day of January 1838 to the 5th day of January 
1839. 


Copies of all Resolutions and Memorials pre- Railroads 
sented to the Lord Lieutenant or Chief Secretary of (Ireland. } 


Ireland or to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
respecting Railroads in that Country. 


eturn to an Order, dated the1st day of this instant FireIusurances- 


March, for Accounts of all Sums paid into the Stamp 
Office for Duty by each Insurance Office in Great 
Britain and Ireland, on Insurance from Fire, for the 
uarters ending severally the 25th day of March, 
the 24th day of June, the 29th day of September, 
and the 25th day of December 1838 ; distinguish- 
ing the Amount of Allowance made to each Office 
for collecting the same in the Country, London, 
Edinburgh and Dublin respectively, with the _— 
oO 


the Total Quantity of Acres of Land Hops. 





Briti: 
Mus 





rn, 





British 
Museum. 


Commercial 
(London and 
Blackwall) 
Railway Bill, 


Petitions for 
Private Bills, 


Great Western 
Railway Bill. 


Tramore 
Drainage Bill. 


Oldham 
Small Debts 
Bill, 


Southmolton 
Roads Bill. 


Great North 
of England 
Railway Bill, 


Northampton 
Road Bill, 


London and 
Southampton 
(Portsmouth 
Branch) Rail- 
way Bill, 


2 VicToriz. 





of such Payment :—And, of the Sums issued by 
each Office on Farming Stock exempt from Duty, 
for the quarters ending severally the 25th day of 
March, the 24th day of June, the 29th day of 
September, and the 25th day of December 1838 ; 
distinguishing the Amount of each Office in the 
— London, Edinburgh and Dublin respec- 
tively. 

Copy of a Memorial to the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer from the Marquis of Northampton, and 
others, respecting the Purchase for the British Mu- 
seum, of Mr. Hawkins’s collection of Organic Re- 
mains; with the Answer to such Memorial :—And 
then he withdrew. 

Ordered, 'That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. ° 


The House being informed that the Sheriffs of 
the city of London attended at the door, they were 
called in ; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
city of London, in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying that they may be 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 

arts of the Commercial (Zondon and Blackwall) 
Railway Bill, was read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the Third Division of the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills have leave 
to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting 
of the House. 


Lord Worsley reported from the Committee on 
the Great Western Railway Bill; That the application 
being solely for Powers to raise a further Sum of 
Money, the Standing Orders relative to Railway 
Bills, did not apply to the present Bill ; and that 
the Committee had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Lord James Stuart presented a Bill for draining, 
embanking and reclaiming the Back Strand of 
Tramore, in the County of Waterford: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Oldham Small Debts Bill, 
which, upon the 19th day of February last, was made 
from the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy recovery of Small Debts within 
the parishesof Prestwich-cum- Oldham and Middleton 
in the county of Lancaster, and Saddleworth in the 
West Riding of the county of York: And that Lord 
Francis Egerton, Mr. Bootle Wilbraham and Mr. 
Brotherton do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Southmolton Roads Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Buck, and the North 
Devon List. 


The Great North of England Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Pease, 
and the South Durham List. 


The Northampton Road Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Sir Charles Knightley, and 
the South Northampton List. 


Mr. Alston reported from the Committee on the 
London and Southampton (Portsmouth Branch) 
Railway Bill; and to whom several Petitions against 


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145 


the said Bill were referred; That the Standin 
Orders relative to Railway Bills had been chmaplied 
with; and that they had considered one of the said 
Petitions, and that no person appeared on behalf 
of the other Petitions; and that the Committee 
had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill, and had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, 
and be printed. 


The Moy Navigation Bill was read a second time ; Moy Naviga- 
and committed to Mr. Dillon Browne, and the Con- ion Bill. 
naught List. 


Antunano’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Antunano’s 
time ; and committed to Sir Benjamin Hall,and the N*- Bill. 
Middlesex List. 


A Petition of James Richardson, Solicitor, and Leeds Soke 
Charles Fowler, Land Surveyor, in the borough of Co" Tull Bill 
Leeds, praying that the Leeds Soke Corn Toll Bill 
may not pass into a law as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Committee 
on the Bill. 


Mr. Chalmers reported from the Committee on Aberbrothwick 
the Aberbrothwick Harbour Bill; That they had Harbour Bill. 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. John Ormsby Gore reported from the Commit- ¢); 

tee on the Chirk y Een Bill; That they had ex- Bill = 
amined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true ; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the 
Committee, and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Sir. Charles Burrell reported from the Committee Parrett Naviga: 
on the Parrett Navigation Bill; and to whom a Pe-ticn Bill. 
tition against the said Bill was referred ; That they 
had heard counsel in support of the said Petition, 
and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill ; 
and had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The South Eastern Railway Bill was read a South Eastera 
second time ; and committed to Mr. Law Hodges, ¥ailway Bill. 
and the East Kent List. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Nottingham 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Common Fields 
case of the Petition for the Nottingham Common Bil. 
Fields Inclosure Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Poor Law 
Howden Union, in the East Riding of the county Amendment 
of York, praying for the amendment of so much of 
the Poor Law Act as respects Orders of Affiliation, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from the Ward of Broad-street, London ; Metropolis 
—the Ward of Cripplegate Within, London ;—the Police Bilt. 
Ward of Queenhithe, London ;—and, Merchants, 
Traders, Citizens and Inhabitants of London (two 
Petitions); praying that the Metropolis Police Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 








Vout. 94. 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
U Petitions 











Sale of Beer 
Bill. 


Church 
Establishment 
(Canada.) 


Postage. 


Church of 
Scotland. 





146 25° Martit. 


Petitions from Enfield and Edmonton; —Win- 
chester and Epsom; praying that the Sale of Beer 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of John Caparn, of Codnor Park, in 
the county of Derby, Seeman Brewer, praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law, was 
also presented, and read ; on ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Brewood ;— Wolverhampton ; — 
and, Benwell; praying the House to take into con- 
sideration the present state of the Ecclesiastical 
Establishment in the Canadas,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Vairn;—James Hills ;—Maiden- 
head ; — Hitchin ; —Kirkcaldy ; — Wolverhampton ; 
— Dingwall(two Petitions) ;—_Pittenweem ;—Cupar ; 
—Old and New Bond-streets, London ;—and King- 
street, Saint James's, Westminster ; praying for the 
adoption of a low and uniform rate of Postage,— 


were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Glassford ;— Campbeltown ;—Saint 
John’s, Glasgow ; — Saint Thomas, Glasgow ; — 
Abercorn ;—Coalwork district of Campbeltown ;— 
Kirhowan ;—Saint Luke, Edinburgh ;—Forgan ;— 
Inveraray ;— Watten ;—Saint Mary’s, Edinburgh : 
—Saint George, Edinburgh ;—Kilbrandon and Kil- 
chattan ,—and, Perth and Bridgend; praying the 
House to adopt measures for relieving the religious 
destitution which prevails in Scotland, by extending 
the efficiency of the Established Church, —were 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. ° 


Wigan Borough A Petition of Thomas Hawett, of Standishgate, 


Election. 


in the Borough of Wigan, in the county of 
Lancaster, Surgeon, and Richard as | of 
Wallgate, in the said Borough, Book-keeper, was 
delivered in, and read; setting forth, That at 
the last Election of a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Wigan, 
which was held in this present March, the Peti- 
tioners were electors for the said Borough, and 
claim to have had a right to vote and did vote at 
the said Election for William Ewart, Esquire, as a 
Burgess to represent the said Borough in this pre- 
sent Parliament, and that the Petitioners still are 
such electors, and claim to have a right to vote at 
any Election of Members to serve in Patibestens for 
the said Borough, which shall or may take place 
before the first day of November now next ensuing; 
that the said William Ewart and John Hodson 
Kearsley, Esquire, were Candidates at the said 
Election, and that the Returning Officer declared 
the said William Ewart duly elected to serve in 
this present Parliament at the said Election, and 
that the said William Ewart was duly elected 
thereat; that the Petitioners find that a certain 
Petition, complaining of the said Election and Re- 
turn of the said Wiliam Ewart, has been presented 
by the said John Hodson Kearsley to the House, 
and that the said Petition has been ordered to be 
taken into consideration on the sixteenth day of 
April next ; that the Petitioners beg leave to repre- 
sent to the House, that divers persons claiming to 
be electors of the said Borough of Wigan, but 
having no legal title to vote, were allowed to vote 
at the said Election for thé said John Hodson 
Kearsley, whose votes ought not to have been 
counted, and should not remain on the poll taken 
at the said Election; and the Petitioners further 
represent, that extensive bribery, corruption and 
treating were carried on at the said Election by the 
friends, agents and supporters of the said John 
Hodson Kearsley ; and also that several voters were 











A. 1839. 


forcibly and outrageously taken or sent away from 
the said Borough before or during the said Elec- 
tion, in order to prevent such persons from voting 
thereat, in gross violation of the freedom of Elec- 
tion, and the rights of the said voters, as well as 
of the whole constituency of the said Borough ; 
and praying, that they may be admitted as Parties, 
together with the said William Ewart, to defend 
the Return of the said William Ewart, in his 
Opposition to the prayer of the said Petition of 
the said John Hodson Kearsley, according to the 
form of the Statute in such case made and pro- 
vided; and also to show and prove before the 
Committee by whom the merits of the said Peti- 
tion of the said John Hodson Kearsley is to be 
tried, the several allegations ef this Petition con- 
cerning the corruption, and gross and forcible ab- 
duction of voters, practised at the said Election. 

The House was moved, That the tenth section of 
the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, to consolidate and amend the 
laws relating to the trial of Controverted Elections 
or Returns of Members to serve in Parliament, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Petitioners be admitted Parties, 
pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition. 


A Petition of landed Proprietors and Inhabitants Railways 
of Cashel, praying that the Report of the Irish (Ireland. 


Railway Commissioners — be adopted, was 


resented, and read, and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of the Committee of the Society of Dovble and 
Dramatic Authors, praying that the Double and Freble Costs 


Treble Costs Bili may not pass into a law as it now 
stands, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Staines, praying the Maynooth 
House to withdraw every kind of public support College. 


from the Roman Catholic College of Maynoo‘a, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of the LordLieutenant 
county of Sligo, complaining of the recent appoint- ° leland. 


ment of Lord Viscount Ebrington to the Lord Lieu- 
tenancy of ZJreland, and praying the House to adopt 
measures to relieve their apprehensions, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ordsall ;— Midhurst ; —Batheal- Education. 


ton, &amp;c.;—Langford Budville;—and, Wellington 
(Somerset); praying the House not to sanction any 
system of N 
principles of the Established Church,—were pre- 
~t and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Metropolis 
habitant Householders of Saint Leonard’s, Shore- 1™Preveme™ 


ditch, suggesting certain Improvements in that 
parish, and praying the House to take the same 
into consideration, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Metropolis 
Improvements. 


Petitions from Llanfair ; — Alberbury ; — Llan- Corn Laws. 


wddyn ; -— Llanfihangel ; — Llanerfyl ; — Lianbryn- 
mair ;—Llansantffraid ;—Llangynien ; —Llanfyllin ; 
— Pennant ; — Llanfair ; — Llangadfan ;— Kerry 
(Montgomery) ;— Llanfechan ;--Berriew ;—Meiford; 
—Leighton ; — Montgomery ;— Welsh Pool (two 
Petitions) ;—Machynlleth;— Forden;— Garthbeibio ; 
—Llundyssil ;—and, Stalbridge , praying that the 
Corn Laws may not be repealed,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Emsworth, praymg 
for the repeal of the Corn Laws, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions 


ational Education not founded on the /\ 





Ecclesia 
Daties : 
Revenu 


Prisons 
(Scotla 


Tobacc 
Segars 
Snuff, 


Sale 
Bill, 


Live 
Ch 


Nor 
Lig! 





Eeclesiastica! 
Doties and . 
Revenues Bill. 


Prisons : 
(Scotland ) Bill. 


Tobacco, , 
Segars, a) 
Snuff. 


nt 


Sale of Beer 
Bill, 


Liverpool 
Churches Bill. 


Northern 
Lights, 








2 Victroriz. 


Petitions from the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield; | 
—the Dean and Chapter of Chichester ;—Clergy of 
Saint George's, Hanover-square ;—Clergy of Saint 
Mary-le-bone ;--Clergy in the diocese of Canterbury; 
—Clergy inthe county of Mottingham(two Petitions); 
—Clergy in Surrey and Sussex ;—Clergy in Sussex ; 
—Clergy in Surrey ;— Clergy of the Northern Di- 
vision of the Deanery of Buinkam ;—Clergy of the 
Rural Deanery of Rieke: aah Clergy of the 
Rural Deanery of the Reverend George Shiffner, 
in the diocese of Chichester; praying that the Ec- 
clesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and others of 
Dingwall, praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Number of Pounds Weight of Leaf 
Tobacco, Manufactured Tobacco, Segars and Snuff, 
paid Duty upon Quarterly, for the year 1838, end- 
ing the 5th day of January 1839; also, the Rate of 
Duty, and the Total Amount of the same, distin- 
guishing England, Scotland and Ireland; also, the 
Number of Pounds Weight of each, and the Amount 
of Duty collected at the respective Ports of Impor- 
tation within the same period, and the Total of each 
Quarter and Year:—Of the Number of Pounds 
Weight of Unmanufactured Tobacco, Manufactured 
Tubacco called Negrohead, Segars and Snuff im- 
ported into England, Scotland and Ireland, from 
the United States of America and all other Parts, 
in the year 1838, ending the 5th day of January 
1839 ; distinguishing the Quantities of each Deno- 
mination imported into the respective Ports of the 
United Kingdom, and from whence it came, de- 
scribing the Quantity of Unmanufactured Tobacco, 
Manufactured Tobacco, called Negrohead, Manu- 
factured Segars and Snuff, and Total Amount of 
the same :—Of the Number of Pounds Weight of 
Cut, Shag and Roll Tobacco, Segars, Rappee, 
Scotch, and Brown Scotch Snuff, respectively, sent 
out by Permit or Certificate by the Manufacturers 
in the United Kingdom, in the ‘use ending the 5th 
day of January 1839, distinguishing the Quantities 
under each Denomination for England, Ireland and 
Scotland :—And, Of the Number of Pounds Weight 
of Leaf Tobacco, Tobacco Stalks, Returns of To- 
bacco, Cut, Shag and Roll Tobacco, Segars, Stalk, 
Flour, Rappee, Scutch and Brown Scotch Snuff, 
and Snuff Work respectively, in the Stock of Manu- 
facturers in the United Kingdom on the 5th day of 
January 1839, showing what part of each was in 
Stock, and what in Operation; distinguishing the 
Quantities under each Denomination for England, 
Scotland and Ireland. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee upon the Sale of Beer Bill upon Wed- 
nesday the 24th day of April next, was read, and 
discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


the 8th day of May next, resolve itself into the said | P 


Committee. 


The Liverpool Churches Bill was read a second 
time; and committed to Lord Viscount Sandon, and 
the South Lancaster List. 


A Petition of Owners of Steam Vessels employed 
in the trade between London and Leith, praying 
the House to make an inquiry into the circumstances 
under which the Commissioners for the Northern 
Lights subject the vessels of the Petitioners to Tolls 
for the Bell Rock Light, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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Vou. 94. 


147 


A Petition of Owners of Steam Vessels in Edin™ Steam Vessels. 
burgh, praying the House not to entertain any pro- 
posal for levying a Tax upon the conveyance of 
passengers by Steam Vessels, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Orders, Ship “ Snake.” 
—Copy of a Report of Captain Milne, Commander 
of Her Majesty’s Ship “ Snake,” made to the Commo- 
dore on the West Jndia Station, in consequence of 
Instructions from the Admiralty, relative to cer- 
tain Atrocities alleged to have been perpetrated on 
board a Portuguese Slaver captured by the Snake : 

—Also, Copies of, or Extracts from, any Reports of 
other Public Officers in the West Indies on that 
subject. 

A Return of the Amount of British Force present. British Force 
in the Bay of Vera Cruz at the time of the rh of (Vera Cruz.) 
the Castle of Saint Juan d’Alloa, by the French 
Squadron under Admiral Baudin, and at the taking 
of Vera Cruz by the same Squadron:—A\Iso, Copies 
of any Memorials on the same subject addressed to 
the Lords of the Admiralty. 

A Return of the Number of disposable Ships West India 
and Vessels under the Orders of Commodore Station. 
Douglas, actually present within the Jamaica part 
of the West India Station at different periods be- 
tween May and December 1838. 

7 — That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Members of the Society for the Pre- Sings Coach 
vention of Cruelty to Animals in Belfast, praying (Teland) Act. 
for the repeal or amendment of the Stage Coach 

(Ireland) Act, 50 Geo. 3, c. 32, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Retail Grocers and Dealers in Coffee Foreign Coffee. 
in Haddington, praying for the repeal of the Duty 
on Foreign Coffee, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Public 
Select Committee on Public Petitions ; That the ai th 
had examined the Petitions presented from the 20t cone 
to the 22d days of this instant March, both inclu- 
sive; and had directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House. 

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


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to several Slave Trade. 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—Copy of the Report 
of Hall Pringle and Alexander Campbell, Esquires, 
Associate Justices of the Peace, relative to certain 
Atrocities of Slave Traders laid before the Secretary 
of State for the Colonies, in a Letter to Mr. Evelyn, 
of the 17th day of February 1838 ; and the Evi- 
dence taken under a Commission from Government 
by the said Justices at Lucca, in Jamaica, on the 
18th day of July, and following days, 1838. 

Copies of any Communications addressed to the Jamaica. 
Secretary of State by the Agent for the Island of 
Jamaica, relative to the conduct of the Negro Po- 
ulation of that Island. 

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


A Petition of Sir John Milley Doyle, K. C. B., Sit John Milley 
stating that in the inonth of May 1828, the Peti- Deyle. 
tioner, then residing in Portugal, was illegally im- 
prisoned and confined in a dungeon for months by 
the de facto government of that country under Don 
Miguel; that he has used every exertion in his 
power to procure redress, and having no other 
means left to obtain justice, he prays the House to 
take his case into consideration, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

v2 + Mr. 


— 








148 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty,—-Copies of certain Reports 
of the Assistant Hand-loom Weavers Commis- 
sioners. 

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





Hand-loom 
Weavers. 


Prisons The Order of the cay being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) Bill. mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
12th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 





Supreme Courts The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) Bill. mittee on the Supreme Courts (Scoéland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
12th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 








Designs Copy- 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
right Bill. 


mittee on the Designs Copyright Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 10th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Designs Copy- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

right Extension mittee on the Designs Copyright Extension Bill; 

_ Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 10th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Appointments 
‘Suspension Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Ecclesiastical 
Appointments 
Suspension Bil 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield and 


Message from 


the Lords. Mr. Brougham : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
Tithe Compo- A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the imme- 


sitions Arrears qiate Distribution of 


(Ireland) Bill a Portion of the Fund appli- 


cable to the Relief of Persons entitled to certain 
Arrears of Tithe Compositions under an Act of the 
last Session of Parliament to abolish Compositions 
for Tithes in Ireland, and to substitute Rent-charges 
in lieu thereof, and for other purposes : 


Duke ot A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter the Powers of 
Wellington’s 45} no ained 3 sara] . . nae 
Estate Bil, Jolmturing contained in several Acts for purchasing 


and providing a Residence and Estates for the Duke 

of Wellington, and to settle certain Articles to go 

as Heir Looms with the said Estates. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the several 


Preston and 


bee re Railway Acts relating to the Preston and Wyre Railway and 
Iile 
Harbour Company :— And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 
Supply ; A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 


posed, That the Order of the day, for the Committee 
of Supply be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“* an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
that She will be graciously pleased to direct, that 
the Order or Orders issued to the Royal Marines, 
obliging that Corps to provide themselves with 
Great Coats, be laid upon the Table of this House,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :-- 


Royal Marines. 


“ 
“ 
““ 


“ce 


The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of, 
| 


the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day for the Com- | 
mittee of Supply be now read; and the same being 


read ; 


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A. 1839. 


The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Admiralty 
dred and thirteen thousand nine hundred and twenty- Oe. 
four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses 
of the Admiralty Office, to the 31st day of March 
1840. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Registry of 
thousand five hundred and fifty pounds, be granted eta 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers 
and the Contingent Expenses of the Office for the 
Registry of Merchant Seamen, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- Scientific 
six thousand five hundred and ninety-seven pounds, Pr ara 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of °° “*" 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the 
several Scientific Departments of the Navy, to the 
31st day of March 1840. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and twenty-one thousand three hundred and 
nineteen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, todefray 
the Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Ex- 
penses of Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at 
home, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nineteen D° - Abroad, 
thousand six hundred and ninety-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the 
Officers and the Contingent Expenses of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Naval Establishments abroad, to the 31st 
day of March 1840. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Wages of 
hundred and sixty-eight thousand and fifty-nine a 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the® 
Wages of Artificers, Labourers and others, em- 
ployed in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at 
home, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

7. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding Twenty- D° - Abroad, 
seven thousand four hundred and thirty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Wages of Arti- 
ficers, Labourers and others, employed in Her Ma- 
jesty’s Naval Establishments abroad, to the 31st 
day of March 1840. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight Naval Stores. 
hundred and _ fifty-six thousand six hundred and 
thirty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the expense of Naval Stores for the building 
and repair of Ships, purchase of Steam Machinery, 
and for other purposes connected therewith, to the 
31st day of March 1840. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Dock Yards. 
dred and fifty-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety- 
two pounds be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the charge of New Works, Improvements and 
Repairs, in the Naval Yards, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighteen Medicines, &amp;c. 
thousand three hundred and nine manners, granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the charge of Medicines 
and Medical Stores, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty Naval Miscella- 
thousand nine hundred and seven pounds, be granted ¢ous S¢viee* 
to Her Majesty, to defray the charge of divers 
Naval Miscellaneous Services, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hun- Half Pay (Navy: 
dred and eighty-two thousand two hundred and and Marines.) 

| thirty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to com- 
| plete the Charge of Half Pay to Officers of the 
| Navy and Royal Marines, which will come in course 
| of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
| of March 1840. 
| 13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve Military 
thousand five hundred and forty-eight pounds, be | symecechonay 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the charge of 
Military Pensions and Allowances, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
3ist day of March 1840. 


Naval Esta- 
blishments 
at Home, 





14. Resolved, 








Convict 
South 1 


Bill. 


Dor 
Tre 
Bill 


Suy 






















its 


Ye 


ad, 





Civil - D®. 


Transports, &amp;c. 


Convicts (New 
South Wales.) 


Borough Courts 


Bill. 


Double and 
Treble Costs 


Supply ; 


Land Forces. 


General Staff 
Officers, 


Public Military 





% VicTorRiz. 


14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty 
three thousand four hundred and forty three pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Charge 
of Civil Pensions and Allowances which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1840. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and fifty thousand nine and fifty four 

unds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the 
Freight of Ships and Transports, and other Charges 
on account of the Army and Ordnance Departments, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1840. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty 
six thousand two hundred and four ae be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
conveying Convicts to New South Wales and Van 
Diemen’s Land, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
‘March 1840. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Martis, 26° die Martii, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Borough Courts Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday the 8th day of 
April next. 


The Double and Treble Costs Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 


17th day of April next. 


Mr. Charles Wood, by Order, reported from the 
Committee of Supply, several Resolutions ; which 
were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding Four hun- 
dred and twenty-one thousand three hundred and 
eighty-three pounds, (to complete the sum of Three 
million four hundred and twenty-one thousand three 
hundred and eighty-three pounds), be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her Majesty’s 
Land Forces, for service in the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, and on Stations abroad, 
(excepting the Regiments employed in the Terri- 
torial Possessions of the East India Company), 
from the ist day of April 1839 to the 31st day of 
March 1840, both days inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and fifty-five thousand three hundred and 
fifty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
detraying the Charge of General Staff Officers, and 
Officers of the Hospitals, serving with Her Majesty’s 
Forces in the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, and on Foreign Stations (excepting 
India), and of Her Majesty’s Garrison of the Tower 
of London, for the year, from the 1st day of April 
1839 to the 31st day of March 1840, both days 
inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- 


Departments, eight thousand seven hundred and eight pounds, be 


ted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 

of the Allowances to Xe Principal Officers of the 

several Public Military Departments in Great Bri- 

tain, their Deputies, Clerks and Contingent Ex- 

penses, for the year, from the 1st day of April 1839 

to oe 31st day of March 1840, both days inclusive. 
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149 


4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventeen —_— —y 
thousand four hundred and eighty-six pounds, be ©“ “* 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 

of the my Military Asylum and of the Hibernian 

Military School, for the year, from the 1st day of 

April 1839 to the 31st day of March 1840, both 

days inclusive. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- Volunteer 
nine thousand one hundred and thirty-seven pounds, “""?* 

be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 

of Volunteer Corps, for the year, from the Ist da 

of April 1839 to the 31st day of March 1840, both 

days inclusive. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen Rewards for 
thousand and forty-two pounds, be granted to Her Nilitery Ser- 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Rewards for 
distinguished Military Services, and also, of Allow- 
ances to Officers of Her Majesty’s Garrisons, hold- 
ing their Appointments as Rewards for Military 
Service, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations, for the year, 
from the 1st day of April 1839 to the 3ist day of 
March 1840, both days inclusive. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Pay of General 
dred and two thousand pounds, be granted to Her ficers. 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the Pay of 
General Officers in Her Majesty’s Forces, not being 
Colonels of Regiments, for the year, from the 1st 
day of April 1839 to the 31st day of March 1840, 
both days inclusive. . 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- Full Pay for 
seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, ell 
for defraying the Charge of Full-pay for reduced ; 
and retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Forces, for 
the year, from the 1st day of April 1839 to the 31st 
day of March 1840, both days inclusive. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five HalfPay forD*- 
hundred and seventeen thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Half- 
pay and Military Allowances to reduced and retired 
Officers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, for the year, 
from the 1st day of April 1839 to the 31st day of 
March 1840, both days inclusive. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- Half Pay to 
seven thousand two hundred and four pounds, be Foreign Officers. 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Half-pay and reduced Allowances to Officers of 
disbanded Pesan Corps, of Pensions to wounded 
Foreign Officers, and of Allowances to the Widows 
and Children of deceased Foreign Officers, for the 
year, from the 1st day of April 1839 to the 31st 
day of March 1840, both days inclusive. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Widows’ 
hundred and forty-three thousand nine hundred and Pensions. 
forty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge of Pensions to be paid to the 
Widows of Officers of the Land Forces, for the 
year, from the 1st day of April 1839 to the 31st 
day of March 1840, both days inclusive. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Compassionate 
hundred and thirty-one thousand eight hundred 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of Allowances on the Compassionate 
List; of Allowances as of Her Majesty’s Royal 
Bounty ; and of Pensions, Gratuities and Allow- 
ances to Officers for Wounds, for the year, from 
the 1st day of April 1839 to the 31st day of March 
1840, both days inclusive. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Chelsea and 
million three hundred and eight thousand and seven Kilmainham 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying #**?™™ 
the Charge of Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals, 
of the In-pensioners of those Establishments, of 
the Out-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, and of 
Pensions granted to discharged Negro Soldiers, for 
the year from the 1st day of April 1839 to the 31st 
day of March 1840, both days inclusive. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- Superannuation 
four thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, neces. 
for defraying the Charge of Allowances, Compen- 





v3 sations 











Mutiny Bill. 


Marine Mutiny 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Slave Bounties. 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Foreign Wine. 


Spirits. 


Post Office and 
Admiralty 
Packets. 


150 25°—26° Marti. A. 1839, 


sations and Emoluments, in the nature of Super- 
annuation or retired Allowances to Persons formerly 
belonging to the several Military Public Depart- 
ments in the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, for the year, from the 1st day of April 
1839 to the 3ist day of March 1840, both days 
inclusive. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday the sth day of April 
next. 


The Marine Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday the 8th day of 
April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Applications made on behalf of the 
Captors of the Spanish and Portuguese Vessels 
Lafayette, General Ricafort Elmismo, Cantabra, 
Tridente and Matilde, for payment of the several 
Bounties under the Act 1 and 2 Vic., c. 47; and 
also, Copies of any Replies that may have been 
given to the same. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
for the purpose of ascertaining how far the formation 
of Railroads may affect the mterest of Turnpike 
Trusts, and the Creditors of such Trusts :—And a 
Committee was appointed of Mr. Mackinnon, Sir 
Henry Parnell, Mr. Granville Harcourt Vernon, 
Mr. Mildmay, Mr. Greene, Mr. George Wilbraham, 
Mr. Ormsby Gore, Mr. Dunbar, Mr. Henry Hope, 
Mr. Ainsworth, Mr. Henry Baring, Colonel Rush- 
brooke, Lord Viscount Clive, Mr. Shaw Lefevre and 
Mr. Parrott, with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Number of Gallons of Foreign 
Wine imported, of the Quantities upon which Duty 
has been paid for Home Consumption, the rate of 
Duty, and the Quantities exported ; also the Quan- 
tities retained for Home Comsumption after deduct- 
ing the Amount exported, subsequent to the pay- 
ment of Duty, for the year ended the 5th day of 
January 1839; distinguishing Cape, French, Por- 
tugal, Spanish, Madeira, Rhenish, Canary, Fayal, 
Sicilian and other sorts; together with the Quantities 
of each sort remaining in Bond on the 5th day of 
January 1839; distinguishing London from the 
Country. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Number of Proof Gallons of 
Rum, Brandy, Geneva and other Foreign, Colonial 
or Jersey Spirits imported, of the Quantities upon 
which Duty has been paid for Home Consumption, 
the Quantities exported, and the Quantities shipped 
as Stores, and used by the Navy, for the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1839, together with the 
Quantities remaining in Bond on the 5th day of 


January 1839; distinguishing London from the 
Country. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account showing the Number of Post Office 
and Admiralty Steam Packets on the Liverpool and 
Kingstown, Holyhead and Kingstown, Milford and 
Waterford, and Port Patrick and Donaghadee 









Stations ; the Expense incurred in the Building and 
Outfit and Repairs of the Vessels; the Expense of 
the Establishment; the Total Disbursements, and 
the Receipts for Passages, &amp;c., and the Totals of 
such Charge, from the 5th day of January 1832. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Scientific 
Return of the manner in which the Sum of £. 1,000, ©*Periments, 
voted in 1838, for Rewards, Experiments and other 
Expenses for Scientific Purposes, was expended. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Packet Esta. 
an Account of the whole Expense of the Packet blishment. ss 
Establishment paid by the Admiralty in the year (Beo 
1838 ; stating, under separate heads, Ships, Repairs, 


Wages, &amp;c., so as to exhibit the entire Expense of 
db Tipartatient. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Exchequer Bill Hig 
Return of the Names of the Commissioners ap- (Public Works.) and 
pointed and now officiating for the issue of Exche- } 
quer Bills for Public Works in England, Wales Pa 
and Scotland: —An Account of the yearly Ex- (Ir 


enses of the Board of Commissioners for the 
issue of Exchequer Bills for Public Works: — 
Amount allotted to the Commissioners for distri- 
bution under the several Acts of Parliament passed 
for that purpose; the Amount remaining unappro- 
priated:—Amounts advanced to Borrowers, and 
contracted to be advanced, the Dates of such Ad- 
vances, and how to be repaid, the objects thereof, 
Rates of Interest, Amounts of Interest paid, of 
Principal repaid, and of Principal remaining unpaid, 
on the 31st day of December 1838 :—An Abstract 
showing the Total of Principal and Interest received 
by the Commissioners on account of Loans advanced, 
and the Amount returned by them into the Account 
of Her Majesty’s Exchequer, to the 5th day of 
January 1839:—An Abstract of the Principal Sum of 
Exchequer Bills advanced in each year by the 
Commissioners for the issue of Exchequer Bills for 
Public Works, &amp;c., from the 17th day of June 
1817 up to the 31st day of December 1838; dis- 
tinguishing the Amount advanced under compulsory 
Acts of Parliament from the Sums advanced at the 
discretion of the Commissioners; also, an Abstract 
of the aggregate Amount received in each year, for 
the same period, for the Principal Sum of Exche- 
quer Bills, and the aggregate Amount of Interest 
received in.each of these years for the Advances 
made ; distinguishing the Amount received for the 
Sums advanced under compulsory Acts of Parlia- 
ment from the Sums advanced at the discretion of 
the Commissioners; also, the Amount paid by the 
Commissioners into Her Majesty’s Exchequer for 
Principal and Interest, on account of such Loans, 
in each year, for the same period :—And, a general 
Statement of the Transactions of the Commissioners 
for the issue of Exchequer Bills for Public Works, 
from their Appointment under the Act 57 Geo. 3, 
c. 34, (17th June 1817), showing the Total Amount 
of Exchequer Bills issued, with Interest thereon, 
calculated at the rate of £.3 per centum, per annum ; 
the Amount of Payments into the Exchequer, In- 
terest thereon being calculated at the same rate ; 
the Balances of Loans and Interest outstanding, 
and the estimated Profit, to the 31st day of De- 
cember 1838. 
Mr. Barin 
Ordered, i 
Table. 





accordingly presented the said Papers. 
hat the said Papers do lie upon the 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Spanish Claims. 
Copy of the Report of the Commissioners on the 














Claims of British Subjects trading with Spain, for 
Losses sustained by them by the Sequestration of 
their Property, Book-debts and Merchandize on 
Shore, by the Spanish Government, subsequently 
to the year 1804. 


Mr. 








Nts, 


Bills 
orks.) 





2 VicToriz. 25°—_96°— 27° Martii. 151 


Criminal Law. Mr. For Maule presented, by Her Majesty’s | ton, and to settle certain Articles to go as Heir 





command,—Fourth Report of Her Majesty’s Com- | Looms with the said Estates. 
missioners on Criminal Law. An Act to amend the several Acts relating to the eet 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | Preston and Wyre Railway and Harbour Company. pi" y 
Table. An Act for naturalizing John Christoph Kayser. Kagur's 
Heritable The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to facilitate : ill. 
Securities the Constitution, Transmission and Extinction of | Mr. England, trom the Trustees of the Liverpool Liverpool Port. 


(Scotland) Bill. yy. itable Securities for Debt in Scotland: And the | Docks, was called in; and at the bar presented, 


No.126. came was read the first time; and ordered to be | pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 10th day | —An Account of the Receipt and Disbursement of 
of April next; and to be printed Dock and Light Duties at the Port of Liverpool, 

+ &gt;? . 

from 25th June 1837 to 23d June 1838 :—And then 
Writs _. The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to facilitate | he withdrew. 
(Scotland) Bill. the Preparation of Writs in Scotland: And the | Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
No.127. same was read the first time; and ordered to be} Table. 
ad d ti Wednesday the 10th day | 
-- ‘Avril al ; sail a he meee d y Y) Mr. Strutt presented a Bill for the more easy and Chesterfield 
prui next ; and to be printed. mere Court of 

speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Borough por opin 

HighiandRoads Ordered, That the Twenty-fifth Report of the | and Parish of Chesterfield, and other Parishes and . j 

and Bridges. ~Q©ommissioners of Highland Roads and Bridges,| Places adjacent or near thereto, in the County of 

No. 128. which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. | Derby: And the same was read the first time; and 
Public Works Ordered, That the Copy of the Seventh Annual ordered to be read a second time. 
(Ireland.) Report of the Commissioners of Public Works 
No. 129. (Jreland), which was presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 


Mr. Baines reported from the Committee on North Midland 
the North Midland Railway Bill; and to whom Pailway Bill. 
two Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 

That no person appeared in support of the said 
Petitions; and that they had inquired into the 
several matters required to be examined into by the 
Standing Orders of the House relative to Railwa 
oo —| Bills; and had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone through 
M artis, 26° die Martiz ; the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. The House was moved, That the Report in re- Leeds Small 
Adjournment. Le House met, and being counted by Mr.| spect of the Petition for the Leeds Small Debts Debts Bill. 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were | Bill, which upon the 7th day of this instant March 
not present, yet it being four of the clock, Mr.| was made from the Select Committee on Petitions 
Speaker took the Chair, and again counted the | for Private Bills, might be read ; and the same being 
House ; and Forty Members not being present :— | read ; 
The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without} Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
a Question first put, till To-morrow. for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
_ Debts within the borough of Leeds, in the West 


Riding of the county of York: And that Mr. 
Mercuri, 27° die Martii ; Baines and Sir William Molesworth do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1839. 
Mr. Baines presented a Bill for establishing and RedcarHarbour 





PRAYERS. maintaining a Harbour, to be called Port William, (%* 2) Bill. 
Royal Assent MESSAGE by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher | at Redcar, in the North Riding of the County of 
— of the Black Rod : York: And the same was read the first time ; and 
Mr. Speaker, ordered to be read a second time. 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s ie ; . 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to se-| _ A Petition of the Corporation of Boston, praying Witham 


veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire | that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, Drainage Bill 

the immediate attendance of this Honourable House | #g@inst certain parts of the Witham Drainage Bill, 

in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission | Was presented, and read. f 

read. Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went | Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 

up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; | by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
Mr.Speaker reported, That the House, atthe desire they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 

of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s | Bill, against the said Petition. 

Commission, had been at the House of Peers, where 

a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 

giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 

the several Public and Private Bills therein men- 

tioned; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 

had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills: 





Mr. Christopher reported from the Committee on Timberland 
the Timberland Drainage Bill; That they had ex- Drainage Bill. 
amined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction 


Wisk Mile ene ne tlieer: of the Committee; and that the Committee had 
Tithe Composi- An Act to authorize the immediate Distribution of So See, a ae. 


yates a Portion of the Fund applicable to the Relief of 
reiand) Bill. Persons entitled to certain Arrears of Tithe Compo- 
sitions, under an Act of the last Session of Parlia- 

ment, to abolish Compositions for Tithes in Ireland, 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The New Cross Turnpike Roads Bill was read a New Cross 
second time ; and committed to Mr. Law Hodges, Tumpike 





and to substitute Rent-charges in lieu thereof, and | and the West Kent List. Roads Bill. 
for other Purposes: 
Duke of An Act to alter the powers of Joimturing con- | Mr. Townley, by Order, reported from the Com- Moulton 
Seen ‘ tained in several Acts, for purchasing and providing | mittee on the Moulton Inclosure Bill; That they had Inclosure Bill, 


a Residence and Estates for the Duke of Welling- | examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
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152 


same to be true ; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of 
the Committee ; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and ithe Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Barton 
Inclosure Bill. 


The Barton Inclosure Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Yorke, and the Cam- 
bridge List. 


Comberton 
Inclosure Bill. time; and committed to Mr. Yorke, and the Cam- 
bridge List. 

Slamannan 


, The Slamannan Railway Bill was read a second 
Railway Bill. 


Scotland List. 


Newcastle- Petitions from the North Shields Waterworks 
ety on — Company ; — and, Proprietors and Occupiers of 
(Tynemouth Houses and other Inhabitants of Tynemouth ; pray- 

ing that the Newcastle-upon- Tyne and North Shields 


Extension) 


Railwey Bill, (Tynemouth Extension) Railway Bill may not pass 
into a law as it now stands,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Morville The Morville and Shipton Road Bill was read a| 

ole second time; and committed to Mr. Robert Clive, 


and the South Salop List. 


Clan Inclosure = The Clun Inclosure Bill was read a second time ; 
—, and committed to Mr. Robert Clive, and the South 
Salop List. 


A Petition of Hester Rogers, of Dowdeswell, in 
the county of Gloucester, Spinster, and Edward 


Cheltenham 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


27° Marti. 


The Comberton Inclosure Bill was read a second | 


time; and committed to Mr. Lockhart, and the South 





A. 1839. 


the several Parishes of Llangollen and Llainsaint- 
fraid Glyn Ceriog, in the County of Denbigh, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ralph Ormsby Gore do carry 
| the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Rate-paying Inhabitants of Nor- Norwich 
wich, and the Hamlets and Liberties of the same, Improvemea: 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel *" 
or agents, against certain parts of the Norwich Im- 
provement Bill, was presented, and read. 
| Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
' Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
| by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if they 
| think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 





A Petition of Inhabitants, Merchants and Traders Norwich 
| of Norwich, praying that they may be heard, by their Tonnage Bil. 
| counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Nor- 
wich Tonnage Bill, was presented, and read. 
| Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if they 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Pontefract 
of the Petition for the Pontefract Honor Court -—" Court 
| Bill, which upon the 18th day of this instant March * 
_was made from the Select Committee on Petitions 
_ for Private Bills, might be read; and the same being 
| read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
the more easy and speedy recovery of Small Debts 
and Damages, within the ene of Pontefract, parcei 





Coxwell Rogers, of the same place, Esquire, pray- | of Her Majesty’s Duchy of Lancaster, in the West 
ing that they may be heard, by their counsel or} Riding of the county of York, and for altering the 
agents, against certain parts of the Cheltenham | practice and extending the jurisdiction of the Court 


Waterworks Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by 
their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if they 
think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


The Tetbury Vicarage Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Estcourt, and the West 
Gloucester List. 


Tetbury 
Vicarage Bill. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Sewers of the city 
of London and Liberties thereof, praying that they 
may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Commercial (Zondon and Black- 
wall) Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 


Commercial 
(London and 
Blackwall) 
Railway Bill. 


| Baron of the said Honor: And that Lord Viscount 

| Morpeth and Mr. Baines do prepare, and bring 

‘it in. 

| A Petition of Inhabitants, Housekeepers, Rate- Manchester 

| payers of Wakefield, and others, resident in the ——, 

| neighbourhood, praying that they may be heard, by baie eae 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 

| Manchester and Leeds Railway Bill, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Nottingham 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the (Saint Mary's) 
case of the Petition for the Nottingham (Saint — 
Mary’s) Inclosure Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Nottingham 

tion, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour | mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 2"4 — 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. | case of the Petition for the Nottingham and Mans- gi 


field Small Debts Bill, the Standing Orders had 





Commercial Ordered, That the Petition of Inhabitants and , been complied with. 
(London and ~~ others, of Aldgate Ward, in the city of London,| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Blackwall) shi 29 cente Thursday last, be referred | for the more ez nd speedy Recovery f Small 
Railway Bill. which was presented upon Thursday last, be rete more easy and speedy Recovery of Sma 
to the Committee on the Commercial (Zondon and | Debts within the town and county of the town of 
Blackwall) Railway Bill; and the Petitioners heard, | Nottingham, and within the parish of Mansfield and 
by themselves, their counsel and agents, upon their | other places, in the counties of Nottingham and 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in| Derby: And that Sir Ronald Ferguson and Colonel 
favcur of the Bill, against the said Petition. | Rolleston do prepare, and bring it in. 
Nottingham A Petition of Samuel Parsons, praying that the| Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- London Bridge 


Common Fields time for presenting the Nottingham Common Fields | mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Approaches, 
Juclosure Bill: Thelosure Bill may be enlarged till Monday the | case of the Petition for further time for presenting 44 
15th day of April next, was presented, and read ; | the London Bridge Approaches, &amp;c., Bill, the Com- 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions | mittee recommend that leave be given to present the 
for Private Bills. _ Bill on or before the 10th day of April next. 
| __Ordered, That the time for presenting the said 
Chirk Inelosure An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the | Bill be enlarged till Wednesday, the 10th day of 
Bill. Honor or Lordship of Chirk and Chirk Land, in | April next. 
Mr. 


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2 VicrorRiz. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com-| 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That, in the) 
case of the Petition for Burnett’s Patent Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Burnett’s 
Patent. 


Patent White Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
Lead Companys mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That, in the 
case of the Petition for the Patent White Lead 
Company Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for forming and establishng The Patent White 
Lead Company, and to enable the said Company to 
purchase certain Letters Patent: And that Mr. 
Hutt and Mr. Mackinnon do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Barton Ordered, That the Petition of the Governors of 

Inclosure Bill. the Charity for the Relief of Poor Widows and 
Children. of Clergymen, which was presented upon 
the 7th day of this instant March, be referred to 
the Committee on the Barton Inclosure Bill; and 
the Petitioners heard, by their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Pe- 
tition. 


Redruth aud The Order made upon Friday last, That the 
-_ Road = Redruth and Hayle Road Bill, with the Amend- 
; ments, be ingrossed, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Report from the Committee 
on the Bill do lie upon the Table. 
Northern and 


Mr. Ward presented a Bill to enable the Northern 
Eastern Railway and Eastern Redlnes Company to alter the Line of 
(No. 2.) Bil their Railway, by forming a Junction with the Eastern 
Counties Railway, and to provide a Station and 
other Works at Shoreditch, and to amend the Act 
relating to the Northern and Eastern Railway: And 
the same was read the first time; and i tete to 
be read a second time. 
Edinburgh, The Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway 
— = Bill was read a second time; and committed to Mr. 
Bill. ¥ Gibson Craig and the South Scotland List. 
Nottingham Sir Ronald Ferguson presented a Bill for the 
a” more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts 
Bill. within the Town and County of the Town of Notting- 
ham, and within the Parish of Mansfield and other 
Places, in the Counties of Nottingham and Derby: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Oldham Mr. Finch presented a Bill for the more easy 
— Debts Recovery of Small Debts within the Parishes of 
ws Prestwich-cum- Oldham and Middleton, in the 
County of Lancaster, and Saddleworth, in the West 
Riding of the County of York: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 
Caledonian 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Canal. Council of Jnverness, praying the Hduse to authorize 
the early completion of the Caledonian Canal, with 
sufficient depth of water, and to sanction the employ- 
ment of a requisite number of steam-tugs, as recom- 
mended by the engineer, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Cale- 
donian Canal. 

Highways Bil. A Petition of Members of the Select Vestry of 
the parish of Richmond, in the county of Surrey, 
praying that the clause in the Highways Bill, 
whereby all local Acts are respected, may be so 
modified, as, whilst it does not interfere with any 
peculiar powers vested in the Petitioners, may never- 
theless give them the advantage of all general 

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153 


powers and regulations contained in the said Bill, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to li 
the Table. ; ies 


Petitions from Panbride ;— East Garnsie ; — Chureh of 
Keith ;—Old Luce ;—Holburn ;— Cruden ;—Ellon ; Scotland. 
— ast Church, Airdrie ;—and, Chapel of Garioch ; 
praying the House to adopt measures for relieving 
the religious destitution which prevails in Scotland, 
by extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 

—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Forglen, 
praying the House to give no countenance to any 
proposal for granting sdditional endowments to the 
Church of Scotland, and cut off occasion of solicitin 
any, by dissolving the connexion between Church 
and State, was also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from East Kirkby ;—Morley-cum-Chur- Education, 
well; —Thorner;—and, Leominster; praying the 
House not to sanction any system of National Edu- x 
cation not founded on the principles of the Esta- 
blished Church,—- were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Droitwich ;— Much Wenlock ;— Postage. 
Cambridge ;— William Wood and Son ;— Edinburgh; 
—Leeds ;—and, Falmouth; praying for the adoption 
of a low and uniform rate of Postage,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Kingsnorton;—Benburbe;— Dyke ; corn Laws. 
—Rafford ;— Dallas ;— Forres ;— Forres and Nairn; 
— Holsworthy ;—and, Newcastle-under-Lyme; pray- 
ing that the Corn Laws may not be repealed,—were 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 


Petitions from Inhabitants of Chorley ;—and, Sale of Beer 
Retailers of Ale and Beer in the said town; Att 
praying that Retailers of Beer may be placed on 

an equal footing with Licensed Victuallers,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


Petitions from Land-owners, Merchants and others gale of Beer 
of Stourbridge ;—and, Licensed Victuallers of the Bill. 
same place; praying that the Sale of Beer Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Tabie. 


A Petition of the Ministers and Elders of Dundee, Spirit Liceuses 
in General Session assembled, praying that the (Scotland) Bill. 
Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy in the Archdeaconry of Ecclesiastical 
Oxford, praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and oo ~_ 
Revenues Bill may not pass into a law, was pre-e 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Galway County ;— Tuam ;-—Fer- Railways 
managh ;— Castlebar ;— and, Enniskillen ; praying ("e!4"4-) 
that the proposed measure for the formation of Rail- 
ways in Ireland may not be persisted in,—were 
we and reed; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

Petitions from Nenagh;—and, Roscommon; pray- 
ing the House to appoint a Select Committee to 
determine the best lines for Railways in Ireland,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of John Godley and Edward Stephen 
Clarke, Inhabitants and Occupiers of houses and 
demesnes in the county of Dublin, praying the 

x ouse 








Army (Presby- 
terian Church 
Service). 


Metropolis 
Police Bill. 


John Dillon. 


Tithes Commu- 
tation. 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill. 


No. 130. 


Sewers. 





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House not to sanction any plan of Railway in Jre- 

land which would prejudice or injure them, without 

allowing them an opportunity to be heard, was also 

— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of the Minister, Elders and Members of 
the Presbyterian Church at Bailiebrough, praying the 
House to adopt measures for enabling Presbyterian 
Soldiers in the Army to participate in the services 
of the Presbyterian church, and that a Presbyterian 
chaplain may be appointed to each of the larger 
garrisons throughout the empire, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the ward of Coleman- 
street, in the city of London, praying that the Me- 
tropolis Police Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of John Dillon, praying the House to 
institute an inquiry into the facts connected with 
the capture of the smuggling Brig Peru, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Confirmations of Appor- 
tionments which have taken place under the Tithe 
Commutation Act. 


Mr. Robert Gordon presented a Bill for making 
the Owners of small Tenements liable to Poor 
Rates: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday, the 17th day of April next; and to be 
printed. 


Number of Great Hundred of Staves of all Deno- 
minations, without being distinguished ; the Gross 
Number of Fathoms of Lathwood of all Denomi- 
nations, without being distinguished, imported into 
Dublin from British America, for the year com- 
mencing the 5th day of January 1838; and whether 
Duty paid or in bond. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, by Her Majesty’s Constabulary 
command,—The First Report of the Constabulary Force. 
Force Commissioners. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to the Municipal 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Abstract of Boroughs. 
the Statement of Monies received and expended on No. 133. 
account of certain Boroughs in England and Wales Firs 
for 1838. -m 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to an Births and 

Address to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of Peaths. 
August, in the last Session of Parliament,—Returns No. 134, 
of the Number of Births in each District of the 
undey-mentioned Counties and Places, during the 
Twelve months ending 30th June 1838, distinguish- 
ing the Sexes :—and of the Number of Deaths in 
the same Districts, during the same Period ; dis- 
le each year of Age up to the Fifth year 
inclusive, and afterwards showing the Number for 
each Period of Five years; also, uniformly distin- 
guishing the Sexes, Counties and Places :—Essez, 
Rutland, the Metropolis; the Cities of Chester, 
Norwich and Carlisle; the Towns of Bolton-le- 
Moors, Bury, Preston, Wigan, Bradford (in York- 
shire), Stockport and Macclesfield; the Town of 
Leeds; the Township of Holbeck, in the Parish of 
Leeds, and the Town of Manchester. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to an Factories. 
Address to Her Majesty,—Returns of the Number No. 135. 
of Factories within the District of each Inspector : 

—Of the Number of Mills visited by each Inspec- 
tor; distinguishing how many he has visited once, I 





A Petition of Nathaniel Stallwood, of Calthorpe- 
street, in the parish of Saint Pancras, in the county 
of Middlesex, praying for the amendment of the 
law relating to Sewers in and near the Metropolis, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the t, able. 


South Australia. A Petition of John Lorimer, Merchant, of Pais- 


South Africa. 


East India. 
No. 131, 


Sewers Bill. 
No. 132. 


Timber, 


ley, praying the House to take measures to insure a 
speedy allotment of land to emigrants to South 
Australia, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, and others interested in 
the prosperity and civilization of Southern Africa, 
praying the House to address Her Majesty to 
adopt measures for founding a new colony at Natal, 
in South-eastern Africa, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Hobhouse presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—Correspondence relating to Persia and 


A ffghanistan. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table; and be printed. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill to consolidate 
and amend the Laws relating to Sewers: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time upon Monday the 15th day of 


April next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Number of Loads of Fir Timber 
exceeding Eight Inches Square; the Number of 
Loads of Oak Timber exceeding Eight Inches 


Square ; the Number of Loads of unenumerated 
Timber exceeding Eight Inches Square; the Gross 


Number of Great Hundred of Deals and Deal-ends, 


Battens and Batten-ends, and Boards of all Deno-| Return of all Monies to be raised under the sanc- 
minations, without being distinguished ; the Gross | tion of the Acts whereby Railroad Companies have 


twice, three times or oftener, within Nine or Six ‘ 
months before the 1st day of July 1838 :—Similar 
Returns for the Six months ending the 31st day of 
December 1838 :—-Similar Returns of the Number 
of Mills, and Visits of each Superintendent, for 
each Period above named:—Of the Number of 
Mills not visited within each Period, either by an 
Inspector or Superintendent :—And, of the Num- 
ber of Days employed within each Period by each 
Inspector and Superintendent in the discharge of 
their Duties; and of the Number of Miles travelled 
by each within the same Period. 

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





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Prison Bill 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (1837-8-) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Memorial of certain Justices 
of the Peace for the County of Sussex, assembled 
at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden 
at Lewes in and for the Eastern Division of the said 
County on the 31st day of December 1838, to Her 
Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Home 

Department, with reference to the Prison Bill of the 
last Session of Parliament. 

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








A Petition of Common Carriers, Merchants, Ma- Railways. 
nufacturers, and others engaged in trade between 
London and Manchester, praying the House to 
direct their early attention to the preparation of 
some general law to insure the conveyance of goods 
by Railways without priority or preference, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Railways. 





















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2 VicToriz. 27° Marti. 


been incorporated, between the 1st day of January 
1826 and the Ist day of January 1839, distinguish- 
ing, in a tabular form, the Sums to be raised by 
each rer sag | respectively ; as also the Sums to 
be raised as Principal from the Sums to be raised 
by Loan or Mortgage ; and stating the several Acts 
under which the said several Sums are to be raised: 
—And, An Account of the several Sums proposed to 
be raised by Railroad Companies, under the sanction 
of Bills now in progress through Parliament, dis- 
tinguishing by which Companies the several Sums 
are proposed to be raised, and whether as Loans or 
as Principal. 


155 


A Petition of Land-holders and Inhabitants of Tithes 
Culmollen, in the county of Meath, praying for (Irelaud.) 
the abolition of Tithes in Jreland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Guisborough, in Church 
Cleveland, in the North Riding of the county of ans 
York, praying the House to take into consideration 
the present state of the Ecclesiastical Establish- 
ment in the Canadas, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Land-owners, and others, of Water- Railways 
ford, praying the House to allow a deposit of Five on4 &lt;8 
pounds per centum on all Undertakings for the (relsn® 
formation of Railways and Canals in Jreland, in 
lieu of the deposit now required under the Standing 
Orders of the House, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


First Report on 
Metropolis 
Improvements. 


No. 136. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to take into their consideration the several Plans 
for the Improvement of the Metropolis, concerning 
which Reports were made to this House in the 
years 1836, 1837 and 1838, together with any other 
Plans for the same object which they may deem 
deserving of consideration, and to report their 
Opinion as to the expediency of adopting any of 
the said Improvements, and also as to the best 
means of carrying the same into effect; and to 
report their Observations thereupon from time to 
time to the House, have Power to report the 
Minutes of Evidence taken before them from time 
to time. 

Sir Robert Harry Inglis reported from the said 
Select Committee; and to whom several Petitions 
and Plans were referred ; That they had considered 
the matters to them referred ; and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


Mr. Scholefield, by Order, presented a Bill for Eckington 
the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts Small Debts 
within the Parish of Eckington and other Places, ®" 
in the County of Derby: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of Patrick Neill, of Canonmills Cot- Edinburgh, 
tage, Doctor of Laws, praying that he may be ‘ith, and 
heard, by his counsel or agent, against certain parts Railway Bill. 
of the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 


against the said Petition. 
Post Horse, 


A Petition of Postmasters and Coach-contractors, 
&amp;c., Duties. 


and others, of Edinburgh, praying for the repeal of 

the Duties on Post Horses and Stage Coaches, was 

Ea and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 





Mr. Mackinnon presented a Bill for forming and Patent White 
establishing “The Patent White Lead Company,” Lead Company 
: Bill. 
and to enable the said Company to purchase 
certain Letters Patent: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


Eckington time. 


Small Debts 


The House was moved, That the Report in — 
Bill, 


of the Petition for the Eckington Small Debts Bill, 
which upon the 19th day of February last was 
made from the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the more easy and speedy recovery of Small Debts 
within the Parish of Eckington, and other D etsoe in 
the county of Derby: And that Mr. George Cavendish 
and Mr. Brotherton do prepare, aad bring it in. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. | 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday the 8th 
day of April next. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Affghanistan. 
Majesty’s command,— Papers relating to Affghan- 
istan, &amp;c. 


Supplementary Papers relative to the Complaints French | 


respecting the aggressions of French Fishermen on Fishermen. 
the British Coast. No. 138. 








Elective 
Franchise, &amp;c., 
(Ireland. ) 


Affirmations 
Bill, 


Foreign Sugar. 


Petitions from Ratoath ;—Monalavey ;—Ardara ; 
—and, Kilcloon; praying the House to identify 
the Elective Franchise in England and Ireland, 
and to give to, Zreland as complete Municipal 
Reform as England has obtained, and to give also 
to Ireland her adequate share in the represen- 
tation, and finally to place Jreland upon a foot- 
ing of equality with England in religious free- 
dom, by allocating the temporalities of the church 
of the minority in that country to purposes of cha- 
rity, education and public utility,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Roderick Mac Farquhar, praying 
that the Affirmations Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and Dealers in Sugar, 
of Linlithgow, praying for a reduction of Duty 
on Foreign Sugar, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vor. 94, 





Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Paper relative to French 
Fishermen be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Leeward 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased !*!9"4s- 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy or Extracts of the Despatch of the 
Governor General of the Leeward Islands, recom- 
mending the convocation of a General Council and 
Assembly of those Islands, and reporting his Pro- 
ceedings therein, and the Dissolution of the same ; 
and Copies or Extracts of Despatches from the 
Governor-General relating to the Council and As- 
sembly of Dominica, and of any other Despatches 
which are explanatory of the Consolidation of the 
general and local Legislatures in the West Indies, 
and of the Answers of the Secretary of State 
thereto. ' 

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

x2 Ordered, 








Bonded Corn. 


York Improve. 
meut. 


School-huuses 
(Scotland.) 


British North 
America. 


No. 139. 
Malta, 


No. 140, 


Canada. 


No. 141. 


Offices in the 
Colonies. 


Railways 
(Ireland. ) 


Ecclesiastical 
Appointments 


Suspension Bill. 


156 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Quantity of Bonded Corn and 
Flour abandoned by the Owners in the Ports of 
Great Britain, since the passing of the Act 9 Geo. 
4, regulating the Importation of Foreign Grain, to 
the end of the year 1838 ; specifying, in each case, 
the Port in which it was warehoused, the date of 
its abandonment, and the manner in which it was 
disposed of. 


A Petition of George Bulmer and William Camp- 
bell Gillan, Parliamentary Agents, praying that the 
Petition for the York Improvement Bill, and the 
Report thereon from the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills, may be re-committed to the 
said Committee, to receive evidence of the entire 
compliance with the Standing Orders, and report 
thereon to the House, was ow: and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Expenditure of the several Sums 
of £.10,000 granted by Parliament in the years 
1834, 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838, for the Erection 
of School-houses or Model Schools in Scotland ; 
together with the Names and Designation of all 
Parties from whom applications have been received 
by the Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury for aid out 
of the above grants, stating whether for Parochial, 
or for what other Schools, with the Answers thereto ; 
specifying the Dates of each. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—Appendix (C.) to Report on the Affairs 
of British North America, from the Ear] of Durham, 
Her Majesty’s High Commissioner. 

Copies or Extracts of Reports of the Commis- 
sioners appointed to inquire into the Affairs of the 
Island of Malta, and of Correspondence thereupon, 
Part LI. 

Mr. Labouchere also presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—Copies or Extracts of 
the Correspondence between the Lieutenant Go- 
vernor of Upper Canada and the Secretary of State, 
on the subject of the creation of Rectories by Sir 
John Colborne. 

Mr. Labouchere also presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of 
all Persons holding Offices in the Colonies who 
have been appointed thereto subsequent to the 
passing of an Act of Parliament of the 54th year 
of his late Majesty King George the Third, c. 61, 
and who are not at present in the execution of the 
Duties of their respective Offices, as far as regards 
the Department of the Secretary of State for the 
Colonies. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Papers relative to British 
North America; Malta; and, Canada, be printed. 


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The Order for receiving the Report from the 
Committee to whom it was referred to consider the 
Reports of the Commissioners appointed to con- 
sider and recommend a general system of Railways 
for Zreland, upon Monday the sth day of April 
next, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day the 22d day of April next. 


Mr. Charles Wood, by Order, reported the Eccle- 





siastical Appointments Suspension Bill; and the | 
Amendment was read, as followeth ; 

At the end of the Bill, add Clause (A.) | 

Cravse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing | 
‘ in the said first-recited Act contained nor anything | 
“ contained in an Act therein recited, passed in| 
‘ the seventh year of the reign of his said late | 
“ Majesty, intituled, An Act for suspending for | 
“ one year appointments to certain dignities and 


” 


co 


1840. 





A. 1839. 


“ offices in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, 
_and to sinecure rectories, shal] prevent the colla- 
tion or appointment of a canon or prebendary to 
any canonry or prebend which shall become 
vacant by the same event which shall cause the 
vacancy of any deanery in any Cathedral or 
Collegiate Church, wherein, according to the 
statutes or customs of such church, the dean has 
heretofore been elected or appointed from amongst 
the canons or prebendaries thereof.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday the 8th day of April next. 


Mr. Fox Maule, by Order, reported from the guppiy; 
Committee of Supply, several Resolutions, which 
were read, as follow: 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Admiralty 
hundred and thirteen thousand nine hundred and Office. 
twenty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent 
Expenses of the Admiralty Office, to the 31st day 
of March 1840. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Registry of 
thousand five hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Merchant 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers 5°" 
and the Contingent Expenses of the Office for the 
Registry of Merchant Seamen, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

_ 3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- gcientifc 
six thousand five hundred and ninety-seven pounds, Departments 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Navy. 
of the Officers, and the Contingent Expenses of the 
several Scientific Departments of the Navy, to the 
31st day of March 1840. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Naval Esta- 
dred and twenty-one thousand three hundred and blishments 
nineteen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to ** om 
defray the Salaries of the Officers and the Con- 
tingent Expenses of Her Majesty’s Naval Esta- 
blishments at Home, to the 31st day of March 
1840. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nineteen pe - Abroad. 
thousand six hundred and ninety-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, to the 31st 
day of March 1840. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Artificers’ 
hundred and sixty-eight thousand and fifty-nine WasesatHome, 
— be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the 

ages of Artificers, Labourers and others employed 
in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- D° - Abroad. 
seven thousand four hundred and thirty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Wages of Arti- 
ficers, Labourers and others employed in Her Ma- 


ome, 


jesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, to the 31st 


day of March 1840. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight Naval Stores. 
hundred and fifty six thousand six hundred and 
thirty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of Naval Stores for the building 
and repair of Ships, purchase of Steam-machinery, 
and for other purposes connected therewith, to the 
31st day of March 1840. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Dock Yards. 
hundred and fifty nine thousand nine hundred and 
ninety-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of New Works, Improvements 
and Repairs in the Naval Yards, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighteen Medicines. 
thousand three hundred and nine pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Medicines 
and Medical Stores, to the 31st day of March 


11. Resolved, 


Naval Mi 
neous Ser 


Half Pay 
and Mar 


Military 
Pension 
Alloway 


Civil - 


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Sout 
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2 Victoriz. 


Naval Miscellae 11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty 

jeous Services- thousand nine hundred and seven pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of divers Naval 
Miscellaneous Services, to the 31st day of March 
1840. 

ylfPay(Navy 12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 

ud Marines.) hundred and eighty-two thousand two hundred and 
thirty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Charge of Half Pay to Officers of the 
Navy and Royal Marines which will come in course 
of Payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1840. 

Military 13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve 

Pensions and ~=thousand five hundred and forty-eight pounds, be 

Allowances granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Charge of 
Military Pensions and Allowances which will come 
in course of Payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1840. 


14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- 
three thousand four hundred and forty-three pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty to complete the Charge 
of Civil Pensions and Allowances which will come 
in course of Payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1840. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and fifty thousand nine hundred and fifty- 
four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the 
Freight of Ships and Transports and other Charges 
on account of the Army and Ordnance Departments 
which will come in course of Payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1840. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
six thousand two hundred and four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
conveying Convicts to New South Wales and Van 
Diemen’s Land, which will come in course of 
Payment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Civil - D°. 


Transports. 


Convicts (New 
South Wales 
and Van Die- 
men’s Land.) 


Canada, The House was moved, That so much of Her 


Majesty’s most gracious Speech to both Houses of | 


Parliament at the opening of the Session as relates 
to Canada, might be read; and the same was read, 
as followeth ; 


“‘ T have to acquaint you, with deep concern, that 
the Province of Lower Canada has again been dis- 
turbed by insurrection, and that hostile incursions 
have been made into Upper Canada by certain 
lawless inhabitants of the United States of North 
America. 

“ These violations of the public peace have been 
promptly suppressed by the valour of My Forces 
and the loyalty of My Canadian subjects. 

“ The President of the United States has called 
upon the citizens of the Union to abstain from pro- 
ceedings so incompatible with the friendly relations 
which subsist between Great Britain and the United 
States. 

“ T have directed full information upon all these 
matters to be laid before you, and I recommend the 
present state of these provinces to your serious con- 
sideration. 

“ T rely upon you to support My firm determina- 
tion to maintain the authority of My Crown; and 
I trust that your wisdom will adopt such measures 
as will secure to those parts of My Empire the 
benefit of internal tranquillity, and the full advan- 
tages of their own great natural resources.” 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, 
the 22d day of April next, resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee upon the affairs of Canada. 

Supply ; The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Ordnance Esti- Ordered, That the Estimates of the Office of 

mates referred. Ordnance for the year 1839-40, be referred to the 
Committee. ) 

Vou, 94. | 


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157 
Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 


mittee. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Ordnance 
dred and sixteen thousand eight hundred and fifty- Civil Establish 
one pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defray- ™“"™ 
ing the Salaries of the Civil Establishments of the 
Office of Ordnance at the Tower and Pall Mall, at 
Woolwich, at the Out-Stations in the United King- 
dom, and at Foreign Stations, for the year 1839-40, 


2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Royal 
dred and seven thousand six hundred and fifty-two Engineers, &amp;c. 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Expense of the Corps of Royal Engineers, an 
Sappers and Miners (including Two thousand five 
hundred and sixty pounds for one additional Com- 
pany for Canada), for the year 1839-40. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Royal Regi- 
hundred and fifty-two thousand seven hundred and pose 
twenty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for“ 
defraying the Expense of the Royal Regiment of 
Artillery (including Six thousand five hundred and 
fifty pounds, for an addition of Two hundred and 
sixteen Men for Canada), of the Royal Horse Ar- 
tillery, the Master Gunners, the Field Train, the 
Medical Department, and the Academical Esta- 

_ blishment, for the year 1839-40. 

4, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty-four Barrack 
thousand three hundred and eighty-eight pounds, Masters. 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Salaries 
to Barrack Masters in the United Kingdom and at 
| Foreign Stations, for the year 1839-40. 
| 5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Ordnance 
hundred and thirty thousand three hundred and Works and 
twenty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for Pi" 
defraying the Charge for Ordnance Works and Re- 
pairs, Storekeepers’ Expenditure, Pay of Clerks of 
Works, &amp;c., the Building and Repair of Barracks, 

;and Barrack Masters’ Expenditure in the United 
Kingdom and the Colonies, for the year 1839-40, 
after deducting Ninety-three thousand two hundred 
| and eighty-seven pounds for Credits by Sale of Lands 








and Premises, Sale of Old Stores, &amp;c., and for Rents 

of Canteens. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Contingencies. 

dred and forty-four thousand and sixty-one pounds, 
_ be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Military, Civil and Barrack Contingencies, 
including the Surveys of the United Kingdom, for 
| the year 1839-40. 
| 7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Ordnance 
dred and eighty-eight thousand pounds, be granted Stores. 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge for Stores 
on account of Ordnance and Military Store Branch 
Services, for the year 1839-40. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Services not 
thousand one hundred and sixty-eight pounds, be provided for. 
eranted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Expense 
of Services performed by the Office of Ordnance 

and not provided for by Parliament, in the year 
| 1838-39. 
| 9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Superanuua- 
dred and sixty-one thousand five hundred and twenty “°"* 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of the Office of Ordnance, on account 
of the Allowance of Superannuated, Retired and 
Half-Pay Officers; Pensions for good Services, In- 
ventions and Wounds; for Pensions to Widows and 
Children of deceased Officers late belonging to the 
several Ordnance Military Corps; also, Allowances, 
| Compensations and Emoluments, in the nature of 
| Superannuated or Retired Allowances to Persons 
| late belonging to the Office of Ordnance and to the 
| Barrack Department, in respect to their having held 
| any Public Offices or Employments of a Civil nature ; 
and also for the Charge of Widows’ Pensions, for 
| the year 1839-40. 
| 10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Commissariat. 
hundred and sixty thousand three hundred and eight 
| x3 pounds, 

















Ways and 
Means, 


Consolidated 
Fund. 


Manicipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Estimates, 
presented : 
Miscellaneous 

Services. 
I, 
No. 142, 
Comparative 
Statement. 


Public 


Buildings, &amp;c. 


158 


pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying | 
the Charge of Commissariat Supplies in Great 
Britain, Ireland and the Colonies, for the year 
1839-40. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal | 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day, the 8th day of April next. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, the 
8th day of April next, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Eight Millions 
be granted, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 


reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 


lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day, the 8th day of April next. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he | 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have | 
leave to sit again. 





Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the | 
8th day of April next, again resolve itself into the | 
said Committee. | 


| 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Return of all Persons holding Office, Place or Em- | 
ployment of Profit in, or connected with, Municipal 
Corporations in Lreland, in the following Cities and 
Boroughs in Jreland, whose Offices of Profit shall 
be abolished, or who shall, under the provisions of 
the Lrish Municipal Corporation Reform Bill, be 
removed from their Offices, and who shall be entitled, 
under section 73 thereof, to have an adequate com- 
pensation accordingly ; viz. Belfast, Clonmel, Cork, 
Drogheda, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick, 
Londonderry, Sligo and Waterford; distinguishing 
in such Return the names of such Persons, and the 
general nature and Duties of each Office, Place or 
Employment, and by whom such Persons were ap- 
= ; and specifying under the hands of all such 

ersons the Amount of all Salaries and Emoluments 
received by them respectively (or by their respective 
Predecessors in such Office or Offices respectively 
as the case may be), in each of the Five years pre- 
ceding the 1st day of January 1839; distinguishing 
the Amount of the several Salaries, and by whom 
and out of what Fund paid ; and also, distinguishing 
the portions of such Emoluments which may be 
derived from Fees, Perquisites and other Profits 
is ei A :—And also, a similar Return, certified 
under the hands of the Mayor or other Chief Magis- 
trate, and of the Chamberlain or Treasurer of each 
of the said Corporations. 


Mr. Baring presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Statement of the Estimates for Miscella- 
neous Services for 1839-40; compared with the 
Estimates for the like Services for 1837-8 and 
1838-9. 


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An Estimate of the Amount that will probably 


be required for the Repairs, &amp;c. of Public Buildings ; | General, established pursuant to the Act 5 &amp; 6 
for Furniture, &amp;c:, for various Public Departments ; | 


for certain Charges for Lighting and Watching, and | 


A. 1839. 


for Rates and Taxes; also for the Maintenance and 
Repairs of Royal Palaces, and Works in the Royal 
Gardens, formerly charged upon the Civil List ; for 
one year, from 1st April 1839 to 31st March 1840. 

An Estimate of the Amount required to be voted Kingstown 
for Works and Repairs to Kingstown Harbour, from Harbour, 
1st April 1839 to 31st March 1840. 


An Estimate of the Sum which will be required Holyhead 
during the year from 1st April 1839 to 31st March 24 Liverpoy 
1840, by the Commissioners for the Improvement of Roads, &amp;c, 
the Holyhead and Liverpool Roads, Holyhead Har- 
bour, &amp;c., and for Repairs to the Menai Bridge. 

Estimated Expense of the Works and Fittings British 
required for the New Buildings at the British Mu- ee ’ 
seum, in the Requisition made by the Trustees in ce ~ 
the year ending 31st March 1840. 


An Estimate of the Amount that will be required Houses of Lords 
in the year ending 31st March 1840, to defray the 2"¢ Commons, 
Expense of providing temporary Accommodation 
for the Houses of Parliament, Committee Rooms, 

Offices and temporary Official Residences for the 
Speaker of the House of Commons, and other 
Officers of the House. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be New Houses of 
required to defray the Expenses of the Works of Parliament. 
the New Houses of Parliament, for the year ending 
31st March 1840, beyond that which is already 
contracted for, and provision made by Votes of Par- 
liament already passed. 

An Estimate of the Amount required to be voted Penitentiary 
for Alterations required at the General Penitentiary (Milbank.) 
Milbank, to prepare the Building for the reception 
of an additional Number of Prisoners. 


An Estimate of the Amount required to complete Prison (Isle of 
the Building, Alteration and Fitting of the Prison Wight) 
for Juvenile Offenders at Parkhurst, m the Isle of 
Wight. 

An Estimate of the Amount required to be voted Post Oftice 
in the year 1839, for the New Post Office at Glas- (Glasgow.) 
gow. 

Il. 
No. 142. 


Comparative 
Statement. 


Statement of the Estimates for Miscellaneous 
Services for 1839-40, compared with the Estimates 
for the like Services for 1837-8 and 1838-9. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted, in salaries and 
the year 1839, to defray the Charge for Salaries and Expenses 
Expenses of the Two Houses of Parliament, and omeeen) 
of Allowances to Retired Officers of the Two 
Houses, for the year ending 31st March 1840. 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted in De - (Trea- 
the year from 1st April 1839 to 31st March 1840, s“'y-) 
to pay the Salaries, Contingent and other Expenses 
of the Department of Her Majesty’s Treasury. 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted, in D° - (Home 
the year from Ist April 1839 to 31st March 1840, to Office.) 
pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of Her 
Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 
ment. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to D° - (Foreign 
pay the Salaries and other Expenses in the Depart- Ofce-) 
ment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs ; also, of the Foreign Messengers attached 
to the Department, for the year ending 31st March 
1840. ‘ 

An Estimate of the Sum which may be required D° - (Colonial 
to pay the Salaries and other Expenses in the De- fice.) 
partment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
the Colonies, for the year ending 31st March 1840. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required, p° - (Privy 
in the year from ist April 1839 to 31st March 1840, Counei! Office, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Department ad 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council, 
and Committee of Privy Council for Trade. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the D° - (Paymas 
Charge of the Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster- — ; 
Will. 4, c. 35, from the 1st April 1839 to the 31st 
March 1840. 

An 





Salaries a 
penses (¢ 
troller Ge 
of the Ex 
quel &amp;e. 


Professo’ 
(Oxford 
Cambrid 


Jusolver 
Debtors 


Peniten 
(Milbat 


Prison 
Wight. 


State J 
Office, 


Crimit 
Comm 


Hand- 
Weav 
Comm 


Eccle 
Comn 


Poor 


Comt 


Slav 
Con 












ou! 


ords 
DUS, 


of 


galaries and Ex- 
penses (Comp- 
troller Genera 

of the Exche- 
quer. ? &amp;e » 


Professors 
(Oxford and 
Cambridge.) 


Jusolvent 
Debtors Court. 


Penitentiary 
(Milbank. ) 


Prison (Isle of 
Wight. ) 


State Paper 
Office, &amp;c. 


Criminal Law 
Commission. 


Yand-loom 
Weavers 
Commission. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


Poor Law 
Cummission, 


Slave Trade 
Commissions. 


Consuls, &amp;c. 


luspectors of 
actories, 


Inspectors of 
tisons, 


Mint, 


2 Vicroriz. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will be required, in 
the year from 1st April 1839 to 31st March 1840, to 
pay the Salaries and Contingent Expenses in the 
Departments of the Comptroller-General of the 
Exchequer, the Paymasters of Exchequer Bills, and 
the Paymaster of Civil Services. 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be required, 
in the year from 1st April 1839 to 31st March 1840, 
to defray the Charge of the Salaries and Allowances 
granted to certain Professors in the Universities of 


Oxford and Cambridge. 


An Estimate of the Sum which may be required 
to defray the Charge of the Salaries of the Com- 
missioners of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court, of their 
Clerks, and the Contingent Expenses of the Court 
and Office, for one year, from 1st April 1839 to 
31st March 1840 ; also of the Expenses attendant 
upon the Circuit. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will probably be 
required to defray the Expense of the General Peni- 
tentiary at Milbank, for the year from 1st April 
1839 to 31st March 1840. 

An Estimate of the probable Expense of providing 
for the Prison for Juvenile Offenders at Parkhurst, 
in the Isle of Wight, for the year ending 31st March 
1840. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
defray the Charge of the Salaries and other Ex- 
penses of the State Paper Office, for one year, from 
Ist April 1839 to 31st March 1840. 

An Estimate of the probable Sum which will be 
required to defray the Expenses of the Commission 
for digesting the several Statutes relating to Criminal 
and other Law. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will probably be 
required to defray the Expenses of the Genwinion 
for inquiring into the condition of the unemployed 
Hand-loom Weavers,—to its final close. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will probably 
be required to pay Salaries and Expenses incurred 
by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, 
during the year from 1st April 1839 to 31st March 
1840. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
the year 1839, to defray the Charge of Salaries and 
Expenses of the Commissioners appointed to carry 
into execution the Act 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 76, for the 
Amendment and better Administration of the Laws 
relating to the Poor in England and Wales, and the 
Act 1 &amp; 2 Vict. c. 56, for the more effectual Relief 
of the Destitute Poor in Jreland. 

An Estimate of the Sum which may be wanted 
for one year, from the 1st April 1839 to the 31st 
March 1840, to pay Salaries and Incidental Expenses 
for the Commissions appointed on the part of Her 
Majesty, under the Treaties with Foreign Powers, 
for preventing the illegal Traffic in Slaves, and in 
pursuance of the several Acts of the Legislature for 
carrying the said Treaties into effect. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
be granted for the year ending 31st March 1840, to 
defray the Charge of the Salaries of Her Majesty’s 
Consuls-General, Consuls and Vice-Consuls Abroad, 
and of the Superintendents of Trade at Canton ; 
also of the Contingent Expenses connected with the 
Public Duties of such Consuls-General, Consuls 
and Vice-Consuls, and Superintendents of Trade at 
Canton. 

Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Sa- 
laries and Expenses of the Inspectors and Super- 
intendents of Factories, appointed under the Act 
3&amp;4 Will. 4, c. 103. 

Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Sa- 
laries and Expenses of the Inspectors of Prisons, 
appointed under the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, c. 38. 

An Estimate of the Amount required to defray 
the Expenditure for the several Branches of the 
Mint, for the year ending 3ist March 1840. 

Vou. 94. 


97° Martz. 


159 


Statement of the Estimates for Miscellaneous 
Services for 1839-40, compared with the Estimates 
for the like Services for 1837-8 and 1838-9. 


III. 
No. 142. 


Comparative 
Statement. 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to Superannua- 
defray the Charge of Allowances or Compensations tions. 
granted as Superannuation or retired Allowances to 
Persons formerly employed in the Public Offices or 
Departments, or in the Public Service, according to 
the provisions of the Acts 50 Geo. 3, c. 117, 3 Geo. 

4,c. 113, and 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 24, &amp;e. 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted in qoulonese, &amp;c. 
the year, from ist April 1839 to 31st March 1840, Emigrants. 
to enable Her Majesty to grant Relief to Toulonese 
and Corsican Emigrants, Dutch Naval Officers, 
Saint Domingo Sutterers, American Loyalists, and 
others who have heretofore received Allowances 
from Her Majesty ; and who, for Services performed 
or Losses sustained in the British Service, have 
ang Claims on Her Majesty’s justice and libe- 
rality. 
An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Vaccine 
Expense of the National Vaccine Establishment Establishment. 
for the year 1839. 


An Estimate of the Sum required in aid of the Refuge for the 
Institution called “ The Refuge for the Destitute,” Destitute. 
for the year 1839. 


Estimate of the probable Expense of confining ¢,jminal 
and maintaining Criminal Lunatics in the Buildings Lunatics, 
attached to Bethlem Hospital, for the year 1839, 
ending 31st March 1840. 


An Estimate of the Amount that may be wanted Protestant 
in the year from 1st April 1839 to 31st March Dissenting 
1840, to pay the usual Allowances to the Protestant a 
Dissenting Ministers in England, Poor French 
Refugee — , Poor French Refugee Laity, and 
sundry small Charitable and other Allowances to 
the Poor of Saint Martin’s-in-the Fields, and 
others. 








. , IV. 
Statement of the Estimates for Miscellaneous No, 142, 
Services for 1839-40, compared with the Estimates Comparative 
for the like Services for 1837-8 and 1838-9. Statement. 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in Secret Services. 
the year from ist April 1839 to 31st March 1840, 
to defray the Charge of Her Majesty’s Foreign 
and other Secret Services. 


An Estimate of the Expense of providing Sta- Stationery, &amp;c. 
tionery, Printing and Binding for the several De- 
partments of Government in England, Scotland and 
Lreland, and the Colonies ; and for providing Sta- 
tionery, Binding, Printing and Paper for Printing, 
for the Two Houses of Parliament ; and including 
also the Expense of the Establishment of the Sta- 
tionery Office; from the 1st of April 1839 to the 
31st of March 1840. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required Law Charges. 
to defray the Expenses of Law Charges, for the 
year 1839-40, 

Estimate of the probable Expense of providing Convicts, 
for the Convict Hulk Establishment at Home and at 
Bermuda, for the year 1839, ending 31st March 
1840. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required 
in the year ending 31st March 1840, to defray the 
Charge of maintaining Convicts at New South Wales 
and Van Diemen’s Land. 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be required Capturea 
in the year ending 31st March 1840, to defray Ex- Negroes. 
penses for the support of wy 1 Negroes and 
Liberated Africans, under the Acts for the Abolition 
‘of the Slave Trade. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be re- pabtic 
quired to carry on the business of binding, cleaning, Records. 
'repairing and indexing the Public Records, also to 
_pay the Salaries of the Persons — upon 
Services connected with the Public Records, for 
one year, from 1st April 1839 to 31st March 1840. 

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ii 





















































160 


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A. 1839. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in! Heligoland, for the Period from the 1st April 1839 


An Estimate of the Sum which will be required Stipendiar 
from the ist of April 1839 to the 31st of March Justices (Siar. 
1840, to defray the Charge of Salaries and Allow- ©*!ues.) 


Revisin 

Barristers. the year from 1st April 1839 to 31st March 1840, to the 31st March 1840. 
to pay the Allowances and Expenses of the Bar-| 
risters employed in revising Lists of Voters, &amp;e., 
under the Act 2 Will. 4, c. 45. | 

Sheriffs’ An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in | 


Expenses, &amp;c. the year from 1st April 1839 to 31st March 1840, 
to defray the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, formerly 
paid from Civil Contingencies : — Also, of the 
Amount required to make good the deficiency of 
the Fees in the Office of the Queen’s Remembrancer 
in the Exchequer, in consequence of the diminution 
of Fees in that Department; and to pay the Sala- 
ries and Ancient Allowances of certain Officers of 
the Court of Exchequer. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
the year 1839, to defray certain Charges heretofore 
paid out of the County Rates. 

An Estimate of the Sum which may be required 
for the Payment of the Subsistence of the Polish 
Refugees, for the year from 1st April 1839 to 31st 
March 1840, 

British Museum An Estimate of the Sum required to enable the 
(Egyptian An- Trustees of the British Museum to purchase for that 


County Rates. 


Distressed 
Poles. 


tiquitiess Se) Institution Dr. Mantell’s Collection of Geology, 
&amp;c., and Signor D’ Anastasi’s Collection of Egyptian 
Antiquities. 

National An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 

&gt; marl : the year 1839, for the purchase of Pictures for the 

(Pictures.) National Gallery. 

Danish Claims, An Estimate of the Amount that will probably 


be required to pay Compensation to Individuals, 
Subjects of Her Majesty, for Losses sustained by 
Confiscation of their Goods on Shore, by the act 
of the Danish Government in 1807. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted 
towards defraying the Expense of Steam Commu- 
nication to India by way of the Red Sea, for one 
year to 31st March 1840. 


Steam Naviga- 
tion (India. ) 


V. : : 

No, 142 Statement of the Estimates for Miscellaneous 
Comvarative etVices for 1839-40, compared with the Estimates 
Statement. for the like Services for 1837-8 and 1838-9. 
Bahamas. Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil 


e Establishment of the Bahama Islands, and the 
Lighthouses there, from the 1st day of April 1839 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 


Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil 
Establishment of the Bermudas, in America, from 
the 1st day of April 1839 to the 31st day of March 
1840. 

Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil 
Establishment of Prince Edward’s Island, in Ame- 
rica, from the ist day of April 1839 to the 31st 
day of March 1840. 


Estimate of the Sum which will be required to 


Bermudas, 


Prince Edward’s 
Island. 


Western Coast 


of Africa. meet the Charges of the Civil Establishments on 
the Western Coast of Africa, from the 1st day of 
April 1839 to the 31st day of March 1840. 
Ween Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Expense 
ustraiia, 


of the Settlement of Western Australia, from the 
Ist April 1839 to the 31st March 1840. 


Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Ex- 


Ecclesiastical 


— penses of the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the 

Americs.) British North American Provinces, from the 1st day 
of April 1839 to the 31st day of March 1840. 

Indian Estimate of the probable Expenditure of the 

Department Indian Department in Lower and Upper Canada, 

( Canadas.) 


for its Establishment and Pensions, from 1st April 
1839 to the 31st March 1840. 


Governors, &amp;e, | An Estimate of the Amount that will be required 

of West India from the 1st of April 1839 to the 31st March 1840, 

os to defray the Charge of the Salaries of the Go- 
vernors, Lieutenant Governors and others, in Her 
Majesty’s West India Colonies. 


Estimate of the Sum which will be required to 
defray the Expense of the Civil Establishment of 


Heligoland, 


ances and Contingencies of the Stipendiary Justices 


| in the West Indies, Mauritius and Cape of Good 


! 
| 


| 





Hope. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Negro 
the year 1839, to enable Her Majesty to defray Education, 
such Expenses as Her Majesty may incur in aiding 


| the Local Legislatures in providing for the — 


and Moral Instruction of the -Emancipated 
Population. 


An Estimate of the Expense of defraying the Rmigration, 
Salaries of the Agents for Emigration, from the 
ist of April 1839 to the 31st of March 1840. 


Estimate of the Sum that will be required in the St. Helena, 
year ending 31st March 1840, to defray the Charge 
of the Civil Establishment at Saint Helena, and of 
Pensions and Allowances to the Civil and Military 
Officers and Soldiers of the East India Company’s 
late Establishments in that Island. 


Estimate of the Amount required in aid of the Nova Scotia, 
Expenses of the Civil Government of ova Scotia, 
from the 1st day of April 1839 to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 


An Estimate of the Amount required to be voted Rideau Canal 
in the year 1839, to defray the Charge of the Repair (Canada.) 
and Maintenance of the Rideau Canal in Canada. 


egro 


Miscellaneous 


Statement of the Estimates for Miscellaneous (lrclead) 
Services in Jreland, for the year ending 31st March © yo, 143, 
1840, compared with the Grants for the like Services, Comparative 
for the years 1837-8 and 1838-9. Statement. 


An Estimate of the sum required to enable the Education, 
Lord Lieutenant of Jreland to issue Money for the 
Advancement of Education, from 1st April 1839 to 
31st March 1840. 


An Estimate of the Expense of the Foundling pounding 
Hospital, Dublin, for One year, from 1st April 1839 Hospital 
to 31st March 1840. { Dublin.) 


Estimate of the Expense of supporting the House House of 
of Industry in Dublin, the Lunatic Department and Industry, &amp;. 
the Four General Hospitals attached, for One year, 
from the ist day of April 1839 to the 31st day of 
March 1840, inclusive. 


Estimate of the Amount proposed to be voted in Hibernian — 
the year 1839, in aid of the funds of the Hibernian Marine Society. 
Marine Society, Dublin. 


Estimate of the Expense of the Female Orphan Female Orphan 
House, Circular-road, Dublin, for One year, from House. 
the ist of April 1889 to the 31st of March 1840, 
for 160 children. 


Estimate of the probable Expense of supporting Westmorland 
the Westmorland Lock Hospital, for One year, from Lock Hospitl. 
1st April 1839 to 31st March 1840. 


Estimate for the Lying-in Hospital, Dublin, for Lying-in 
the year commencing 1st April 1839. oo 


Estimate of the probable Expense of Dr. Steeven’s pr. Steven's 
Hospital, Dublin, trom 1st April 1839 to 31st March Hospital. 
1840. 


An Estimate of the probable Expense of the Fever Fever Hospital 
Hospital, and House of Recovery, Cork-street, und House of 
Dublin, for One year, commencing 1st April 1839 ey 
and ending 31st March 1840. 


An Estimate for defraying the Expenses of the Hospital fur 
Hospital for Incurables, (86 Persons) for One year, Incurables. 
from the 1st of April 1839 to 31st of March 1840. 


An Estimate of the Charge of the Roman Catholic RomanCatholic 
College, for the Financial year ending 31st March College. 
1840. 


Estimate of the probable Expenditure, Income Royal Irish 
and Sum required for the Royal Jrish cpa 4 Academy. 
or 


Roy ry 
Hiber 
Acad 


Roy? 


Socie! 


Char 
Dont 
Beqt 


Roy 
Acat 
Insti 


Pub 
Bui 


Ch 


ten 













ry 
(Slave 
) 


us 


ye 


in 


Royal : 
Hibernian 
Academy. 


Royal Dublin 
Society. 


Charitable 
Donations and 
Bequests. 


Royal Belfast 
Academical 
Institution. 


Public 
Buildings, &amp;c. 


Chief Secretary 


to Lord Lieu- 
tenant, &amp;e. 


Household of 
the Lord 
Lieutenant, 


Paymaster of 
Civil Services. 


Queen’s 
Printers. 
Protestant 


Dissenting 
Ministers, &amp;c. 


Criminal 
Prosecutions. 


Police 
( Dublin.) 


Public Works. 


Townland 


Survey, 


Railways 
Commission, 


2 VictoriZ. 


for One year, from ist April 1839 to 31st March 
1840. 
An Estimate of the 


robable Expenditure and 
Income of the Royal 


ibernian Academy, for the 


year commencing the 1st of April 1839 and ending» 


31st of March 1840. 

Estimate of the Sum that will be required for de- 
fraying the Expenses of the Royal Dublin Society, 
for the year commencing 1st April 1839, and ending 
31st March 1840. 


An Estimate of the Sum necessary for defraying 


the Salary and Expenses of the Commissioners of | 


Charitable Donations and Bequests in Zreland, from 
the 1st day of April 1839 to the 31st day of March 
1840. 


Estimate of the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Royal Belfast Academical Institution, for the year 


commencing 1st April 1839, and ending the 31st | 


March 1840, so far as is proposed that the same 
shall be chargeable on the Public Funds. 


Estimate of the probable Expense of repairing 
and maintaining the several Public Buildings.in the 
Department of the Commissioners of Public Works 
in Ireland, comprehending the Apartments of His 
Excellency the ae Lieutenant and his Household, 
the Civil Offices, Council and Treasury Chambers, 
the whole of the Courts of Law, and keeping in 
Repair the Drains, Grounds, Boundary Walls, 
Fences, &amp;c., in the Demesnes in the Phaniz Park, 
including the Vice Regal Lodge and other Official 
Residences, for the year ending 31st March 1840 ; 
also, for Repairs to Donaghadee Harbour, which 
Harbour has been lately placed under the Superin- 
tendence of the Commissioners of Public Works. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to pay the Sa- 


laries and Expenses of the Chief Secretary to the 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in Dublin, and London, 
and the Privy Council Office in Irland ; also, the 
Estimated Amount of the Queen’s Printers’ Bill for 
Printing for the Public Offices in Jreland; for One 
year to 31st March 1840. 


An Estimate of the Sums required to defray the 
Charge of Salaries for the Officers and Attendants 
of the Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 
and certain other Officers and Services, formerly 
charged on the Civil List in Ireland, for One year to 
31st March 1840. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
defray the Charge of the Paymaster of Ginat Deveioes’ 
Office, for the year ending 31st March 1840. 


Estimate, Queen’s Printers (Zreland), for the year 
ending 31st March 1840. 

Estimate of the Sum that will be vggr we | to 
defray the Expense of Non-conforming, Seceding, 
and Protestant Dissenting Ministgrs in Ireland, for 
One year ending 31st March 1840. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
defray the Charge of Criminal Prosecutions and 


other Law Charges in Jreland, for the year ending | 


31st March 1840. 


Estimate of the Income and Expenditure of the 
Public Offices and Metropolitan Police of Dublin, 
and of the Sum which will be required from the 
Public in aid of these Departments, for the year 
commencing 1st April 1839 and ending 31st March 
1840. 

Estimates of Sums which will be required to defray 
the Expenses of sundry Departments under the 
Charge of the Board of Public Works, for the year 
from the 1st of April 1839 tu the 31st of March 
1840. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in 


27° Marti. 


161 


Railways for Ireland, for the year 1839 to 31st 
March 1840. 


| An Estimate of the Amount that will Deer Miscellaneous 
be required to defray Law Expenses, Grants to Charges 
Scottish Universities, and other Charges, formerly (Set) 
defrayed from the Hereditary Revenues,. and not No. 144. 
provided for on Her Majesty’s Civil List, nor on the 
Consolidated Fund; from ist April 1839 to 31st 

March 1840. 


Comparative Abstract of the Estimate of Sums Commissariat. 
required for the Pay, Allowances and Contingent Wo, 145. 
| Expenses of the Commissariat Department at Home 
and Abroad, and for Land and Inland Water Tran- 
sport, Freight of Specie and Miscellaneous Pur- 
chases, provided by the Commissariat Abroad, for 
the year ending the 31st March 1840; witha State- 

‘ment of the Amount required for similar Services 
in the year ending the 31st March 1839. 

Estimate of Sums required for the Half Pay of 
Commissariat Officers, and for Retired Full Pay, 
Compensation and Superannuation Allowances ; 
also for the Pensions of Widows of Commissariat 
Officers, and Compassionate Allowances to their 
Children ; for One year from the 1st April 1839 to 
the 31st March 1840. 


An Account of the Sum Expended under the ciyij Contin- 
Head of Civil Contingencies, in the year 1838. gencies. 

An Estimate of the Amount that will probably No. 146. 
be required to defray the Expense under the Head 
of Civil Contingencies, for the year ending 31st 
March 1840. 

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





Mr. Baring presented, pursuant to Orders,— post office 
Copies of all Memorials to the Lords of the Trea- (Sunday Deli- 
sury, and to the Postmaster General, on the subject Y*Ty of Letters.) 
_ of the Transmission of Country Letters through the 
| London Post Office on the Lord’s ng ow the 

' Number of Signatures attached to each Memorial ; 

and also, Copies of the Answers returned thereto : 

'—Of all Resolutions passed at Vestries, Ward- 

motes, or other Public Meetings, in connexion with 

this subject, which have been transmitted to the 

Lords of the Treasury, or to the Postmaster Ge- 
_neral:—And, of any Correspondence which may 
| have passed, within the last Two years, between 
| the Lords of the Treasury and the Postmaster Ge- 
'neral, upon the said subject. 


| Copy of the Report of the Commissioners on the sognish Claims. 
| Claims of British Subjects trading with Spain, for 

| Losses sustained by them by the Sequestration of 
| their Property, Book-debts, and Merchandize on 
Shore, by the Spanish Government, subsequently 


to the year 1804. 


An Account of the Total Imperial Quarters of Foreign Wheat, 
Foreign Wheat entered for Home Consumption in &amp;c. 
the United Kingdom, from the time the Act 9 Geo.4, 
| c. 60, came into operation, to the 5th day of January 
|1839, the Total Amount of Duty received thereon, 
and showing what that Duty was equal to per Im- 
rial Quarter on the aggregate Average of all this 
Period :—And, The same Account for all other 
kinds of Foreign Corn, Grain, Meal or Flour. 


Copies of any Applications made on behalf of the gjave Bounties. 

Captors of the Spanish and Portuguese Vessels 
Lafayette, General Ricafort Elmismo, Cantabra, 
| Tridente, and Matilde, for Payment of the several 
| Bounties under the Act 1 and 2 Vic, c. 47; and 
also, Copies of any Replies that may have been 
| given to the same. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 





Table. 


the year from ist April 1839 to 31st March 1840, | 


to defray the Expense of the Townland Survey of 
Ireland. 


Estimate of the Expense incurred by the Com- 
a for reporting upon the best System of 
‘OL. 94. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to consolidate and Paper Duties 
amend the Sate for collecting and securing the Bill. 
| Duties of Excise on Paper made in the United No. 147. 
Kingdom: And the same was read the first time i 

¥ an 








Brick Duties 
Bill. 


No. 148. 


Trade and 

Navigation. 
No. 149. 

Public Income 


and Expendi- 
ture, 


No. 149. 
Public Debt. 
No, 137. 


Public Offices. 
No. 150. 


Superannua- 
tions. 


No. 151. 


Foreign Corn, 
&amp;e. 


No. 152. 
Hops. 

No, 153. 
Malt. 

No. 153. 


Brewers, &amp;c. 


No. 153. 


Railroads 
(Ireland. ) 


No, 154. 
Fire Insurances, 
No. 155. 


British Force 
(Vera Cruz.) 


No. 156. 
West India 
Station. 

No. 156. 
Slave Trade. 


No. 157. 


Jamaica. 
No. 158. 

Hand-loom 

Weavers. 


No. 159. 


Exchequer Bills 


162 


and ordered to be read a second time upon Mon- 
day, the 8th day of April next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to repeal the Duties 
and Drawbacks of Excise on Bricks, and to grant 
other Duties and Drawbacks in lieu thereof, and to 
consolidate and amend the Laws for collecting and 
paying the said Duties and Drawbacks: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday, the 8th day of 
April next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade 
and Navigation, which were presented upon Monday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Public In- 
come and Expenditure, which were presented upon 
Monday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Public 
Debt, which was presented upon Monday last, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts rela- 
tive to the Increase and Diminution in the Salaries, 
&amp;c. in Public Offices, which were presented upon 
Monday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Accounts of all Superannuation 
and Compensation Allowances, in all Public De- 
partments for the year 1838, which were presented 
upon Monday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to Foreign 
Corn, &amp;c., which was presented upon Monday last, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to Hops, 
which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. 

Ordered,That the Account relative to Malt, which 
was presented upon Monday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to Brewers, 
&amp;e. which was presented upon Monday last, be 

rinted. 

Ordered, That the Papers relative to Railroads, 
&amp;c. (Ireland), which were presented upon Monday 
last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to Fire In- 
surances, which was presented upon Monday last, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to the British 
Force (Vera Cruz), which were presented upon 
Monday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Ships on the 
West India Station, which was presented upon 
Monday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Slave 
Trade, which was presented upon Monday last, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Papers relative to Jamaica, 
which were presented upon Monday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Hand-loom 
Weavers, which was presented upon Monday last, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Exchequer 


(Public Works.) (Public Works), which were presented upon Monday 


No. 160. 
British 
Museum. 

No. 161. 
Ship “ Snake.’ 


No. 162. 


last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the British 
Museum, which was presented upon Monday last, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Ship 
Snake, which was presented upon Monday last, be 
be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday, 
the 8th day of April next. 


27° Marti.—8° Aprilis. 





A. 1839. 
Lune, 8° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Parker, Assistant Secretary to the Poor poor Lay 
Law Commissioners, was called in; and at Amendment 


the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A Return of 
every Union or Parish to which the recent Election 
Order, appointing the Clerks to act as Returning 
Officers, has been addressed by the Poor Law Com- 
missioners ; distinguishing the time of issuing each 
such Order :—And then he withdrew. 

" Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


ct. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that Robert Carlow Borough 


Lacler and others, Electors, who petitioned this 
House upon the 15th day of March last, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of Carlow, had not entered into a Recogni- 
zance in respect of such Petition, according to the 
directions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, to consoli- 
date and amend the Laws relating to the Trial of 
Controverted Elections, or Returns of Members to 
serve in Parliament. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 22d day 
of March last, for taking the said Petition into con- 
sideration upon Tuesday the 30th day of this instant 
April, be discharged. 


Election. 


A Petition of Nicholas Bryn, of the town of CarlowBorough 
Carlow, James Porter, of the said town of Car- Election. 


low, and Samuel Whitmore, of the said town of 
Carlow, Electors of the Borough of Carlow, in the 
County of Carlow, was delivered in, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners are, and at the 
last Election of a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the Borough of Carlow were, electors of the 
said Borough, and had and claim to have had a 
right to vote at the said Election, and did vote 
thereat accordingly ; that Thomas Gisborne, Esquire, 
and Francis Bruen, Esquire, were put in nomina- 
tion as Candidates at the said Election, and that 
the said Francis Bruen was declared by the Re- 
turning Officer to have been duly elected, and was 
accordingly returned as Member for the said Bo- 
rough; that the Petitioners are informed that a 
Petition, signed by George O’ Farrall, and Robert 
Lawler, and John Tuomy, therein describmg them- 
selves as electors of the said Borough, has been 

resented to the House, complaining of the said 

lection and Return of the said Francis Bruen, 
and praying, among other things, that the said 
Return may be amended by substituting therein the 
name of the said Thomas Gisborne instead of the 
name of the said’ Francis Bruen, or that the said 
Return and the said Election may be declared null 
and void; and praying that, under and by virtue 
of the provisions of an Act of Parliament passed 
in the ninth year of the reign of his late Majesty 
King George the Fourth, they may be admitted as 
Parties to defend the said Return, and to oppose 
the prayer of the said Petition. 

The fics was moved, That the tenth section of 
the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, to consolidate and amend 
the Laws relating to the Trial of Controverted Elec- 
tions, or Returns of Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Petitioners be admitted Parties 
pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition. 


The London and Croydon Railway Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed to Mr. Kemble, and 
the East Surrey List. 





The Perth Harbour and Navigation Bill was read 


a second time; and committed to Mr. Kinnaird, — Navigation 


and the North Scotland List. 





The 


London and 
Croydon Rail- 
way Bill. 


Perth 
Bill. 


Crich 
Char 


Edin 


New 


Rail 


2aoa 


ws ee te 

















Perth Harbour 








Perth Police 
Bill. 


Crichton 


Charities Bill. 


Edinburgh, 
Leith, and 
Newhaven 
Railway Bill. 


Fraserburgh 


Harbour Bill. 


Eyemouth 
Harbour Bill. 


Liverpool Court 


of Requests 
Bill. 


Ballochney 
Railway Bill, 


Wishaw and 


Coltness Rail- 


way Bill. 


Monkland and 


Kirkintilloch 


Railway Bill. 


Leeds Small 
Debts Bill. 


West Durham 


Railway Bill. 


Redruth and 
Hayle Road 
Bill. 


London and 
Greenwich 
Railway Bill 


Manchester 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Moulton 


Toclosure Bill. 





2 Vicroriz. 


The Perth Police Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed to Mr. Kinnaird, and the North 
Scotland List. 


The Crichton Charities Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Hope Johnstone, and 
the South Scotland List. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of 
Leith, praying that the Edinburgh, Leith and New- 
haven Railway Bill may not pass into a law as it 
now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The Fraserburgh Harbour Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Captain Gordon, and the 
North Scotland List. 


The Eyemouth Harbour Bill was read a second 
time; and committed to Sir Hugh Campbell, and 
the South Scotland List. 


Mr. Finch presented a Bill to alter and amend an 
Act passed in the sixth and seventh of the reign 
of his late Majesty William the Fourth, relating 
(amongst other things) to the Recovery of Small 
Debts within the Borough of Liverpool: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


The Ballochney Railway Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Lockhart, and the 
South Scotland List. 


The Wishaw and Coltness Railway Bill was read 
a second time; and committed to Mr. Lockhart, 
and the South Scotland List. 


The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Bill 
was read a second time; and committed to Mr. 
Lockhart, and the South Scotland List. 


Sir William Molesworth presented a Bill for the 
more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts 
within the Borough of Leeds, in the West Riding of 
the County of York: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. * 


The West Durham Railway Bill was read a se- 
cond time; and committed to Mr. Harland, and 
the South Durham List. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 22d day of 
March last, was made from the Committee on the 
Redruth and Hayle Road Bill; printed Copies of 
the Bill having been delivered at the door upon 
Saturday the 30th day of March last; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The London and Greenwich Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Wol- 
verley Attwood, and the West Kent List. 


Mr. Phillpotts, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Manchester Improvement Bill ; and to 
whom a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; 
That no person appeared in support of the said Peti- 
tion ; and that the Committee had examined the alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the 
Parish of Moulton, in the County of Suffolk, was 
read the third time. 

Vou. 94. 


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163 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Ayrshire Writ. 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Shire of Ayr, in the 
room of Sir John Dunlop, Baronet, deceased. 


Mr. Lascelles presented a Bill for the more easy Rotherham 
and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the $79! Debts 
Town of Rotherham and other Places in the West 
Riding of the County of York: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Lascelles presented a Bill for the more easy Pontefract 
and speedy Recovery of Small Debts and Damages Honor Court 
within the Honor of Pontefract, Parcel of Her ~'* 
Majesty’s Duchy of Lancaster, in the West Riding 
of the County of York; and for altering the Prac- 
tice, and extending the Jurisdiction of the Court 
Baron of the said Honor: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Lascelles presented a Bill for the more easy Aberford, &amp;c., 
and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Small Debts 
Town of Aberford, and other Places, in the West Be. 
Riding of the County of York, and Ainsty of the 
City of York: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Kirkcaldy ;—Jnverness ;—Kelso ; Postage. 
— Devonport ;—and, Saint Alban’s; praying for 
the adoption of alow and uniform rate of Postage, 
—were presented and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Quivox and Wallacetown ;— Church ot 
and, South Leith; praying the House to adopt Scotland. 
measures for relieving the religious destitution 
which prevails.in Scotland by extending the effici- 
ency of the Established Church,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Prestonkirk;—and, Wigtown ; 
praying the House to refuse any additional grant of 
public money to the Established Church of Scot- 
land,—were also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Edinburgh;— Burghead ;—King- Caledonian 
ston;—Leith ;—and, Perth; praying the House to Canal. 
authorize the early completion of the Caledonian 
Canal, with sufficient depth of water, and to sanc- 
tion the employment ofa requisite number of steam- 
tugs, as recommended by the engineer,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Caledonian Canal. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Land-holders in Corn Laws, 
the county of Ayr, praying for the repeal of the Corn 
Laws, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Petitions from Buckland Monachorum ;—Peter- 
tavy;—Mary Tavy ;—Kelly ;-- Brentor ;--Tavistock ; 
— Waikhampton;—Meavy ;—and, Sampford Spiney ; 
praying that the Corn Laws may not be repealed, 
—were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Convener of a Meeting of Road Crinan Canal, 
Trustees for the district of Argyll, praying for the 
enlargement and improvement of the Crinan Canal, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Caledonian Canal. 


Petitions from King’s Langley ;—and, Falmouth ; Cuurch 


raying the House to take into consideration the Establishment 
praying “as present (Canada, &amp;c.) 





164 


present state of the Ecclesiastical Establishments in 

the Canadas, and other British Colonies,—were 

— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Public Mr, Freshfield reported from the Select Com- 
P — th‘ Mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
oon) the Petitions presented on the 25th and 27th days 


of March last, and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House. 

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


Durham Court The Order for reading a second time upon Wed- 

of Pleas Bill. nesday the 17th day of this instant April, the Dur- 
ham Court of Pleas Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday, the 24th day of this instant April. 


A Petition of Caleb Heath, Senior Churchwarden 
of the parish of Saint Saviour, within the borough of 
Clifton Dartmouth Hardness, praying for the repeal 
of the duty on policies of Fire Insurance upon all 

laces of public worship, and upon sums under 
hree hundred pounds, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Warrington 


Small Debts Sir Edward Knatchbull, by Order, presented a Bill 

Bill. for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
Debts within the Town of Warrington, and other 
Places adjacent thereto, in the Counties of Lancaster 
and Chester: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Fire Insurance. 


Glossop Sir Edward Knatchbull, by Order, presented a Bill 
Small Debts for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
_ Debts within the Town and Manor of Glossop, in 
the County of Derby: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Timberland The House proceeded to take into further con- 
Drainage Bill. sideration the Report which, upon the 27th day of 
March last, was made from the Committee on the 
Timberland Drainage Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
Arming and Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Training. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Letter from the Secretary of 
State for the Home Department, to the Lords Lieu- 
tenant of certain counties, respecting Arming and 
Training. ' 

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


Gam Gad A Petition of Robert Murdoch, of Mountjoy- 
Irish (Celbridge square, Dublin, Solicitor, praying that the time for 
Pose as presenting the Petition for the Great Central Irish 
ia (Celbridge and Mullingar) Railway Bill, may be 
enlarged till the 30th day of this instant April, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 

Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Education. Petitions from Bridgewater ;— and, Rainford ; 
praying the House to refuse their sanction to any 
system of National Education not founded on the 
principles of the Established Church, — were pre- 

s sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

London and The House proceeded to take into further con- 

Southampton gideration the Report which, upon the 25th day of 

Railwey Bil’, 


March last, was made from the Committee on the 
London and Southampton Railway Bill. 
And the House being informed that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


8° Aprils. 














A. 1839, 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Poor Law 
Guardians of the Spilsby Union, praying for an al- Amendment 
teration of the Poor Law Amendment Act, in respect ““* 
to orders of Affiliation, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table ‘ 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Beverley, Sale of Beer 
praying that the Sale of Beer Bill may pass into a Bill. 
law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Electors of the Vote by Ballot, 
county of Ayr, praying for the adoption of Vote by 
Ballot in the Election of Members to serve in Par- 
liament, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Ayr, Education, 
praying for the establishment of such a system of 

ational Education as shall secure to the people 
instruction in the Bible, and in all the minor branches 
of education, and at the same time be free from all 
those tests which have been established for the 
purpose of distinguishing particular sects and de- 
nominations of Christians, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lambeth, praying Maynooth 
the House to withdraw every kind of national sup- College. 
port from the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Knocklong and Glinbrohane ;— Elective 
and, Kilteely; praying the House to identify the (ireland) 
Elective Franchise in England and Jreland, countries : 
in which the tenures of lands and houses are similar, 
and to give to Jreland as complete Municipal 
Reform as England has obtained, and to give also 
to Ireland her adequate proportion in the Represen- 
tation, and finally, to lace Ireland upon a footing 
of equality in religious freedom with England, by 
allocating the temporalities of the church of the 
minority in that country to purposes of charity, 
education and public utility,—-were presented, and 
yead ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- Bankrupts’ 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider er a) 
of authorizing the allowance of Compensation to amemaies 
Officers of the Court of Session, whose Offices may to Officers.] 
be affected by any Act of the present Session, relative 
to the Estates of Bankrupts in Scotland; 

The Lord Advocate, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Baring, by Order, reported from the Com- ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means, a Resolution, which Means; 
was read, as followeth; 

Resolved, That towards making good the Supply Consolidated 
granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Eight millions Fun4. 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Baring and Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Mutiny Bill. 
into a Committee upon the Mutiny Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 


Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 

mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received prt 

e 


Mariné 
Bill. 


Distri 
Bill. 


Roya 









lot, 


Marine Mutiny 
Bill. 


District Prisons 
Bill. 


Royal Artillery. 


Prisons Bill, 


Supply ; 


Ordnance 
Civil Establishe 
meuts, 


Royal Engi- 
neers, &amp;c, 


2 Vicroriz. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Marine Mutiny Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The District Prisons Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Friday the 19th day of this 
instant April. 


Sir Rufane Donkin presented,—Returns to several 
Orders dated the 11th day of March last, for a 
Copy of the Order for the separation of the Riding 
House Troop of Artillery from the Corps of Ar- 
tillery Drivers in 1808 :—Returns of Officers of 
the Riding House Troop of Artillery placed upon 
Half-pay or Retired-pay, since 1816; the Amount 
thereof to each; the Names of such, if any, who 
have been since promoted from Half to retired Full- 

ay, with a Statement of their Foreign Services :— 
Of all Officers of the late Corps of Artillery Drivers 
who have been restored to active Full-pay, since 
1816 :--Return of all Officers of the late Corps of 
Artillery Drivers who have been raised from Half 
to retired Full-pay, since 1816 :—A Copy of the 
Order for the re-formation of the Corps of Artillery 
Drivers in 1816:—A Statement of the Termsgranted 
to the Officers :—A List of the Horse Artillery Offi- 
cers posted to the re-formed Corps, with a Statement 
of the Services of each whilst attached thereto, their 
Rank and daily pay, and Term of Service therein : 
—A Return of the period of Foreign Service of 
Captain Henry Lane, and Lieutenant Madden, of 
the Corps of Artillery ; the Date of their Commis- 
sions; the Amount of pay of each in active Ser- 
vice; the Amount of retiring pay of cach; the 
Date of their Retirement or Discharge, and cause 
thereof :—A Copy of the Muster Roll and Pay 
List of Captain Henry Lane’s Troop of Artiller 
Drivers for any one month of the year 1812 :—And, 
a Return of all Officers of Artillery Drivers now 
upon Active-pay, Half-pay or Retired-pay, who 
have received Civil or Military Distinctions or 
Pensions, or Brevet Promotion, distinguishing the 
Reward granted to each. 

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


The Prisons Bill was, according to Order, read 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Friday the 19th day of this 
instant April. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and sixteen thousand eight hundred and 
fifty-one pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Salaries of the Civil Establishments 
of the Office of Ordnance at the Tower and Pail 
Mall, at Woolwich, at the Out Stations in the 
United Kingdom and at Foreign Stations, for the 
year 1839-40. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and seven thousand six hundred and fifty- 
two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defray- 
ing the Expense of the Corps of Royal Engineers 


‘ and Sappers and Miners, (including Two thousand 


Royal Regiment 
of Artillery. 





five hundred and sixty pounds, for one additional 
Company for Canada), for the year 1839-40. 

3. Resolved, That a ‘sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred and fifty-two thousand seven hundred and 
twenty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Expense of the Royal Regiment of 
Artillery, (including Six thousand five hundred and 
fifty — for an addition of Two hundred and 

ou. 94. 


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165 


sixteen Men for Canada), of the Royal Horse Ar- 
tillery, the Master Gunners, the Field Train, the 
Medical Department and Academical Establish- 
ment, for the year 1839-40. 


4, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- Barrack 
four thousand three hundred and eighty-eight Masters. 


pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defrayin 
the Salaries to Barrack Masters in the Unite 
Kingdom and at Foreign Stations, for the year 
1839-40. 


5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Ordnance 


hundred and thirty thousand three hundred and Works and 
’ Repairs. 


twenty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge for Ordnance Works and 
Repairs, Storekeepers’ Expenditure, Pay of Clerks 
of Works, &amp;c., the Building and Repair of Bar- 
racks and. Barrack Masters’ Expenditure in the 
United Kingdom and the Colonies, for the year 
1839-40, after deducting Ninety-three thousand 
two hundred and eighty-seven pounds for Credits 
by Sale of Lands and Premises, Sale of Old Stores, 
&amp;e., and for Rents of Canteens. 


6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Contingencies, 


hundred and forty-four thousand and sixty-one 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of the Military, Civiland Barrack Con- 
tingencies, (including the Surveys of the United 
Kingdom), for the year 1839-40. 


7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Ordnance 


hundred and eighty-eight thousand pounds, be Stores. 


granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
for Stores on account of Ordnance and Military 
Store Branch Services, for the year 1839-40. 


8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Services not 
thousand. one hundred and sixty-eight pounds, be Provided for. 


granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Expense 
of Services performed by the Office of Ordnance 
and not provided for by Parliament, in the year 
1838-9. 


9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Superanuua- 


hundred and “i, digg thousand five hundred and tions. 


twenty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge of the Office of Ordnance, 
on account of the Allowance of Superannuated, 
Retired and Half-pay Officers, Pensions for good 
Services, Inventions and Wounds, for Pensions to 
Widows and Children of Deceased Officers, late 
belonging to the several Ordnance Military Corps, 
also Allowances, Compensations and Emoluments 
in the nature of Superannuated or Retired Allow- 
ances to Persons late belonging to the Office of 
Ordnance and to the Barrack Department, in re- 
— to their a held any Public Offices or 

mployments of a Civil nature, and also, for the 
Charge of Widows’ Pensions, for the year 1839-40. 


10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Commissariat. 


hundred and sixty thousand three hundred and 
eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Charge of Commissariat Supplies in 
Great Britain, Ireland and. the Colonies, for the 
year 1839-40. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Ecclesiastica 
Appointments 
Suspension Bill. 


reading of. the Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspen- 
sion Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration of 
Electors Bill. 


mittee on the Registration of Electors Bill : 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 17th: day of this instant April, resolve itself 
into the said Committee, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Pankrupts’ 
into a Committee upon the Bankrupts’ Estates 
(Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 

y¥3 reported, 


Estates 
(Scotland) Bill. 
No. 163. 


j 











Election Peti- 
tions Trial Bill. 


Registers of 
Births, &amp;c., Bill. 


Borough Courts 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Paper Duties 
Bill. 


Brick Duties 
Bill. 


Registration 
of Leases 
(Scotland) Bill. 


No. 164, 


Heritable 
Estates 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Jamaica, 


Registration 
of Voters 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Polls at 
Elections 
(Ireland) Bill. 


166 


reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday, the 19th day of this 
instant April; and the Bill, as amended, to be 
printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Election Petitions Trial Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
26th day of this instant April, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Registers 
of Births, &amp;c., Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Borough Courts Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Paper Duties Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Brick Duties Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to provide 
for the Registration of Leases of long duration in 
Scotland, and to facilitate the Constitution, Trans- 
mission and Extinction of Securities for Debt there- 
on: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday the 
19th day of this instant April; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to facilitate the Conveyance of Heritable Estates 
and Infeftment thereon, in Scotland: And that the 
Lord Advocate and Mr. Attorney General do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy or Extracts from any further com- 
munication made to Her Majesty’s Secretary of 
State by the Agent of the Island of Jamaica, rela- 
tive to the state of that Island. 

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


The Order for reading a second time upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Registration of Voters (Jreland) 
Bill ; was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 17th day of this instant 
April. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Polls at Elections (Jreland) Bill ; 
was read, and discharged. 


8° Aprilis. 























A. 1839. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 17th day of this instant 
April. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Exchequer 
an Account of all Exchequer Bills issued, or autho- Bills. 
rized to be issued, charged on the Aids or Supplies No. 165, 
of 1839, unprovided for. 

Mr. Baring accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Commissaries, 
Abstracts of Commissaries’ Accounts of Receipts No. 166, 
into aud Payments from the several Milita 
Chests ; with summary Statements of the Expen- 
diture abroad on Account of the Extraordinaries of 
the Army, during the period from the 1st day of 
April 1837 to the 31st day of March 1838. 

Mr. Baring accordingly presented the said Ab- 
stracts. 

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


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to apply a Sum of Consolidated 
Money out of the Consolidated Fund, to the Service Fund Bill 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty- iia 
nine: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time, To-morrow. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Orders, Navy. 
—Accounts, showing the Number of Hired Packets 
employed in the year 1837-38, stating the Rate of 
Payment, and the Amount Paid for each in that 
year :—A Statement showing in what the Credits of 
£.27,899, in the Naval Estimates of the year 
1838-39, consist (Vote No. 13):—Accounts of the 
manner in which the Sum of £.25,000, voted in 
the Navy Estimates of 1837-38 was expended, 
for Freight of Ships on Monthly Pay ; stating the 
Number of Ships employed, the Tonnage of each, 
the Rate paid per Ton or Ship, the Time employed, 
and on what Service; showing the Average Con- 
tract Prices of the principal Articles of Victualling 
Stores, durmg the years 1836-7, 1837-8, and 
1838-9 :—Of the manner in which £. 100,000, voted 
for Freight in the Convict Department in the Navy 
Estimates of 1837-38 were expended ; stating the 
Number of Ships employed, the Tonnage of each, 
the Number of Convicts sent out, the Rate of 
Freight paid for each Ship, and the Number of 
Convicts embarked, and the Number delivered at 
each Port; also, the Amount paid for Gratuities, 
Fittings, Bedding, Provisions and Medicines :—Of 
the Number of Semaphores in Commission, and for 
which the Sum of £.3,400 voted in the year 1837-8 
was expended:—A Statement of the manner in 
which the Sum of £.6,000, voted in the year 1837-8 
for Bounty and Captured Ships of War, &amp;c., was 
applied: — And, an Account showing the Total 
Amount received at each Yard at Home and Abroad 
for old Naval Stores, sold agreeably to the Act 50 
Geo. 3, c.117, s.6,in the year 1837. 

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


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Answer to 
House, That their several Addresses of the 27th day Addresses- 
of March last, (that Her Majesty would be gra- 
ciously pleased to give directions, that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House,) 
had been presented to Her Majesty, and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this 
House, that She will give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to several Court of 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return of all Reduc- Sessiom &amp;¢ 
tions made in the Establishments of the Court of 
Session, Court of Justiciary, Court of Exchequer, 


ury 


(Scotland.) 


Victua 
Beerst 


Deni: 
(Lett 
Pate! 


Rail 


Ale 
Spir 
(Ed 


Pri 
(18 








Victuallers and 
Beersellers, 


Denization 
(Letters 
Patent of.) 


Railways. 


Ale and 
Spirit Dealers 
(Edinburgh.) 


Prison Bill 
(1837-8) 


Court of Session 
(Scotland.) 


Licensed 
Victuallers, &amp;c. 


Patents fur 
Inventions. 


Spanish Claims. 


No. 167. 


2 Vicroriz. 


Jury Court, Court of Admiralty, Commissary Court, 
Office of Keeper of the Great Seal, Director of 
Chancery, Lord Register, Keeper of the Signet, 
Keeper of the Register of Sasines, &amp;c., Privy Seal, 
Queen’s Household and Offices, regulated by an 
Act passed in the 57th year of his Majesty George 
the Phird, in Scotland, since the accession of his 
late Majesty King George the Fourth ; distinguish- 
ing the Savings which have actually accrued, and 
those which are prospective. 

A Return of the rw of Licensed Victuallers 
having Licenses from Magistrates, and the Number 
of Keepers of Beer Shops licensed to Sell Beer onl 
from the Excise, who have been charged with 
breaches of the Laws in the years 1830 to 1838, 
both inclusive, in the Towns of Liverpool, Manches- 
ter, Birmingham and Leeds; stating the Number 
convicted and the Number dismissed in each year; 
and the Number of Licensed Victuallers and Li- 
censed Beer Sellers in their respective Towns, in 
each of these years. 

A Return of all Fees and Expenses charged upo 
Letters Patent of Denization ; also stating the Num™ 
ber of Names usually included in one Patent. 

A Return of all Bye Laws made under the autho- 
rity of any Acts relating to Railroads, imposing 
Penalties upon any persons other than those in the 
service of the said Company. 

Returns of all Certificates granted and refused 
for dealing in Ale and Spirits in the City of Edin- 
burgh and County of Mid Lothian, for the last Four 
years :—Of all Certificates for dealing in Ale and 
Spirits granted and refused, on appeal, by the Ma- 
gistrates and Justices in the said City and County, 
during the same period :—And, of the Services done 
for the 2s. 1d. charged on each such Certificate by 
the Clerk of Court, and 5s. charged in cases of 
Appeal on each such Certificate. 

A Copy of the Memorial of certain Justices of 
the Peace for the County of Sussex, assembled at 
the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden 
at Lewes, in and for the Eastern Division of the said 
county, on the 31st day of December 1838, to Her 
Majesty’s principal Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, with reference to the Prison Bill of the 
last Session of Parliament. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—A Return in Columns, of the Number of Causes 
instituted in the Court of Session in Scotland, between 
the 1st day of January 1839, and the 12th day of 
March, with the Number thereof enrolled before 
each of the Lords Ordinary, and the Number finally 
decided, and those still in dependence. 

A Return of the Number of Licensed Victuallers 
having Licenses from Magistrates, and the Number 
of Keepers of Beer Shops having Licenses to Sell 
Beer only, from the Excise, who have been charged 
before the Police Magistrates with breaches of the 
Laws in the Metropolis, in the years 1830 to 1838, 
both inclusive ; stating the Number convicted and 
the Number dismissed in each year; stating also 
the Number of Licensed Victuallers and Number of 
Licensed Beer Sellers in the Metropolis, in each of 
these years. 

Further Return to an Address to Her Majesty, 
dated the 18th day of July in the last Session of Par- 
liament, for a Return of the Total Amount of Fees 
and other Expenses, payable on taking out a Patent 
of Invention for pod mcr Scotland and Ireland, in 
the respective Patent Offices, stating the Duty per- 
formed by each Officer to whom such patent is made; 
also the increased Amount, if any, payable on the 
payment being taken out by more than one person, 
and occupying more than one skin in length. 

“ — That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Spanish 
Claims, which was presented upon the 27th day of 
March last, be printed. 

Vox. 94, 


8°—9° Aprilis. 





167 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Foreign Foreign Wheat. 
Wheat, which was presented upon the 27th day of No.168. 
March last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Papers relative to Slave Boun- Slave Bounties. 
ties, which were presented upon the 27th day of No, 169. 
March last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 9° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 2° Victoriz Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


iy HE Glasgow and Renfrew Road Bill was read 
a second time; and committed to Mr. Speirs, 
and the South Scotland List. 


A Petition of Joseph Carter Wood and Mary Westminster 
Wood, of the Artillery Brewery, Strutton Ground, provement. 
Westminster, complaining that the Standing Orders 
of the House, in respect to the application for the 
Westminster Improvement Bill, had not been com- 
plied with, and praying that they may be heard, by 
their agents and witnesses, against the same, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Glasgow and 
Renfrew Road 
Bill. 


Petitions from Freemen, Burgesses and other Nottingham 
Inhabitants of Nottingham ;—and, Holders of an- serch &gt; | 
cient burgages, Freemen and other Inhabitants of the 
said town ; praying, that the Nottingham (Saint 
Mary’s) Inclosure Bill may not pass into a law as 
it now stands,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


The Melbourn Inclosure Bill was read a second ener ; 
time ; and committed to Mr. Eaton, and the Cam- lsclosure Bill. 
bridge List. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more effectual Drainage Timberland | 
of certain Lands called the Fen and Dales of Tim- P'inege Bill. 
berland, and Timberland Thorpe, mm the Parish of 
Timberland, in the County of Lincoln, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Christopher do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill formaking a Turnpike-road from Hedruth and 
the Town of Redruth, in the County of Cornwall, i. _— 
to and through the Village of Hayle, in the Parish” ~ 
of Phillack, in the same county, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Praed do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for effecting Improvements in -seemisentead 
the Streets and other Places within and contiguous ,iproveme™t 
to the Town of Manchester, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Steuart do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Bechett’s Name Beckett’s 
Bill be revived :—And that they have leave to sit Name Bill. 
and proceed upon Friday next. 


Bill was read a second Basingstoke 


The Basingstoke Roads Roads Bill. 


time; and committed to Mr. Shaw Lefevre, and 
the North Hants List. 


Antinano’s 


Ordered, That the Committee on Antunano’s Na- ag 


turalization Bill be revived:—And that they have 
leave to sit and proceed upon Friday next. 

A Petition of the Governors of the Hospital and Manchester 
library in Manchester, founded by Humphry Chet- Railway Bil. 
ham, Esquire, and incorporated by King Charles 

















x4 the 





Birmingham 
and Gloucester 
Railway Bill. 


Leeds Soke 
Corn Toll Bill. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Postage. 


Prisons 
( Scotland) Bill. 


Royal Burghs 
( Scotland.) 





168 


the Second, praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Manchester and Leeds Railway Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsei or agents, upon their Peti- 
tion, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Bill 
was read a second time; and committed to Mr. 
Phillpotts, and the East Gloucester List. 


Sir William Molesworth, by Order, reported from 
the Committee on the Leeds Soke Corn Toll Bill; 
and to whom a Petition against the said Bill was 
referred ; That no person appeared in support of the 
said Petition; and that they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

And the House being informed, that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


Petitions from Saltburn ; — Saint John, Leith ; 
— Auchterarder ; — Latheron;— Dundee Church 
Society (President) ; — Holytown: — Holm;—Port 


Glasgow (two Petitions); —~ Contin; — Dalgety ;— | 


New Kilpatrick ; — Dingwall ; — Blairgowrie ; — 
Fintry;—Dalmellington ;— Rasskeen;— Deerness ;— 
Wich ;--Olrig ;—Inverness, North Parish ;— Bruan; 
— Arbirlot ; — Lochs ;—Glasgow (four Petitions) ; 
— Kildalton ; — Muchairn; — Monifieth ;-—Mur- 
roes ; — Kilchoman ; — Balfron; — Kinnettles ;-- 
Kinross ;— Abdie ; — Mauchline ; — Cromarty ; — 
Gargunnock ; — Kirkmichael and Cullicudden ; — 
Ardoch ; — Chanonry ; — West Anstruther ; ~ Col- 
lessie ; —Carmylie ; —Tron Church, Edinburgh ; — 
Urray ;— and, Paisley; praying the House to 
adopt measures for relieving the religious destitution 
which prevails in Scotland, by extending the effici- 
ency of the Established Church, —were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Pennycuich and 
neighbourhood, praying the House to refuse any 
additional grant of public money to the Established 
Church of Scotland, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petition from Anderston ;— Haddington ;— Arun- 
del ;— Canterbury ;—Wiveliscombe ;— Broadway ;— 
Sheerness ; —Eastchurch ;—Cupar (two Petitions) ; 
Bilston ;—Lochcarron ; —Marlborough ; ~- Timothy 
Murdoch and others ;—Dumbarton ;—Chalford ;— 
and, Writers, Notaries and Practitioners before the 
Sheriff Court of Fifeshire ; praying for the adoption 
of a low and uniform rate of Postage,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Pittenweem ;— Tain ;—and, Glas- 
gow ; praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into a law as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Commissioners appointed for exe- 
cuting the Police Acts for the city of Glasgow, 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
was also presented, and read ; a ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of 
the royal burgh of Dumbarton, praying the House 
to adopt measures for the better regulation of Mu- 
nicipal Corporations in the Royal Burghs of Scot- 
land, was pens, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


9° Aprilrs. 





A. 1839. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Councillors of the Municipal 
| royal burgh of Dumbarton, praying that the Mu- (neers 
| nicipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill may pass into a ©""*) Bill 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
; upon the t able. 
| Petitions from Kirkleatham and Wilton ;—Den- Cora Laws, 
| bigh ; —Linlithgowshire ; — Ayrshire ;— Catterick ; 
| — Roscommon ;—Kiltearn ;— Aston, Todwich and 
Wales ;—North and South Elmsall;—and, South 
| Kirkby; praying that the Corn Laws may not be 
| repealed,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from Crieff ;-~ Kennoway ;—and, the 
Cumnoch district of Ayrshire; praying for the re- 
peal of the Corn Laws,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Artiliery 
Return of all Officers of the late Corps of Artillery Drivers. 
Drivers, their length of Service, and Services on 
which employed. 





Petitions from Boroughbridge ;—Northbourn ;— church 
_ Knaresbororgh;—and, Stokesley in Cleveland ; pray- Establishment 
ing the House to take into consideration the present (©™##*, &amp;e.) 
| state of the Ecclesiastical Establishments in the 
| Canadas and other British Colonies,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
| Table. 
' A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Poor Law 
Guardians of the Leyburn Union, praying for an Amendment 
alteration of the Poor Law Amendment Act, so far _ 
as regards orders of Affiliation, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Deanery of Bicester, Ecclesiastical 
in the Diocese of Oxford, praying that the Eccle- Duties and 
siastical Duties and Revenues Bill may not pass ®¢ven'ss Bil 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Llangwm ;— Llandrillo-yn-rhos ; Church 

— Llysfaen ;— Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog ; — Establishment 
Arwstley ;— Llantysilio ;--and, Archdeaconry of (“***) 
Merioneth and Deanery of the Vale of Clwyd; 

praying that the emoluments arising from sinecure 

rectories in Wales may be applied to the benefit of 

the diocese in which such revenues arise,—were pre- 

sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Aberbrothwick 
sideration the ane which, upon the 25th day of Harbour Bill. 
March last, was made from the Committee on the 
Aberbrothwick Harbour Bill; printed Copies of the 
Bill having been delivered at the door upon Tuesday, 
the 26th day of March last; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to; and a Clause was added, 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Petition of Wholesale and Retail Grocers and Foreign Coffee. 
Dealers in Coffee of Dunbar, praying for a re- 
duction of Duty on Foreign Coffee, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sir William Chaytor, of Witton Great North 
Castle, in the county of Durham, Baronet, praying of Bogen 
that he may be heard, by his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Great North of England 
Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he think 
fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against 
the said Petition. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and other Foreign Suger. 
Inhabitants of Kingston-upon-Hull, praying for a 
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reduction of Duty on Foreign Sugar, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Education, A Petition of Clergy of the Deanery of Borough- 
bridge, praying the House to refuse their sanction 
V to any system of National Education not founded 
on the principles of the Established Church, was 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Prisons Bill. A Petition of Inhabitants of Bedford, and its 
neighbourhood, praying that the Prisons Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Constables. A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Jus- 
tices of the Peace of the county of Kent, praying 
that Justices of the Peace may be empowered to 
remunerate sufficiently Constables for the perform- 
ance of their public duties, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Poor Relief A Petition of the Reverend James Horner, praying 
—— _ for the insertion of a clause in the Poor Relief (Zre- 
Bill, : land) Act Amendment Bill, for the protection of his 
rights, as one of the retired Governors of the House 
of Industry in Dublin, was presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Spirit Licenses A Petition of the Provost, Bailies and Council of 
(Scotland) Bill. the royal burgh of Cupar, praying that the Spirit 
Licenses (Scot/and) Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Daniel Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
(Connell, Return of the Date of every Document or Instrument 
se executed during the Administration of Lord Nor- 
manby, in Ireland, nominating Daniel O’ Connell, 
Esquire, a Justice of the Peace for the county of 

Kerry, or any other county in Ireland. 


Scientific Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Order,— 
Experiments. aq Return of the manner in which the Sum of £.1,000, 
voted in 1838 for Rewards, Experiments and other 
Expenses for Scientific Purposes, was expended. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Answer to Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the 

Addresses» House, That their several Addresses of youey (that 
Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to give 
directions that the Papers therein mentioned, might 
be laid before this House), had been presented to 
Her Majesty, and that Her Majesty had commanded 
him to acquaint this House, that She will give direc- 
tions accordingly. 


Arming aud Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address 
Training. to Her Majesty,—a Copy of a Letter from the Secre- 
tary of State for the Home Department tathe Lords 
Lieutenant of certain counties, respecting Arming 
and Training. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Raiiway Bilis, A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the further consideration of the Report 
on Railway Bills be not entertained before Tuesday, 
the 23d day of this instant April ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding at the end thereof, the words 
“ with the exception of the Great Western Railway 
“ Bill.” 

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

Resolved, That the further consideration of the 
Report on Railway Bills be not entertained before 
Tuesday the 23d day of this instant April. 

Vou, 94. 





9° Aprilis. 169 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Jamaica 
to make temporary provision for the Government of ws 
Jamaica: And that Mr. Labouchere, Lord John” ° 
Russell and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, Shipwrecks of 
to inquire into Shipwrecks of Timber Ships, and the Timber Ships. 
Loss of Life attendant thereon ; and to report to the 
House whether any, or what, means can be adopted 
to reduce the amount thereof in future. 

Ordered That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Railway 
an Account of the several Amounts borrowed by Companies. 
the Railway Companies now before Parliament, in 
anticipation of Calls of their Capital Stock, with 
the date at which the last Call was made, the 
Amount of Capital Stock not called up; stating 
the several Acts under the authority of which the 
said Sums have been raised. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Railronds 
Alphebetical List of the Names of all Persons (!reland.) 
through whose property the proposed line of Rail- 
road between the Cities of Dublin and Cork and 
Limerick is intended to pass ; stating whether such 
property is held in Fee, or by virtue of a Lease for 
ives or for years, under any Corporation, sole or 
aggregate, lay or ecclesiastical ; distinguishing the 

ame of each Person who isa Member of either 
House of Parliament. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bankrupts’ 
into a Committee to consider of authorizing the ae 4) 
Allowance of Compensation to Officers of the Court Sonn a 
of Session, whose Offices may be affected by any to Ofticers.] 
Act of the present Session, relative to the Estates of 


Bankrupts in Scotland. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Compensation be granted out of 
the Monies chargeable with the Payment of the 
Salaries and Expenses of the Court of Session in 
Scotland, to such Officers of the Court of Session 
who may suffer Loss in consequence of any Act 
which may be passed in the present Session relating 
to the Estates of Bankrupts in Scotland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
— That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Mutiny Bill; and the Mutiny Bill. 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Marine Mutiny Bill ; Marine Mutiny 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for gcclesiastical 
repealing part of an Act of the last Session of Par- Appointments 
liament, intituled, “An Act for suspending until the Suspension Bill. 
ist day of August One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-nine, and to the end of the then Session of 
Parliament, the Appointment to certain Dignities 
and Offices in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches 
and to Sinecure Rectories,” was, according to Order, 
read the third time ; and the Amendments following 
were made to the Bill. 

In Clause (A.) added by the Committee to the 
Bill; 

Fo. 1. 1. 10. After “ Canon” insert “ residen- 
“ tiary.” 
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Fo. 1. 1.11. After “‘ Canon” insert “ residen- 
“ tiary,” and in the same line, after “ which” in- 
sert “ has or.” 

Fo. 1. 1. 13. Leave out “ shall,” and insert 
“ has caused, or may hereafter.” 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

SS. 

dered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


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Consolidated The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to 


Fund Order, read a second time; and committed to a 

x Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 

Jamaica Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill to make tempo- 

a rary provision for the Government of Jamaica: 
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No. 170 And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 

7" to be read a second time upon Friday the 19th day 
of this instant April; and to be printed. 

Poor Law Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor 

Amendment Law Amendment Act, which was presented yester- 
No.171. 4@y, be printed. 

Patents for Ordered, That the Return relative to Patents for 

Inveatiors. § Inventions, which was presented yesterday, be 
No. 172. printed. 

Licensed Ordered, That the Return relative to Licensed 

eo Victuallers, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be 

o. 173. 


printed. 


Victuallers and Ordered, That the Return relative to Victuallers 
Beer-sellers. and Beer-sellers, which was presented yesterday, be 
No. 173. printed. 


Court of Session Ordered, That the Return of Causes instituted 
(Scotland.) —_ in the Court of Session (Scotland), between the 1st 


No.174. day of January and 12th day of March 1839, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Prison Bill Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Prison 
(1837-8.) Bill of Session 1837-8, which was presented yes- 
No.175. _ terday, be printed. 
Post Office. Ordered, ‘That the Papers relative to Sunday De- 
No. 176. livery of Letters, which were presented upon the 


27th day of March last, be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Mercurii, 10° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


‘ane House met; and being counted by Mr. 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 
not present; yetit being Four of the clock, Mr.Speaker 
took the Chair, and again counted the House; and 
Forty Members not being present :—The House was 
adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 


Adjournment. 





Jovis, 11° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


East India R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
Company. the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament,—List (No. 98), specifying 


the particulars of the Compensation proposed to be 
ranted to certain Persons reduced from the East 
ndia Company’s Service in —— under an ar- 
oard of Commis- 

sioners for the Affairs of Jndia, and laid before the 


rangement sanctioned by the 


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1° Aprilis. A. 1839. 


Honourable the House of Commons, on the 20th 
March 1834 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Stephenson, from the Treasury, was called Beer Houses, 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,— + wr (Man. 
Lists of the Number of Beer Houses in the Parlia- Salford.) 
mentary Boroughs of Manchester and Salford, and 

the Number of Licenses taken out for such Houses 
respectively, from the 1st day of January 1836 to 

the ist day of January 1839, distinguishing the 
Number of such Houses, and the Number of Licenses 

granted to each of such Houses in each year; dis- 
tinguishing also the Number of Houses to which 
Licenses have been granted during the same period, 
permitting Beer to be drunk upon the premises, 

and those to which Licenses have been granted not 
permitting Beer to be drunk upon the premises :— 

And, of the Number of Licensed Victuallers in the 
Boroughs of Manchester and Salford, and the 
Number of times for which Transfers of Licenses 

have been granted to such Houses within the before- 
mentioned period, distinguishing the Number of 

such Houses and Licenses in each year. 

An Account of the Quantity of Cotton Gloves Cotton Gloves 
and Hosiery imported into the United Kingdom ; %4 Hosiery. 
distinguishing what has been entered for Home Con- 
sumption,and what bonded for Exportation, in each 

year, from the 5th day of January 1835 to the 5th 

day of January 1839. 

Accounts of all Foreign Tin and Tin Ore imported Tin. 
into the United Kingdom, in each quarter of the 

last Three years ending the 5th day of January 

1839; distinguishing from what Countries imported: 

—Of the Quantities of all Foreign Tin and ‘Tin Ore, 

taken out of the warehouses for Consumption in the 

United Kingdom, in each month of the Three years 

ending the 5th day of January 1837, 1838 and 1839; 

with the rates of Duty payable thereon :—Of the 
Quantities of all Foreign Tin and Tin Ore, taken 

out of the warehouses for Exportation from the United 
Kingdom, in each month of the Three years ending 

the 5th day of January 1837, 1838 and 1839; dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which exported :—And 

of the Quantity of British Tin exported from the 
United Kingdom in each quarter of the Three years 
ending the 5th day of January 1837, 1838 and 1839; 
distinguishing the Ports from which the same was 
shipped, and the Countries whereto the Exportations 

were made. 
Returns of the Quantities of Foreign Zine and Zinc an‘ 
of Calamine, imported into the United Kingdom Calamie. 
in each year, from 1834 to 1838 inclusive ; distin- 
guishing the Countries from which the same were 


Brick 


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United Kingdom in each year, from 1834 to 1838 
inclusive ; distinguishing the Countries whereto the 

same was exported :—And, of Zinc, the produce of 

the United Kingdom, exported in each year from 

1834 to 1838 inclusive; distinguishing the Countries 

to which the same was exported. 

Return to anOrder dated the 14th day of March last, National 
for Returns of the Number of Persons who have visited Gallery. 
the National Gallery in each month from September 

1835 to January 1839 ; also, the Amount of Salary 

and Perquisites, if any, received by each person 
employed, and the principal items of Miscellaneous 
Expenses, under — heads, in each of the Two 

past years ; also the average Number of Students 

who have attended on days of Study. 

Return, showing the Total Number of Advertise- Advertisements 
ments, and Total Amount received therefrom, in 
England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland respec- 
tively, for each year since the Duty was reduced to 
1s. 6d.; and for each year, during a corresponding 
period, before the Duty was reduced. 

An Account of the Number of Loads of Fir Timber Timber. 
exceeding Eight inches square; the Number of Loads 
of Oak Timber exceeding Eight inches square; the 
































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Bricks. 


Bankruptcies. 


Liverpoo! and 
Manchester 
Extension 


Railway Bill. 


Necropolis 
Cemetery Bill. 


Oxenbourn 
and Ramsdean 
Tnciosure Bill. 


London and 
Birmingham 


Railway Bill. 


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Eight Inches square; the Gross Number of Great 
Hundred of Deals and Deal-euds, Battens and 
Batten-ends, and Boards of all denominations, 
without being distinguished ; the gross Number of 
Great Hundred of Staves of all denominations, 
without being distinguished ; the Gross Number of 
Fathoms of Lathwood of all denominations, without 
being distinguished, imported into Dublin from Bri- 
tish America, for the year commencing the 5th day of 
January 1838; and whether Duty paid or in bond. 

A Return of the Duties paid upon Bricks in the 
several Excise Collections in England, for the last 
Ten years, distinguishing the years :—And then he 
withdrew. 

Ordered, Thatthe said Papers do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Abbot, from the Court of Bankruptcy, was 
called in, and at the bar presented,—Further Return 
to an Order dated the 18th day of May 1838, for 
Returns as to Bankruptcies previous to the Act of 
Parliament passed in 1831, appointing Official As- 
signees to take possession of the Estates :-—1. The 
Names of the Official Assignees, and of their Official 
Residence:—2. Names of the Bankrupts previous to 
the Act whose Estates were taken possession of in 
whole or in part, their Description and Residence :-— 
3. Dates of their Bankruptcies:—4. Amount of As- 
sets of each Estate received from the original Assig- 
nees :—5. Amount of Debts due to the Estates not 
then received:—6. Amount of Assets from the 
Estate since received :—7. Amount of further ex- 
pected Assets from the Debts:—8. Amount of 
Dividends declared by the Official Assignees, and 
Dates :—9. Total Amount paid to Creditors :—10. 
Total Amount remaining unpaid to Creditors :— 
11. Expenses charged for Assignees’ Commission 
and Allowances: —12. Expense charged to. the 
Estate for Petty Charges :—13. Balance of Cash 
in each Account, debiting the same only with the 
Cash paid away, and Charges :—14. How the Ba- 
lance is disposed of, whether paid to the Accountant 
General :—15. Or retained in the hands of the Of- 
ficial Assignees for Creditors not having yet applied 
for their Dividends :—The Receipts or Payments, 
on account of the undivided Estates, or of unclaimed 
Dividends, to be separately returned :--And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Petitions from the Boroughreeve, Constables and 
Burgesses of Sulford;— and, John Higgin and 
Robert Higgin of the same place, Publicans and 
Tallow Chandlers; praying that they may be heard, 
by their counsel or agents, against certain _ of 
the Liverpool and Manchester Extension Railway 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of the Vicar and Trustees forbuilding 
a new parish Church and a parochial Chapel, in the 
parish of Saint Pancras, in the county of Middlesex, 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Necropolis Ce- 
metery Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Oxenbourn 
and Ramsdean Inclosure Bill be revived :--And that 
they have leave to sit, and proceed, To-morrow. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Warwick and Nor- 
thampton Road, Members of the Corporation and 
other Inhabitants of Daventry, Magistrates, Clergy, 
Postmasters and others, of Southam, Weedon and the 
adjacent villages, praying for the insertion of a clause 


in the London and Birmingham Railway Bill, for 


Vou. 94, 


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making the Weedon Station more commodious by 
causing all the trains to call there, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of the Churchwardens and Overseers Manchester 
of the Poor of the township of Manchester, praying 24 Leeds 
that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, **!!ay Bil. 
against certain parts of the Manchester and Leeds 


Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Sir Matthew Wood presented a Bill for further Loudon Bridge 
extending the Approaches to London Bridge, and og 
amending the Acts relating thereto:—And the same *“ - 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Parrett Navi- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 25th day of gation Bill. 
March last, was made from the Committee on the 
Parrett Navigation Bill; printed Copies of the Bill 
having been delivered at the door upon Wednesday 
the 27th day of March last; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Glasgow and Stirling Batlochney 
Road, praying that they may be heard, by their Railway Bill. 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Bal- 
lochney Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from the Royal College of Surgeons in Postage. 
Ireland ;— Dundee ;—Leith ;— Burley eae i 
Rhayader ;—London ;— Brighouse ;— Neville Wood; 
—Perth; — Tain; —Adpar and Newcastle Emlyn ; 
Plymouth (two Petitions) ;=--Crail;—Ministers of 
Congregational Churches in Durham and Northum- 
berland;— Boston ;—-and, Edinburgh (two Petitions); 
praying for the adoption of a low and uniform rate 

of Postage,—were presented, and read; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dornoch ;—-Tongue(two Petitions); Church of 

—West Port, Edinburgh ;--Kinlochluichart;--New- Scotland. 
lands ; —- Linton ;— Clyne ;-—Durness ;--Rogart ;— 
Alloa; — Millorex ; —Fyvie ;—Gilcomston ;—Saint 
David's, Glasgow ;— Gartsherrie ;—and, Larkhall ; 
praying the House to adopt measures for relieving 
the religious destitution which prevails in Scotland, 
by extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Inverness ;—and, Tain; praying Prisons 
that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not pass into (Scotland) Bill. 
a law as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Boyle ;—and, Inchicronan ; pray- Elective 
ing the House to identify the Elective Franchise in Franchise, &amp;c., 
England and Ireland, countries in which the tenures ("*'*"*) 
of lands and houses are similar, and to give to Jre- 
land as complete Municipal Reform as England has 
obtained, and to give also to Ireland her adequate 
proportion in the Representation ; and, finally, to 
place Ireland upon a footing of equality in religious 
freedom with England, by allocating the temporalities 
of the church of the minority in that country to 
purposes of charity, education and public utility,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

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Nottingham Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
= mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the 
comme” case of the Petition for further time for presenting 
the Nottingham Common Fields Inclosure Bill, the 
Committee recommend that leave be given to present 

the Bill on or before Monday next. 

The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the said Bill, which, upon the 
27th day of March last, was made from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, might be 
read ; and the same being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing, allotting and improving certain Open 
Fields in the parish of Saint Mary, in the town and 
county of the town of Nottingham: And that Sir 
Ronald Ferguson and Colonel Rolleston do prepare, 
and bring it in:—-And that leave be given to present 
the said Bill on or before Monday next. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the 
case of the Petition for further time to present the 
Nottingham (Saint Mary’s) Inclosure Bill, the Com- 
mittee recommend that leave be given to present 
the Bill on or before Monday next. 

Ordered, That the time for presenting the said 
Bill be enlarged till Monday next. 


Great Central Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 

Irish (Celbridge mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 

and Mullingar) tee : 

Railway Bill, case of the Petition for further time to present a 
Petition for the Great Central Zrish (Celbridge and 
Mullingar) Railway Bill, the Committee recommend 
that leave be given to present a Petition for the said 
Bill on or before the 30th day of this instant April. 

Ordered, That the time or presenting the said 

Petition be enlarged till Tuesday, the 30th day of 
this instant April. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection for Com- 
mittees on Private Bills have leave to sit this day till 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Nottingham 
(Saint Mary’s) 
Inclosure, 


Committee of 
Selection 
(Private Bills.) 


Government 


iti fi , ra c °— 
pe Petitions from Cloughprior and other places ; 


Killucan ;— Bumlin ;—Shankiill and Kilmocahill ;— 
Grange Silvia ;— Urling ford ;—Freshford ;—Cle- 
manto and Tubrid ;—Inistioge ;—Slieverue ;— Car- 
rigeen ;— Moincoin; —and, Inchicronan; praying 
the House to support Her Majesty’s Ministers in 
their Government of Jreland,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Bonding A Petition of the Boroughreeve and Constables 

Warehouses. of Salford, praying for the establishment of Bond- 
ing Warehouses in the said town, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Nottingham Sir Ronald Ferguson presented a Bill for inclosing, 
nae allotting and improving certain Open Fields in the 
* Parish of Saint Mary, in the Town and County of 

the Town of Nottingham: And the same was read 

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


Sale of Beer Petitions from Justices of the Peace of the county 
Bill. of Warwick ;—and, Leicester; praying that the Sale 
of Beer Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Beer-sellers of Halifax, praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law, was 


also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Sale of Beer 


Act. tailers of Beer may be placed on the same footing 
with Licensed Victuallers,— were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Public Mr. Yates reported from the Select Committee on 

aaa Public Petitions; That they had examined the Pe- 

Report. ) titions presented on the 8th and 9th days of this 


instant April; and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House. 

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


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A. 1839. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Traders and County Coys, 
others of Norwich, praying that the County Courts Bill. 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of the city of Nor- Norwich 
wich, praying that they may be heard, by their !™provemeat 
; : Bill. 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Nor- 
wich Improvement Bill, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of the city of Nor- Norwich 
wich, praying that they may be heard, by their Tonnage Bill 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the JVor- 
wich Tonnage Bill, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Skipsea ;— Woolton ;—Ashchurch ; Education, 
— Bicester ;—Dartford;—and, Boston; praying the 
House to refuse its sanction to any system of Na- 
tional Education not founded on the principles of 
the Established Church,—-were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Messrs. R. Hardy &amp; Co., Iron Designs Copy. 
Founders, Worcester, praying that the term of pro- "st Bill. 
tection in the Designs Copyright Bill may be Five 
years, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inn-keepers, Hotel-keepers, Post- Iunkeepers. 
masters and Licensed Victuallers of Cowes and other 
places, in the Isle of Wight, praying the House to 
introduce a clause in all Railway Bills, that every 
Railway Company do pay to every inn-keeper, 
hotel-keeper, post-master and licensed victualler, 
all loss arising to them, which they shall be able to 
prove they have suffered from the construction of 
any Railway; to repeal the duty on carriages let 
to hire with post-horses, the post-horse duty, and 
the tax on servants employed in the business of an 
inn, hotel or tavern, and reduce the window tax 
upon inns, hotels and taverns, and that any deficienc 
arising to the Revenue from such relief as the Peti- 
tioners seek may be made good by an extra tax on 
Railroads, and also to repeal the Sale of Beer Act, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Royal College of Surgeons in Medical 
Treland, praying the House to institute an inquiry Education 
. ; : +,. ~ (Ireland.) 
into the causes which have led to abuses in providing 
certificates of Education to obtain medical and 
surgical qualifications, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the ward of Tower, Metropolis 
in the city of London, praying that Great and Improvements. 
Little Tower-street may be widened and improved, 
and that a new thoroughfare leading directly on to 
Tower Hill be opened, was presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Metropolis 
Improvements. 


A Petition of Henry Deighton, and other Pro-tusolvent 
prietors, Printers and Publishers of Berrows’ Wor- ae 3 
cester Journal Newspaper, stating that, in common ‘ 
with other proprietors of newspapers, the Petitioner 
is subject to the injustice of being compelled to 
insert the advertisement required by the Insolvent 
Debtors’ Act, at the price of Three shillings each, 
being less than the wages of the compositor; and 
| praying for the repeal of such portion of the said 
| Statute, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
| lie upon the Table. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Church 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased wi 
to give directions, that there be laid before this" 
House, a Copy of the Petition of certain of the 
Clergy of Worth Wales serving in the Archdeaconry 
| of Merioneth, and Deanery of the Vale of Clwyd, 
}and Diocese of Bangor, with reference to the Mea- 
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sures which have recently passed the Legislature, 


or which are now pending before the House of 
Commons, affecting the Church. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Jamaica 

Exports. an Account of the Value of all Exports from Great 
Britain to Jamaica, from the year 1830 to the pre- 
sent time, distinguishing each year. 

Senegal Gum. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of all Senegal Gum imported into 
Great Britain, from the year 1833 to the present 
time, distinguishing each year. 

Post Office Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Steam Packets. g Return, in columns, showing, first, the Hours of 
Arrival and Departure of the Post Office Steam 
Packets at and from the Port of Falmouth, for the 
years 1837 and 1838 respectively, and to the 25th 
March in the present year ;—second, the Hours at 
which the several Mail Coaches conveying the 
Foreign Letter Bags have arrived at Falmouth, the 
Hours the Mails were put on Board, and the Time 
the Steam Packets departed from Falmouth in the 
above-named respective years and period ;—third, 
the Time which has elapsed in the afore-named 
years and period, between the Arrival of the Mail 
Coaches at Falmouth, and the Departure of the 
Post Office Steam Packets from that Port ;—also, 
the Time which has elapsed before the Foreign 
Mails brought by Steam Packets have been landed 
at and forwarded from Falmouth, in the years and 
period afore named. 


Summary Mr. For Maule presented a Bill to regulate and 

Jurisdiction = enlarge the Summary Jurisdiction of Justices of the 

Bill. Peace: And the same was read the first time; and 

No.178. ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday the 
25th day of this instant April ; and to be printed. 

Copyright Bille Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


the 24th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 
a Committee upon the Copyright Bill. 


Ordered, That the Borough Watch Rates Bill be 
read a second time upon Wednesday next. 


Borough Watch 
Rates Bill. 


Patterns and Ordered, That the Patterns and Inventions Bill 
Inventions Bill. he read a second time upon Wednesday the 24th 
day of this instant April. 


Designs Copy- 


tenes Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
right Dill. 


solve itself into a Committee upon the Designs 
Copyright Bill. 


Designs Copy- 
oy Extension 
ill, 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Designs 
Copyright Extension Bill. 
see Ordered, That the Heritable Securities (Scotland) 
(Scotland) Bil), Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Writs (Scot- 


Ordered, That the Writs (Scotland) Bill be read 
lund) Bill. 


a second time To-morrow. 


Registers of Ordered, That the Report on the Registers of 
Births, &amp;c., Bill. Births, &amp;c., Bill be taken into further consideration 
To-morrow. 


Supply, Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the Committee of Supply. 
hs al Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
F solve itself into the Committee of Ways and 
Means. 
Shipwrecks of Ordered, That the Select Committee on Ship- 


imber Ships. wrecks of Timber Ships be nominated To-morrow. 
Vot. 94. 


11° Aprils. 


173 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee Benkrupts’ 
to whom it was referred to consider of authorizing Estates 
the Allowance of Compensation to Officers of the sane 
Court of Session, whose Offices may be affected ,, Oftcers.) 
by any Act of the present Session relative to the 
Estates of Bankrupts in Scotland, be received To- 
morrow. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Consolidated 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Consolidated Fu"4 
; (£.8,000,000) 
Fund Bill. Bill. 


Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill for punishing Mutiny Bill. 
Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment 
of the Army and their Quarters, be now read the 
‘third time:—The Bill was accordingly read the 
third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill for the regula- Marine Mutiny 
tion of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Forces while ®!!! 
on Shore, be now read the third time :—The Bill 
was accordingly read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Message from the Lords by Mr. Senior and Message from 

Mr. Duckworth : iceman 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for incorporating “ The Preston 
Preston Gas Light Company,” and for better light- Gu Om. 
ing with Gas, or otherwise, the Parliamentary Bo- 
rough of Preston, and the Townships and Places 
therein mentioned, in the County of Lancaster. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing the Road Epsom Road 
from Epsom to Tooting, and other Roads commu-~'* 
nicating therewith, all in the County of Surrey: 

And also, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Reuss’s 





for naturalizing Ernest Reuss, to which the Lords §*- Bill 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Fictitious biog 
to ascertain and define the Right of voting for (Stan) Bil 
Members of Parliament in Scotland: And that the 
Lord Advocate, Mr. Attorney General and Mr. . 
Fox Maule do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Registration 
for the better Registration of Parliamentary Electors sgeotland) Bill 
in Scotland: And that the LordAdvocate, Mr. At- 
torney General and Mr. Fox Maule do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Railways. 
to inquire into the State of Communication by Rail- 
ways, aud to report their Observations thereupon to 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 and 2 Vic. Imprisonment 
c.110, for abolishing Arrest on Mesne Process in for Debt Act 
Civil Actions except in certain cases, for extending pin, 
the Remedies of Creditors against the Property of 
Debtors, and for amending the Laws for the Relief 
of Insolvent Debtors in England, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the said Act, in as far as respects the in- 
sertion of Advertisements in Newspapers: And that 
Mr. Attorney General and the Lord Advocate do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Bills 
a Return of the Number of such Bills relating to(Scotln?-) 
Scotland as have been introduced into amen 

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Criminal and 


Civil Prosecu- to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


tions, &amp;c., 
(Scotland.) 


Commissions 


(Scotiand.) 


Borough Courts 
Bill. 


First Report } 
from Committee Selection ; 


of Selection 


(Private Bills. 


174 


by the Law Officers of the Crown, or by any other 
Person holding Office under the Crown, during the 
years 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838; distinguishing 
those which have passed into Laws, and also 
those which passed through this House; and 
stating the Expense attending the preparation and 
further prosecution of such Bills into or through 
Parliament, with the Names of the Persons to 
whom such Expenses have been paid, with the 
Amounts paid to each, and the Authority by which 
and the Funds out of which such Payments have 
been made, 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Expense of Criminal and 
Civil Prosecutions or Actions in Scotland, durmg 
the years 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838, whenever 
such Expense has been defrayed by the Crown, or 
out of the Public Exchequer ; stating the Names of 
the Parties to whom such Expenses have been paid, 
and the Number of Causes tried in those years 


11°—12° Aprils. 





A. 1839. 


Berkeley is situated within the Division of West 
Gloucester ; and that the Tetbury Vicarage Bill 
has been committed to Mr. Estcourt and the West 
Gloucester List, whereas Tetbury is situated in 
the East Gloucester Division; and further, that 
the Members for Oxford University, for which 
Mr. Estcourt sits, are not on the List prepared 
under the direction of Mr. Speaker for West 
Gloucester: the Committee have therefore directed 
their Chairman to report these facts to the House, 
and to move that the three several Orders above 
named be discharged ; and that the Berkeley Inclo- 
sure Bill be committed to Mr. Grantley Berkeley and 
the West Gloucester List: the Fretherne and Saul 
Inclosure Bill to Mr. Grantley Berkeley and the 
West Gloucester List : and the Tetbury Vicarage Bill 
to Mr. Codrington and the East Gloucester List. 

Ordered That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


intituled, “ An Act for abolishing Arrest on Mesne 








before the Supreme and Inferior Courts respec- 
tively : And, of the Total Expense to the Crown or 
the Public Exchequer, during the years 1835, 1836, 
1837 and 1838, of the Offices of Lord Advocate, 
Solicitor General, and Crown Agent in Scotland, 
including the Payments to any Deputies or Assist- 
ants, whether stated or extraordinary, employed by 
them, whether in the prosecution of Ordinary Official 
Business, or of Bills, or other Proceedings before 
Parliament or otherwise, with the Names of the Per- 
sons receiving the particular Payments, and their 
several Amounts, and stating the Funds out of 
which and the Authority by which such Payments 
have been made. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Commissions issued by the 
Crown, or by Parliament, in relation to Scotland, 
from the year 1830 to the year 1838 inclusive ; the 
several objects of such Commissions, with the Num- 
ber of Commissioners, Secretaries, Clerks or other 
Persons employed in each; the Number of days 
each Commission has sat; the Amount each Com- 
mission cost; distinguishing the Funds from which 
such Amount has been paid, with the Names of the 
Parties to whom such Payments have been made, 
and the several Amounts paid to each. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The Order of the day 


mittee on the Borough Courts 


ill; 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Committee of 
and who were empowered to report their 
) Observations thereupon from time to time to the 


ouse ; That they had made Progress in the matters 
to them referred ; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House; and the same was 
read, as followeth ; 

That in the discharge of their duty the Commit- 
tee have observed that Bills have been inadver- 
reg, committed to Lists prepared by Mr. Speaker 
for Counties, or Divisions of Counties, in which 
the places to which such Bills referred: are not 
situate, and, in one instance, to a Member not 
included in Mr. Speaker’s List: That the Berkeley 
Inclosure Bill has been committed to Mr. Grant- 
ley Berkeley and the East Gloucester List, whereas 


ee, Png for the Com- 


Process in Civil Actions, except in certain cases, for 
extending the Remedies of Creditors against the 
Property of Debtors, and for amending the Laws 
for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England,” in 
as far as the said Act respects the imsertion of Ad- 
vertisements in Newspapers: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time To-morrow. 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





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Veneris, 12° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 18 39. 


PRAYERS. 


five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 








jesty’s Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, was 
called in; and at the bar presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 13th day of March last, for an Ac- 
count of all Sums of Money paid to the Consolidated 
Fund and to the Commissioners for issuing Exche- 
quer Bills, for the Employment of the Poor, in re- 
payment of Loans advanced for the Improvement 
of the Holyhead Road; also, an Account of all Sums 
of Money paid to the Consolidated Fund from Tolls 
received at the Menai and Conway Bridges :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Peck, from the Office of the Commissioners 


Reuss’s Naturalization Bill was read the first Reuss’s 
Nat. Bill. 


RDERED, That the Committee on the Cam- Cambridge 
bridge Gaol Bill have leave to sit this day til] Gaol Bill. 


Mr. Mudge, from the Commissioners of Her Ma- Holyhead. 


for the Reduction of the National Debt, was called 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament, — Accounts 
of the Gross Amount of all Bank Annuities and 
Long Annuities, and any other Annuities for Terms 
of Years, transferred ; and of all Sums of Money 
hee to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the 

vational Debt; and the Gross Amount of Annuities 
for Lives, and for Terms of Years, which have been 
granted for the same within the year ending on the 
5th January 1839 :—And, of the Gross Amount of all 
Sums received and paid by the Commissioners for 








Banks 


the Reduction of the National Debt on account of 


Bankruy 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to amend Imprisonment 


an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, for Debt Act 
Amendment 


ill. 





Ordered, That the Paper relative to Arming and Arming and 
Training, which was presented upon Tuesday last, Training. 


No. 179. 


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City 











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Bankruptcies. 


2 Vicroriz. 


Banks for Savings (including Friendly Societies) in 
Great Britain and Ireland, from their commence- 
ment at 6th August 1817 to the 20th November 
1838 inclusive :—And, an Account of all Expenses 
incurred by the. said Commissioners for Salaries of 
Clerks or other Incidental Charges during the pre- 
ceding year :— And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Croysdill, from the Court of Bankruptcy, was 
called in; and at the bar presented,—Further Return 
to an Order, dated the 18th day of May 1838, for 
Returns as to Bankruptcies previous to the Act of 
Parliament, 1831, appointing Official Assignees to 


12° Aprilis. 


175 


Burgesses of Lichfield; —John Brough; — Jane 
Godwin ;— John Felthouse ; — Aston Burston and 
Stoke ;— Thomas Brough;— Edward Reale and 
Thomas Gutteridge; --Wigginton ;—D. Riley ;— 
Devisees in trust under the will of Joseph Knight, 
deceased ;— Tamworth ;—and, the Earl of Lichfield; 
complaining of their names having been used by 
the ae to the application for the Manchester 
and Birmingham Extension (Stone and Rugby) Rail- 
way Bill withons the sanction of the Petitioners ; and 
praying that such Bill may pass into alaw,—-were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition of the Earl of Lich- 
field be printed. 


take possession of the Estates:—1. The Names of 
_ the Official Assignees, and of their Official Residence: 
—2. The Names of the Bankrupts previous to the 
Act whose Estates were taken possession of, in 
whole or in part, their Description and Residence : 
—3. Dates of their Bankruptcies :—4. Amount of 


The Rampton Inclosure Bill was read a second Ram 
time ; and committed to Mr. Eaton and the Cam- Inclosure Bilt. 
bridge List. 


A Petition of John Harrison, of Cheetham, Brewer, Manchester 
and John Sudlow, of Manchester ,Gentleman, Trustees aud Leeds 
and Executors of Robert Harrison, late of Man- ¥*iway Bill. 


ent 
Act 








9. 


Assets of each Estate received from the original 
Assignees :—5. Amount of Debts due to the Estates 
not then received :—6. Amount of Assets from the 
Estate since received :—7. Amount of further ex- 
ected Assets from the Debts: —8. Amount of 
ividends declared by the Official Assignees, and 
Dates :—9. Total Amount paid to Creditors :—-10. 
Total Amount remaining unpaid to Creditors :—11. 
Expense charged for Assignees’ Commission and 
Allowances :—12. Expense charged to the Estate 
for Petty Charges :—13. Balance of Cash in each 
Account, debiting the same only with the Cash paid 
away and Charges :—14. How the Balance is dis- 
posed of, whether paid to the Accountant-General : 
—15. Or retained in the hands of the Official As- 
signees for Creditors not having yet applied for their 
Dividends :—The Receipts or as on account 
of the undivided Estates, or of unclaimed Dividends 
to be separately returned :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


chester aforesaid, Brewer, deceased ; praying that 
they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Manchester and Leeds 
Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tion, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


conducting the application for the Portishead Pier 
Bill, praying that the time for presenting the said 
Bill may be enlarged till the 22d day of this instant 
April, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the time for presentin 
Bill be enlarged till Monday, the 22d 
instant April. 


the said 
ay of this 


A Petition of William Henry Bucherfield, Secre- Portishead. 
tary and Agent to the Provisional Committee for Pier. 


Table. 
The House being informed, that the Sheriffs of 


Petitions from Birmingham ; — Oxford ;— Co- pimix 


hi 
_ ventry ; —Lichfield; —Market Drayton ;—Dudley ; Canal Bill. 
naon 


City Police. 


Preston and 
Wyre Railwa 


the City of London attended at the door, they were 
called in; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
city of London in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, a 8 leave to present 
a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill for permanently 
establishing a more efficient system of Police in the 
said city, and for altering and improving the present 
mode of levying the Rate for the said purpose, was 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Preston and Wyre Railway and Harbour, and 


— West Bromwich ;— Wednesbury ;—Darlaston ;— 
Tipton ;— Willenhall ;—Aston and other places ;— 
Erdington and Sutton Coldfield ;— Curdworth, and 
other places ;— Coleshill and Kingsbury ;—Shrews- 
bury ;— Walsall (two Petitions) ;— Wolverhampton ; 
— Bilston ; — Burton-upon-Trent ; — Birmingham 
and Aston ;—Carriers of Goods on the Birmingham 
Canal Navigations ;—Coal Masters and others on 
the Birmingham Canal Navigations ;—Iron Masters 
on the Birmingham Canal Navigations ;— Tamworth; 
—and, Tamworth and Fazeley; praying that the 
Birmingham Canal Bill may pass into a law,—were 
&gt; and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


a cee” Preston and Wyre Dock Bill was read a second 
andPreston and time ; and committed to Sir Hesketh Fleetwood, and 
the North Zancaster List. 


- Dock 

ul, 

Necropolis Petitions from Land-owners, Lease-holders and 
other Inhabitants of Saint Pancras, and Saint 
John, Hampstead ;— and, Churchwardens, Vestry- 


The Birmingham Canal Bill was read a second Birmingham 
time; and committed to Colonel Anson, and the Canal Bill. 
South Stafford List. 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens, Over- Northern and 


Conctery seers and Vestrymen, Governors and Directors of Eastern Rail- 


Company Bill, way (Nos. 1 





abt 


Over Darwen 
Gas Bill, 


Totley or 
Dronfield 
lnclosure Bill. 


Manchester and 


Birmingham 
xtension 


men, Directors and Overseers of the Poor of Saint 

Pancras, praying that they may be heard, by their 

counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Necro- 

polis Cemetery Bill,—were — and read ; and 
‘ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Over Darwen Gas Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. William Feilden, and 
the North Lancaster List. 


The Totley or Dronfield Inclosure Bill was read 
a second time; and committed to Mr. George Caven- 
dish, and the North Derby List. 


Petitions from William Loftus Lowndes ;—Samuel 
Buttery ;—Elizabeth Hall;—Trustees of the Mu- 


(StoneandRug- Nicipal Charities and Estates of Charities in Lich- 
by) Railway. field ; — Leigh Coleman;—Mayor, Aldermen and 


oL. 94, 


the Poor of Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green, praying 
that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against the Northern and Eastern Railway (No. 1. 
and No. 2.) Bills, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


turns of the Number of Visitors admitted to the 
Armoury in the Tower, from the 1st day of May 
1837 to the 1st day of March 1838, and from the 
Ist day of May 1838 to the Ist day of March 1839, 
stating the Number of Free Admissions, and the 
Number of those Persons who paid for Admission, 
in each of those months ; the Rate of Fees paid by 
each, and aggregate Amount received in the same 
time ; stating also, in what manner the Money re- 


ceived has been appropriated, and to whom -_ “y 
n 





Colonel Anson presented,—Returns to several Tower 
Orders, dated the 22d day of March last, for Re- Admissions. 








176 


And, of the Number of Visitors admitted to the 
Jewel Office in the Tower, in each of the last Four 
years, stating the Number in each Month admitted 
free, and the Number who have paid for Admittance, 
the Rate of Fees paid for each Person in that period, 
and the aggregate Amount received in each year 
from such Fees; also, an Account of the manner 
in which the Money received has been appropriated, 
and to whom paid. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 
Manchester and Ordered, That the Select Committee on Petitions 
Birmingham for Private Bills have Power to report from time to 
Senenand Rug- time on the Petition for the Manchester and Birming- 
by) Railway. ham Extension (Stone and Rugby) Railway Bill. 


Portishead 
Pier. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom 
the Petition of Owners and Occupiers of estates in 
the parish of Uphill, complaining of non-compliance 
with the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition 
for the Portishead Pier Bill, was referred ; That the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with in the 
case of the Petition for the said Bill, inasmuch as 
no application had been made to the tenants of 
Mr. Adam Gordon as Occupiers ; and that the names 
of the said tenants ought to have been specifically 
mentioned as Occupiers in the Book of Tataienes, 
and not, as therein stated, as the tenants of Mr. 
Adam Gordon; and that the Declaration and 
Estimate were not printed and delivered at the 
Vote Office previous to the presentation of the 
Petition. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Standing 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee 
rders; 


on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, a Reso- 
lution; which was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
Burnett's Patent Bill, the Standing Orders ought 
not to be dispensed with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Burnett's 
Patent. 


Berkeley The Order made upon the 18th day of March 
Inclosure Bill. Jast, that the Berkeley Inclosure Bill be committed 
to Mr. Grantley Berkeley, and the East Gloucester 
List, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be committed to Mr. 
Grantley Berkeley, and the West Gloucester List. 


Tetbury 


The Order made upon the 27th day of March 
Vicarage Bill. 


last, that the Tetbury Vicarage Bill be committed 
to Mr. Estcourt, and the West Gloucester List, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Cod- 
rington and the East Gloucester List. 


British Museum The British Museum Buildings Bill was read 
Buildings Bill. » second time; and committed to a Select Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Committee be nominated upon 
Monday next. 


Litherland The Litherland Roads Bill was read a second 


Roads Bill. time; and committed to Lord Viscount Sandon, 
and the South Lancaster List. 

Litherland A Petition of Land-owners, Rate-payers and 

Roads Bill. 


other Inhabitants of Great Crosby, and other places, 
in the hundred of West Derby, in the county of 
Lancaster, praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel] or agents, against certain parts of the said 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


12° Aprils. 





A. 1839. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Necropolis 
posed, That the Necropolis Cemetery Bill be now ©e™etery Bit 
read a second time ; 
The Amendments following were proposec: tc be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Gocstion :—The said pro- 
osed Amendment and Motion, were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Petitions from Seymour Teulon, of Tooley-street ; London and 
—and, Thomas Bayly, of Tooley-street, Shoe-maker, Croydon Rail. 
and Christopher Green, of Whitechapel Road, ‘* ®t. 
Baker, praying that the London and Croydon Rail- 
way Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 

—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Thomas Rawlings, Proprietor, Imprisoument 
Printer and Publisher of the Cheltenham Chronicle {r Debt Act 
and Gloucestershire Advertizer, praying that the pi, 
Imprisonment for Debt Act Amendment Bill may 
pass into a law, was — and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bristol, praying Cor Laws. 
for the repeal of the Corn Laws, was presented, fe 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Prescot ;—North Meols ;—and, 
Sephton ; praying that the Corn Laws may not be 
repealed,—were also presented, and read; and or 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ballymachugh and Drumlumman ; Government 

— Killaraght ;—Longford ;—Kilmacallan ;—Callan of {relana. 
and other places ;—Connohy ;—Sligo ;—LEirke ;— 
Columbhill ;—Clonbroney ;—Ahaseragh ;—Fenloe ; 
—Killofin and Kilmurry M‘ Mahon ;—Clare Abbey ; 
— Meelich ;—Abington;—Moistrim and Edgworths- 
town ;—and, Granard ; praying the House to sup- 
port Her Majesty’s Ministers in their Government 
of Lreland,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Prescot ; — Everton ; — Lanark Education. 
(Moderator of the Presbytery) ;—LZiverpool; —and, 
Dean; praying the House to refuse their sanction 
to any system of National Education not founded 
on the principles of the Established Church,—were 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Liverpool ;— Havant ;—and, War- Charch 
blington and Emsworth ; praying the House to con- ae) 
tinue their protection and encouragement to the atiectits 
Established Church throughout Canada and other 
British Colonies,—-were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Inch ;—Jnnerluthen;—and, the Church of 
Moderator of the Presbytery of Stranraer ; praying Scotlasd. 
the House to adopt measures for relieving the re- 
ligious destitution which prevails in Scotland, by 
extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Callander ;—and, the President 
of the Paisley Voluntary Church Association, pray- 
ing the House to refuse any further grant of public 
money to the Established Church of Scotland,— 


were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Riverstown;—Suey ;—Drumeliffe ; Elective 
—Columbkill ; — Abington; — Abbeylara ; — and, Franchise, &amp;ee 


Cahirconlish; praying the House to identify the (ireland) 
Elective Franchise in England and Ireland, countries 








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Bill. 


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in which the tenures of lands and houses are similar, 
and to give to Jreland as complete Municipal Re- 
form as England has obtained, and to give also to 
Ireland her adequate proportion in the Representa- 
tion; and, finally, to place Ireland upon a footing 
of equality in religious freedom with England, by 
allocating the temporalities of the church of the 
minority in that country to purposes of charity, 
education and public utility,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Solihull Union ;—and, the 


Sale of Beer 

Bil. County of Monmouth ; praying that the Sale of Beer 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Paisley (two Petitions) ;—and, 
Manchester ; praying for the adoption of a low and 
uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. . 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Rhuddlan, in the 
diocese of Saint Asaph, praying that the emolu- 
ments arising from sinecure rectories in Wales ma 
be applied to the benefit of the diocese in which 
such revenues arise, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Postage. 


Church 
Establishment 
(Wales. ) 


Petitions from Rochdale;—and, Prescot; pray- 
ing the House to refuse any further grant of public 
money to the Roman Catholic of Maynooth,—were 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Wigan 
Union, praying for an alteration of so much of the 
Poor Law Amendment Act, as respect orders of Affi- 
liation, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


A Petition of Manufacturers and Merchants of 
Paisley, praying the House to adopt measures for 
tg se. the disputes between France and Mexico 
rom longer interrupting the commerce of the latter 
country with the United Kingdom, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mexico. 


Intemational A Petition of the Chairman and Secretaries of 

lar. the Executive Committee of the Society for the 
promotion of permanent and universal peace, pray- 
mg the House to devise measures to induce all 
Governments to unite in forming a great council for 
the purpose of settling the principles of Interna- 
tional Law, and of organizing a high court of 
appeal in which all national disputes may be ad- 
justed, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Prisons A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and 

(Scotland) Bills Council of Peterhead, praying that the Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Answer to Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the 

Addresses, House, That their several Addresses of yesterday 
(that Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to 
give directions that the oy or therein mentioned 
might be laid before this House), had been pre- 
sented to Her Majesty; and that Her Majesty had 
commanded him to acquaint this House, that She 
will give directions accordingly. 

Church Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address 

— to Her Majesty,—A Copy of the Petition of cer- 


tain of the Clergy of North Wales, serving in the 
Archdeaconry of Merioneth and Deanery of the 
Vale of Clwyd, and Diocese of Bangor, with re- 
ference to the measures which have recently passed 
the Legislature, or which are now pending before 
the House of Commons, affecting the Church. 

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

Vou. 94. 


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177 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed State of 
to inspect the Journals of the House of Last re- Ireland. 
lative to the nppveennen of a Select Committee to 
inquire into the State of Ireland, since the year 
1835, in respect of Crime and Outrage, which have 
rendered Life and Property insecure in that part 

of the Empire, and to make Report thereof to the 
House :—And a Committee was appointed of Sir 
Robert Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir George Clerk, Mr. 
Vernon Smith and Mr. Kinnaird. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Ecclesiastical 
Committee upon Monday next, upon the Ecclesias- Duties and_ 
tical Duties and Revenues Bill, was read, and dis- Revenves Bill 
charged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 29th day of thisinstant April, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Ma- ygesico, 
jesty’s command,—-A Copy of the Correspondence ww, ig9 
relative to the removal of a Mezican Pilot from ; 
on board Her Majesty’s Packet Express by a 
French Ship of War in the Gulf of Mezico. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- prisons 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That it be an Instruction to the Committee that 
they have Power to divide the Bill into two Bills ; 

he House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Sir George Clerk, \ 45 
Mr. Colquhoun: J 

Tellers for the Noes, 1% fon Wants } 65. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Petitions from Crail;—Saint Andrew’s (Provost); Administration 
—and, Pittenweem; praying the House to address of Justice 
Her Majesty to appoint a Commission to inquire into Scotland.) 
the administration of Justice in Scotland,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; andordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ts 
mittee on the Supreme Courts (Scotland) Bill ; ‘oeetinnd) Bill 

And a Motion oe made, and the Question be- 
ing proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

alr ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” te 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
“ that She will be graciously pleased to direct an 
“ Inquiry to be made, by persons unconnected with 
“‘ Scotland, into the nature and extent of the duties 
“ incumbent on the thirteen Judges of the Supreme 
“ Court in Scotland, keeping in view the short 
. — these Judges sit on the Bench, the great 

ength of the vacations they enjoy, and the con- 
“&lt; tinuous large decrease of Suits tried before them ; 
and whether one Court of Review consisting of 
“ four Judges, instead of two Review Courts of co- 
“‘ ordinate Jurisdiction under eight Judges, as at 
present, would not facilitate the ends of justice 
in the Supreme Court of Scotland, and effect a 
saving to the country of £.14,000 a-year; and 
whether substantial and more speedy justice 

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“ would be ensured to the people of Scotland, by 
“ extending the Sessions of the Supreme Court from 
“ five to eight months of the year, and the Sittings 
“ of the Judges from less than two hours to five 
“ hours daily, with the substitution of oral for 
“‘ written evidence, and an increase of vivd voce 
“« procedure,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

he House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; - 

The Noes to the new Lobby. — 

Tellers for the Yeas, Rober , lll 2 f 5 


Mr. Wallace, 


Tellers for the Noes,f Mr. Gillon : 11. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2° paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuavse, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2, disagreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 3 to N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciausez, N° 12, (Salaries of the Judges regulated, 
and certain Judges’ Salaries increased) read. 

Amendment proposed : P. 5. 1. 32. After “ Duty,” 
to insert “ and whereas the number of causes tried 
“ has been of late years materially diminished, and 
“ is now in progress of diminution.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 


serted ; 
The Committee wee : _ 
r. Gillon, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Se Wallece: } 4. 
Mr. Fox Maule, ve 
Tellers for the Noes, Ste, Mickoes Mined: bse. 


Another Amendment proposed : P. 5. 1. 35. To fill 
the blank (Salary to the Lord President) with the 
sum of Four thousand eight hundred pounds; 

Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with Four 
thousand three hundred —- 

Question put, That the blank be filled up with 
Four thousand eight hundred pounds ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the Yeas, - 1 ame ts } 42. 

Tellers for the N oes,{ a ad . } 13. 


Crausz, N° 12, as amended, agreed to. 


Criause, No 13 (After the age of Seventy, and 
Fifteen years’ service, Judge may retire with full 
salary) read. 

Several Amendments made : 

At the end of the Clause proposed, to add the 
following Proviso: “ Provided always, That when 
“ any Judge of the Supreme Court shall have ob- 
“ tained leave to resign on the ground of ill health, 
he shall be held bound,in case his health shall be 
“ restored, to resume, if required by Her Majesty, 
“ Her heirs and successors, his former judicial situa- 
tion, which may fall vacant; and in the event of 
his declining to do so, his retiring pension shall 
cease and determine.” 

Question put, That the Proviso be added ; 

The Committee divided : 
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Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Gillon, 
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Mr. Wallace: 

Mr. Elliot, 

Mr. Robert Steuart: 
CravseE, N° 13, as amended, agreed to. 
Crausss, N° 14, N° 15 and N° 16, amended, and 

agreed to. 

CiauseE, N° 17, agreed to. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


12°—13° Aprils. 





A. 1839. 
Cause offered:— Whereas by Statutes 1 Will. 4, 
c. 69, and 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 41, certain judicial 
duties then executed by the Commissaries of Edin- 
burgh were transferred to the Court of Session, 
and provisions were made for thereafter taking proofs 
in Consistorial Cases by Commission to one or 
other of the Sheriffs of Scotland specially autho- 
rized for that purpose in the manner provided for 
by the said Statutes, and it is expedient that the 
provisions of the said Statutes should be in so far 
altered; BE it Enacted, That all actions of decla- 
rator of marriage, and all actions of declarator of 
legitimacy and of bastardy, and all actions of di- 
vorce, and all actions of separation &amp; mensa et thoro, 
and all actions of putting to silence, shall be com- 
petent to be vetted = and insisted in only before one 
or other of the two Judges of the Court of Session 
appointed to perform the duties of Barons of the 

xchequer : Provided always, That the decision of 


ject to the review of either of the Divisions of the 
Court of Session, and of the House of Lords: And 
be it further Enacted, That proofs in Consistorial 
Cases shall be taken by the Judge before whom 
such case shall depend, and the practice of taking 
_ by commission shall cease and determine: 

rovided always, That nothing herein contained 
shall be held to prevent a commission aig | granted 
to take a proof in Consistorial Cases where wit- 
nesses are Orth of the kingdom, or, from sickness, 
or other inability, are unable to appear in presence 
of the Judge——brought up, and read 1°; and, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

CrauseE offered:— And be it further Enacted, 
That it shall not be competent hereafter for any 
Judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland to officiate 
as a Member of any other Court in Scotland, Civil 
or Ecclesiastical. 

Question, That the said Clause be brought up 
put, and negatived. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








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


Sabbati, 13° die Aprilis, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
rted, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


into a Committee upon the Designs Copyright Ex- 
tension Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


into a Committee upon the Consolidated Fund Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 


day next. 





Mr. 


the said Judges in Consistorial Cases shall be sub- 


Designs 


into a Committee upon the Designs Copyright Copyteht Bill 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Designs 


Copyright 
Extension Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consolidated 


Fund 
(£. 8,000,000) 
Bill. 


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Bankrupts’ 
Estates 
(Scotland) 
[Compensation 
tu Officers. ] 


Adjournment. 


Factories Bill. 


Paper Duties 
Bill. 


Brick Duties 
Bill. 


Heritable 
Securities 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Writs (Scot- 


land) Bill. 


Registers of 
Births, &amp;c., Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 


Means. 


Shipwrecks of 
Timber Ships. 


Railways, 


2 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of authorizing the Allow- 
ance of Compensation to Officers of the Court of 
Session whose Offices may be affected by any Act 
of the present Session relative to the Estates of 
Bankrupts in Scotland, a Resolution; which was 
read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That Compensation be granted, out of 
the monies chargeable with the payment of the 
Salaries and Expenses of the Court of Session in 
Scotland, to such Officers of the Court of Session 
who may suffer Loss in consequence of any Act 
which may be passed in the present Session relating 
to the Estates of Bankrupts in Scotland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order of the day bejng read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Factories Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Paper Duties Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Friday, the 24th day of 
May next. 


The Brick Duties Bill was,.aceording to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Friday, the 24th day of 
May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Heritable Securities (Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a sec6nd time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Writs (Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Registers of 
Births, &amp;c., Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be ap- 
ointed to inquire into the Shipwrecks of Timber 
Ships, and the Loss of Life attendant thereon ; and 
to report to the House whether any or what means 
can be adopted to reduce the amount thereof in 
future, might be read; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. George 
Palmer, Sir Charles Adam, Sir Charles Vere, Mr. 
Alderman Thompson, Sir Edward Codrington, Mr. 
Aaron Chapman, Mr. William Duncombe, Captain 
Gordon, the Earl of Hillsborough, Lord Viscount 
Sandon, Mr. Callaghan, Captain Alsager, Mr. Emer- 
son Tennent, Mr. Hodgson Hinde, and Mr. Wode- 
house, with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House was moyed, That the Order made 
yesterday, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
Vox. 94. 


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179 


to inquire into the State of Communication by Rail- 
ways, and to report their Observations thereupon to 
the House, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Poulett 
Thomson, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Lord 
Granville Somerset, Mr. Thornely, Lord Viscount 
Sandon, Mr. Loch, Mr. Freshfield, Sir John Guest, 
Lord Stanley, Mr. Greene, Sr Harry Vi , Mr. 
Bingham Baring, Sir James Graham and Lord 
Seymour, with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Borough Court 

mittee on the Borough Courts Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesda 

the 24th day of this instant April, resolve itself 

into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Imprisonment 
reading of the Imprisonment for Debt Act Amend- for Debt Act 
ment Bill; zi, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, pabtic Works 
a Copy of the Correspondence between the Lords (Ireland-) 
of the Treasury and the Commissioners of Public 
Works in Ireland, relating to the disposal of the 
Sum of £.50,000, placed under the control of the 
Commissioners, by the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 21, for 
the Promotion of Public Works in Zreland. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Canada. 
upon the 21st day of February last, that there be 
laid before this House, an Account of the Expense 
incurred in the Mission of the Earl of Durham, as 
High Commissioner and Governor of Canada, dis- 
tinguishing any Salaries paid, and of all Expenses 
incurred in the passages of the Earl of Durham 
and Suite, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order, be 
laid before this House forthwith. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Scientific Scientific 
Experiments, which was presented upon Tuesday last, Experiments. 
be printed. No. 181. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Beer-houses, Beer Houses, 
&amp;e., (Manchester and Salford), which was presented &amp;¢» (Man- 
yesterday, be printed. Salford.) 

No. 182. 

Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Tin, which Tin. 
were presented yesterday, be printed. No. 183. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Zinc and Zinc and 
Calamine, which was presented yesterday, be Calamine. 
printed. No. 183. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Advertise- Advertisements. 
ments, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 184. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before two of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 








Lune, 15° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 
R. Sherwood, from the Commissioners of the Bridlington 
Bridlington Piers and Harbour, was called Pier. 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Abstract of 
the General Account of the Commissioners of 
Bridlington Piers and Harbour :—And then he 
withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


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180 


Carlow Borough A Petition of the there-undersigned William Cary, | 


Election. 


Anderson, of Carlow, all in the county of Carlow, | 
Electors of the Borough of Carlow, in the county of | 


15° Aprils. 


A. 1839. 


A Petition of Stafford Stratton Baxter, of Ather- Manchester ang 


of Carlow, Philip Deighton, of Carlow, and Robert stone, in the county of Warwick, Agent for the Pirmingham 


xtension 


Honourable Fulke Greville Howard, Sir George (Stone ang 
Chetwynd, Baronet, Sir Charles Wolsley, Baronet, Rugby) Rail. 


Carlow, was delivered in, and read; setting forth, That | and other Land-owners and Ye ap who have ™%): 
fe) 


the Petitioners are, and at the time of the last Elec- | 
tion of a Member to serve in Parliament for the Bo- 

rough of Carlow were, Electors of the said Borough, 

and had, and claim to have had a right to vote at the 

said Election, and did vote thereat accordingly ; that 

at the said Election Thomas Gisborne, Esquire, and 

Francis Bruen, Esquire, were proposed as Candidates, 

and the said Francis Bruen, Esquire, was declared by 

the Returning Officer to have been duly elected, and 

was accordingly returned as Member for the said 

Borough ; that the Petitioners are informed and be- 
lieve, that a Petition signed by the said Thomas 

Gisborne, describing himself therein as a Candidate 

at the said Election for the said Borough, and 

another Petition signed by John Tuomy, M. D., 

Robert Lawler, and George O'Farrell, describing 

themselves therein as electors of the said Borough, 
and also a third Petition, signed by Robert Lawler, 
Paul T. Cullen, Georye O’ Farrell and another, also 
describing themselves therein as electors of the 
said Borough, have been presented to the House, 
complaining of the said Election and Return of the 
said Francis Bruen, Esquire; that the Petitioners 
have learnt from a notice bearing date the Twenty- 
second day of March one thousand eight hundred 

and thirty-nine, inserted in the London Gazette of 
the Twenty-sixth day of March one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-nine, by the direction of and 

under the hand of the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House, pursuant to the Statute in that case 
made and provided, that the said Francis Bruen, 
within Fourteen days after the presentation of the 
said Petitions against his Return, to wit, on the 
said Twenty-second day of March, one thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-nine, did, by a Declaration 
in writing subscribed by him, and delivered in at 
the Table of the House, inform the House, that it 
was not his intention to defend his said Election or 
Return ; that the Petitioners are desirous that they 
may be admitted as Parties in the room of the said 
Francis Bruen, in opposition to the said Petitions, 
and in defence of the said Election and Return; 
and praying that under and by virtue of the Statute 
in that case made and provided, they may be ad- 
mitted as Parties in the room of the said Francis 
Bruen, so being as aforesaid the Sitting Member 
for the said Borough. 


The House was moved, That the 10th section of 
the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, to consolidate and amend 
the Laws relating to the trial of Controverted Elec- 
tions or Returns of Members to serve in Parliament, 
might be read ; and tlie same being read ; 


Ordered, That the Petitioners be admitted Parties 
in the room of the said Francis Bruen, Esquire, 
pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition. 


Bishop Auck- 
land and Wear- 
dale Railway 
Bill. 


The Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway Bill 
was read a second time; and committed to Mr. 
Pease, and the South Durham List. 


petitioned against the application for the Manches- 
ter and Birmingham extension (Stone and Rugby) 
Railway Bill, on the ground of non-compliance with 
the Standing Orders of the House ; praying for an 
inquiry into the allegations of certain Petitions pre- 
sented upon Friday last, in relation to the said Bill, 
wherein the Petitioners complain that their names 
have been used by the opponents of the measure 
without their sanction; was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Banbury, praying Birmingham 
that the Birmingham Canal Bill may pass into a Canal Bill 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee London City 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Plice. 
the Petition for leave to present a Petition for the 

London City Police Bill, the Committee recommend 

that leave be given. 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Peti- 

tion, as desired. 


Reuss’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Reuss’s 
time; and committed to Mr. Brotherton, and the Nat Bill. 
South Lancaster List. 


A Petition of Owners and Freighters of steam Brazil Steam 
packets and other vessels to and from the town of Packet Com- 
Inverness, and Merchants, Traders and others in the PY Bill. 
said town, praying that the Brazi/ Steam Packet 
Company Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Hartishead or Dewsbury Inclosure Bill was Hartishead or 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Lascelles, jar nane: m 
and the West Riding of York List. 


The Aberdeen Harbour Bill was read a second Aberdeen 
time; and committed to Mr. Bannerman, and the a 
North Scotland List. 

Two Petitions of Inhabitants and Land-owners of South-eastern 
Kent, taking notice of the application for leave to Reval" 
bring in the South-eastern Deviation Railway Bill ; “A 
and praying that such Bill may not pass into a law, 

—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


The House being informed that the Promoters of North — 
the North Midland Railway Bill desired that the ®#"**9 *" 
said Bill might be re-committed, for the purpose of 
provision being made pursuant to the Standing Or- 
der, “ That no such Company shall be authorized 
to raise by loan or mortgage a larger sum than one- 
third of their capital; and that, until fifty per cent. 
on the whole of the capital shall have been paid up, 
it shall not be in the power of such Company to 
raise any money by loan or mortgage,” such pro- 
vision not having been already made, in conse- 
quence of the Parties promoting the said Bill having 
considered that the said Standing Order applied 
only to new Railroads ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 





London and 
Birmingham 
Railway Bill. 


The Order made upon Thursday last, for referring 
vo the Committee on the London and Birmingham 
Railway Bill, the Petition of Trustees of the War- 
wick and Northampton Road, Members of the 
Corporation and other Inhabitants of Daventry, 
Magistrates, Clergy, Postmasters and others of 
Southam, Weedon, and the adjacent villages, pray- 
ing for the insertion of a Clause in the said Bill, for 
making the Weedon Station more commodious, by 
causing all the Trains to call there, was read and 
discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Select Committee on Railways. 








former Committee for the above-stated purpose ; and 
that they have leave to sit and proceed upon Thurs- 
day next. 


The House being informed that the Promoters of Great Western 
the Great Western Railway Bill desired that the R#lvsy - 
said Bill might be re-committed, for the purpose of 
provision being made pursuant to the Standing Or- 
der, “ That no such Company shall be authorized 
to raise by loan or mortgage a larger sum than one- 
third of their capital; and that, until fifty per cent. 
of the whole of the capital shall have been paid up, 

\it shall not be in the power of such Company to 


|raise any money by loan or mortgage,” such pro- 
vision 











Nor 


wal 


Bil 








and 


Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


General Ceme- 
tery Company 
Bill. 


Birmingham 
and Gloucester 
Railway Bill. 


Aberbrothwick 
Harbour Bill. 


Manchester and 


Birmingham 


Railway Bill. 


Nottingham 
(Saint Mary’s) 
Inclosure Bill, 


Government 
of Ireland. 


2 VicToRiz. 


vision not having been already made, in consequence 
of the Parties promoting the said Bill having con- 
sidered that the said Standing Order applied only to 
new Railroads; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee for the above-stated purpose ; 
and that they have leave to sit and proceed upon 
Thursday next. 


A Petition of the Rector and Churchwardens of 
the parish of Christchurch(commonly called Spitat- 
fields), in the county of Middlesex, praying that the 
Northern and Eastern Railway (No. 2.) Bill ma 
not pass into a law as it now stands, was enti: | 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Charles Bratt and William Bratt, 
of Church-street, Spitalfields, praying that they 
may be heard, by their counsel, against certain 
parts of the said Bill, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thomas Wood reported from the Committee 
on the General Cemetery Company Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


A Petition of J. Timbrell and other Trustees of 
the Tewkesbury, Gloucester and Worcester Turnpike 
Roads, praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Bir- 
mingham and Gloucester Railway Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred'to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


An ingrossed Bill for extending, improving, re- 
omar and managing the Harbour of the Royal 

urgh of Aberbrothwick, in the County of Forfar, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Chalmers do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Gentry, rerEy, Manufacturers, 
Traders and Inhabitants of Congleton, praying that 
the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Nottingham (Saint 
Mary’s) Inclosure Bill, which upon the 27th day 
of March last was made from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, might 
be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for enlarging the time to pre- 
sent the said Bill, which upon Thursday last was 
made from the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the parish of Saint Mary, in 
the town and county of the town of Nottingham: 
And that the Earl of Lincoln and Mr. Houldsworth 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Petitions from Pomeroy ;--Ballinasloe and Creagh; 
— Ballinoohir ;— Tynan ;— Liskeavy and Adrigoole; 
—Kiltulla and Killimor ; — Athenry ;.— Moylough, 
&amp;c. ;— Innis Mac Saint ;— West Tulloughabegley ;— 
Kilmanmon ;—Saint Mary Youghal ;—Cloynepreist ; 
-— Mallow, &amp;c.; — Stradbally; — Mountmelick ;— 
Tuam ; — Lixnaur, &amp;c.; — Ruan; — Dysart (two 
Petitions) ;— Armagh ; — Grean; — Gilendermot ;— 

Vot. 94. 


15° Aprihs. 


181 


Doon ; — Kilmacow ; —- Kilbomare ; — Caltra; — 
Dorney ; — Duagh ;— Killarney, &amp;c. ;---Fuerty ;— 
Rath, &amp;c. ;— Roscrea ;—Ballyhugue ;— Killeery ;— 
Ballylongford ;— Rosenalis ;—Creem ;—Saint Mul- 
lins ; — Clonegal ;— Tullow:— Killeshin ; — Port- 
arlington, &amp;c.; Carlow ;—Kilabin ;— Tinryland ;— 
Dunlukney ; — Killyan, &amp;c.;—Ennis; — Kilrocks, 
&amp;e.; — Aughrim; — Drogheda ; — Mornington ; — 
Monaleen ;— Muchalee ;—Kilmanagh ; —Danesfort, 
&amp;c. ; — Cloongish ; — Cashel ;—Mountrath ;—Saint 
Mary, Drogheda ;—Kilfree ;—Drumcliffe ,-- Moy- 
cullen ; — Kilross ; — Cloonacule;—Kilmactigue ;— 
Ballisodare ; — Ahamlish ; -- Coolock ; — Rush; — 
Tallaght ;— Castlenook ;— Clondalkin ;— Palmers- 
town ;—Ballymore Eustace ;—Swords ;—.Donabate 
and Portrane ;—Saint Mary and Saint Peter Rath- 
mines ; — Balbriggan; —- Cullowhill ; — Clontarf ; — 
a 3;— Moyvore ;— Miden and Miltown ; 
—Mullingar ;—Rathconrath and Killmacnevan ;— 
Kilbeggan ;— Kilbiryin ;— Collinstown ;—Walshes- 
town ;—Fore ;-—Gainstown ;-- Russagh ;--Castletown 
and Newtown ;—Kilmahon ;—Saint Anne, Dublin; 
-— Galen ;—Castlepollard, &amp;c.;--Cappagh ;—Saint 
Thomas, Dublin; — Monaghan ; — Kells; — Saint 
Mary, Donnybrook; — Hollywood and Naul ; — 
Loughall ;— Boyle ;— Killcrohane;— Laracor and 
Gallow ;—Kilmore and Ballinaclough ;— Turin ;— 
Castletowndelvin; — Mayne and Faughelstown ; — 
Donagh; — Carrickmacross; — Donoughmore ; — 
Nenagh and Lisbonny ;—Bree ;—Middleton ;— Kil- 





common ;— Kilcoleman and Castlemore ;— Kilcom- 
mon East ;— Neale; — Aglish ;—Kilmeand ;—Bal- 
linahaglish ; — Kilmoremoy ; — Saint Mary’s West- 
meath and Saint Peter’s and Drum, Roscommon ;— 
Trinity Parish, Waterford ; — Tartarahan ; — Kil- 
megan ;—Cahirconlish ;— Naas ;— Athy ;—Suncroft; 
— Maynooth .— Blackditches ;— Bray ;— Barrogh; 
— Kilcolman ;-— Ballinakill and Kilcrone ;— Knock- 
aney;--Borris ;-—-_Ballybricken ;—Clonelty ;--Cappa- 
more ;— Kilbenny ;—Kilmeedy and Cloncrew ;— Effin 
and Kilquane;---Bruree and Coleman’s Well;--Manis- 
nister ;—Fedamore ; — Galbally ;-Adare ;-Dromin ; 
— Kildrino and Chapelrussell ; — Kilmallock and 
Ballingaddy ; — Mahoonagh and Feohonough ; — 
Kilfirmane and Ardpatrick ;-- Athlaca ; — Saint 
Patrick's, Limerick ;—Suttons Parish, Wexford ;— 
Templeshanbo ;— Cranford ;— 7 acumshane ; — Bally- 
more, &amp;c.;—- Gorey ; — Tintern, Rosegarland and 
Inch ;— Tagout ;—Ferns and Kilcomb ;— Kilrush ; 
— Loughmore and Crecora;— Dromore;—Clonallan; 
—-Murhur and Knockanure;-- Kilcash and Gammons- 
field ; — Bright ;— Trinity without Waterford ; — 
Belrathboyne; — Oldcastle ;--Mullahoran;— Kilbeg ; 
— Staholmoch ; — Monknewtown ; — Cullmullen and 
Kockhmark ;—Athboy and Rathmore ;—Moynalty ; 
— Tallanstown;-- Tullyallen;—Kilsaran;—Ardcath 
and Clonalvey;— Errigal Kerian; — Duuleer ;— 
Thomastown and Tullow ; — Reynagh ; — Birr ; — 
Ittagh and Kilcoleman ;— Killaderry ;—Killelonfert 
and Ballycommon ; — Geashill and Ballycane ;— 
Monsea and Dromineer ; —Killaney ; — Kinsale ;— 
Cloyne ; —- Saint Michael and Saint John, Dublin; 
— Carlingford ;—-Kinnegad ;-- Barrindarrig ;--Saint 
Munchin, Limerick ;— Killyshandra;— Saint John’s, 
Limerich ; —Cleenish ; — Killegney ; ~ Killaloe ; — 
O’ Gonnelloe ;— Kilrush ;— Kilogenedy and Kilseily ; 
-- Doonas and Trugh; — Kilmacduane and Kil- 
macherel ;— K iltubride ;—Kilfidane and Kildysart ; 
— Dundalk ;—Dromcolloher ;-- Dunmore ;— Culdaff; 
—-Knochea ; —Donoughmore ; — Kilbride ;—Castle- 
maguer ;— Aghabologue ;—Liscarrol ;— Knockhavilla 
and Brinna ;—Cleanor, Carrig and Wallstown ;— 
Passage West; — Churchtown ; — Brigown and 
Mitchelstown ; — Carrigtwohill ; — Ballyhea ; — 
Giountane ; — Kilkeedy ; -— Scariff; — Killone; — 
Feakle ; —Kilquane ;—Dromin and Richardstown ; 
—Rathfligh ; —Rathdrummin ;—Fethard and Kil- 
lusty ;—Moykarky and Borris ;— Roscommon and 
Kilteevan ;—Saint James, Dublin ;—Drumglass ;— 
Killeagh and Ardagh ;-- Tipperary ,— Staley Bridge ; 





AA3 —Maghera 








roe, a 
(Saint Mary’s) 
Inclosure Bill. 


Postage. 


Government of 
Ireland. 


Her Majesty's 
Ministers. 


182 


—Maghera and K illelagh ;—Churchtown ; —Saint 
Mark, Dublin ; — Ballypooreen ; — Baldoyle; — 
Dromore and Garvaghy ; — Hillsborough ;—Cross- 
molina ; —Dunboyne ; — Tallonstown ;—Ramoan ;— 
Saint Mary, Limerick ;—Skryne ;— Newtownards ; 
— Aughagoure ; —Borris O’ Kane and Uskane ;-— 
New Ross ; — Ballygibbon ; —Loughglyn ;—Dun- 
lavin, Donard and Donoughmore ;—Doneraile and 
Shanballymore ; —Dromara ; —Tullynishin ;— Ark- 
low ; — Conwall ; —Castlerahan ; — Kiltoghert ; — 
Drumgath ;— Kilmain ;— Terminamongan ;—Lough- 
heene ; —Cashel ; — Castlegordan ; — Islaneady ; — 
Devnish ; —Caher ; —Trugh ;—Muckhno ;—Currin ; 
— Wexford ;— Monasterevan ;—Fohanna;— Rashar- 
han ; — Thurles ; —Athleague ; —Culfaughtrine ;— 
Ballinahinch ; —Wherry and Tissarn ;—Ballygun- 
ner ;— Gillan ;—Lemonagan ;—Kilmonahan ;—Kil- 
loughey ; —Lusmagh ;— Ballycahill ;— Killorglin ;— 
Ballingarry ;---Bourney and Corbally ;—Shinmone, 
&amp;c.;—Newin and Knockgraffin ;—Balina ;—Kilbo- 
lane and Birdhill ;— Rathdowney ;— Aghada ;— 
Ballyduff ; —P ortlaw ;—Clonfeacle ; —- Saint John, 
Waterford ; —Cappaghwhite ;— Killyman ; — Kin- 
negh ; —Derrynoose ; —Lislee and Abbeymahon ;— 
Saint Michael, Limerich ;—Saint John’s, Kilenvoy, 
&amp;e. ; —Finglass ; —Aughnamullen East ; —Killeen, 
&amp;c.;—Moor Church ;—Kildalkey ;—Aughalurcher ; 
— Cruisetown ;—Stamullen ;—Julianstown ;—Castle- 
coner ; — Ballinrobe ; — Killalla ; — Kilcoman and 
Robin ;— Tuomore ;—Ratheline (two Petitions) ;— 
Ardagh and Moydow ; —Killoe ; -— Shrule ; —Kil- 
comach ;— Cashel ;—Carrickedmond ;—Rosenver ;— 
Glenade ; —Rahoore ; -- Carabronne ; — Raheen ;-- 
Tallahortan ; — Middle-street parish, Galway ; ~ 
Munterconnaught ; —Clerihan ; —Laragh ;—Dones- 
heigh and Knochivella ;—Toomevara ;— Enniskillen ; 
—Borrisoleiyh ;—New Birminghdn ; —Clonbeg ;— 
Yubrid;—Saint Kyran’s;—Drunkerrin and Temple- 
harry;—Saint Patrick, Waterford ;—Clonmacnoise ; 
— Dunshaughlin; — Drumcondra and Ardagh ;— 
Ballybay ;— Tuliycorbet ;— and, city of York (five 
Petitions); praymg for the continuance of a fair 
and impartial Government in Jre/and, and also an 
equal participation in the rights, franchises and 
privileges enjoyed by their fellow subjects in Eng- 
land, and that the House will not countenance or 
encourage the Orange party in Jreland, but, on the 
contrary, legislate for the benefit of the Lrish people, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to he upon 
the Table. 


The Earl of Lincolz presented a Bill for inclosing 
Lands in the Parish of Saint Mary, in the Town 
and County of the Town of Nottingham: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Petitions from Whitby;—York Corporation ;— 
Menlough ;—Brechin (two Petitions) ;—Arbroath ; 
— Mirfield ;—Saint Mawes ;—Exeter ;—(three Pe- 
titions) ;—Barnard Castle;— Monmouth ;— Darling- 
ton ;—Bideford ;— Worcester ;— Gatehouse of Fleet; 
— Malton ;— Bridgend ; — Oakgreen ; — Rastrick ; 
—Lilliesleaf ;—.Dunse ; —and, Stockton-upon- Tees ; 
praying for the adoption of a low and uniform rate 
of Postage,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Gloucester ; — Oldham ; — Tyld- 
esley ;— Rochdale ;— Aston-by-Budworth ;— Altrin- 
cham;—and, Runcorn; praying the House not to 
express any opinion which may tend to prejudge 
the Question submitted by the House of Lords to 
the investigation of a Committee into the state of 
Crime in Jreland,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions of Protestants of Dublin ; praying 
for an Address to Her Majesty, for the dismissal 
from Office of Her present Ministers,—were pre- 


15° Aprilis. 





A. 1839. 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. ' 


Petitions from Oxted ;—Carshalton ;—Shkipton ; ., 
* ° urch 
—and, Tavistock; praying the House to take into Establishment 
consideration the present state of the Ecclesiastical (Canadz, &amp;¢,) 
Establishments in the Canadas, and other colonies 
of the British Empire,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Warrington Union ; —and, Poor Lay 
Pocklington Union; praying for an alteration of Amendment 
the Poor Law Amendment Act, so far as relates to 4*t- 
orders of Affiliation,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Office Bearers and Committee spirit Licenses 
of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, praying (Scotland) Bil 
that the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Licensed Dealers in and Retailers of 
Wines, Ales and Spirituous Liquors of Borrowstoun- 
ness, praying that the said Bill may pass into a law, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Leamington Spa, praying the Maynooth 
House not to sanction any further grant to the College. 
Roman Catholic College of Maynooth,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Parochial Clergymen residing in Ecclesiastical 
and near the city of Chichester, praying that the pos "4... 
Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Johnstone ; — Kirkinner ; -— Ar- Church of 
broath ;—and, Pathstruie; praying the House not St!"4. 
to sanction any further endowments to the Church 
of Scotland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Prisons 


Council of the royal burgh of Lanark, praying Setland) Bill 


that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Caledonian 

Council of the royal burgh and port of Montrose, Canal. 
raying the House to authorize the early completion 

of the Caledonian Canal, with sufficient depth of 

water, and to sanction the employment of steam- 

tugs, as recommended by the Engineer, was pre- 

sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 

mittee on the Caledonian Canal. 


A Petition of the Presbyterian Congregation of Army (Presby- 


terian Church 


Monaghan, praying that Presbyterian soldiers may J. ) 


be permitted to attend the Presbyterian church in 
the same manner as Episcopalian and Roman Ca- 
tholic soldiers are permitted to attend their respective 
places of worship, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Agriculturists, Trades- Corn Laws. 
men and Inhabitants of Magor and Redwick, in the 
county of Monmouth, praying that the Corn Laws 
may not be repealed, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kileoman and Robin, Railways 
in the county of Mayo, praying that the Province (Ireland.) 
of Connaught may participate m the advantage of 
Railroad Communication, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders and Tithes 
Inhabitants of Kilmain, prayimg for the abolition (Ireland.) 














of 


Bducati 
(Irelan 


Blectir 
Francl 
(Irelal 


Coy 











Ment 
&amp;e,) 


Nises 
Bill, 


Ul. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Elective 
Franchise, &amp;c., 


(Ireland.) 


Copyright Bill. 


Church Leases. 


Manchester and 


Birmingham 
Extension 
(Stone and 
Rugby) Rail- 


way. 


Merchant 
Seamen, 


State of 
Treland. 


No. 185. 


“ Crime in 
Ireland, Select 
Committee on, 
appuinted,” 


2 VicTroriz. 


of Tithes in Jreland, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the the Table. 


Petitions from Castlebar ; — Ballyheane and 
Breafy;—and, Aughagoure ; praying that the pre- 
sent system of National Education in Jreland may 
not be persisted in,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cloone;— Crookstown ;—Carra- 
browne ; — Kilmeed ;— Killaney ; — Knockaney ; — 
Maheracloone ;— Killegney ; —Crossabeg ;— Dromin 
and Richardstown ; — Carrigtwohill, Lislee and 
Abbeymahon ;—Ringrone ;—Delgany, Kilquade and 
Kilmurray ;— Enniskillen ; — Taghmon ; — Drum- 
rany ;—Cleenish ;— Tullaroan ;— Cashel ; —Ahog- 
hill ;—Raheen ;—Errigle Truagh;— Bree ;—Lyons ; 
— Eadestown and other places ;—_Kentstown ;—Saint 
Mullins, Carlow ;—Painstown and Ardmulchan ;— 
Sligo ;—Kilmactique ;—Holmpatrick ;—and, Bally- 
more Eustace ; praying that the people of Zreland 
may have the same rights, privileges and franchises 
as the people of England,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Thomas Bloomfield, Doctor 
in Divinity, Vicar of Bisbrooke, in the county of 
Rutland, praying that the Copyright Bill may pass 
mto a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sub-tenants of the manor of Bur- 
niere, in the parish of Egloshayle, in the county of 
Cornwall, praying that the rights of sub-tenants 
may be protected and preserved in any measure 
which may be adopted respecting Church Leases, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Yeomen, Manufacturers 
and Inhabitants of Wilmslow, taking notice of the 
application for leave to bring in the Manchester and 

armingham Extension (Stone and Rugby) Railway 
Bill, and praying that such Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Ship-masters and other Seamen 
belonging to the port of Ayr, praying for the 
amendment of the Act 4 and 5 Will 4, c. 52, to 
amend an Act of the twentieth year of King George 
the Second, for the relief and support of sick, 
maimed or disabled Seamen, and the Widows and 
Children of such as shall be killed, slain or drowned 
im the Merchant Service, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Sir George Clerk reported from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to inspect the Journals of the 
House of Lords, with relation to the appointment 
of a Select Committee to inquire into the state of 
Ireland since the year 1835, in respect of Crime 
and Outrage which have rendered Life and Property 
insecure in that part of the empire, and to make 
Report thereof to the House; That they had in- 
spected the said Journals accordingly, and had 
taken Copies of the Proceedings of the Lords 
thereupon ; and the Report was read, as followeth ; 


“ Die Jovis, 21° die Martii, 1839. 


“ The Order of the day being read, for the Lords 
to be summoned, 

“ It was moved, That a Select Committee be ap- 
pointed to inquire into the state of Jreland since 
the year 1835, in respect of Crime and Outrage, 
which have rendered Life and Property insecure in 
that part of the empire; 

“ Which being objected to ; 

“ After long debate, 

Vou. 94, 


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183 


“ The Question was put thereupon. 

** It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

“« Ordered, That the Lords following be appointed 
a Select Committee, to inquire into the state of 
Ireland, since the year 1835, in respect of Crime 
and Outrage, which have rendered Life and Property 
insecure in that part of the Empire, and to report 
to the House :— 

“ Lord Fitzgibbon, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Clan- 
brassill, Lord Wharneliffe, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord 
Plunket, Lord Brougham and Vauz, Lad Cloncurry, 
Lord Glenelg, Lord Hatherton, Lord Carew, Lord 
President, Lord Privy Seal, Duke Buckingham and 
Chandos, Marquis Westmeath, Marquis Normanby, 
Earl Hillsborough, Earl Gosford, Earl Charleville, 
Earl Vane, Viscount Leinster, Viscount Hawardine, 
Lord Bishop of Exeter. 

‘*« Their Lordships, or any Three of them, to meet 
To-morrow, at Four o’clock in the Afternoon, in 
the Prince’s Lodgings, near the House of Peers, 
and to adjourn as they please.” 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed, 





Mr. George William Wood reported from the Public Petitions 
Select Committee on Public Petitions ; That se =. 
had examined the Petitions presented on the 11th “*?™ 
and 12th days of this instant April; and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Sir Edward Sugden presented a Bill for the better Purchasers’ 
Protection of Purchasers against Judgments, Crown Protection Bill. 
Debts and Fiats ig Bankruptcy: And the same was No. 191. 
read the first time; and vs rom to be read a second 
time upon Monday the 29th day of this instant 
April; and to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Sewers Bill. 

reading of the Sewers Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday the 29th day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bankrupts 
mittee on the Bankrupts (Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Municipal 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) Corporations 
Bill ;. (Treland) Bi!l. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Come Waterford — 
mittee on the Waterford Fever Hospital Bill ; Fever Hospital 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday" * 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Committee on the British Museum Buildings British Museum 

Bill was nominated of Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Esé- Buildings Bill. 
court, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hawes, 
Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Thornely, Sir Philip 
Egerton, Mr. Compton, Mr. Marshall, Lord Stanley, 
Mr. Hume, Mr. Bingham ey Mr. Pease, Lord 
Viscount Sandon and Mr. Planta, with Power 
to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Supreme Couris 
Report on the Supreme Courts (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Pil. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported the Consolidated 
Consolidated Fund Bill; and the Amendments were fu"4 Bill. 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 

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184 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Factories Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
29th day of this instant April, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Factories Bill. 


Registers of 


Bite fon Bill The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


further consideration the Report on the Registers 
of Births, &amp;c. Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, wpon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. = 


mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Imprisonment 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


for Debt Act reading of the Imprisonment for Debt Act Amend- 
Bill, ment Bill; ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time, 
upon Wednesday next. 
Government i j i 
pe pe A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 


posed, That it is the Opinion of this House, that it 
Is expedient to persevere in those principles which 
have guided the Executive Government of Ireland 
of late years, and which have tended to the effectual 
administration of the Law, and the general improve- 
ment of that part of the United Kingdom ; 

An Amendment was proposed. to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
* on the 12th day of March last, a Motion was 
made in this House, for the production of various 
Documents connected with the state of Ireland, in 
respect to Crime and Outrage, including Com- 
munications made to the Jrish Government relating 
to Offences connected with Ribbonism, and all 
Memorials, Resolutions and Addresses forwarded 
to the Jrish Government by Magistrates, or other 
official persons, in respect of Crimes and Outrages 
committed in Jreland, and the Answers thereto: 

“ That the period included within the Returns 
so called for, extends from the commencement of 
the year 1835, to the present time ; and that the 
Motion made for the production of them was 
assented to by this House, no opposition to it 
having been offered on the part of Fer Majesty’s 
Government : 

“ That on the 21st day of March last, the House 
of Lords appointed a Select Committee ‘ to in- 
quire into the state of Ireland since the year 1835, 
in respect to Crime and Outrage, which have ren- 


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na 


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the Empire :’ 


‘“‘ That in consequence of the appointment of 


such Committee by the House of Lords, it has 
been proposed that this House should resolve, 
‘ That it is the opinion of this House, that it is ex- 
— to persevere in those principles which 
ave guided the Executive Government of Ireland 
of late years, and which have tended to the 
eifectual administration of the Law, and the ge- 
neral improvement of that part of the United 
Kingdom.’ 

“ That it appears to this House, that the ap- 
pointment of a Committee of Inquiry by the House 
of Lords, under the circumstances, and for the 

urpose above mentioned, dves not justify Her 

ajesty’s Ministers in calling upon this House, 
without previous inquiry, or even the production 
of the # cto nd which this House has required, 
to make a declaration of opinion with respect to 
one branch of the public policy of the Executive 


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15°—16° Aprelis. 





A. 1839. 


Government, still less a declaration of opinion 
which is neither explicit as to the principles which 
it professes to approve, nor definite as to the pe- 
‘ial to which it refers; and that it is not fitting 
that this House should adopt a Proceeding which 
has the appearance of calling in question the un- 
“ doubted right of the House of Lords to inquire 
“ into the state of Ireland in respect to Crime and 
“ Outrage, more especially when the exercise of that 
right by the House of Lords does not interfere 
with any previous Proceeding or Resolution of the 
House of Commons, nor with the progress of any 


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dered life and property insecure in that part of 


legislative measure assented to by the House of 
Commons, or at present under its consideration,” 
| instead thereof. 

| And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
im nd a Debate arising thereupon ; 


' And the House having continued to sit till after 
_twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 

| Martis, 16° die Aprilis, 1839: 

| Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
| day. 

| 


“ 


Mr. Poulett Thomson reported the Designs Copy- Designs 
right Bill; and the Amendments as far as the Copyright Bill 
Amendment in P. 3. 1. 15., were read a second 
time, and agreed to. 

P. 3. 1. 15., the next Amendment, being read a 
second time; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Amendment :—It passed in 
the Negative. 

The Amendments as far as the Amendment in 
P. 3. 1. 36., being read a second time, were agreed 
to. 

P. 3. 1. 36., the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this Reais doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Amendment :—It passed in 
the Negative. ; 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Mr. Poulett Thomson reported the Designs Copy- Designs 
right Extension Bill; and the Amendments were Copyright 
read, and agreed to ; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to ascertain Fictitious Votes 
and define the right of voting for Members of Par- (Scotland) Bill 
liament in Scotland: And the same was read the No. 186. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill for the better Registration 
Registration of Parliamentary Electors in Scotland : of ore em 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered (S¢!#n4) Bil. 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and No. 187. 
to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Holy- Holyhead 
head Road, which was presented upon Friday last, ®»4- 
be printed. No. 188. 
Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Na- National Debt. 
tional Debt, which were presented upon Friday last, No. 189. 


be printed. 
Ordered, That the Copy of the Petition of Clergy 


of North Wales, with reference to measures affecting 
the Church, which was presented upon Friday last, 


be printed. 
Ordered, 


Church 
Establishment 
( Wales.) 


No. 








ll, 


Railways. 


Wigan Borough 
Election. 


Tyrone Writ. 


Tithes Commu- 
tation. 


Tithes Commu- 
tation. 


Daniel 
O'Connell, 
uire, 


2 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, 
which was presented upon Monday last, be referred 
to the Select Committee on Railways. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after twelve of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. , 








Martis, 16° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


T HE hour appointed for taking into considera- 
tion the Petition of John Hodson Kearsley, of 
Higher Hail, within Westleigh, in the county of Lan- 
caster, Esquire, a Candidate at the last Election for 
a Member to serve in Parliament for the Borough of 
Wigan, in the county of Lancaster, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
being come ; 

And Thomas Hawett, of Standishgate, in the Bo- 
rough of Wigan, in the county of Lancaster, Surgeon, 
and Richard Watmough, of Wallgate, in the said 
Borough, Book-keeper, having by an Order of the 
House of the 25th day of March last, been admitted 
Parties, with the Sitting Member, to defend the said 
Return ; 

Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 

The Serjeant-at-Arms was sent, with the Mace, 
to the places adjacent, to require the attendance of 
the Members on the business of the House :—And 
being returned ; 

The House was counted by Mr. Speaker; and 
Four hundred and thirty Members being present ; 

The several Parties, counsel and agents, were 
called in. 

And the door being locked ; 

The Order of thé day, for taking into considera- 
tion the said Petition, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were 
delivered to the Clerk appointed to attend the said 
Committee; and then the door was opened, and 
the Parties, their counsel and agents, withdrew. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the County of Tyrone, 
in the room of Lord Viscount Alexander, now Earl 
of Caledon, a Peer of the United Kingdom. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
A Return of the Number of Confirmations of Ap- 
portionments which have taken place under the 
Tithe Commutation Act. 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 18th day 
of February last,—That to the Return from the 
Tithe Commissioners, ordered on the 5th day of 
February last, there be added a Return of the 
Number of Notices of Meetings that have been 
received by them, as well as of Agreements and 
oS pberag ry whether confirmed or rejected, or 
still under the consideration of the Diocesan, or 
otherwise waiting confirmation, in each of the several 
Counties of England and Wales:—And that the 
said Returns be continued monthly during the pre- 
sent Session. 

A Return of the Date of every Document or In- 
strument executed during the Administration of Lord 
Normandy in Ireland, nominating Daniel O’ Connell, 
Esquire, a Justice of the Peace for the County of 
Kerry. 

Von. 94, 


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185 


Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to the Ecclesisstical 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of the (iniend.) 
Report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Tre-""® 
land to the Lord Lieutenant, for the year ending the 
Ist day of August 1838. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Return Railways. 
of all Monies to be raised under the sanction of the 
Acts whereby Railroad Companies have been incor- 
porated, between the 1st day of January 1826 and 
the 1st day of January 1839 ; distinguishing, in a 
tabular form, the Sums to be raised by each Com- 
pany respectively ; as also the Sums to be raised 
as Principal from the Sums to be raised by Loan 
or Mortgage ; and stating the several Acts under 
which the said several Sums are to be raised :—And 
also, an Account of the several Sums proposed to 
he raised by Railroad Companies, under the sanction 
of Bills now in progress through Parliament; dis- 
tinguishing by which Companies the several Sums 
are proposed to be raised, and whether as Loans or 
as Principal, were upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dursley, praying Bristol and _ 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel ee 
or agents, against certain parts of the Bristol and “""*) 
Gloucestershire Railway Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, y 28 their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Gravesend;—East and West India Commercial 
Dock Company ;— Port of London ;-—Poplar and Ceaea) 
Blackwall;—and, Rochester; praying that the Com- Railway Bill. 
mercial (London and Blackwall) Railway Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Townley reported from the Committee on the Stow-cum-Quy 
Stow-cum-Quy Inclosure Bill; That they had exa- Inclosure Bill. 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfac- 
tion of the Committee; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Petition of Trustees of the New Cross Turnpike- Greenwich 
roads, praying that they may be heard, by them- Sewers Bill. 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Greenwich Sewers Bill, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hector reported from the Committee on the Oxenbourn 
Oxenbourn and Ramsdean Inclosure Bill; That nee ae 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and “"°°™* ©" 
found the same to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to 
the satisfaction of the Committee; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed io. ' 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the General Ce- General _ 
metery Company to raise a further Sum of Money, Cemetery Bill 
and for amending the Act relating to the said Ceme- 
tery, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Wood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. - 

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186 


Mr. Pryme reported from the Committee on the 
Cambridge Gaol Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Cambridge 
Gaol Bill, 


Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way (No, 2.) 
Bill. 


Petitions from Richard Davis, of Little Wenlock, 
in the county of Salop, Gentleman ;— William Ingle, 
of Guildford, in the county of Surrey, Gentleman, 
and James Elstone, of Aldershot Lodge, in the county 
of Hants, Gentleman ;—and, Thomas Nias, of Ro- 
therfield-street, Islington; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Northern and Eastern 
Railway (No. 2.) Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Rhymney The Rhymney Iron Company (Bedwelty Church) 
(Be ged Bill was read a second time; and committed to 
Church) Bin. Lord Granville Somerset, and the Monmouth List. 


Birmingham 
and Gloucester- 
shire Railway 
Bill. 


Petitions from Land-owners and other Inhabitants 
of Cofton Hackett ; — Northfield ; — Magistrates, 
Land-owners and other Inhabitants of Bromsgrove ; 
—John Hill, Town Clerk of the Municipal Town 
Council of Worcester ;— and, Magistrates, Land- 
owners and other Inhabitants of Kingsnorton; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Bir- 
mingham and Gloucestershire Railway Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if‘they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Newark 


Gas Bill. Mr. William Gladstone reported from the Com- 


mittee on the Newark Gas Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Sir Edward Knatchbull reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Dover, Deal and Sandwich Road Bill; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Dover, Deal, 
and Sandwich 
Road Bill. 


Manchester and 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 


—— on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom the 
Stone and _— Petitions of several Owners and Occupiers of lands 
= Rail- jn Stone and Rugby, Sir George Chetwynd, Baronet, 


the Company of Proprietors of the Navigation from 
the Trent to the Mersey, the Birmingham Canal 
Company, the Trustees of the Stafford Charities, 
severally complaining of non-compliance with the 
Standing Orders in the case of the Petition for the 
Manchester and Birmingham Extension (Stone and 
Ruby) Railway Bill, were referred; That the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with :— 

Firstly. The Railway is intended to pass through 
the township of Great Aston Burston and Stoke, 
which township is not mentioned in the February 
and March notices. 

Secondly. Certain deviations are intended to be 
made within the following townships, which town- 
ships are not mentioned in the notices of such de- 
viation 


parishe8, townships, extra-parochial and other places 
m the original notices of the intended line ; viz. 1. 





16° Aprilis. 


though they are included in the list of 





A. 1839, 


Saint Michael Lichfield; 2. Fisherwich ; 3. Wig- 
ginton; 4. Wigginton and Bolhall and Glascote. 
Thirdly. The following inaccuracies occur in the 
Books of Reference: 1. No. 200, in the township 
of Great Aston Burston and Stoke, is described as 
in the ownership of William Stubbs of Weston, and 
in the occupation of Charles Hawthorn, whereas 
the Trustees of Earl Saint Vincent are, and were at 
the jime the said Books were deposited, the owners, 
and Thomas Brough the occupier thereof, and no 
application was made to the Trustees of Earl Saint 
Vincent or to Thomas Brough for their consent in 
respect of this property. 2. No. 21, in Salt and 
Ensen is described as belonging to Lord Talbot, and 
Nos. 18, 20 and 22, as belonging to the Mayor and 
Aldermen of Stafford, whereas the Stafford Charity 
Trustees are, and were, the owners thereof, and no 
application was made to the Stafford Charity Trus- 
tees in respect of this property ; but with regard to 
Nos. 18, 20 and 22, it appeared that up to the 1st 
of August 1836, when the Municipal Reform Act 
came into operation, the Corporation were the owners 
under a charitable trust; that under that Act, the 
Chancellor appointed new Trustees, under the name 
of “ the Stafford Charity Trustees ;” that the same 
person who received the rents under the Corporation, 
continued to receive them under-the new Charity 
Trustees; that inquiry was made in February 1838, 
from some persons in the neighbourhood, who in- 
formed the parties inquiring, that the Corporation 
were the owners; the tenant who resided at some 
distance was not applied to, the parties. expressing 
themselves to have been well satisfied with the in- 
formation so received ; the then Mayor of Stafford 
was, in point of fact, one of the Stafford Charit 
Trustees. 3. No. 10, in the township and sesiidh 
of Saint Michael Lichfield, is described as belonging 
to Thomas Oldacres, whereas the Earl of Lichfield 
is, and was the owner thereof. 4. A garden, num- 
bered 412, on the Plan, is described as 414, house 
and garden, belonging to George Webb and Mary, 
his wife, whereas 41, is only a garden, and is in 
fact, part of, and ought to be included in 428, as 
property belonging to Sir Clifford Constable, to 
whom application was made in respect thereof. 5. 
The property numbered 52, in Colwich-with-Stowe, is 
described as a cottage and garden, whereas the same 
consists of two cottages and gardens; and the name 
of Richard Lindsop, who was the occupier of one 
thereof is omitted from the said Books of Reference. 
6. A field, numbered 64, in Colwich-with-Stowe, is 
described as belonging to William Hanbury, whereas 
the same belongs, and did at the time belong, to 
the Prebendary of Colwich ; but it appeared that 
the parties applied for information to Whetton, who 
had been collector of rates, and knew the premises; 
that they went with him on the lands adjoining the 
field in question, and pointed it out to him, and 
that they understood from him that it belonged to 
William Hanbury ; other witnesses went again with 
Whetton, in November, close to the field in question, 
and pointing it out to him, were informed, as the 
understood, that it was Hanbury’s, of which they 
made a note, at the time intimating that the de- 
scription as contained in their Lists, was correct ; 
Whetton wascalled before the Committee, and stated, 
that he never meant to give such information, and 
that he knew the properties to belong to the Preben- 
dary of Colwich. 7. Ihe properties numbered 122, 
123, 125, 126, 128, 129 and 130, in Colwich-with- 
Stowe, are described as belonging to Elizabeth 
Sparrow, whereas the same belongs, and did at the 
time belong, to Sir Charles Wolsley; but it appeared 
that the agents for the promoters of the Bill went 
with Whetton, in February, into many of these fields, 
and pointed out the rest to him, and did, on the 
information which they understood him to give them, 
and on which they relied, erase the name of Sir 
Charles Wolsley, previously entered in their Lists 
as owner, and insert that of Elizabeth Sparrow. 8. 
A field, 














2 Victori2Z. 


A field, numbered 2, in the parish and township of 
Colton,is described as belonging to the Trustees of 
Colton School, who were not at the time, nor ever 
were, the owners of the said property. 9. A field, 
numbered 21%, in Armitage and Hansacre, is de- 
scribed as belonging to Walter Hi , whereas 
the same belongs, and did at the time belong to 
the Trent and Mersey Navigation Company, who 
have not been applied to, in respect of this pro- 
perty ; but it appeared that application was made 
to the Trent and Mersey Canal Company in re-~ 
spect of the canal and embankment ; that this 
field is a narrow strip of land, not separated by 
any fence from the oakenhanad, and that the field 
beyond, and immediately adjoiming thereto, does 
and did belong to Walter Hemery. 10. A field, 
142, is described as in the parish of King’s Bromley, 
whereas the same is in the parish of Chad, or 
Stowe, Lichfield. 11. The properties numbered 8, 
7 and 14 in the parish of Chad or Stowe, and 11, 
in Whittington, are described as belonging to the 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Lichfield, as 
Trustees of Morsley’s Charity, whereas the Muni- 
cipal Charity Trustees are and were the owners 
thereof; but it appeared that under the Municipal 
Reform Act the property was taken from the Corpo- 
ration, and vested in the Municipal Charity Trustees 
(in like manner as in the Stafford case before men- 
tioned); and it appeared that a great many mem- 
bers of the Corporation are and wepe also Seren 
of the Charity. 12. Nos. 35 and 352, in Chad or 
Stowe, are described as belonging to the Mayor, 
Aldermen and Burgesses, of Lichfield, as Trustees 
of Morsley’s Charity, whereas John Smith is and was 
the owner thereof. 13. No. 36, in the last-men- 
tioned parish, is described as belonging to John 
Smith, Esquire, whereas the same does and did at 
the time belong to the Corporation of Lichfield. 
14. A field, No. 8, in Whittington, is described as 
belonging to Theophilus Levett, whereas the Trustees 
of Morsley’s Charity were the owners thereof. 15. 
A field at No. 21, in the parish of Shuttington, is 
described as belonging to the Earl of Essex, whereas 
William Shilcock is and was the owner thereof; but 
a witness proved that he applied at the house of the 
said William Shilcock, the occupier, who was, in 
fact, the owner also, and finding no one there, he 
had obtained his information from a labourer work- 
ing near the spot. 16. A field, No. 1, in the pa- 
rish of Polesworth, is described as belonging to 
Charles Wynn Griffith Wynn, whereas the same 
belongs, and did at the time belong, to Sarah Ro- 
gers, and no application has been made to Sarah Ro- 
gers, in respect of such field; but a witness stated, 
that having found the greatest difficulty in obtaining 
any one to give him information in consequence of 
circumstances over which he had no control, he 
took a labourer who he was told was the best man 
he could get under the circumstances, and this 
person told him he knew the land well; that they 
went together into No. 1, and the man told the wit- 
ness that field belonged to one Tebbett, as lessee of 
Mr. Charles Wynn Griffith Wynn, and was occu- 
pied by Banford, who lived three miles off, and to 
whom no application was made. 17. No. 13, in the 
parish of Mancetta, is described as in the occupa- 
tion of Henry Power, whereas Thomas Gutteridge 
is and was the occupier thereof. 18. Certain lands 
numbered 10, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28, in the 
parish and township of Shilton, are described as 
belonging to the Dean and Canons of Windsor, 
whereas the same do and did at the time belong to 
Henry Cadwallader Adams, Esquire; but it ap- 
peared that the parties employed by the promoters 
of the Bill had received information from a man 
living within a quarter of a mile of the spot, who 
went with them to the fields in question, and told 
them that Mr. Adams was lessee under the Dean 
and Canons of Windsor ; it further appeared, that 


Mr. Adams was lessee under the Dean and Canons 
Vout. 94. 


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187 


of Windsor, of lands adjoining, and that he let both 
these sets of ground to the same tenant ; and under 
this information the Dean and Canons of Windsor 
were inserted in the Book of Reference as owners, 
and Mr. Adams as the lessee of the fields in ques- 
tion. 19. The property numbered 37, 38, 39, 40, 
41, and 42, m the parish and township of Man- 
cetta, is described as in the occupation of Thomas 
Woodrings, or John Goodman, whereas William 
Goodman is and was the occupier thereof. 
Fourthly. The following inaccurracies occur in 
the Plans and Sections: 1. A coach-house and 
buildings situate near a field, 103 in the parish of 
Stone; and, 2. A cow-shed and yard ina plantation 
situate between the properties Nos. 10 and 11 in 
Stowe-with-Colwich, within the limits of lateral de- 
viation, are not laid down on an enlarged scale ; but 
it appeared that they are not numbered on the Plan, 
and the promoters therefore cannot take them, ac- 
cording to the restrictions by which they have 
bound themselves in their newspaper notices. 3. 
A dwelling-house and out-buildings situate ina field 
No. 39, in Colwich-with-Stowe, within the limits of 
lateral deviation, are not described on the Plans 
nor laid down on an enlarged scale, nor referred to 
in the Books of Reference; but it was stated by 
the promoters that it was not their intention to take 
the house or buildings, and no application was 
made to the owners and occupiers in respect 
thereof. 4. In the Copy of the Plan deposited with 
the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Stafford, 
and left open for public inspection, the numbers 
19 and 20 in the parish and township of Saint 
Michael, Lichfield are omitted ; but those numbers 
appear on the sealed-up Plan deposited with the 
said Clerk of the Peace for the county of Stafford, 
and on the Plan deposited with the Clerk of the 
Peace for the city and county of the city of Lich- 
field, and left open for public inspection, and on the 
Plan deposited in the Private Bill Office. 5. The 
property correctly numbered 28% and 28&gt; in the 
——s of Streethay in the Plan deposited in the 
Private Bill Office is numbered 33 on one sheet of 
the Plan deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for 
the county of Stafford and left open for public 
inspection; on the other Plan deposited with such 
Clerk of the Peace and sealed up, no numbers ap- 
pear, there being marks of erasure where numbers 
should be; the Plan deposited with the Clerk of 
the Peace for Lichfield, and left open for public 
inspection agrees with the Private Bill Office Plan; 
Streethay is in the city and county of the city of Lich- 
field. 6. In the Plan deposited in the Private Bill 
Office there are two fields having the same owner 
and occupier marked 6 and 64, in the parish of 
Saint Chad; but in the Plan deposited with the 
Clerk of the Peace for the county of Stafford, and 
left open for public inspection, they appear as one 
field No. 6; the sealed-up Stafford Plan and the 
sealed-up Lichfield Plan, as well as the Plan left 
open for public inspection at Lichfield, agree with 
the Private Bill Office Plan; and the numbers and 
description in the Books of Reference agree with 
this last; Saint Chad is in the city and county of 
the city of Lichfield. 7. In the Plan deposited in 
the Private Bill Office there is a field Ne. 5, in 
the parish of Saint Michael, Lichfield, which does 
not appear on the Plan deposited with the Clerk 
of the Peace for Stafford, and left open for pub- 
lic inspection, but does appear on the sealed-up 
Stafford Plan, and on both the sealed and open 
Lichfield Plans ; Saint Michael, Lichfield is in the 
city and county of the city of Lichfield. 8. A piece 
of land 132 and 142 in the parish of Tamworth, 
cultivated as gardens, has not the sub-division 
fences shown on the enlarged Plan, though the 
whole field is shown; it belongs to one person, who 
has let separate pieces of it at different times to 
different persons, residing near half a-mile distant, 
who cultivated them as kitchen gardens without 





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| posited in the Private Bill Office, but it appeared 


any fruit trees; there are many more occupiers 
than sub-division fences; this field occurs in the 
original Plans of the intended line, and in the Plans 
of the proposed deviations, in which last-mentioned 
Plans the line is farther removed from this field 
than in the original Plans. 9. The line of Railway 
is not eveuliad through a field (numbered 146¢) in 
the parish of Tamworth at the end of one sheet of 
the Plan, but the line is shown on the ns 
field, which is repeated though not numbered on the 
next sheet; on connecting the sheets, it appears 
that the two ends of the line do not meet, but are 
carried to points between 30 and 40 yards laterally 
apart; in order to correct this error, which would 
render it impossible to carry the Railway into effect ; 
it is intended to deviate at that point, and notices 
have been given and Plans of deviation have been 
lodged accordingly. 10. Acertain building and yard 
in the parish of Mancetta, situate ina field numbered 
50, and within the limits of lateral deviation, are not 
numbered or referred to in the Books of Reference, 
but application was made to the owner in respect of 
that field. 11. A field, numbered 63 in the Plan de- 
posited in the Private Bill Office, in the parish and 
township of Newbold, is not numbered in the Plan de- 
posited with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of 
Warwick, and left open for public inspection, but 
the number appears on the sealed-up Warwick 
Plan. 12. In the parish of Whittington the height 
of the Railway over the surface of a public car- 
riage-road numbered 6, is not marked in figures 
where the line of the Railway is intended to cross 
the same. 13. In the Sections deposited with the 
Clerks of the Peace for the Counties of Stafford 
and Warwick, the change of gradient in the 38th 
mile in the parish of Mancetta is not correctly 
described, the vertical line from the datum line to 
the line of Railway being wrongly marked in feet 
and inches, but it appeared that in the other Plans, 
it was correctly marked, and the gradients calculated 
accordingly. 14. In the Sections deposited with 
the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Warwick, 
the height from the datum line is incorrectly marked 
at the 33d mile but it appeared that the gradients 
are correctly specified, and have been calculated | 
from the Section lodged in the Private Bill Office. 
15. Inasmuch as it is intended to divert a public 
carriage road to Ashby, in the parish of Whittington, 
and only a portion of such diversion is shown on 
the Plan, but notice of the intended diversion at 
that point was given in the newspapers ; and inas- 
much as the height of the Railway over the surface 
of the intended diverted road is not marked in 
figures at the crossing thereof; and inasmuch as the 
diversion will cause a difference in the rate of in- 
clination between the present road and the road so 
diverted, yet the same is not stated on the Sec- 
tion, it being there stated that the level is to remain 
unaltered. 16. A Cross-section, No. 36, showing 
the proposed manner of crossing a public carriage 
road in the parish of Tamworth, is incorrect, the | 
same having been there inserted by mistake. 17. | 
An alteration in the present level or rate of incli- 
nation of two public carriage-roads in the parish of 
Tamworth is mtended, but the Cross-section, No. 
54, does not show the whole of the surface of one 
of them, so far as the same will be altered; but it 
does show the whole of one and so much of the 
other as extends to the point of junction of the 
two roads; and there is the same defect in the 
Cross-section, No. 59, of two carriage-roads from 
Shuttington to Grendon, in the parishes of Poles- 
worth and Grendon. 18. There is no vertical scale 
specified on the Plan according to which the height 
of the several embankments and depths of the cut- 
tings are exhibited ; but such scale is specified on 
the Section which is bound up in the same book 
with the Plans. 

Fifthly. The name of the Birmingham Canal 
Company is omitted from the Lists of Owners de-| 














A. 1839. 


that the same was omitted in copying, having been 
inserted in the original Draft, and that application 
was made to them. 

Sixthly. The form of application to owners and 
occupiers in respect of property to be taken, is not 
in accordance with that required by the Standing 
Orders, there being a reference in that application 
to two lines of Railway; viz. one line, as shown in 
the Plans deposited with the Clerks of the Peace 
on or before the 1st day of March 1838, being the 
original line, and another as shown in the Plans 
deposited on or before the 30th November 1838, 
being that in which the deviations are shown; and 
it is not stated, in the application made to owners 
and occupiers, in respect of which Undertaking such 
application is made. 

Seventhly. There is no separate List of Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers, distinguishing which of 
them have assented, dissented or are neuter in re- 
spect of property to be taken for purposes of the 
intended deviation lines. 

Eighthly. That with respect to the allegations of 
non-compliance with the Standing Orders, in the case 
of all the proposed deviations, exclusive of those at 
Tamworth and Tamhorn, the Standing Orders have 
not been complied with, the promoters of the Bill 
declining to support their case, because, as the 
stated, it was their wish to abandon all the said de- 
viations, and their intention to apply to the Standing 
Orders Committee for their assent to this course. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


_A Petition of Inhabitants, Householders, Occu- Commercial 
piers or Owners of houses and premises within the (London and 


wards of Aldgate or Portsoken, in the city of London, Railway Bill. 


praying that they may be heard, by their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Commercial 
(London and Blackwall) Railway Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 


The counsel and agents before mentioned being Wigan Borouga 
returned to the bar, the Clerk appointed to attend Election. 


the said Committee delivered in to the House a 
reduced List; and the same was called over, as 
followeth ; 

Spencer Horsey De Horsey, Esquire, Robert Hol- 
lond, Esquire, John Walbanke Childers, Esquire, 
the Honourable Pierce Butler, Thomas Hawkes, 
Esquire, Edward Stillingfleet Cayley, Esquire, 
Francis Hurt, Esquire, John Henry Wislon, easton, 
Henry Meynell, Esquire, Ralph Etwall, Esquire, 
and John Humphery, Esquire. 

And the said eleven being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition com- 
— of an undue Election and Return for the 

orough of Wigan, and to defend which, Thomas 
Hawett and Richard Watmough had, by Order of 
the House of the 25th day of March last, been ad- 
mitted Parties with William Ewart, Esquire, were 
sworn by the Clerk, at the Table, in the usual 
manner; and thereupon the counsel and agents 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


The House being informed that the Sheriffs of the London City 
City of London attended at the door, a were Police. 
e 


called in; and at the bar presented,— tition 
of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
city of London nm Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 
And the said Petition, praying for leave to bring 
in a Bill for better regulating the Police in the ep. 
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Commercial 
London and 

( Blackwall) 
Railway Bill. 


Manchester and 
Birmingham 
Extension 
(Stone and ’ 
Rugby) Raile 


way. 


"Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way (No. 2.) 
Bill. 
Cheltenham 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Cheltenham 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Great Western 
Railway Bill. 


Staffordshire 
Potteries, ‘&amp;c., 
Police, Im- 
provement, &amp;c, 
Bill, 


Postage, 


2 Viwroriz. 


of London, and for altering and improving the 
manner of raising and levying the rates for the said 
Police, was read, and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Reports from the Committees 
on the London and Blackwall Railway Bill, in the 
Session of 1836, and on the London and Blackwall 
Commercial Railway Bill in the Session of 1837, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the said Committees, be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Commerciai (Zondon and Blackwall) 
Railway Bili of the present Session. 


A Petition of Henry Cadwallader Adams, of 
Anstey Hall, Esquire, stating that in certain Peti- 
tions complaining of non-compliance with the Stand- 
ing Orders of the House, in the case of the Petition 
for the Manchester and Birmingham Extension 
(Stone and Rugby) Railway Bill, certain allegations 
have been made regarding the property of the Peti- 
tioner, without any previous communication with, or 
authority from him in relation thereto ; and that such 
proceedings appear designed, and necessarily tend 
to create an impression that he is aggrieved by, and 
opposed to the said Undertaking, whereas he is an 
assenting party, and considers that the measure will 
be found to be one of great public advantage and 
utility, and well deserving the sanction of the House, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


The Northern and Eastern Railway (No. 2.) Bill 
was read a second time; and commited to the South 
Essex List. 


Two Petitions from Cheltenham; praying that 
the Cheltenham Improvement Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


The Cheltenham Improvement Bill was read a 
second time; and committed to Mr. Craven Ber- 
heley, and the East Gloucester List. 


A Petition of Robert Palmer, Esquire, and Lord 
Viscount Barrington, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Great Western Railway Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


The Staffordshire Potteries, &amp;c., Police, Improve- 
ment, &amp;c., Bill, was read a second time; and com- 
mitted to Mr. Alderman Copeland, and the North 
Stafford List. 


Petitions from Limerick ;—Preston;—Dairymple; 
— Greenock (two Petitions) ;— Norwich ; — Cold- 
stream ; — Tetbury ; —Central London ;—Fairford ; 
—Little Pulteney-street Printing Office;—Rhayader 
(two Petitions); — Proprietors and others of the 
firm of Waterloo House, Pall Mall East ;—Dover ; 
— Gutter Lane, Cheapside; — Farnham ; — Stock- 
well ; — Anstruther Easter ; — Moretonhampstead ; 
— Sanquhittar ; — Cadogan Williams ; — Paisley ; 


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189 


Abbeyside ; —Wichlow ; — Maybologue ; — Dungar- 
van ; — Rossmire ; — Ringagona ; —- Cappoquin ; — 
Holmpatrich ;—Kilmore and other places ;—Anna- 
duff; — Cloonclare ; — Ballymacarrett ; — Lady’s 
Island and Carne ;—Arboe ;—Kilbarren and Ter- 
ryglass ;—Ardtrey and Desertlynn ;-- Inniskeel ;— 
Ballee and Ballyculter ;—Dromkeen ;—Drumbally- 
roney ;—Old Connaught ;—Monageer ;—Loughinis- 
land ;—Sandyford and Gilancullen ;—Saint Peter, 
Dublin ; —Tullaghbegly ; — Templecrone ; — Lang- 
field ; — Castleterra ; — Ballybohill ; —Tracton ; — 
Saint Paul’s, Dublin ;—Cabinteely ;—Donagh ;— 
Kilbrony ; — Camus ; —Lavy ; — Shankhill ; —Ma- 
hereicoolmoney ;-—Kilrea and other places ;—-Butlers- 
town ;— Killevan and Aughabog ;— Clashmore ;— 
Tallew ;—Ardmore and Grange ;—Graig ;—Kill- 
barymeaden ; — Dysart ; —_Dunnamaggin ; — Lower 
Kilcao and Maghera;—Rosbercon and Tullaher ;— 
Fertagh ; — Rathcormich ;— Ballyraggett ; —Bally- 
callan ; — Lisdowney ;—Kinsalebeg ;—--Knockane ;— 
Cahir and Killinane ;—Bannow, Carrig and other 
places ;— Enniscorthy ;—_Davidstown ;—Shibbereen; 
— Mathela ;— Shandrum ;-— Taghmon ; — Carnew ; 
Kildangan ; — Droumtarriff and Cullen; — Kil- 
meashall and Newtown Barry ;—Cahirlog and other 
places ;—Shanbally ;— East Skull;—Ringrone and 
other places;—Kilmurry and other places ;—Jn- 
nishannon and Leffany ;—Ardnaguihe ;— Cove ;— 
Ovens and Desertmore ;—Inniscarra ;— Bandon ;— 
Ulla ;— Aghina ;—Kilnamartyre ;—Monamirny ;— 
Clonmeen ; -- Saint Audeon, Dublin; — Kilma- 
donogue; — Killihill; — Duncormack (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Drishane; — Kilworth; — Ardee;— Ter- 
monfeekin ; — Clonleigh ; — Newmarket ; — Ruth- 
lin ; — Mohill; — Rilbeacon and other places ;— 
Derryloran; — Kildorrery;— Louth; — Boherlahan 
and Dualla;—Carnew;— Kilmolleran ;—Dromiskin; 
—Cooley ;—Darver and other places ;—Clogher ;—- 
Lurgan ;—Stabannon ;— Nohoval ;—Glanworth ;— 
Kilmeon and Castleventry ;--Fermoy ;— Charleville; 
—Dunmanway and Ballymoney ;—Ballyvorney ;— 
Cork ; —Durrow ; —Crossabeg ; -—Kilmakwogue ;— 
Roar ;—Union of Balleygarrett ;—Rathmonee ;—- 
Shircock Division of Killanne ; -— Lisburn ;— Saint 
John, Kilkenny ;—Clonuff ;—Tempo ;—Galloon ;— 
Kilcoo ;— Templecairn ;—Saint Mary, Kilkenny ;— 
Saint Canice, Kilkenny ; — Killaloe ;—- Saint Pa- 
trick’s, Kilkenny ;—Aggregate Meeting in Dublin 
(Chairman and Secretaries) ;—P. Fogartyand others; 
—John M‘Louglan ;—and, Tynemouth ; praying for 
the continuance of a fair and impartial Government 
in Ireland, and also an equal participation in the 
rights, franchises and privileges enjoyed by the 
people of England, and that the House will not 
countenance or encourage the Orange party in Jre- 
land, but on the contrary, legislate for the benefit 





of the Irish people,— were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Belfast ;— Bath ;— Warrington ;— 
and, Armagh; praying the House not to express any 
opinion which may tend to prejudge the Question 
submitted by the House of Lords to investigation 
by a Committee into the state of Crime in Ireland, 
—were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


—Workmen in the Manufactory of Messrs. Ridg- 
way &amp; Robey, Hanley ;—Mary-le-bone ;—Innerhip ; 
— Thomas Balbirnie ;—Halesworth ; —Cirencester ; 


Petitions from’ Mountmelich ;—Louth ;— Killeen, Elective 


&amp;e.,;—Duncormack, &amp;c.,;— Enniscorthy ; — Lady's Circle &amp;ey 


Government 
of Ireland. 


—and, Bury Saint Edmund’s; praying for the 
adoption of a low and uniform rate of Postage,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Clones ;—Killua and other places ; 
—Tralee;—-Leicester ;--Booterstown ;—Castlecomer ; 
Mothill ;— Aglish ;— Stradbally ;— Auchamore ;— 
Drumlane ;-— Longwood ;— Michelstown and other 
places ;—Castletown and other places ;—Urney and 
Annagelliff ; — Aughnamullen West ; —Navan ;— 
ao ; rn ; —Donamine ;—Ciontibret ; 

ou. 94. 


Island ;—Davidstown ;— Union of Ballygarrett ;— 
Monagen ; — Kilmore, &amp;c.,;—- Devenish ;—Ulla ;— 
Terminamongan ; — Inniskeel; — Dungarvan ; — 
Ballenroad ;— Glankeen ; —— Abbeyside ;—Ardcath ; 
—Innismagrath ;— Kelgobind ;—Colligan ; — Gur- 
ranbane;— Clashmore;—— Cappoquin ;—Kingsalebeg ; 
— Bohala;—and, Ballyloughloo; praying the House 
to identify the- Elective Franchise in England and 
Ireland, countries in which the tenures of lands and 
houses are similar, and to give to Jreland as com- 
plete Municipal Reform as England has obtained, 
and to give also to Jreland her adequate proportion 





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Corn Laws, 


Sale of Beer 
Bill, 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill. 


Church 
Establishment 
(Canada, &amp;c.) 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Cotton Wool. 


Mexico, 


Maynooth 
College. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Copyholds’ 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


190 


in the Representation ; and, finally, to place Ireland 
upon a footing of equality in religious freedom with 
ngiand, by allocating the temporalities of the 
church of the minority in that country to purposes 
of charity, education and public utility,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Selsea; — Halstead ; -— Dyrham 
and other places ; — Gillingham ; — Hundred of 
Wootton (Surrey) ;—Leek ;— Crosby ;— P. Consett ; 
— Borrowby ; — and, County of Meath; praying 
that the Corn-laws may not be repealed,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Largs ;— and, Brompton and 
North Allerton; praying for the repeal of the Corn 
Laws,—were also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Magistrates 
of the county of Oxford in quarter sessions assem- 
bled, praying that the Sale of Beer Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of small tenements in 
Reading, praying that the Rating of Tenements 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the 
Hollingbourn Union, in the county of Kent, praying 
that the said Bill may pass into a law, was fo pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wrotham ;—Leigh ;—Ebbesborne 
Wake and Fifield Bavant ;—and, Broad Chalk; 
praying the House to continue their protection and 
encouragement to the Clergy throughout Canada, 
and the other British Colonies,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Terregles, praying 
the House to adopt measures for relieving the reli- 
gious destitution which prevails in Scotland, by ex- 
tending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Largs ;--and, Dunoon; praying 
the House to refuse their sanction to any further 
endowments to the Church of Scotland,—were also 
et and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and 
Manufactures of Greenock, praying for the = 
of the duty on the importation of Cotton Wool, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and 
Manufactures of Greenock, praying the House to 
address Her Majesty, to adopt measures for putting 
an end to the blockade of the port of Mexico by 
the French Government, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Tenterden, praying the 
House to withdraw every kind of public support from 
the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Berwick- 
upon-Tweed Union, praying for the amendment of 
so much of the Poor Law Act as relates to bastardy 
and orders of Affiliation, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Henry George Cary, of Tor 
Abbey,:in the county of Devon, Esquire ;—and, 
Copyholders of the manor of Dorking, in the county 
of Surrey, praying that the Copyholds’ Enfranchise- 
ment Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


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A. 1839. 


Two Petitions from Worcester; praying that in Bonding 
any Bill which is introduced into the sei for Warehouses, 
extending to inland towns the pfivilege of bonding 
foreign goods for home consumption, the city of 
Worcester may be included among the places to 
which that privilege is accorded,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands, Tithes Comms, 
and others interested, of Hadlow, praying for the tation Act. 
amendment of the Tithes Commutation Act, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Baptist Church Idolatry 
and Congregation at Hugglescote, praying the House (India.) 
to prohibit the interference of British functionaries 
in the management of Idolatrous Observances in 
India, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors, Printers and Publish- Imprisonment 
ers of the Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse ft Debt Act 
Herald Newspaper, praying that the Imprisonment — 
for Debt Act Amendment Bill may pass intoa law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Resolved, That all Proceedings on Small Debt small Debt 
Bills be suspended till Friday the 26th day of this Bills. 
instant April. 


Lord Viscount Howick presented, pursuant to Cavalry 
Order,—A Return of all Officers of Cavalry who Appointments. 
have been appointed Colonels of Regiments subse- 
quent to the Ist day of January 1828, with state- 
ment of the length and nature of the Services of 
each, in the form and terms established at the 
Horse Guards for Regimental Returns of Service. 

Lord Viscount Howick also presented, pursuant Army Half Pay. 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Re- 
turn of Military Officers upon Half Pay and Retired 
Pay, who have been allowed to receive their Half 
Pay or Retired Pay since the ist April 1838. 

. Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


The ingrossed Bill to apply a Sum of Money out Consolidated 
of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the year fetes we 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, was, Bill. | 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to apply the Sum of Eight millions 
out of the Consolidated Fund, to the Service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Government 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which % !*l¢: 
was yesterday proposed to be made to the Question, 
“ That it is the opinion of this House, that it is 
expedient te persevere in those principles which have 
guided the Executive Government of Jreland of late 
years, and which have tended to the effectual ad- 
ministration of the law, and the general improve- 
ment of that part of the United Kingdom:” 

And which Amendment was to leave out from 
the word “That” to the end of the Question, in 
order to add the words, “on the 12th day of March 
“ Jast,a Motion was made in this House for the pro- 
“ duction of various documents connected with the 
“« state of Jreland in respect to Crime and Outrage, 
including Communications made to the Irish 
Government relating to offences connected with 
Ribbonism, and all Memorials, Resolutions and 
“ Addresses, forwarded to the Irish Government by 
“« Magistrates or other official persons, in respect of 
Crimes and Outrages committed in Jreland, and 
the Answers thereto : 

“That the period included within the Returns 
so called for extends from the commencement of 
‘ the year 1835 to the present time ; and that the 

“ Motion 


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Supreme Courts 
(Scotland) Bill. 


No. 192. 


Designs Copy- 
tight Bill. , 


Designs Copy- 
right Extension 
Bill. 


Seditious 
Societies Act 
Amendment 


Bill, 


2 Vicroriz. 


“ Motion made for the production of them was as- 
“ sented to by this House, no open to it having 
“ been offered on the part of Her Majesty’s Go- 
vernment : 

“ That, on the 21st day of March last, the House 
of Lords ngpeeet a Select Committee ‘to in- 
quire into the state of Zreland since the year 1835, 
in respect to Crime and Outrage, which have ren- 
dered life and property insecure in that part of 
“ the empire : 

“ That, in consequence of the appointment of 
such Committee by the House of Lords, it has 
been proposed, that this House should resolve, 
‘ That it is the opinion of this House that it is ex- 
pedient to persevere in those principles which have 
guided the Executive Government of Jreland of 
late years, and which have tended to the effectual 
administration of the law, and the general im- 
provement of that part of the United Kingdom 

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pointment of a Committee of Inquiry bythe House 
of Lords, under the circumstances and for the 

ree above mentioned, does not justify Her 
«* Majesty’s Ministers in calling upon this House, 
“ without previous inquiry, or even the production 
‘* of the information which this House has required, 
** to make a declaration of opinion with respect to 
“* one branch of the public policy of the Executive 
“ Government, still less a declaration of opinion 
** which is neither explicit as to the principles which 
“* it professes to approve, nor definite as to the period 
“* to which it refers ; and that it is not fitting that 
“ this House should adopt a Proceeding which has 
“‘ the appearance of calling in question the un- 
“ doubted right of the House of Lords to inquire 
“* into the state of Ireland in respect to Crime and 
“ Outrage, more especially when the exercise of 
“ that nght by the House of Lords does not inter- 
“ fere with any previous Proceeding or Resolution 
“ of the House of Commons, nor with the progress 
“‘ of any legislative measure assented to by the 
“ House of Commons, or at present under its con- 
“* sideration,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, “ That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 


Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 


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Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The Lord Advocate reported the Supreme Courts 
(Scotland) Bill; and the Report was ordered to be 
taken into further consideration upon Friday next ; 
and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Designs Copyright Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Designs Copyright Extension Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The House was moved, That the Act 39 Geo. 3, 
c. 79, for the more effectual Suppression of Societies 
established for Seditious and Treasonable Purposes, 
and for better preventing Treasonable and Seditious 
se might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the said Act: And that Mr. Solicitor- 
General and Mr. Attorney-General do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Vot, 94, 





191 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Copyright Bill, 
Committee, upon Wednesday the 24th day of this 
instant April, upon the Copyright Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


the 1st day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Education. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Extracts from the Minutes of the Com- 
mittee of Council appointed to superintend the a ( 
plication of any Sums voted by Parliament for the 
purpose of promoting Public Education. 

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


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Mexico. 
Majesty’s Command,—Papers relating to the Occu- 
pation of the Fortress of Saint Juan d’ Ulloa, in the 
Gulf of Mexico, and of the Island of Martin Gar- 
cias, in the Rio de la Plata, by the Blockading 
Squadrons of France. 

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


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to amend seditious 
an Act of the thirty-ninth year of the reign of King Societies Act 
George the Third, ‘for the more effectual Suppres- Amen’ment 
sion of Societies established for Seditious and Trea- N 193 
sonable Purposes, and for preventing Treasonable ~® 
and Seditious Practices :’ And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time, upon Wednesday the 24th day of this instant 
April; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Post Horse 
Accounts of the Annual Produce of the Post Horse Duties. 
Duties, distinguishing the same by Counties, for the 

ears 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838 :—Of the Gross 
Receipt of the Duty on Post Horses, from the time 
when it first came under the management of the 
Excise Department, showing the Amount in each 
Quarter, to the 5th day of January 1839 :—Of the 
Gross Receipt of Duty on Post Horses in the Lon- 
don District, during the six months ended the 5th 
day of January 1838 and 1839 respectively :—Of 
the Post Horse Duty in the Excise Collections, on 
the line of the Birmingham Railroad, for the same 
riod :—Of the Gross Receipt of the Duty on Post 
orses, in the Eastern, South-eastern and Western 
— of England, for the same period:—Of the 
ost Horse Duty for the district within which the 
County of Kent is included, for each of the Twelve 
years ending the 31st day of December 1822 :—And, 
of the Post Horse Duty for the district within which 
the County of Lancaster is included, for the six 
first months of the years 1830, 1831, 1832 and 
1833. 

Mr. Baring accordingly presented the said 
Papers. 

r. Baring also presented, pursuant to Order,— 
A Return of the Amount of Post Horse Duty paid 
in each of the Three months respectively ended the 
5th day of January 1838 and the 5th day of January 
1839. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. ; 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ale and Ale and Spirit 
Spirit Dealers (Edinburgh), which was presented wall b) 
upon the 8th day of this instant April, be printed. ee 


No. 194, 
And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour ‘before one of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





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Witham 
Drainage Bill, 


Northampton 
Road Bill. 


Brazil Steam 
Packet Com- 
pany Bill. 


Slamannan 
Railway Bill. 


Oxenbourn 
and Ramsdeau 
Inclosure Bill. 


South-eastern 
Railway Bill. 


192 
Mercurii, 17° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839, 


PRAYERS. 

PETITION of the Mayor, Aldermen and 
A Citizens of Lincoln, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Witham Drainage Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Cartwright reported from the Committee on 
the Northampton Road Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, | 


be ingrossed. 


A Petition of Owners and Freighters of steam 
packets and other vessels trading to and from the 
city of Glasgow, praying that the Brazil Steam 
Packet Company Bil may not pass into a law, was 
— and read ; at | ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Lockhart reported from the Committee on 
the Slamannan Railway Bill; That they had consi- 
dered the several matters required by the Standing 
Orders relative to Railway Bills, and had agreed to 
the following Report: ist. That it is not proposed 
by the said Bill to authorize the raising by loan or 
mortgage of a sum of greater than one-third of 
the capital stock of the said Company at the date 
of such loan or loans; and that it is not intended 
that it should be in the power of the said Company 
to raise any money by loan or mortgage, until fifty 
per cent. of the whole of the yee has been paid 
up ; that it — to the Committee that the 
object of the Bill being only to raise a further sum 
of money, and to amend a former Act relating to 
the said Railway, the other Standing Orders to be 
proved before Committees on Railway Bills do not 
apply to the present Bill; and that the Committee 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

And the House being informed that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill; 


17° Aprilis. 





A. 1839. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Parish Stow-cum.Qy 
of Stow-cum-Quy, in the County of Cambridge, was !closure Bill, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Townley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants Portishead 
of the city of Bristol, taking notice of the applica- *"™ 
tion for leave to bring in the Portishead Pier Bill, 
and praying that such Bill may pass into a law, was 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 





Mr. Craven Berkeley reported from the Committee Cheltenham 
|on the Cheltenham Waterworks Bill; That they had Waterworks 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the - 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


| A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Traders Birmingham 
and other Inhabitants of Birmingham, praying that ©! Bil. 
| they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
‘agents, against certain parts of the Birmingham 
| Canal Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Wharfingers and Inhabitants of Commercial 
Southwark ; — and, Company of Watermen and ear 
Lightermen of the River Thames; praying that the Railway a. 
Commercial (Zondon and Blackwall) Railway Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the city of London Gas-Light and 
Coke Company, praying that they may be heard, 
by their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the said Bill, was also presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 

Ordered, That the Petition of John Tulloch, which 
was presented upon the 11th day of March last, 
be referred to the Committee on the said Bill; and 
the Petitioner heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agent, upon his Petition, if he think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petition. 





An ingrossed Bill for granting further Powers to Parrett Navi- 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the | the Company of Proprietors of the Parrett Naviga- pao. 


former Committee. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing certain Open and 
Common Downs or Sheep-walks.within the several 
Tithings of Oxenbourn and Ramsdean, in the Parish 
and Manor of Eastmeon, in the County of South- 
ampton, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hector do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Road from Stones 
End, in the borough of Southwark, to Highgate, in 
the county of Susser, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 


certain parts of the South Eastern Railway Bill, was | 


resented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


tion, was read the third time. 
Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
said Bill be adjourned till Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Dover, Deal and Sandwich Dover, ral 

Road Bill be read the third time To-morrow. ay ” 
A Petition of the Churchwardens, Overseers and a, 

Governors and Directors of the Poor of Greenwich," ~"* 

praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 

their counsel or agents, against the Greenwich Sewers 

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

upon the Table. 





An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the seventh Cambridge 
and eighth of King George the Fourth for building &amp;*! 5". 
'a new Gaol for the Town of Cambridge, and for 
making further provision for Payment of Creditors 
| under the said ct, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pryme do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Resolved, 


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Quy 


Bill, 


Commercial 
London and 
lackwall) ; 

and, Great 

North of Eng- 

jand Railway 

Bills. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Mutiny Bill. 


Marine Mutiny 
Bill. 


Manchester 
Improvement 
Bill, 

Biber’s 

Nat. Bill. 


Privileges. 


Liverpool and 
Manchester 
Extension 


Railway Bill. 


Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way (No, 2.) 
Bill, 


Highway Act. 


2 VicTorRizZ. 


Resolved, That, under the special circumstances 
stated to the House, those Members of the Com- 
mittees on the Commercial (Zondon and Blackwall) 
Railway Bill, and on the Great North of England 
Railway Bill, who signed the Declaration as ap- 
pointed by the Committee of Selection after the 
Chair was taken, but before any other business had 
commenced, be authorized to attend and vote in the 
said Committees respectively. . 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 

and Mr. Wingfield: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for punishing Mutiny 
and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the 
Army and their Quarters : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Regulation of Her 
Majesty’s Royal Marine Feices, while on Shore: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for effecting Improve- 
ments in the Streets and other Places within, and 
contiguous to the Town of Manchester: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing George Edward Biber ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords request that this House will give leave 
to the Honourable Henry Beauchamp Lygon, a 
Member of this House, to attend their Lordships, 
in order to his being examined as a Witness before 
the Committee for Privileges, to whom the Petition 
of the Right honourable Edward Michael Earl of 
Longford, claiming a right to vote at the Election 
of Peers of Ireland, to sit in the Parliament of the 
United Kingdom, stands referred :—And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the last part of the said Message :—And General 
Lygon being present, in his place, declared that 
he was willing, with leave of the House, to go to 
the House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That General Lygon have leave to go 
to the House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships, 
if he think fit. 

And the Messengers were again called in, and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 
they again withdrew. 


A Petition of the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 
Canal Navigation and Railway Company, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Liverpool 
and Manchester Extension Railway Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Thomas Nias, 
which was presented yesterday, be referred to the 
Committee on the Northern and Eastern Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill ; and the Petitioner heard, by himself, 
his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he think 
fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against 
the said Petition. 


Petitions from Creditors on the Tolls of the 
Ditcheling and Clayton Road ;— Trustees of the 
Horley, hein and Cuckfield Road ;—Creditors 
of the Tolls of the Horley, Balcombe and Cuchfield 
Road ;—Creditors of the Tolls of the New Chappel, 
Lindfield and Brighton Road ;—and, Trustees of 
the New Chappel, Lindfieid and Brighton Road ; 
stating that the Petitioners view with great alarm 
the operation of the Act 5 and 6 Will. 4. c. 50, for 
the Consolidation and Amendment of the Laws re- 
ne rm, by which turnpike roads are 

on, 94, 


17° Aprilis. 





193 
deprived of all assistance from parishes ; that without 
such assistance the payment of the interest on their 
securities will be rendered hopeless, and the value 
of the securities themselves be materially reduced ; 
and praying the House to take measures for restoring 
the liability of parishes to contribute towards the re- 
pairs of turnpike roads in England,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the last Petition be printed. 


A Petition of William Burge, Esquire, agent, for Jamaica 
the Island of Jamaica, praying that he may be Government 
heard, by himself, his agents and witnesses, at the ~ * 
bar of the House, against the Jamaica Government 
Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Lord John Russell reported to the House, that Answer to 
their Address of yesterday, (that Her Majesty “4 
would be graciously pleased to give directions, 
that the Paper therein mentioned might be laid 
before this House), had been presented to Her 
Majesty ; and that Her Majesty had commanded 
him to acquaint this House, that She will give di- 
rections accordingly. 


Lord John Russell presented, pursuant to an Ad- Education. 
dress to Her Majesty,—Extracts from the Minutes No. 177. 
of the Committee of Council, appointed to super- 
intend the application of any Sums voted by Parlia- 
ment for the purpose of promoting Public Education. 

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


Petitions from Horsham ;—and, Guardians of the Postage. 
Machynlleth Union ; praying for the adoption of a 
low and uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Drainage of 
reading of the Drainage of Lands Bill ; a ee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Clerks of the 
mittee on the Clerks of the Peace Bill; Pesce 20. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 8th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Copyholds’ 
further consideration the Report on the Copyholds Pararctise- 
Enfranchisement Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Double and 
mittee on the Double and Treble Costs Bill ; a Coste 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday ~* 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Rating of _ 
reading of the Rating of Tenements Bill ; pean 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration of 
mittee on the Registration of Electors Bill ; Eicotors Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
send of the Registration of Voters (Ireland), Clreland’ Bill. 
ill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 1st day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Polls at os 
reading of the Polls at Elections (Ireland) Bill; Bi (Ireland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 1st day of May next. « 
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Borough Watch 
Rates Bill. 


Heritable 
Securities 
(Scotland ) Bill. 


Writs (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Registers of 
Births, &amp;c., Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Imprisonment 
for Debt Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Designs Copy- 
right Bill, = 


Elective 
Franchise, &amp;c., 
(Ireland.) 


State of Ireland. 


Government 
of Ireland. 





194. 17° Aprilis: 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Borough Watch Rates Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Heritable Securities (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Writs (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Registers 
of Births, &amp;c., Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Imprisonment for Debt Act Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


A Petition of Ornamental Brass and Iron 
Founders, Stove-grate and Fender Manufacturers, 
praying that the Designs Copyright Bill may not 
pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Modeligo ;—Affane ;—Ennisheen ; 
—Tynan;—Drom and Inch ;—Athboy and Rath- 
more ;— Clonluskert ;— and, Killenaule and Moy- 

lass; praying the House to identify the Elective 
Franctiles in En land and Ireland, countries in which 
the tenures of lands and houses are similar, and to 
give to Ireland as complete Municipal Reform as 

ngland has obtained, and to give also to Ireland 
her adequate proportion in the Representation, and 
finally to place Jreland upon a footing of equality 
in religious freedom with Engiend, by allocating 
the temporalities of the church of the minority in 
that country to purposes of charity, education and 
public utility,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates of the King’s County, 
praying the House to take into consideration the 
state of Ireland, to investigate the causes of its pre- 
sent condition, and secure the protection of life 
and property to Her Majesty’s subjects, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Michael Furlong ; — Patrick 
Brown ;—John Parle ;—Martin Murphy ;— John 
Roche ;— William Hayes ;— Michael Murphy;— 
Patrick Ronan ;—Paul Furlong ;— Patrick Codde; 
—John Furlong ;— Patrick Furlong ;—Patt White; 
—Thomas Moore; — Joseph Furlong; — Robert 
Power;—John Brown;— James Furlong ;—John 
Walsh ;—James Dunnahoo ;— Patrick O Neill ;— 
Desertcreat;~—- Annan East ;— Gormanstown ; — 
P e East ;—Affane ;— Modeligo;— Innisheen ; 
~"Kilbolane, and other places;—Newry ;— Dublin 
(two Petitions);—Clonrush and Iniscaltra;—Down; 
.—Drumraw ;—Listowell ;— Belfast ;— Templemore; 








A. 1839. 


— Garristown ;— Kilcullen ;— Dunsford lew, de 
—Corvoy ;—Templebrady and Carrigaline ; — 
noulty and Rossmore ;—Killenaule and Moyglass ;— 
Ballyneal ; — Kilmaly; — Galway County (High 
Sheriff and Secretary of a Meeting);—Castleconnell 
and Kilnagarriff;—Drom and Inch ;— Clonan ;— 
Golden and Kilfeacle ;—Mullinahone ;-- Holycross; 
— Grangemokelar ;— Boher ;—Ballingarry ;— Ard- 
bracan ;—and, Duleek; praying for the continuance 
of a fair and impartial government in Ireland, and 
that the people of Jreland may participate equally in 
the rights, franchises and privileges enjoyed by their 
sana aa in England, and, above all, that the 
House will not countenance or encourage the Orange 
party in Lreland, but, on the contrary, legislate for the 

nefit of the Irish people,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Government 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which °f Zreland. 


upon me last was proposed to be made to the 
Question, “‘ That it is the Opinion of this House, 
that it is expedient to persevere in those principles 
which have guided the Executive Government of 
Lreland of late years, and which have tended to 
the effectual administration of the law, and the 
general improvement of that part of the United 
Kingdom.” 

And which Amendment was, to leave out from 
the word “ That” to the end of the Question, in 
order to add the words “ on the 12th day of March 
“ Jast, a Motion was made in this House, for the 
“ production of various Documents connected with 
“ the state of Ireland, in respect to Crime and Out- 
rage, including Communications made to the Irish 
Government relating to offences connected with 
Ribbonism, and all Memorials, Resolutions and 
Addresses forwarded to the Zrish Government by 
Magistrates, or other official persons, in respect of 
Crimes and Outrages committed in Ireland, and 
the Answers thereto : 

“‘ That the period included within the Returns 
so called for, extends from the commencement of 
the year 1835 to the present time; and that the 
Motion made for the production of them was 
assented to by this House, no opposition to it 
having been offered on the part of Her Majesty’s 
Government : 

“ That on the 21st day of March last, the House 
“ of Lords appointed a Select Committee ‘ to in- 
quire into the state of Ireland since the year 1835, 
in respect to Crime and Outrage, which have ren- 
dered life and property insecure in that part of 
the empire :’ 

“ That in consequence of the appointment of 
“ such Committee by the Fouse of Lords, it has 
been proposed that this House should resolve, 
“ «That it is the opinion of this House, that it is 
expedient to persevere in those principles which 
have guided the Executive Government of Ireland 
“ of late years, and which have tended to the 
effectual administration of the law, and the ge- 
neral improvement of that part of the United 
“ Kingdom.’ 

“ That it appears to this House, that the ap- 
pointment of aCommittee of Inquiry by the House 
of Lords, under the circumstances, and for the 
at em above mentioned, does not justify Her 

Tajesty’s Ministers in calling upon this House, 
without previous inquiry, or even the production 
“ of the information which this House has required, 
“ to make a declaration of opimion with respect to 
one branch of the public policy of the Executive 
Government, still less a declaration of opinion 
“ which is neither explicit as to the principles which 
“ it professes to approve, nor definite as to the pe- 
“‘ riod to which it refers ; and that it is not fitting 
“ that this House should adopta Proceeding which 
“ has the appearance of calling in question the un- 
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“&lt; into the state of Jreland in respect to Crime and 
“ Outrage, more especially when the exercise of that 
“ right by the House of Lords does not interfere 
“ with any previous Proceeding or Resolution of the 
“ House of Commons, nor with the progress of any 
“ legislative measure assented to by the House of 
“¢ Commons, or at present under its consideration,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
— :—The House resumed the said adjourned 

ebate. 


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


Jovis, 18° die Aprilis, 1839 : 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


Designs Copy- 
right Bill, 


The ingrossed Bill to secure to Proprietors of 
Designs for Articles of Manufacture, the Copyright 
of such Designs for a limited time, was, according 
to Order, read the third time; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. , 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Designs Copye ‘The ingrossed Bill for extending the Copyright of 
_ Extension _Desions for Calico Printing to Designs for Printing 
. other Woven Fabrics, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Quantity of Apples, Pears and 
Cherries imported into the United Kingdom since 
1819, stating the Quantity in each year, down to 
the latest period; distinguishing the Number of 
Bushels of each sort imported during each year, 
and the Duty paid on each sort in each year, and 
the Country from whence imported. 


Foreign Apples, 
&amp;e. 


Tithes Commu- 
tation. 


No. 195. 


Ordered, That the Return of the Number of Con- 
firmations of Apportionments which have taken 
place under the Tithe Commutation Act, which was 
presented yesterday, be printed. 

TithesCommu- Ordered, That the Return of the Number of 
ee Notices of Meetings that have been received by the 

No. 195. Tithe Commissioners, which was presented yester- 
day, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Copy of the Report of. the 


Ecclesiastical 


(ieee Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Jreland, which 
No.196, WS presented yesterday, be printed. 

Anny Half Pay. Ordered, That the Return relative to Army Half- 
No.197. pay, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 

Mexico, Ordered, That the Papers relative to Mezico, 
No. 198. which were presented yesterday, be printed. 

a Horse Ordered, That the several Accounts relative to the 
a Post Horse Duties, which were presented yesterday, 

o 0%» be printed. 
Railways, Ordered, That the Papers relative to ‘Railways, 


which were laid upon the Table yesterday, be re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Railways. _ 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after twelve of the 
clock on Thursday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 


Vou. 94, 


17°—18° Aprilis. 


195 


Jovis, 18° die Aprilis; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Grantley Berkeley reported from the Com- Berkeley 
mittee on the Berkeley Inclosure Bill; That closure Bill. 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, tothe 
satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto ; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Grantley Berkeley reported from the Com- Fretherne and 
mittee on the Fretherne and Saul Inclosure Bill; That Sau) Inclosure 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and Bi. 
found the same to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the 
satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto ; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Petitions from Lessees of Land at Hunts Bank, Liverpool and 
Manchester ;—Surveyors of Highways, Salford ;— Manchester 
Blackfriars Bridge Company, Salford and Man- fatension 
chester ;—and, Strangeways Bridge Company; pray- rome 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Liverpool and Manchester Extension Railway Bill, 

—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing the Road from Northampton 
the Town of Northampton to Newport Pagnel, in Road Bill. 
the County of Buckingham, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for repairing the Road from Cotton 
End, near the Town of Northampton, to Newport 
Pagnel, in the County of Buckingham. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cartwright do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of John Bourne, of Stalmine Hall, in Preston and 
the county of Lancaster, Esquire, and William Birley, big Ae 
of Kirkham, in the said county, Merchant, praying thd Preston aad 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel Wyre Dock 
or agents, against certain parts of the Preston and 8i!. 

Wyre Railway and Harbour and Preston and Wyre 
Dock Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Kemble reported from the Committee on the London and 
London and Croydon Railway Bill; and to whom Provdon 
several Petitions against the said Bill were referred; Sere 
That they had considered the said Petitions, and 
had heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and had 
inquired into the several matters a by the 
Standing Orders relative to Railway Bills, and had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Biber’s Naturalization Bill, was read the first Biber’s 





time ; and ordered to be read a second time. ee 
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New Cross 


Bill. 


Beckett’s 


Name Bill. 


Metropolis 
Police Bill. 


Manchester and 


Birmingham 
Extension 
Stone and 
ugby) Rail- 
way. 


Great Western 
Railway Bill. 


North Midland 
Railway Bill. 


London City 
Police. 


Public Petitions 


(Seventeenth 
Report.) 


Dover, Deal, 
and Sandwich 
Road Bill. 





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Sir Edmund Filmer reported from the Committee 


TurnpikeRoads on the New Cross Turnpike Roads Bill ; That they 


had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true ; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Committee 
on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable 
William Bechett, Esquire, and his Issue Male, to 
take the Name, and bear the Arms of Turner, pur- 
suant to the Will of Martha Turner, Widow, de- 
ceased ; That they had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment :—And the Bill was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Palmer do carry the 
Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


A Petition of the Corporation of the borough of 
New Windsor, praying that the Metropolis Police 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Earl of Lichfield, denying the 
allegations of the Petition of vas Stratton 
Baxter, which was presented upon Monday last, in 
relation to the application for the Manchester and 
Birmingham Extension (Stone and Rugby) Railway 
Bill, was presented, and read ; and ordered lie upon 
the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 

Petitions from the Chamber of Commerce and 
Manufactures of Manchester ;—the Corporation of 
Manchester ;—and, the Boroughreeve of Manchester ; 
taking notice of the yey for the said Bill, 
and praying that such Bill may pass into law,— 
were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Chairman of the Committee 
on the Great Western Railway Bill, constituted of 
the Members who attended this day, do report the 
said Bill upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Chairman of the Committee 
on the North Midland Railway Bill, constituted of 
the Members who attended this day, do report the 
said Bill upon Monday next. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the London City Police Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with ; inas- 
much as no Notices whatever had been given. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- 
lect Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented on the 15th and 
1sth days of this instant April, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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

The ingrossed Bill for repairing the Road from 
Dover, in the County of Kent, through Deal to 
Sandwich, in the said County, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Edward Knatchbull do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





A. 1839. 


An ingrossed Bill for the better lighting and sup- Newark Gas 
plying the Borough of Newark, in the County of Bill. 
ottingham, and the Neighbourhood thereof, with 
Gas, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Gladstone do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of the Warwick and Birmingham Canal Rininghon 
Company, praying that they may be heard, by their “*"™ Pill 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Bir- 
mingham Canal Bill, was vonenad, and read. 

dered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Owners of land and houses, Rate- Litherland 
payers and other Inhabitants of Litherland, praying ®o=4s Bil. 
that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Litherland Roads Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Brewers and Licensed Retailers of Sale of Beer 
Beer in Canterbury, praying that the Sale of Beer Bill. 
Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, was 
—"* and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to an Address Jamaica. 
to Her Merete. any or Extracts from any further No, 200, 
Communication made to Her Majesty’s Secretary 
of State by the Agent for the Island of Jamaica, 
relative to the state of that Island. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


A Petition of the Corporation of the city of Wells, Sale of Beer 
praying for the repeal or amendment of the Sale of 4*- 

eer Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Southampton ;— Banff ;—Dairsie; Postage. 

— Leven ; —Markinch ; — Andover ;—Workmen in 
Rothes Paper Mill, Markinch ;—Auchmuty Paper 
Mill, Markinch ; — Leslie ; —Leuchars ;— Macduff ; 
—Saint James, Colchester ;-— Thornbury ; —West- 
bury on Severn (two Petitions) ; — Dover ; — New 
Shoreham ;—High Littleton ;— Buckland ;— Wells ; 
— Steventon; — Fortrose and Rosemarkie;— and, 
Dudley; praying for the adoption of a low and 
uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. ° 


A Petition of Householders, Freemen and Inha- Government 
bitants of Lincoln, praying the House to withdraw ° !la¢. 
their confidence from the present Administration, 
more especially in relation to their government of 
Treland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens and Municipal 
Protestant Inhabitants of Coolbanagher, in the Corporations 
Queen’s County, praying that the Municipal Corpo- 
rations (Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law as it 
now stands, was presented, snl read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Banff';—and, Forres; praying the Caledonian 
House to adopt measures for putting the Caledonian ©" 
Canal in a more efficient condition, —were presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Caledonian Canal. 


A Petition of Henry Collinson, Directing Manager Railway Bills. 


of the London Parcels Delivery Company, praying 
for the insertion of a provision in all Railway Bills, 
to 








(Ireland) Bill. 





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Railroads 
(J reland.) 


Charch of 
Scotland. 


Godfrey 
Goodlad. 


Corn Laws. 


Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


_ Government 


of Treland. 


Elective 
Franchise, &amp;c., 
(Ireland,) 





2 Vicroriz. 


to enable the public to run carriages for hire on 
Railways, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Gentry and Inhabitants of 
Listowell, in the county of Kerry, praying for the 
introduction of a general and comprehensive system 
of Railways into Ireland, under the direction and 
authority of Government, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lochwinnoch ;— Greenock (seven 
Petitions) ;—-and, Martyr’s Church, Paisley ; pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for relieving the 
religious destitution which prevails in Scotland, b 
extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Godfrey Goodlad, of Castle-street, 
Brighton, stating that his original articles of clerk- 
ship to an attorney have been mislaid, whereby he 
is de rived of practising as an attorney ; and praying 
the ete to insert a clause in the next annual In- 
demnity Act to enable him to have the proper stamp 
impressed on the copy in his possession, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Weyhill and Penton ;-—Binderton; 
— Dalry ;— Woodham Walter ;— Lustleigh ;—Mary- 
stow ;—Lamerton ;— Beerferris ;— Sydenham Da- 
merell; —and, Whitchurch (Devon); praying that 
the Corn Laws may not be repealed,—were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the royal burgh of 
Banff, praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may 
pass into a law, was — and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Twickenham ;—and, Guardians of 
the Poor of the Luton Union; praying that the 
Rating of Tenements Bill may pass mto a law,— 


were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Luton 
Union, praying for the amendment of the Poor Law 
Act, with relation to the Law of Settlement, was 
es and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Lusk ;—Upperwoods ; — Myshall; 
—Donore and Rosnaree;—Saint Nicholas-in-the- 
East, Galway ; — Trim ;— Seskenane ; — Urney;— 
Mullagh;—and, Killinkere; praying for the con- 
tinuance of a fair and impartial Sal in 
Ireland, and that the people of Ireland may partici- 
pate equally in the rights, franchises and privileges 
enjoyed by their fellow-subjects in England, and 
above all, that the House will not countenance or 
encourage the Orange party in Ireland, but on the 
contrary, legislate for the benefit of the Irish people, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitionsfrom Aughnamullen West ;—Castledermot, 
and other places ;— Kill ;—Saint Mary’s, Kilkenny ; 
— Ballyscullen ;— Clones ; —Oilgate ;—and, Lush ; 
praying the House to identify the Elective Fran- 
chise in England and Ireland, countries in which 
the tenures of lands and houses are similar, and 
to give to Jreland as complete Municipal Reform 
as England has obtained, and to give also to Jre- 
land her adequate proportion in the Representa- 
tion; and finally to place Ireland upon a footing of 
equality in religious freedom with England by allo- 
cating the temporalities of the church of the mino- 


ee in that country to purposes of charity, educa- 
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197 
tion and public utility,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Forthampton ;—and, Eldersfield ; Education. 
praying the House not to sanction any system of 

ational Education not founded on the principles 
of the Established Church,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff and Magistrates Constables. 
attending the Spring Assizes for the county of Glou- 
cester, praying the House to remedy the present 
compulsory mode for serving the office of Pett 
Constable, whereby the duties of that office will be 


y | more efficiently fulfilled, was presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Congregation of Clontibret, in Army (Presby 
connexion with the Synod of Ulster, praying the ¢"? _— 
House to secure to the Presbyterian soldiers in the ~~ 
British Army the right and privilege of attending 
the ministrations of their own church when at 
home, and the services of chaplains of their own 
persuasion when in distant lands, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff and Foreman of Railways 
the Grand Jury of the county of Monaghan, pray- (relan4-) 
ing that any money granted for the encouragement 
of Railways in Ireland may be applied on fair and 
just principles, including the whole country, and 
not appropriated to one line of Railway to the ex- 
clusion of other lines, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Justices appointed Hereford 
to visit the house kept by Mr. John Gilliland, for LessticAsylum 
the reception of insane patients at Hereford, which 
was presented upon the 15th day of February last, 
be referred to the Select Committee on Hereford 
Lunatic Asylum. 


Two Petitions from Planters, Merchants and Jamaica 
others interested in the colony of Jamaica, praying Government 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel ®#"- 
or agents, at the bar of the House, against the 
Jamaica Government Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petitions be printed. 


Ordered, Tnat the Report which, upon the 15th Shipwrecks of 
day of August 1836, was made from the Select Com- Timber Ships. 
mittee appointed to inquire into the causes of the in- 
creased number of Shipwrecks, with a view to ascer- 
tain whether such Improvements ought not to be 
made in the construction, equipment and navigation 
of Merchant Vessels as would greatly diminish the 
annual Loss of Life and Property at Sea, be referred 
to the Select Committee on Shipwrecks of Timber 
Ships. 


Petitions from HMawkwell ;— Hadleigh ; — and, Chureh 
Hockleigh ; praying the House to continue their pro- amg sag 
tection and encouragement to the Clergy through- ‘ en 
out Canada, and the other British Colonies,—were 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Kirkleatham ;— Redcar ;— and, Redcar Har- 
Wilton and Lazenby ; praying that the Redcar Har- bour (No. 2+) 
bour (No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law,—were pre-~ 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clerk of the Peace of the District _ 
county of Essex, praying that the District Sessions Sessions Bill. 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors of Trinity College, Dublin, Dublin 





complaining of being subjected to a yearly tax of University. 
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one pound sterling, payable to the heads of that 
University, in order to be permitted to vote for their 
Representatives in Parliament; and praying that 
they may be relieved from all further Piper of 
such tax, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Shannon A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 

Navigation. | Landed Proprietors and Inhabitants of the baronies 
of Irrayhticonnor and Clanmaurice, in the county 
of Kerry, held at Listowel, praying the House to 
extend the benefits of the improvements of the River 
Shannon to those districts, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Municipal A Petition of Benjamin Newport White, Deputy 
Corporations Mayor of the Corporation of Cashel, praying that 
(Ireland) Bill. rovision may be made in the Municipal Corpora- 
tions (Jreland) Bill, to compensate him for the loss 
of his office should the Bill pass into a law, was 
i and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 
District Prisons A Petition of the London Clergy, incorporated 
Bill. by the title of the President and Fellows of Sion 


College, praying that the District Prisons Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the 
Tewkesbury Union, complaining of the repeal of the 
provision for the remuneration of Parish Constables 
for their time and trouble in the search for and 
apprehension of persons who have deserted their 
families, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Constables, 


Mail Coach Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

Contracts. Copy of all Contracts entered into by Her Majes- 
ty’s , deflate General and any Railway Company 
for the Conveyance of the Mail, with an Account 
showing, as far as possible, in how far the Terms of 
each such contract exceeds or otherwise, the Cost 
of conveying the Mail by Mail Coaches. 


Admiralty Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Court Bill. to regulate the Court of Admiralty, and to provide 
for the Judge and Registrar: And that Mr. Charles 
Wood and Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 

the Lords. = and Mr. Wingfield: 


Mr. Speaker, 
Consolidated The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled An 
Fund Act to apply the Sum of Eight millions out of the 


- 8,000,000.) Consolidated Fund to the Service of the year One 
' thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, without any 
Amendment :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Lighting of the Ordered, That the Ten Branches removed from 

House. each Lustre during the Recess (each Branch holding 
Two Candles) be replaced; and that Mr. Rizon be 
directed to colour the inside of the Shades with 
distemper of the green tint pointed out to him by 
Sir Frederick Trench. 


Government The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
of Ireland. the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment, which, 
upon Monday last, was proposed to be made to the 

Question, “That it is the Opmion of this House, that 

it is expedient to persevere in those principles which 

have guided the Executive Government of Ireland 

of late years, and which have ‘tended to the effec- 

tual administration of the Law, and the general 
improvement of that part of the United Kingdom :” 

And which Amendment was to leave out from 

the word “ That” to the end of the Question, in 

order to add the words “ on the 12th day of March 

* last, a Motion was made in this House for the 

“ production of various Documents connected with 





198 18°—19° Aprilis. 


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A. 1839, 


the state of Ireland in respect to Crime and 
Outrage, including Communications made to the 
Irish Government relating to Offences connected 
with Ribbonism, and all Memorials, Resolutions 
and Addresses forwarded to the Irish Govern- 
ment by Magistrates, or other official persons, 
in respect to Crimes and Outrages committed in 
Ireland, and the Answers thereto : 

“ That the period included within the Returns 
so called for, extends from the commencement of 
the year 1835 to the present time; and that the 
Motion made for the production of them was 
assented to by this House, no opposition to it 
having been offered on the part of Her Majesty’s 
Government : 

“ That, on the 21st day of March last, the 
House of Lords appointed a Select Committee 
‘to inquire into the state of Ireland since the 
year 1835, in respect to Crime and Outrage, 
which have rendered Life and Property insecure 
in that part of the empire :’ 

“ ‘That in consequence of the Fray of 
such Committee by the House of Lords, it has 
been proposed that this House should resolve, 
‘ That it is the Opinion of this House, that it is 
expedient to persevere in those principles which 
have guided the Executive Government of Jre- 
land of late years, and which have tended to the 
effectual administration of the Law, and the ge- 
neral improvement of that part of the United 
Kingdom ? 

“ That it appears to this House, that the ap- 
= of a Committtee of inquiry by the 

ouse of Lords, under the circumstances and 
for the purpose above-mentioned, does not justify 
Her Majesty’s Ministers in calling upon this 
House, without previous inquiry, or even the pro- 
duction of the information which this House has 
required, to make a declaration of opinion with 
respect to one branch of the public policy of the 
Executive Government, still less a declaration of 
opinion which is neither explicit as to the prin- 
ciples which it professes to approve, nor definite 


.as to the period to which it refers; and that it is 


not fitting that this House should adopt a Pro- 
ceeding which has the appearance of calling in 
grees the undoubted right of the House of 

ords to inquire into the state of Lreland, in re- 
= aie: to Crime and Outrage, more especially when 
the exercise of that right by the House of Lords 
does not interfere with any previous Proceeding 
or Resolution of the House of Commons, nor 
with the progress of any legislative measure 
assented to by the House of Commons, or at 
present under its consideration,” instead thereof ; 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 


words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 


twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 19° die Aprilis, 1839: 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


till this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Municipal 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations (Zre/and) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking int 
further consideration the Report on the Copyholds 


Enfranchisement Bill; 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 


consideration upon Wednesday next. 


reading of the Imprisonment 
ment Bill ; 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Imprisonment 
or Debt Act Amend- 


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Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


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» Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


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second Report 
from Committee 
of Selection 


(Private B 





2 Victoriz. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Committee of 
Selection for Committees on Private Bills ; and who 


ills.) Were empowered to report their Observations there- 


upon from time to time to the House; That they 
had made further Progress in the matters to them 
referred ; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 

1. Resolved, That the following shall be the several 
Forms of Declaration, which every Member shall 
sign before he shall be entitled to attend or vote on 
any Committee on any Private Bill: 


No.1. Declaration of a Member, whose name is 
on the List prepared under the direction of Mr. 
Speaker, for ‘ ‘ : . ; 

The undersigned, being one of the Members 
whose name is on the List prepared under 
the direction of Mr. Speaker, to which List 
the Bill for - . «has been 
committed, hereby declares that he is willing 
to serve throughout the proceedings of such 
Committee; and that he will never vote on 
any question which may arise, without having 
duly heard and attended to the Evidence 
relating thereto. 

Memorandum. — The Declaration, signed as afore- 
said, must be delivered to the Clerk of the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, before the Committee shall proceed 
to appoint a Chairman, otherwise the Member signing 
the same shall not be entitled to attend or vote. 


No.2. The Declaration of a Member whose name 
has been added to the List prepared under the 
direction of Mr. Speaker, by the Committee of Se- 
lection, his constituents having a local interest in 
the Bill for : . , 

The undersigned, not being one of the Mem- 
bers whose name is on the List prepared 
under the direction of Mr. Speaker, to which 
List the Bill for , , has been 
committed, hereby declares that his consti- 
tuents have a lool inhencel in such Bill, and 
that, in consequence thereof, he has applied 
to the Committee of Selection to add his 
name to the List. He further declares, that 
he is willing to serve throughout the proceed- 
ings of such Committee, and that he will 
never vote on any question which may arise 
without having duly heard and attended to 
the Evidence relating thereto. 

Memorandum.— The Declaration, signed as afore- 
said, must be delivered to the Clerk of the Com- 
mittee onthe Bill, before the Committee shall proceed 
to appoint a Chairman, otherwise the Member signing 
the same shall not be entitled to attend or vote. 


No. 3. The Declaration of a Member whose name 
has been added to the List, prepared under the 
direction of Mr. Speaker by the Committee of Se- 
lection, his constituents having no local interest in 
the Bill for : : ‘ 

The undersigned, being one of the Members 
selected and added to the List by the Com- 
mittee of Selection, to which List the Bill 
for . ‘ ’ : - has been com- 
mitted, hereby declares that his constituents 
have no local interest, and that he has no 
personal interest in such Bill; and that he is 
willing to serve throughout the proceedings 
of such Committee; and that. he will never 
vote on any question which may arise with- 
out having duly heard and attended to the 
Evidence relating thereto. 


Memorandum.—The Declaration, signed as afore- 
said, must be delivered to the Clerk of the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, before the Committee shall proceed 
to appoint a Chairman, otherwise the Member signing 
the same shall not be entitled to attend or vote. 

Vot. 94, 


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_2. Resolved, That, as soon as possible after the 
sitting of the Committee of Selection, at which the 
name of any Member shall have been added to an 
List prepared under the direction of Mr. Speaker, 
the Clerk attending the Committee of Selection 
shall give notice to each such Member of his name 
having been so added, and of the time when the 


‘Committee on the Bill shall have been appointed 


to meet. 

8. Resolved, That the Committee Clerk shall fur- 
nish to each Member appointed to serve on a Com- 
mittee ona Private Bill, who shall apply for the same, 
a Form of one of the above Declarations, accordin 
to the class to which the Member may belong ; an 
that such application shall be made to the Com- 
mittee Clerk, either in the Committee Clerk’s Office, 
previous to the time when the Committee shall have 
been appointed to meet, or in the Committee Room, 
previous to the door thereof being locked, as here- 
inafter directed. 

4. Resolved, That the Committee of Selection 
shall in each case direct what number of the Mem- 
bers (not locally interested in the Bill) selected and 
added to the List by them, shall be a quorum of 
such Members. 

5. Resolved, That so soon after the expiration of 
half an hour after the time appointed for the sitting 
of a Committee on a Private Bill, as there shall be 
present at least Five Members, appointed and duly 
qualified to serve on such Committee (including a 
—_ of Selected Members,) the Clerk of such 

ommittee shall give notice that a sufficient number 
of Members to proceed to business is present; and 
the Clerk shall direct the Messenger in attendance 
on the Committee to clear the room of all strangers, 
and to lock the door of the Committee Room; the 
Members shall then proceed to appoint a Chair- 
man; and that no Member shall be entitled to at- 
tend or vote on such Committee who shall not have 
duly delivered his Declaration to the Clerk pre- 
viously to the time when the door shall have been so 
locked. 

6. Resolved, That Members whose constituents 
have a local interest in any private Bill, but who 
are not on the List to which such Bill shall have been 
referred, and who, in consequence, desire to be added 
to the Committee on the Bill, shall make especial ap- 
plication, either personally to the Committee of Se- 
lection, at any sitting of such Committee which shall 
be held prior to the da pee for the meeting 
of the Committee on the Bill, or in writing stating 
the nature of such interest, to be delivered at the 
Committee Clerk’s Office prior to such meeting of 
the Committee of Selection; and so soon as the 
Committee of Selection shall have decided to add 
the name of such Member to the List, the Clerk 
shall notify the same in writing to the Member who 
shall have made the application. 

7. Resolved, That no Committee on a Private Bill 
shall, without leave of the House, proceed to busi- 
ness, or continue their inquiry or deliberations, unless 
a quorum of the Selected Members shall be present ; 
and that if at any time during the sitting of the said 
Committee, a quorum of the Selected Members 
shall not be present, the Chairman of the Committee 
shall suspend the proceedings of such Committee 
until such quorum shall be present ; and that, if at 
the expiration of one hour from the time fixed for 
the meeting of the Committee, or from the time 
when the ert shall have so suspended the 

roceedings of such Committee, a quorum of the 
Selected Members shall not be present, the Chair- 
man shall adjourn the Committee until Twelve of 
the clock of the day on which the House shall next 
meet, and report forthwith to the House the cir- 
cumstances of the case. 

8. Resolved, That, if at any time after the Com- 
mittee on a Bill shall have been formed, a quorum 
of Members required, by the Standing Orders, or by 
the foregoing Tonchotionn, cannot attend, in conse- 





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quence of any of the Members who shall have duly 
qualified to serve on such Committee having become 
incompetent to continue such service, by having 
been placed on an Election Committee, or by death, 
or otherwise, the Chairman shall report the circum- 
stances of the case to the House, in order that such 
measures may be taken by the House as shall enable 
the Members still remaining on the Committee to 
proceed with the business referred to such Com- 
mittee, or as the exigency of the case may require. 

9. Resolved, That no Petition against any Private 
Bill be referred to the Committee on the Bill, unless 
such Petition shall have been presented to the 
House Three clear days before the day appointed 
for the first meeting of such Committee ; provided 
always, That nothing in this Resolution contained 
shall preclude the House from referring to the Com- 
mittee any Petitions complaining of any matter 
which may have arisen during the progress of the 
Bill, before the said Committee. 

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


A Petition of Stafford Stratton Baxter, taking 
notice of the application for the Manchester and 
Birmingham Extension (Stone and Rugby) Railway 


Rugby) Rail- Bill, and denying that he has made any misrepre- 


sentation whatever in his former Petition, in refer- 
ence to the property of the Earl of Lichfield, and 
praying that the decision of the case with regard to 
the non-compliance with the Standing Orders re- 
lating to the said Railway, may not be prejudiced 
by the Petitions of the said Earl, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 


Veneris, 19° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


Royal Artillery. a Rufane Donkin presented, pursuant to Orders, 


—Copies of Mr. Ouvry’s Letter of Instructions 
from the Board of Ordnance, in 1814, to General 
Douglas, for the reduction to Temporary Half-pay 
of the Officers of the Four Junior Troops of Royal 
Artillery Drivers: —Of the Instructions for the Union 
of the Irish Artillery with the English Artillery, and 
the Terms granted to all the Jrish Officers :—Lists 
of the Officers of the Jrish Artillery who subse- 
quently entered the English Artillery; distinguish- 
ing those who entered from the Full-pay List and 
those who entered from Half-pay, giving the Dates 
of their Commissions at such entry, and a Statement 
of the Rank to which they afterwards attained :— 
And, of all Officers of Artillery who have received 
Brevet Promotion, or Civil or Military Honours, or 
Pension or Reward of any kind, for Services per- 


18°-—19° Aprilis. 





A. 1839. 


Lower Tooting, in the county of Surrey, Widow ;— 
and, William Linkshill, of Tynemouth Lodge, near 
North Shields, Esquire ; praying that the said Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Newcastle. 
proposed, That the Newcastle-upon- Tyne and North North Buena 
Shields ( Tynemouth Extension) Railway Bill be now (Tynemouth 
read a second time ; Extension) 

The Amendments following were proposed to be Railway Bir. 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put,That the word “ now ” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,J Mr. Bell, L vo. 


| Mr. Hodgson Hinde: § 
Tellers for the Noes, Sir Charles Grey, }ro7. 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Mr. Lambton : 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirm- 
ative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


A Petition of Clergy, Gentlemen, Land-owners, Manchester and 
Manufacturers, Traders and Inhabitants of Ather- ee agg 

. : ; ; xtension 
stone, taking notice of the application for leave to (sione and 
bring in the Manchester and Birmingham Extension Rugby) Rail. 
(Stone and Rugby) Railway Bill, and praying that W4y- 
such Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Committee on the Rugby and Warwick Road Rugby and 
Bill was nominated of Mr. Dugdale and the North picrwick Road 
Warwick List. F 


Petitions from the Stratford-on-Avon Canal Navi- Birmingham 
gation Company;— Worcester and Birmingham Canal Canal Bill. 
Navigation Company ;—and, the Coventry Canal 
Navigation Company; praying that they may be 

heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 

certain parts of the Birmingham Canal Bill, were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 

to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 

heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 

their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 

in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of Royal Assent 

the Black Rod: chien 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 

Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to seve- 

ral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 

immediate attendance of this Honourable Honse in 





formed during the War; stating the Services for 
which such were given, the description of Reward 
obtained, and the Amount of Pension granted. 

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


Petitions from Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; — Tyne- 


upon-Pyne and mouth ; Carlisle ;— North Shields and Tynemouth ; 


—and, Hexham; praying that the Newcast/e-upon- 
Tyne and North Shields (Tynemouth Extension) 


Railway Bill. Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from Commissioners for paving and im- 
— North Shields ;—Proprietors and managing 
irectors of the North Shields Gas-works ;— Owners 
of property of North Shields ;-- Minister, Dea- 
consand Trustees of Saint Andrew's Chapel, North 
Shields ; — Gentlemen, Land-owners and _ others, 
Inbabitants of Tynemouth; — Jane Strachan, ot 





the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And heing returned ; 
Mr.Speaker reported, That the House, at the desire 
of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, had been at the House of Peers, where 
a Commission under the Great Seal was read, giv- 
ing, declaring, and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Public and Private Bills therein men- 
tioned ; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had 
declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills :— 
Which Bills are as follow : 
An Act to apply the Sum of Eight millions out of Consolidated 
the Consolidated Fund, to the Service of the year Fund 


i - : . 8,000,000. 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine : 000,000.) 


An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and Mutiny Bill. 
for the better Payment of the Army and their 
Quarters : 

An 


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Marine Mutiny 
Bill. 

Preston Gas 
Bill. 


Manchester 
Improvement 


Bill. 
Epsom Road 
Bill. 


Beckett’s 
Name Bill. 


Rugby and 


Warwick Road 


Bill. 


Commercial 
(London and 
Blackwall) 
Railway Bill. 


Leeds Soke 
Corn Toll Bill. 


Edinburgh, 
Leith, and 
Newhaven 
Railway Bill. 


Saint Leonard’s 


and Sedles- 
combe Road 
Bill. 


Saint Leonard’s 


and Sedles- 
combe Road 
Bill. 


London and 
Southampton 
(Portsmouth 
Branch) Rail- 
way Bill. 


Melbourne 


Inclosure Bill. 


Portishead 
ier, 





2 Vicroriz. 


An Act for the regulation of Her Majesty’s 
Royal Marine Forces while on Shore : 

An Act for incorporating “ The Preston Gas 
Light Company,” and for better lighting with Gas, 
or otherwise, the Parliamentary Borough of Preston, 
and the Townships and Places therein mentioned, 
in the County of Lancaster : 

An Act for effecting Improvements in the Streets 
and other Places within and contiguous to the Town 
of Manchester : 

An Act for repairing the Road from Epsom to 
Tooting, and other Roads communicating therewith, 
all in the County of Surrey: 

An Act to enable William Beckett, Esquire, and 
his issue Male to take the name and bear the Arms 
of Turner, pursuant to the Will of Martha Turner, 
Widow, deceased. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Milverton, in the 
county of Warwick, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer 
tain parts of the Rugby and Warwick Road Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Woolwich, praying 
that the Commercial (Zondon and Blackwall) Rail- 
way Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Baines reported from the Committee on the 
(re-committed) Leeds Soke Corn Toll Bill; That they 
had made other Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Petition of the Provost of Leith, praying that 
the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Bill 
may not pass into a law as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Committee on 
the Bill. 


Petitions from Hollington ;—-Bexhill;— Westfield; 
— Salehurst and Robertsbridge ; — Mountfield ; — 
Brede ;—Seddlescombe ;— Whatlington ;—Ewhurst ; 
—and, Ore and Fairlight; praying that the Saint 
Leonard’s and Sedlescombe Road Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The Saint Leonard’s and Sedlescombe Road Bill 
was read a second time; and committed to Mr. 
Compton Cavendish, and the East Sussex List. 


Mr. Alston reported from the Committee on the(re- 
committed) London and Southampton (Portsmouth 
Branch) Railway Bill; That they had further con- 
sidered the several matters required by the Standin 
Orders; and had made other Amendments to the Bill. 

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


Mr. Eaton reported from the Committee on the 
Melbourne Inclosure Bill ; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the 
Committee ; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Petitions from Bridgend ;—and, Port Cawl and 
Port Talbot ; taking notice of the application for 
“— to bring in the Portishead Pier Bill, and pray- 

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201 


ing that such Bill may pass into law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Richard Walker reported from the Com- Bury (Lan- 
mittee on the Bury (Lancaster) Market Bill; That 7 Market 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and~ 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and 
the Amendments, as far as Clause (A.), being read 
a second time, were agreed to. 

Clause (A.), the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Amendment :—It passed in 
the Negative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Clerk of the Metropolis 
Vestry of the parish of Saint Matthew, Bethnal Volice ; and, 
Green, praying that the Metropolis Police and police Courts 
Metropolitan Police Courts Bills may not pass into Bills. 
law as they now stand, was presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens and Church 
other Inhabitants of the parish of Leckhampstead, Establishnent 
in the county of Buckingham, praying the House (C4 &amp;«) 
to continue their protection ool encouragement to 
the Clergy throughout Canada, andthe other British 
colonies, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens and Educatiun. 
other Inhabitants of the parish of Leckhampstead, 
in the county of Buckingham, praying the House 
not to sanction any system of National Education, 
not founded on the principles of the Established 
Church, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers and others, Sale of Beer 
Inhabitants of Chesham, praying that the Sale of Bill. 
Beer Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Newcastle ;—Drumbane ; —Clog- Elective 
heen ;— Burntcourt ;—Clonnenagh ; — Taghmon ;— Franchise, &amp;c., 
Upperchurch ;—and, Batlimore and Killare; pray- ny 
ing the House to identify the Elective Franchise in 
England and Ireland, countries in which the tenures 
of lands and houses are similar, and to give to Ire- 
land as complete Municipal Reform as England 
has obtained, and to give also to Ireland her ade- 

@ ate sharein the Representation, and, ag , toplace 

reland upon a footing of equality with England in 
religious freedom, by allocating the temporalities of 
the church of the minority in that country to pur- 
poses of charity, education and public utility,—were 


g = and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 


Petitions from Galway ;—Rathcore ;—Killea ;— Government 
Coleraine and K illown;— Newcastle ;—Upperchurch ; of Ueland. 
—Drumbane ;— Carrich-on-Suir ;—Kell and Lyons; 

— Westport ;— Timoleague and Kilmalooda ;—Clon- 
mel ; — Clones, East ; — Shanrahan Clogheen ;— 
Burntcourt ; — Liverpool (sixteen Petitions) ;— 
Ballymore and Killare;—and, Dublin; praying for 
the continuance of a fair and impartial Government 
in Jreland, and that the people of Ireland may 
participate equally in the rights, franchises and pri- 
vileges, enjoyed by their fellow subjects in England ; 
and above all, that the House will not countenance 
or encourage the a. party in Ireland, but on 
the contrary, legislate for the benefit of the Irish 
ople,—-were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
ie upon the Table. 
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202 


County Courts 


- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Mle 


reading of the County Courts Bill ; : 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the District Sessions Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 10th day of May next. 


District Sessions 
Bill. 


District Prisons 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Bill. mittee on the District Prisons Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Prisons Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons Bill ; ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Bankrupts’ The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Scotland) pili. further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts 
Estates (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday the 3d day of May next. 
Registration The Order of the day being read, for the second 


of Leases 


(Scotland) Bil reading of the Registration of Leases (Scotland) 
“Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time, 
upon Friday the 3d day of May next. 


Jamaica The Order of the day being read, for the second 
— reading of the Jamaica Government Bill ; 
; Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time, 
upon Monday next. 
Prisons 


] _, The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) Bill. wittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Bankrupts The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Bankrupts (Zreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Waterford _ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ng Hospital mittee on the Waterford Fever Hospital Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supreme Courts The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Scotland) Bill. further consideration the Report on the Supreme 
Courts (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


Registers of 


Regi The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
irths, 


&amp;¢.»Bill. further consideration the Report on the Registers 
of Births, &amp;c. Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
see. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Municipal The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(irclend) Bill into a Committee upon the Municipal Corporations 
No. 201, (Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 


Mr.Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Labouchere 


reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be now received. 


19° Aprilis. 


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Mr. Labouchere reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday, the 3d day of May next, 
and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


&amp; 


A Petition of ejected Tenants of Lord Lorton, Emigration, 
praying for aid, to enable them to emigrate, was 
offered to be presented :—But Her Majesty’s Re- 
commendation not having been signified, the said 
Petition was not received. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Government 
the adjourned Debate, upon the Amendment which * Heland. 
upon Monday last, was proposed to be made to the 
Question, “ 
it is expedient to persevere in those principles which 
have guided the Executive Government of Jreland 
of late years, and which have tended to the effectual 
administration of the Law, and the general improve- 
ment of that part of the United Kingdom :” 


at it is the Opinion of this House, that 


And which Amendment was to leave out from 


the word “ That” to the end of the Question, in 
order to add the words “ on the 12th day of 


March last, a Motion was made in this House, 
for the production of various Documents con- 
nected with the state of Jreland, in respect to 
Crime and Outrage, including Communications 
made to the Jrish Government relating to Offences 
connected with Ribbonism, and all Memorials, 
Resolutions and Addresses forwarded to the Irish 
Government by Magistrates, or other official per- 
sons, in respect of Crimes and Outrages committed 
in Ireland, and the Answers thereto: 

“‘ That the period included within the Returns 
so called for, extends from the commencement of 
the year 1835, to the present time; and that the 
Motion made for the production of them was 
assented to by this House, no opposition to it 
having been offered on the part of Her Majesty’s 
Government : 

“ That on the 21st day of March last, the House 
of Lords appointed a Select Committee ‘ to in- 
quire into the state of [reland since the year 1835, 
in respect to Crime and Outrage, which have ren- 
dered life and property insecure in that part of 
the empire:’ 

“ That in consequence of the appointment of 
such Committee by the House of Lords, it has 
been proposed that this House should resolve, 
‘ That it is the Opinion of this House, that it is ex- 
— to persevere in those principles which 

ave guided the Executive Government of [reland 
of late years, and which have tended to the 
effectual administration of the Law, and the ge- 
neral improvement of that part of the United 
Kingdom :’ 

“ That it appears to this House, that the ap- 
pointment of a Committee of Inquiry by the House 
of Lords, under the circumstances, and for the 
purpose above mentioned, does not justify Her 
Majesty’s Ministers in calling upon this House, 
without previous inquiry, or even the production 
of the information which this House has required, 
to make a declaration of opinion with respect to 
one branch of the public policy of the Executive 
Government, still less a declaration of opinion 
which is neither explicit as to the principles which 
it professes to approve, nor definite as to the pe- 
riod to which it refers; and that it is not —s 
that this House should adopt a Proceeding whic 
has the appearance of calling in question the un- 
doubted right of the House of Lords to inquire 
into the state of Zreland in respect to Crime and 
Outrage, more especially when the exercise of that 
right by the House of Lords does not interfere 
with any previous Proceeding or Resolution of the 
House of Commons, nor with the progress of any 
legislative measure assented to by the House of 
Commons, or at present under its consideration,” 


And 


instead thereof. 


Adjournment. 


Court of Session 


(Scotland.) 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Portishead 
Pier, 


Mint. 
No, 202. 


Trinity House 
(Deptford 
Strond.) 


No. 203. 





2 Victoria. 
And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
Sabbati, 20° die Aprilis, 1839: 

And the Question being put; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, \ 51 

Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : . 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, 296 

Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: } . 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, “ That it 
is the Opinion of this House, That it is expedient to 
a in those principles which have guided the 

xecutive Government of Jreland of late years, and 
which have tended to the effectual administration 
of the Law, and the general improvement of that 
part of the United Kingdom ;” 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by adding at the end thereof, the 
words “ And that it is also expedient to effect such 
“ further Reforms in the Representation of the 
“ People in Parliament, as shall conduce to their 
‘* contentment, and to the security and welfare of 
“ the Kingdom at large.” 

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

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Thomas Duncombe, } 81 

Yeas, Mr. Leader : 1 

Tellers for the § Mr. Edward John Stanley, }29 

Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart: ; 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this House, 
that it is expedient to persevere in those principles 
which have guided the Executive Government of 
Ireland of late years, and which have tended to the 

effectual administration of the Law, and the general 
improvement of that part of the United Kingdom. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in columns, showing, under the following 
Heads, the Time the First and Second Division of the 
Court of Session sits respectively, during the Session 
which will commence on the 12th day of May next ; 
the Hour at which the Court assembles daily, and 
the Hour at which it rises; the Number of Judges 
daily on the Bench, and the Total Number of Hours 
each Court sits during the said Session: Also, a 
similar Return, as respects the Courts of the Lords 
Ordinary in the Outer House. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, a Re- 
solution; which was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for the 
Portishead Pier Bill, the Standing Orders ought 
not to be dispensed with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mint, 
which was presented upon the 18th day of February 
last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Trinity 
House, (Deptford Strond,) which was presented upon 
the og yg of February last, be printed. 

Vor. 94. 


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22° Aprils. 208 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Light- Lighthouses. 
houses, which was presented upon the 11th day of No. 208. 
March last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tin Duties, Tin Duties. 
which was presented upon the 28th day of Fe- No.204. 
bruary last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Duchies of 
Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster, which were Cornwall and 


ted he 8th d f March 1 a 
— upon the ay o arch last, be Wo. 905. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Letters Pa- Denization 
tent of Denization, which was presented upon the (Letters Patent 
sth day of this instant April, be printed. _ 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Navy, nayy, 
which were presented upon the 8th day of thisin- yo 907, 
stant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of Court of 


Session, &amp;c., (Scotland), which was presented upon ro nr 
the 8th day of this instant April, be printed. ¢ iy 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Na- National 
tional Gallery, which was presented upon the 11th Gallery. 
day of this instant April, be printed. No. 209. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Admis- Tower 
ons to the Tower, which were presented upon the Admissions. 
12th day of this instant April, be printed. No. 211. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Timber, Timber. 
which was presented upon the 11th day of this in- No. 210. 
stant April, be printed. ; 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after four of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 








Lune, 22° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Du Bois, from the Metropolitan Commis- Lunatics. 

sioners in Lunacy, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—An Account of Monies received 
for Licenses by the Clerk of the Metropolitan Com- 
missioners in Lunacy, and of all Monies received 
and paid out of the Consolidated Fund to the said 
Clerk, from the 1st August 1837 to the 1st August 
1838 ; specifying the several heads of Expenditure : 
—And then [ withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Woodfall, from Her Majesty’s Exchequer, puplicRevenue 
was called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant 
to the directions of several Acts of Parliament,— 
An Account, showing the Amount of all Monies 
received during the year ended on 5th April 1839, 
to the Account of Her Majesty’s Exchequer, at the 
Banks of England and Ireland, under the respective 
heads of Public Revenue; the Amount of all Royal 
Orders and Treasury Warrants received, and of 
Credits and Transfer made by the Comptroller 
General of the Exchequer; the Payments by the 
Bank of England, and the Balance remaining to 
the Account of the Exchequer, at each Bank, on 
the 5th April 1839 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Bailey, from the Trustees of the Museum of goaire’s 
the late Sir John Soane, was called in; and at the Museum. 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—A Statement of the Funds of the 
Musuem of the late Sir John Soane, on the Sth 
January 1839 :—And then he withdrew. 

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

DD2 An 





PRerkeley 
Inclosure Bill, 


Fretherne and 
Sau! Inclosure 


Bill. 


Monkland and 
Kirkintilloch 
Railway Bill. 


Wishaw and 
Coltness Rail- 
way Bill. 


Ballochney 
Railway Bill, 


Edinburgh, 
Leith, and 
Newhaven 
Railway Bill. 


Melbourn 
Inclosure Bill. 


Saint Leonard’s 
and Sedles- 
combe Road 
Bill. 


Brighton 
Gas Bill. 





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An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the 
Parish of Berkeley, in the County of Gloucester, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, Thét Mr. Grantley Berkeley do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the 
Parishes of Fretherne and Saul, in the County of 
Gloucester, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grantley Berkeley do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Lockhart reported from the Committee on 
the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Bill; That 
they had inquired into the several matters required 
by the Standing Orders relative to Railway Bills ; 
and had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Lockhart reported from the Committee on 
the Wishaw and Coltness Railway Bill; That they 
had inquired into the several matters required by 
the Standing Orders relative to Railway Bills ; and 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Lockhart reported from the Committee on 
the Ballochney Railway Bill; and to whom a Peti- 
tion against the said Bill, was referred ; That no 
person appeared in re of the said Petition ; and 
that the Committee had inquired into the several 
matters required by the Standing Orders relative to 
Railway Bills ; and had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


A Petition of Alexander Jamieson, Accountant 
in Edinburgh, praying that he may be heard, by 
himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts 
of the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the 
Parish of” Melbourn, in the County of Cambridge, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Eaton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Lady Charlotte Wehster, of Battel 
Abbey, in the county of Sussex, praying that she 
may be heard, by her counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the Saint Leonard’s and Sedles- 
combe Road Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by her counsel or agent, upon her Petition, 
if she think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 


The Brighton Gas Bill was read a second time; 
and committed to Captain Pechell, and the East 
Sussex List. 


Mr. Dugdale reported from the Committee on London and Leeds So 
the London and Birmingham Railway Bill; and to Raila oa Com Tol 


whom two Petitions against the said Bill were re- 
ferred ; That they had heard counsel in support of 
one of the said Petitions, and had also heard counsely 
in favour of the Bill; and that the Committee ha 
inquired into the several matters — by the 
Standing Orders relative to Railway Bills, and had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Manche 


and be printed. a 
A Petition of the Marquis of Donegall, and the Belfast Water 

Earl of Belfast, for leave to present a Petition, (No. 2-) 

for leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating a Com- 

pany for the better supplying the town of Belfast 

with Water, was presented, and read ; and referred 

to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 

Bills. i 

Staffor 

Mr. Ashton Yates, by Order, reported from the Antunano’s ropen 

Committee on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, N* i! Justice 

An Act for naturalizing Don Manuel de la Torre y Peace) 

Antunano; That they had examined the allegations 

of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and re 

had gone through the Bill, and directed him to — 

report the same, without Amendment :— And the (Stone 

Bill was read the third time. Rugby 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ™ 
Ordered, That Mr. Ashton Yates do carry the 

Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 

House hath agreed to the same, without any Amend- 

ment. Peter! 

Gaol 1 

Petitions from Joseph Jones, senior, Joseph Jones, Manchester 

junior, and William Jones, of Oldham, Esquires ;— mtg 

Henry Taylor, of Pontefract, in the county of York, owe 

Esquire; — Merchants, Manufacturers and other 

Inhabitants of Halifax ;—and, the Committee of 

Directors of the Undertakers of the Navigation of 

the Rivers Aire and Calder ; praying that they may 

be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 

against certain parts of the Manchester and Leeds 

Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 

to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 

heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 

their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, Gre 

in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. Sew 
Mr. Henry Hope reported from the Committee Birmingham 

on the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Bill ; and Glouener 

and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill, “""" “ 

were referred ; That the Committee having resolved Br 

that a Clause should be introduced into the Bill, Pa 

compelling the execution of the Branch Railway 

to mets authorized to be made under the Act 7 

Will. 4, c. 26, the promoters of the Bill stated, that 

in consequence of such Resolution they should 

decline to proceed further with the Bill. ¥ Ca 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; (P 

and be printed. Q 
Mr. Baines reported from the Committee on the North Midland 

(re-committed) North Midland Railway Bill ; That Railway Bill c 

they had amended the Bill, according to the instruc- +s. 

tions contained in the Order of the House of the Q 


15th day of this instant April, by providing that 
the money authorized to be raised on mortgage shall P 
not exceed in amount one-third of the sum autho- : 
rized to be raised in shares, and that until Fifty per 
cent of the said last-mentioned sum shall have been 
paid up, it shall not be in the power of the Com- 

any to raise any portion of the sum authorized 
by the Bill to be borrowed on mortgage. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 





An 





eeds Soke ‘ 
Se Toll Bill. 


Manchester 
and Leeds . 
Railway Bill. 


Staffordshire 
Potteries 
(Stipendiary 
Justice of the 
Peace) Bill. 


Manchester and 


Birmingham 
Extension 
(Stone and 
Rugby) Rail- 


way: + 


Peterborough 
Gaol Bill. 


Greenwich 
Sewers Bill. 


Brazil Steam 
Packet Come 
pany Bill. 


- 


Camber 
(Portsmouth) 


Quays, &amp;c., Bill. 


Camber 
(Portsmouth) 


Quays, &amp;c., Bill. 


Parrett 
Navigation 
Bill, 


2 VicToRiz. 


of the Manor of Leeds, in the Township and Parish 
of Leeds, in the County of York, from the custom 
of grinding Corn, Grain and Malt, at certain Water 
Corn-mills in the said Manor, and for making Com- 
pensation to the Proprietor of the said Mills, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Inhabitant House- 
keepers, Rate-payers of Wakefield, and others resi- 
dent in the neighbourhood, which was presented 
upon the 27th day of March last, be referred to the 
Committee on the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by their counsel 
or agents, upon their Petition, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petition. 


The Staffordshire Potteries (Stipendary Justice 
of the Peace) Bill was read a second time; and 
committed to Mr. Davenport, and the North Staf- 
ford List. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Manufac- 
turers, Traders and others, of Macclesfield, taking 
notice of the application for leave to bring in the 
Manchester and Birmingham Extension (Stone and 
Rugby) Railway Bill, and prayingthat such Bill may 
not pass into law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Peterborough Gaol Bill was read a second 
time; and committed to Mr. Fazakerley, and the 
North Northampton List. 


A Petition of the Reverend William Strong, of 
Peterborough, in the county of Northampton, Doctor 
in Divinity, and others, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the said Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 


heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon | 


their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Greenwich Hos- 
pital, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Greenwich Sewers Bill, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Directors and Manager of the 
Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Company, 
raying that the Brazil Steam Packet Company 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Portsmouth, praying 
that the Camber (Portsmouth) Quays, &amp;c., Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


The Camber (Portsmouth) Quays, &amp;c., Bill was 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Baring, 
and the South Hants List. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


22° Aprilis. 
An ingrossed Bill for discharging the Inhabitants | 


205 


notice of the Parrett Navigation Bill; and settin 

forth, That previously to the said Bill being referre 

to a Committee of the House, a Petition was pre- 
sented against the same, purporting to be a Petition 
of the Merchants, Traders and other Persons in- 
terested in the Navigation of the River Parreté, in 
the county of Somerset, and of the Inhabitants of 
the several towns, villages or districts supphed with 
goods or merchandize by means of the anid: Risereaa 
purporting to be signed by upwards of two thousand 
persous, which Petition was referred by the House 
to the Committee upon the said Bill; that the Com- 
mittee met to take the said Bill into consideration 
upon Tuesday the twelfth day of March last, and 
continued its sittings for eight subsequent days, 
when they reported to the House the result of their 
inquiry upon the said Bill and Petition; that on 
Monday, the eighth day of April instant, Mr. Henry 
Lovibond, a merchant in Langport, an individual 
whose name appeared to the Petition presented 
against the said Bill, informed Mr. Broadmead, the 
Petitioners’ Solicitor, that the Petition which had 
been so presented, was not the real Petition which 
was actually signed, the two Petitions containing 
different allegations; that he was always decided] 

opposed to having any tolls transferred to the Canal, 
and he joined the opposition on the express ground 
that no such transfer should be proposed ; that the 
Petition signed was sent to town by Jacob Stower 
and Job Bradford, and before he (Lovibond) ar- 
rived there the real Petition was cut off, and ano- 
ther, with an allegation that the tolls should, in a 
given event, be transferred to the Canal, substituted 
for it, and he never signed the new Petition at all ; 
that he remonstrated with the other Parties upon 
the change that had been made in the Petition ; that 
he was to have been examined as a witness against 
the Bill to prove certain calculations against the 
Company, but he was not examined, lest the fraud 
should be discovered; that the above statement was 
made in the presence of Mr. Murly, the Solicitor 
to the said Henry Lovibond, and Mr. Broadmead 





appealed to him for the truth of it, who admitted 
| that it was true; that, if the said statement so 
| made by the said Henry Lovibond be true, a forgery 
, must have been committed in the Petition so pre- 
sented to the House, such Petition containing the 
‘name of Henry Lovibond, and there being no other 
|person of that name interested in the said Bill; 
|that, in consequence of the said Petition so pre- 
| sented, the Petitioners have been put to great ex- 
| pense in bringing up witnesses, and paying fees to 
| counsel, to enable them to rebut and answer the 
allegations contained in the said Petition so pur- 
| porting to be signed as aforesaid, besides great de- 
| lay having been occasioned to them in egraqniesa 
| such Bill; and praying the House to take the sub- 
| ject into consideration. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration To-morrow. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


and the North Scotland List. 


Great North of 





no person appeared in support of the said Petition ; 


the adjourned Proceeding upon the third reading of | and that they had heard counsel in favour of the 
the ingrossed Bill for granting further Powers to the | Bill; and that the several matters required by the 


Company of Proprietors of the Parrett Navigation: 
—The House resumed the said adjourned Proceed- 
ing ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Sanford do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

VoL, 94. 


Standing Orders to be proved before Committees on 
Railway Bills did not apply to the present Bill; and 
that the Committee had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereun 





DD3 Ordered, 








A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Parrett 
Parrett Navigation, was presented, and read ; taking = 


The Sawmill Ford Bridge and Road Bill was read Sawmill Ford, 
a second time; and committed to Mr. Edward Ellice, - 


ridge and 
vad Bill. 


Mr. Pease reported from the Committee on the Great North 
ngland Railway Bill; and to whom of Englund 
a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; That Railway Bill. 





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206 


and be printed. 
ag Biber’s Naturalization Bill was read a second 
i time; and committed to Mr. Kemble, and the East 
Surrey List. 
Tetbury Mr. Phillpotts reported from the Committee 


Vicarage Bill. oy the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for the Sale of the Advowson of the Vicarage of 
Tetbury, in the County of Gloucester; That they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment :—And the Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Phillpotts do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 

Manchester and 


The House was moved, That the Petitions of the 


Birmingham — Earl of Lichfield, with respect to the application for 
(Stone and the Manchester and Birmingham Extension (Stone 


Rugby) Rail- and Rugby Railway) Bill, which were presented upon 
—_ the 12th and 18th days of this instant April, might 
be read; and the same were read. 

The House was also moved, That the Petitions of 
Stafford Stratton Baxter, with respect to the said 
application, which were presented upon the 15th and 
18th days of this instant April, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be referred to a 
Select Committee to inquire into the allegations 
therein contained, and to report the same to the 
House :—And a Committee was appointed of Mr. 
Poulett Thomson, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Shaw Le- 
fevre, Lord Stanley, Mr. Hume, Lord Granville 
Somerset, Mr. Loch, Mr. Greene, Mr. Aglionby, 
Mr. Williams Wynn, Sir Eardley Wilmot, Sir James 
Graham, Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. Freshfield, and 
Colonel Davies; with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills in respect of the Petition for the said Bill, be 
referred to the Committee. 


Bury (Lancas- : : er : 
sor) Blashot The ingrossed Bill for sing a Market Place, 


Bill. and for regulating the Markets and Fairs, in the 
Town and Borough of Bury, in the County Pala- 
tine of Lancaster, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Richard Walker do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


New Cross An ingrossed Bill to extend, alter and amend the 
Turnpike Roads Powers and Provisions of an Act passed in the 
= Seventh year of the Reign of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, relating to the New Cross Turn- 
pike Roads, in the Counties of Kent and Surrey, 
was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Law Hodges do carry the 
Biil to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Malta. Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s com- 
No.211. ™mand,—A Copy of Further Correspondence relative 
to che Reports of the Commissioners appointed to 
inquire into the Affairs of the Island of Malta. 
Ordered, That thesaid Paperdo lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Postage. Petitions from Lindfield ;—and, Beccles; pray- 
ing for the adoption of a low and uniform rate of 
Postage,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Com Laws, A Petition of Grand Jurors, Magistrates, Land- 


owners and other Inhabitants of the county of Ar- 


22° Aprilis. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 





A. 1839. 


magh, praying that the Corn Laws may not be re- 
pealed, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Public Petition, 
Select Committee on Public Petitions; That they (Fighteenth 
had examined the Petitions presented from the 17t Report.) , 
to the 19th days of this instant April, both inclu- 
sive; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 
A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham Message from 
and Mr. Duckworth : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for extending, improving, Aberbrothwick 
regulating and managing the Harbour of the Royal Harbour Bill, 
Burgh of Aberbrothwick, in the County of Forfar: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the more effectual Timberiand 
Drainage of certain Lands, called the Fen and Dales Drainage Bil, 
of Timberland, and Timberland Thorpe, in the Parish 
of Timberland, in the County of Lincoln: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Redruth and 
Act for making a Turnpike Road from the Town of Hayle Road 
Redruth, in the County of Cornwall, to and through” * 
the Village of Hayle, in the Parish of Phillack, in 
the same County, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Moutten 
Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Moulton, Inclosure Bill, 
in the County of Stafford, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—-And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Second Report 
the Resolutions which, upon Thursday last, were {om Committee 


reported from the Committee of Selection for Com- (Private Bill) 


— on Private Bills ; and the same were again wy 949 
read, 

The first Resolution of the Committee, being read 
a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, in Declaration No. 1, by inserting after the 
word “ Committee,” the words “ that he has no 
“ pecuniary interest in the Bill.” 

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

Then several Amendments were made to the 
said Resolution, in Declaration No. 2, by leaving 
out the words “to add” and inserting the word 
“and,” and after the word “ name” by inserting 
“ has been added.” 


And the said Resolution,so amended, was agreed 
to, as followeth ; 

1. Resolved, That the following shall be the se- 
veral Forms of Declaration, which every Member 
shall sign before he shall be entitled to attend or 
vote on any Couimittee on any Private Bill. 


No. 1. Declaration of a Member, whose name is 
on the List prepared under the direction of Mr. 
Speaker, for : ; ‘ ‘ . . 

The undersigned, being one of the Members 
whose name is on the List prepared under 
the direction of Mr. Speaker, to which List 
the Bill for . . : has been 
committed, hereby declares that he is willing 
to serve throughout the proceedings of such 
Committee ; and that he will never vote on 
any question which may arise, without having 
duly heard and attended to the Evidence 
relating thereto. 

Memorandum.-— The Declaration, signed as afore- 
said, must be delivered to the Clerk of the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, before the Committee shall pro- 
ceed to appoint a Chairman, otherwise the Member 











signing 








9 Vicroriz. 


signing the same, shall not be entitled to attend or 
vote. 


No. 2. The Declaration of a Member whose name 
has been added to the List prepared under the 
direction of Mr. Speaker, by the Committee of Se- 
lection, his constituents having a local interest in 
the Bill for ; . : 


The undersigned, not being one of the Mem- 
bers whose name is on the List prepared 
under the direction of Mr. Speaker, to which 
List the Bill for . : - _ has been 
committed, hereby declares that his consti- 
tuents have a local interest in such Bill, and 
that, in consequence thereof, he has applied 
to the Committee of Selection, and his name 
has been added to the List. He further 
declares, that he is willing to serve through- 
out the proceedings of such Committee, and 
that he will never vote on any question which 
may arise without having duly heard and 
attended to the Evidence relating thereto. 

Memorandum.— The Declaration, signed as afore- 
said, must be delivered to the Clerk of the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, before the Committee shall pro- 
ceed to appoint a Chairman, otherwise the Member 
signing the same shall not be entitled to attend or 
vote. 


No. 3. The Declaration of a Member whose name 
has been added to the List prepared under the 
direction of Mr. Speaker, by the Committee of Se- 
lection, his constituents having no local interest in 
the Billfor . . 


The undersigned, being one of the Members 
selected and added to the List by the Com- 
mittee of Selection, to which List the Bill 
for . ‘ ° : - has been com- 
mitted, hereby declares that his constituents 
have no local interest, and that he has no 

_ personal interest in such Bill; and that he is 
willing to serve throughout the proceedings 
of such Committee; and that he will never 
vote on any question which may arise with- 
out having duly heard and attended to the 
Evidence relating thereto. 

Memorandum.— The Declaration, signed as afore- 
said, must be delivered to the Clerk of the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, before the Committee shall pro- 
ceed to appoint a Chairman, otherwise the Member 
signing the same shall not be entitled to attend or 
vote. 


The second Resolution of the Committee being 
read a second time, was agreed to, as followeth : 

2. Resolved, That as soon as possible after the 
sitting of the Committee of Selection, at which the 
name of any Member shali have been added to any 
List prepared under the direction of Mr. Speaker, 
the Clerk attending the Committee of Selection 
shall give notice to each such Member of his name 
having been so added, and of the time when the 
Committee on the Bill shall have been appointed to 
meet. 


The third Resolution of the Committee bein 
read a second time, was agreed to, as followeth ; 

3. Resolved, That the Committee Clerk shall fur- 
nish to each Member appointed to serve on a Com- 
mittee on a Private Bill who shall apply for the 
same, a Form of one of the above Declarations, ac- 
cording to the class to which the Member may be- 
long ; and that such application shall be made to 
the Committee Clerk, either in the Committee 
Clerks’ Office, previous to the time when the Com- 
mittee shall have been appointed to meet, or in the 
Committee Room, previous to the door thereof 
being locked, as hereinafter directed. 


The Fourth Resolution of the Committee being 
read a second time, was agreed to, as followeth ; 
4. Resolved, That the Committee of Selection 


shall in each case direct what number of the Mem- 
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bers (not locally interested in the Bill), selected 
and added to the List by them, shall be a Quorum 
of such Members. 


The Fifth Resolution of the Committee, being 
read a second time ; 

An Ameudment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the words “ of half an hour.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the said Resolu- 
tion :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then several Amendments were made to the said 
Resolution, by inserting after the word “ hour” 
the words “ and not sooner,” and after the word 
“ the” the word “ first.” - 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the said Resolution, by leaving out the words 
“ time when the door shall have been so locked,” 
and inserting the words “election of the Chair- 
man,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the said Resolu- 
tion :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the said Resolution, so amended, was agreed 
to, as followeth ; 

5. Resolved, That so soon after the expiration of 
half an hour, and not sooner, after the time ap- 
—— for the first sitting of a Committee on a 

rivate Bill as there shall be present at least five 
Members appointed and duly qualified to serve on 
such Committee (including a Quorum of selected 
Members), the Clerk of such Committee shall give 
notice that a sufficient number of Members to pro- 
ceed to business is present, and the Clerk shall 
direct the Messenger in attendance on the Com- 
mittee to clear the room of all strangers, and to 
lock the door of the Committee Room ; the Mem- 
bers shall then proceed to appoint a Chairman ; 
and that no Member shall be entitled to attend or 
vote on such Committee who shall not have duly 
delivered his Declaration to the Clerk previously 
to the time when the door shall have been so locked. 


The Sixth Resolution of the Committee being 
read a second time, was agreed to, as followeth ; 

6. Resolved, That Members whose Constituents 
have a local interest in any Private Bill, but who 
are not on the List to which such Bill shall have 
been referred, and who in consequence desire to be 
added to the Committee on the Bill, shall make 
especial application, either personally to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, at any sitting of such Committee 
which shall be held prior to the day appointed for 
the meeting of the Committee on the Bill, or in 
writing, stating the nature of such interest, to be 
delivered at the Committee Clerks’ Office prior to 
such meeting of the Committee of Selection; and 
so soon as the Committee of Selection shall have 
decided to add the name of such Member to the 
List, the Clerk shall notify the same in writing to 
the Member who shall have made the application. 

The Seventh Resolution of the Committee, being 
read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 


&amp;| unto, by leaving out the word “twelve” and in- 


serting the word “three,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“twelve” stand part of the said Resolution :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the said Resolution, was agreed to, as fol- 
loweth; 

7%. Resolved, That no Committee on a Private 
Bill, shall, without leave of the House, proceed to 
business, or continue their inquiry or deliberations, 
unless a Quorum of the selected Members shall be 

resent; and that if at any time during the sitting 
of the said Committee, a Quorum of the selected 
Members shall not be present, the Chairman of the 
Committee shall suspend the proceedings of such 
Committee, until such Quorum shall be Soa 
and that if at the expiration of one hour from the 





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time fixed for the meeting of the Committee, or 
from the time when the Chairman shall so have 
suspended the proceedings of such Committee, a 
Quorum of the selected Members shall not be pre- 
sent, the Chairman shall adjourn the Committee 
until twelve of the clock of the day on which the 
House shall next meet, and report forthwith to the 
House the circumstances of the case. 


The Eighth Resolution of the Committee being 
read a second time, was agreed to, as followeth : 

8. Resolved, That if at any time after the Com- 
mittee on a Bill shall have been formed, a Quorum 
of Members required by the Standing Orders, or 
by the foregoing Resolutions, cannot attend, in con- 
sequence of any of the Members who shall have 
duly qualified to serve on such Committee, having 
become incompetent to continue such service by 
having been placed on an Election Committee, or 
by death or otherwise, the Chairman shall report 
the circumstances of the case to the House, in order 
that such measures may be taken by the House as 
shall enable the Members still remaining on the 
Committee to proceed with the business referred to 
such Committee, oras the exigency of the case may 
require. 

The Ninth Resolution of the Committee, being 
read a second time ; 

Several Amendments were made thereunto, by 
leaving out the word “ Petition” and inserting the 
word ‘ Petitioners,” and by leaving out the words 
“ be referred to,” and inserting the words * shall 
“ be heard before.” 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the said Resolution, by insertmg after the word 
“ House” the words “or lodged in the Private 
“ Bill Office.” 

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

Then an Amendment was made to the said Reso- 
lution, by leaving out the words “ Provided always, 
“ That nothing in this Resolution contained shall 
“ preclude the House from referring to the Com- 
“* mittee any Petitions complaining,” and inserting 
the words “ unless the Petitioners shall complain,” 
instead thereof. 

And the said Resolution, so amended, was agreed 
to, as followeth ; 

9. Resolved, That no Petitioners against any Pri- 
vate Bill shall be heard before the Committee on 
the Bill, unless such Petition shall have been pre- 
sented to the House Three clear days before the day 
appointed for the first meeting of such Committee ; 
unless the Petitioners shall complain of any matter 
which may have arisen during the progress of the 
Bill before the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions, as amended, 
be printed. 7 


2 


Herefordshire The Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Bill 
and Gloucestere was read a second time; and committed to Sir 


shire Canal Robert Price, and the Hereford List. 


Northern and 


The Northern and Eastern Railway (No. 1.) Bill 


mea haga was read a second time; and committed to Mr. 
Bil... ~~ -Bramston, and the South Essez List. 

London and Mr. Law Hodges reported from the Committee on 
Greenwich 


the London and Greenwich Railway Bill ; That they 
had inquired into the several matters required by 
the Standing Orders relative to Railway Bills ; and 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 


Railway Bill. 


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: Writ. 





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A. 1839. 


present Parliament for the Leith District of Burghs, 
in the room of the Right honourable John Archibald 
Murray, who, since his election for the said District 
of Burghs, hath accepted the office of one of the 
Judges of the Court of Session in Scotiand. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of Jamaica 
William Burge, Esquire, Agent for the Island of Povernment 
Jamaica, which was presented upon Wednesday '~ 
last, praying that he may be heard, by himself, his 
counsel, agents and witnesses, at the bar of the 
House, against the Jamaica Government Bill, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Petitioner be heard, upon his 
Petition, upon the second reading of the said Bill. 

The House was also moved, That the Petitions of 
Planters, Merchants and others interested in the 
Colony of Jamaica, which were presented upon 
Thursday last, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel, agents and witnesses, at 
the bar of the House, against the said Bill, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Petitioners be heard, by coun- 
sel, upon their Petitions, upon the second reading of 
the said Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Jamaica 
reading of the Jamaica Government Bill ; —e 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second" 
time. 
Then Counsel were called in :—And the Bill was 
read a second time. 
And the Petition of Mr. Burge against the Bill, 
which was presented upon Wednesday last, was also 
read. 
And one of the Counsel was heard :—And then 
they were directed to withdraw. 


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


Martis, 23° die Aprilis, 1839: 


Ordered, That the further hearing of counsel be 
adjourned till this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Metropolitan 
reading of the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill; Police Courts 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time * 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Metropolis 
reading of the Metropolis Police Bill; Police Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Railways 
the Report from the Committee to whom it was (Ireland.) 
referred to consider the Reports of the Commis- 
sioners appointed to consider and recommend a 
general System of Railways for Jreland ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Canada. 
mittee,to whom it wasreferred to consider of so much 
of Her Majesty’s most gracious Speech to both 
Houses of Parliament at the opening of the Session 
as relates to Canada ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fictitious vem 
reading of the Fictitious Votes (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) BID. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 6th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
ee of the Registration of Electors (Scotland) (Scotland) Bill 





Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
| Monday the 6th day of May next. wh 
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for D 
Amen 
Bill. 


Bank 
(Ireli 


Wat 
Feve 
Bill. 


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Imprisonment The Imprisonment for Debt Act Amendment Bill | 

for Debt Act was, according to Order, read a second time; and 

— committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Friday next. 

Bankrupts The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Bankrupts (Ireland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Waterford — The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
yl Hospital mittee on the Waterford Fever Hospital Bill ; 
1 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Supreme Courts The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Scotland) Bill. Further consideration the Report on the Supreme 
Courts (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


Registersof = The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Births, &amp;c., Bill. further consideration the Report on the Registers of 
Births, &amp;c. Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday the ist day of May next, the Spirit Licenses 
(Scotland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 15th day of May next. 


Spirit Licenses 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Hereford Ordered, That Mr. William Miles and Mr. War- 


— burton be discharged from any further attendance 
— on the Select Committee on the Hereford Lunatic 
Asylum. 
Ordered, That Sir Edward Knatchbull and Mr. 
Wakley be added to the Committee. 
Prisons Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Scotland.) to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Sums which have been expended in 
Scotland in building, rebuilding, altering and re- 
pairing Prisons, between the ist day of January 
1818 and the 1st day of January 1838, distinguish- 
ing the Sums paid by the Counties from the Sums 
paid by the Burghs, exclusive of all Sums paid on 
account of Court-houses, County Buildings, or any 
other Building which is not a Prison :—And, of 
any Charges for the erection of Prisons which may 
have been paid twice over, in consequence of the 
failure of Parties with whom Contracts for the exe- 
cution of the Works may have been entered into, or 
from any other cause whatever. 

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


Lord Worsley reported from the Committee on the 
(re-committed) Great Western Railway Bill; That | 
they had amended the Bill according to the Instruc- | 
tion of the House of the 15th day of this instant 
April, by providing that the money authorized to be 
raised on mortgage shall not exceed in amount one- 
third of the sum authorized to be raised in shares, 
and that, until fifty per cent. of the said last-men- 
tioned sum shall have been paid up, it shall not be 
in tle power of the Company to raise any portion 

Vou. 94. 


Great Western 
Railway Bill, 





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'taking notice of the application for leave to bring , 


Aprilis. 209 


of the sum authorized by the Bill to be borrowed 
on mortgage. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Newspaper 
Return of the Number of Newspaper Stamps at St™ps- 
One Penny and One Halfpenny, issued to the several No. 213. 
Newspapers in England, Scotland and Wales, from 
the 1st day of January to the 31st day of March 
1839 inclusive; specifying each Newspaper by 
Name, and the Nawieer of Stamps issued each 
month during that period to each Newspaper :— 

And, a similar Return for Ireland. 

Mr. Baring accordingly presented the said Re- 
turns. 

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


Mr. Baring presented, pursuant to Orders,—a Spirit Dealers, 
Return of Persons licensed to sell Spirits, Wine © 
and Beer by Retail, to be consumed on the Pre- 
mises, in England and Scotland, the Rate of License 
paid, and who are licensed ; also, to sell Coffee and 
Tea on one and the same premises respectively. 
Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of March Model Schools. 
last, for an Account of the Expenditure of the 
Sum of Ten thousand pounds, or any part thereof, 
granted by Parliament in 1835, towards the erec- 
tion of Model Schools :—And, Copies of any Appli-° 
cations to the Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury for 
Aid out of the above Grant for the erection of Model 
Schools; and ot the Answers thereto; specifying 
the Dates of each. 
An Account of the Value of all Exports from Jamaica 
Great Britain to Jamaica, from the year 1830 to Experts 
the present time, distinguishing each year. 
An Account of all Senegal Gum imported into Senegal Gum. 
Great Britain from the year 1833 to the present 
time, distinguishing each year. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Debtors Debtors 
| (Scotland), which was presented upon the 6th day (Scotland.) 
of February last, be printed. No. 214. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after twelve of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





Martis, 23° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 2° Victories Regine, 1839. 





PRAYERS. 
ETITIONS from the Corporation of Sunder- Redcar Harbour 
land;-—and,Ship-owners, Merchants and others, (N% 2) Bill. 
of the Port of Sunderland ; praying that they may 
be heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Redcar Harbour (No 2.) Bill,—were 
= and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 





Petitions from Merchants and Owners of steam- Brazil Steam 
packets and other vessels, of Berwick-upon- Tweed ; ® og 
—and, Owners of steam-packets and other vessels "9 °" 
of Dundalk; praying that the Brazil Steam-Packet 
Company Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Manufacturers, Tradesmen and Manchester and 
Inhabitants of Middlewich, in the county of Chester, Birmingham 


Extension 
&gt; : steep y Stone and 
in the Manchester and Birmingham Extension (Stone Rugby) Rail- 


and Rugby) Railway Bill, and praying that such »*- 
Bill may not pass into law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

EE The 





Manchester and 
Birmingham 
Railway Bill. 


Liverpool and 
Manchester 
Extension 
Railway Bill. 


Moulton 
Inclosure Bill. 


West Croft 
Inclosure and 
Canal Bill. 


Nottingkam 
Commun Fields 
Inclosure Bill. 


Rugby and 
Warwick Road 
Bill. 


Preston and 
Wyre Railway 
and Harbour ; 
and, Preston 
and Wyre 
Dock Bill. 


Manchester and 


Birmingham 
Extension 
(Stone and 
Rugby) Rail- 


way. 


Birmingham 
Canal Bill, 


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The Manchester and Birmingham Railway Bill 
was read a second time; and committed to Mr. Bootle 
Wilbraham, and the South Lancaster List. 

A Petition of John Baskervyle Glegg, of Old 
Withington, in the county of Chester, Esquire, 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel 
or agent, against certain parts of the said Bill, was 
presented, and read. ~ 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Liverpool 
and Manchester Extension Railway Bill have leave 
to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting 
of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands, in the Parish 
of Moulton, in the County of Stafford ; and the 
same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 2. 1. 5. After “ Widow,” insert “ and.” 

Pr. 2.1.7. Leave out “Trustee” and insert “Guar- 
“ dians of the persons and estates of infant de- 
“ visees.”” 

Pr. 2. 1. 9. Leave out from “deceased” to “ Wil- 
“ Tiam”’ in line 10. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Colonel Rushbrooke do carry the 
Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The West Croft Inclosure and Canal Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed to Sir Ronald 
Ferguson, and the South Nottingham List. 

rdered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to divide the Bill into 
two Bills. 


The Vottingham Common Fields Inclosure Bill 
was read a second time; and committed to Sir Ronald 
Ferguson, and the South Nottingham List. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householdersof Warwick, 
and parish of Milverton, in the county of Warwick, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Rugby and Warwick Road Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Preston and 
Wyre Railway and Harbour, and Preston and Wyre 
Dock Bill, be revived :—And that they have leave to 
sit, and proceed upon Friday next. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Rugely and the 
neighbourhood, taking notice of the application for 
leave to bring in the , | eh and Birmingham 
Extension (Stone and Rugby) Railway Bill, and 
praying that such Bill may pass into a law, was 

— and read ; and cM wae’ to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Mary Adams, of Walsall, in the 
county of Stafford, Widow, and George Thomas 
Adams, of the same place, Surgeon, Trustees under 
the will of Thomas Nicholls Adams, deceased, pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by their counsel or 





agents, against certain parts of the Birmingham 
Canal Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Trustees of the Charity for the Barton 
Relief of Poor Widows and Children of Clergymen, !closure Bil, 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Barton In- 
closure Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Sir George Strickland, by Order, reported from Holmfirth 
the Committee on the Holmfirth Gas Bill ; That Gas Bill. 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of William Bradshaw, of Bishop Auckh- Bishop Auck- 
land, in the county of Durham, Builder, and William land and Wear 
Brown, of the same place, Brick and Tile-maker, — 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway Bill, was 

resented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bull, against the said Petition. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Parrett Navi 
further consideration, the Petition of the Company e@tion Bill. 
of Proprietors of the Parrett Navigation, whic 
was presented yesterday, alleging the Petition against 
the Bill from Merchants and others, interested in 
the Navigation of the River Parrett, which was 
presented upon the 11th day of March last, to be 
a forgery :—The House proceeded to take the said 
Petition into consideration :—And the same was 
again read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a 
Select Committee to inquire into the allegations 
contained therein, and to report the same to the 
House:—And a Committee was appointed of Sir 
Charles Burrell, Lord Viscount Barrington, Mr. 
William Mackenzie, Mr. Round, Mr. George Phii- 
lips, Mr. Pease, Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. Mackinnon, 
Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Sheppard, Mr. Hope, Colonel 
Rolleston, Mr. Goring, Mr. Heathcote, and Mr. 
Hodges, with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 

Ordered, That Five be the quorum. 


Petitions from the Halifax Gas Light and Coke Manchester 
Company ;— Calder and Hebble Navigation Com- Railway Bill 
pany ; — Richard Kennet Dawson of Sidmouth, in 
the county of Devon, Esquire, ;—Richard Sutcliffe, 
of Mytholm Royd, in the parish of Halves, Gentle- 
man;—and, Inhabitant Housekeepers or Rate-payers 
of Wakefield (two Petitions); praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Manchester and Leeds 
Railway Bill, were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said sh son 

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The House was moved, That the second Special 
Standing Order of the House, relative to Inclosure 
Bills, might be read; and the same was read, as 
followeth ; 

2. That in all Bills for inclosing Commons or 


‘Waste Lands, provision be made for leaving an open 


North Midland 
Railway Bill. 


Great Western 
Railway Bill. 


Railway Bills. 


Postage. 


space, sufficient for purposes of exercise and re- 
creation of the neighbouring population ; and that 
in any case where such provision is not made in the 
Bill, the Committee on the same be required specially 
to report to the House the reasons for not complying 
with such Order. 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be repealed. 

Resolved, That in all Bills for inclosing Commons 
or Waste Lands, provision be made for leaving an 
open space, in the most appropriate situation, suffi- 
cient for purposes of exercise and recreation of the 
neighbouring population ; and that the Committee 
on the Bill have before them the number of acres 
proposed to be inclosed, as also of the population in 
the parishes or places in which the land to be in- 
closed is situate ; and also do see that provision is 
made for the efficient fencing of the allotment, for 
the investment of the same in the Churchwardens 
and Overseers of the parish in which such open 
space is reserved, and for the efficient making and 
permanent maintenance of the fences by such parish ; 
and that in any case where the information hereby 
required is not given, and the required provisions 
are not made in the Bill, the Committee on the same 
be directed specially to report to the House the 
reasons for not complying with such Order. 

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


Ordered, That the Repcrts which, upon the 27th 
day of March last, and the 22d day of this instant 
April, were made from the Committees on the North 
Midland Railway Bill, be taken into consideration 
upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Reports which, upon the 25th 
day of March last, and the 22d day of this instant 
April, were made from the Committees on the Great 
Western Railway Bill, be taken into consideration 
upon Tuesday next. 


Petitions from Birmingham ;—and, Huddersfield ; 
raying that provision may be made in all Railway 
ills, for the purpose of removing the difficulties 

and obstructions which have prevented the public 
from running carriages for hire on Railways, and 
for restoring a full and free competition in the car- 
riage of goods and passengers thereon,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Railways. 


Petitions from Hereford ;— Plymouth ; — Stoke 
Ferry ;— Miltown Malbay ;—Prescot ;— Lowestoft ; 
— Christow ;— Lewes ;-——_ Dunwich ;—Usk;— Cheadle ; 
—Arnold ; — Barley ; — Barkway ; — Reed ;—La- 
nark ;—Bathgate ;— Hamilton (Chief Magistrate) ; 
—Cromarty ;— Huddersfield ; — Claybrook ;—New- 
haven ; — Birmingham (three Petitions) ;—Sunder- 
land ;— Durham ;— Worthing ;— John Wing ;— 
Thomas Gwyn Elger ;—Brookborough ;— Maguire's 
Bridge ;—Ledbury ;— Fermanagh county ;— Theale; 
—East Retford ; — Forres ;—Redruth ;— William 
Wright ;— Penzance ; — Hereford ;—Lancaster ;— 
Richmond (York) ;—Combmartin ;— York ;—AIifra- 
combe ,— Dorking ;-—Fort William ;-— Colchester (two 
Petitions) ;—Saint Leonard, Shoreditch (Chairman 
of a Meeting) ;— Bristol; — Lutterworth ; —- New- 
castle-upon- Tyne ; — Port Madoc ; — Compositors 
and Workmen in the Tyne Mercury Office ;—Saz- 
mundham ;—Compositors and others in the Office 
of the Western Times Newspaper ;—Proprietors and 


others of the Printing Office, 13 Rolls-buildings, 
Vou. 94. 


23° Aprilis. 


Qi1 


Fetter-lane ;— Black Horse Court, Fleet-street ;— 
38, Gracechurch-street ;—10, Union-buildings, Fetter- 
lane ;—50, Old Bailey ;—Green Arbour-court, Old 
Bailey ; — 13, Mark-lane, London ;— Proprietor, 
Editors and Workmen, of the Clare Journal News 
paper ;—and, Letter Press and Copper Plate Printers 
and Bookbinders of Bristol; praying for the adop- 
tion of a low and uniform rate of Postage,—were 
evorgeen and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Ornamental Brass and Iron Founders, pesigns Copy- 
Lamp and Chandelier Manufacturers of Birming- right Bill. 
ham, praying that the term of protection to proprie- 
tors of designs to be inserted in the Designs Copy- 
right Bill may be Five years, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Sligo, Railroads 
praying the House not to sanction the Government (Ireland.) 
measure for the formation of Railways in Ireland, 
but that in any measure which may be adopted, 
provision be made for the encouragement of Rail- 
ways impartially through the four provinces of Jre- 
land, was ee and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Mallow, in the 
county of Cork, praying the House to carry out to 
the full extent the recommendations of the Com- 
missioners on Railways in Ireland, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Grand Jurors of the county of Gal- 
way, praying the House that whatever course the 
House may deem right to pursue, in regard to Rail- 
way Communication in Ireland, the interests of the 
province of Connaught may not be lost sight of, 
and that the House will afford the four provinces of 
Freland the benefits of these great and valuable 
improvements, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Dromore ;-—~ and, Parsonstown ; 
praying the House to sanction the advance of loans 
to aid the existing companies for making Railways 
in Ireland in prosecuting their respective lines of 
Railway,—were also presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Clerk of the pistrict 
Peace of a Meeting of the Justices of the county Sessions Bill. 
of Hereford, assembled in quarter sessions, praying 
that the District Sessions bin may not pass into a 
law, was oom and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens and puch 
other Inhabitants of Atherstone, in the county of Establisiment 
Warwick, praying the House to continue their pro- (Canada, &amp;c.) 
tection and encouragement to the Clergy of the Es- 
tablished Church in Canada, and the other British 
colonies, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Forres; praying the House gyurch of 
to réfuse any additional grant of public money to Scotland. 
the Established Church of Scotland, —were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates for the county of Salop County Courts 
in Quarter Sessions assembled, praying that the Bill. 
County Courts Bill may not pass into a law, was 
peeene, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Vice-president and principal Measures of 
Members of the Ellesmere Agricultural Society, Capacity. 





Land-owners, Farmers, Land-agents, Corn-dealers 
EE2 and 





Imprisonment 
for Debt Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Church 
Establishment 
( Wales.) 


Shipwreck by 
Lightning. 


Navy. 


Metropolitan 
Sewers Bill, 


High Sheriffs’ 
Expenses Bill. 


Lighting of the 


House, 





212 
and others, in the county of Salop, taking notice 
of an improved measure for wheat and other grain, 
founded on the principle of a quart being re- 
= by a cube of four inches ; and praying the 

ouse to make the proposed new measure of capa~ 
city a | measure without being compulsory, was 


resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon: the 
able. 


A Petition of Charles Anthony, the Proprietor, 
Printer and Publisher of “The Hereford Times,” 
Newspaper, praying that the Imprisonment for Debt 


Act Amendment Bill may pass into a law, was pre-| : 
\the nature of the Offences, in Classes, for which 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates of the county of Flint 
in Quarter Sessions assembled, praying for the 
amendment of so much of the Sale of Beer Act 
as permits Beer to be drunk on the premises, was 
presi, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Holywell ;—and, Flint (two Peti- 
tions); praying that the emoluments arising from 
sinecure rectories in Wales may be exclusively ap- 
plied to the benefit of the diocese in which such 
revenues arise,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the statements contained in the Petition 
of William Snow Harris, Esquire, F. R. s., relating 
to the protection of Ships from the effects of Light- 
ning :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the system of reducing the Crews of Her Ma- 
jesty’s ships in time of Peace, below the number 
required to make them efficient in time of War, is 


injurious to the best interests of the Service ; and | 
that it is the opinion of this House, that all Her | 


Majesty’s Ships, when actively employed or about 
to quit the British Channel, should in future have 
but one complement of men, whether in Peace or 
War ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Sir Edward Codrington, 
Yeas, L Lord Jngestre : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John Staaley, | — 
Noes, \ Lord Dalmeny: : 
So it passed in the Negative. 


27. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better regulation of Metropolitan Sewers : 
And that Mr. Ward and Mr. Hawes do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to regulate the Expenses to be incurred by Persons 
serving the Office of High Sheriff in England and 
Wales:, And that Colonel Davies and Mr. Hume 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
poset, That it is essential to the safety of this 

ouse, and to the health and safety of its Members, 
that a Report be obtained from competent Scientific 
Authorities, whether the adoption of the Oleo-oxygen 
Bude Light may not expose this House and its 
Members to the danger of explosion, or to the 
minor annoyance of a tainted atmosphere, from any 
trifling accident :--That there be laid before this 
House, an Estimate of the probable Expense of the 
Experiment of the Oleo-oxygen Bude Light now in 


23° Aprihs. 





A. 1839. 


oe :—Also, of the probable Expense of the 
| Machinery proposed to be employed to produce this 
Light :—Also, of the estimated nightly Cost of the 
Light to be produced :—Also, of the proposed mode 
of remunerating the Patentee, whether by Salary, 
by Contract or by Gift :-—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Corporal 
Abstract of the Number of Men belonging to the Punishments 
Royal Marines, who since the Ist day of January 
to the 31st day of December 1838, have suffered 





Corporal Punishment or Imprisonment; showing 


such Punishment has been awarded, and the Num- 
ber in each Class ; and showing the greatest Number 
and the smallest. Number of Lashes, also the longest 
and shortest period of Confinement awarded a 

Punishment to each Person, and the average period 
of Confinement for each Class of Offence :—Ab- 
stract of the Number of Soldiers belonging to the 
Royal Artillery in Great Britain and Ireland, who 
between the 1st day of January and the 31st day 
of December 1838, have suffered Corporal Punish- 
ment or Imprisonment ; showing the nature of the 
Offences, in Classes, for which sach Corporal Punish- 
ment or Imprisonment has been awarded, and the 
Number in each Class ; and showing also the greatest 
and the smallest Number of Lashes, also the longest 
and shortest period of Confinement awarded as 
Punishment, and the average period for each Class 
of Offences :—Return of the Number of Soldiers, 
belonging to Regiments and Depots in Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, who, since the 1st day of January 
1838, have suffered either Corporal Punishment or 
Imprisonment ; and, whenever either Corporal Pu- 
nishment or Imprisonment has been inflicted on the 
same Person more than once, specifying how often 
it has been so inflicted :—Abstract. of the Number 
of Soldiers, belonging to Regiments in the Colonies 
and Possessions of Great Britain, who, in each 
year since the 1st day of January 1831, have suffered 
Corporal Punishments and Imprisonments; showing 
the nature of the’ Offences in Classes, for which 
such Corporal Punishment or Imprisonment has 
been awarded, and the Numbers in each Class; 
stating also the greatest Number and the lowest 
Number of Lashes inflicted on any Person in each 
year, also the longest and the shortest period of 
Confinement awarded as Punishment, and the aver- 
age period of Confinement for each Class in each 
| year :—-And, a Return of the Number of Soldiers, 
'who, since the Ist day of January 1836, have 
suffered Corporal Punishment or Imprisonment, 
_and, where either Corporal Punishment or Imprison- 
ment has been inflicted on the same Person more 
| than once, specifying how often it has been so in- 
‘flicted ; and distinguishing Numbers in Regiments 
in the Colonies and Possessions of Her Majesty 
from Regiments in Depdts in Great Britain and 
Ireland. 


| 


Nati 


Bai 
En; 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, savings Banks. 
Accounts of the Gross Amount of all principal 
Sums received and paid by the Commissioners for 
the Reduction of the National Debt on account of 
Banks for Savings (including Friendly Societies) in 
Great Britain and Ireland, from the 21st day of 
November 1837 to the 20th day of November 1838; 
stating also the Amount of Interest received by the 
Commissioners, and the Amount paid or allowed, 
and credited to Savings Banks and Friendly Socie- 
ties ; and also, the Amount of Balances in hand at 
'that period, viz., on the 20th day of November 
|1838; anda Statement of the several Securities in 
which the Deposits in the Hands of the Commis- 
sioners were invested on the 20th day of November 
1838 :—Of Amount of Money received from the 
Trustees of Savings Banks by the Commissioners 
for the Reduction of the National Debt in the year 
| ending 











QNVircroRizZ. 


ending the 20th day of November 1838, :and: the 
Amount of each kind of Stock purchased, and the 
average price in that year at which the Money was 
invested in each kind of stock, or Government Se- 
curities, and the Amount of Money invested in the 


_ purchase of such Stock; also, the mee 8 and 


National Debt. 


Lf 


Interest due by the Commissioners to the ‘Trustees 
of Savings Banks on the 20th day of November 
1838, and the Value of each of the Government 
Securities standing in the Names of Commissioners, 
at the prices for that day, to answer the Amount 
due to the Depositors for Principal and Interest :— 
And, of the Number of Depositors, and the Number 
of Friendly Societies, and of the Sums deposited in 
Savings Banks, divided into Classes, at the close of 
the last quarter, on the 2uth day of November in 
the year 1838. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Gross Amount of all Bank An- 
nuities and Long Annuities, and any other Annuities 
for terms of years, transferred, and of all Sums of 
Money paid to the Commissioners for the Reduction 
of the National Debt; and the Gross Amount of 
Annuities for Lives, and for terms of Lives, which 
have been granted for the same under the provi- 
sions of the Acts of the 10th Geo. 4, c. 24, and 
3d Will. 4, c. 14, within the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1838. 


23°94 Apeilis. 


213 


also, from the other, the Promotions'in the ‘Navy un 
Foreign Stations to Vacancies occasioned by Death 
or Dismissal by Courts Martial :—Of the Number 
of Captains promoted to be Rear-Admirals;. of 
Rear-Admirals:to be Vice-Admirals; and of Vice- 
Admirals to be Admirals, from the ist day of June 
1835 to the 31st day of December 1838, and the 
Dates of their Commission :—And, of the Number 
of Gentlemen appointed to first Commissions ; of 
the Number of Promotions of Lieutenants to be 
Captains ; of Captains to be Majors ; and of Majors 
to be Lievtenant-Colonels, in the Royal Marines, 
from the ist day of June 1835 to the 31st day of 
December 1838. 


Jamaica Government Bill ; 

Counsel were again called in. 

And the Petitions of Planters, Merchants and 
others interested in the Colony of Jamaica, praying 
to be heard by counsel against the Bill, which were 
presented upon Thursday last, were read. 

And one of the counsel was heard :—And then 
they were directed to withdraw. 

Mr. Speaker opened the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed for Monday 


next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the further Jamaica 
hearing of counsel upon the second reading of the +r 
ui, 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Public Public 


Bank of Revenue, which was presented yesterday,be printed. Revenue. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 





_. Account of the Amount of Deficiency Bills issued to No, 215. 
the Bank of England since the sth day of January| , Ordered, That the Return relative to, Model Model Schools, 
1838, stating the rate per cent. of Interest paid to Schools, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 216. 
the Bank on the same; and the Aggregate Amount! Qydered, That the Account relative to Jamaica Jamaica 
of Interest paid or due to the Bank for such De-| Exports, which was presented yesterday, be printed. PxPors- 
ficiency Bills in the year, up to the 5th day of Ja- No. 217. 
nuary 1839 Account of the Amount of Exchequer Ordered, That the Account relative to Senegal Senegal Gum. 
Bills issued since the 5th day of January 1838 ;| Gum, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 218. 
distinguishing the several kinds issued, the rate And then the H , , 
per cent. payable on each class of Bills, and the nd then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 

Aggregate Amount of Interest paid, and the Amount 
due on the same for the year, up tothe S5thdayof| 00 
January 1839 :—Return of the Amount of Exche- Mercurii, 24° die Aprilis ; 
quer Bills outstanding on the 5th day of January ida ; 
1839, stating the several rates of Interest which Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1839, 
the several Annuities bore on that day rt Dancd wae 
of the Weekly Returns from the Bank of England : “4 : 
Ge thei :Sleneni fica: | Foden: thee Bet! dale. of. Wench: Oh DERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
1837 to the a day of March 1838 i Ha Copy to sit this day till four of the clock during the 
: , ee 
of the Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities sitting of the House. 
and Assets of the Bank of England, from the 1st re ; : 
day of March 1838 to the 1st day of March 1839. Petitions from the Crediton Union; —and, Sen- County Courts 
derland; praying that the County Courts Bill may Bll. 
Navy, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | Pass into a law,--were presented, and read ; and 


Returns of the Number of Midshipmen: promoted 
to the Rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, from 
the ist day of June 1835 to the 31st day of De- 
cember 1838, stating the Name of each Person so 
promoted, and the Date of Entry into the Service, 
and the Date of Promotion, and whether educated 
at the Royal Naval College; and distinguishing, 
also, from the other, the Promotions in the Navy on 
Foreign Stations to Vacancies occasioned by Death 
or Dismissal by Courts Martial :—Of the Matias 
of Lieutenants promoted to be Commanders in the 
Royal Navy, from the 1st day of June 1835 to the 
31st. day of December 1838, stating the Name of 
each Person so promoted, and the Date of the 
Commission each Officer held at the time of his 
Promotion; distinguishing, also, from the other, 
the Promotions in the Navy on Foreign Stations to 
Vacancies occasioned by Death or Dismissal by 
Courts Martial :—Of the Number of Commanders 
im the Royal Navy promoted to the Rank of Cap- 
tain, from the 1st day of June 1835 to the 31st day 
of December 1838, stating the Name of each Per- 
son so promoted, andthe Dates of the first Com- 
mission, and of the Commission each Officer held 
at the time of his Promotion; and distinguishing, 


Von, 94. 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Worcester (County); — Bristol 
(President of the Chamber of Commerce);—and, 
Members of the Liverpool Guardian omit ; pray- 
ing that the said Bill may not pass into a law as it 
now stands,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


— Kensington-square ; -- London Bookbinders ; — 
Walditch ; —Cockspur-street, London ;— Spitalfields 
and Bethnal Green; — New writ it ;— London 
(five Petitions) ;— Coldingham ;— Paisley ;— Dum- 
fries ;— Melksham ;— Devizes ;— Kirkcudbright ; — 
Dublin ;— Newent ;— Basingstoke ;--Leek ;—~ Inni- 
shannon ;— Hawick (two Petitions); — Saint Mary 
and Saint John’s, Bedford ;— Ellesmere ;— Bowden; 
— Knaresborough ; — Saint Peter's, Kent ;— Saint 
James, Westminster ; — Winchester ;— Brixton ;— 
| Dunwich ;—Samuel Dobell ;—Glasgow (four Peti- 
| tions) ;— Tenby ;—Foulmire and Thriplow ;—Mel- 
| dreth ;— Melbourn ;— Worcester ;— Bratton Clovelly; 
|—Tamerton Folliot ;—Compton Gifford ;— South 
| Sydenham ; — Liverpool ; — Royston ;— Brompton 
| Ralph ;— Dromeliffe ;— Builth ;—Stirling ;— Car- 
| EE3 


| 





if;— 


Petitions from Hackney ;—Haymarket, London ; Postage.’ 








214 


diff ;— Stromness ;—Stourbridge ;— Kington ;—Sel- 
hirk ;— Worcester ;— Ramsgate ;—Margate;— Barn- 
staple ;— Molland ;-—-Beaminster ; — Fifehead Mag- 
dalen ;— Bradford ( York) ;— Dublin ;—Directors of 
the Mutual Life Assurance Society ;—Kilmaboy ;— 
Wrentham ;—Earsham ;— Bungay (five Petitions) ; 
—WNeath Abbey ;—Notting Hill Square (Middle- 
sex) ;— Ayton ; — Holyhead ; — Hurst (Sussex) ;— 
Ordsall;—Bourn ;—Proprietor, Compositors, Press- 
men, &amp;c. of the Printing Office, Angel-court, Skinner- 
street ; — Ennis ;— Ashby Parva ;—Clondagad ; — 
Calton ; — Gorbals;— Great Torrington ; — Uzx- 
bridge ;—Clifford ;— Dundee ;—- West Drayton :— 
Bath; — Hazel Grove ;— Newton Stewart ;—Pro- 
prietors, Compositors, &amp;c., of the Printing Offices, 
13, Bartlett’s Buildings, Holborn;—101, Fenchurch- 
street ;—44, King-street, Soho ;—10, Throgmorton- 
street ;—35 and 40, Threadneedle-street ;—17, De- 
vonshire-square, Bishopsgate-street ;—91, Wardour- 
street, Soho;—15, Old Broad-street, London; — 
Proprietors, Clerks and Shopmen, &amp;c., of the firm of 
Swan and Edgar, Piccadilly ;—and, Dundee (two 
Petitions); praying for the adoption of a low and 
uniform rate of Dastetnrteies presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Church 
Establishment 
(Canada, &amp;c. ) 


Petitions from Bilston ;— Harborne;—Sedgley ; 
— Brighton ;— Ovingdean ;— Southease ;— Rotting- 
dean ;— Rayleigh -— Wickham Saint Paul’s ;—Roch- 

ford ;-- Wells ;—Harbledown ;— Denton ; — Milton 
Abbot and South Sydenham ;— Hart ;— Darlington; 
—Farway ;—Northleigh;— Berry Pomercy ;—Dur- 
ham Diocese ;—Saint James, Dover ;—Hachington; 
—Pluchley ; — Ewell and Cheam; — Godstone ;— 
Hemyock ;— Warwick and Kineton Deaneries ;— 
Wimborne Saint Giles;— Bromsgrove ;— Monkwear- 
mouth ;—Kilham ;— Huntington ;— Giggleswick ;— 
Thirsk ;-—Haydon ;—West Tarring, &amp;c. ;---Bourn ; 
— Sittingbourn ;-—Ichkham;-— Wootton ;—— Bridge ;—- 
Montgomery ;— Exeter Diocese and North of Devon; 
— Chester ;—Pitchcott ;—and, Llanvapley; praying 
the House to continue their protection and encou- 
ragement to the Clergy throughout Canada and the 
other British Colonies,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sunday 
Delivery of 
Letters. 


A Petition of Gentry, Clergy, Churchwardens and 
other Inhabitants of Oswestry, praying that the pro- 
posed intention of transmitting Letters through the 
General Post Office in London on the Lord’s Day, 
may not be carried into effect, and that no Delivery 
of Letters be required from any Post Office in the 
Kingdom on that day, was presented,and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Roman Catholic 


ai m cs : 
eran Petitions from Newbury ;—Ezeter Hall, Strand ; 


— Argyll (Moderator of theSynod);—and, Greenock 
(Moderator of the Presbytery); praying for the 
repeal of the Roman Catholic Relief Act,—were 
resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 
Coal Trade. A Petition of Thomas Bradfield, of Derby-street, 
Westminster, complaining of the fine levied by the 
Corporation of Londonon every ton of Coals brought 
to the Metropolis by Railways, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Railways. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Petitions from Bridlington Union ;—Melton Mow- 
brew Union ;—Whitby Union ;— Crickhowel Union ; 
— Todmorden Union ;— Knaresborough ;— Tiverton 
Union ;—and, Stone Union; praying for the amend- 
ment of the Poor Law Act,—were presented, an 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Corn Laws, Petitions from Great Torrington ;—and, Orleton ; 
praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were 

ee and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


24° Aprilis. 











A. 1839. 


Petitions from Perth County ;— Muthill ;—Hun- 
dred of Wang ford (Suffolk);—Much Cowarne ;— 
— Newmarket ( Cork);—Bandon ;—Cork ;— Fife ;— 
and, Westmorland; praying that the Corn Laws 
may not be repealed,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sale of ] 
Act. 


Pauper 
Petitions from Cork;—and, Bandon; praying Medical non 
the House to pass a measure providing that where Zaeien 
the evidence of a Medical Practitioner shall be re-“'!") 
quired for the ends of public justice, a reasonable 
compensation may be paid him for his attendance, 


—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon a 
the Table. — 
Petitions from Liverpool ;—and, Killyshandra ; Municipal 
praying that the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) a 

ill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and (relend) Bill, 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of the Corporation of the county of 
the town of Drogheda, praying that they may be 
heard by counsel at the bar of the House against 
the said Bill, was also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Lighti 
Watel 
(Irela 


Petitions from Liverpool (two Petitions) ;—Let- Rating of 
comb Regis ;— Wokingham ;—Manchester (Chairman Tenements Bill. 
of the Society of Owners of Small Tenements) ;—and, 
Bristol; praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Stokesley ;—JIsle of Thanet Union; 

—and, President, Vice President and Honorary 
Secretary of the Society of Land Agents and Sur- 
veyors in London; praying that the said Bill may 
pass into a law,—were also presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Chur 
Scot 


Petitions from the Vice President of the Bristol Imprisonment 
Chamber of Commerce ;—Lancaster Castle ;—and, "* Debt Act. 
York Castle; praying for the amendment of the 
Imprisonment for Debt Act,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Oswestry; — and, Leominster ; Lord’s Day. 
praying the House to pass a law for the better ob- 
servance of the Lord’s Day,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Copyholds’ 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


A Petition of Land-owners and Customary Te- 
nants of the division of East and West Wards, in 
the county of Westmorland, praying that the Copy- 
holds’ Enfranchisement Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from John Beauclerk, Esquire ;--Sir 
Henry Peytor, Baronet ;—and, Farnham (Surrey) ; 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were also —* and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Thomas Dickens, Esquire, Barrister- 
at-Law, Steward of the Manor Courts of the See of 
London, praying that provision may be made in the 
said Bill to compensate him for the loss he will 
sustain should the same pass into a law, was also 
presented, and read; a ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Northampton ;— Spalding ;— Co- Sale ot Beer 
ventry ;—Kent ;— Wisbech ;— Sunderland ;— Burs- ¥i!!. 
lem and Tunstall;—Pire Hill; —and, Lichfield 
(two Petitions); praying that the Sale of Beer Bill 
a | pass into a a Phon presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Marlborough ;—Coventry ; —and, 
Fenstanton ; praying that the said Bill _ not pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition 








Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Pauper 
Lunatics. 


Highways Bill. 


Lighting and 
Watching Act 
(Ireland.) 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill. 





2 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Retail Brewers and Beer-sellers of 
Preston, praying that Retailers of Beer may be 
placed upon the same footing with Licensed Vic- 
tuallers, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend Edward Duke, of Lake 
House, in the county of Wilts, praying the House to 
institute an inquiry relative to the confinement of 
Lunatics and Idiotic Paupers in private asylums, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Hereford Lunatic Asylum. 


Petitions from Burton ; — Richmond (York) ;— 
and, Lambeth (Chairman of the Board of Guardians) ; 
praying that the Highways Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Bristeed Knox, of Ennis, in 
the county of Clare, praying that the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 82, for the lighting, cleansing and watching of 
Cities and Towns Corporate, and Market Towns in 
Ireland, may be made compulsory upon all Towns 
containing a population amounting to or exceeding 
six thousand persons, where provision is not other- 
wise made for such purpose, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Fordyce (two Petitions) ;—Trumis- 
garry ;— Knockando ;— Cawdor ;—Portree ;—Boin- 
die ;—-Moyand Dalarrossie ;—Abernethy ;-- Aberlour ; 
—Abertarff ;— Tomintoul ;—Edenkillie ;—Bellie ; 
— Kingussie ;—Sleat ;— Uist ;— Nairn ;— Dumfries ; 
—Clackmannan ;—Kirkpatrick ;—Annan ;— Ruth- 
well ; — Brydekirk ; — Graitney ; — Sanquhar ;— 
Bridgend ;—Alness ;—Invergordon ;—Urquhart ;— 
Kintail ;— Killearnan ;— Duffus ;—Jona ;-- Dunoon 
and Kilmun (three Petitions) ;—Dunoon ;—Kilmun ; 
—JInverchaolain ;—Duror ;—Kilfinichen and Kil- 
viceon ;—Glasgow (six Petitions) ;— Glenorchy and 
Innis-Sheil ;—Strontian ;—Kilarrow or Bowmore ; 
—Ross Mull ;—Ardnamurchan ;— Kilviceon ;—Kil- 
modan ;--Kingairloch ;-- Dumbarton ;—Barry ;--An- 
derston;— Liff, and Benvie;— Kilmarnock ;— Logie ; 
—Coylton ;-- Edinburgh (three Petitions) ;—Vew- 
deryit ; —Guthrie ;—Abercrombie ;—Ayr ;—-Ferry 
Port-on-Craig ;— Kirkaldy (two Petitions) ;— Thorn- 
ton; — Abbotshall; — Auchterderran; — New Cum- 
nock ; — Kettle ; — Stevenston ; —Aberdeen ;—Sla- 
mannan ; — Leuchars ; — Sandwich ; —Westray and 
Papay Westray ;—South Ronaldshay and Burray ; 
—Saint Andrew's, Orkney; — Hoy ;—Cardross ;— 
Queensferry ;—Moneydie ;—Kinfauns ;— Dunblane 
Presbytery (Moderator) ;—Kirkmichael ;— Errol ;— 
New Luce ;—Monivaird and Strowan ;—Callander ; 
—Scone ;— Alyth ;— Dron ;—Stanley ;—Kippen ;— 
Unst ;— Northmavine ;—and, Logiealmond; praying 
the House to adopt measures for relieving the reli- 
gious destitution, which prevails in Scotland, b 
extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Penningham ;— Mid Calder ;— 
Kirkliston ;— Kirkwall ;—Shapinshay ;— Orkney ;-— 
Orphir;—Saint Andrew’s, sane ;--Scone;-- Errol; 
— Queensferry ; — Abbotshall ; — and, Kirkaldy ; 
praying the House not to sanction any further en- 
dowments to the Church of Scotland,—were also 
pene, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock 
and Ayr Railway Company ;—and, George Makgill; 
praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of Stirling, praying that the said Bill may 
pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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215 


Petitions from Rugeley ;— Childwall;—-A insworth ; Education. 
—Bramshall;--Uttoreter ;—Kingstane;—Gratwich ; 
—Mayfield ;— Abbots Bromley ; — Gayton ;—Ro- 
cester ; — Cheadle ;—Stowe ;— Kingsley ;— Croxden 
and Checkley ;—Colwich ;—Leigh ;— Dunbar Pres- 
bytery (Moderator) ; — Billinge ;— Breedon ;—Ke- 
merton;— A thefton;—Brunfield and Ashford Bowd- 
ler ;— Norton ;—Cheltenham ;—New Brentford ;— 

Altcar ; — Ormskirk ;— Walton-on-the- Hill ;—Ips- 
wich ;—and, Middleton ; praying the House not to 
sanction any system of National Education that is 
rot founded on the principles of the Established 
Church,—were 


fg a and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the 


able. 


Petitions from Mayo ;— Tyholland ; — Kilmac- Fective 
tranny, &amp;c. ;—Kilmealy ;—and, Tedavenit ; praying Franchise, &amp;c- 
that the people of Ireland may have the same rights, “¢!#"*? 
privileges and franchises as the people of England, 

—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wandsworth ;— Sunnington-cum- Maynooth 

Marton ; — Horsted Kynes ; — Gilmerton ;—Cha- lege. 
therton Lewston ;—Melion Mowbray ; — Ripon ;— 
Theale ;—and, Newbury; praying the House not to 
sanction any further Grant to the Roman College of 
Maynooth,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Postle Jackson ;—Proprietors, &amp;c., Imprisonment 

of the Dorset County Chronicle and Somersetshire for Debt as 
° : mendment 

Gazette ;— Liverpool;—John_ Taylor, Junior ;—and, gj, 
Bristol; praying that the Imprisonment for Debt 
Act Amendment Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Creditors of the Turnpike- 
Tolls on the Hurdlow and Manchester Turnpike- 4s. 
roads, relating to the debt owing by the trustees of 

the said roads, which was presented upon the 20th 

day of March last, be referred to the Select Com- 

mittee on Turnpike Trusts. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Huddersfield, praying Bonding 
for the establishment of Inland Bonding Warehouses, Warehouses. 
was pieriet, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Peter Austin Nuttall, Printer, and Copyright Bill. 
Doctor of Laws, of Gough-square, London, and 
King’s-terrace, Pentonville, praying that the Copy- 
right Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Carlisle ;—and, Glasgow (two Pe- Foreign Coffee. 
titions), praying for a reduction of Duty on Foreign 
Coffee,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and Brazil Steam 
Manufactures of Greenock, praying that the Brazil cba 7 
Steam Packet Company Bill may not pass into a?" ~" 
law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table, 


Petitions from Guilsfield;--Montgomery (County); Church 
—Llanidloes ;— Kerry (Montgomery) ;—Alfred Olli- Establishment 
vant, D. D. ;— Darowen ; — and, Llandrinio and “"** 
Llandysilio ; praying that the emoluments arising 
from sinecure rectories in Wales, may be applied to 
the benefit of the diocese in which such revenues 
arise,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Pa- Metropolis 
rishioners of Saint Paul, Deptford, praying that the Police; and, 
Metropolis Police, and Metropolitan Police Courts p7oroltan 
Bills may not pass into law, was presented, and Bills, 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





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Prisons Bill. 


Caledonian 
Canal. 


Heritable 
Securities 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Heritable 
Securities 


(Scotland); and, 


Registration 
of Leases 
(Scotland) 
Bills. 


Steam Commu- 
nication with 
india. 


Newfoundland. 


Manchester 
and Leeds 
Railway Bill. 


Holmfirih 
Gas Bill. 


Edinburgh, 
Leith, and 
Newhaven 


Railway Bill. 





216 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Brighton, praying | 


that the Prisons Bill may not pass into a law, was 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Cromarty ;— Wick ;—Portree ;— 
Inverness County ;— Fortwilliam and Corpach ;— 
Inverness Town and Port ;—Stirling ;—and, Gias- 
gow (two Petitions) ; praying that the Caledonian 
Canal may be placed in an efficient condition,-— 
were presented, and read; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on the Caledonian Canal. 


A Petition of the Provost, Baillies, Treasurer and 
Councillors of Paisley, praying that the Heritable 
Securities (Scotland) Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Bailies, Treasurer and 
Councillors of Paisley, suggesting certain alterations 
in the Heritable Securities (Scotland), and Regis- 
tration of Leases (Scotland) Bills, and praying the 
House to take the same into consideration, was 

resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Mable. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Liverpool East 
India Association, praying for the immediate esta- 
blishment of a regular system of Communication 
between England and the three Presidencies of 
India, by means of Steam Vessels of adequate power 
and number, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dartmouth ;— and, Liverpool ; 
praying the House to pass a Bill for the abolition 
of the House of Assembly in Newfoundland, and 
for vesting the legislative powers and functions in 
the Governor and Council,--were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lessees of land at Hunt’s Bank, 
in the town of Manchester ;—Feoftees of the Man- 
chester Free Grammar-school ; —Warden and Fel- 
lows, and other Clergy, of the collegiate and parish 
church of Manchester ; —Commissioners for cleans- 
ing, lighting, watching and regulating the town of 
Manchester ; — Edmund Buckley of Manchester, 
Merchant ;—and Stephen Heelis, Gentleman, John 
Stanway Jachson, Gentleman, and James Pichmore 
Jackson, Furrier, all of Manchester ; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Manchester and 
Leeds Railway Bill, were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said l’etitions. 


An ingrossed Bill for lighting with Gas the Town 
of Holmfirth, and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the 


24° Aprilis. 


A. 1839. 


Mr. Fenton reported from the Committee on the Rochdale 


Rochdale Waterworks Bill; That they had ex- Waterworks 
amined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants, Visitors at, and others Rugby and 
interested in the town of Leamingtun Priors, called — Road 
Royal Leamington Spa, praying that they may be ~ 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Rugby and Warwick Road Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
| favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 





A Petition of Joseph Pitt, of Eastcourt, in the Cheltenham 
county of Wilts, Esquire, and others, praying that caprovemett 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or * 
agents, against certain parts of the Cheltenham Im- 
| provement Bill, was presented, and read. 
| Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 





A Petition of the Stroudwater Navigation Com- Bristol and 
pany, praying that they may be heard, by their Gloucestershire 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Bristol ®#ilwsy Bill. 
and Gloucestershire Railway Bill, was presented, and 
read, 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and others, of Camber 
Portsmouth, praying that they may be heard, by (Portsmouth), 
themselves, theis counsel or agents, against certain age, ae 
parts of the Camber (Portsmouth) Quays, &amp;c., Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
| Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from the Deanery of Framland ; — Ecclesiastical 
Archdeaconry of Barnstaple ;—and, Rural Deanery Duties and 
of Walsall; praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties **’*™"* *"” 
| and Revenues Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
| presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Cotton Spinners and others of Glas- Cotton Wool. 
gow, praying for the repeal of the daty on Cotton 
Vool, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
, upon the Table. 





West Riding of the County of York, was read the | 


third time ; and Amendments were made to theBill. | 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir George Strickland do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Cramond District | 


of Roads, within the county of Edinburgh, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Edinburgh, 
Leith and Newhaven Railway Bill, was presented, 
and read. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | 


A Petition of the Society of Spirit Dealers in Spirit Licenses 


_land) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners, House-holders and Railways 
Inhabitants of Kilkenny, praying that the proposed (Ireland. 
measure for carrying into effect the Reports of the 
| Trish Railway Commissioners may not receive the 
/ sanction of the House, was presented, and read ; 
| and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Gentry, Merchants, Traders and 


Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard,| Inhabitants of Drogheda, praying the House to 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their | sanction the advance of loans in aid of the existing 

| Railway Companies in Jreland to prosecute their 
| respective lines, which will give speedily the — 
age 


Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Kirkintilloch, praying that the Spirit Licenses (Scot- (Scotland) Bis. 





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Order 


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2 VicrorRiz£. 


tage of Railway travelling to the public at large, 
and meantime mainly contribute to relieve the 
distress so prevalent amongst the unemployed pea- 
santry of that country, was also penne , and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, several 
Resolutions; which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Menchester and Birmingham Extension (Stone 
and Rugby) Railway Bill, the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill, upon abandoning all the 
proposed deviations except those at Tamworth and 
Tamhorn; and that the Committee on the Bill do 
examine in the first place, how far such Order has 
been complied with, and do report the same to the 
House, on the Report of the Bill. 

2, Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the London City Police Bill, the Standing Orders 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

The first Resolution of the Committee, being read 
a second time, was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Standing 
Orders 5 


Manchester and 
Birmingham 
Extension 

(Stone and — 
Rugby) Rail- 


way. 


London City 
Police. 


Witham 


Mr. Handley reported from the Committee on the 
Drainage Bill. 


Witham Drainage Bill; and to whom two Petitions 
against the said Bill were referred ; That no person 
appeared in support of the said Petitions, and that 
the Committee had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Southmolton 


| A Petition of the Trustees of the Tiverton Turn- 
Roads Bill. 


mauris praying that the Southmolton Roads 
ill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Committee 
on the Bill. 


Manchester and 
Birmingham 
Railway Bill, 


A Petition of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyme 
and Manchester Railway Company, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain 5 ge of the Manchester and 
Birmingham Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Government 


pra Petitions from Elphin;—Knockninny ;—Nurney ; 


— Blessington, &amp;c.;— Balla; — Solohead ; — Killa- 
sallig ;—Delgany, &amp;c. ;—and, Maheracloone ; pray- 
ing the House to support Her Majesty’s Ministers 
in their Government of Jredand,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Indentures of 


A Petition of Weavers of Dunfermline, praying 
Apprenticeship. 


for a reduction of the duty on Indentures of Ap- 

prenticeship, was presented, and read; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 

Sood Chueh ~=— A Petition of John Biggar and others, praying 
that the Strood Church Bill may pass into a law, 

was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Army (Presby- A Petition of the Minister, Elders and People of 


Ag , meh the Presbyterian Church of Caraghmore, praying 
that Presbyterian soldiers may be permitted to 
attend the Presbyterian Church in the same manner 
as Episcopalian and Roman Catholic soldiers are 
permitted to attend their respective places of worship, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

sal io Petitions from Worcester County ;—York (East 


Ridiag) ;—Kent;— and, Salop; praying that the 
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217 


District Sessions Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Printers, Booksellers and others of Fuurdriniers’ 
Derby, praying the House to take into consideration Patent. 
the case of the Messrs. Fourdrinier, relative to their 
Patent for the manufacture of paper, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Davies presented a Bill to regulate the High Sherits’ 
Expenses to be incurred by Persons serving the Expenses Bill 
Office of High Sheriff in England and Wales: And No.219. 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday next; and to 
be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Truro, praying the Idolatry 
House to prohibit the interference of British func- (4) 
tionaries in the management of Idolatrous Obser- 
vances in India, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Pri tek wan of B. Goodhead and others, Members a ham 
of the Freemans’ Rights Committée, praying that S°" "3° 
the Nottingham (Saint Mary’s) fates Bilt may Tnclosure Bill, 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Harwich, pray- Church Rates, 
ing for the abolition of Church Rates, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Joseph Davison, of the city of Dur- Durham Court 
ham, Gentleman, praying that provision may be ° Pless Bill. 
made in the Durham Court of Pleas Bill, compen- 
sating him for any injury he may sustain by the 
passing of the said Bill, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ornamental Brass and Iron Founders, Designs Copy- 
Stove Grate and Fender Manufacturers of Morth- ish Bill. 
ampton, praying that the Designs Copyright Bill 
may not pass into a law as it now stands, was pre- 

— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
‘able. 


Petitions from Trustees of the road from Norwich Highway Act. 
to Thetford (Chairman) ;— Trustees of the Beech 
Down, Battel and Heathfield, &amp;c., Road ;—Sub- 
scribers to the Flimwell and Hastings Road ;—and, 
Trustees of the Flimwell and Hastings Road (Chair- 
man); praying the House to take measures for re- 
storing the liability of parishes to contribute towards 
the repair of Turnpike-roads in England,--were 
presenter, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and Haytiau Coffee. 
Manufactures of Glasgow, praying for a reduction 
of Duty on Haytian Coffee, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Wewbury, pray- Metropolis 
ing that the Metropolis Police Bill may not pass Police Bill. 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Berwick-upon- Turnpike- 
Tweed, praying that some legislative enactment '@4s. 
may be passed, declaring on what persons or bodies 
rests the liability to remove obstructions on Turn- 
pike-roads occasioned by snow, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Highways Bill 
fardiar consideration the Report on the Highways 
Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be re-committed ; 


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218 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
““ Report be taken into further consideration upon 
“ this day six months,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
sed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, - : -_ neby 


} 84, 
f Colonel Wood, 
Tellers for the Noes, Sir GeorgeStrichlan a:} 60. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House. 
Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The ol 
accordingly resolved itself nto the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble pogtponed. 
Criauses, N° 1 to N° 7, agreed to. 


Cravse, N° 8, (Qualification of Surveyor) dis- 
agreed to. 


CiavseE, N° 9, postponed. , 
CriauseEs, N° 10 and N° 11, agreed to. 
CiauseE, N° 12, amended, and agreed to. 


Cravuse, N° 13, (Parishes to be formed into 
districts for the purpose of the Highways being 
_ under the management of a competent 

oard) read. 

Amendment proposed, to leave out the preamble 
of the Clause, to the words “ Be it Enacted,” 1. 11. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Barneby, 





Yeas, Lord Worsley : we 
Tellers for a | Sir George Strickland, \ 91 
Noes, Mr. Shaw Lefevre: " 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided : 
Mr. Goring, a7 
ig gone 4 &gt; 
r. Barne 
Mr. , rag } we 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Noes,{ 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair and Mr. Pryme 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 


Durham Court 


The Durham Court of Pleas Bill was, according 
of Pleas Bill. 


to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


Patterns and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Inventions Bill. yeading of the Patterns and Inventions Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 8th day of May next. 


Borough Courts 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Borough Courts Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Soiiions The Order of the day being read, for the second 
yack reading of the Seditious Societies Act Amendment 
Bill. Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


24° Aprilis. 





A. 1839. 


The Drainage of Lands Bill was, according 0 Drsiengs of 
Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Se- Lands Bil. 
lect Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Copyholay 
further consideration the Report on the Copyholds ee 
Enfranchisement Bill ; ti: 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday, the 8th day of May 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Double and 
a Committee upon the Double and Treble Costs Bill; a Costs 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re-~'* 
sumed the Chair ; and Mr. Hawes reported, That the 
Committee had made Progress in the Bill; and that 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, 
the 8th day of May next, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Way 
Mea 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Rating of 
Reading of the Rating of Tenements Bill ; Tenements Bill, 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Bat 


Tellers for thef Mr. Robert Gordon, 130 
Yeas, Mr. Mark Philips: * Boece 

Tellers for the f Mr. Cresswell, log 
Noes, { Sir George Strickland: Jf" 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration of 
mittee on the Registration of Electors Bill ; Electors Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Heritable 
reading of the Heritable Securities (Scotland) Bill ; rosaeraoe A Bil 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon - 
Wednesday the 8th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Writs (Scot- 
reading of the Writs (Scotland) Bill ; land) Bill. 

Ordered,. That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 8th day of May next. 





The Order of the day being read, for taking into Registers * 
further consideration the Report on the Registers of ButsS%"™ 
Births, &amp;c., Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-Supply- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the Account of all Exchequer Account of 
Bills issued, or authorized to be issued, charged on aga ol 
the Aids or Supplies of 1839, unprovided for, which = * 
was presented upon the 8th day of this instant April, 
be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-four 
pounds, 
and dis- 


millions twenty-six thousand and ye 





be granted to Her Majesty, to pay o 


charge 





Waysand 
Means. 


Bankruptcies. 


Birmingham 
Canal Bill, 


2 VictToriz. 


charge any Exchequer Bills charged on the Aids 
or Supplies of the year 1839, now remaining unpaid 
and unprovided for. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ser- 
jeant Talfourd reported, That the Committee had 
come to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Serjeant Zalfourd also acquainted the House, 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave to sit again. 

Rescleed, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. _ 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 25° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 
M* Grey, from the Court of Bankruptcy, was 
called in; and at the bar presented een 
Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of May 
in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns as 
to Bankruptcies previous to the Act of Parliament, 
1831, appointing Official Assignees to take pos- 
session of the Estates: —_1. The Names of the 
Official Assignees, and of their Official Residence ; 
2. Names of the Bankrupts previous to the Act, 
whose Estates were taken possession of, in whole or 
in part, their description and residence ; 3. Dates of 
their Bankruptcies ; 4. Amount of Assets of each 
Estate received from the original Assignees; 5. 
Amount of Débts due to the Estates not then re- 
ceived ; 6. Amount of Assets from the Estate since 
received; 7. Amount of further expected Assets 
from the Debts; 8. Amount of Dividends declared 
by the Official Assignees, and Dates; 9. Total 
Amount paid to Creditors; 10. Total Amount re- 
maining unpaid to Creditors; 11. Expense charged 
for Assignees’ Commission and Allowances; 12. 
Expense charged to the estate for Petty Charges ; 
13. Balance of Cash in each Account, debiting the 
same only with the Cash paid away and Charges ; 
14. How the Balance is disposed of, whether paid 
to the Accomptant General ; 15. Or retained in the 
hands of the Official Assignees for Creditors not 
having yet applied for their Dividends :—The Re- 
ceipts or Payments, on Account of the Undivided 
Estates, or of Unclaimed Dividends, to be separately 
returned :-—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of collieries 
in the neighbourhood of the Birmingham Canal, 
praying that the Birmingham Canal Bill may not 
pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 

Petitions from Lord Hatherton and William Han- 
bury Sparrow, Philip Williams and John Barker, 
Coal and Iron Masters in the neighbourhood of the 
Birmingham Canal ;—and, the Bishop of Exeter 
and John Benbow, Esquire, two of the Trustees of 
the late Earl of Dudley; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the said Bill,—were also presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 


upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel’ 


heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 
Von. 94, 


Q4°-—95° Aprilis. 





219 


Petitions from Members of the Committee of Aberdeen 
Management of the Aberdeen and Hull Shipping Herbour Bill. 
Company ;—Proprietors and Tenants of flour an 
other mills, Bakers, Merchants and others of Aber- 
deen ;—and, Clothiers, Haberdashers and others of 
Aberdeen; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Aberdeen Harbour Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


A Petition of Frederick Kemp, of Bispham Lodge, Preston and 
in the county of Lancaster, Gentleman, praying that Wyre Railway 
he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 4 Harbour, 
against certain parts of the Preston and Wyre Rail. Wyre Dock 
way and Harbour, and Preston and Wyre Dock Bill, Bill. 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee on Reuss’s 
the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for natu- Nat. Bill. 
ralizing Ernest Reuss; That they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true ; and had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment :—And 
the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Redcar Harbour 
Company, praying that they may be heard, by their (No. 2.) Bill. 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Redcar 
Harbour (No. 2.) Bill, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Directors of the Saint George Steam Brazil Steam 
Packet Company, praying that the Brazil Steam Packet Com- 
Packet Company Bill may not pass into a law, was Pay Bill. 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the General Commis- Witham 
sioners for Drainage by the River Witham, in the Drainage Bili. 
County of Lincoln, to sue and be sued in the name 
or names of any one of the said Commissioners, or 
of their Clerk or Clerks for the time being, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Handley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the townships of Aberford, &amp;c., 
Aughton, East Cottingwith, Laytham, and other ay Oeite 
places, in the parishes of Aughton, Birkin Brayton, ~ 
&amp;c., in the county of York, praying that provision 
may be made in the Aberford, &amp;c., Small Debts Bill 
for including the said townships and other places 
within the jurisdiction of the Court to be esta- 
blished by the Bill, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Redruth and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Heyle Road 
intituled, An Act for making a Turnpike-road from ~" 
the Town of Redruth, in the County of Cornwall, 
to and through the Village of Hayle, in the Parish 
of Phillack, in the same county; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr.9. 1. 14. After “ obtained” insert Clause(A.) 

FF2 CLAUSE 





; 


South Eastern 
Railway Bill, 


Cheltenham 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


Manchester 
and Leeds 
Railway Bill, 


Railways 
(Ireland.) 


Postage. 


220 25° Aprilts. 


Ciavse(A.) “ Provided always, and be it further 
“ Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
“ extend, or be deemed, construed or taken to ex- 
“‘ tend, to authorize or empower the said trustees, 
“ their surveyors, agents or workmen, to enter into 
“ or upon, or take possession of, or interfere with, 
“« or to set out and appropriate for any of the pur- 
“ poses of this Act the an ge | of Mrs. Mary 
“ Hartley situate in the parish of Gwinear, in the 
county of Cornwall, or any part or we thereof, 
without the express license and authority of the 
said Mrs. Mary Hartley, or the owner thereof 
for the time being, in writing, first had and ob- 
“ tained.” 

In the Schedule to the Bill : 


Pr. 24. Is. 1. 2. 3. 4. and 5. Leave out 





“78 | Gwinear - | Fold and | Mrs. Mary | John Michell | John Michell. 
Waste. | Hartley. 
83 | Ditto - - | Garden -| Ditto - - | John Chelew John Chelew.” 











The said Amendments, heing read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. William Praed do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


A Petition of Joseph Coulstock, William Curtis 
Burt, Thomas Burt, James Gillam and Edward 
Russell, praying that the South Eastern Railway 
Company be allowed by their Bill to divert the line 
of Railway, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition of Sir William Weller Pepys, Baronet, 
Charles Hampden Turner, John Perkins, and John 
Pearson, Esquires, praying that the South Eastern 
Railway Company may not be allowed to divert 
their line, was also presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Committee on the Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- 
deration the eport which, upon the 17th day of 
this instant April, was made from the Committee 
on the Cheltenham Waterworks Bill; printed Copies 
of the Bill having been delivered at the door upon 
Tuesday last ; al the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed, 


A Petition of Lady William Gordon, praying that 
she may be heard, by her counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by her counsel or agent, upon her Petition, if she 
think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Banbridge; — Newry ;—Warren- 
point ;—and, Lisburn; praying the House to sanc- 
tion the advance of Loans to aid the existing Com- 
panies in prosecuting their respective Lines of Rail- 
way in Ireland,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Land Proprietors and Inhabitants 
of Templemore, praying the House to sanction the 
Liae of Railway proposed by the Commissioners, 


was also eas, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dundee (two Petitions) ;— Barnet ; 
— Llandovery ;—Salisbury ;— Hartburn ;— Sibford ; 
—- Bourton ; —Shutford ;-—Highbury ;--Theophilus 
Wilitams and others ;— Robert Davis and others ;— 
Proprietors, Compositors and Pressmen in the Print- 
ing Office, 67, High-street, Mary-le-bone ;—75, Great 
Queen-street, Lincoln’s-Inn Fields ;—~ 29, Maiden- 
lane ;—74, New Cut, Lambeth ;—-91, Bartholomew 











A. 1839. 


Close ;--_Holywell ;— Old Aberdeen (two Petitions) ; 
— Thomas ee and others ; —Portsmouth ; — 
Walgrave ; —Chester ; — Gloucester ; — Manchester 
Literary Society (President) ;—Faratry and Rock 
Mills ;—- Hoxton (five Petitions) ;— Brunswickh-street, 
Hackney Road ;— Bristol ;—Forton;—and, Aber- 
deen; praying for the adoption of a low and uniform 
rate of Postage,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liansilin ;— Oswestry ; — Kinner- 
ley, and other places ;--Selattyn ;— Owthorne, and 
other places ;—Mappleton;--Garton-in- Holderness; 
— Llansaintfraid ;-—Easington, and other places ;-- 
Aldburgh ;—Llanymynech ;— Withernwick ;—Saint 
Leonard’ s-in- Bridgnorth ; — Llanyblodwel ;— Tun- 
stall ;— Hessle;—Cozhill ;— Norton ;—-and, Alnwick; 
praying the House not to sanction any plan of 

ational Education which shall not inculcate the 
doctrines, and harmonize with the discipline of the 
Established Church,— were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Seaton Carew ;—Llansaintffraid Church 
Glyn Ceirtog ;—Shelton and Brotton-in-Cleveland ; Establishment 
— Hafferton ; — Boldon; — Brandshy ; — Cherry (C24, &amp;«.) 


Burton ; — Nunnington ; — Stittington ; — Askam 
Bryan ;—Pickering ;— Chipperfield ;—Great Gad- 
desden ; -— Chilton, and other places ; — Hemel 
Hempstead ;—and, Lichfield (two Petitions); pray- 
ing the House to continue their encouragement 
and protection to the Bishops and Clergy in the 
Canadas and other British colonies,--were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Moncoin ;—Kanturk ;—and, Con- Flective 
nohy; praying that the people of Ireland may have Franchise, &amp;c., 


the same rights, privileges and franchises as the 
people of England,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Taplin, of Honiton, praying poo: Law 
for the amendment of the Poor Law Act, was Amendment 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Act. 


rable. 


Petitions from Clergy of the Deanery of Tally- Church 
| bolion;— Yuwrcelyn ;— Criccieth ;— Caerhun ; — Ar- 


von ;—Ynys Cynhaiarn; — Lleyr ; — Efionydd ;— 
Carnarvon (High Sheriff and Grand Jury);—Clergy 
of the Deanery of Arllechwedd ; — Tindaethury ;— 
Malltraeth;—Lifon ;— Whitford;—and, Llansaint- 


BSfraid Glyn Ceiriog ; praying that the emoluments of 


sinecure rectories in Wales may be applied to the 
benefit of the diocese in which such Revenues arise, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Leonard Thomas Pyle Registration of 
Taunton, praying that the Registration of Electors Electors Bill. 


Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 

Four Petitions rom Bristol, praying that previous 
to any measure for an amended system of Registra- 
tion passing into a law, an opportunity may be fur- 
nished for inquiry, with the view of making such 
changes as may be deemed efficient,—were also 


presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Kilmood ;— Norwich ; — Agherton Maynooth 
(two Petitions);— Guildford ; — Edinburgh (two Pe- Cullese- 


titions);— Glasgow (two Petitions); — Stepney ;— 
and, Earls Colne; praying the House not to sanction 
any further grant to the Roman Catholic College of 
cenit tia resented, and read; and ordered 
to he upon the Table. 


Petitions 


Education, 





Arn) 
terial 


Servi 


Du 
Res 


ate 








2 VicToRiz. 


Army (Presby- Petitions from Newry ;—Newton Crommelin ;— 

terian Church ond) Dervock; praying that Presbyterian soldiers 

scaaieis may be allowed to attend the Presbyterian church, 
in the same manner as Episcopalian and Roman 
Catholic soldiers are permitted to attend their re- 
spective places of worship,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ecclesiastical Petitions from the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
me. Archdeaconry of Durham, and of the Officialty of 
- the Dean and Chapters of Durham ;—Clergy of the 
Deanery of Southwark ;—Dean and Chapter of the 

Cathedral Church of Peterborough ;—and, Wolvis- 

ton; praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and Re- 

venues Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 

— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Manager of the Edinburgh and 
Leith Glass Company, complaining that the Board 
of Excise carry on the business of certain Insolvent | 
Glass manufacturers to obtain payment for Duties | 
in arrear to the Crown, and also a compromised pe- | 
nalty, and that the said Board sell the Glass manu- 
factured by them at a price ruinous to all other 
manufacturers ; and praying for relief, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Prisons Petitions from the Wishaw and Coltness Railway 

(Scotland) Bill. Company ;—Slamannan Railway Company ;— Bal- 
lochney Railway Company ;—Monkland and Kirkin- 
tilloch Railway Company:—and, Lauder (Chief 
Magistrate and Junior Magistrate); praying that 
the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Edinburgh and 
Leith Glass 
Company. 








Church of Petitions from Morningside ;— Rothesay ;—Kil- 
Scotland. morte (two Petitions) ;—Avondale and Strathavon ; 
—West Calder ;— Greenside ;— Kirknewton and 
East Calder;—and, Saint Stephen, Edinburgh: 
praying the House to — measures for relieving 
the religious destitution which prevails in Scotland, 
by extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Church Rates. _Eioht Petitions from Congregations of Protestant 


Dissenters in Leicester, complaining of the im- 
prisonment of Mr. David Jones, of Llanon, in Car- 
marthen gaol, by order of the Ecclesiastical Court, 
for absenting himself from.church, and failing to 
provide Bread and Wine for the Sacrament; and 
of the imprisonment of Mr. Thorowgood, in Chelms- 
ford gaol, for refusing payment of an ecclesiastical 
impost,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Prisons Bill, A Petition of the Chairman of the Derby and 
Derbyshire Auxiliary Established Church Society, 
raying that the Prisons Bill may not pass intoa 
aw, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Clerk, Turnkeys and Task- 
master of the new prison at Devizes, praying that 
provision may be made in the said Bill for com- 
pensating them for the loss they will sustain should 
the said Bill pass into a law, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sugar Refining A Petition of Tradesmen of the eastern parts of 


_ the Metropolis, complaining of the depressed state 
of the Sugar Refining Trade, and praying relief, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Corn Laws. A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Beau- 


lieu, in the county of Southampton, praying that 
the Corn Laws may not be repealed, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


25° Aprilis. 92] 


A Petition of Shareholders in the Edinburgh, Ecinburgh, 
Leith and Newhaven Railway Company, praying ‘eit and 
that they may be heard, by their counsel, against Railway Bill 
certain parts of the Edinburgh, Leith and New- 
haven Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Gentry, Merchants, Bankers, Manu- Manchester and 
facturers, Traders and Land-owners of Burton-upon- Birmingham 
Trent, taking notice of the application for leave to snene an 
bring in the Manchester and Birmingham Extension Rugby) Rail- 
(Stone and Rugby) Railway Bill, and praying that “*): 
such Bill may pass into law, was presented, and 
read ; and vied to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Public Petition 
Select Committee on Public Petitions; That they ie 
had examined the Petitions presented on the 22d tis 
and 23d days of this instant April; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table 
and be printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Waterford 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Waterford — Hospital 
° . ill. 
Fever Hospital Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, reported from the Com- Worksop 
mittee on the Worksop and Kelham Road Bill; That rte yg 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and “°° *" 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Borough Watch Rates Bill be wie, Ha 
read a second time upon Tuesday the 7th day of Ree ae 
May next. 


Petitions from Mountmelich;-- Dublin;—-Kilmood ; Muuicipal 
—and, Carlow ; praying that the Municipal Corpo- (ire Yond) Bill 
rations (Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law,— ‘ 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Officers appointed by and serving 
under the Corporation of Dublin, praying that pro- 
vision may be made in the said Bill, to compensate 
them for the losses they will sustain should the said 
Bill pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the New Forest, in Sale of Beer 
the county of Southampton, praying that the sale of Act 
Beer Act may be repealed, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Joseph Mountain, one of the Co- Coroners. 
roners for the county of Gloucester, praying the 
House to pass an Act for settling the districts, and 
increasing the fees of Coroners, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Manchester (two Petitions) ; — Fourdriniers’ 
Birmingham ; — Stone; — Newcastle-under-Lyne ;— Pa". 
| London, Westminster and Southwark ;—Staffordshire 

Potteries (two Petitions) ;— Cambridge ;— Kendal ; 
—Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; — Wolverhampton ;— Wal- 
sall, and other places ;—Dublin ;—Glasgow ;—and, 
Aberdeen; praying the House to take into consider- 
ation the case of the Messrs. Fourdrinier, relative 
to their Patent for the Manufacture of Paper,—were 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


The House was moved, That the Report, which Fourdrinias 
upon the 1st day of June 1837, was made from the Patent. 





VoL. 94. 








i Committee to whom the Petition of Henry 
FE3 Fourdrinier, 















Ecclesiastical 
Courts 
(England.) 


Land Tax 
Double Assess- 
ments Bill. 


Custody of 
Infants Bill. 


Durham Court 
of Pleas 
{Compensation 
to Cursitor. | 


Bankrupts 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Supply ; 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Land Tax 
Double Assess- 
ments Bill. 


No. 220. 


222 


Fourdrinier, of Burston, in the county of Stafford, 
and Sealy Fourdrinier, of Westminster, in the county 
of Middlesex, late Wholesale Stationers and Paper 
Manufacturers, for leave to bring in a Bill to revive 
and extend the Term of certain Letters Patent as- 
signed to them, for the invention of making Paper 
by means of machinery, was referred, to consider the 
inatter thereof, and to report their Observations there- 
upon to the House, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee, to take into consideration the Report from 
the said Select Committee :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That, in conformity with the recom- 
mendation of the Commissioners on Ecclesiastical 
Courts in England and Wales, this House is of 
opinion that the acre of all the inferior Eccle- 
siastical Courts should be abolished. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 &amp; 2 Will. 
4, c. 21, to explain and amend two Acts of the thirty- 
fourth and thirty-eighth years of his Majesty King 
George the Third, so far as the same relate to Double 
Assessments of the Land Tax, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to explain and amend the said Act: And that Mr. 
Langdale, Mr. Lynch and Mr. Philip Howard do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law relating to the Custody of Infants: 
And that Mr. Serjeant Zalfourd and Mr. Leader do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider 
of providing for Compensation to the Cursitor of 
the Durham Court of Pleas, for losses he may sus- 
tain under any Act to be passed in the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament, for improving the practice of the 
Court of Pleas of the County Palatine of Durham 
and Sadberge ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, that Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bankrupts (Zreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
3d day of May next, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Order, re- 
ported from the Committee of Supply, a Resolution, 
which was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That a sum not exceeding Twenty-four 
millions twenty-six thousand and fifty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay off and discharge 
any Exchequer Bills, charged on the Aids or Sup- 
plies of the year 1839, now remaining unpaid and 
unprovided for. 

he said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Langdale presented a Bill to explain and 
amend an Act of the first and second year of King 
William the Fourth, relating to Double Assessments 
of the Land Tax: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
are the 8th day of May next; and to be 

rinted. 


25°—26° Aprils. 








A: 1839. 


Mr. Serjeant Ta/fourd presented a Bill to amend Custody of 
the Law relating to the Custody of Infants: And Ifans Bil), 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered tobe No. 221, 
read a second time upon Wednesday’ the 22d day of 
May next; and to be printed. 


Co) 


Ordered, That the Petition of Henry Collinson, Railway Bills, 
for the insertion of a Provision in all Railway Bills, 
to enable the public to run Carriages for Hire 
on Railways, which was presented upon Thursday 
last, be referred to the Select Committee on Rail- 
ways. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to an Address Canada, 
to Her Majesty,—Copies of all Ordinances, except 
those already presented to this House, passed by 
the Special Council and Governor of Lower Canada, 
since the 24th day of November 1838. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 26° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; Wool, and 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, Woollen 
—Accounts of the Quantity of Sheep and Lambs’ Manufactures. 
W ool imported into the United Kingdom in the year 

1838 ; specifying the Countries from which it came, 

the Quantity that paid a Duty of One Penny per lb., 

and the Quantity that paid a Duty of One Half- 

penny per lb.; of the Quantity of Foreign Wool re- 
exported during the same period, and the Countries 

to which it was sent, and of the Quantity remaining 
warehoused under bond on the 5th day of January 

1838: Of the Quantity of British Sheepand Lambs’ 

Wool and Woollen Yarn exported from the United 
Kingdom in the year 1838 ; specifying the Countries 

to which they were sent: And, of British Woollen 
Manufactures exported from the United Kingdom 

in the year 1838; specifying the Countries to which 

they were sent. 

An Account of the Quantity of Apples, Pears Foreign Apples, 
and Cherries imported into the United Kingdom &amp;c. 
since 1819; stating the Quantity in each year down 
to the latest period, distinguishing the Number of 
Bushels of each sort imported during each year, 
and the duty paid on each sort in each year, and the 
Country from whence imported. 

A Return of the Expense incurred in cutting yojyheaa 
through Hills, and similar Improvements, on the Road. 
Holyhead line of Road. 

An Account of the Imports and Exports of Lead yeag, 
and Lead Ore for the last year, ending the 5th day 
of January 1839. 

Returns of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and Coals, Cinders 
Culm shipped at the several Ports of England, and Culu. 
Scotland and Ireland, Coastways, to other Ports of 
the United Kingdom, in the year 1838 ; distinguish- 
ing the Quantity shipped at each of the said Ports, 
as compared with the year 1837 :—Of the Quantities 
and Declared Value of Coals, Cinders and Culm 
exported from the several Ports of England, Scot- 
land and Ireland, to Foreign Countries, and the 
British Settlements Abroad, in the year 1838; dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which the same were 
sent, and comparing the same with the year 1837 ; 
also distinguishing the Ports of the United King- 
dom from which the same were shipped :—Of the 
Quantities of Coals, Cinders and Culm exported 
from the United Kingdom in the year 1838, with 
the Rate and Amount of Duty thereon :—And, of 
the Quantities of Coal brought Coastways and by 
Inland Navigation into the Port of Zondon durmg 
the year 1838, comparing the same with the Quan- 
tities brought durmg the year 1837. 


Accounts 








Co pper * 


Tin. 


Revenue Laws, 


Slamannan 


Railway Bill. 


London Bridge 
Approaches, 
&amp;e., Bill. 


Aberdeen 
Market and 
Improvements 
(No, 1.) Bill. 


Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way (No. 2.) 
Bill, 


Camber 
(Portsmouth) 
Quays, &amp;c., Bill. 


2 Vicroriz. 


Accounts of all Copper —— into the United 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 


1839; distinguishing each sort of. Copper, from 


what Country and into what Ports imported :—Of 
the Quantities of Copper exported from the United 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1839; distinguishing each sort, from what Port 
sent, and to what Country exported :—Of the Quan- 
tities of Copper exported from the Port of London, 
in the year ending the 5th day of January 1839 ; 
distinguishing each sort, and to what Country ex- 
ported :—Of the Quantities of Copper exported from 
the Port of Liverpool, in the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1839 ; distinguishing each sort, and 
to what Country exported :— And, of all i Ore 
that has been imported into the United Kingdom, 
without payment of Duty, for the purpose of Ex- 
portation, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1839. 

Accounts of all Tin imported into the United 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1839 ; distinguishing from what Countries imported : 
—And, of all Tin exported from the United King- 
dom, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1839 ; distinguishing to what Countries exported. 

Mr. Crafer also presented,—Returns to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of March 
last, for a Return of Persons who are confined in 
any of Her Majesty’s Gaols and Houses of Cor- 
rection for Offences against the Revenue Laws in 
Great Britain and Ireland ; stating the nature of 
the Offence, the Amount of Penalty incurred, and 
Date of Imprisonment :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That the Committee on the Slamannan 
Railway Bill have leave to sit this day till half an 
hour after four of the clock during the sitting of the 
House. 


The London Bridge Approaches, &amp;c., Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed to Sir Matthew 
Wood, and the Middlesex List. 


The Aberdeen Market and Improvements (No. 1.) 
Bill was read a second time; and committed to Mr. 
Bannerman, and the North Scotland List. 


Petitions from William Ingle, of Guildford, Es- 
quire, James Elstone, of Aldershot Lodge, in the 
county of Hants, Esquire, Richard Davis, of Little 
Wenlock, Gentleman, and David Harrison, of Wal- 
brook, in the city of London, Gentleman, Agent for 
John Ingle, of Stonehouse, in the county of Devon, 
but now residing at Maples, Gentleman :—- George 
Frere, of Lincoln’s-Inn, in the county of Middlesex 
and of Twyford House, in the county of Hertford ; 
—and, Commissioners of the Metropolis Turnpike- 
roads north of the Thames; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Northern and Eastern 
Railway (No. 2.) Bill, were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions from Members of the Company of Pro- 
rietors of the Port of Portsmouth Floating Sallie 
homas White, the younger, of Gosport, Ship-builder ; 

--and, Ship-owners, Merchants, Tradesmen and others, 

Inhabitants of Gosport; praying that they may be 

heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 

certain parts of the Camber (Portsmouth) Quays, 

&amp;c., Bill, were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 


heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
Vou. 94, 


26° Aprilis. 


223 


their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Tything of Itchen Bridge 
Bittern, in the parish of South Stoneham, in the 24 Roads Bill. 
county of Southampton, praying that the Itchen 
Bridge and Roads Bill may not pass into a law, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from the Reverend James Crook, of Manchester 
Manchester, Clerk ;—and, John George Smyth, of and Leeds — 
Heath, near Wakefield, in the county of York, Es- Railway Bill. 
quire ; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Chamber of Redcar Harbour 
Commerce of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, praying that (No. 2.) Bill. 
the Redcar Harbour (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into 
a law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Ringstead Inclosure Bill was read a second Ringstead 
time; and committed to Lord Viscount Maidstone, Inclosure Bill, 
and the North Northampton List. 


Mr. Bootle Wilbraham reported from the Com- Liverpool and 
mittee on the Liverpool and Manchester Extension Manchester 
Railway Bill; and to whom several Petitions against Railway Bill. 
the said Bill were referred; That they had con- 
sidered several of the said Petitions, and had heard 
counsel in support of one of them; and had con- 
sidered the several matters required by the Standing 
Orders relative to Railway Bills ; and had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Com- Rhymney tron 
mittee on the Rhymney Iron Company (Bedwelty Company 
Church) Bill; That the Resolution of the House of Charch Bal 
the 8th day of March last had been complied with ; 
and that they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Sir George Sinclair reported from the Committee Manchester 
on the Manchester and Leeds Railway Bill; That and Leeds | 
they had directed him to make the following state- Satoay Sa, 





ment to the House: 

“ That Members to the number of 18, being 
either Members on the South Lancaster List, or 
Members selected or added by the Committee of 
Selection, assembijed at 12 es Oe this day, in the 
Committee Room, in which the Committee on the 
Manchester and Leeds Railway Bill was appointed 
to meet, and waited for one hour, when it appeared 
that Two only of the selected Members were present, 
whereas Three were required for a quorum. 

“ That, under these circumstances, the Members 
present conceiving that they had no power to pro- 
ceed even to the election of a Chairman in the or- 
dinary manner, thought it most advisable to elect 
one of the selected Members as temporary Chair- 
man in order that the circumstances might bé re- 
ported to the House.” 

Ordered, That the Committee on the said Bill be 
revived :—And that they have leave to sit and pro- 
ceed upon Monday next. 





FRP4 An 








| 
E 
it 


Worksop and 
Kelham Road 
Bill. 


Edinburgh, 
Leith, and 
Newhaven 
Railway Bill. 


First Report on 
Railways. 


No. 222. 


Greenwich 
Sewers Bill. 


Birmingham 
Canal Bill, 


Canada 


Army (Presby- 
terian Church 
Service.) 


Q24 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing and maintaining 
the Road from Worksop to the Turnpike-road at 
Kelham; and from Debdale Hill to the Great 
Northern Road at South Muskham, in the County 
of Nottingham, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gally Knight do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of George Wright, Esquire, a Major- 
General in Her Majesty’s service, praying that he 
may be heard, by his counsel or agent, against cer- 
tain parts of the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven 
Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, pre his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the state of Communication by Rail- 
ways, have Power to report their Opinion and Ob- 
servations thereupon, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them, from time to time 
to the House. 

Lord Seymour reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; and to whom several Petitions were referred ; 
That they had considered the matters to them re- 
ferred ; and had come toa Resolution, which they 
had directed him to report, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them; and the Reso- 
lution of the Committee was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Chairman do move the House, that -the 
following Clause be inserted in all the Railroad 
Bills now passing through Parliament ; viz. 

“ And be it further Enacted, That nothing herein 
contained shall be deemed or construed to exempt 
the Railway, by this or the said recited Acts autho- 
rized to be made, from the provisions of any general 
Act relating to Railways which may pass during 
the present or any future Session of Parliament.” 

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


Petitions from Samuel Collingwood, of Green- 
wich, Surveyor ; — and, Commissioners of Sewers 
from the head of the River Ravensbourne to Lom- 
bard’s Wail, in the county of Kent; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Greenwich 
Sewers Bill,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Bankers, Merchants and 
Inhabitants of the city of Worcester, praying that 
they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Birmingham Canal Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to Order,— 
An Account of the ean incurred in the Mission 
of the Earl of Durham, as High Commissioner and 
Governor of Canada; distinguishing any Salaries 
paid and of all Expenses incurred in the Passages 
of the Earl of Durham and Suite. 

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


Petitions from Donoughmore ;—Cumber ;—Glen- 
dermot ;—-Dromore (Moderator and Clerk) ;—and, 
Bushmills ; Praying that Presbyterian soldiers may 
be permitted to attend the Presbyterian Church in 
the same manner as Episcopalian and Roman 
Catholic soldiers are permitted to attend their re- 


‘ { 


26° Aprilis. 


spective , i of worship,—were 
read; an 











A. 1839. 


resented, and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Cutlers, Painters nfunicipal 
and Stationers of Dublin, praying that the Muni- Corporations 
cipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill may not pass into (reland) Bill, 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 





upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Dundalk and its ,' 
suburbs, praying that the town of Dundalk ma ae 
be included in the said Bill, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Stanstead ;—Ashton-under-Lyne ; gaucation 
—and, Broughton; praying the House not to sanction ; 
any system of National Education not founded on | 
the principles of the Established Church,—were - 
penn and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

Petitions from the Printing Office of Bradbury postace, 
and Evans, Lombard-street, Fleet-street ;— Potton ; I 
— Wakefield ;— Shefford ; — Biggleswade ;— Print- fi 
ing Office of R. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion Court, j 
Fleet-street ;— Sudbury ;— Southill;—George Rebert 


Skene and Josiah Penny ;—Nairn;--Ross (Here- 
ford) ;—Hempstead ;--Society for assisting to ap- 
prentice the Children of Dissenting Ministers 
(Chairman and Secretary) ;— Oxborough ;--Nor- 
wich ;— Pershore;—Proprieters, Compositors, Press- 
men, &amp;c., of the Printing Office, 15, Great Queen- 
street, Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields ;—161, Fleet-street ;—- 
25, Rupert-street, Haymarket ; — 28, Castle-street, 
Leicester-square;— Bristol (Vice-President of the 


‘Chamber of Commerce) ;—.Dungannon ;—Sandy ;— 


Aberdeen ; — Thurgoland ; —— Great Yarmouth ;— 
Cardigan ;—and, Burwash; praying for the adoption 
of alow and uniform rate of Postage,--were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty and Prisons Bill, 
Citizens of the city of London, Governors of the 
possessions, revenues and goods of the Hospitals of 
Edward, late King of England, the Sixth, Christ, 
Bridewell and Saint Thomas-the-Apostle, praying 
that they may be heard, by their counsel, against 
certain parts of the Prisons Bill, either at the bar 
or before a Committee of the House, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Chesterfield Union, poor Law 
praying that no material alteration may be made in Amendwent 
the Poor Law Amendment Act until the measure 4*- 
shall have received a fair and impartial trial, was 
es, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from the Deanery of Holt ;—Dean and Ecclesiastical 
Chapter of Ely;—and, South East Rural Deanery Dutiesand. 
of Surrey ; praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties 8°’ 
and Revenues Bill may not pass into a law,—were 

= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of the Grand Jury of the Queen’s Corn Laws. 
County, at Spring Assizes 1839, praying that the 
Corn ts may not be repealed, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Risby ; — Leeds ; — Eardisley ;— church 
Bishopwearmouth ;—-and, Scarborough ; praying the Establishment 
House to continue their protection and encourage- (Cad &amp; ) 
ment to the Bishops and Cleray in the Canadas, and 
other British Colonies,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Southend ;—Aberdeen (two Peti- Church of 
tions) ; — Woodside ; — Killean and Kilchenzie ;— 5°" 
Glencairn ;—and, Gigha and Cara; praying the 
House to adopt measures for relieving the religious 
destitution which prevails in Scotland, by extending 
the efficiency of the Established Church, — were 

presented, 





1s 
ill, 


2 VicTorizZ. 


ened and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 

Petitions from Aberdeen ;—and, Savoch-of-Deer ; 
praying the House not to sanction any further en- 
dowments to the Church of Scotland,—were also 
pene and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


pisos | A Petition of Commissioners of Supply, Justices 

(Scotland) Bill. of the Peace, and Magistrates of Burghs of the 
county of Lanark, praying that the Prisons (Scot- 
land) Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


District Sessions A Petition of Magistrates of the county of Leices- 

Bill. ter, in Quarter Sessions assembled, praying that the 
District Sessions Bill may not pass into a law, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

Imprisonment 4 Petition of George Robert Skene and Josiah 

rebeortoeg Penny, Proprietor, and Printer and Publisher 

Bill. of the Bucks Gazette and Bedford Chronicle, 
praying that the Imprisonment for Debt Act Amend- 
ment Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Government 
of Ireland. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Ard- 
fert, praying for the continuance of a fair and im- 
partial Government in Ireland, and that the people 
of Ireland may participate equally in the rights, 
franchises and privileges enjoyed by their fellow 
subjects in eles: and that the House will not 
countenance or encourage the Orange party in Jre- 
land, but, on the contrary, legislate for the benefit 
of the Irish people, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sale of Beer A Petition of Retailers of Beer, of Stroud, pray- 

= ing that the Sale of Beer Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Poor Law A Petition of Magistrates of the county palatine 

Unions of Lancaster, in Quarter Sessions assembled, stating 

(Gilbert's Act.) +},4¢ the continuance of the Poor Law Unions, com- 
monly called Gilbert’s Unions, are incompatible 
with the operation of the Poor Law Amendment 
Act ; and praying the House to remove every impe- 
diment to an uniform administration of the Poor 
Laws throughout the country, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


on Petitions from Badlyheigue ;—and, Ballylongford 

Franchise, ke. and Tarbert; praying the House to identify the 

(Ireland.) Elective Franchise in England and Ireland, coun- 
tries in which the tenures of lands and houses are 
similar, and to give to Zreland as complete Munici- 
pal Reform as England has obtained, and to give 
also to Ireland her adequate proportion in the re- 
presentation, and finally to place Jreland upon a 
footing of equality in religious freedom with Eng- 
land, by allocating the temporalities of the church 
of the minority in that country to purposes of 
charity, education and public utility, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestants of the parish of Ag- 
herton, praying that the present system of National 
Education in Ireland may not be persisted in, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Caledonian A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and 
Canal. Council of the city and royal burgh of Aberdcen, 
praying the House to authorize the early completion 
of the Caledonian Canal, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Cale- 
doniun Canal, 
Vou. 94. 


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295 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Crinan Caual. 
Copies of any Memorials addressed to the Com- 
missioners of the Treasury, on the subject of im- 
proving the Crinan Canal. 

Mr. Robert Steuart accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- District Prisons 
mittee on the District Prisons Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons Bill. 
mittee on the Prisons Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the da 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


being read, for the Com- Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Jamaica 
Committee upon Monday next, upon the Jamaica — 
Government Bill, was read, and discharged. = 

Resolved, That this House will, wpon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Election Peti- 
proposed, That the Order of the day for the House ‘ins Trial Bill. 
to resolve itself into a Committee upon the Election 
Petitions Trial Bill, be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That 
the” to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words, “ Bill be committed to a Select Committee,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the 
House to resolve itself into a Committee upon the 
Election Petitions Trial Bill, be now read; and the 
same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee 
to provide for the Appointment of permanent As- 
sessors to Election Committees; and for the Esta- 
blishment of a Court of Appeal from the Revising 
Barristers, composed of those Assessors :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to provide for the 
Appointment of a Court of Appeal from Revising 
Barristers, if they think fit. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That,” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
itself into the said Committee” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; To be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 


Preamble postponed. 
GG CLAusEs, 








226 
Cravses, N° 1 to N° 4, agreed to. 
Crausez, N° 5, postponed. 


Curavses, No 6 to N° 21, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


26°—27° 





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


Sabbati, 27° die Aprilis, 1839. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Fresh- 
field reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
ess in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
hat the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Ordered, That the Account of the Sum expended 
under the Head of Civil Contingencies, in the year 
1838 :—And also, an Estimate of the Amount that 
will probably be required to defray the Expense, 
under the Head of Cwil Contingencies, for the year 
ending 31st March 1839, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 
Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 
defraying the charge of Civil Contingencies for the 
year 1839. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Bernal 
reported, that the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Ordered, That the Account of all Exchequer Bills 
issued, or authorized to be issued, charged on the 
Aids or Supplies of 1839, unprovided for, which was 
presented upon the 8th day of this instant April, be 
referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That towards making good the Suppl 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Thirteen 1rd 
lions be raised by Exchequer Bills, for the service of 
the year 1839. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, fur the Com- 
mittee on the Imprisonment for Debt Act Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Resolved, That, this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Scotland) Bill. further consideration th 


Courts (Scotland) Bill; 


e Report on the Supreme 





Aprilis. 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday the 6th day of May 
next. 


A. 1839. 


The Seditious Societies Act Amendment Bill was, Seditious 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- yee Act 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for pi "’™™ 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Registers of 


further consideration the Report on the Registers of Births, &amp;c., Bil, 


Births, &amp;c., Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Waterford 
mittee on the Waterford Fever Hospital Bill; Fever Hospital 
Resolved, That, this House will, upon Friday “"* 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House according to Order, resolved itself Durham Court 
into a Committee, to consider of providing for Com- ~ hy, aoa 
omg to the Cursitor of the Durham Court of {S Canter) 

leas, for losses he may sustain under any Act to 
be passed in the present Session of Parliament, for 
improving the practice of the Court of Pleas, of the 
County Palatine of Durham and Sadberge. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Compensation be granted out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, to the Cursitor of the 
Court of Pleas of the County Palatine of Durham 
and Sadberge, for such loss as he shall sustain by 
the operation of any Act of this Session of Parlia- 
ment to amend the practice and proceedings of the 
said Court of Pleas of the County Palatine of Durham 
and Sadberge. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Draining and 
Returns of the Number of Applications to the Lord Embanking 
Lieutenant of Ireland, for Commissions to drain and (!eland.) 
embank, under the provisions of the Act 1 and 
2 Will. 4, c. 57 :—Of the Commissions issued under 
said Act, and date of same, with the Names of Lakes 
or Rivers for which Commissions were issued :—Of 
the Number of Applications to Grand Juries for 
Presentments to execute Drainage under the sum of 
£.200, pursuant to the provisions of said Act, s. 104: 

—and, of the Number of Presentments granted. 


Ordered, That the es 0 relative to Canada, Canada. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 223. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Bankrupt- Bankruptcies. 
cies, which were presented upon the 2d day of July No, 224. 
and 13th day of August, in the last Session of 
Parliament, the 7th and 28th days of February last, 
the 18th and 20th days of March last, and the 11th, 
12th and 25th days of this instant April, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till after one of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 








Birming 
Canal E 


Mercha 
Seamen 


Totley 
field I 
Bill. 


Wigs 
Elect 














2 Vicroriz. 


Luna, 29° die Aprilis ; 
Anno, 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That the Committee on the Bir- 


Birmingham € 

Canal Bill, mingham Canal Bill have leave to sit this day 
till five of the clock during the Sitting of the House. 

Merchant Mr. Watson, from the Corporation for the Relief 

Seamen. of Seamen in the Merchant Service, was called in ; 


and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of the Income 
and Expenditure of the President and Governors of 
the Corporation for Relief of Seamen in the Mer- 
chant Service, their Widows and Children, at the 
Port of London, and at the various Out-ports under 
their management, from 1st January 1838 to 31st 
December 1838, inclusive. 

An Account of the Income and Expenditure of 
the Trustees for ‘the Relief of Seamen in the Mer- 
chant Service, their W idows and Children, appointed 
by the therein-mentioned Out-ports of the United 
eaten from ist January to 31st December 1838: 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Totley or Dron- 
field Inclosure 
Bill. 


Mr. George Cavendish reported from the Com- 
mittee on the TYotley or Dronfield Inclosure Bill; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to 
the satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Childers, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the merits of the Pe- 
tition of John Hodson Kearsley, of Higher Hall, in 
the county of Lancaster, Esquire, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Wigan, in the county of Lancaster, and to defend 
which Return Thomas Hawett and Richard Wat- 
mough had, by an Order of the House, been admitted 
Parties with William Ewart, Esquire, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 

That William Ewart, Esquire, is duly elected a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Wigan : 

That the Petition of John Hodson Kearsley, Es- 
quire, did not appear to the said Committee to be 
frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition of Thomas Hawett and 
Richard Watmough, who had been admitted Parties 
to defend the Return of William Ewart, Esquire, 
did not appear to the said Committee to be frivolous 
or vexatious : 

That the Committee have altered the Poll taken 
at the said Election, by striking off Hugh Fegan, 
Martin Murray, Ralph Unsworth, Isaac Ogden, 
James Burdekin, William Euxton, John Dobs, 
Francis Ormandy, Matthew Lowe, William Bur- 
goine, Junior, James Worswick, Richard Proctor, 
Peter Byrom, Robert Naylor, John Robson, Wil- 
liam Cooper, Roger Bolton, William Fishwick, Ro- 
bert M‘Laclan, Joseph Swift, George Haselden, 
William Taylor, Benjamin Whitley, John Whittle, 
Junior, John Taylor, John Milligan, and James 
Parr, as not having a right to vote at the said 
Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Wigan Borough 
Election, 


Belper Small 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
Debts Bill. R 


sideration the Report which, upon the 21st day of 
March last, was made from the Committee on the 
Voi. 94. 


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227 


Belper Small Debts Bill; and the Amendments . 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Henry Hope reported from the Committee Bristol and 
on the Bristol and Gloucestershire Railway Bill ; Gloucestershire 
and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill sy Bill. 
were referred ; That they had heard counsel in sup- 

ort of two of the said Petitions; and had also 

eard counsel in favour of the Bill; and that they 
had considered the several matters required by the 
Standing Orders relative to Railway Bills; and had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Ordered, That the Committee on the Preston Preston and 
and i te Railway and Harbour, and Preston and bet oe ng 
Wyre Dock Bill, have Power to send for persons, Sq Preston c 


and Preston and 
papers and records. Wyre Dock 


Bill. 

The House was moved, That the Report in respect Manchester and 
of the Petition for the Manchester and Birmingham Birmingham 
Extension (Stone and Rugby) Railway Bill, which, r~ sanapel 
upon Wednesday last, was made from the Select Rugby) Rail- 
Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private W*Y: 

Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for making a Railway from the Manchester and Bir- 
mingham Railway, in the parish of Stone, in the 
county of Stafford, to join the London and Bir- 
mingham Railway, in the parish of Rugby, in the 
county of Warwick, to be called “ The Manchester 
and Birmingham Extension Railway,” with a Branch 
therefrom: And that Lord Francis Egerton and 
Mr. Bootle Wilbraham do prepare, and bring it in: 

And that leave be given to present the Bill on or 
before Thursday next. 


A Petition of Elizabeth Hulme, of Manchester, Manchester 
Widow, praying that she may be heard, by her hee, 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Man- °°") ©" 
chester and Leeds Railway Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by her counsel or agent, upon her Petition, 
if she think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 

A Petition of Gentry, Merchants, Tradesmen and 
others, Inhabitants of Wakefield, praying that the 
said Bill may pass into a law, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Bury, Haslingden, &amp;c., Roads Bill was read Bury, Hasling- 
a second time ; and committed to Mr. Wilson Pat- — Roads 
ten, and the North Lancaster List. ” 


The Clitheroe, Blackburn, &amp;c., Roads Bill was Clitheroe, . 
read a second time ; and committed to Mr. Wilson Blackburn, &amp;c., 
Patten, and the North Lancaster List. Roads Bill. 


Mr. Harland reported from the Committee on West Durham 
the West Durham Railway Bill ; That they had in- Railway Bill. 
uired into the several matters required by the 
dsndings Orders relative to Railway Bills ; and had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants, Owners and Occupiers Manchester and 
of property in Alrewas, taking notice of the applica- Birmingham 
tion for leave to bring in the Manchester and Bir- (S:one and 
mingham Extension (Stone and Rugby) Railway Rugby) Rail. 
Bill; and praying that such Bill may pass _ way, 

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298 


‘law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
London Bridge A Petition of William George Prescott and 
on Charles Grote, Partners in the firm of Prescott, 


Grote, Ames, Baillie and Grote, carrying on busi- 
ness as Bankers in Threadneedle-street, in the city of 
London, praying that they may be heard, by thee 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Lon- 
don Bridge Approaches, &amp;c., Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Great Central A Petition of Michael Eaton Wilkinson, of Park- 
Irish (Celbridge s+ree¢, Westminster, Solicitor and Parliamentary 


Railway Bal Agent, praying that the time for presenting the 
Petition for leave to bring in the Great Central Irish 
(Celbridge and Mullingar) Railway Bill, may be 
further enlarged till Friday the 10th day of May 
next, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 
Rhymney An ingrossed Bill to enable the Rhymney Iron 
(Bedwale Company to erect and endow a Church in the Parish 
Church) Bill, Of Bedwelty, in the County of Monmouth, was read 


the third time. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Bill do pass; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Lord Granville Somerset, } 7 
Yeas, Mr. Wilson Patten: 
Tellers for the } Mr. Baines, 
Noes, | Sir George Strickland : } 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Lord Granville Somerset do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Sir William Robert Clayton, M. P.; 
~-James Alexander, Esquire ;— Walter Durrant ;-- 
John Wells ;—Thomas Whitebread ;—and, William 
Ward and Frances Ann Ward; praying that the 
South Eastern Railway Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The House being informed that the Sheriffs of the 
City of London attended at the door, they were 
called in ; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
City of Zondon, in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition was read ; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners presented a Petition to the 
House on the 16th day of the present month of April, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal or alter an Act 
passed in the tenth year of the reign of King George 
the Second, intituled, “ An Act for the better regu- 
lating the Nightly Watch and Bedels within the 
City of London and Liberties thereof, and for making 
more effectual the Laws now in being for paving and 
cleansing the Streets and Sewers in and about the 
said City, and to regulate the Police of the said 
City and Liberties thereof ;” that the said Petition 
was referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills, and, upon their Report, that the 
Standing Orders of the House had not been com- 
plied with, the said Report was referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, who have reported 
that the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
with in the matter of the said Petition; that the 
Petitioners, with due deference to the said Com- 
mittee, and without intending to call in question the 
propriety of their decision, feel themselves, from the 
great importance of the case, under the necessity of 
again bringing their application under the judgment 
of the House; that a Bill has been introduced into 


‘he 
8. 


South Eastern 
Railway Bill. 


London City 
Police. 


29° Aprils. 





A. 1839. 


the House in the present Session of Parliament, for 
further improving the Police in and near the Metro- 
polis, by which Bill it is proposed to consolidate 
the Police of the City of Take with the Metro- 
politan Police, and the Petitioners have presented 
a Petition to the House against the said Bill; that 
in consequence of an intimation given by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Government last Session, that it was their 
mtention to bring in a Bill to regulate the whole of 
the Police of the Metropolis, the Petitioners did not 
give the notices required by the Standing Orders of 
the House, it being impracticable then to ascertain 
how far their interests would be affected by the pro- 
posed measure ; that the rate proposed to be levied 
on the inhabitants of the said city, for the Police of 
the City of London, will be considerably less than 
that levied under the authority of the said Act of the 
tenth year of the reign of King George the Second ; 
that the regulation of the Police of the City of Zon- 
don has undergone considerable discussion, and the 
subject is well known and understood by the inha- 
bitants of the said city; and praying the House 
that they may be permitted to proceed with the Bill 
prayed for in their former Petition, in such manner, 
and under such regulations and restrictions, as the 
House shall think proper. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration To-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Charles Wil- North Midland 
liam Earl Fitzwilliam, praying that he may be heard, ®##!ay Bill 
by his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
North Midland Railway Bill, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the East Zondon Waterworks Com- Northern and 


pany, praying that they may be heard, by them- eng ge 


| Selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts pii), 


of the Northern and Eastern Railway (No. 2.) Bill, 
was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 


‘Committee on the Bill: and the Petitioners heard, 
| by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 


Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

















A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property Saint Leonard’s 
of Battel;—Inhabitants of Hastings ;—-and, Cre- 2nd Sedles- 
ditors of the Flimwell and Hastings Turnpike-road, fn’* ®°*4 
and of the Hollington and Hastings Turnpike-roads ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Saint 
Leonard's and Sedlescombe Road Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


A Petition of Devisees and other Parties inter- Manchester and 
ested in the estate of John Lockett, deceased, pray- Birmingham 
: - Railway Bill. 
ing that they may be heard, ty themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against the Manchester and Bir- 
mingham Railway Bill, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wem Union ;--Dolgelley Union ;— Poor Law 
Burnley Union (Chairman) ; — Northwich Union Amendment 
(Vice Chairman) ;— Nantwich Union (Chairman) ;— * 
and, Justices of the Peace for the county of Chester ; 
praying for the amendment of the Poor Law Act,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Grand Jury of the county of District Sessions 
Salop, praying that the District Sessions Bill may ®#" 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition 





flective 
Franchi: 
({reland 


Chorch 
fstablis 
(Wales. 


Ecclesi 
Duties 
Revent 


Postage 


Educa 


Caled 
Canal, 


Corn | 


Chur 
Scotl; 


Prig 
{Sco 











2 VicToRiz£z. 


Elective A Petition of Inhabitants of Meevagh, praying 

Franchise, &amp;¢» that the people of Jreland may have the same rights, 

({reland-) privileges and franchises as the people of England, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Zlanelian ;—Grand Jurors of the 
county of Montgomery (Chairman) ; —Llanycil; — 
Beddgelert ;— Hope ; —Llandrillo ; —Llanfaur ; — 
Festiniog and Faintwrog ;—Llanaber ;— Corwen ;— 
Llanwehllyn ; — Llangower Sgr cmnaps ;—Llan- 
fachreth;—Llanelltyd ;—and, Clergy of the Deanery 
of Estimaner; praying that the profits of sinecure 
rectories in Wales may be applied to the benefit of 
the diocese in which such revenues arise,--were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Charch 
fstablishment 


(Wales. ) 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Petitions from Clergy in the Deanery of Caedewen ; 
—and, Clergy in the Deaneries of Penllyn and 
Edernion ; praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and 
Revenues bil may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Guildford ;—-Marske ;—Deal (two 
Petitions) ; —Burnley ;--Directors and Officers of 
the Universal Life Assurance Society ;—Guisbrough; 
Manchester Chamber of Commerce (President) ;— 
Kirkleatham ; — Redcar ; —Abingdon ; —Otley ; — 
Longside; — Newport (Essex); — Pollokshaws ; — 
Everton ;—Brockley ;—Salford ;— Lanark ;—Dun- 
tocher ;—Stokenham ;—London ;— Leeds (two Peti- 
tions) ;—-Ayr ;—Zrvine (two Petitions) ; --Sunder- 
land ;—Upton Bishop ;-— and, Downpatrick ; pray- 
ing for the adoption of a low and uniform rate of 
Postage,-—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Postage. 


Education. Petitions from Warter;— Burton Pidsea;—Prest- 
wich ;--Keyingham-in- Holderness ;--Saint Matthews, 
Manchester ;--Lymm ; — Milnrow ;— Wainfleet ; — 
Chorlton-cum- Hardy ; -— Garston; — Saint Peter, 
Ashton-under-Lyne;—- Hartest-cum-Boxted ;--Somer- 
ton and Stansfield;—and, Saint Mary-le-bone; pray- 
ing the House not to sanction any system of National 
Education not founded on the principles of the Esta- 
blished Church,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Caledonian 


Canal A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 


Council of Ayr, praying for the completion of the 
Caledonian Canal, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Caledonian 
Canal. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Oban, praying for 
the repeal of the Corn Laws, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Churchstohe ;--Kirkby Lonsdale ; 
— Down ;—Nigg ;-—Lochcarron ;-—Kilmuir Easter ; 
— Gairloch ;-- Lochalsh ;—-Kintail ;—— and, Resolis ; 
praying that the Corn Laws may not be repealed,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kilmuir Wester and Suddie;-- 
Tain ;—Stornoway ;—Strathy ;— Kiltearn ;-—Lairg ; 
— Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho ;—and, Saint 
Andrew’s ; praying the House to adopt measures 
for relieving the religious destitution which prevails 
in Scotland, by extending the efficiency of the Esta- 
blished Church,— were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Bridge of Earn, pray- 
ing the House not to sanction any further endow- 
ments to the Church of Scotland, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way Company, praying that the Prisons (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Guildry Incorporation of Perth, 


Corn Laws. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Prisons 


(Scotland) Bill, 


20° Aprils. 


229 


| A Petition of Members of the Manchester Geolo- Ordnance 
‘gical Society, praying that a scale of six inches """*): 
per mile may be adopted in the Ordnance Survey 

of the six northern counties, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President, Vice-President and Cotton Wool. 
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Manu- 
factures of Manchester, praying for the repeal of the 
duty on Cotton Wool, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President, Vice-President and Steam Commu- 
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Manu- ication with 
factures of Manchester, praying for the establishment “"*™ 
of a regular system of Steam Communication between 
Great Britain and India, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Heritors, Clergymen and others of Crinan Caval, 
Ovan, praying for the enlargement of the Crinan 
Canal, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Caledonian Canal. 


A Petition of Trustees and Creditors of the May- Highway Act. 
field and Wadhurst Turnpike Trust, in the county 
of Sussex, praying the House to amend the High- 
way Act so as to restore the liability of parishes 
to contribute to the repair of turnpike-roads, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Turnpike Trusts. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Marple, praying for Sale of Beer 
the repeal of the Sale of Beer Act, was presented, Ac 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kirton-in-Lindsey, Church 
praying the House to continue their encourage- Establishment, 
ment and protection to the Bishops and Clergy 
throughout the Canadas, and other British Colonies, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners of Sunderland, pray- Brazil Steam 
ing that they may be heard, by their counsel or Packet Com- 
agents, against certain parts of the Brazil Steam Py Bill. 
Packet Company Bill, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Society of Rating of 
Owners of Small Tenements in Hulme, praying that Tenements Bill. 
the Rating of Tenements Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of James M‘ Nish, John M‘Caffer and Factories, 
Angus Campbell, Cotton Spinners in Glasgow, com- 
plaining of certain statements affecting them con- 
tained in the Report of Mr. James Stuart, Inspector 
of Factories for Scotland, and praying for inquiry, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of George Christopher Rapier, of New- Tea. 





castle-upon-Tyne, praying for an alteration in the 
mode of levying the duty on Tea, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address Municipal 
to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of June, in the Charities. 
last Session of Parliament,—-A Return of the Names of 
the Cities and Boroughs in which Trustees for Muni- 
cipal Charities have been appointed by the Lord 
Chancellor:—-The Dates of Appointment :--The Num- 
ber and the Names of the tia included in each 
Appointment:—The Amount of Income derived from 
the several Charities which have come into the 





'receipt of each Board of Trustees, from the 1st of 


suggesting amendments in the said Bill, was also pre- | January 1837 to the Ist of January 1838 :—The 


sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vou. 94, 


, Amount of Legal Charges made for the same period 
GG3 by 











230 29° Aprilis. A. 1839. 


by the Solicitors appointed by each Board of Trus- 
tees:—And the Names of those Cities and Boroughs 
in which, since the appointment of Trustees, the 
Accounts have annually been published. 

Electors. Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
28th day of February last, for a Return of the 
Number of Persons, otherwise entitled to be included, 
but whose Names have been omitted by the Over- 
seers from the Lists of Electors of Cities, Boroughs 
and Cinque Ports, in the year 1838, on account of 
their Non-payment of Poor Rates or Assessed Taxes; 
with the Amount of Rental respectively at which the 
Persons so omitted have been assessed to the Poor 
Rates. 

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


Purchasers’ == The Purchasers’ Protection Bill was, according to 
Protection Bill. Qrder, read a second time; and committed toa 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


District Prisons The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Bul. into a Committee upon the District Prisons Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
CravseEs, N° 1 to N° 3, agreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausss, N° 5 to N° 7, agreed to. 
Criause, N° 8, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 9, agreed to. 
Crauses, N°10 to N°12, amended, and agreed to. 
Curauszs, N°13 to N°19, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 20, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravses, N° 21 and N° 22, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 23, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciauses, N° 24 to N° 29, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 30, disagreed to. 
Crause, N° 31, agreed to. 


Crauses, N° 32 and N° 33, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Crausess, N° 34 and N° 35, agreed to. 

Ciavuses, N°36 and N° 37, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cravse, N° 38, agreed to. 

Cuavusz, N° 39, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausss, N° 40 to N° 47, agreed to, 

Cravse, N° 48, disagreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 49, agreed to. 

Crauszs, N° 50 and N° 51, agreed to. 

Cause offered, (Secretary of State may direct 
separate accommodation to be provided for prisoners) 
——pbrought up, and read 1° ; 


Question, That the Clause be now read 2°——— put, 
and negatived. 


Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thurs- 
day next. 


Messagefrow A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham 
the Lords. and Mr. Senior : 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
Northampton A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing the Road 
Road Bill. — from Cotton End, near the Town of Northampton, to 
Newport Pagnel, in the County of Buckingham: 





A Bill, intituled, An Act for the better lighting Newark 
and supplying the Borough of Newark, in the County © Bill. 
of Nottingham, and the Neighbourhood thereof, 
with Gas: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for enabling the General Genera} Ceme. 
Cemetery Company to raise a further Sum of Money, 4 Company 
and for amending the Act relating to the said Ce- * 
metery : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for providing a Market- Bury (Lancas, 
place, and for regulating the Markets and Fairs in — Market 
the Town and Borough of Bury, in the County Pa-~"" 
latine of Lancaster : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in Fretherne aig 
the Parishes of Fretherne and Saul, in the County Su! Iuclosure 
of Gloucester : ve 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in Chirk Inclosure 
the Honour or Lordship of Chirk and Chirk-land, in Bill. 
the several Parishes of Llangollen and Llainsaint- 
fraid Glyn-Ceriog, in the County of Denbigh: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for instiesing certain Open Oxenbourn 
and Common Downs or Sheep-walks, within the se- Se 
veral Tithings of Oxenbourn and Ramsdean, in the tas 
Parish and Manor of Eastmeon, in the County of 
Southampton : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in Stow-cum-Quy 
the Parish of Stow-cum-Quy, in the County of Cam- Inclosure Bill 
bridge: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Cambridge 
Act to amend an Act of the seventh and eighth of &amp;° Bill. 
King George the Fourth for building a new Gaol for 
the Town of Cambridge, and for making further 
provision for Payment of Creditors under the said 
Act, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


Petitions from Cricklade ; — and, Lydiard Milli- Prisons Bill. 
cent ; praying that the Prisons Bill may not pass 
into a law as it now stands,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Prisons Bill. 
into a Committee upon the Prisons Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 
reamble postponed. 


Crausez, N° 1, (Extension of 4 Geo. 4, c. 64, &amp;c.) 
read. 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause, to 
add “ The ere and Prison of Bridewell, in the 
“City of London and the House of Occupation, 
“ situate in Saint George’s Fields near London. 

Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and Negatived. 

Crause, N° 1, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 2, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 3, (under what regulations prisoners 
may be separately confined) read 
Amendment proposed: P. 2. 1. 25. To leave out the 
words “ That in order to prevent the contamination 
“ arising from the association of prisoners in any 
“ prison in which rules for the individual separation 
“ of prisoners shall be enforced, any prisoner may 
“ be separately confined during the whole or any 
“ part of the period of his or her imprisonment.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Fox Maule, } 117 
Yeas, Mr. Hawes : : : 
Tellers for the { Sir Edward Knatchbull, } 58 
Noes, Mr. Darby: ‘ 
Question, That the remainder of the Clause stand 
part of the Bill——put, and negatived. 


CrauseE, N° 3, as amended, agreed to. 
Cravuses, N° 4and N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 6, agreed to. 











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Imprisonment 
for Debt Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Seditious 
Societies Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


No. 225. 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Sewers Rill. 


Factories Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Police Courts 
Bill. 


Metropolis 
Police Bill. 


Railways 
(Ireland.) 


2 VicToriz. 


Cause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 8, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuses, N° 10 and N° 11, agreed to. 
Cuiavse, N° 12, amended, and agreed to. 


Cuavuse, N° 13, (Superannuation Allowances to 
Officers of Prisons) read. 

Several Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided : 


‘ Mr. Fox Maul 
Tellers for the Yeas, { ir. + asaya *s 


Tellers for the Noes, { i ae ‘ } a1. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





pass. 





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


Martis, 30° die Aprilis 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Imprisonment for Debt Act 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Seditious Societies Act 
Amendment Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and the 
Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Thursday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 13th day of May next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Sewers Bill was, according to Order, read a 


second time; and committed to a Committee of 


the whole House, for Monday the 13th day of May 


next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Factories Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 13th day of May next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 10th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Metropolis Police Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday the 10th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee to whom it was referred 


to consider the Reports of the Commissioners ap- 


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231 
pointed to consider and recommend a general system 
of Railways for Ireland ; 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Canada. 
mittee, to whom it was referred to consider of the 
Affairs of Canada; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-Prisons  __ 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Election Peti- 

mittee on the Election Petitions Trial Bill; tions Trial Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. For Maule, by Order, reported from the Supply ; 
Committee of Supply, a Resolution; which was 
read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty thou- Civil Contin- 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards °° 
defraying the charge of Civil Contingencies for the 
year 1839. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Baring, by Order, reported from the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means, a Resolution; which Means ; 
was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Exchequer 
granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Thirteen mil- i's. 
lions be raised by Exchequer Bills, for the service 
of the year 1839. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Baring and Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring 
it in. 








The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Registers of 
further consideration the Report on the Registers of Births Sc., Bill. 
Births, &amp;c., Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 





Mr. Pease, by Order, reported from the Committee Durham Court 
|to whom it was referred to consider of providing for of Pleas 
| ommpenention to the Cursitor of the Durham Court a a 
of Pleas, for losses he may sustain under any Act to 
| be passed in the present Session of Parliament for 
improving the practice of the Court of Pleas of 
the County Palatine of Durham and Sadberge, a 
Resolution; which was read, as followeth ; 
Resolved, That Compensation be granted out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, to the Cursitor of the 
Court of Pleas of the County Palatine of Durham 
and Sadberge, for such loss as he shall sustain by 
the operation of any Act of this Session of Parlia- 
ment, to amend the practice and proceedings of the 
said Court of Pleas of the County Palatine of Dur- 
ham and Sadberge. 
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232 29°—30° Aprilis. 


The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Durham Court of Pleas Bill, that 
they have Power to make provision therein, pursuant 
to the said Resolution. 


County Cess 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Ireland.) 


Return of the Total Amount of County Cess levied 
in each County, County of a City, and County of a 
Town in Ireland, in each year since the year 1824; 
the Amount of County ifn levied in each year in 
the whole of Jreland, to be brought out in Totals at 
the bottom of each Column. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in compliance with the Act 6 Will. 4, c. 18, 
s. 57, containing a Statement of the Amount of 
Constabulary and Police Force employed in each 
County, County of a City, and County of a Town in 
Ireland, on the 1st day of January 1839; distin- 
guishing the Number of Persons in each Class or 
Rank of the Constabulary Force so employed, with 
the Salaries and Allowances actually enjoyed by 
each Class:—Account of the whole Expenditure 
upon the Police and Constabulary in each County, 
County of a City, and County of a Town in Ireland, 
for the year ended on the 1st day of January 1839: 
—Summary of the Total Amount of Force so em- 

loyed on the ist day of January 1839, and of the 
Motal Expenditure upon the Police and Constabu- 
lary Force for the whole of Jreland, for the year 
ended at the above Period; showing the proportion 
of such Total Expense borne on the Consolidated 
Fund, and the Amount borne by the Counties, 
Cities and Towns of Ireland:—Similar Returns re- 
specting the Police and Constabulary Force of the 
City of Dublin, for the year 1838 :—And, a Table, 
showing, by way of comparison, the Expenditure 
upon the Constabulary and Police Force for the 
whole of Ireland, during each of the Seven years 
1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838, dis- 
tinguishing the Amount borne in each year upon 
the Consolidated Fund, and the Amount charged 
to the Counties, Cities and Towns of Ireland; also, 
the Total Number of Persons employed in each 
Class or Rank of the Police and Constabulary Force 
for the whole of Zreland, in each of the above 
years. 


Constabulary 
and Police 
Force (Ireland.) 


Dublin Pipe 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Water Rent. 


Return of the Applications made to the Pipe Water 
Committee of the City of Dublin, for remission of 
Pipe Water Rent, from the 1st day of January 1834 
to the 1st day of January 1839, with the Names of 
the oe, and the mode of application, whether 
verbal or by memorial; and the Orders made by 
the Pipe Water Committee on such Applications 
respectively. 


Constabulary 
Force. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Circular Letter addressed by 
direction of Lord John Russell to the Chairman of 
the Quarter Sessions of all Counties (except Lan- 
caster and Salop) in England and Wales; and Copy 
of any Resolutions or Proceedings of Justices of 
the Peace assembled at General Quarter Sessions 
in April 1839, relative to the establishment of a 
Constabulary Force. 

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


Exchequer Bills 


aaa sued Baring presented a Bill for raising a Sum of 
Bill, 


oney by Exchequer Bills for the Service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time this day. 


A. 1839. 


Mr. For Maule presented, pursuant to an Ad- Marriages. 
dress to Her Majesty,—a Return of the Number of 
Marriages solemnized in Roman Catholic Chapels, 
and Protestant. Dissenting Places of Worship, in 
England and Wales, from the 1st day of January 
to the 31st day of December 1838, specifying the 
various Denominations of the several Protestant 
Dissenting Places of Worship in which such Mar- 
riages have been solemnized ; also, the Number of 
Marriages, during the same Period, which have 
been contracted before the several District Re- 
gistrars. 

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


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Legacy Legacy Duty. 
Duty, which were presented upon the Sth day of No. 226, 
March last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirit Spirit Dealers, 
Dealers, &amp;c., which was presented upon Monday ® 
last, be printed. No. 227. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Wool and Wool, and 


Woollen Manufactures, which were presented upon eee 


¢ c anufactures. 
Friday last, be printed. No. 228. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign Foreign Apples, 
Apples, &amp;c., which was presented upon Friday last, &amp;« 
be printed. No, 229. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lead, which Lead. 
was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No, 230. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Coals, Coals, Cinders, 
Cinders and Culm, which were presented upon Fri- 2"4 Culm. 
day last, be printed. No. 231. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Copper, Copper. 
which were presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 232. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Tin, which Tin. 
were presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 232. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Canada, Canada. 








which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 233. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Crinan Crinan Canal. 
Canal, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
referred to the Select Committee on the Caledonian 
Canal. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Martis, 30° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


tian hour — for taking into considera- Carlow Borough 
tion the Petition of Thomas Gisborne the Election. 
younger, of Horwich House, of Derbyshire, in Eng- 

land, Esquire, a Candidate at the last Election for 

a Member to serve in Parliament for the Borough 

of Car/ow in Ireland; and, also the Petition of 

the there-undersigned Electors of the Borough of 
Carlow in Ireland, who claimed a right to vote, and 

did vote at the last Election of a Member to serve 

in Parliament for the said Borough of Carlow held 

on the twenty-fifth day of February last past, seve- 

rally complaining of an undue Election and Return 

for the said Borough, being come ; 

And Henry Cary and Simeon Clarke, Electors of 
the Borough of Carlow; and Nicholas Byrn, of the 
town of Carlow, James Porter, of the said town of 
Carlow, and Samuel Whitmore, of the said town of 
Carlow, Electors of the Borough of Carlow, in the 
county of Carlow; and William Cary, of Carlow, 
Philip Deighton, of Carlow, and, Robert Anderson, 
of Carlow, all in the county of Carlow, Electors of 
the. Borough of Carlow, in the county of Carlow, 

having 








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2 Vicroriz. 30° Aprilis. 238 


having, by Orders of the House of the 22d day of 
March last and the 8th and 15th days of this in- 
stant April, severally been admitted Parties in the 
room of Francis Bruen, Esquire, to defend the said 
Return ; 

Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 


The Serjeant-at-Arms was sent, with the Mace, 
to the places adjacent, to require the attendance of 
the Members on the business of the House :—And 
being returned ; 

A Member was sworn. 

Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker ; and 
One hundred Members and upwards being present ; 

The several Parties, counsel and agents, were 
called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking the said Petition 
into consideration, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were 
delivered to the Clerk appointed to attend the said 
Committee ; and then the door was opened, and the 
Parties, their counsel and agents, withdrew. 


British Museum Mr. Estcourt reported from the Committee on the 
Buildings Bill. British Museum Buildings Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. , 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


RedcarHarbour A Petition of Ship-owners of South Shields, 

(No. 2.) Bill. braying that the Redcar Harbour (No. 2.) Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Wearmouth A Petition of Land-owners and Farmers of Clea- 
hy Sl _ on, Harton, Westoe and South Shields, praying 
Bill. that the Wearmouth and Tyne Bridge Road Bill 
— not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


South Eastern = A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Company, 
Railway Bill. was presented, and read ; setting forth, That a Bill 
has been introduced by the Petitioners into the House 
for altering and diverting the line of the South Eastern 
Railway, so as to join the London and Brighton 
Railway near to a place called Merstham Mill, in the 
county of Surrey, and for amending the Acts re- 
lating to the said South Eastern Railway; that 
such diversion has been projected in accordance 
with the recommendation of a Committee of the 
House, to whom the London and Brighton Railway 
Bill was referred, in the Session of One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-seven, and who in their 
Report of that Bill, after stating that the line of 
the South Eastern and London and Brighton Rail- 
ways ran for a considerable distance parallel to 
each other, recommended a junction between the 
two lines, in order to avoid the useless formation 
of two lines when one would suffice for the public 
convenience ; that the Petitioners, concurring in the 
view expressed in the Report of the said Committee, 
and confidently believing that power would be 
granted them to effect the deviation thereby recom- 
mended, abandoned the formation of so much of 
their line as runs in a direction parallel to the 
London and Brighton Railway, on which they had 
already commenced their works, and took the ne- 
cessary steps for introducing a Bill into the House 
in the present Session, to authorize the diversion of 
their said line, so as to join the said London and 
Brighton Railway, in accordance with the recom- 
mendation of the said Committee ; that subsequent 
to the publication of the Notices, and the deposit 
of the Plans and Sections relating to the said diver- 
Vot, 94. 





sion, as required by the Standing Orders of the 
House, the Petitioners discovered that the line se- 
lected by them was objected to by several land- 
owners, who recommended the adoption of another 
line to the Petitioners, running in a direction nearly 
parallel, and in other respects equally favourable ; 
that the Petitioners, finding that the said last-men- 
tioned line was wholly unobjected to by land-owners, 
adopted all the means within their power of giving 
publicity to their intention to a A for leave to 
construct the same in lieu of the line originally 
selected by them; and the period limited by the 
Standing Orders of the House for the giving Notices 
and depositing Plans relating to Railways having 
at that time elapsed, the Petitioners caused Notices 
to be advertised three successive weeks in the month 
of November last, of their intention to apply to 
Parliament for leave to adopt the said last-mentioned 
line, and deposited Plans, Sections and Books of 
Reference thereof in the month of November, in 
accordance with the Standing Orders relating to 
Canals and Roads, and every other description of 
work except Railways, and in all other respects 
fulfilled the new Standing Orders of the House 
relating to Railways, by making written application 
to every land-owner and occupier on the line for 
his assent, and by personally canvassing the greater 
portion of them ; that, finding upon such canvass 
that no land-owner or occupier expressed a dissent 
to the formation of the said line through his property, 
the Petitioners presented a Petition to the House, 
praying leave to adopt the said line in lieu of the 
one originally selected by them, and which was 
objectionable to land-owners ; that the prayer of 
the said Petition was opposed by the London and 
Brighton Railway Company, and also, contrary to 
the Petitioners’ expectations, by some few persons 
having an interest in a portion of the property pro- 
posed to be taken ; and on a reference to the Stand- 
ing Orders Committee of the House, under these 
circumstances, the said Committee came to the 
determination that the Standing Orders should not 
be dispensed with so as to allow of the adoption of 
the said last-mentioned line; that the Petitioners 
had therefore no resource left them but to proceed 
with their Bill for making the line originally se- 
lected by them, or to abandon the deviation for the 
present Snaion ; that it is of the utmost importance 
to the Petitioners that the completion of their Rail- 
way should not be delayed for a whole year, which 
it necessarily would be if application to Parliament 
were delayed till another Session for leave to adopt 
the line less objectionable to land-owners, but being 
desirous, if possible, still to obtain the permission 
of the House to adopt the said last-mentioned line 
in the Bill now before the House, they have entered 
into satisfactory arrangements with each of the 
parties who appeared as opponents on the ground 
of non-compliance with the Standing Orders, where- 
by the opposition of all those parties to the line 
lastly selected is entirely removed, and there is not 
now a single owner or occupier of land who objects 
to the formation of the said line; that the works 
both on the South Eastern and London and Brighton 
Railways are in progress; and, in order to enable 
the Petitioners to open the whole of their line 
simultaneously with the London and Brighton Rail- 
way, it is essential that they should have power to 
commence their works at the earliest possible period 
on the line of deviation, to connect their Railway 
with the said last-mentioned Railway; that the 


said land-owners on that — of the line of the ' 


South Eastern Railway which is proposed to be 
abandoned, are most anxious that the question as to 
the said deviation should be without delay set at rest ; 
and all the country on the line of the South Eastern 
Railway, as well as the public at large, and espe- 
cially the share-holders in the said South Eastern 
Railway, are deeply interested in the early comple- 
tion ; whereas no person whatever is interested in 

HH delaying 


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234, 30° Aprilis. A. 1839. 


delaying for another year the formation of the said 

intended line of deviation, but, on the contrary, all 

persons affected ie are perfectly willing that 
e 


the same should be made by an Act to be passed in 
the present Session, if the House should so please ; 
and ———— may be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill for altering and diverting the line 
of the South Eastern Railway, so as to join the 
London and Brighton Railway, that, on proof of 
the facts herein stated, they have power to substitute 
in the said Bill the line hereinbefore referred to, in 
respect of which Notices were given and Plans and 
Sections deposited in the month of November last, 
and to which no land-owners or occupiers object, 
in lieu or the line referred to in the said Bill, and 
which is objectionable to the land-owners affected 
thereby. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday next. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Belper Small An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy 
Debts Bill. | Recovery of Small Debts within the Town of 
Belper and other Places, in the County of Derby, 
was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. William Evans do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Wirksworth The House proceeded to take into further consi- 
Small Debts qderation the Report which, upon the 19th day of 
Bill. March last, was made from the Committee on the 
Wirksworth Small Debts Bill; and the Amend- 

ments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 
Manchester Ordered, That the Committee on the Manchester 
Railway Bill and Leeds Railway Bill have Power to send for 


persons, papers and records. 


CarlowBorough The counsel and agents before mentioned being 

Election. returned to the bar, the Clerk appointed to attend 
the said Committee delivered in to the House a 
reduced List; and the same was called over, as 
followeth ; 

The Honourable Pierce Butler, John Martin, 
Esquire, Peter Ainsworth, Esquire, David Morris, 
Esquire, Lord Arthur Lennox, Frederick James 
Tollemache, Esquire, George Grote, Esquire, Thomas 
Philip Maunsell, Esquire, the Honourable Sir Ro- 
bert Lawrence Dundas, Edward Protheroe, Esquire, 
and, John Brocklehurst, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Carlow, and to defend which Return 
Henry Cary and Simeon Clarke; and Nicholas Byrn, 
James Porter and Samuel Whitmore; and William 
Cary, Philip Deighton, and, Robert Anderson, had 
by Orders of the House been severally admitted 
as Parties instead of Francis Bruen, Esquire, were 
sworn by the Clerk at the Table, in the usual 
manner, and thereupon, the counsel and agents, 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Cheltenham An ingrossed Bill to enable the Cheltenham 
— Waterworks Company to enlarge and extend their 
- Works, and for amending the Act relating thereto, 
was read the third time; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enabling the Cheltenham Water- 
works Company to enlarge and extend their Works, 
and for amending the Act relating thereto. 
Ordered, That Mr. Craven Berkeley do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





A Petition of the Reverend John Letts, Rector Commerciat 
of and resident in the parish of Saint Olave in Qvondon and 
Hart-street, in the city of London, Clerk, praying Railway bil 
that he may be heard, by his counsel or agent, : 
against certain parts of the Commercial (London and 

lackwall) Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, by 
his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he thin 
fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against 
the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Rector and Churchwardens of London Bridge 
Saint Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange, in the city of ho 
London, praying that they may be heard, by them- ~~” 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the London Bridge Approaches, &amp;c., Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bull, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of James Rhodes, of Islington, Gentle- Northern and 
man ;—and, Samuel Pullen, of Islington, Gentleman, —— 
Samuel Pocock, of Whitefriars, in the city of Lon- Mm sit 
don, Coal Merchant, and Charles John Whishaw, of 
Gray’s Inn, in the county of Middlesex, Gentleman ; 
praymg that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Northern and Eastern Railway (No. 2.) Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Pe- 
titions. 


Six Petitions of Merchants, Traders, and Citizens yfetropolis 
and Inhabitants of London ;—Merchants, Traders, Police Bill. 
Citizens and Inhabitants of the Ward of Cord- 
wainer ;—Portsoken Ward ;—Ward of Tower;— 

Ward of Langbourn;—Ward of Bread-street ;— 
Ward of Bassishaw ;—and, Ward of Aldgate, all in 
the city of London; praying that the Metropolis 
Police Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the Metropolis 
Vestry of the parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, Police; and, 
praying that the Metropolis Police, and Metropo- ya 
litan Police Courts Bills may not pass into law, was Bilis. 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into London City 
consideration the Petition of the Lord Mayor, Al- Police. 
dermen and Commons of the City of London, in 
Common Council assembled, which was presented 
yesterday, praying for leave to proceed with the 
London City Police Bill:—The House proceeded to 
take the said Petition into consideration ; and the 
same was again read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating the Police in the City of London: 
And that Sir Matthew Wood and Mr. Pattison do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Two Petitions of Proprietors of shares in the painburgh, 
Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Com- Leith, and 
pany, praying that the Edinburgh, Leith and New- tea 
haven Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were ®#4y *™ 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Exchequer 
Account of the Total Amount of Exchequer Bills Bills. 
outstanding and unprovided for, on the 5th day of 
| January 





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(Twentie 
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January and the 5th day of July in each year, from 
the 5th day of January 1830 to the present time ; 
stating also the Rate of Interest per diem payable 
on Exchequer Bills, and the Rate of Premium at 
which they were sold in the Market at each of those 
Periods. ye 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Order in Council, appointing 
a Committee of Council to superintend the applica- 
tion of any Sums voted by Parliament for the pur- 
pose of promoting Public Education. 

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


Education. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- 
lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented from the 24th to 
the 26th days of this instant April, both inclusive ; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 

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


Public Petitions 
(Twentieth 
Report.) 





Ordered, That the Return relative to the Revenue 


Revenue Laws. 


No. 234. Laws, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
rinted. 
Merchant Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Mer- 
— chant Seamen, which were presented yesterday, be 
No. 235. rinted. 
Marriages. Ordered, That the Return relative to Marriages, 
No- 236. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


North Midland 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Railway Bill. 


into further consideration the Reports which, upon 
the 27th day of March last, and the 22d day of this 
instant April, were made from the Committee on 
the North Midland Railway Bill; printed Copies of 
the Bill having been delivered at the door upon 
Thursday the 18th day of this instant April; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to; anda 
Clause was added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Great Western 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Railway Bill. 


into further consideration the Reports which, upon 
the 25th day of March last, and the 22d day of this 
instant April, were made from the Committee on 
the Great Western Railway Bill; printed Copies of 
the Bill having been delivered at the door upon 
Thursday the 18th day of this instant April; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and a 
Clause was added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


London 
and Croydon 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 18th day of 
this instant April, was made from the Committee on 
the London and Croydon Railway Bill; printed 
Copies of the Bill having been delivered at the door 
upon Monday the 22d day of this instant April; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; 
and a Clause was added, and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Great Northof Ordered, That the Report from the Committee 


ee we on the Great North of England Railway Bill be 
_— taken into further consideration upon Thursday 
next. 
London and Ordered, That the Report from the Committee on 
wee ae the London and Southampton (Portsmouth Branch) 
Branch) Rail- Railway Bill be taken into further consideration 
way Bill, upon Thursday next. 


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235 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee on London and 


Greenwich 


the London and Greenwich Railway Bill be taken Railway Bill 


into further consideration upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee on wishaw and 
the Wishaw and Coltness Railway Bill be taken into Coltness Rail- 
further consideration upon Thursday next. way Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee on Ballochney_ 
the Ballochney Railway Bill be taken into further Bilway Bill. 
consideration upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee Monkland and 
on the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Bill ae 
: : A ailway Bill. 
be taken into further consideration upon Thursday 
next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Church Rates. 

Copy of the Decree issued against Mr. John Thoro- 
good by the Consistorial Court of the Bishop of 
London, on the Suit of the Churchwardens of 
Chelmsford, for the recovery of Church Rates in the 
year 1838; and, also, a Copy of the Warrant by 
which the said John Thorogood was committed to 
the Gaol of Chelmsford in January 1839, and under 
the Authority of which he is still confined in that 
Prison. 


The House was moved, That the Paragraph under Lithographed 
the head “ Postage,” in the Seventeenth ; of 7a. 
the Select Committee on Public Petitions of the 

present Session, might be read; and the same was 

read, as followeth: 


“ The Petitions from Malton, Bridgend, Oak 
Green, Rastrick, Stockwell, and Central London, 
are lithographed.” 


The House was also moved, That the several 
Entries in the Journals of this House of the 6th May 
1793, 30th day of June and 7th ~~ of July 1813, 
and 12th day of March 1817, of the Proceedings 
of the House in relation to certain printed Petitions, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That lithographed and engraved Petitions be 
treated as printed Petitions ; 


And Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 1° die Mai; 


Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 





PRAYERS. 


ETITIONS from Ship-owners, Merchants and Redcar Harbour 
Traders of Tynemouth ;—and, Merchants, Ship- (X¥- 2.) Bilt. 
owners and others interested in the trade of the 
port of Stockton; praying that the Redcar Harbour 
(No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table, 


Petitions from the Corporation of Nottingham ;— Nottingham 
and, Ancient Burgesses or Freemen of Wottingham ; (Saint Marys) 
praying that the Nottingham (Saint Mary’s) In- Lee ae 
closure Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to Parrett Navi- 
inquire into the allegations contained in the Petition stion Bill. 
of the Company of Proprietors of the Parrett Navi- No. 238. 
gation, which was presented upon the 22d day of 
April last, alleging the Petition against the Parrett 
Navigation Bill from Merchants, Traders and other 





HH2 + persons, 





Manchester aud 


Birmingham 
Extension 
(Stone and 
Rugby) Rail- 
way Bill. 


Nottingham 
(Saint Mary’s) 
Inclosure Bill. 


Nottingham 
(Saint Mary's) 
Inclosure Bill, 


North Midland 
Railway Bill. 


Great Western 
Railway Bill. 





236 


ersons, interested in the Navigation of the River 

arrett, in the county of Somerset, and Inhabitants 
of the various towns, villages or districts supplied 
with merchandize by means of the said river, which 
was presented upon the 11th day of March last, to 
be a forgery, have Power to report their Opinion 
thereupon to the House, together with the Mmutes 
of Evidence taken before them. 

Sir Charles Burrell reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred; and had come to several Reso- 
lutions, which they had directed him to report to 
the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them; and the Resolutions of 
the Committee were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That the Petition which had been 
presented to the House was not the real Petition 
which was actually signed, the two Petitions con- 
taining different allegations. 

2. Resolved, That the Statement made by Henry 
Lovibond, “ that the Petition so presented, though 
bearing his signature, was not signed by him or with 
his consent,” has been proved, and that therefore 
a forgery has been committed in the Petition so 
presented to the House. | 

3. Resolved, That it appeared to the Committee | 
that Benjamin Lovibond, an agent for the Peti-| 
tioners, was cognizant of the forgery before the Pe-| 
tition was presented to the House. | 

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





Mr. Bootle Wilbraham presented a Bill for making | 
a Railway from the Manchester and Birmingham 
Railway, in the Parish of Stone, in the County of 
Stafford, to join the London and Birmingham Rail- 
way in the Parish of Rugby, in the County of War- 
wich, to be called “ The Manchester and Birming- 
ham Extension Railway,” with a Branch therefrom: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Nottingham, praying 
that the Nottingham (Saint Mary’s) \nclosure Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
pees, That the Nottingham (Saint Mary’s) Inclosure 

ill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following, were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

&gt; _ (The Earl of Lincoln, ) 
Tellers for the eas! Colonel Rolleston: { 


Sir Ronald Ferguson, | 39. 


64. 


Tellers tor the Noes,{ gi John Hobhouse : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second | 
time ; and committed to the Earl of Lincoln, and | 


the South Nottingham List. | 





An ingrossed Bill to alter the Line of the North 
Midland Railway, and to amend the Acts relating 
thereto, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts relating to 
the Great Western Railway, and to raise a. further 
Sum of Money for the purposes of the suid Under- 
taking, was read the third time. 








1° Maiz. 


| praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 


A. 1839. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from John Fleming and other Trustees Clitheroe, 
of the Blackburn and Preston Roads ;—and, James Blackbur, &amp;e,, 
Pickup and others, being Mortgagees and Creditors Roads Bill, 
of the tolls upon the said Roads ; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Clitheroe, Blackburn, 

&amp;c., Roads Bill,--were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy Wirksworth 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Parish of Wirks- Small Debts 
worth, and other Parishes and Places adjacent or P! 
near thereto, in the Counties of Derby and Stafford, 
was read the third time; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Evans do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Two Petitions of Land-owners on the line of the Bishop 
intended Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway ; Avckland and 


Weardale 
a ‘ . 3 Railway Bill, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 


Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Committee Basingstoke 
on the Basingstoke Roads Bill; That they had exa- Roads Bill. 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cambridge 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Gaol Bill. 
intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the seventh 
and eighth of King George the Fourth, for building 
a new Gaol for the Town of Cambridge, and for 
making further provision for Payment of Creditors 
under the said Act; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 8. 1. 36. Leave out “ Fifty-five,” and insert 
“ Fourteen ;” and in the same line leave out “ Four,”’ 
and insert “ Twelve.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 37. Leave out “ Three,” and insert 
“ Nine.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 38. Leave out “ Three,” and insert 
“ One.” 

Pr. 3. 1. penult. Leave out “ Twenty,” and insert 
“ Eighty.” 

Pr. 3. ]. ult. Leave out “ Seventeen,” and insert 
“ Five;” and in the same line leave out “ Five,” 
and insert “ Eleven.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Shaw Lefevre do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


Petitions from Directors of the British and Ame- Brazil Steam 
rican Steam Navigation Company ;—and, Directors Packet Com- 
of the Newcastle and North Shields Steam Packet PY °™ 


Company ; 





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Company; praying that the Brazil Steam Packet 
Company Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Perth Harbour Mr, Kinnaird reported from the Committee on 
- Navigation +4 Perth Harbour and Navigation Bill ; That they 
r had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 

ments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

be ingrossed. 


Wearmouth and ~=Mr, Alderman Thompson reported from the Com- 
seek — mittee on the Wearmouth and Tyne Bridge. Road 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Halifax, Hud- The Halifax, Huddersfield and Bradford Small 
ee eel Debts Bill was read a second time ; and committed 
Debts Bil. to Mr. Charles Wood, and the West Riding of York 


List. 


Convict Ships 


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Orders, 
and Transports. 


—Returns of all Ships or Vessels hired for the con- 
veyance of Convicts from Great Britain and Jre- 
land to Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales, 
between the 1st day of January 1836 and the 31st 
day of December 1838 ; stating the Ships’ Names, 
Tonnage, Owner’s Name, Master’s Name, Broker’s 
or Agent’s Name, Class of Ship, Rate of Freight, 
and when the same commenced, Number of Convicts 
taken on board, when sailed, when arrived, Amount 
of Demurrage (if any):——And, of all Ships or Vessels 
hired or employed as Transports, between the 1st 
day of January 1836 and the 31st day of December 
1838; stating the Ship’s Name, Tonnage, Owner’s 
Name, Master’s Name, Broker or Agent’s Name, 
Class of Ship, Rate of Freight, and when the same 
commenced, and how and where employed. 

Ordered, That the said Returns &gt; lie upon the 
Table. 


Church of Petitions from Elie Cameron;—and Saint George’s 
utes. parish Paisley ; praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for relieving the religious destitution which 
revails in Scotland, by extending the efficiency of 
the Established Church,—were presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Leuchars ;—Abdie ;—and, Miln- 
gavie; praying the House not to sanction any further 
endowments to the Church of Scotland,—were also 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Postage. Petitions from Egerton ;— Turton ;— York (West 
Riding) ; — Bandon Bridge ;—Abbotsbury ;—- Wal- 
worth ;—Lambeth (two Petitions) ;— Dublin City ; 
Stourport ; — Norwich ; — Fenloe ; — Kilrush ; — 
Kettle ; —Collinsburgh ;—Ferry Port-on-Craig ;— 
Dinder ;— Creech; -Springfield;-- Chipping Warden; 
— Newburgh ;-- Broughton, &amp;c.— Proprietors and 
Compositors of the Printing Office, 45, Marshall- 
street, Golden-square ;— Gateshead ; —Proprietors, 
Compositorsand Pressmen of the Printing Office, 21, 
Took’s-court, Chancery-lane ;—Of the Printing Of- 
fice, 137, Fetter-lane ;—Of the Printing Office of 
Stewart and Murray, Old Batley;—Of the Printing 
Office, 12, Ivy-lane, Newgate-street ;—Of the Print- 
ing Office, 23, Middle-street, Cloth Fair ;—Of the 
Printing Office, 18, Took’s-court, Chancery-lane ;— 
Of the *rinting Office, 7 and 8, Bread-street Hill ; 
—Charles Cowden Clarke, and others ; — Robert 
Allsop, and others;—T. Allsop ;— Brandon ;— Trim ; 
— Buzxted ;—London ;— Birmingham ;—Printers of 


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1° Maii.. 237 


“The Midland Counties Herald ;”—-Hunmanby ;—-Li- 
verpool ;—Upton-upon-Severn ;—Sandwich ;— Wich 
and Pulteney Town Chamber of Commerce (Chair 

man) ;— Huddersfield ;—Cilcen ;—Chepping Wy- 
combe ;—Corsley ;—Manchester ;—Falkirk ;—and, 
Rothbury ; praying for the adoption of a low and 
uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Parkinson and others, pray- Employment of 
ing the House to take into consideration the plans the Poor. 
of Mr. Robert Owen, for the Employment of the 
Poor, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of London and West- Poland. 
minster, praying the House to take every opportunity 
of arresting the career of Russian conquest, and 
to hasten the restoration of Poland, and thus se- 
cure the liberties of Europe, and the integrity of 
the British power in India, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Henry Sealy ;— Worcester ;—Ard- Rating of 
wick (Chairman of the Society of Owners of Smal] Tenements Bill 
Tenements);—and, Cheetham; praying that the 
Rating of Tenements Bill may not pass into a law, 


—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Ministers, Elders and Managers Queen’s Printer 
of the Relief Congregation, Milngavie, praying the (Set!) 
House to abolish the monopoly at present held by 
Her Majesty’s Printer in Scotlan , of exclusively 
printing Bibles, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lewes ;— Bury Saint Edmunds ;— Church 
and, Fornham and Westley ; praying the House to Gnade, e-} 
continue their encouragement and protection to es 
Bishops and Clergy throughout the Canadas, and 
other British colonies,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kilmore ;—Gortlitra ;—and, Kil- Government 
barron ; praying for the continuance of a fair and ° !teland. 
impartial government in Jreland, and that the people 
of Ireland may participate in the rights, franchises 
and privileges enjoyed by their fellow subjects in 
England ; and above all, that the House will not 
countenance orencourage the Orange party in Zreland, 
but on the contrary, legislate for the benefit of the 
Irish people,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Vice President of the Wick and Caledonian 
Pulteney Town Chamber of Commerce, praying for Canal. 
the completion of the Caledonian Canal, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Caledonian Canal. 


Petitions from John Bravender ;—Patrick Fraser Copyright Bill, 

Tytler, Esquire ;— Edinburgh (Lord Provost, Ma- 
gistrates and Council) ;— Sir David Brewster ;— 
Joseph Henry Green, Esquire ;— Hartley Coleridge ; 
— Thomas Carlyle ; — a the Reverend Alexander 
Crombie; praying that the Copyright Bill may pass 
into a law, —were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Poor Law 
Guardians of the Llandovery Union, praying for the Amendment 
amendment of the Poor Law Act, was presented, “* 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce, of Saint Newfoundland. 
John’s, Newfoundland, praymg for the immediate 
abolition of the present colonial legislature of that 
island, and that the House will confer upon the 
Governor and an enlarged council, to be appointed 
by Her Majesty, the power of enacting such laws 
and ordinances, as may be necessary for the good 
government of the colony, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
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Metropolis 

Police ; and, 

Metropolitan 

Police Courts 
ills. 


Education 
(Ireland. 


Army (Presby- 
terian Church 
Service.) 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Spirit Licenses 
(Scotland) Bill, 


Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Elective 
Franchise, &amp;c., 
(Treland.) 


238 


A Petition of the Churchwardens, Overseers, Go- 
vernors and Directors of the poor of Greenwich, pray- 
ing that the Metropolis Police; and, Metropolitan 
Police Courts Bills may not pass into law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Odogh ;—and, Killglass ; praying 
for the encouragement of Schools in Jreland, in 
which the Scriptures are made the foundation of in- 
struction, and from which the inculcation of doctrines 
peculiar to the Roman Catholic Church is excluded, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Galway ; — Cork ;— and, Saint 
Mary's Abbey, Dublin; praying the House to secure 
to Presbyterian soldiers in the British Army, the 
right and privilege of attending the ministrations of 
their own church when at home, and the services of | 
chaplains of their own persuasion when in distant | 
lands,—-were presented, and read; and ordered to | 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Billingham ;—and, South Shields ; 

raying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues 

bul may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Two Petitions from Aberdeen; praying that the 
Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill may not = into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of Com- 
missioners of Supply, of the county of Aberdeen, 
appointed to watch the progress of any new Prison 
Bill which might be introduced into Parliament, 
and take such steps regarding the same as circum- 
stances might render necessary, praying that the 
Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law as 
it now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Loughan;—Dulane;—Cappamore ; 
— Croagh ;—- Ballybrickin;—Dromcolloher ;—Rath- 
heale ;— Coolcappaand Kilcolman ;—Castletown, Kil- 
meedy aud Clouncrew ; — Kilnegariffe ;—Gormans- 
town (two Petitions) ;—and, Kilcullen (two Petitions); 
praying that the people of Jreland may have the 
same rights, privileges and franchises as the people 
of England,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


1° Mazz. 
Petitions from Dublin; — and, Leeds; praying Fourdriniers’ 
the House to take into consideration the case of Patent. 


A. 1839. 


Messrs. Fourdrinier, relative to their Patent for the 
manufacture of paper,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ventnor;—and, Llangadwaladr Education, 


and Rhydycroesan; praying the House not to sanc- 
tion any system of National Education not founded 
on the principles of the Established Church,—were 
aa and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. nab yw 


A Petition of the High Sheriff and Chairman “of Landed 


of Inhabitants of the county of Mayo, Crdant) 


a ee 
praying the House to pass such a law as will give 
power to the industrious to acquire and entail landed 
property in Jreland, even to small extent, as will 
exempt the household furniture of the tenantry of 
Ireland from distraint for the rent of land, as will 
give to the tenantry of Ireland the absolute owner- 
ship of all trees, houses, buildings, walls, ditches, 
hedges and drains on all land in Jreland, held by 
them at will, or by lease, or from year to year, unless 
such trees, houses, buildings, walls, ditches, hedges 
and drains as shall then be in existence, and shall 
be set forth in schedules to be executed within six 
months from the passing of the Act, and after that 
period, in schedules to be executed on giving pos- 
session of land, with power to the tenant for twelve 
months after the expiration of his lease, or termina- 
tion of his occupancy to cut down, take down, 
grub up, throw down, fill up and take away, if he 
should so desire, all said trees, houses, buildings, 
walls, hedges and materials used in draining, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ventnor, praying the Maynooth 
House not to sanction any further grants to the Ro- College. 


man Catholic College of Maynooth, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to the direc- Poor Law 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—A Copy of the Fifth Commission. 


Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 





Ordered, That the Imprisonment for Debt Act 
Amendment Bill be printed. 


Imprisonment 
for Debt Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


No 237. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Election Peti- 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Election Pe- tions Trial Bill. 
titions Trial Bill. 


Railways 


(Irelanc) Two Petitions from Mayo ; praying that the pro- 


vince of Connaught may be included in the proposed 
measure for making Railways in Ireland,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Merchants, Gentlemen and Inha- 
bitants of Mayo, praying the House to afford to the 
2 of Leimster and Connaught, the benefit of a 

reat Central Railway from the city of Dublin, 
through the centre of Jreland, to its great Western 


Ordered, That the Exchequer Bills Bill be now Exchequer Bills 
read a second time :—The Bill was accordingly read (£.13,000,000.) 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 





Vestry Act 
( Ireland.) 


Charch 
Temporalities 
(Treland.) 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bitl. 


Harbour, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parishioners of Saint John’s, Dublin, 
praying for the — of that part of the Vestry 
(Ireland) Act which provides by assessment, for the | 
support of deserted children, and for coffins for the 

oor in freland, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kilcullen ;—and, Gormanstown ; 
praying the House to place Ireland upon a footing 
of equality in religious freedom with England, by 
allocating the temporalities of the church in Ireland 
to purposes of charity, education and public utility, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Gormanstown ;—and, Kilcullen ; 
praying that the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) 

ill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








the whole House, for To-morrow. 


A Petition of the President and Council of the Copyright Bill. 


British Medical Association, praying that the Copy- 
right Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Copyright Bill. 


mittee on the Copyright Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself into 
“* the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques- 


tion ; 
The 











2 Vicroriz. 


The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 





Tellers for the { Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, 127 
Yeas, Mr. Solicitor General : } + ie 
Tellers for the J Mr. Warburton, 24 
Noes, Mr. Wakley : } “ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


And the Question being again proposed :—That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Char ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Warburton, 9 
Yeas, Mr. Wakley : } : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, his 
Noes, Mr. Grote: ‘ 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved'itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Bill be read the first time ; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 


sit again ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Wakley, 1, 
Yeas, Mr. Warburton: : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, 110 
Noes, Lord Viscount Mahon: : 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Bill be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph ; 
Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do leave the Chair ; 
The Committee nes 
Tellers for the f Mr. Wakley 
Yeas, { Mr. Warburton if } ® 
Tellers for the f Mr. Serjeant Zalfourd. 
Noes, L Mr. Greene : ‘ } ". 


Question again proposed, That the Bill be read 
a second time, paragraph by paragraph ; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Wakley, 


Yeas, Mr. Warburton: “ 
Tellers for the { Mr. Serjeant Lalfowe, } "7 
Noes, Lord Viscount Mahon: Jf ‘" 


Question again proposed, That the Bill be read 
a second time, paragraph by paragraph ; 
Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do leave the Chair ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Wakley, 
Yeas, Mr. Warburton: } ®. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, 
Noes, Lord Viscount Mahon: } ms 
Question again proposed, That the Bill be read 
a second time, paragraph by paragraph ; 
Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 


leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas, a bro ai } .. 
Tellers for the Noes, a = a } 69. 


Question again proposed, That the Bill be read 
a second time, paragraph by paragraph ; 
Whereupon, Motion. made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do leave the Chair ; 
Vox, 94. 


1° Maiz. 


The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Warburton, 
Yeas, Mr. Easthope: 4 
Tellers for the f Mr. Godson, P 
Noes, { Lord Viscount Dungannon: - 
Question again proposed, That the Bill be read 
a second time, paragraph by paragraph ; 
Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided : 
Mr. Wi 
Tellers for the Yeas, M.. Sc let } 8. 
Tellers for the Noes {ay a wl } 64. 
Question again proposed, That the Bill be read 
a second time, paragraph by paragraph ; 
Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do leave the Chair ; 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas, de: rere, } 8. 
Tellers for the Noes, = yn : } 61. 


Question again proposed, That the Bill be read 
a second time, paragraph by paragraph ; 
Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Warburton, 
Yeas, Sir William Molesworth: Sf * 
Tellers for the f Mr. Gladstone, 
Noes, . l Mr.Gashell: 63. 


Question again proposed, That the Bill be read 
a second time, paragraph by paragraph ; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Warburton, } 9 


Yeas, Sir William Molesworth : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Gladstone, } 86 
Noes, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie : , 


ragraph by paragraph ; 
PThe ommittee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Darby, } 57 
Tellers for the f Mr. Warburton, P 
Noes, Sir William Molesworth : . 
Crause, N° 1 (Repeal of former Acts, &amp;c.)—— 
Several Amendments made. 
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Ciause, as amended, stand part of the Bill; 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided : 
}«. 


Question put, That the Bill be read a second time, 
Yeas, Mr. Godson: 
read. 
Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
Tellers for the f Mr. Warburton, 


Yeas, Sir William Molesworth : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Darby, ea 
Noes, Mr. Godson: ’ 


Question again proposed, That the Clause, as 
amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Warburton, 5 a 


Yeas, Sir William Molesworth : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, 61 
Noes, Mr. Godson: : 


Question again proposed, That the Clause, as 
amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 





leave to sit again ; 
HH 4 The 











240 


The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the ¢ Sir William Molesworth, 


1s, 


Yeas, . Mr. William Williams : 
Tellers for the f Lord Viscount Mahon, } 70 
Noes, Mr. Darby: 


Question, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill——put, and agreed to. 


Ciausz, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 


Ciavuse, N° 3 (Copyright in any book hereafter 
to be published shall be the property of the Author 
and his assigns, for the term of the natural life of 
the Author, and for a further term of years, 
commencing at the time of his death)——read. 

Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“ Sixty ;” 
The Committee divided ; 





Tellers for the f Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, 45 
Yeas, . Mr. Gladstone : aes 
Tellers for the f Mr. Solicitor General, |... 


Noes, \ Mr. Warburton : J 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the f Mr. Warburton, a] 8 
Yeas, Mr. Hayter : : ie 
Tellers for the { Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, 1, 
Noes, Mr. Darby: — 


Question again proposed, That the Clause, as 
amended, stand part of the Bill; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided: 


Tellers for the { Mr. Warburton, Ly, 


Yeas, \ Sir William Molesworth: J 
Tellers for the f Mr. Thomas Machexzie, \ 70 
Noes, Mr. Godson : | om 


Motion made, and Question, That the Clause, as 
amended, stand part of the Bill——-put, and agreed to. 


CuauseE, N° 4 (In cases in which the a 
shall be subsisting at the time of the passing of this 
Act, and shall be the property of the Author or of 
his personal representative, legatee, widow, or next 
of kin of such Author, or other person who ma 
have acquired the same in the course of the ad- 
ministration of the estate of such Author, or of any 
person to whom such Author shall have assigned 
the same, in consideration of natural love and 
affection, such Copyright shall continue and belong 
to the party so entitled to the same, and his assigns, 
until the expiration of Sixty years, commencing at 
the death of such Author) —— read. 

Several Amendments made. 

Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bi’; , 

The Committee divided : 





Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, 99 
Yeas, | Mr. William Miles : ng gg 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Warburton, 
Noes, Mr. Sclicitor General : 20. 


Cravuses, N° 5, N° 6 and N° 7, postponed. 
Cravusss, N° 8 and N° 9, agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 10, N° 11 and N° 12, postponed. 
Crause, N° 13, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 14, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 16, agreed to. 


Cravuses, No17 and N’ 18, amended, and agreed 
to. 
CravseE, N° 19, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 20, postponed. 
Cravusss, N° 21, N° 22 and N° 23, agreed to. 
Cravusz, N° 24, amended, and agreed to. 


1°— 2 Maii. 





A. 1839. 


Cause, N° 25, postponed. 
Crauses, N° 26 and N° 27, agreed to. 
CravseE, N° 28, postponed. 


Causes, N° 29 and N° 30, amended, and agreed 
0. 
Crausz, N° 31, postponed, 
Cuiauszs, N° 32, N°33 and N° 34, agreed to. 
Criause, N° 35, postponed. 
Crauses, N° 36, N° 37 and N° 38, agreed to. 
ScHEDOLES agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Jovis, 2° die Maii, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. James 
Stewart reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Saas (Ireland) Bill; of Voters 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon “{*¢!#n4) Bill. 
Wednesday the 5th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Polls at Elec. 
reading of the Polls at Elections (Ireland) Bill; oan (Ireland) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ~ 
Wednesday, the 5th day of June next. 


The High Sheriffs’ Expenses Bill was, according High Sherif: 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to Expeuses Bill. 
a Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Durham Court 
into a Committee upon the Durham Court of Pleas ° Pleas Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pease reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Borough Coutts 
mittee on the Borough Courts Bill ; a. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-Rating of _ 
mittee on the Rating of Tenements Bill ; Teese SS. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration of 
mittee on the Registration of Electors Bill ; seaemeiiaies 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
17th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-Supply- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. : 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Barilla. 
a Return of all Barilla only on which Duty has been 
paid for Home Consumption for the years ended the 
Sth day of April 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838 and 
1839 ; distinguishing the Quantities at the Ports of 
London, Bristol, Gloucester, Belfast and Newry, “a 
the 





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the same years; of all Drawbacks or other Allow- 
ances made or rebated in Jreland upon Barilla ; and, 
of the net Amount paid into the Exchequer for the 
above years upon Barilla. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, pur- 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— 
A Copy of the Report of the Commissioners of 
Education in Ireland, for the year 1838-9. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer also presented, 

ursuant to Order,--An Alphabetical List of the 
Wasies of all Persons through whose Property the 
proposed line of Railroad between the Cities of 
Dublin and Cork and Limerick is intended to pass ; 
stating whether such Property is held in Fee or by 
virtue of a Lease for Lives or for Years, under any 
Corporation, sole or aggregate, Lay or Ecclesiastical ; 
distinguishing the Name of each Person who is a 
Member of either House of Parliament. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Thursday morning, adjourned till this day. 


Railroads 
(Ireland) 





Jovis, 2° die Maii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS. 

PETITION of Richard Bourne, a Proprietor 

of the Peninsular Steam Navigation Company, 
praying that the Brazil Steam Packet Company Bill 
may not pass into a law as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Brazil Steam 
Packet Com- 
pany Bill. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Ship- 
owners, Proprietors and Traders of Aberdeen, pray- 
ing that the Aberdeen Harbour Bill may not pass 
into a law as it now stands, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition of Proprietors and Tenants of flour 
and other mills, Bakers and others of Aberdeen, 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the said Bill, was 
also presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 

Petitions of Members of the Ship-masters’ Society 
of Aberdeen ;—and, Manufacturers, Merchants, Ship- 
owners and other Inhabitants of Aberdeen; praying 
that the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also 

ge and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Rugby and 
Warwick Road Bill be revived:—And that they 
have leave to sit and proceed upon Tuesday next. 


Aberdeen 
Harbour Bill. 


Rugby and 
Warwick 
Road Bill. 


Unstone Inclo- 


Mr. George Cavendish reported from the Com- 
sure Bill. 


mittee on the Unstone Inclosure Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true ; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of 
the Committee ; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


British Museum 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Trustees of 
Buildings Bill. 


the British Museum to purchase certain Houses 
and Ground for the enlargement of the Museum, 
and for making a suitable Access thereto, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Estcourt do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Vou. 94. 





Maii. 241 


The House was moved, That the 12th Standing 
Order of the House relative to the Private Bill 
Office, might be read ; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 

“ Resolved, That no postponement of the first | 
meeting of any Committee on a Private Bill or 
Petition for a Private Bill shall take place, unless 
notice be given in the Private Bill Office One clear 
day before the time fixed for such meeting.” 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be re- 
pealed. 


Resolved, That no postponement of the first meet~ Committees 
ing of any Committee on a Private Bill shall take Private Bills. 
place, unless Notice be given in the Committee 
Clerks’ Office One clear day before the time fixed 
for such meeting; and that such Notice shall be 
given before six of the clock in the evening of any 
day on which the House shall sit, or two of the 
clock on any day on which the House shall not sit. 

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


Petitions from Land-owners of Tonbridge ;—In- South Eastern 

habitants of Ashford(two Petitions);—Sandgate ;— Raliuey SM 
Tonbridge Wells ;—Leigh ;—Dover (two Petitions) ; 
— Edenbridge ; — Staplehurst ; — Westerham ; — 
Hythe ;—Folkstone ;— Tonbridge ;--Rye ;—Owners 
and Occupiers of land in Kent ;—and, the London 
and Brighton Railway Company ; praying the House 
to authorize a deviation in the line of the South 
Eastern Railway, so as to join the London and 
Brighton Railway,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Cullompton Cullompton 
Road Bill be revived :—And that they have leave to Road Bill. 
sit and proceed To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Petition ofthe Minister, Church- Northern and 

wardens, Overseers, and Vestrymen, Governors and Eastern Coun- 
Directors of the Poor of Saint Matthew, Bethnal (No 2) Bul 
Green, which was presented upon the 12th day of ~~ ~ 
April last, be referred to the Committee on the 
Northern and Eastern Counties Railway (No. 2.) 
Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petition, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petition. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing Wearmouth 
and improving the Road from Wearmouth Bridge to ———— s 
Tyne Bridge, with a Branch from the said Road to pi," 
the Town of South Shields, all in the County of 
Durham, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Thompson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


* Sir Eardley Wilmot reported from the Committee Birmingham 
on the Birmingham Canal Bill; and to whom several Canal Bill, 
Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; That 
they had heard counsei in support of the said Peti- 
tions ; and had also heard counsel in favour of the 
Bill ; and had examined the ee of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter, amend aud enlarge the Perth Harbour 
Powers and Provisions of two several Acts of the ond Naviga- 
eleventh year of the Reign of King George the” * 
Fourth, and first year of the Reign of King Wil- 
liam the Fourth, and fourth and fifth year of the 
Reign of King William the Fourth, for improving 
the Port and Harbour of Perth, and the Navigation 
of the River Jay to the said City, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Kinnaird do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from the Reverend Sir John Godfrey, — ga 
and Thomas and Michael Clayton ;—Inhabitants of rr ye Road 
11 Hastings;— Bit, 
. 














Manchester and 


Birmingham 
Extension 
Stone and 
ugby) Rail- 
way Bill. 


London City 
Police Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway Bill. 


Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way (No. 2-) 
Bill. 


London Bridge 
Approaches, 
&amp;c., Bill. 


Postage. 


242 


Hastings ;—Owners of property in Brede ;—Sedles- 
combe(two Petitions) ;—Creditors of the Tolls of the 
Saint Leonard’s and Sedlescombe Road ;—James 
Troup ;— David Manser ;—Owners and Occupiers 
of property in Hastings and Saint Leonard’s;—and, 
Saint Leonard’s; praying that the Saint Leonard’s 
and Sedlescombe Road Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Manufacturers, Tradesmen and In- 
habitants of Nantwich, praying that the Manchester 
and Birmingham Extension (Stone and Rugby) Rail- 
way Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Alderman Copeland presented a Bill for regu- 
lating the Police in the City of London: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Petition of the South Eastern Rail- 
way Company, which was presented upon Tuesday 
last, praying that it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the South Eastern Railway Bill, that they 
have Power to substitute another Line, for which 
Notices were given in November last :—The House 
proceeded to take the said Petition into considera- 
tion ; and the same was again read. 

The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
South Eastern Railway Bill, which was presented 
upon the 11th day of February last, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That under the circumstances stated 
in the said Petition, it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the South Eastern Railway Bill, that the 
have Power to substitute in the said Bill the Line 
referred to in the said Petition, in respect of which 
Notices were given, and Plans and Sections depo- 
sited in the month of November last, and to which 
no land-owners or occupiers objected, in lieu of the 
Line referred to in the said Bill, and which is objec- 
tionable to the land-owners affected thereby :—And 
a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the Norwich and London 
Railway Bill, in Session 1836, be referred to the 
Committee on the Northern and Eastern Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


A Petition of Trustees for Paving, &amp;c., the parish 
of Saint Bartholomew-the-Great, within the liber- 
ties of the city of London, and of Inhabitants and 
Owners of property within the said parish, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves or their 
counsel, against certain parts of the London Bridge 
Approaches, &amp;c., Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves or their counsel, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Leicester (three Petitions);—Ab- 
bots Roothing ; — Southwold ; — Saint Thomas-in- 
the-Cliff, Lewes;— Basford ; — Plomesgate Union, 
— Clara; — Cricklade;— Althorne ;— Burnham ; 
— Bradwell-near-the-Sea; — Mayland ; — Crix- 
sea ; —Saint John-street, London ;— Dundee Unita- 
rian Society;—Hyson Green, Nottingham ;—Car- 
rington ;—Caernarvon ;— Thomastown ; — Bungay ; 
— Eye;— Beauchamp Roothing ;— Hatfield Pe. 
verel; — Hudson Scott;-— Barnstaple ;— Oswestry ; 
—Chippenham ; — Huddersfield (two Petitions) ;~ 
Maldon ;— Chester-le-Street ;— Chesterfield ;—Saint 
Columb ;—- Romford; — Weymouth and Melcombe 
Regis ; — Richmond (York) ; — Brandon ;—Wrezx- 


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ham ;—Lofthouse ;— Halsted; — Bishop’s Stortford 
and other places ;— Huntingdon ; — Stanstead ;— 
Stratford-upon-Avon ;—Fowey ;—Proprietors, Com- 
positors and others, of the Printing Office, 17, Ox- 
ford-street;—1, Belle Sauvage-yard, Ludgate Hill ;— 
and, 15, Frith-street, Soho; praying for the adoption 
of a low and uniform rate of Postage,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


ducati 


Petitions from Saffron Walden; — Archdeaconry Maynooth 
of Suffolk ;—Perth ;—and, Midholm; praying the College. 
House not to sanction any further grant of public 
money to the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Malta F 
Press. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- Rochdale 
deration the Report which, upon the 24th day of Waterworks 
April last, was made from the Committee on the 2! 
Rochdale Waterworks Bill; printed Copies of the 
Bill having been delivered at the door upon Friday 
last ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to ; and a Clause was added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Navy. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bristol, praying for Employment 
an inquiry into the plans proposed by Mr. Robert of the Poor. 
Owen for the Employment of the Poor, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Inwardleigh ;— Hatherleigh ;— Corn Laws. 
Highampton ;— and, East and West Muskerry ; 
praying that the Corn Laws may not be repealed,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Chichester ;— Offwell ;—Witham ; Church 
Establishment 


Hornsey ; praying the House to continue their pro- (Canada, &amp;c.) 


tection and encouragement to the Bishops and 
Clergy throughout Canada and the other British 
colonies,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Churchwardens, Overseers and Pa- Metropolis 
rochial Committee of Saint Luke, Chelsea, complain- '™provement. 
ing of the insufficient approaches on the South-west 
and Surrey sides of London contiguous to the bridges, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Metropolis Improvements. 


Petitions from Saint Andrew’s, Glasgow ;—Dalserf’; Church of 
— Moonzie ;— Flisk;—-Carnbee;—Cupar (Moderator S¢°t!a"4. 
and Clerk) ;—Maryhill ;— Largo ;—K irkmichael ;— 
and, Baldernock ; praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for relieving the religious destitution which 
prevails in Scotland, by extending the efficiency of 
the Established Church,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Beer- Licensed 
houses and other Inhabitants of Thetford, praying Victuallers. 
the House to assimilate the hours for opening and 
closing the houses of Licensed Victuallers and Beer- 
sellers, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Kirkeowan; praying the House Church of 
not to sanction any further endowments to the Esta- Scotland. 
blished Church of Scot/and,—were presented, and E 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. ( 

A Petition of Minister, Elders, and Members of 
the Established Church in Greenock, complaining of 
the mode in which signatures were obtained to the 
Petition from Greenock, against any further endow- I 
ment to the Church of Scotland (presented on the 
7th day of March last), and praying for an investiga- 
tion into the circumstances, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Pr 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Select Committee public Petitions 
on Public Petitions ; That — had examined the (Twenty-first 
Petitions presented on the 29th and 30th days of Report.) 


pril 











Education. 


Malta Free 
Press. 


Navy. 


Prisons Bill. 


Church 
Establishment 
(Wales.) 


Lord’s Day. 


Great North 
of England 
Railway Bill. 


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April last ; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


Petitions from Halsall ;—and, Landaff; praying 
the House not to sanction any system of National 
Education not founded on the principles of the Esta- 
blished Church,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Mitrovich, a native of Malta 
now residing in London, praying the House not to 
sanction any measure calculated to procure the dis- 
allowance of the Ordinance recently passed by the 
Governor and Council of Malta, abolishing the Cen- 
sorship on the Press, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—Returns of the Number of Midshipmen promoted 
to the Rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Navy from 
the ist day of June 1835 to the 31st day of De- 
cember 1838, stating the Name of each Person so 
promoted, and the Date of entry into the Service, 
and the Date of Promotion, and whether educated 
at the Royal Naval College; and distinguishing also, 
from the other, the Promotions in the Navy on Fo- 
reign Stations to Vacancies occasioned by Death or 
Dismissal by Courts Martial :—Of the Number of 
Lieutenants promoted to be Commanders in the 
Royal Navy, from the 1st day of June 1835 to the 
31st day of December 1838, stating the Name of 
each Person so promoted, and the Date of the Com- 
mission each Officer held at the time of his Promo- 
tion ; distinguishing also, from the other, the Pro- 
motions in the Navy on Foreign Stations to Vacancies 
occasioned by Death or Dismissal by Courts Martial: 
—0Of the Number of Commanders in the Royal Navy 
promoted to the Rank of Captain, from the 1st day 
of June 1835 to the 31st day of December 1838, 
stating the Name of each Person so promoted, and 
the Dates of the first Commission and of the Com- 
mission each Officer held at the time of his Promo- 
tion ; and distinguishing also, from the other, the 
Promotions in the Navy on Foreign Stations to Va- 
cancies occasioned by Death or Dismissal by Courts 
Martial :—Of the Number of Captains promoted to 
be Rear-Admirals ; of Rear-Admirals to be Vice- 
Admirals ; and of Vice-Admirals to be Admirals, 
from the 1st day of June 1835 to the 31st day of 
December 1838, and the Dates of their Commission : 
—And, of the Number of Gentlemen appointed to 
first Commissions ; of the Number of Promotions 
of Lieutenants to be Captains ; of Captains to be 
Majors ; and of Majors to be Lieutenant Colonels, 
in the Royal Marines, from the 1st day of June 
1835 to the 31st day of December 1838. 

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


Petitions from Wallingford;—-Crowmarsh Gifford; 
— and, Members and Friends, of the Protestant 
Association ; praying that the Prisons Bill may not 
pass into a law as it now stands,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Car- 
narvon, praying that the emoluments of sinecure 
rectories in Wales may be applied to the benefit of 
the diocese in which such revenues arise, was pre- 
sented and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery 
of Tain, praying the House to adopt measures for 
the better observance of the Lord’s Day, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Report which, upon 
the 22d day of April last, was made from the 
eg on the Great North of England Rail- 

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243 


way Bill; printed Copies of the Bill having been 
delivered at the door upon the same day ; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to; and a Clause 
was added to the Bill. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, 
making it compulsory on the Company to finish part 
of the Line within a limited time :—And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second time: 
—It passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take London and 
into further consideration the Report which, upon Southampton 
the 25th day of March last, was made from the rene) Rell 
Committee on the London and Southampton (Ports- way Bill. 
mouth Branch) Railway Bill; printed Copies of the 
Bill having been delivered at the door upon Thurs- 
day last; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to; and Clauses were added, and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take London and 
into further consideration the Report which, upon ea 
the 22d day of April last, was made from the Com- ies 
mittee on the London and Greenwich Railway Bill ; 
printed Copies of the Bill having been delivered at 
the door upon Thursday last ; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to; and a Clause was added, 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Wishaw and 
into further consideration the Report which, upon Coltness Rail- 
the 19th day of April last, was made from the “*Y B" 
Committee on the Wishaw and Coltness Railway 
Bill; printed Copies of the Bill having been delivered 
at the door upon Thursday last; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to; and a Clause was 
added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Ballochney 
into further consideration the Report which, upon Railway Bill. 
the 22d day of April last, was made from the 
Committee on the Ballochney Railway Bill; printed 
Copies of the Bill having been delivered at the door 
upon Thursday last; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to; and a Clause was added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Monkland and 
into further consideration the Report which, upon erm =| 
the 22d day of April last, was made from the were 
Committee on the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Rail- 
way Bill; printed Copies of the Bill having been 
delivered at the door upon Thursday last; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to; and a Clause 
was added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham and Message from 

Mr. Duckworth : the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for lighting with Gas Holmfirth 
the Town of Holmfirth, and the Neighbourhood Gas Bili. 
thereof, in the West Riding of the County of York: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in Melbourn 
the Parish of Melbourn, in the County of Cam- Inclosure Bill. 
bridge: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An New Cross 
Act to extend, alter and amend the Powers and Turnpike-roads 
Provisions of an Act passed in the Seventh year nad ie 

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the Reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, relating to the New Cross Turnpike-roads, 
in the Counties of Kent and Surrey, with an Amend- 
ment ; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


Lardner’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Divorce Bill. to dissolve the Marriage of Dionysius Lardner, 
Clerk, Doctor of Civil Law, with Cecilia Lardner, his 
now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for 
other purposes therein mentioned, to which, the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

Napier’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 

Divorce Bill. dissolve the marriage of Johnstone Napier, Esquire, 
a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Military Service of the 
East India Company on their Madras Establish- 
ment, with Isabella, his now Wife, and to enable him 
to marry again, and for other purposes therein men- 
tioned, to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 

Lardner’s Lardner’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; 

Divorce Bil. and ordered to be read a second time. 

Napier’s Napier’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; 

Divorce Bill, and ordered to be read a second time. 

Seizure of 


A Motion was made, and the Question was = 
British Vessels posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
rer aus, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of all Despatches between the 
British Government and the Government of the 
King of the French, concerning seizures made by 
French authority of British Vessels and Cargoes on 
the Coast of Africa, in the years 1834 and 1835 ; 
and also relating to the Blockade imposed by the 
French Government on the Coast of Africa at Port- 
endic:—And the said Moticn was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


—— A Motion was made, and the Question being 
(South Eastern proposed, That an humble Address be presented to 
— Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions that an inquiry be made into the 
state of the Harbours on the South Eastern Coast ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting after the word “ South” the 
words “ and North.” 

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

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that an inquiry be made into the 
state of the Harbours on the South Eastern Coast. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence 
between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 
and Her Majesty’s Mission at Copenhagen, upon 
the subject of the inequality of the Transit Duties 
lately imposed by Denmark, upon Goods passing 
between Hamburgh and Lubeck. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of H2r Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Hamburgh 
and Lubeck 
(‘Transit Duties.) 


Jobn Dillon. A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire mto 
the Petition of John Dillon, relative to the seizure of 
the brig Peru, which was presented upon the 27th 


day of March last :—It passed in the Negative. 


Dunmow Union, 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor, Rate-payers 
and other Persons residing within the district in- 
cluded in the Dunmow Poor Law Union, and Phy- 
sicians and Surgeons practising within the Union 
and its neighbourhood, complaining that the situa- 








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A. 1839. 


tion selected for the workhouse is low and marshy, 
and much exposed to damp and fog, while other 
situations are to be found near to the said town 
entirely free from that objection, and equally eligible 
in other respects; and praying the House to take 
such steps as may be requisite for the protection of 
the poor of the Dunmow Union from the serious evil 
with which, in the apprehension of the Petitioners, 
they are now threatened, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Thursday next. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Army and Ma 

_ That there be laid before this House, a tine Pensions, 
eturn showing the Amount of Pension that would 

be awarded to Serjeant-Majors, Quartermaster-Ser- 

jeants, Serjeants, Corporals, Drummers and Privates 

for their Services in any Regiment of the Line, for the 

period of Twenty-three years; stating, in columns, 

their Rank when discharged, Date of Enlistment, 

Date of Discharge, Number of years’ Service as 

Private, Drummer, Corporal, Serjeant, Quarter- 

master-Serjeantand Serjeant-Major, Total Period of 

Service, Amount of Pension if discharged at their 

own request, and Amount of Pension if invalided ; 

also, similar Return for the Royal Marines :—And the 

said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence London and 
taken before the Committee on the London and Bitmingham 


Birmingham Railway Bill be printed. mn 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Militia. 

a Return of the Names of the Colonels and other 
Officers of the different Regiments of Militia in 
England and Wales; the Dates of their several 
Commissions ; distinguishing those who have served 
in the Household Brigade, the Line or Royal Navy, 
together with the Rank obtained by them in any 
of the above Services, and whether on Half-pay at 
this time, or holding Commissions in any Yeomanry 
Regiment, if so, the Date of such Commission. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Militia. 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Names of the Officers and Non-Com- 
missioned Officers of the various Staffs of the Militia 
Regiments, together with the Dates of their Com- 
missions or Appointments :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Prisons Bill, 
into a Committee upon the Prisons Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Criavuse, N° 14, postponed. 
Crauses, N° 15 to N° 22, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the Bill ; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
10th day of this instant May, again resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Exchequer Bills 
into a Committee upon the Exchequer Bills Bill; (£.13,000,000.) 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Purchasers’ 
into a Committee upon the Purchasers’ Protection Protection Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 





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Seditious The Order of the — being read, for taking into | 
Societies Act! further consideration the Re ort on the Seditious 
Amendment Societies Act Amendment Bill:—The Bill was re- 


”™ committed to a Committee of the whole House :— 
And the House immediately resolve itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Bernal re- 

rted, That the Committee had gone through the 
ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


District Prisons The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
Bill. the Report on the District Prisons Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Fri- 
day the 10th day of this mstant May. 


Imprisonment The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
~ _— mo mittee on the Imprisonment for Debt Act Amend- 
menam 


ment Bill; ‘ 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Election Petit © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
tions’ Trial Bill. mittee on the Election Petitions’ Trial Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Harland, by Order, reported the Durham 


Bill. 


Darham Court 


of Pleas Bill. Court of Pleas Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 
Poor Law. Ordered, That the Fifth Annual Report of the 


No. 239. Poor Law Commissioners, which was presented yes- 


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terday, be printed. . 


Education Ordered, That the Copy of the Report of th 

— Commissioners of Education (Ireland), for 1838-39, 
No. 240. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 

Railroads Ordered, That the Paper relative to Railroads 

og (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be 
&gt; oO. . 


printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 3° die Maiz ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


Torley or Dron- N ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the 
— A Manor of Totley, in the Parish of Dronfield, 
in the County of Derby, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for inclosing Lands in the Manor 
and Township of Toéley, in the Parish of Dronfield, 
in the County of Derby. 
Ordered, That Mr. George Cavendish do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Camber Ordered, That the Committee on the Camber 
(Portsmouth) 


Quays, &amp;c.,Bill (Portsmouth) Quays, &amp;c., Bill be revived :—And 
“that they have leave to sit and proceed upon Tues- 
day next. 


Wishaw and An ingrossed Bill to enable the Wishaw and Colt- 
a Rail- ness Railway Company to raise a further Sum of 
= Money, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Wishaw and Coltness 
Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money, 
= to amend the Acts relating to the said Under- 
taking. 
Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ballochney 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Ballochney Rail- 
Railway Bill, 


way Company to raise a further Sum of Money, was 
read the third time. ; 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 


Title be, An Act to enable the Ballochney Railway 
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245 


Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to 
amend the Acts relating to the said Undertaking. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Monkland and Monkland and 
Kirkintilloch Railway Company to raise a further Firtintilloch 
Sum of Money, was read the third time. — 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Monkland and Kir- 
kintilloch Railway Company to raise a further Sum 
of Money, and to amend the Acts relating to the 
said Undertaking. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Edward Jeffries Esdaile and Henry Commercial 
Esdaile, Esquires, praying that they may be heard, on 
by their counsel or agents, against certain parts of Railway Bill, 
the Commercial (London and Blackwall) Railway 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


The Bradford (Wilts) Improvement Bill was read Bradford 
a second time; and committed to Mr. Long, and —- ‘ 
the North Wilts List. eo 


A Petition of the Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen _ 
Aberdeen, praying that the Aberdeen Harbour Bill Harbour Bill. 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 


.ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration New Cross 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, a 
intituled, An Act to extend, alter and amend the “°° *"* 
Powers and Provisions of an Act passed in the 
seventh year of the Reign of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, relating to the New Cross Turn- 
pike-roads, in the Counties of Kent and Surrey ; 
and the same was read, as followeth ; 

Pr. 1. 1. 26. Leave out from “ toll” to “ May,” 
in 1, 28. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Law Hodges do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by 
their Lordships. 


Mr. Kemble, by Order, reported from the Com- Biber's 
mittee on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Nat. Bill. 
naturalizing George Edward Biber; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment :—And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Kemble do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend and enlarge the Iondon and 
Powers and Provisions of the several Acts relating a Rail 
to the London and Croydon Railway, was read the “*Y “"" 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Kemble do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Devisees of and Manchester and 
other Parties interested in the estate of John Lockett, eon gor 
. y LL 
deceased, which was presented upon Monday last, 
be referred to the Committee on the Manchester 
and Birmingham Railway Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 





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246 3° Maz. 


Northern and A Petition of Freeholders, Copyholders, Lease- 
Eastern Rail- holders, Tenants and other Owners and Occupiers 
ere of lands and premises, praying that they may be 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Northern and Eastern Railway (No. 2.) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if a 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


London and An ingrossed Bill for granting further Powers to 
~ 9st the London and Greenwich Railway Company, was 
ailway ul, 


read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wolverley Attwood do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


South Eastern 
Railway 


(No. 2.) pany for leave to bring in a Bill for altering and 


diverting the line of the South Eastern Railway 
from a point thereon, in the parish of Chiddingstone, 
in the county of Kent, so as to join the London and 
Brighton Railway in the parish of Reigate, in the 
county of Surrey, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 
Great North An ingrossed Bill for amending and enlarging 
Pe el the Provisions of the several Acts relating to the 
y”" Great North of England Railway Company, and 
for other purposes relating thereto, was read the 
third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Pease do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Saint Leonard’s Ordered, That the Committee on the Saint 
and Sedles- = Teonard’s and Sedlescombe Road Bill be revived :— 
combe Road : 
Bill. And that they have leave to sit and proceed upon 
Tuesday next. 


Great Central Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
per ye mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 


Railway Bill, case of the Petition for leave to present a Petition 
for the Great Central Lrish (Celbridge and Mullingar) 
Railway Bill, the Committee recommend that leave 
be given to present a Petition accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Petition, 
as desired. 

A Petition of Thomas Bermingham and Christiana 
Powell Loftie, for leave to bring in a Bill to con- 
struct a Railroad from Celbridge to Mullingar, to 
be called “ The Great Central /rish Railway,” was 
accordingly presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select see on Petitions for Private 


Bills. 


London and An ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts relating to 
Southampton — the London and Southampton Railway, and tomake 
(Portsmouth P 


Branch) a Branch Railway therefrom to the Port of Ports- 
Railway Bill. mouth, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 

Title be, An Act to amend the Acts relating to the 

London and Southampton Railway Company, here- 

after to be called “ The London and South Western 


Rai'way Company,” and to make a Branch Railway | 


to the Port of Portsmouth. 
Ordered, That Mr. Shaw Lefevre do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London Bridge 
Approaches, 
&amp;c., Bill. 


A Petition of Isaac Nicholson, of King’s Arms 
Yard, Merchant, praying that he may be heard, by 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
London Bridge Approaches, &amp;c., Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com-| 


A. 1839. 


heard, by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Land-owners on the line of the Bishop Auck. 
Railway hereinafter mentioned, praying that they — = Wear. 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, Bil 
against certain parts of the Bishop Auckland and 
Weardale Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel only in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Henry Deacon, a Resident in the Camber 
borough of Portsmouth, praying that he may be te 
heard, by his counsel or agent, against certain parts ~ &gt;” ™ 
of the Camber (Portsmouth) Quays, &amp;c., Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Petitions from. Greenwich ;— Feniton ; — Exeter Postage. 
(six Petitions) ;— Bishopmill ;—Sherborne ;— Shep- 
ton Mallet ;— Stockport ;—Louth ;— Metropolis and 
its suburbs ; — Rupert-street, Haymarket ; — Fre- 
quenters of the Coffee House of Thomas Batty, 
3, Richmond-street, Saint James, Westminster ;— 
Moffat ;--Linlitwhgow ;-- Taunton ;— Peterborough; 
— Upper Clapton ;—Bognor ;—Stradbroke;—and, 
Abergavenny; praying for the adoption of a low and 
uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Tenants of the manor and rectory Copyholds’ 
manor (part of the duchy of Cornwall) and Inha~ Patranetise: 
bitants and Land-owners of the parish of Shepton” ” 
Mallet, praying that the Copyholds’ Enfranchise- 
ment Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Liverpool ;— Wendover ;— Exeter ; Maynooth 
— Peckham; — Ipswich ;— and, Moderator of the ©!&lt;8*- 
Synod of Moray ; praying the House not to sanction 
any further grant of public money to the Roman 
Catholic College of Maynooth,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Birmingham ;—and, Stockport ; Bonding 
praying for the establishment of Bonding Ware- Watehouses. 
houses in large inland towns,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bishopsteignton ; — Edinkillie ;— Corn Laws. 
Keith ;--Inveraven ; — Kirkmichael ;— Kinloss ; — 
and, Newton Saint Petrock ; praying that the Corn 
Laws may not be repealed,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Crosshill ;— Kilmorack ;—Dum- Church of 
fries; —and, Cummertrees ;-—praying the House to Stand. 
| adopt measures for relieving the religious destitu- 
| tion which prevails in Scotland, by extending the 
efficiency of the Established Church,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





A Petition of Grocers and Spirit Retailers of the Spirit Dealers 
city of Armagh, praying the House to adopt mea- Ireland.) 
sures for permitting the sale of Spirits by retail by 
Grocers in Ireland, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Geoge Whitelaw and others, of Conveyancing 
Maryhill, in the barony parish of Glasgow, praying (Scotiand.) 
| for the amendment of the present feudal system of 
Conveyancing 








Churel 
Estab! 
(Cana 


Educe 


New! 


Sale 
Acte 


Poot 
Ame 
Act. 


Rat 
Ter 








Church 
Establishment 
(Canada, &amp;c.) 


Education. 


Newfoundland. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Poor Law 
Awendment 
Act. 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill, 


Jamaica 
Government 
Bill, 


Imprisonment 
for Debt Act. 


Imprisonment 
tor Debt Act 
Amendment 
Bill, 





2 Vicroriz. 


Conveyancing in Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered tolie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Louth ; —Hackness ;— Campden ;— 
Cranborne (Dorset) ;—- Horton-cum- Woodlands ;— 
Wolborough ;— Llangedwin ;—and, Richmond (Sur- 
rey); praying the House to continue their protec- 
tion and encouragement to the Bishops and Clergy 
throughout Canada and the other British colonies, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Manchester ;—Campden ;— Lich- 
field (two Petitions) ;—and, Western Division of the 
Deanery of Charing; praying the House not to 
sanction any system of National Education not 
founded on the principles of the Established Church, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants of Torgvay, trading to, 
and connected with, the Island of Newfoundland, 
praying the House to adopt measures for the aboli- 
tion of the Local Legislature of that Island, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. . 


Petitions from Pontypool Union ;—and, Hundred 
of Wallington (Surrey); praying for the repeal of 
the Sale of Beer Act,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Market Drayton 
Union, praying that the appointment of the Com- 
missioners and other Officers, limited by the Poor 
Law Amendment Act toa period of five years, may 
be renewed and rendered perpetual, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Guardians of the Thetford Union, 
praying for an alteration of the said Act with regard 
to the law of settlement, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of 
Guardians of the Kidderminster Union, praying 
that the Rating of Tenemenis Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Corporation of Stockport, pray- 


ing that the said Bill may not pass into a law, was | P 


also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the Baptist Missionary Society 
(Chairman) ;—the Baptist Union (Chairman, Trea- 
surer and Secretaries) ;—Central Negro Emancipa- 
tion Committee (Chairman) ;—Members of the Com- 
mittee of the London Anti-Slavery Society ;—Vot- 
tingham Anti-Slavery Society (Chairman) ;— Ket- 
tering ; — Kendal;— and, Bury Saint Edmund’s ; 
praying that the Jamaica Government Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Planters, Merchants and others in- 
terested in the Colony of Jamaica, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against the said Bill, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Prisoners confined for debt in 
Her Majesty’s gaol at Winchester, praying for the 
amendment of the Imprisonment for Debt Act, was 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Proprietors, Printers and Pub- 
lishers of the Hampshire Chronicle and Southamp- 
ton Courier Newspaper, praying that the Imprison- 
ment for Debt Act Lesuiael Bill may pass intoa 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Vot. 94. 


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Q47 


Petitions from Darlington; — Stockton ;—and, Ecclesiastical 
Cleveland ; praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties Paties 4. 
; Z evenues Bill. 
and Revenues Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Justices of the DistrictSessions 
Peace in and for the North Riding of the county of ®# 
York, in General Quarter Sessions assembled, pray- 
ing that the District Sessions Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cumpden, praying Prisons Bill. 
that the Prisons Bill may not pass into a law as it 
now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Bankers and Traders Fourdrinier’s 
of Liverpool, praying the House to take into con- Patent. 
sideration the case of the Messrs. Fourdrinier, re- 
lative to their Patent for the manufacture of Paper, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill for Unstone 
inclosing Lands in the Manor of Unstone, in the lnctosure Bill. 
Parish of Dronfield, in the County of Derby, be 
now read the third time ; 

Mr. Labouchere, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. George Cavendish do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. For Maule presented, pursuant to an Address Sheriffs, &amp;c,, 
to Her Majesty,—A Return by the Judges of the Fees. 
Courts of Law in Westminster Hall of the Fees 
which have been ordered by them, or either of 
them, to be taken by the Sheriffs, Under Sheriffs, 
Deputy Sheriffs, Agents, Bailiffs or other Officers 
of Sheriffs in England and Wales, setting forth the 
Authority under which the said Fees have been im- 
osed. 

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


Lord Viscount Howick presented, pursuant to Army. 
Order,—Copies of the Order for the Disbandment of 
the 5th Dragoons in 1799, with a List of the Dis- 
banded Officers at the time therein; the Dates of 
their Commissions, and the Terms upon which they 
were discharged ; distinguishing those who subse- 
quently returned to the Service, with the Rank they 
afterwards obtained:—And, of the Order for the 
Disbandment or Re-formation of the late Corps of 
Horse Grenadier Guards, with a List of the Officers 
therein at the time, the Dates of their Commissivuns, 
and the terms upon which they were disbanded. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Holy- Holyhead 
head Road, which was presented upon the 26th day Bead. 
of April last, be printed. No. 243, 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Convict Convict Ships 
Ships and Transports, which were presented upon 4"d Transports. 
Wednesday last, be printed. No. 244. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Mer- Merchant Sea- 
chant Seamen’s Fund, which were presented upon men’s Fund. 
the 27th day of February last, be printed. No. 245. 


Petitions from Partners of the Aberdeen Steam Aberdeen 
Navigation Company resident in London ;—and, Harbour Bill. 
114 ++ George 





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Canada, 


Canada, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Leeds Soke 
Corn Toll Bill. 


Jamaica 
Government 
Bill. 


Adjournment, 


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248 


George Elsmie, Junior ; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Aberdeen Harbour Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Lord John Russell acquainted the House, that 
he had a Message from Her Majesty to this House, 
signed by Her Majesty; and he presented the same 
to the House ; and it was read by Mr. Speaker (all 
the Members of the House being uncovered), and is 
as followeth : 


Victoria R. 


Her Majesty thinks it proper to acquaint the 
House of Commons, that it appears to Her Ma- 
jesty, that the future welfare of Her Majesty’s 
subjects in Lower and Upper Canada would be pro- 
moted by the Union of the said Provinces into one 
Province, for the purposes of Legislation, from and 
after a period to be fixed by Parliament. 


Her Majesty therefore recommends it to the 
House to consider such measures as may be sub- 
mitted to them for this purpose. 


Her Majesty is persuaded, that the House of 
Commons will combine a due regard for the peace 
and security of these important Provinces with such 
provisions as may be conducive to the permanent 
freedom and prosperity of Her North American 
People. 

V.R. 


Ordered, That Her Majesty’s most gracious Mes- 
sage be taken into consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Monday next, upon the Affairs of 
Canada, was read, and discharged. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 
Mr. Duckworth : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The take have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for discharging the Inhabitants of the Manor 
of Leeds, in the Township and Parish of Leeds, in 
the County of York, from the custom of grinding 
Corn, Grain and Malt, at certain Water Corn-mills 
in the said Manor, and for making Compensation to 
the Proprietor of the said Mills, with an Amend- 
ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Jamaica «Hm. Sav Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Sabbati, 4° die Maiti, 1839: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


3°—4° Maiz. 








A. 1839. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Bankrupts’ 
further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts’ Estates 
Estates (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Leases (Scotland) Bill; of Leases 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ‘*°!#"4) Bil. 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Municipal 
further consideration the Report on the Municipal Cerporations 
Corporations (Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill 

dered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bankrupts 
mittee on the Bankrupts (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Waterford 
into a Committee upon the Waterford Fever Hos- Fever Hospital 
= Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, ~'* 

rt. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Villiers 
Stuart reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. | 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Villiers Stuart reported the Bill accordingly ; 
and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Registers of 
further consideration the Report on the Registers of Births, &amp;c., Bill. 
Births, &amp;c., Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; aaa 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Exchequer Bills Bill ; Exchequer Bills 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. —_(£,13:200,000) 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Mr. Pembertonreported the Purchasers’ Protection Purchasers’ 
Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Protection Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Seditious Societies Act Seditious 
Amendment Bill; and the Amendments were read, Scieties Act 


Amendment 
and agreed to; and Amendments were made to the gi, 


Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The ingrossed Bill for improving the Practice and Durham Court 
Proceedings of the Court of Pleas of the County °f Pleas Bill 
Palatine of Durham and Sadberge was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Harland do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Prisoners for 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Tal. 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return 


Navys 


Churc 


Publ 
(Irel 


Spir 


Py 








ll, 


ll. 


Navy * 


Church Rates. 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


Spirits. 


Spirits. 


4 


2 Vicroriz. 


a Return of the Number of Prisoners in the Calendar 
for Trial at the last Easter Quarter Sessions, in 
Counties and Towns in England and Wales, who 
were committed for Trial previously to holding the 
last Assizes for each County :—Also, a Return from 
each County of Prisoners committed for Trial at 
Sessions, but who were tried or discharged by the 
Judge of Gaol Delivery at the Spring Assizes, for 
want of Prosecution. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names of the Mates in Her Majesty’s 
Navy on the 1st day of January 1839, the Date of 
their Examination for Lieutenant, and the Ship in 
which they are serving. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present ; and it being 
then half an hour after twelve of the clock on Sa- 
turday morning :—The House was adjourned by Mr. 
Speaker, without a Question first put, till Monday 
next. 


Lune, 6 die Mai; 


Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 





PRAYERS. 


R. Shephard, Deputy Registrar of the Diocese 
of London, was called in; and at the bar 
resented, pursuant to Order,—A Copy of the 
Treats issued against Mr. John Thorogood by the 
Consistorial Court of the Bishop of London, on the 
suit of the Churchwardens of Chelmsford, for the 
Recovery of Church Rates in the year 1888 ; and, 
also, a Copy of the Warrant by which the said 
John Thorogood was committed to the Gaol of 
Chelmsford in January 1839, and under the authority 
of which he is still confined in that prison :—And 
then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—A 
Return of the different Roads (excepting Mail 
Coach Roads) under the management of the Com- 
missioners of Public Works in Jreland ; showing 
the length of each Road in English miles, &amp;c., the 
Expense of constructing such as have been com- 
pleted, and the Expense of Repairs of each Road, 
for each of the last Three years ; distinguishing those 
under Contract from those repaired under Engineers 
of the Board, and stating the Expense of Superin- 
tendence, wherever it can be separated from the 
general Expense; stating also whether the Con- 
tracts are entered on by Public Notice and Compe- 
tition, or how. 

Returns to an Order, dated ghe 27th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for an Accouf™ of the Total Proof 
Gallons of Spirits distilled in each Kingdom ; the 
Proof Gallons Malt Drawback was paid on in 
Scotland, and was paid on in Jreland ; the Proof 
Gallons exported from Scotland to Ireland, distin- 
guishing what of these Malt Drawback was paid 
on; the Proof Gallons exported from Scotland to 
England, and the Proof Gallons of these Malt 
Drawback was repaid on; the Proof Gallons ex- 
ported from Ireland to England, and the Proof 
Gallons of these Malt Drawback was repaid on; 
and the Proof Gallons Duty was paid on for Home 
Consumption in each Kingdom, all for the year 


ending the sth day of January 1839. 


Returns to an Order, dated the 8th day of March 
last, for Accounts of the Total Gallons of Proof 
Spirits distilled in England, Scotland and Ireland, 

Vor, 94. 


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6° Mai. 249 


respectively, distinguishing the Quantities produced 
from Malt, and from a mixture of Malt and un- 
malted Grain, or from any other ingredient ; show- 
ing also the Total Quantity of each sort in the 
United Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1839 :—Of the Number of Gallons of 
Proof Spirits (distinguishing the sorts) on which 
Duty was paid for Home Consumption in each of 
the Three Kingdoms, with the rate per Gallon, and 
Amount of such Duty ; also the Total of Gallons 
and Duty in the United Kingdom, for the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1839 :—Showing, 
under separate heads, the Number of Gallons of 
Proof Spirits (distinguishing the materials from 
which made) imported into each Kingdom from 
each of the others respectively, and including, in 
the cases of England and Scotland, those conveyed 
either by Land or Sea ; stating also the rate of Duty 
per Gallon, and the Total Amount thereof in each 
case, and what portion of such Duty was paid on 
temoval of the Spirits from Bond, and what after 
their arrival at the place of destination; for the 
year ending the 5th day of January 1839 :--Of 
the Total Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits per- 
mitted out from Distillers’ Stocks in England, and 
the Total Number of Gallons Proof of British 
Brandy and Spirits of Wine permitted out from 
Rectifiers’ Stocks in England, for the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1839; also the Stocks re- 
maining in the hands of English Distillers on the 
5th day of January 1839:-—-And, of the Total 
Number of Proof Gallons of Rum, Brandy, Geneva 
and all other Spirits, that paid Duty in each King- 
dom, from the 5th day of January 1838 to the 5th 
day of January 1839; rate of Duty per Gallon, 
and Amount thereof; Total Number of Gallons of 
each kind, and Total Duty thereon ; Total Number 
of Gallons of all kinds, and Total Duty thereon, 
for the United Kingdom ; showing the Total Num- 
ber of Proof Gallons of all kinds that paid Duty, 
and Total Amount thereof, in each Kingdom; and 
Total Number of Gallons, and Total Duty thereon, 
in the whole of the United Kingdom, from the 5th 
day of January 1838 to the 5th day of January 
1839. 


An Account of the Quantity and Value of Linen Linen, and 
and Linen Yarn, exported from the United King- Linen Yarn. 


dom in the year 1838, specifying the Countries to 
which they were seit. 


Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of March West India 
last, for a Return of Imports from the West India !mpors. 


Colonies for 1838. 


A Return of the Quantity of Bonded Corn and Bonded Corn. 


Flour abandoned by the Owners in the Ports of 
Great Britain, since the passing of the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
regulating the Importation of Foreign Grain, to the 
end of the year 1838 ; specifying, in each case, the 
Port in which it was warehoused, the Date of its 
abandonment, and the manner in which it was dis- 
posed of. 


A Copy of the Correspondence between the Lords Public Works 
of the Treasury and the Commissioners of Public (Ireland.) 


Works in Ireland, relating to the disposal of the 
Sum of £.50,000 placed under the control of the 
Commissioners, by the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 21, for 
the promotion of Public Works in Ireland. 


Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to an Address Crown Estate 
to Her Majesty,—Returns of the Rents, Profits (Orkney.) 


and Emoluments of the Estate belonging to the 
Crown in the County of Orkney, for each year 
from 1832 to 1838, inclusive; specifying the gum 
annually received, the Amount (if any) expended 
on Improvements, with the Description and parti- 
cular Cost of such Improvements, and the Neane 
of the Persons occupying the parts of the Estate 
on which [mprovements have been made :—And, 
of the Salary, Emoluments and Allowances paid to 
the Chamberlain of the Crown in Orkney, and his 
Clerks, for each year since the appointment of such 

KK + Chamberlain 


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A. 1839. 


Chamberlain to 1838, inclusive: — And then he | og of the Nottingham Common Fields Inclosure — 
withdrew. | Bill, was presented, and read. {Noe 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the| | Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Table. | Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
| by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
South Eastem © The Order of the day being read, for resuming | Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
(No.1) pi, the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed | favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
““"apon Thursday last, That under the circumstances | . 
stated in the Petition of the South Eastern Railway; Petitions from Dorothy Walker, of Nottingham ; ‘est Croft 
Company, presented upon Tuesday last, it be an | —Owners of land in Saint Mary’s Nottingham ;— ey 
Instruction to the Committee on the South Eastern | and, Owners and Occupiers of messuages, &amp;c., in ‘ 
Railway Bill, that they have Power to substitute in , Vottingham; praying that they may be heard, by 
the a | Bill the line referred to in the said Petition, | their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the ~ 
in respect of which Notices were given, and Plans | West Croft Inclosure and Canal Bill,—were pre- Bill. 


and Sections deposited in the month of November | 
last, and to which no land-owners or occupiers ob- | 
jected, in lieu of the line referred to in the said 
Bill, and which is objectionable to the land-owners 
affected thereby ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


South Eastern © The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Nos) pil, Consideration the Petition of the South Eastern 
ov" Railway Company, which was presented upon Fri- 
day last, praying for leave to bring in a Bill for 

altering and diverting the line of the South Eastern 
Railway, from a point thereon in the parish of 
Chiddingstone, in the county of Kent, so as to join 

the London and Brighton Railway, in the parish of | 

Reigate, in the county of Surrey:—The House 
proceeded to take the said Petition into considera- 

tion; and the same was again read. | 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 

to alter and divert the line of the South Eastern | 
Railway from a point thereon in the parish of | 
Chiddingstone, in the county of Kent, so as to join | 

the London and Brighton Railway at or near Red- | 

stone Hill, in the parish of Reigate, in the county | 

of Surrey: And that Sir Edward Knatchbull and | 

Mr. Law Hodges do prepare, and bring it in. | 

Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill do, in| 

the first place, examine whether all the Parties on 





the line consent, and whether Plans, Sections and | 
| relating to the said Bill: And that Mr. French do 


Books of Reference have been deposited. 


Southmolton 
Roads Bill. 


Thelbridge ;-—-East Worlington;— West Worlington; 
— Wetheridge ; —- Chulmleigh ; — Ashreigney ; — 
Chawleigh ;-— and, the Honourable Newton Fel- 
lowes and others; praying that the Southmolton 
Roads Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 
—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Committee on the Bill. 


South Eastern Sir Edward Knatchbull presented a Bill to alter 

Railway = and divert the Line of the South Eastern Railway 

(No, 2.) Bill. fom a point thereon in the Parish of Chiddingstone, 
in the Senaty of Kent, so as to join the London 
and Brighton Railway at or near Redstone Hill, in 
the Parish of Reigate, in the County of Surrey: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Nottingham Petitions from the Corporation of Nottingham ; 

Saint Mary’s) —and, Members of the Posstach’s Rights Com- 

nelosure Bill. sittee, of Nottingham, praying that they may be 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Nottingham (Saint Mary’s) Inclosure 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Nottingham 
Common Fields 
Inclosure Bill, 


A Petition of Owners of land in Saint Mary’s, 
Nottingham, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 


Petitions from Land-owners and Occupiers of | 
land in Welmsworthy ;—Eggesford ;—Lapford ;-- | 


sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Lardner’s Divorce Bill was read a second time ; Lardner’s 
and committed toa Committee of the whole House Divorce Bill. 
for Tuesday the 14th day of this instant May. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do hear counsel, and examine 
witnesses for the Bill; and also that they do hear Co 
counsel and examine witnesses against the Bill, if 
the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by 
counsel or produce witnesses. 


Napier’s Divorce Bill was read a second time ; Napier’s 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House Pivoree Bill 
for Tuesday the 14th day of this instant May. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do hear counsel and examine 
witnesses for the Bill; and also that they do hear 
counsel and examine witnesses against the Bill, if 
the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by 
counsel or produce witnesses. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords 
to request that their Lordships will communicate to 
this House, any depositions transmitted from India | 


carry the said Message. 


Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Committee on Morville and 


the Morville and Shipton Road Bill; That they had Shipton Road 


examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 2! 


| same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 


and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Knutsford, in the Manchester and 
county of Chester, praying that the Manchester and Birmingham 
Birmingham Extension (Stone and Rugby) Railway &gt; maga 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and Rugby) Rail- 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. way BS. 

Petitions from Burnley ;— Huddersfield ;—Stock- 
port ;—Blackburn ;—and, Rochdale; praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on Preston and 
|the Preston and Wyre Railway and Harbour and Wyre Railway 
| Preston and Wyre Dock Bill ; and to whom several éna eng 
Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; That and Wyre Dock 
the Standing Orders relative to Railway Bills did 3". 
not apply to the present Bill, the application being 
solely for the purpose of uniting the Preston and 
Wyre Railway and Harbour, and Preston and Wyre 
Dock Companies; and that the Committee had 
heard counsel in support of the said Petitions, and 
had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 








A Petition 





and 





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A Petition of the Reverend Joseph Arkwright, 


Northern and 
EasternRailway of Mark Hail, in the county of Essex, Clerk, pray- 


(No. 1.) Bill ing that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel 


or agent, against certain parts of the Northern and 
Eastern Railway (No. 1.) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Rochdale 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend, enlarge and extend 
the Powers and Provisions of two Acts of King 
George the Third, for better supplying the Town 
and Neighbourhood of Rochdale with Water, was 
read the third time; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to consolidate, amend, enlarge 
and extend the Powers and Provisions of two Acts 
of King George the Third, for better supplying the 
Town and Neighbourhood of Rochdale with Water. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fenton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Leeds Soke 


; The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Corn Toll Bill, 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for discharging the Inhabitants of 
the Manor of Leeds, in the ~ aire and Parish of 
Leeds, in the County of York, from the custom of 
grinding Corn, Grain and Malt, at certain Water 
Corn-mills in the said Manor, and for making 
Compensation to the Proprietor of the said Mills ; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 4. 1. 37. Leave out from “ portions” to 
“ and,” in Pr. 5. 1.9. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


Manchester and 
Birmingham 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Macclesfield, pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Man- 
chester and Birmingham Railway Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Railways, A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Manufac- 
turers of the city of London, praying that provision 
may be inserted in all Railway Bills, to enable the 
public to run carriages for hire on Railways, and to 
restore a free competition in the carriage of goods 
and passengers thereon, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Railways. 


Almsworthy The Almsworthy Inclosure Bill was read a second 
Inclosure Bille time; and committed to Mr. Acland, and the West 
Somerset List. 


Cullompton 


Sir Thomas Acland reported from the Committee 
Road Bill. 


on the Cullompton Road Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto ; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 
Postage, Petitions from the Chairman and Secretary of the 
Central Board of Scottish Dissenters ;—Proprietor, 
Compositors and Pressmen of the Printing Office, 
18 and 19, Poppin’s Court, Fleet-street ;—Of the 
—— Sherbourn-lane ;—Of the Printing 

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Office, 107, Saint Martin’s-lane, Charing Cross ;— 
Of the Printing Office, 23, King Witlliam-street, 
Strand ;—Proprietors and Workmen of the Coach 
Painting Factory, 40, Rupert-street ;—Proprietorand 
Workmen, Saddlers, 10, Prince’s-street, Leicester- 
square ;—A berdeen;— Dalston ;— Robert Adam and 
Irma Horne ;— Cork ; — Wendover ; — Peterhead 
(Provost) ;—Roscommon ;—Kiltearn ;—Portesham; 
— Exeter ; —Oxford ;— Bute ;—Weobley ;— Chester 
(two Petitions); — Honiton ;—Lostwithiel;—Cran- 
brook; — Dromaleague; — Petworth ; — East and 
West Teignmouth ; — Clogheen ; — Kingston-upon- 
Hull (two Petitions) ;—Armagh ;—Portlaw ,— Ru- 
thin ;—Carlisle (two Petitions) ;-—- Bath (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Carrick Shore ;—Spitalfields and Bethnal 
Green ;—Blandford Forum ;—Bridport (seven Pe- 
titions) ; — Islington ;— Ware ;— Inmates of Saint 
Edmunds College, Old Hall Green (Herts); — 
Prestonpans ;— Bradpole ;— Huddersfield (two Peti- 
tions) ;— York ; — Cashel ;— Pymore ;— Wallsall ;— 
Saint Gregory ;— Chudleigh ;—Edinburgh ;—Ro- 
chester ;— Prince’s-street, Leicester-square, London ; 
—Proprietor and Workmen of the Engine and 
Lath Manufactory of Holtzapffel and Co., 64, 
Charing Cross and 127, Long Acre ;—Wigtown- 
shire (Breses) 3—Cleish and Beath ;—Liverpool ;— 
Ceres ;—Fife (Preses) ;—Aberdour ;—Pitlessie ;— 
and, Cotherston ; praying for the adoption of a low 
and uniform rate of + emalantioe presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Bristol Anti-Slavery Society Jamaica 
(Chairman) ;—Plymouth ;— and, Halifax ; praying ",iaamaas 
that the Jamaica Government Bill may pass into” * 

a law,—were presented, and read; and orderéd to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chipping Barnet ;—and, East Rating of 
Ashford Union; praying that the Rating of Tene- Tenements Bill. 
ments Bill may pass into a law,——were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Brighton, Sale of Beer 
praying for the amendment of the Sale of Beer A‘ 
Act, so far as relates to permitting Beer to be drunk 
on the premises of beer shop-keepers, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hitchen;— and, Hemel Hemp- Sale of Beer 
stead ; praying that the Sale of Beer Bill may not Bil. 
pass into a law,—were oye and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President, Vice-president, Imprisonment 
Treasurer and Committee of the Guardian Society mn ae 
for the Protection of Trade within Kingston-upon- 

Hull, praying for the amendment of the Imprison- 
ment for Debt Act, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kingston-upon- Hull, Education. 
praying the House not to sanction any system of 

ational Education not founded on the principles of 
the Established Church, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stockton-upon- Tees, Redcar Harbour 
praying that the Redcar Harbour (No 2.) Bill may (N°. 2.) Bill. 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Magourney ;— Caharagh ;—Aglis ; Government 
—Macroom ;—Buttevant ;—Kanturk ;—and, Kii-°f 14. 
michael ; praying for the continuance of a fair and 
impartial Government in Ireland, and that the peo- 
ple of Ireland may participate equally in the rights, 
franchises and privileges enjoyed by their fellow 
subjects in England; and above all, that the House 
will not countenance or encourage the Orange party 
in Ireland, but on the contrary, legislate for the 
benefit of the Jrish people,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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Poor Law 


— ing for an inquiry into the operation of the 
ct. 


Corn Laws. 


Bonded Corn. 


Charch of ae. 
Scotland, Glasgow (two Petitions) ;—Lochranza ;— Cockpen ; 


Highway Act. 


Church Leases. . 





fa ean ny ai 8 at an ss 


A Petition of Rate-payers of Horsmonden, a 

oor 
Law Amendment Act, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff and Grand Jurors 
of the county of Kilkenny, assembled at Spring As- 
sizes, and Landed Proprietors and Land-holders of 
the said county, praying that the Corn Laws may 
not be repealed, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Skibbereen, praying 
for the repeal of the Corn Laws, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from James Surrey ;— and, Labouring 
Corn Millers of Greenwich and Deptford ; praying 
the House to allow Foreign Corn in Bond to be 
ground for exportation,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from MVewbattle ; — Inverkeithing ;— 


— Newton (Mid Lothian) ;—Ringarth;—and, Mous- 
wald ; praying the House to adopt measures for re- 
lieving the religious destitution which prevails in 
Scotland, by extending the efficiency of the Esta- 
blished Church,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Church Petitions from Deal; — and, Saint Matthew, 
Establishment Brixton; praying the House to continue their pro- 
(Canada, &amp;¢-) tection onl 


encouragement to the Bishops and Clergy 
throughout Canada and the other British colonies, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Prisons Petitions from Forfar ;— Ayrshire ;— and, the 
(Scotland) Bill. Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Company ; 


praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—-were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Commissioners of Supply of the 
county of Linlithgow, in general statutory meeting 
assembled, praying that the said Bill may pass into 
a law, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Kingswood district 
of Turnpike-roads in the counties of Gloucester and 
Wilts, praying for the amendment of the Highway 
Act so far as to restore the liability of parishes to 
contribute to the repair of turnpike-roads, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
No. 247. inquire into the mode of granting and renewing 
; Leases of the Landed and other Property, of the 
Bishops, Deans and Chapters, and other Ecclesi- 
astical Bodies of England and Wales, and into the 
probable Amount of any increased Value which 
might be obtained by an improved management, 
with a due consideration of the interests of the Esta- 
blished Church, and of the present Lessees of such 
property, have Power to report their Opinion there- 
upon to the House, together with the Minutes of 
Evidence taken before them. 
Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the said Select 
Committee; That the had considered the matters to 
them referred, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Public Petitions Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- 


(Twenty-second Ject Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 


mages) examined the Petitions presented from the 1st to 


the 3d days of this instant May, both inclusive, and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


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A. 1839. 


A Petition of the London and Birmingham Rail- London ana 
way Company, praying that the Clauses inserted by Birmingham 
the Committee on the London and Birmingham “"“* ®il. 
Railway Bill, providing the manner in which the 
additional capital required shall be raised, may be 
expunged, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Mr. Kinnaird reported from the Committee on the Perth Police 
Perth Police Bill ; That they had examined the Bi! 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of Shareholders and Proprietors in the Railways 
Great Leinster and Munster Railway Company, (Ireland.) 
taking notice of the Government plan for the form- 
ation of Railways in Ireland, and praying the House 
not to adopt the said measure, inasmuch as private 
enterprise is adequate for the purpose, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Iveleary ;—Chreagh and Tullow ; Elective 
—Kilcorcaran ;—Charleville ;—-Macroom ;—Bally- Franchise, &amp;c., 
moodan and Bandon ; — Fermoy ; — Killeagh ;—"™) 
Ardagh;— West Skull;— Kilquane;—- Drishane, alias 
Millstreet;—Thomas Town, &amp;c.;— Kilnaspig ;—Car- 
rigeen ;—Callan and other places ;— Graig ;—and, 
Castlemagner ; praying the House to identify the 
Elective Deeukin in England and Ireland, countries 
in which the tenures of lands and houses are similar, 
and to give to Ireland as complete Municipal Re- 
form as England has obtained, and to give also to 
Treland her adequate proportion in the Re resenta- 
tion, and finally, to place Ireland upon a Soting of 
equality in religious freedom with England, by allo- 
cating the temporalities of the Church of the mi- 
nority in that country, to purposes of charity, edu- 
cation and public utility,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull ;—and, New- County Courts 
ark-upon-Trent ; praying that the County Courts 3". 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Greenock ;—and, Paisley; praying New Zealand. 
the House to pass an Act for the foundation of a 
British colony in New Zealand,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost of the Burgh of Peter- Caledonian 
head, praying the House to authorize the early com- Canal. 
pletion of the Caledonian Canal, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on the 
Caledonian Canal. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cilcain, in the dio- Church 
cese of Saint Asaph, praying that the profits arising Establishment 
from sinecure rectories in Wales may be applied to ‘V*!**) 
the benefit of the diocese in which such revenues 
arise, was eres, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of the Hull Advertiser, Imprisonment 
and other Journals, praying that the Imprisonment for Debt Act 
for Debt Act Amendment Bill may pass into a law, ju" 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon" 


the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Scul- Prisons Bill. 
coates, in the ae of Kingston-upon- Hull, praying 
that the Prisons Bill may not pass into a law as it 
now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Order, Corporal 
—An Abstract of the Number of Men belonging to Punishments. 
the Royal Marines who, since the Ist day of Ja- 





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nuary to the 31st day of December 1838, have 
suffered Corporal Punishment or Imprisonment ; 
showing the nature of Offences, in classes, for which 
such Punishment has been awarded, and the Number 
in each class; and showing the greatest Number 
and the smallest Number of Lashes, also the longest 
and shortest period of Confinement awarded as Pu- 
nishment to each person, and the average Period of 
Confinement for each class of Offence. 

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


Glasgow 
University. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—A Copy of the Report by the Com- 
missioners appointed by His Majesty William the 
Fourth, November 23d, 1836, and re-appointed by 
Her Majesty Victoria, October 2d, 1837, for visiting 
the University of Glasgow. 

. Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 
the Lords. 


Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for removing Doubts as to the Sr of a 
Dean of Eveter, or of any other Cathedral Church ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

House: And also, 
Ecclesiastical The Lords do desire a present Conference with 
Abpointmen, this House, in their Lordships’ Committee Room, 

spension Dill, . 

o. 5, upon the subject-matter of the Amendment 
made by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for repealing part of an Act of the last Session of 
Parliament, intituled, “ An Act for suspending until 
the First day of August One thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-nine, and to the end of the then 
Session of Parliament, the Appointment to certain 
Dignities and Offices in Cathedral and Collegiate 
Churches, and to Sinecure Rectories :’—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Con- 
ference with the Lords, as is desired by their Lord- 
ships. 

po the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith:—And then 
they again withdrew. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to ma- 
nage the Conference :—And a Committee was ap- 
pointed of Lord John Russell, Lord Viscount Mor- 
peth, Mr. Solicitor General, Sir George Grey, Lord 
Stanley, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Fox Maule. 

Then the Names of the Managers were called 
over, and they went to the Conference :— And being 
returned ; 

Lord John Russell reported, That the Managers 
had met the Lords at a Conference, which was 
managed on the part of the Lords by the Lord 
Privy Seal, who acquainted them that the Lords do 
not agree to the Amendment made by the Commons 
to the Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspension Bill, 
for which they gave their Reason :— And the same 
was read, as followeth ; 

The Lords do not agree to the Amendment made 
by the Commons to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for repealing part of an Act of the last Session of 
Parliament, intituled, ‘‘ An Act for suspending until 
the First day of August One thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-nine, and to the end of the then 
Session of Parliament, the Appointment to certain 
Dignities and Offices in Cathedral and Collegiate 
Churches, and to Sinecure Rectories:” The said 
Amendment being, at the end of the Bill to add 
Clause (A.), for the following Reason : 

Because the Lords have made provision by a 
separate Bill for effecting the object proposed 
by the said Clause ; and which Bill their Lord- 
ships have sent to the Commons for their con- 
currence. 


Vou. 94. 


Dean of Exeter, 
&amp;c., Appoint. 
ment Bill. 


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The said Reason being read a second time ; 

Resolved, That this House doth not insist upon 
the Amendment to which the Lords have disagreed. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House doth 
not insist upon the Amendment to which their 
Lordships have disagreed. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the thirty- Seditious 
ninth year of the Reign of King George the Third, tn Act 
for the more effectual Suppression of Societies pi) 
established for Seditious and Prenbcasibie Purposes, 
and for preventing Treasonable and Seditious Prac- 
tices, was read the third time; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend an Act of the thirty- 
ninth year of King George the Third, for the more 
effectual Suppression of Societies established for 
Seditious and Treasonable Purposes, and for pre- 
venting Treasonable and Seditious Practices, and to 
put an end to certain Proceedings now pending 
under the said Act. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for the better Protection of Parchasers’ 
Purchasers against Judgments, Crown Debts and Protection Bill. 
Fiats in Bankruptcy, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the better Protection of Pur- 
chasers against Judgments, Crown Debts, Lis- 
pendens and Fiats in Bankrapliy. 

Ordered, That Sir Edward Sugden do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for raising a Sum of Money by Exchequer Bills 
Exchequer Bills for the Service of the year One Sena 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, was read ~'* 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of Thirteen 
Millions by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Jamaica 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, oo 
upon Pridey last, was proposed to be made to the” 
Question, “ That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
“ Chair” (for the House to resolve itself into the 
Committee upon the Jamaica Government Bill); and 
which Amendment was, to leave out from the word 
“ That” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “ this House will, upon this day six 
“ months, resolve itself into the said Committee,” 
ihstead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand i of the 
Question.:—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 


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


Martis, 7° die Mati, 1839: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Robert Steuart, } 994 
{ Mr. Edward John Stanley:} ~~ 


Yeas, 
Tellers for the { Mr. Henry Baring } : 
Noes, i Thomas Premantle : a8. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 











the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
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254 


in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 

the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Fictitious Votes The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Bill. »eading of the Fictitious Votes (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 
-; en The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Bill. mading of the Registration of Electors (Scotland) 
ill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Supreme Courts 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Scotland) Bill. ‘ 


further consideration the Report on the Supreme 
Courts (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


Railways 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
(Ireland. ) 


the Report from the Committee to whom it was re- 
ferred to consider the Reports of the Commissioners 
appointed to consider and recommend a general 
system of Railways for Ireland ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Prisons The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) Bill. mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
17th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 

High Sheriffs’ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Expenses Bill. 


mittee on the High Sheriffs’ Expenses Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Imprisonment The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
oo —_ mittee on the Imprisonment for Debt Act Amend- 
Bill. ment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


Election Peti- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
tions’ Trial Bill. mittee on the Election Petitions’ Trial Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Bankrupts’ 
Estates 
(Scotland) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts’ 
Estates (Scotland) Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 


consideration upon Monday next. 


Registration 
of Leases 


(Scotland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration of Leases (Scotland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Bank of The House was moved, That the Order made 
England. 


upon the 23d day of April last, That there be laid 
before this House, An Account of the Amount of 
Deficiency Bills issued to the Bank of England since 
the 5th day of January 1838, stating the rate per 
cent. of Interest paid to the Bank on the same; 
and the Aggregate Amount of Interest paid or due 
to the Bank for such Deficiency Bills in the year, 


6°-—7° Mazz. 


reported, That the Committee had made Progress | 











A. 1839. 


up to the 5th day of January 1839 :—Account of 
the Amount of Exchequer Bills issued since the 5th 
day of January 1838; distinguishing the several 
kinds issued, the rate per cent. payable on each 
Class of Bills, and the Aggregate Amount of In- 
terest paid, and the Amount due on the same for 
the year, up to the 5th day of January 1839 :—Re- 
turn of the Amount of Exchequer Bills outstanding 
on the 5th day of January 1839, stating the several 
rates of Interest which the several Annuities bore 
on that day :—Copies of the Weekly Returns from 
the Bank of England to the Stamp Office, from 
the 1st day of March 1837 to the 1st day of March 
1838 :—And, Copies of the Quarterly Average of 
the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of 
England, from the ist day of March 1838 to the 
1st day of March 1839, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That so much of the said Order as re- 
quires a Return of the Amount of Exchequer Bills 
outstanding on the 5th day of January 1839; 
stating the several rates of Interest which the several 
Annuities bore on that day, be discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Exchequer 
a Return of the Amount of Exchequer Bills out- Bills. 
standing on the 5th day of January 1839, stating 
the several rates of Interest which the Exchequer 
Bills bore on that day. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 


till two of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 7° die Maii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 
QRDER ED, That the Committee on the Rugby Rugby and 
and Warwick Road Bill have leave to sit this Warwick 


day till five of the clock during the sitting of the *°*4 Bi’ 
House. 


The Zyne Dock Bill was read a second time ; Tyne Dock Bill. 


= committed to Mr. Ord, and the North Durham 
ist. 


Mr. Lockhart reported from the Committee on Slamannan 


the (re-committed) Slamannan Railway Bill ; That Railway Bill. 


they had made one other Amendment thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Committee on Clun Inclosure 


the C/un Inclosure Bill; That they had examined the Bill. 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the 
Committee, and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Commercial 


before the Committee on the Commercial (London (London and 
Blackwall ) 


and Blackwall) Railway Bill, be printed at the ex~ Railway Bill. 


pense of the Parties, from the Committee Clerk’s 


Copy, if they think fit. 


A Petition of Lessees, Owners and Inhabitants London and 
of houses and other property in Camden Town, Bitmingham 
stating that they were induced to support the appli- 
cation for the London and Birmingham Railway 
Bill on an assurance that a station for passengers 
would be made at Camden Town; and praying for 
the insertion of a clause in the Bill to carry that 
object into effect, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Chancellor, Masters and Church of 
Scholars of the University of Oxford ;—and, Can- England. 


nock ; 


? Railway Bill. 


purch 
alist 
(Canada, 


Ecclesia 
Duties 
Revenu 


Churel 
Scotlat 


Mili 






















Church 
fstablishment 
(Canada, &amp;c.) 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Militia Act. 


Postage. 





% Vicroriz. 


nock ; praying the House to take the spiritual des- 
titution of England and Wales into consideration, 
and adopt measures for the extension of the Na- 
tional Church,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tarrant Gunville ; — Iwerne 
Courtney ;— Tarrant Keynston ;— Tarrant Hinton ; 
Cannock ;-—Stourpaine and Stepleton Preston ;— 
Droitwich ;-- Great and Little Massingham ; — 
Durham ;—Sheriff Hutton ;—Prudhoe and other 
places ;—JIdle; —Bradford ;—Askam Richard ;— 
and, Alston; praying the House to continue their 
protection and encouragement to the Bishops and 
Clergy in Canada and other British colonies,—were 
presented and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Deanery of Boroughbridge;— 
the Deanery of Bridport ;— Haltwhistle ;—County of 
Bedford;—Reverend William Bradford and others; 
—-County of Durham ;— Wrington ;—and, Bishop- 
wearmouth; praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties 
and Revenues Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Pittenweem ;— Carriden ;—Ber- 
riedale ;—Forres (two Petitions) ;—Paisley ;—Lo- 
gie;—and, Auldearn ; praying the House to adopt 
measures for relieving the religious destitution which 
prevails in Scotland, by extending the efficiency of 
the Established Church,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. : 

A Petition of Members of the First United As- 
sociate Congregation of Paisley, praying the House 
to refuse any additional endowments to the Church 
of Scotland, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Major Thomas Budgen, of Nut- 


field, in the county of Surrey, a Major in the First 


Regiment of Surrey Militia, stating that in the 
year 1838, the Colonel of the Regiment departed 
this life, at which period the Petitioner was abroad, 
and did not hear of that event for some time, which 
prevented him from making an immediate applica- 
tion to the Lord Lieutenant of the said county for 
promotion, as he otherwise would have done ; that 
the Petitioner, upon his arrival in England, made 
application to the Lord Lieutenant of the county to 
succeed to the vacancy so occasioned ; this was 
refused, and he was told by the Lord Lieutenant 
that he had already nominated a Captain of the 
Regiment to the then vacant Lieutenant Colonelcy, 
thus putting him over the heads of several captains, 
his seniors, as well as that of the Petitioner; and 
praying for the amendment of the Militia Act, in 
order to counteract the powers thereby vested in 
Lords Lieutenant ‘of counties, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Atherstone ;— Carlisle ;—Briston ; 
—Exmouth ;— Saint Olave, Exeter ;— Lanark ;— 
Whaplode ;— Reigate ; — Chertsey ; — Spalding ;— 
Saint Thomas, Devon ;~-Shepton Mallett ;—Azx- 
bridge;— Northampton ;— Newry ;— East Budleigh; 
— Yarmouth ;—-Cratfield ; — Brecon ;—Cheddar ;— 
Christon ;—Cochermouth ;— Leicester ;—- Godalm- 
ing ;—Inverness ;— Saint James, Bath ;— Horn- 
castle (four Petitions) ;—Ramsey ;—.Burlington and 
Burlington Quay ;— Reading ;—Mount Radford ;— 
Nairn ;— Epworth ;— Thurso ;—Auldearn ;— Mar- 
het Wigton ;— Chacewater ;— New Buckenham ;— 
Ramsbottom ;—Cowlinge ; — Weston ;— Northwold ; 
— Tonbridge ; — Knowstone ; — Coney Weston ;— 
Holt ;— Proprietors and others of the Printing 
Office, 2, Robert-street, Bedford-row;—135, Alders- 
gate-street ;—and, Members of the Atheneeum In- 
stitution, Manchester; praying for the adoption of 
a low and uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Von. 94, 


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255 


Petitions from Authors and others ;—High Wy- Copyright Bill. 
combe and Wooburn;—and, Tonbridge; praying 
that the Copyright Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Westmeath ;— Bruton ;—Kirkcud- Corn Laws, 
bright ;—and, Colton ; praying that the Corn Laws 
an | not be repealed,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Deane ;— Tydd Saint Mary ; — Maynooth 
Midsomer Norton ;—Donaclony (two Petitions) ;— ©o!ese- 
Aylesbury ;—and, Glasgow and Ayr (Moderator) ; 
praying the House not to sanction any further grant 
of public money to the Roman Catholic College of 
Maynooth,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Frome ;— Ombersley ;—Claines ;—- Education. 
Hayton ; —Calton ;—East Retford ; —Cannock ;— 
Llanrhaiadr-yn-Mochnant and other places ; — 
Whatley ;— Leigh ; — Tyldesly ; — Darlington ; — 
Wrington Catton in Lindeiok ;—and, Kelnwick- 
juxta-Watton; praying the House not to sanction 
the adoption of any national system of education 
not founded on the principles of the Established 
Church,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Aylesbury ;— Caithness and Suther- Roman Catholic 
land (Moderator) ;--and, Glasgow and Ayr (Mode- Relief Act. 
rator); praying for the repeal of the Roman Ca- 
tholic Relief Act,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Reverend Thomas Baker, Turpike- 
Rector of Whitburn, in the county of Durham ; roads. 
—and, Members of a Friendly Society, called 
the Whitburn Charitable Society ; praying that 
an inquiry may be instituted into the particulars 
and nature of the entire debt on the Turnpike-roads 
of England and Wales, with reference to the in- 
vestment therein of trust monies, funds of charit- 
able institutions and friendly societies, and that 
measures be taken for the security and full payment 
of the annual interest of such sums according to 
the original agreements between the said parties 
and the several bodies of the Trustees of Turnpike- 
roads,—were presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Turnpike Trusts. 


Petitions from Faughanvale ;— Turlough ;—Clon- Army (Pres- 
mel ;— Glasgow (Moderator of the Presbytery) ;-- — 
Draperstown ;— Ballybay ; — Tubbermore ;—Mag- °""'? 
hera ;—and, Magherafelt; praying that Presby- 
terian soldiers may be permitted to attend the Pres- 
byterian church, in the same manner as Episcopalian 
and Roman Catholic soldiers are permitted to attend 
their respective places of worship,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the County of Westmorland ;—War- Sale of Beer 
wick (two Petitions) ;—Parts of Lindsey (Lincoln) ; 4 
Darlaston and other places ;—-and, Nottingham 
(two Petitions); praying for the amendment of the 
Sale of Beer Act,—-were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Retail Beer-sellers and others, of 
Lewes, praying that retailers of Beer may be placed 
on the same footing with Licensed Victuallers, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Abingdon ;—and, Burslem; pray- Rating of 
ing that the Rating of Tenements Bill may not Tenements Bill. 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Docking Union, praying that the said Bill may pass 
into a law, was also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


KK4 Petitions 

























Pocr Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Spirituous 
Liquors. 


Lord’s Day. 


Perth Police 
Bill. 


Merchant 
Seamen. 




















Heritable 
Securities 
(Scotland) Bill, 









Caledonian 
Canal. 









Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill, 













New South 
Wales and 
Van Diemen’s 
Laud. 

















256 


Petitions from Guardians of the Thirsk Union ; 
— Wells Union (Somerset) ; — Guisbrough Union ;— 
and, Newcastle-in-Emlyn Union; praying for the 
amendment of the Poor Law Act,-—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Belfast ;—and, Ballymacarrett ;— 
praying the House to adopt measures to suppress 
all distillation of Spirits for customary use,—were 
pag, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from the Moderator of the Synod of 
Caithness and Sutherland ;—and, Ripon ; praymg 
the House to adopt measures for securing the 
better observance of the Lord’s Day,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Dean of Guild, in the city of 
Perth, praying that the Perth Police Bill may not 
pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sailors of the Port of Maryport, 
praying for the amendment of the Merchant Seamen’s 

und Act, 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 52, by providing that 
all seamen who pay into the Merchant Seamen’s 
Fund during the specified term shall enjoy an equal 
benefit, under whatever circumstance it may be that 
they are rendered unable to provide for their own 
support, and that when they are so far recovered as 
to be sent from the port in which they have by sick- 
ness or other cause been confined, they shall be sent 
to their native port instead of that to which the ves- 
sel may belong, unless they desire to be conveyed 
thereto; that the widows and children of those who 
die a natural death shall have an equal benefit 
with the widows and children of those who may be 
killed, slain or drowned ; that all idea of charity 
shall be erased from the Act; and, that full con- 
fidence may exist amongst all, that the power of 
election be vested in all who pay into the funds, and 
that those who superintend the said fund shall be 
chosen by ballot, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Police of Paisley, 
praying that the Heritable Securities (Scotland) Bill 
may not pass into a law as it now stands, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Supply, Justices 
of the Peace and Heritors of Nairn, praying the 
House to sanction the early completion of the Cale- 
donian Canal, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Caledonian 
Canal. 


Petitions from Nairn ;—and, Inverness; praying 
that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
a law as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humbie Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Official Abstracts of the Revenues of Mew South 
Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, from 1824 to 1837, 
both included :—Returns of the Expenditure of each 
of those years, under the proper Heads :—The Esti- 
mates for the year 1838 5a ahatenate of the Quan- 
tities and Value of Imports and Exports in each of 
the foregoing years:—Number and Tonnage of Ves- 
sels entered and cleared, and of those built and re- 

istered in each year :—Returns of the Number of 
ree Emigrants, and of that of Convicts arrived in 
each year :—Of the Quantity of Public Lands sold 


7° Maii. 





A. 1839. 


or granted without Sale in each year:—Of Sales of 
Public Lands in the Australasian Colonies since the 
introduction of the System of Sale by Lord Ripon’s 
Regulations ; showing the Number of Acres sold, 
the Purchase-money received,and the Average Price 
per Acre; distinguishing the several Colonies of 
New South Wales, Van Diemen’s Land, South 
Australia, and Western Australia :—And, a similar 
Return for the British North American Colonies of 
Lower and Upper Canada, New Brunswick, Nova 
Scotia, Prince Edward's Island and Newfoundland. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Petitions from the Corporation of Clithero ;-- Manchester aug 
and, Inhabitants of Clithero; praying that the Birmingham 
Manchester and Birmingham Extension (Stone and (Reine ond 
Rugby) Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were Rugby) Rail. 
ge and read; and ordered to lie upon the “5 Bil. 

able. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee London and 
on the London and Birmingham Railway Bill be Birmingham 
taken into further consideration upon Tuesday next. ®ilway Bil. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Liverpool and 
sideration the Report which, upon the 26th day of Manchester 
April last, was made from the Committee on the Extension 
Liverpool and Manchester Extension Railway Bill; ii 
printed Copies of the Bill having been delivered at 
the door upon Friday last; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to; and a Clause was added 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- West Durham 
sideration the Report which, upon the 29th day of Railway Bill 
April last, was made from the Committee on the 
West Durham Railway Bill; printed Copies of the 
Bill having been delivered at the door upon Thurs- 
day last; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to; and a Clause was added to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Bristol and 
sideration the Report which, upon the 29th day of Gloucestershire 
April last, was made from the Committee on the *!!#y Bill 
Bristol and Gloucestershire Railway Bill; printed 
Copies of the Bill having been delivered at the door 
upon Thursday last; and the Amendments were 
ae and agreed to; anda Clause was added to the 

lll. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That all Committees on Private Bills Committees on 
have leave to sit notwithstanding the adjournment Private Bills. 
of the House. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to an Ad- Chelsea 
dress to Her Majesty, — Copies of Sir Francis Pensioners. 
Head’s Despatch to the Colonial Office, of the 5th No. 248. 
day of May 1837; with a Copy of the Address 
agreed to by the Legislature of Upper Canada in 
the year 1836, and transmitted for the purpose of 
being laid before his late Majesty, describing the 
sufferings of the Chelsea Pensioners who had com- 
muted their Pensions, which Address is referred to 
in the aforesaid Despatch :—Of any Despatch from 
the Colonial Office, or from any other Department, 
in Reply to the Address of 1836 from the Colonial 
Legislature :— Copies or Extracts of any Corre- 
spondence between the Secretary of State for the 





Colonies, 


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Pens 


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2 Vicroriz. 


Colonies, and the Governors and Lieutenant Go- 
vernors of Upper and Lower Canada, respecting the 
condition of the commuted Pensioners in those Pro- 
vinces :—Copy of a Letter from the Secretary at 
War to the Under Secretary of State for the Colo- 
nies, to facilitate the emigration of Pensioners to the 
Colonies, dated the 26th day of September 1828 :— 
Copy of a Letter from the Deputy Secretary at War 
to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonial De- 

artment, dated the 11th day of October 1830; and 
Eales regarding the emigration of Pensioners: 
—And, of the Answer from the Under Secretary of 
State for the Colonial Department, dated the 20th 
day of October 1830; and Enclosure. 

r. Labouchere also presented, pursuant to Or- 
der,—Copies of a Letter from the Secretary at War 
to Sir Charles Burrell, relating to the emigration of 
a Pensioner from the Parish of Shipley, dated the 
21st day of June 1828:--Of a Letter from the Se- 
cretary of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, to the Secre- 
tary at War, on the same subject, dated the 23d 
day of June 1828 :—Ofa Memorandum for the Infor- 
mation of Out-Pensioners desirous of commuting 
their Pensions, dated, War Office, the Ist day of 
March 1831 :—And, of a Memorandum for the In- 
formation of Out-Pensioners desirous of commuting 
their Pensions, dated, War Office, the 8th day of 
August 1831. 

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


Chelsea 
Pensioners. 


No. 248. 


Gaol Delivery 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Sussex. ) 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, A Copy of the last Commission of Gaol 
Delivery for the County of Sussex. 

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


Borough Watch 


Rates Bill, The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Borough Watch Rates Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 15th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day bemg read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Copyright Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Copyright Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Borough Courts Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Borough Courts 
Bill 


Rating of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Tenements Bill. mittee on the Rating of Tenements Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Imprisonment | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Debt Act mittee on the Imprisonment for Debt Act Amendment 
— Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Slave Trade. Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her 
Majesty’s command,—Papers relative to the Slave 
Trade 1838, 1839:—Class (A.), Correspondence 
with the British Commissioners ; Classes (B.), (C.) 
and (D.), Correspondence with Foreign Powers. 
. gaa That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Cullowpton 


mya An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing 


and maintaining the Road from Padbrooke Bridge, 
in the Parish of Cullompton, to Hazel Stone, in the 
Parish of Broadelist, all in the County of Devon, 
was; read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Vou. 94, 


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257 
Ordered, That Sir Thomas Acland do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into the Supply. 
Committee of Supply, To-morrow, was read, and 
discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into the Ways and 
Committee of Ways and Means, To-morrow, was Means. 
read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Sale of Beer 
Committee, To-morrow, upon the Sale of Beer Bill, Bill. 
was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this , ae will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Clerks of the 
Committee, To-morrow, upon the Clerks of the Peace Bill. 
Peace Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Patterns and 
the Patterns and Inventions Bill, was read, and Inventions Bill. 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order for taking into further consideration, Copyholds’ 
To-morrow, the Report on the Copyholds’ Enfran- ae 
chisement Bill, was read, and discharged. : 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into @ Double and 
Committee, To-morrow, upon the Double and Treble Preble Costs 
Costs Bill, was read, and discharged. = 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Heritable 
the Heritable Securities (Scotland) Bill, was read, Securities 
and discharged. (Scotland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, writs 

the Writs (Scotland) Bill, was read, and discharged. (Scotlund) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Wednesday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Land Tax 
the Land Tax Double Assessments Bill, was read, Double Asses» 
and discharged. ments Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into @ Bankrupts 
Committee, To-morrow, upon the Bankrupts (Jre- (Ireland) Bill. 
land) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for taking into further consideration, Registers of 
To-morrow, the Report on the Registers of Births, Births,&amp;c., Bill 
&amp;c. Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a High Sheriffs 
Committee, To-morrow, upon the High Sheriffs’ Ex- ®*penses Bull 
enses Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for taking into consideration, upon Dunmow Union. 
Thursday next, the Petition of Guardians of the 
LL Poor, 








258 


Poor, Rate-payers and other Persons residing within 
the district included in the Dunmow Poor Law 
Union, and Physicians and Surgeons practising with- 
in the Union and its neighbourhood, relative to the 
site of the proposed Union Workhouse there, which 
was presented upon Thursday last, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday the 16th day of this 
instant May. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday 
next, the District Sessions Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 17th day of this instant May. 


District 
Sessions Bill. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday 
next, the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 17th day of this instant May. 


Metropolitan 
Police Courts 
Bill. 


Metropolis 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday 
Police Bill. 


next, the Metropolis Police Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 17th day of this instant May. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee upon Friday next, upon the Prisons Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
17th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Prisons Bill. 


The Order for receiving, upon Friday next, the 
Report on the District Prisons Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
the 17th day of this instant May. 


District Prisons 
Bill. 


Canada. The Order for taking into consideration, upon Fri- 
day next, Her Majesty’s most gracious Message of 
Friday last, relative to Canada, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That Her Majesty’s said most gracious 
Message be taken into consideration upon Friday 
the 17th day of this instant May. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order for taking into further consideration, 
upon Friday next, the Report on the Municipal Cor- 
porations (/reland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday the 17th day of this in- 
stant May. 


Waterford 


; The Order for taking into further consideration, 
— Hospital 
1 . 


upon Friday next, the Report on the Waterford Fever 
ospital Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday the 17th day of this in- 
stant May. 


Fictitious Votes The Order for reading a second time, upon Frida 
(Scotland) Bill. next, the Fictitious Votes (Scotland) Bill, was rea 
and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 17th day of this instant May. 


? 


Registration ° . . 
ser The Order for reading a second time, upon Frida 


(Scotland) Bili, DEXt, the Registration of Electors (Scotland) Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 17th day of this instant May. 


Election Peti- The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
lions’ Trial Bill. Committee, upon Friday next, upon the Election Pe- 
titions’ Trial Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
17th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


7°—13° Maiz. 


Ordered, That the Return of Roads under the Public woy,, 
management of the Commissioners of Public Works (Ireland,) 





A. 1839. 


in Ireland, and of Expenditure thereon, which was 
presented yesterday, be printed. 


which were presented yesterday, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Account relative to Linen and 


rinted. 


Estate (Orkney), which were presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to West India 
Imports, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bonded 
Corn, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


between the Treasury an 
Public Works in Jreland, which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 13° die Maiti ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


| Be R DJohn Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—-A Copy of the Report by a Com- 
mittee of the General Assembly on the manage- 
ment of the Poor in Scotland. 

A Copy of the Second Report of the Commis- 
sioners appointed by his Majesty William the 4th, 
November 23, 1836 and re-appointed by Her Ma- 
jesty Victoria, October 2, 1837, for visiting the 
Universities of King’s College and Marischal Col- 
lege, Aberdeen. 

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


Lord John Russell reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 22d, 29th and 30th 
days of April last, and of the 2d, 3d and 7th days 
of this instant May, (that Her Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to give directions, that the 
Papers » Ann a A might be laid before this 
House), had been presented to Her Majesty; and 
that Her Majesty had commanded him to acquaint 
this House, that She will give directions accord- 
ingly. 


to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of July in the 
last Session of Parliament, for a Return by the 
Clerks to the Commissioners of Supply of the se- 
veral Counties in Scotland, showing the Amount of 
Rogue Money annually assessed on each County 
durmg the last Five years ; distinguishing, in sepa- 
rate columns, in so far as practicable, the Amounts 
respectively applied to the apprehending, the sub- 
sisting, and the prosecuting of Criminals, and to 
any other purposes, stating what such other pur- 
— are:—A Return by the Queen’s and Lord 

reasurer’s Remembrancer in Exchequer in Scot- 
land, showing the several Sums annually allowed in 
the several Sheriffs’ Accounts during the last Five 
years, for Expenses of Criminal Investigations, Pro- 
secutions, Trials or other Criminal Proceedings ; 
distinguishing, under separate heads, in so far as 
precticebic, the purposes to which such Sums have 

en applied :——And, a Return by the Crown Agent 
in Scotland, showing the Expenses of Criminal In- 
vestigations, Prosecutions, Trials or other Criminal 
Proceedings, in the name or under the authority of 
the Lord Advocate, during the last Five years ; dis- 
tinguishing, in separate columns, in so far as_ prac- 





ticable, 


No, 249, 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Spirits, spirits, 


No. 250, 


ra 7 Linen, and 
Linen Yarn, which was presented yesterday, be Linen Yarn, 


No. 25]. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Crown Crown Estate 


( Orkney.) 
No. 282, 


West India 

Imports, 
No. 253, 

Bonded Corn, 
No. 254, 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Correspondence Public Works 


the Commissioners of (Ireland.) 


No, 249, 


Poor 
(Scotland.) 


Aberdeen 
Universities. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to several Criminals 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—Return to an Address (Scotland.) 













Priso 


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Che 
Im 
Bill 


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51, 


252. 


dia 


Corn, 
254, 


Vorks 


es, 


2 VictToriz. 


ticable, the portion of such Expenses applicable to 
Investigations and to Proceedings in the Court of 
Justiciary, and in the Sheriffs’ and other inferior 
Courts; and stating from what sources such Ex- 
penses have been defrayed. 

A Return of the Amount expended out of the 
County Rates in each County of England and 
Wales, in each of the years 1836, 1837 and 1838, 
for the maintenance of Prisoners, and for the build- 
ing, repair or alteration of Prisons. 

A Copy of a circular Letter addressed by direc- 
tion of Lord John Russell to the Chairman of the 
Quarter Sessions of all Counties (except Lancaster 
and Salop) in England and Wales; and Copy of 
any Resolutions or Proceedings of Justices of the 
Peace assembled at General Quarter Sessions in 
April 1839, relative to the establishment of a Con- 
stabulary Force. 

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


Prisons. 


Constabulary 
Force. 


Petitions from Owners of small houses in and 
near Cheltenham ;——and, Inhabitants of Cheltenham, 
Members of the Board for the repair of rece ; 
praying that the Cheltenham Improvement Bill 
may not pass into a law as it now stands,—were 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Committee 
on the Bill. 

Petitions from Owners and Occupiers of houses 
and other property in Cheltenham ;—and, Thomas 
Billings, of Leckhampton, and others; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the said Bill,—were 
also presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Cheltenham 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Staffordshire 
Potteries 
(Stipendiar 
Justice of the 
Peace) Bill. 


Mr. Alderman Copeland reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Staffordshire Potteries (Stipendiary 
Justice of the Peace) Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Ringstead 


lecture Bil. Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, by Order, reported from the 


Committee on the Ringstead Inclosure Bill ; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true ; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the 
satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Petitions from Members of the Ship-owners’ So- 
ciety of Leith ;--and, Ship-owners of South Shields ; 
praying that the Brazil Steam Packet Company 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Brazil Steam 
Packet Come 
pany Bill, 


Liverpool and 
Manchester 
Extension 
Railway Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Liverpool and 
Manchester Railway Company to extend the Line 
of the said Railway, and for amending and enlarging 
the Powers and Provisions of the several Acts re- 
lating to such Railway, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bootle Wilbraham do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Bootle Wilbraham reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Manchester and Birmingham Railway 
~~ That at the expiration of one hour from the 

OL. 94, 


Manchester and 
Birmingham 
Railway Bill. 


13° Maiz. 


259 


time fixed for the adjourned meeting of the Com- 
mittee this day, only two of the selected Members 
were present (three being the Quorum appointed 
by the Committee of Selection), and that the Com- 
mittee in consequence adjourned till To-morrow at 
12 o’clock. 

Ordered, That the Committee be revived :--And 
that they have leave to sit and proceed To-morrow. 


The Patent White Lead Company Bill was read Patent White 
a second time; and committed to Sir Matthew a Company 
Wood, and the Middlesex List. : 


A Petition of Land-owners, Occupiers and In- Bristol and 
habitants of the Lower Division of the county of a wg gg 
Gloucester, praying that the Bristoland Gloucester- ~~" "*" ~' 
shire Railway Bill may not pass into a law, was 

= and read; and hand to lie upon the 

able. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Bristol and 
proposed, That the ingrossed Bill for altering and Gloucestershire 
extending the Line of the Bristol and Gloucester- ®#!v*y Bill. 
shire Railway, and for amending the Acts relating 
thereto, be now read the third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. "to leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Henry Hope, Y161 

Yeas, Sir Thomas Fremantle: J ; 

Tellers for the f Mr. Craven Berkeley, 

Noes, Mr. Grantley Berkeley : } - 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Henry Hope do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Members of the Brighton General Brighton Gas 
Gas-light and Coke Company ;—and, the Brighton Bi!l. 
Gas-light and Coke Company; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Brighton Gas 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Lardner’s 
Committee, To-morrow, upon Lardner’s Divorce Divorce Bill. 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesda 
the 28th day of this instant May, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Napier’s 
Committee, To-morrow, upon Wapier’s Divorce Bill, Divorce Bill. 
was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
the 28th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Mr. Sanford reported from the Committee on Northern and 
the Northern and Eastern Railway (No. 1.) Bill ; Eastern Rail- 
That the Standing Orders relative to Railway Bills p3f (8% ' ) 
did not apply to the present Bill, the application 
being solely for an extension of time ; and that the 
Committee had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 





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


LL2 A Petition 














260 


Pontefract A Petition of Magistrates, Bankers, Merchants, 
Honor Court Wfanufacturers, Tradesmen and other Inhabitants of 
= Leeds, praying that the Pontefract Honor Court 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Pontefract The Pontefract Honor Court Bill was read a 
oo" Court second time; and committed to Mr. Baines, and 
ii the West Riding of York List. 
Hatfield (York) The Hatfield (York) Small Debts Bill was read 
-_ Debts 9 second time; and committed to Sir George Strick- 
“ land, and the West Riding of York List. 
Newport Dock. A Petition of the Mewport Dock Company, for 


leave to present a Petition for leave to bring in a 
Bill to authorize them to raise a further sum of 
money for the purposes of the said Dock, was_pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Sir George Chetwynd, of Grendon 


Manchester and 


Birmingham Jail, in the county of Warwick, Baronet ;—Land- 
(Stone and owners, Farmers and others of Oakham ;—and, 


Rugby) Raile Bankers, Traders, Farmers and others of Upping- 

wy oe, ham ; praying that the Manchester and Birmingham 
Extension (Stone and Rugby) Railway Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Oldham, praying 
that the said Bill may pass into a law, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Nottingham 


Nottingham L t 
(Saint Mary’s) Inclosure Bill be revived. 


(Saint Mary’s) 
Tuclosure Bill. 
Nottingham Ordered, That the Committee on the Nottingham 
Common Fields Common Fields Inclosure Bill be revived. 
Inclosure Bill. 
West Croft Ordered, That the Committee on the West Croft 
pe 5 as Inclosure and Canal Bill be revived. 

ana Kile 


Clun Inclosure 


o An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the 
ul, 


Borough or Township of Clun, in the Parish of 
Clun, in the County of Salop, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Clive do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Iron Rail- 
way Company Bill was read a second time; and 
committed to Mr. Kemble, and the East Surrey 


Croydon, 
Merstham, and 
Godstone Iron 


Railway Com- 

pany Bill. List. 

Aberdeen A Petition of William Carnegie, Town Clerk of 

sen and Aberdeen, praying that he may be heard, by him- 

mprovements ‘ ; : 

(No. 1.) Bil, Self, his counsel or agent, against certain parts of 
the Aberdeen Market and Improvements (No. 1.) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

Rishworth Mr. Estcourt reported from the Committee on 


Reservoirs Bill. the Rishworth Reservoirs Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Filtration Company Bill was read a second 
time; and committed to Mr. D’ Eyncourt, and the 
Middlesex List. 


Filtration 
Company Bill. 


Mr. Edward Buller reported from the Committee 
on the Staffordshire Potteries &amp;c., Police, Improve- 
ment, &amp;c., Bill; That they had examined the alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 


Staffordshire 
Potteries, &amp;c. 
Police, Im- 
provement, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


18° Mazz. 





A. 1839. 


and had gone through the Bill, and: made Amend- 
ments thereunto ; and the Amendments were read, 
and a to; and a Clause was added to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


ton and Middlesborough; praying that the Redcar 
Harbour (No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law,—were 
Sr and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 

A Petition of Members of the Ship-owners’ Society 
of Leith, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, was also ec and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Committee on the 
Railway Bill ; and to whom several Petitions against 
the said Bill were referred ; That they had considered 
one of the said Petitions, and had heard counsel in 
support of one other of the said Petitions ; and had 
also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and that 
the Committee had inquired into the several matters 
required by the Standing Orders relative to Railway 
Bills ; and had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


aven 
Bill. 


Petitions from Marske ;—Skelton and Brotton; Redcar Harbour 
— Guisbrough in Cleveland ;—Loftus ;—and, Stock- (No. 2.) Bill, 


Mr. Gibson Craig, by Order, reported from the Edinburgh, 
\dinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Leith, und New. 


ilway 


Ordered, That the Short-hand Writer and other Maidstone 


proper Officers of this House have leave to attend Election. 


the Trial of the Cause, Pybus v. Scudamore, in 
relation to the Maidstone Election. 


sideration the 
this instant May, was made from the Committee on 
the Basingstoke Roads Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Shimpling; — Thrandeston ; — 
—Brome and Oakley ;— Hoxne ; — Wingfield; 
Stuston ; — Yaxley ; — Stoke Ash;—Dichleburgh ; 
~——Finningham ;— Wattisfield ; — Roydon ; — Bres- 
singham ;— Wortham ;—Scole ;— Thwaite ;— Thorn- 
don All Saints ;—Mendlesham ;— Eye ;— Needham ; 
—Saint Mary-de-Crypt, in the city of Gloucester ; 
— Sible Hedingham ;—King’s Lynn ;— Matson ;— 
Petworth, &amp;c.; — Chesham, &amp;c.; — and, Auwlis- 
combe; praying the House to continue their pro- 
tection and encouragement to the Bishops and 
Clergy throughout Canada and the other British 
colonies,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


others ;— Birmingham ;—Clackmannan ;— Torrence; 
— Penrith ;—Lincoin;—Chipping Campden;--New- 
castle-upon- Tyne ; —- Govan Colliery, Glasgow ; — 
Bridgewater ;—Southampton ;— Ilminster ; — Mal- 
don;— Wistleton ;— Chediston ;— Wangford;— Wen- 
haston;— Glasgow (five Petitions) ;— Hythe ;—Met- 
field ;—Lazxfield ;— Thame ;—-Spexhall ; — Thorver- 
ton ;— Yetholm ;—Linktown ;— Thaxted ; — Brain- 
tree ;-— Cove ;—Sandgate ;— Youghall ;—W. Avery; 
— Londonderry ;— Huntspill ;—Crewkerne ;— North 
Curry and Stoke Saint Gregory ;— Wigtown ;— 
Puriton ;—Proprietor and Publisher of the Leeds 
Intelligencer Newspaper, and others ;— Othery ;— 
Liston ;—Bilton ;—Pawlett ;—Risbridge Union ;— 
Street ;— Haigh Foundry, near Wigan ;—North 
Petherton ;— ileyth (two Petitions) ;—Wigan ;— 
Kilmarnock (two Petitions) ;—Redditch ;—Hartis- 
mere Union;— South Shields (two Petitions) ;— 








Manchester 


Petitions from Eardisland ; — Llangynhafal; — Church 


Diss s— Braisworth : Establishment 
_” (Canada, &amp;c.) 


Petitions from Stamford;—Edward Rossiter and Postage. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Basingstoke 
eport which, upon the Ist day of Roads Bill. 








rhour 
ill, 


New. 
way 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Prisons Bill, 


Maynooth 
College. 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 


Revenues Bill &amp; 


nt 


) 


Imprisonment 
for Debt. Aet. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Army (Presby- 
terian ag 
Service). 


2 VicToriz. 13° Maiz. 961 


Manchester (three Petitions) ;— Saint Clement Danes 
(two. Petitions);—~Cratfield ;— Walpole ;— Hales- 
worth ;— Linlithgow ; — Holton ;— Wissett ;— Ash- 
well ;—Calton, Mile-end, and. Bridgeton;—Notting- 
ham (Chairman of a Meeting); — Colchester (two 
Petitions) ; — Wexford ;— Snitterton ; — IIllington ; 
— Wimborne Minster ;— Boston; — Breinton ; — 
Longford ;— Canterbury ;— Houghton-cum- Witton ; 
— Dartmouth ;— York ;— Great Driffield; —Can- 
nington ;— Warrington ;—Scarborough ;—Norwich ; 
— Langholm ;— Roxburgh ; — Crickhowel ; — Ea- 
singwold ; — Proprietors, &amp;c., of the Printing-office, 
21, Finch-lane, Cornhill; — 1, Ingram-court, Fen- 
church-street; — 5, Bolt-court, Fleet-street ; — 48, 
Northampton-street, Clerkenwell;—and, Three Her- 
ring-court, Redcross-street ; praying for the adoption 
of a low and uniform rate of Postage,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cockermouth Union (Chairman) ;— 
Justices of the Peace of the county of Cumberland 
(Chairman) ;---Ellesmere Union (Chairman) ;---Stokes- 
ley Union ;—Easingwold Union ; — Saint Neot’s 
Union ;--and, Anglesey Union; praying for the 
amendment of the Poor Law Act,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of the city of 
Exeter, praying that the Prisons Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Broughty Ferry ;— Chard;—Synod 
of Angus and Mearns (Moderator) ;— Presbytery of 
Lorn (Moderator) ; — Houstoun and Killallen ; — 
Presbytery of Dundee (Moderator) ;—-Wenhaston ; 
—and, Ballyroan; praying the House to refuse any 
further grant of Public Money to the Roman Ca- 
tholic College of Maynooth,—were ‘presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members of Cathedral and Colle- 
iate Bodies; —Rural Deanery of Guildford ;— 
the Reverend Arthur Tozer Russell, Vicar of Cax- 
ton, in the Diocese of Ely ;—Strood ;— Witton Gil- 
bet ; — Deopham ; — Willesborough ; — Spelsbury ; 
— Deanery of Dover ;— Woodnesborough ;— Saint 
Gregory, Norwich; — Pyrton; — Saint. Oswald, 
Durham ;—and, Bampton ; praying that the Eccle- 
siastical Duties and Revenues Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Prisoners for debt in Her Ma- 
jesty’s gaols of the county of Nottingham, the town 
of Nottingham, and of Lenton Peverel, in the said 
county ;— and, in Her Majesty’s gaol of the city of 
Worcester (two Petitions); praying for the amend- 
ment of the Imprisonment for Debt Act,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Kilconguhar ;— Kilfinan ;—Kil- 
menny ;— Hamilton ;—Lochfineside ;—Kilmartin ;— 
Comrie ; — Kilmore ; — Largoward ; —Glasgow ;— 
Montrose ;— Rutherglen ;— Lochgilphead ;—Friock- 
heim ; — Langton ; — Newtyle ;— Stranraer ;— Le- 
cropt ;—Straiton ;—and, Lundie and Fowlis; pray- 
ing the House to wee measures for relieving the 
religious destitution which prevails in Scotland by 
extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Kinghorn, praying the 
House not to sanction any further endowments to the 
Church of Scotland, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Westport;—and, Clough ; praying 
that Presbyterian soldiers may be permitted to at- 


tend the Presbyterian church in the same manner as 
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Episcopalian and Roman Catholic soldiers are per- 
mitted to attend their respective places of worship, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Natives of Wales residing in London, Church 
praying that the emoluments arising from sinecure (Ween 
rectories, in Wales may be applied exclusively to : 
the benefit of the diocese in which such revenues 
arise, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and Bank of Ireland 
Traders of Drogheda, praying that on the renewal Chatter. 
of the Bank of Ireland Charter the clause which 
prohibits the formation of Joint Stock Banks may be 
omitted, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Beer Retailers and Inhabitants of Sale of Beer 
Leeds, praying that retailers of beer may be placed 4*- 
upon the same footing with licensed victuallers, was 
feaeniety and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 
Petitions from Peterborough ;—and, Canterbury; 
praying for the amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, 
—were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Beer Retailers of Gainsborough, Sale of Beer 
praying that the Sale of Beer Bill may not pass into Bi. 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to ie 
upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Trustees of the Brecon, Radnor Highway Act. 
and Glamorgan Roads; praying the House to amend 
the Highway Act, by restoring the liability of pa- 
rishes. to contribute to the repair of Turnpike-roads, 
—were presented, and read; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Turnpike Trusts. 


A Petition of Trustees, Creditors and Lessees of Tarnpike-Tulls. 

Tolls of the Exeter Turnpike-roads, complaining 
that the Estafette Coach, running between Exeter 
and Bristol, and carrying Letter Bags, under the 
direction of the Post Office, is exempt from Turn- 
pike Toll; and praying for relief, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Turnpike Trusts. 


Petitions from Landed Proprietors and others, of Crinan 
the Northern District of Argyllshire ;—and, Com- ©*"*- 
missioners of Supply for Argyll; praying for the 
improvement of the Crinan Canal,—were presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Caledonian Canal. 


A Petition of Lord Dunraven and others, praying Provincial 
the House to refuse their consent to the proposed —— ) 
establishment of Provincial Colleges in the South of vere 
Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Richard Johnston, of Crossmolina, Richara 
in the county of Mayo, complaining of having been Johnston, 
dismissed from his situation in the Excise, in Jreland, 
and praying for inquiry, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chancellor, Masters and Scho- Church of 
lars of the University of Cambridge, praying the England. 
House to direct its early attention to the spiritual 
destitution of England and Wales, with a view to 
adopt measures for its relief, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Hall, of Basford, in the Steam Engines. 
county of Nottingham, and of King’s Arms-yard, in 
the city of London, Civil Engineer, praying for an 
inquiry into his improvements on the Steam Engine, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 
L.3 Petitions 








Education. 


French Fishing 
Boats. 


Steam Commu- 
nication with 
Tudia. 


Corn Laws. 


Lord’s Day. 


District 
Sessions Dill. 


Adjournment. 


Hertford 
Borough Writ. 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill, 


Sewers Bill. 


Factories Bill. 


Jamaica 
Government 
Bill. 


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Petitions from Marfleet ;— Sudbourn ; — White 
Roothing ; —Datinghoo, &amp;c. ;—Saint Cross, South- 
elmham, &amp;c. ; — Littleborough ; —~ Manchester ; — 
Southwold ;— Oake ;--Creeting Saint Mary, &amp;c. ;— 
Orford ;— Crewherne ;— Woolverstone and Chelmon- 
diston ;— Norton-sub-Hambdon ;—Ubbeston, &amp;c. ;— 
Sibton and Peasenhall ;—Heathfield ;—Haselbury 
Pluchnett ;— Framlingham ;—and Wrexham ; pray- 
ing the House not to sanction any system of National 
Education not founded on the principles of the Esta- 
blished Church,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Persons employed in Herring Fish- 
ne and living at Cullercoates, in the county of 

orthumberland, complaining of the encroachments 
of French Fishing Boats on this Coast, during the 
Herring Fishing Season, and praying the House to 
adopt measures for their protection, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and 
Manufactures of Glasgow, praying the House to 
adopt measures for the improvement of the Com- 
munication by Steam with India, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of West Quantoxhead, 
in the county of Somerset, praying that the Corn 
Laws may not be repealed, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Edinburgh ;— Provincial Synod of 
Perth and Stirling (Moderator) ;—and Presbytery 
of Lorn (Moderator); praying the House to adopt 
measures for securing the better observance of the 
Lord’s Day,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of Justices of the 
Peace of the county of Cumberland, in Quarter Ses- 
sions assembled, praying that the District Sessions 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
— That this House will, at the rising of the 

ouse this day, adjourn till Wednesday next:—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Hertford, in the room 
of the honourable William Francis Cowper, who, 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted 
the Office of one of the Commissioners of the Royal 
Hospital of Greenwich. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical DutiesandRevenues Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 27th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being ‘read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sewers Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
27th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Factories Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 27th day of this instant May, Te itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Jamaica Government Bill ; 


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Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Supreme Courts 
further consideration the Report on the Supreme (Scotland) Bill 
Courts (Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday the 27th day of this 

instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Railways 
the Report from the Committee, to whom it was (Teland.) 
referred to consider the Reports of the Commis- 
sioners appointed to couiiiet and recommend a 
general system of Railways for Ireland; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 

day the 27th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Bankrupts 

further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts’ Fstates 

Estates (Scotland) Bill ; en 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 

consideration upon Monday the 27th day of this 

instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
wading of the Registration of Leases (Scotland) (Scotland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 27th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Rating of _ 
mittee on the Rating of Tenements Bill; Tenements Bil, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 27th day of this instant May, resolve itself inio 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Imprisonment 
mittee on the Imprisonment for Debt Act Amend- for Debt Act 
i mendment 
ment Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 27th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; : 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 







Ways and 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- bay 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 








Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to the direc- South Australia. 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—A Copy of No.255. 
the Third Annual Report of the Colonization Com. 
missioners for South Australia, to Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1838. 

Copies of the Laws and Ordinances passed by Van Diemen’s 
the Governor and Council of the Colony of Van 1"4- 
Diemen’s Land, 8 Will. 4 and 1 Vict. 1837. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Copy of the Third Annual 
Report of the Colonization Commissioners for South 
Australia, be printed. 












Spirit Licenses 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- (Geotland) Bill 


nesday next, the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill ; 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 29th day of this instant May. 







The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Copytistt Bill. 
Committee, To-morrow, upon the Copyright Bill; 
was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
the 28th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 











the said Committee. 
The 








ts 


ll 


Custody of 
Infants Bill. 


Licensed 
Victuallers, &amp;c. 


London and 
Birmingham, 
&amp;c., Mails. 


Bank of 
England. 





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The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday the 22d day of this instant May, the Cus- 
tody of.Infants Bill, was read and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a ‘second time 
upon Thursday the 30th day of this instant May. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 14° die Mai; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


Me: Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—Returns to an Order dated the 12th day of 
March last, for Returns of the Number of Licensed 
Victuallers convicted of Police or Excise Offences 
(distinguishing each) from the year 1830 to the 
year 1839, inclusive, in England and Wales :—Of 
the Number of Beer Shop-keepers convicted of 
Police or Excise Offences (distinguishing each) 
from the year 1830 to the year 1839, inclusive, in 
England and Wales :—Of the Number of Licensed 
Victuallers and Beer Shop-keepers (distinguishing 
each) convicted for the adulteration of Beer in the 
Metropolis, in the years 1835, 1836 and 1837 :— 
Of the Number of Houses in which the Sale of 
Beer was carried on under the provisions of the 
Beer Act on the 10th day of October 1837 :—And, 
Of the Number of Beer Licenses taken out under 
the Beer Act from the 10th day of October 1837 
to the 10th day of October 1838, inclusive, so far 
as relates to the Excise Department. 

Return to an Order dated the 13th day of 
March last, for Returns of the Hours of Depar- 
ture and Arrival of the Morning and Evening Mails 
from London to Birmingham, and from Birming- 
ham to Warrington, and from Warrington to Pres- 
ton, fixed by the Postmaster General; and the 
Hours at which they did actually depart and 
arrive each day, as exhibited by the Time Bills, 
since the opening of the North Union Railway to 
the 1st day of this instant March :—Of the average 
Speed of Travelling required by the Postmaster 
General for the Mail Trains on the Zondon and 
Birmingham, the Grand Junction and the North 
Union Railways, respectively :—And, of any Fines 
or Penalties which the above-named Railroad Com- 
panies have incurred, and what have actually been 
levied by the Postmaster General under the Powers 
vested in him by the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 98 :— 
Also to an Order dated the 19th day of March 
last, for a Return in addition to the Return ordered 
on the 13th day of this mstant March, of the 
Hours of Departure and Arrival of the Morning and 
Evening Mail from Preston to Warrington, from 
Warrington to Birmingham, and from Birmingham 
to London, fixed by the Postmaster General ; and 
the Hours at which they did actually depart and 
arrive each day, as exhibited by the Time Bills, 
since the opening of the North Union Railway. 


Accounts of the Amount of Deficiency Bills 
issued to the Bank of England since the 5th day 
of January 1838, stating the rate per cent. of In- 
terest paid to the Bank on the same; and the 
aggregate Amount of Interest paid or due to the 
Bank for such Deficiency Bills in the year, up to 
the 5th day of January 1839 :—Of the Amount of 
Exchequer Bills issued since the 5th day of January 
1838 ; distinguishing the several kinds issued, the 
rate per cent. payable on each Class of Bills, and 
the aggregate Amount of Interest paid, and the 
Amount due on the same for the year, up to the 
5th day of January 1839 :—Copies of the weekly 
Returns from the Bank of England to the Stamp 
Office, from the 1st day of March 1837 to the ist 
day of March 1838 :—Quarterly Average of the 
es a6 — and Assets of the Bank of Eng- 

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land, from the 1st day of March 1838 to the 1st 
day of March 1839. 

turn of the Amount of Exchequer Bills out- Exchequer 
standing on the 5th day of January 1839, stating Bills. 
the several Rates of Interest which the Exchequer 
Bills bore on that day: 

Accounts of the Total Amount of Exchequer Exchequer 
Bills outstanding and unprovided for, on the 5th Bills. 
day of January and the 5th day of July in each 
year, from the 5th day of January 1830 to the 
present time ; stating also the Rate of Interest per 
diem payable on Exchequer Bills, and the Rate of 
Premium at which they were sold in the Market at 
each of those periods. 

An Acccunt of all Barilla only on which Duty Barilla. 
has been paid for Home Consumption for the years 
ended the sth day of April 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 

1838 and 1839, distinguishing the Quantities to 
the Ports of London, Bristol, Giloucester, Belfast 
and Newry; for the same years, of all Drawbacks 
or other Allowances made or rebated in Ireland 
upon Barilla; and of the net Amount paid into the 
xchequer for the above years upon Barilla. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the direc- Land Tex. 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—A Statement 
of the Expenses incurred under the Acts for the 
Redemption and Sale of the Land Tax, and for 
discharging the incidental Expenses attending the 
Execution of those Acts from the 5th day of April 
1838 to the 5th day of April 1839. 

A Copy of the Third Report of the Commis- Register House 
sioners for completing and fitting up the Buildings (Edinburgh.) 
of Her Majesty’s General Register Rese at £din- 
burgh :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Petitions from Bankers, Merchants, Inhabitants Manchester and 
and others, of Grantham ;—Loughborough ;—Lei- —— 
cester ;— Stafford ;— Lutterworth ;— Dudley ; —Bir- (stone ana 
mingham ;-—Sheffield ; — Derby ; —Boston ;-— Wol- Rugby) Rail- 
verhampton ;—-Leek ;— Peterborough ;— Walsall ;— “*9 Pill. 
Coventry ;— Bilston;— Westbromwich; —Darlaston; 

— Wednesbury ;— Lincoln ;-— Kettering ; Owners 

and Occupiers of land on the line ;—Corporation of 

Derby ; -- Corporation of Stafford ;— and, Mayor 
and Corporation of Walsall ; praying that the Man- 
chester and Birmingham Disdenion (Stone and 
Rugby) Railway Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Sophia Place, of Weddington 
Castle, in the county of Warwick, Widow ; — 
Owners and Occupiers of Lands upon and near to 
the intended line of Railway ;—and, the Reverend 
James Roberts, of Witherley, in the county of Lei- 
cester ; praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the said 
Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The West Beckham and Alby Inclosure Bill was West Beckham 
read a second time ; and committed to Mr. Bur- and Alby 


roughes, and the East Norfolk List. Inclone Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- Morville 
deration the Report which, — the 6th day of yd Stipton 
this instant May, was made from the Committee 
on the Morville and Shipton Road Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


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

Mr. Speaker, ; 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s Royal Assent 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to t° Bills. 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned a 

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Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public and Private Bills 
therein mentioned; and that the Lords, thereby 
authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the 
said Bills: Which Bills are as follow : ® 
Exchequer Bills An Act for raising the Sum of Thirteen Millions 
eee by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year 
wt One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. 

An Act for repealing part of an Act of the last 
Appointments Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act for sus- 
enemies pending until the first day of August One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-nine, and to the end of the 
then Session of Parliament, the appointment to 
certain Dignities and Offices in Cathedral and Col- 
legiate Churches, and to Sinecure Rectories : 

An Act for extending, improving, regulating and 
managing the Harbour of the Royal Burgh of 
Aberbrothwich, in the County of Forfar: 


Ecclesiastical 


Aberbrothwick 
Harbour Bill, 


Cambridge An Act to amend an Act of the seventh and 
Gon a. eighth of King George the Fourth, for building a 
new Gaol for the Town of Cambridge, and for 
making further provisions for Payment of Creditors 
under the said Act: 
Bury (Lan- An Act for providing a Market Place, and for 
Bill.” Market rerulating the Markets and Fairs in the Town and 
: Borough of Bury, in the County Palatine of Zan- 
caster : 
Rhymney An Act to enable the Rhymney Iron Company 


Iron Company ¢9 erect and endow a Church in the Parish of 


Condy i. Bedwelty, in the County of Monmouth : 
Timberland An Act for the more effectual Drainage of certain 


Drainage Bill. Lands called the Fen and Dales of Timberland 
and Timberland Thorpe, in the Parish of Timber- 
land, in the County of Lincoln: 

Leeds Soke An Act for discharging the Inhabitants of the 

Corn Toll Bill. Manor of Leeds, in the Township and Parish of 
Leeds, in the County of York, from the custom of 
grinding Corn, Grain and Malt at certain Water 

rm Mills in the said Manor, and for making 
Compensation to the Proprietor of the said Mills: 


General An Act for enabling the General Cemetery Com- 
Cemetery pany to raise a further Sum of Money, and_ for 
Company Bill. amending the Act relating to the said Cemetery : 
Newark Gas 


An Act for the better lighting and supplying the 
Bill. Borough of Newark, in the County of Nottingham, 
and the Neighbourhood thereof, with Gas ; 


Holmfirth An Act for lighting with Gas the Town of .Holm- 
Gas Bill. firth, and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the West}\: 
Riding of the County of York: 
Redruth and An Act for making a Turnpike-road from th 
-_— Road Town of Redruth, in the County of Cornwall to 


and through the Village of Hayle, in the Parish of 
Phillack in the same County : 
An Act for repairing the Road from Cotton End, 


Northampton 


Rect BE. near the Town of Northampton to Newport Pagnell, 
in the County of Buckingham : 
New Cross An Act to extend, alter and amend the Powers 


— and Provisions of an Act passed in the seventh 


year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 


the Fourth, relating to the New Cross Turnpike-‘ 


roads, in the Counties of Kent and Surrey: 


Worksop and An Act for repairmg and maintaining the Road 
— Road from Worksop to the Turnpike-road at Kelham, and 
Ile 


from Debdale Hill to the Great Northern Road at 
South Muskham, in the County of Nottingham: 
An Act for the Sale of the Advowson of the 

Vicarage of Tetbury, in the County of Gloucester : 

Chirk Inclosure An Act for inclosing Lands in the Honor or Lord- 

mall. ship of Chirk and Chirk Land, in the several 
Parishes of Llangollen and Llansaintfraid Glyn 
Ceriog, in the County of Denbigh : 

Moulton An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of 

Inclosure Bill. Moulton, in the County of Suffolk: 

Oxenbourne An Act for inclosing certain Open and Common 


psarboo sonny Downs or Sheep Walks, within the several Tithings 


Tetbury 
Vicarage Bill. 


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of Ozenbourne and Ramsdean, in the Parish and 

Manor of Eastmeon, in the County of Southampton : 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Stow- Stow-cum.Quy 
cum-Quy, in the County of Cambridge: Tnelosure Bill 


An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parishes of Fretherme ang 
Fretherne and Saul, in the County of Gloucester : a Inclosure 


An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Melbourn 
Melbourn, in the County of Cambridge : Inclosure Bill, 


An Act for naturalizing Ernest Reuss : gle 
at. Dill, 
An Act for naturalizing Don Manuel de la Torre Antinano’s 


y Antunano : Nat. Bill 
An Act for naturalizing George Edward Biber. sag 
at. Bill, 


An ingrossed Bill for establishing an effective Staffordshire 
Police in Places within, or adjoining to the District Potteries, &amp;c,, 
called “ The Staffordshire Potteries,” and for im- eg 
proving and cleansing the same, and better lighting ass 
parts thereof, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edward Buller do carry the 

Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to provide for the nore effectual staffordshire 
execution of the Office of a Justice of the Peace Potteries 
within and adjoining to the District called “ The Stpendiry 
Staffordshire Potteries,” and for purposes connected Peace) Bill. 
therewith, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Copeland do carry 


the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Yorke reported from the Committee on the Barton 
Barton Inclosure Bill; and to whom two Petitions Inclosure Bill, 
agaist the said Bill, were referred; That they had 
heard counsel in support of one of the said Petitions, 
and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and 
that the Committee had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the’same to be true ; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their consent to the Bill, 
to the satisfaction of the Committee, (except the 
proprietors of property assessed to the Land Tax at 
81. 8s., who refused to sign the Bill, and the pro- 
prietors of property assessed at 12s., who are neuter 
in respect to the proposed measure; and that the 
total property affected by the proposed measure, is 
assessed at 105/. 8s.;) and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Yorke reported from the Committee on the Rampton 
Rampton Inclosure Bill; That it appeared to the Inclosure Bill. 
Committee, upon evidence, that there is already an 
open space in the centre of the village of Rampton, 
containing not less than one acre and a half, hitherto 
used and enjoyed by the inhabitants of the said 
village for the purpose of recreation, and that it 
also appeared to the Committee, that the said space 
is sufficient for such purpose, and most likely to be 
appropriated thereto; and doubts having arisen as to 
the propriety of inclosing the same within boundary 
fences, the Committee have determined to leave a 
discretionary power with the Commissioner, to act 
as shall seem fit in this behalf, for the benefit and 
advantage of the said inhabitants, and have agreed 
to report this deviation from the provisions required 
in Inclosure Bills, in compliance with the Resolutions 
of the House; and that the Committee had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of 
the Committee; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Yorke reported from the Committee on the comberton 
Comberton Inclosure Bill; That they had examined Inclosure Bill. 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 





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be true ; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the 
Committee; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Sir Edward Knatchbull reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Saint Leonard’s and Sedlescombe Road 
Bill; and to-whom several Petitions against the said 
Bill were referred; That they had heard counsel in 
support of one of the said Petitions, and had also 
heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and that the Com- 
mittee had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Edenfield and Little Bolton Road Bill was 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Bootle 
Wilbraham, and the South Lancaster List. 

A Petition of Inhabitants and Owners or Occu- 

iers of Property in Elton, praying that they may 
fe heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the said Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the Perth Police Bill be read the 
third time To-morrow. 


Saint Leonard’s 
and Sedles- 
combe Road 
Bill. 


Edenfield and 
Little Bolton 
Road Bill. 


Perth Police 
Bill, 


Camber 
(Portsmouth) 
Quays, &amp;c., Bill. 


Sir Robert Ferguson reported from the Committee 
on the Camber (Portsmouth) Quays, &amp;c. Bill; and to 
whom several Petitions against the said Bill, were 
referred; That they had heard counsel in support of 
two of the said Petitions, and had considered the 
other Petitions; and had also heard counsel in favour 
of the Bill; and had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto, 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Parish 
of Ringstead, in the County of Northampton, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Estcourt do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ringstead 
Inclosure Bill. 


South Eastern 


Tuilway Bill Mr. Barneby reported from the Committee on the 


South Eastern Railway Bill; That the Standing 
Orders relative to Railway Bills did not apply to 
the present Bill, the application being solely for an 
extension of time; and that the Committee had ex- 
amined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Petitions fron Lichfield ;—A shton-under-Lyne ;— 


Manchester and 


0 sag Staffordshire Potteries ;—Bolton ;— Chester ;— Bu 
Stone and (Lancaster) ;— Hartshorne and Gresley Potteries ; 
i _ — Newcastle-under-Lyme ;—Stone ;—and, Preston ; 
_ praying that the Manchester and Birmingham Ex- 
tension (Stone and Rugby) Railway Bill may pass 
into a law,--were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
Manchesterand A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
on ang posed, That the Manchester and Birmingham Ex- 
Stone and -—« tension (Stone and Rugby) Railway Bill be now read 
~ Age a second time ; 


The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. fro leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

Von, 94. 


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265 


And the Question being put, That the word “now,” 
stand part of the Question; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. ‘ 

r. Mark Philips 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Brother ene 4 } 139. 

Tellers for the Noes, . oe } 91. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second time, 
and committed to Mr. Edward Buller, and the 
North Stafford List. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and Message from 
Mr. Russell : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for raising the Sum of Exchequer Bills 
Thirteen Millions by Exchequer Bills, for the service (£-13,000,000.) 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty- ™ 
nine : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for extending the Copy- 
right of Designs for Calico printing to Designs for 
printing other Woven Fabrics : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for granting further London and 
Powers to the London and Greenwich Railway Greenwich | 
Company : Railway Bill. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually re- tvearmouth 
— and improving the Road from Wearmouth and Tyne 

ridge to Tyne Bridge, with a Branch from the said — aed 
Road, to the Town of South Shields, all in the ~ 
County of Durham: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter, amend and Perth Harbour 
enlarge the Powers and Provisions of two several and Navigation 
Acts of the eleventh year of the reign of King George _ 
the Fourth, and first year of the reign of King Wii- 
liam the Fourth, and fourth and fifth year of the 
reign of King William the Fourth, for improving 
the Port and iidhcer of Perth, and the Navigation 
of the River Tay, to the said City: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing and main- Worksop and 
taining the Road from Worksop, to the Turnpike- Kelham Road 
road at Kelham, and from Debdale Hill to the Great Bill. 
Northern Road at South Muskham, in the County of 
Nottingham : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in Berkeley 
the Parish of Berkeley, in the County of Gloucester ; Tnclosure Bill. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in Unstene 
the Manor of Unstone, in the Parish of Dronfield, Inclosure Bill. 
in the County of Derby: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in Totley or 
the Manor and Township of Totley, in the Parish of Dronfield 
Dronfield, in the County of Derby : meee 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Rhymney Rhymney Iron 
Iron Company to erect and endow a Church, in the Company (Bed- 
Parish of Bedwelty, in the County of Monmouth : yi? C"™) 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Cheltenham 
Act for enabling the Cheltenham Waterworks Com- praterworks 
pany to enlarge and extend their Works, and for * 
amending the Act relating thereto, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 


Designs Copy- 
right Extension 
Bill. 


TY | concurrence of this House : And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bishops’ Resi- 
to enable Archbishops and Bishops to raise money 4¢"¢¢ Bill. 
on mortgage of their Sees, for the purpose of build- 
ing and otherwise providing fit houses for their 
residence ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Hulme's 
to enable the Trustees of the Estates devised by the "state Bill. 
Will of William Hulme, Esquire, to appropriate 
certain parts of the accumulated fund arising from 
the said Estates towards the endowment of Benefices, 
the building of Churches, and for other purposes ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

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Mills’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Estate Bill. to enable Jane Mills to 
Leases of Estates in the Parish of Aston-juxta-Bir- 
a ry in the County of Warwick, devised by the 

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Ordered, That Mr. Shaw Lefevre do carry the 


t building and repairing} Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir Robert Price reported from the Committee Herefordshire 


of the late Wriothesly Digby, Esquire, and | on the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Bill; and Gloucester. 


also to alter and amend the power of leasing con- | That the Resolutions of the House of the 8th day of sire Canal Bil, 


tained in the Marriage Settlement of Charles Wri- 
othesly Digby, Esquire ; to which the Lords desire 

the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Napier's The Lords communicate to this House the Depo- 
Divorce Bill. sitions transmitted from India, relating to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to dissolve the Marriage of John- 
stone Napier, Esquire, a Lieutenant Colonel in the 
military service of the East India Company on their 
Madras Establishment, with Isabella, his now wife, 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
urposes therein mentioned, as desired by this 
Sone: and request that the said Depositions may 
be returned to them :—And then the Messengers 

withdrew. 

Ordered. That the said Depositions be referred to 
the Committee of the whole me on the said Bill. 


Clitheroe, Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 

rte ig on the Clitheroe, Blackburn &amp;c., Roads Bill; and to 
whom two Petitions against the said Bill were re- 
ferred; That they had considered the said Petitions; 
and had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Over Darwen Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
Gas Bill. on the Over Darwen Gas Bill; That they had ex- 
amined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 

same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 

and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 

ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Bury, Hasling- Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
os &amp;c., Roads on the Bury, Haslingden, &amp;c., Roads Bill; That they 
ul. 


had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Hulme’s_ Hulme’s Estate Bill, was read the first time; and 
Estate Bill. — ordered to be read a second time. 


Rugby and Mr. Dugdale reported from the Committee on the 
Warwick Road Rugby and Warwick Road Bill; and to whom several 
ou. Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; That 
they had considered the said Petitions; and had ex- 

amined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 

same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 

and made Amendmehts thereunto; and the Amend- 

ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed. 


Newport Dock. Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
ease of the Petition for leave to present a Petition 
for the Newport Dock Bill, the Eommittee recom- 
mend that leave be given to present a Petition. 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Petition, 
as desired. 

A Petition of the Newport Dock Company, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to authorize them to raise a further 
sum of money for the purposes of the said Dock, was 
accordingly presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Basingstoke 


Roads Bill. = Jeading to the Towns of Basingstoke, Odiham and 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing several Roads 


March last had been complied with ; and that the 
Committee had examined the allegations of the Bill, 


and found the same to be true; and had gone through 


the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto, and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Buck, by Order, reported from the Committee Southmolton 
on the Southmolton Roads Bill; and to whom se- Reads Bil. 
veral Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 

That no person appeared on behalf of the said 
Petitions ; and that they had examined the allega- 

tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; 

and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 

ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Leeds and Harewood Road Bill was read a Leeds and 
second time; and committed to Mr. Lascelles, and er 


the West Riding of York List. 


An ingrossed Bill for incorporating certain Per- West Durham 
sons for the making and maintaining a Railway Railway Bil. 
from the Township of Crook and Billy Row to the 

Byers Green Branch of the Clarence Railway, in 

the Parish of Saint Andrew, Auckland, all in the 

County of Durham, to be called “ The West Dur- 

ham Railway,” was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Harland do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cheltenham, praying Cheltenham 
that the Cheltenham Improvement Bill may not Improvement 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- - 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bingley; — Morton; — Hebden Postage. 
Bridge ; --Snaith ; —Doncaster ; -- Giggleswick ;— 
Corporation of Cutlers of Hallamshire ;—Derby ; 
—and, Deane; praying for the adoption of a low 

and uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners and others of Ford, Corn Laws. 
in the county of Northumberland, praying that the 

Corn Laws may not be repealed, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergymen of the Church of Eng- Church 
land, residing in the northern part of the county of Establishment 
Northumberland, praying the House to continue C*™® ** 
their protection and encouragement to the Bishops 

and Clergy throughout Canada and the other British 

colonies, was presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Factories, Factories Bill. 
and other Inhabitants of Keighley, Bingley and 

other places, praying that the Factories Bill may 

not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Justices of the Peace of the bo- Saie of Beer 
rough of Doncaster, assembled at the Easter Quarter A¢t- 
Sessions, praying for the amendment of the Sale of 

Beer Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Mayo, Landed 


Alton, in the County of Southampton, and for | praying for an alteration of the laws which regu- Property 
making several Deviations in the Line of the said |late the possession of landed property in Jreland, memati 


Roads, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


was — and read ; and ordered to lie upon 





the Table. 
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Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
Select Committee on Public Petitions; That they 
had examined the Petitions presented on the 6t 
and 7th days of this instant May ; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Balance Sheet of the Estimate and Expenditure for 
Effective Army Services, for the year ended the 31st 
day of March 1838. 

Lord Viscount Howick accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Lord Viscount Howick presented,—Returns to 
an Order dated the 14th day of March last, for 
Returns of the Total Number of Chelsea Pensioners 
who have commuted their Pensions for the purpose 
of settling in the Colonies; distinguishing the 
Number in each year, from the year 1830 to 1837, 
both years inclusive:—To state the Number of 
commuted Pensioners by Classes, the Number 
under 30 years of age, above 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 
and 80 years of age, at the time of commutation : 
—To state the Numbers who have been replaced 
on the Pension List, and in what years they recom- 
menced receiving their Quarterly Preneniis distin- 
guishing those who may belong to the Class who 
did not embark for the Colonies, from those who 
embarked for and have returned from the Colonies ; 
and, also, the Numbers now remaining in the Colo- 
nies, as far as the same can be ascertained by 
Papers in the possession of the Government at 
present :—To state the Numbers who have applied 
to be replaced on the Pension List, and whose ap- 
plications have been refused :—Returns, showing 
what has been the increase or decrease in the 
Numbers and Expense of Chelsea Pensioners, from 
the year 1814 to 1838, both years inclusive :— 
1. The Year, Strength of the regular Army, in- 
cluding Jndia, Augmentations, Reductions, Number 
of Pensioners, Increase and Decrease; Observations: 
—2. The Year, the regular Force, the Number of 
Men to whom permanent Pensions were granted 
each year, ditto temporary Pensions, Total Number 
of Pensioners, Number of permanent Pensioners 
taken off the List; Increase, Decrease, Charge, 
Explanatory Remarks, &amp;c.:—3. A Return taken 
from the Year when the List of Pensioners had 
reached its maximum ; distinguishing the Number 
pensioned from the regular Army, the Ordnance, 
Militia, Yeomanry, Negroes, &amp;c.; Total Numbers 
and Charge :—And a similar Statement for the year 
1838, with a Recapitulation, comparing the Gross 
Numbers and Charge in each of the Two Years, and 
showing the Reduction in Numbers and Expense. 

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


The House proceeded to take into further consi- 
deration the Report which, upon the 2d day of this 
instant May, was made from the Committee on the 
Birmingham Canal Bill; printed Copies of the Bill 
having been delivered at the door upon Monday the 
6th day of this instant May. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Amendments made by the Com- 
mittee to the Bill be now read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by jeaving out from the words “That 
“the” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “ Bill be re-committed to the former 
“ Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—It passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “ Bill 
“be re-committed to the former Committee,” be added 


instead thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
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14°—15° Mazz. 267 


Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 

Petitions from Lord Lyttleton ;—Proprietors and 
Occupiers of Coal and Iron Stone Mines on the 
line of the Dudley Canal Navigation (three Peti- 
tions) ;— Dudley Canal Navigation Company ;— 
and, the Bishop of Exeter and John Benbow, 
Esquire, Trustees of the Estates of the late Earl 
of Dudley; praying for the insertion of a Clause 
in the said Bill, exempting from the toll of four- 
pence per ton articles passing out of the Dudl 
Canal into the Birmingham Canal,—were presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to London and 


take into further consideration the Report which, 
upon the 22d day of April last, was made from the 
Committee on the London and Birmingham Railway 
Bill; printed Copies of the Bill having been delivered 
at the door upon Wednesday, the 24th day of April 
last ; and the Amendments were read, and _— to. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, by leaving out the second Clause (empowering 
the Company to raise Money by the creation of new 
shares). 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause stand part of the 
Bill :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in Clause 2, by leaving out the words “ and 
“ such order of time shall be denoted by tickets num- 
“ bered 1, 2, 3, and so on, to be delivered to the 
“ parties bringing such goods at the entrance gate 
“ of the respective stations of the said Company.” 


And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old hn : 
y r. Linch, : 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. William Williams | 5. 
J Mr. Dugdale, 


Tellers for the Noes, Sir James Graham: 


17. 

And it appearing upon the report of the Division 
by the Tellers, that Forty Members were not pre- 
sent, and it being then after four of the clock :— 
The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 
a Question first put, till To-morrow. 








Mercurti, 15° die Maii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Scott, from the Office of the Chamberlain London 
of the City of London, was called in; and at Corporation, 
the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of several London Bridge. 


Acts of Parliament,-—-An Account of Monies received 
and paid by the Chamberlain of the City of London for 
rebuilding London Bridge, and for improving and 
making suitable Approaches thereto, from the 31st 
December 1837 to the 31st December 1838. 

An Account of the Surplus of the Fund created 
and continued by the Acts of the 10th Geo. 4, c. 136, 
and the 11th Geo. 4, c. 64, for making and improving 
the Approaches to London Bridge, &amp;c., for the year 
ending 5th January 1839, and of the Appropriation 
of the same in the discharge of Monies raised under 
the authority of the said Acts. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London between the 6th 
January 1838 and the 24th January 1838, being the 
Produce and Application of the several Duties and 
Payments made payable by the Act of the 10th 
Geo. 4, c. 136, for improving the Approaches to 
London Bridge ; and also of the Act 11 Geo. 4, c. 64, 
for making further provision for defraying the Ex- 

MM2 + penses 


















































Bridge House 
Estates, 


Paving, 
Lighting, and 
Cleansing. 


Thames 
Navigation. 


Sewers, 


Blackfriars 
Bridge. 


Mooring 
Chains, &amp;c., 


Coal Market. 


Slamannan 
Railway Bill. 


Comberton 


Barton 











and Sedles- 
combe Road 
Bill. 












(RiverThames.) 


Inclosure Bill. 


Inclosure Bill. of Barton, in the County of Cambridge, was read the 


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penses of making the Approaches to London Bridge, 
and the removal of Fleet Market, in respect of the 
year ending the 5th January 1839. ee 

A Statement of the Receipt and a of 
the surplus Rents and Profits of the Bridge House 
Estates (after deducting the existing Charges and 
Expenses of Management of the said Estates), from 
the 14th August 1837 to the 14th August 1838. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for paving, 
lighting and cleansing the said City and Liberties, 
for one year, ending the 29th day of September 
1838. 

An Account of Money received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for improving 
the Navigation of the River Thames westward of 
London Bridge, &amp;c., within the Liberties of the City 
of London, and for further improving the said Navi- 
gation, for the year ending the 29th of September 
1838. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of Zondon, for making, 
maintaining, enlarging, repairing and cleansing the 
Vaults, Drains and Sewers within the said City and 
Liberties, for one year, ending on the 29th of Sep- 
tember 1838. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, tor ghting» 
watching, cleansing and repairing Blackfriars Bridge, 
from the 14th August 1837, to the 14th August 
1838. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of Zondon, in pursuance of 
the Act 4 Will. 4, c. 118, for raising a Sum of Money 
for the Repair of Blackfriars Bridge, from the 14th 
of August 1837 to the 14th of August 1838. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of Zondon for defraying 
the Costs and Charges of maintaining, repairing, Xc., 
the Mooring Chains in the River T’hames,and of pay- 
ing the Salaries of the several Harbour Masters, &amp;c., 
on account of the year ending the 25th of July 1838. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, in relation to 
the Market established for the sale of Coals, &amp;c., 
within the Cities of London and Westminster, and 
in certain parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, 
Kent, &amp;c., for one year, ending on the 31st of De- 
cember 1838 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 7th day of 
this instant May, was made from the Committee on 
the Slamannan Railway Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to; and a Clause was added to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for closing Lands in the Parish 
of Comberton, in the County of Cambridge, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Yorke do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Parish 


third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Yorke do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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to Cripp’s Corner, in the Parish of 
County of Sussex, was read the third time. 





A. 1839. 


Oak Inn at Whatlington, and through Sedlescombe 
Ewhurst, in the 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir Edward Knatchbull do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


intituled, An Act forenabling the Cheltenham Water- 
works Company to enlarge and extend their Works, 
and for amending the Act relating thereto; and the 
same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 4. 1.10. Leave out “ the” and insert “such.” 

Pr. 5. 1.4. After “course” insert “ thereof.” 

Pr. 6.1.2. After “county” insert “ Provided 
always, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
authorize or empower, or be deemed or construed 
to authorize or empower the said Company of 
Proprietors to take or purchase the lands or 
grounds belonging to Samuel Nettleshipp, Es- 
quire, and ro Number 1 and 2, on the said 
Plan, and in the said Book of Reference, or any 
“ part thereof.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 14. Leave out from “ hereditaments” to 
“ and” in 1.15, and insert “described in the said 
Map or Plan, and mentioned in the said Book of 
Reference, as are situate on the course of, or within 
the aforesaid limits of deviation from the line of 
the said aqueducts, pipes or conduits for carrying 
the water from the said. springs, hereinbefore called 
Dowdeswell Spring and Chariton King’s Spring.” 
Pr. 6.1. 16. Leave out from “ thereof” to “in” in 

- 22. 

Pr. 26. 1.25. After “ void” insert Clause (A.) 

Criause(A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall be lawful for the said Company, and they 
are hereby empowered to contract with any person 
“* or corporation (who shall be willing to sell the 
same) for the purchase of any lands, not exceeding 
in the whole Ten statute acres, in addition to the 
“ Jands by the said recited Act, or by this Act, au- 
thorized to be taken, in such places as the said 
Company shall deem eligible for the purpose of 
making and providing additional Reservoirs or 
“ other Works connected with the said undertaking, 
which the said Company shall judge requisite ; 
“ and it shall be lawful for all corporations and per- 

sons under any disability or chaielian to sell or 
grant and convey to the said Company and their 
successors any lands whatsoever, for the purposes 
hereinbefore mentioned, or any of them, in the 
same manner as in the said recited Act or in this 
“ Act directed, concerning the lands to be taken 
for the purposes thereof.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Phillpotts do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Company of 
Proprietors of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire 
Canal Navigation to raise a further Sum of Money, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Price do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Manchester and Leeds Railway Bill ; 
and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill 
were referred ; That they had considered several of 
the said Petitions; and had heard counsel in support 





An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act passed in the 
sixth year of his late eae King William the 
Fourth, fur making a Turnpike-road from Saint 


Leonard's and Saint Mary Magdalen, to the Royal 


of some of them ; and had also heard counsel in favour 
of the Bill; and that the Committee had inquired 
into the several matters required by the Standing 
Orders relative to Railway Bills; and had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 





true ; 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cheltenham 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Waterworks 


Herefordshire 
and Gloucester- 
shire Canal Bill. 


Manchester 
and Leeds — 
Railway Bill. 








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true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Petitions from John George Norbury, Esquire ; Manchester and 
—S. W. Henslow, Esquire, and Sir George Chet- a 
wynd, Baronet ;—Midland Counties Railway Com- naa 
panyt;—Company of Proprietors of the Navigation Rugby) Rail- 


from the T'rent to the Mersey ;—London and Bir- **Y Bill. 


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Ruyby and 
a He Road 


Bill. 


Perth Police 
Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway Bill. 


Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Mills’s 
Estate Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing and maintaining 
the Road from the Town of Rugby to the Borough 
of Warwick, all in the County of Warwick, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dugdale do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually paving the 
Streets of the City of Perth, for the better lighting, 
watching and cleansing the said City and Suburbs 
thereof, for maintaining and regulating the Police 
of the same, and for other purposes relating thereto, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Kinnaird do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and divert the Line of 
the South Eastern Railway so as to connect the 
same with the London and Brighton Railway, and 
to amend the Acts relating to the said South Eastern 
Railway, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend the Acts relating to the 
South Eastern Railway. 

Ordered, That Mr. Barneby do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Sanford reported from the Committee on 
the Northern and Eastern Railway (No. 2.) Bill; 
and to whom several Petitions against the said 
Bill were referred ; That they had considered 
the said Petitions, and had heard counsel in favour 
of the Bill; and that the Committee had inquired 
into the several matters required by the Standing 
Orders relative to Railway Bills; and had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mills's Estate Bill was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 





mingham Railway Company ;—and, the Earl of 
Harrowby; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Manchester and Birmingham Extension 
(Stone and Rugby) Railway Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves; their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


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The Rotherham Small Debts Bill was read a Rotherham 


second time ; and committed to Lord Visceant Mor- Pm 
peth, and the West Riding of York List. 


Petitions from Charlbury;— Fourteen Incorpo- Postage. 


rated Trades of Edinburgh ;—Corporation of the 
Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society ;—Ma- 
nager of the Corporation of the Caledonian Insurance 
Company ;— Cork ;—Adlingfleet ;—Justices of the 
Peace and Commissioners of Supply for Dumbar- 
ton (Chairman) ; — Strood ;— Dean ;— Pembridge ; 
—Tailors, 55, Mew Bond-street ; — Engineers, 8, 
Winsley-street, Oxford-street ;— Booksellers, 8, Vew 
Burlington-strect ;—Card Manufacturers, 16, Great 
College-street, Camden Town ;—Druggists, 4, Crip- 
plegate Buildings, Wood-street, London ;—Silk Esta- 
blishment, 248, Regent-street ;— Residents of the 
Metropolis and its Suburbs ;—Silk Warehousemen, 
8, Wood-street, Cheapside; — Establishment of 
Messrs. Lowndes and Co., 7, Watling-street, Lon- 
don; — Establishment of Cooper and Co., Saint 
Paul’s Church-yard ;—Establishment of Cook and 
Co., 22, Saint Paul’s Church-yard ;—Establishment 
of Longstaff and Co., 14, Saint Paul’s Church-yard ; 
—KEstablishment of Gillet and Co. 35, King-street, 
Cheapside ;— Establishment of Wheeler and Co., 134, 
Cheapside; — Establishment of Middleditch and 
Taylor, 46, Old Change;—Establishment of Gold- 
smith and Webster, 54, Friday-street ;— Swaffham 
Prior ; — Barrington ; — Kenchester ;— Greenwich 
Reform Association (President) ;—Lochalsh;-- Ban- 
bury ;— Thornton ;— Moonzie ;— Establishment of 
Messrs. James Coster and Co., Aldermanbury;—- 
Blairgowrie Mills ;— Cardigan Union ;— Mountrath; 
— Newark ;— Fowey ;— Largs ;—Thatcham ; —Pol- 


sabe, A Petition of the Feoffees of Trust, and Go-! per ro ;—Lydbrook ; — Longhope ; — Ballingham;— 
xapind —_vernors of George Heriot’s Hospital in Edinburgh, | Wellow ;— Nayland ;— Thurlstone;— Mitchel Dean; 


Railway Bill. 


Eyemouth 


Harbour Bill, 


praying that they may be heard, by their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Edinburgh, 
Leith and Newhaven Railway Bill, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Pringle reported from the Committee on the 
Eyemouth Harbour Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


—Soaint Veep-by-Fowey ; —Biacking Manufactory, 
30, Strand ;—Establishment of Messrs. Hargreaves, 
1, Ivy-lane, Paternoster-row ; — Druggists, 213, 
Upper Thames-street ;—Druggists, 91, Bishopsgate- 
street ;— Druggists, 24, Garlick Hill;—Upholsterers, 
26, Berners-street, Oxford-street ; — Bedstead Ma- 
nufacturers, 1, Brook-street, New Road ;—Printers, 
9, Castle street, Holborn ;—1, Gough-square ;--14, 
Bartholomew Close;—17, College Hill ;—7, Little 
James-street, Bedford-row ;--37, Bell-yard, Temple 
Bar ;— 46, Rathbone-place, Oxford-street ;— 30, 
Kenton-street, Brunswich-square ;—174, Strand ;— 
20, Great New-street, Shoe-lane ;—Greenoch Total 
Abstinence Society (Preses) ;—Old Bailey ;—Ken- 
sington ;— West Smithfield ;—~ Newgate-street ;— 


Manchester and Ordered, That the Petitions of Sophia Place ;— | Tottenham Court Road ;— Thrapston ;— Croydon ; 

1. a Owners and Occupiers of lands upon and near to — Huddersfield ;— North Sunder land ;—Thornhill ; 
(Stone and the intended line of Railway;—and, the Reverend — Carnoustie; -—- ard, Polruan; praying for the 
Raghy) Rail James Roberts, which were presented yesterday, be adoption of a low and uniform rate of Postage,— 
way il, 


referred to the Committee on the Manchester and 
Birmingham Extension (Stone and Rugby) Railway 
Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 

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were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and In- Re lcarHarbour 
habitants of Whitby, praying that the Redcar (N». 2.) Bill. 


Harbour (No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law, was 





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resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 
William Boyce. A Petition of William Boyce, late Surgeon in 
Her Majesty’s Navy, complaining of having been 
deprived of his half-pay, and praying for redress, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





Sir Rufane Donkin presented, pursuant to Order, 
—A Return of all Officers of the late Corps of 
Artillery Drivers, their length of Service, and Service 
on which employed. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, ina Tabular form, of the Qualifications for 
Directors of Railroad Companies, required under the 
several Acts authorizing the making of Railroads 
since the First year of the Reign of his late Ma- 
jesty King George the Fourth :—Also, stating the 
Nominal Value of each of the Shares constituting 
such Qualification, and the Alterations, if any, in 
the Amount of Qualification made by any Act sub- 
sequent to the original Act for making such Rail- 
roads respectively; and the Number of Directors 
authorized to be appointed for the Conduct and 
Management of the Concerns of each respective 
Railway ; and what Number of Directors in each 
Company are qualified, in respect of original Shares 
only, or of subsequently created Shares only, or 
partly by the one Class, and partly by the other. 


Artillery 
Drivers. 


Railway 
Companies, 


Dogs, A Petition of Inhabitants of Emsworth, praying 
the House to adopt measures for the suppression of 
the practice of employing Dogs in drawing carts 
and other vehicles, or to place the drivers under 
proper legal control, was presented, and read ; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Church of 


Petitions from Morven ;—Rosemarkie ;—Avoch ; 
Scotland, 


—Saint Paul's, Edinburgh;—Lady Yesters;—Lyb- 
ster ; — Oathlaw ; -~ Ormiston ; — Carmunnock ; — 
Bothwell ;--Govan ;— Hamilton ;— and, Rosneath ; 
praying the House to adopt measures for reliev- 
ing the religious destitution which prevails in Scot- 
land, by extending the efficiency of the Established 
Church,—-were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Rating of A Petition of Owners, Trustees, Mortgagees and 

Tenements Bill. others interested in small tenements of Wisbech, 
praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lanark, Lesmahagow, Carluke and 
Daiserf ;—and, the city of Ely and neighbourhood ; 
praying for an increase of duty upon foreign Apples, 
Cherries and Pears,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Foreign Apples, 
&amp;e. 


Poor Law Petitions from the Abergavenny Union ;—Here- 
Amendment — ford Union ;—and, Ross Union; praying for the 
ee amendment of the Poor Law Act,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Sale of Beer A Petition of Farmers and Inhabitants of Ches- 
Set ham, praying the House to assimilate the hours for 
opening and closing the houses of Licensed Vic- 
tuallers and Beer Sellers, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Lord’s Day. Petitions from Repton (two Petitions) ;--and, 


Edinburgh ; praying the House to adopt measures 
for securing the better observance of the Lord’s 
Day,-- were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





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A, 1839, 


A Petition of landed Proprietors, Farmers, Trades- Railways 
men and others, of Clonkee and Castlerahan ; pray- (!*!4.) 
ing the House not to confine their views to one line 
of Railway in Jreland, but to grant legislative 
facilities and a fair share of pecuniary assistance 
to every company that shall undertake the forma- 
tion of leading and approved lines of Railway, was 
prerenind, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Aldborough Henniker, Esquire, of Railways, 
Gray’ s-Inn, Barrister, praying that conductors and 
servants of Railway Companies, may be placed 
under similar control with the conductors and drivers 
of public conveyances in the Metropolis, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Manufacturers, Merchants, Traders, 
and others, of Edinburgh, praying that provision 
may be inserted in all Railway Bills for the purpose 
of removing the difficulties and obstructions which 
prevent the public from running carriages for hire 
on Railways, was also presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Railways. 


the- Medical 


A Petition of Physicians, Surgeons and A 
ouse Practitioners, 


caries of Kingston-upon-Hull, praying the 
to prohibit the sale of patent and secret medicines, 
and for the more summary and certain conviction 
of persons practising medicine or surgery without 
the license of some legally recognized body, was 
—* and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Three Petitions from Lichfield, praying the House Church of 
to take the spiritual destitution of the Church of England. 
England and Wales into consideration,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


Petitions from Hastings ;— Newark ;—and, Bath ; Prisons Bill. 
praying that the Prisons Bill may not pass into a 

law as it now stands,—-were presented, and read; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stockport ;-—Liverpool ;—Toxteth Education. 

Park ;—Canterbury (Dean and Chapter) ;——Glou- 
cester (Dean and Chapter) ;—Lichfield ;-— Dodder- 
hill ;—and, Stow-on-the- Wold ; praying the House 
not to sanction any system of National Education 
not founded on the principles of the Established 
Church,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stretton-upon-Dunsmoor ;—Llan- Ch 
tillio Pertholey ;—- Llanarmon and Llangybi ;— (Canada, &amp;c.) 
Winterborne Whitechurch ; — Lichfield ;—Kilming- 
ton ;——Chester (two Petitions) ;--Cleeve Prior ;— 
Bradford (York) ;—Horton ;--and, Ickworth, &amp;e. ; 
praying the House to continue their protection and 
encouragement to the Bishops and Clergy throughout 
Canada and the other British colonies,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery Maynooth 
of Auchterarder, praying the House not to sanction ©"°8* 
any further grant of public money to the Roman 
Catholic College of Maynooth, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Convener of the Annual Ge- ame ae 
neral Meeting of Commissioners of Supply of the S¢tln¢) 
county of Lanark, praying that a survey may be 
made under the direction of Government, for the 
formation of a Railway from the North of England 
to Edinburgh and Glasgow, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of pro- —_ Police 
perty in the suburbs of Perth, praying that the “"" 
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Perth Police Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in 
the county of yt praying that the manage- 
ment of County ates may be placed in a bod 
of responsible representatives elected by the rate- 
payers, was presented, and read; and ordered to 


ie upon the Table. 


County Rates. 


Elective Petitions from Kilmannon ;— and, Aughavoe ; 

naa, o praying the House to identify the Elective Franchise 

(ireland) in England and Ireland, countries in which the 
tenures of lands and houses are similar, and to give 
to Ireland as complete Municipal Reform as Eng- 
land has obtained, and to give also to Jreland her 
adequate proportion in the ee tir sane Bt and, 
finally, to place Zreland upon a footing of equality 
in religious freedom with England, by allocating 
the temporalities of the church of the mmority 
in that country to purposes of charity, education 
and public utility,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners and Coal-owners of 
the southern part of the county of Durham, stating 
that it has been found necessary and expedient for 
the Petitioners and certain other Coal Owners to 
avail themselves occasionally of more than one 
railway for the transmission of their coals to the 
ports of shipment; that in consequence of the 
various railways belonging to different proprietors 
between whom a spirit of rivalry competition 
exists, the Petitioners are subject to many obstruc- 
tions, hindrances and impositions in the event of 
their coals or merchandize passing from one railway 
to another; and submitting that where railways 
communicating with each other are necessarily 
used by parties whose situation and traffic require 
the passing over more than one railway, such 
ought not to be the cause of any increase of or op- 
pressive charge, or of any hindrance, partiality or 
obstruction beyond what they would have been 
subject to had they used the whole line of any 
particular railway, and that the legislature never 
could have intended that any company should have 
power to make one charge to one party and a higher 
one to another; and praying the House to cause 
inquiry to be made into the rules, rates and charges 
to which their trade is subjected, and to grant them 
relief, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Railways. 


Coal Trade. 


Bonding 
Warehouses, 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Stockport, 
praying for the establishment of Inland Bonding 
Warehouses, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


dp Name Petitions from Shircock ;—and, Bangor Presby- 
ian Church . ? 4 “ 
Service.) tery (Clerk); praying that Presbyterian soldiers 


may be permitted to attend the Presbyterian Church 
in the same manner as Episcopalian and Roman 
Catholic soldiers are permitted to attend their re- 
spective places of worship,—were presented and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Roman Catholic 


Relief Act. A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery 


of Tain, praying for the repeal of the Roman Ca- 
tholic Relief Act, was ee. and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

we Courts A Petition of Gentry, Merchants and other In- 
habitants of Soham, praying that the County 
Courts Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Imprisonment 


A Petition of the Proprietors, Printers and Pub- 
for Debt Act 


lishers of the Preston Chronicle, Preston Pilot and 
—o Newspapers, praying that the 
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y | taken into further consideration upon Tuesday the 


971 
Imprisonment for Debt Act Amendment Bill may 


pass into a law, was —* and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee London and 
on the London and Birmingham Railway Bill be Rallwes Bilt. 


28th day of this instant May. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Steam Vessels. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Report on Steam Vessels 
Inquiry, made to the Committee of Privy Council 
for Trade. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Adjournment. 
tet That this House will, at the rising of the 

ouse this day, adjourn till Monday the 27th day 
of this instant May ; 


Whereupon, Mr. Speaker addressed the House Mr. Speaker's 
as followeth : Retirement. 


“ As this is the last occasion on which I shall have 
the honour of presiding over the deliberations of 
this House, I cannot retire without expressing my 
most grateful acknowledgments for that kindness 
and support which has been so generously afforded 
to me, and which has sustained me in the discharge 
of my duties. 

“It was natural that the circumstances under 
which I was first placed in the Chair should create 
in my own mind a feeling of embarrassment, and 
weaken my confidence in my efforts: I must grate- 
fully and unreservedly declare, that I have through- 
out received as prompt and cordial support from 
those who opposed as from those who supported 
my election. This circumstance gives me the greatest 
pleasure ; because it has convinced me, that the 
desire to uphold the authority which is necessary 
for enforcing propriety and regularity in the pro- 
ceedings of this House, is the first and strongest 
feeling among its Members. I am very sensible 
of my own imperfections, and I claim no other merit 
than that of having been influenced by an earnest 
and sincere desire to discharge my duty in all de- 
partments of the business of the House, and towards 
all persons, with courtesy, firmness and impartiality. 

“T shall always retain the strongest feelings of 
gratitude for the favourable construction which has 
been puton allmy acts ; and my last wish will be, that 
this House may be so guided and governed in all 
its proceedings and conduct, as to ensure the peace, 
the security and the happiness of the people whose 
destinies are confided to its care.” 


And the Question being put ; 

Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday the 27th 
day of this instant May. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Cheltenham Cheltentam 
Improvement Bill, have leave to sit To-morrow, iagesmnment 
notwithstanding the adjournment of the House. - 


Ordered, That the Committee on the London London bridge 
Bridge Approaches, &amp;c., Bill have leave to sit To- ee 
2 a , » Bill. 
morrow, notwithstanding the adjournment of the 
House. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the Borough Courts 
3d day of June next, resolve itself into a Committee Bill. 
upon the Borough Courts Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Borough Watch 
reading of the Borough Watch Rates Bill ; Rates Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 28th day of this instant May. 
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The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sale of Beer Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
4th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Clerks of the Peace Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 5th day of June,next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Tuventions Bill. reading of the Patterns and Inventions Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 28th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration, the Report on the Copyholds’ 
Enfranchisement Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday the 5th day of June 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Double and Treble Costs Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
28th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Heritable Securities (Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 28th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Writs (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday the 28th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Land Tax Double Assessments Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 28th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Bankrupts (Jreland) Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
the 28th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


Births, &amp;c., Bill. fyrther consideration the Report on the Registers 


of Births, &amp;c., Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday the 28th day of this 
instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Expenses Bill. mittee on the High Sheriffs’ Expenses Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 30th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Jamaica Government Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 30th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
31st day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
31st day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Lighting of the 
to superintend the experiment of Mr. Gurney to House. 
light the House, and to report to the House their 
Opinion thereupon :—And a Committee was ap- 
pointed of Mr. Hume, Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Wakley, Sir Henry 
Hardinge, Lord Eliot, Sir Frederick Trench, Sir 
Charles Lemon, Lord John Russell, Mr. Hawes, Sir 
Robert Peel, Sir Thomas Acland, Sir Robert Harry 
Inglis, Sir William Molesworth, Mr. Rundle, and Dun 
Mr. Mansel Talbot, with Power to send for persons, Uni 
papers and records. 
Ordered, That five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ Dublin ang 
Return of the several sums of Money (exceeding Kingstown 
One hundred pounds each) which have been awarded Railroad. 
by way of Compensation to the different Claimants 
on the Dublin and Kingstown Railroad ; specifying 
the Name of each Claimant, and the sum originally 
demanded, and the Amount awarded and paid. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cavalry Cavalry 
Appointments, which was presented upon the 16th Appointments, 
day of April last, be printed. No. 256. . 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, District Lunatic 
Returns from each District Lunatic Asylum in Zre- Asylums 
land, specifying the Name, the Year in which opened, oe 
the Number of Patients for which intended, the 
Quantity of Land purchased, the Price by the 
English Acre, Amount of Purchase-money of Land, (s 
Cost of Building, Cost of Bedding, Furniture and 
other Contingencies, and Total Expenditure on each 
Asylum previous to its opening :—Of the Expense 
of each Addition, including Furniture, &amp;c., to each 
Asylum, and of the Number which can be accom- 
modated by each Addition; and of the additional 
Numbers that were accommodated in each Asylum 
without additions to the Buildings, and of the Ex- 
ome of the Alterations, Furnishing, &amp;c., and the 

otal Number which could be accommodated in 
each Asylum, on the 31st day of March 1839:—Of 
the Names of the Counties, &amp;c., attached to each 
District Lunatic Asylum, with the Population of 
each in 1831, and the Total Population of each 
District ; and of the Proportion which each County 
was to pay of the first Expense of each Asylum :— 
Of the Expense cf each District Lunatic Asylum 
for each year since it was opened, showing the Total 
Annual Expense, the Average Annual Expense of 
each Patient, the Number of Patients from each 
County, and the Sum charged to each County in 
each year :—Of the Number of Patients in each, on 
the 5th day of January or 1st day of April in each 
year; the Number admitted, the Number dis- 
charged, distinguishing those discharged as cured, 
as relieved, and as harmless and incurable; the 
Number who have died, and the Total discharged 
and died; the Number to whom Admission was re- 
fused, and the Average Number in each Asylum in 
each year :—Of the Total Expenditure in each Asy- 
lum in each year; the Total Cost per Head per 
annum; the Expenditure in Furniture, Bedding 
and Linen; the Expenditure in Fixtures, Additions 
and Alterations, Workmen’s Bills, &amp;c.; the Total 
Expenditure in Clothing; the Expenditure per Head 
per annum in Clothing ; the Total Expenditure in 
Salaries and Servants’ Wages; the Expenditure per 
Head per annum in Salaries and Servants’ Wages ; 
the Total Expenditure in Food only; the Cost per 
Head per annum in Food only; the Cost per Head 
per week in Food only; the Cost per Head per 
day in Food only; all calculated from the Average 
Number of Patients for each year:—Of the Parti- 
culars of each Salary and Servant’s Wages, and the 
Total Amount of the same for each year:—Of the 
Number of Patients admitted into each Asylum be- 
tween the opening of the Asylum and the 31st da 
of March 1839; the Number discharged coswveisl, 


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Dunmow 
Union. 
d 
\ 
nts, 
6 Registration of 
: Electors Bill, 
Matic 


Prisons 
(Scotland ) Bill. 


District 
Sessions Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Police Courts 
Bill, 


Metropolis 
Police Bill. 


Prisons Bill. 


District Prisons 
Bill, 


Canada, 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


9, VicTorRiz£. 


the Number discharged or taken away by their 
Friends as relieved or incurable within that Period, 
the Number of Relapsed Cases, and the Number 
who died within that Period, and the Total Number 
remaining in each Asylum on the 31st dayof March 
1839:—And, Similar Returns from the Richmond Dis- 
trict Lunatic Asylum from 1830, and from the Cork 
Lunatic Asylum, from the 1st day of April 1833. 


The Order for taking into consideration, upon 
Thursday next, the Petition of Guardians of the 
Poor, Rate-payers and other persons residing within 
the district included in the Dunmow Poor Law Union, 
and Physicians and Surgeons practising within the 
Union and its neighbourhood, which was presented 
upon the 2d day of this instant May, complaining of 
the situation selected for the workhouse, as being 
low and marshy, and much exposed to damp and 
fog, and praying for inquiry, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday the 30th day of this 
jnstant May. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Friday next, on the Registration 
of Electors Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
31st day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Friday next, on the Prisons (Scot- 
land) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
31st day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday 
next, the District Sessions Bill, was pa § and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 31st day of this instant May. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Frida 
next, the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill, was sad, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 31st day of this instant May. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday 
next, the Metropolis Police Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 31st day of this instant May. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Friday next, on the Prisons Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
3ist day cf this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order for receiving the Report on the Dis- 
trict Prisons Bill, upon Friday next, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
the 31st day of this instant May. 


The Order for taking into consideration, upon 
Friday next, Her Majesty’s most gracious Message 
of the 3d day of this instant May, relative to Canada, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That Her Majesty’s said most gracious 
Message be taken into consideration upon Friday 
the 31st day of this instant May. 


The Order for taking into further consideration, 
upon Friday next, the Report on the Municipal Cor- 
porations ({reland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 


consideration upon Friday the 31st day of this in- 
stant May. 


Vo. 94, 


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273 


The Order for taking into further consideration, Waterford 
upon Friday next, the Report on the Waterford Fever Hospital 
ever Hospital Bill, was read, and discharged. 7. 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday the 31st day of this in- 
stant May. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday Fictitious Votes 
next, the Fictitious Votes (Scotland) Bill, was read, (Scotland) Bill. 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 31st day of this instant May. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday Registration of 
next, the Registration of Electors Bill, was read, Plectors Bilt 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 31st day of this instant May. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Election Peti- 
Committee, upon Friday the 24th day of this instant tions’ Trial Bilt. 
May, on the Election Petitions’ Trial Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
31st day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The,.Order for the House to resolve itself into a Paper Duties 
Committee, upon Friday the 24th day of this instant Bill. 
May, on the Paper Duties Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
31st day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Brick Duties 
Committee, upon Friday the 24th day of this instant Bill. 
May, on the Brick Duties Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
31st day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Ecclesiastical 
Committee, upon Monday the 27th day of this in- ig 
stant May, on the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues F 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
the 28th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Sewers Bill 
Committee, upon Monday the 27th day of this instant 
May, on the Sewers Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
28th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Factories Bill. 
Committee, upon Monday the 27th day of this instant 
May, on the Factories Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
28th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Supreme Courts 


The Order for taking into further consideration (Seotland) Ble 


upon Monday the 27th day of this instant May, the 
Report on the Supreme Courts (Scotland) Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday the 28th day of this 
instant May. 


The Order for receiving the Report, upon Mon- Railways 
day the 27th day of May next, from the Committee (!"¢4"¢-) 
to whom it was referred to consider the Reports of 
the Commissioners appointed to consider and re- 
commend a general system of Railways for Ire/and, 
was read, and discharged, 

Ordered, That the Report be réceived upon Tues- 
day the 28th day of this instant May. 

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Bankrapts’ The Order for taking into further consideration, 
(Scotland) Bilt, UPOR Monday the 27th day of this instant May, 


the Reporton the Bankrupts’ Estates (Scotland) Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 

consideration upon Tuesday the 28th day of this 
instant May. 
a The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- 
(Scotland) Bill, day the 27th day of this instant May, the Registra- 
tion of Leases (Scotland) Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 28th day of this instant May. 


Ratingof — §$ The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Tenements Bill. Committee, upon Monday the 27th day of this in- 
stant May, upon the Rating of Tenements Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
the 28th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Imprisonment The Order for the House to resolve itself into 
for Debt Bill. 4 Committee, upon Monday the 27th day of this 
instant May, upon the Imprisonment for Debt Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
28th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


per so Ordered, That the Returns relative to Criminals 
ba and.) (Scotland), which were presented upon Monday 
0. 257. last, be printed. 
Prisons, Ordered, That the Return relative to Prisons, 
No. 268. which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. 


+ mcngaaited Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Consta- 


No. 259. bulary Force, which was presented upon Monday 
last, be printed. 


_— Ordered, That the Return relative to the Bank 
No. 960. of en which was presented yesterday, be 

printed. 

a Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Exchequer 
oa Bills, which were presented yesterday, be printed 
No. 260. UM'S P y yep 

Barilla, Ordered, That the Account relative to Barilla, 
No.261. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 

aera Ordered, That the Return relative to Chelsea 
ny oan Pensioners, which was presented yesterday, be 
No.248, = €nS , P y y» 

printed. 

Army (Effec- Ordered, That the Paper relative to Army (Effec- 

tive Services.) 


tive Services), which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday the 
27th day of this instant May. 


No. 262. 





Lune, 27° die Maii; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 

= ue HE Serjeant came, and brought the Mace, 

Speaber. we and laid it under the Table. 

Then Lord John Russell, (addressing himself to 
the Clerk, who standing up, pointed to him, and 
then sat down) acquainted the House, that Her 
Majesty having been informed of the resignation 
of the Right honourable James Abercromby, late 
Speaker of this House, gives leave to the House to 
proceed forthwith to the choice of a new Speaker. 

Then Henry Handley, Esquire, stood up, and 
addressing himself in like manner to the Clerk, 
proposed to the House, for their Speaker, Charles 
Shaw Lefevre, Esquire, and moved, That Charles 
Shaw Lefevre, Esquire, do take the Chair of this 
House, as Speaker; in which Motion he was se- 
conded by the Right honourable eye Lushing- 
ton, D. c. L., Judge of Her Majesty’s High Court of 
Admiralty. 


274 15°—27°— 28° Mazz. 





A. 1839. 


Then the Right honourable Charles Watkin 
Williams Wynn, addressing himself to the Clerk, 
‘aie ster to the House, for their Speaker, the Right 

onourable Henry Goulburn and moved, That the 
Right honourable Henry Goulburn, do take the 
Chair of this House, as Speaker; in which Motion 
he was seconded by John Wilson Patten, Esquire, 
and supported by the Honourable William Duncombe. 

And thereupon Mr. Shaw Lefevre, and Mr. Goul- 
burn respectively addressed themselves to the House. 


Then the Question was put by the Clerk ; 

That Charles Shaw cones, Esquire, do take the 
Chair of this House, as Speaker. 

The Clerk declared the Yeas had it. 

The House was divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

The Tellers were appointed by the Clerk ; viz. 


Mr. Edward John Stanley } 
For the Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart: "317. 
Mr. Williams Wynn 
For the Noes, Mr. Wilson Patten r] } 299. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Whereupon Mr. Shaw Lefevre was conducted to 
the Chair by Mr. Handley and Dr. Lushington. 

Where being placed, he expressed himself truly 
sensible of the high honour the House had been 
pleased to confer upon him. 


Then the Mace was laid upon the Table. 


Lord John Russell congratulated Mr. Speaker 
elect, and acquainted the House, that Her Majesty 
had commanded him to inform the House, that it is 
Her Majesty’s pleasure, That the House should 
present their Speaker To-morrow, at three of the 
clock, in the House of Peers, for Her Majesty’s 
Royal approbation; and then moved to adjourn till 
To-morrow. 


Mr. Speaker elect, put the Question for adjourn- 
ing the House till To-morrow ; which being agreed 
to, the House was adjourned accordingly ; and Mr. 
Speaker elect went away, without the Mace before 
him. 


Martis, 28° die Maiti; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 





PRAYERS. 


having taken the Chair ; 


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


Mr. Speaker, 

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

Accordingly Mr. Speaker elect, with the House, 
went up to the House of Peers: Where Mr. Speaker 
elect, was presented to the said Lords Commission- 
ers, for the approbation of Her Majesty: And, 

Then the Lord High Chancellor, one of the said 
Lords Commissioners, signified Her Majesty’s ap- 
probation, in the name and on the behalf of Her 
Majesty, of Mr. Speaker elect. 

The House being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House had been in 
the House of Peers: Where Her Majesty was pleased, 
by her Commissioners, to approve of the choice the 
House had made of him, to be their Speaker. 

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

Ordered, 





* A copy of the said Commission is inserted at the end of this day’s 
proceedings. 








HE House being met, and Mr. Speaker elect Mr. Speaker 








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2 VicTorRiz. 


Petitions for Ordered, That the Fourth Division of the Select 

Private Bills + Oommittee on Petitions for Private Bills have leave 
to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting 
of the House. 

Committeeof Ordered, That the Committee of Selection for 

Selection Committees on Private Bills have leave to sit this 


(Private Bile) day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of the 


House. 


Hartishead 
or Dewsbury 
Inclosure Bill 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Hartishead 

or Dewsbury Inclosure Bill have leave to sit this 

" day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. ; 


Commercial A Ordered, That the Committee on the Commercial 
(tonioall). (London and Blackwall) Railway Bill have leave 


Railway Bill, to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 

Ludlow Writ. Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Ludlow, in the room 
of Lord Viscount Clive, now Earl of Powis ; called 
up to the House of Peers. 


Edinburgh Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 

aa to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 
present Parliament for the City of Edinburgh, in 
the room of the Right honourable James A bercromby, 
now Baron Dunfermline, called up to the House of 
Peers. 


Bury, Hasling- ‘The House proceeded to take into further con- 
- &amp;c., Roads sideration the Report which, upon the 14th day of 
; this instant May, was made from the Committee on 
the Bury, Haslingden, &amp;c., Roads Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to; and Amend- 

ments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed. 


— in The House proceeded to take into further con- 
Roads Bill.  Sideration the Report which, upon the 14th day of 
this instant May, was made from the Committee on 
the Clitheroe, Blackburn, &amp;c., Roads Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 
waat-§ Hulme’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and 
state Bill, committed to Mr. Wilson Patten, and the North 
Lancaster List. 
Oldham The Oldham Small Debts Bill was read a second 


min Debts time; and committed to Mr. Bootle Wilbraham, and 


the South Lancaster List. 
ey al A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
Bill, posed, That the Warrington Small Debts Bill be 
now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon Thursday next.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question :—The said proposed 
Amendment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—-The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed to Mr. Blackburn, and the South 
Lancaster List. 


Sidmouth The Sidmouth Improvement and Market Bill was 


I ; : = 

and Marker, ead a second time; and committed to Sir John Yarde 

Bill, Buller, and the South Devon List. 

a Milis’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and 
ate Bill, 


committed to Sir-Eardley Wilmot, and the North 
Warwick List. 


Vot. 94. 


98° Maiz. 











975 


A Petition of the Ministers, Churchwardens and Manchester and 
Overseers of the Poor of Colton, praying that the Birmingham 
Manchester and Birmingham Extension (Stone and ~ mecaupe 
Rugby) Railway Bill may not pass into a law as it Bagby) Rail- 
now stands, was presented, and read ; and referred way Dill. 
to the Committee on the Bill. 

Petitions from the Company of Proprietors of the 

Birmingham Canal Navigations ;—Grand Junction 
Railway Company ;—Joha B galey of Alrewas 
Cottage, in the county of Stafford, entleman ;— 
James Oldham Oldham, of Bellamour Hail, in the 
county of Stafford, Esquire;—and, Elizabeth Spar- 
row, of Bishton Hall, in the county of Stafford, 
Widow; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the said Bill, were also presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


The Grantham Small Debts Bill was read a se- Grantham 
cond time; and committed to Mr. Welby, and the — — 
South Lincoln List. ‘ 


A Petition of Commissioners of the Barnsley Pontefract 
Honor Court 


Small Debt Court, praying that they may be heard, 3, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Pontefract Honor Court Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition he referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Rishworth 
sideration the Report which, upon the 13th day of Reservoirs Bill. 
this instant May, was made.from the Committee on 
the Rishworth Reservoirs Bill ; printed copies of 
the Bill having been delivered at the door upon 
Thursday last; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to; and a Clause was added, and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Property Norwich 
and Rate-payers, and Inhabitants of Norwich, pray- }provement 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their ~' * 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the WVor- 
wich Improvement Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, that the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Rate-payers of Edenfield and 
Bradshaw and Tonge, praying that they may be — -— 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against" * 
certain parts of the Edenfield and Little Bolton 
Road. Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


The Liverpool Court of Requests Bill was read a Liverpool Court 
second time; and committed to Lord Viscount San- —— 
don, and the South Lancaster List. . 


The Liverpool Buildings Bill was read a second Liverpool 
time; and committed to Lord Viscount Sandon, and Buildings Bil. 
the South Lancaster List. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Aberdeen Aberdeen 
Market and Improvements (No 1.) Bill be revived: asosetite 
—aAnd that they have leave to sit and proceed upon (Nb. 1.) Bill. 

y P pon ( ) 
Thursday next. 


NN 2 Petitions 








London City 
Police Bill. 


Itchen Bridge 


and Roads Bill, 


Strood Church 
Bill. 


Glossop 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Brighton 
Cemetery Bill. 


Morville and 
Shipton Road 
Bill. 


Slamannan 
Railway Bill. 


Eyemoutia 
Harbour Bill, 


Camber 
( Portsmouth ) 


Quays, &amp;c., Bill. 


Fraserburgh 
Harbour Bill. 


Cheltenham 
Improvement 
Bill. 


276 

Petitions from the Wards of Dowgate ;— Cheap ; 
— Aldersgate Without ;— Aldgate ;— Candlewick ;— 
Billingsgate ;---Broad-street ;--Portsoken ;—Vintry; 
— Bassishaw ; — Cripplegate Without ;— Bridge ;— 
Farringdon Without ;—Cornhill;— Tower ;— Queen- 
hithe ;—Farringdon Within (two Petitions);—Wal- 
brook;--Castle Dad ;--Lime-street ;-- Cordwainer ; 
— Langbourn;— Aldersgate Within ;— Bishopsgate 
Without ; — Bishopsgate Within; — and, Cripple- 
gate Within, all in the City of London ; praying that 
the London City Police Bill may pass into a law,— 


were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The Itchen Bridge and Roads Bill was read a se- 
cond time ; and committed to Mr. Dottin, and the 
South Hants List. 


Petitions from Judith Allchin;—Creditors upon 
the rates for building Strood Church ;— Orlando 
John Nicholls;—John Gouge ;—and, Inhabitants 
of Strood; praying that the Strood Church Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Freeholders and Rate-payers and 
Inhabitants of Strood ;—and, Quakers of Strood; 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


The Glossop Small Debts Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. William Evans, and 
the North Derby List. 


The Brighton Cemetery Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Captain Pechell, and the 
East Sussex List. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Turnpike-road 
from Morville to Shipton, with a Branch to Brockten, 
and another Branch from Brockton to Easthope’s 
Cross, all in the County of Salop, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Clive do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the S/amannan 
Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr, Pringle do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing, 
improving and maintaining the Harbour of Eye- 
mouth, in the County of Berwick, was read the 
third time; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pringle do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 14th day of 
this instant May, was made from the Committee on 
the Camber (Portsmouth) Quays, &amp;c., Bill; printed 
Copies of the Bill having been delivered at the door 
upon Thursday last; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to; and an Amendment was made 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Captain Gordon reported from the Committee 
on the Fraserburgh Harbour Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Cheltenham 
Improvement Bill be revived :—And that they have 
leave to sit and proceed To-morrow. 


28° Mais. 








A. 1839. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Newport Dock 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the’case’ of il. 
the Petition for the Newport Dock Bill, the Standing 
Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as 
no notices whatever have been given. 
Ordered, That the Report referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. - 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Strood Church 
proposed, That the Strood Church Bill be now read Bill. 
a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Sir Edward Knatchbull, ) 4. 
Yeas, Mr. Hayter: gor’ 

Tellers for the f Mr. Bernal, Vai4 
Noes, Mr. Hobhouse : fxuat 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affrma- 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Rampton _ 
sideration the Report which, upon the 14th day of {closure Bil. 
this instant May, was made dom the Committee 
on the Rampton Inclosure Bill; and the Amend 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 

and Mr. Duckworth: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the better Protection Purchasers’ 
of Purchasers against Judgments, Crown Debts, Protection Bill 
Lis pendens and Fiats in Bankruptcy : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the Seditious 
thirty-ninth year of King George the Third, for the os 
more effectual Suppression of Societies established 331), 
for Seditious and Treasonable Purposes, and for pre- 
venting Treasonable and Seditious Practices, and to 
put an end to certain Proceedings now pending 
under the said Act : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend and enlarge London and 
the Powers and Provisions of the several Acts re- Croydon Rail- 
lating to the London and Croydon Railway : ss arte 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for enabling the Trustees British Museum 
of the British Museum to purchase certain Houses Buildings Bill 
and Ground for the enlargement of the Museum, 
and making a suitable Access thereto: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the more effectually Cullompton 
repairing and maintaining the Road from Padbrooke 204 Bill 
Bridge, in the Parish of Cullompton to Hazel Stone, 
in the Parish of Broadclist, all m the County of 
Devon: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Designs Copy- 
Act to secure to Proprietors of Designs for Articles Tight Bill 
of Manufacture the Copyright of such Designs for 
a limited time, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Great Western 
Act to amend the Acts relating to the Great Western Railway Bill 
Railway, and to raise a further Sum of Money for 
the purposes of the said Undertaking, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, .. 

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and 
Southampton 
(Portsmouth 
Branch) Rai!- 
way Bill. 


Rochdale 


Waterworks 
Bill. 


Carleton’s , 
Divorce Bill. 


‘oode’s 


Divorce Bill. 


Raike’s 
Estate Bill. 


London City 
Police Bill. 


Newark 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Birmingham 
Canal Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway 
(No. 2,) Bill. 


Deptford Pier 
Junction Rail. 
way Bill, 


Deptford Pier 
Bill, 


London and 
Birmingham 


Railway Bill. 


Edinburgh, 
Leith, and 
Newhaven 
Railway Bill. 


2 Vicroriz. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An | 
Act to amend the Acts relating to the London and |; 
Southampton Railway Company, hereafter to be 
called “The London and South Western Railway 
Company,” and to make a Branch Railway to the 
Port of Portsmouth, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to consolidate, amend, enlarge and extend the 
Powers and Provisions of two Acts of King George 
the Third, for better supplying the Town and Neigh- 
bourhood of Rochdale with Water, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of William Carleton, 
Esquire, with Rosamond Carleton, his now Wife, 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
purposes therein mentioned; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of Henry Coode (otherwise 
Cood), Esquire, with Jane, his now Wife, and to 
enable him to marry again, and for other purposes ; 
to which the. Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for vesting certain Hereditaments situate in the 
Parish of Drypool, within the Borough of Kingston- 
upon- Hull, and in the Parish of Sutton, nm the East 
Riding of the County of York, respectively, late 
the Property of Robert Rathes, Esquire, deceased, 
in Trustees, upon Trust, to be sold, and for laying 
out the Money arising therefrom in the purchase of 
other Estates to be settled to the same uses; to 
which. the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :--And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The London City Police Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to a Select Committee. 


The Newark Small Debts Bill was read a second 
time; and committed to Mr. Gladstone, and the 
South Nottingham List. 


A Petition of James Deykin, Esquire, praying that 
he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Birmingham Canal Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, his counsel oragent, upon his Peti- 
tion, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the South Eastern Railway (No. 2.) 
Bill be read.a second time upon Thursday next. 


The Deptford Pier Junction Railway Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed to Mr. Barnard, 
and the West Kené List. 


The Deptford Pier Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed to Mr. Barnard, and the West 
Kent List. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Report on the Lon- 
don and Birmingham Railway Bill; and Clauses 
were added, and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- 
deration the Report which, upon the 13th day of 
April last, was made from the Committee on the 
Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Bill; 
printed Copies of the Bill having been delivered at 
the door upon Monday the 28th day of this instant 
May; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


28° Maiz. 





Vot, 94, 


277 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed, 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee. on Northern and 
the Northern and Eastern Railway (No. 1.) Bill, Eastern Rail- 
be taken into further consideration upon Thursday {7 (N°?) 


next. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee Northern and 
on the Northern and Eastern Railway (No, 2.) Bill, om ca 
be taken into further consideration upon Thursday pif, ’ 


next. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- Manchester 
deration the Report which, upon the 15th day of pid heeds 
this instant May, was made from the Committee “"’? 
on the Manchester and Leeds Railway Bill; printed 
Copies of the Bill having been delivered at the door 
upon Thursday last; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Sir John Hobhouse presented, by Her Majesty’s Fast India. 
command,—A Copy of Correspondence relating to 
Aden. 

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


_ Mr, Charles Wood reported from the Committee Halifax, Hud- 
on the Halifax, Huddersfield and Bradford Small dersfeld, and 
Debts Bill; That they had examined the allegations paserg Sul 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto; ard the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Petitions from Dover (Corporation) ;— Ebbw. Vale Postage. 
Iron Works ;— Lenton ;—LIlkeston ; —Sneinton ;— 
Beeston ;— Radford;— and, Nottingham ;—and, 
Duntisbourne Militis ; praying for the! adoption of a 
low and uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens and Church 
Inhabitants of Honiton, praying the House to con- Establishment 
tinue, their protection and encouragement to the (Canada, &amp;c.) 
Bishopsand ea throughout Canada and the other 
British colonies, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dyke, praying. the Church of 
House to adopt measures for relieving the religious S¢otland. 
destitution which prevails in Scotland, by. extend- 
ing the efficiency of the Established Church, was 
gia and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Poor Law 
Clitheroe Union, praying for the amendment of the Amendment 
Poor Law Act, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition’ of Francis Wyse, of Rathcullin, in Outrages 
the liberties of the city of Waterford, praying the (Ireland) 
House to take the state of Jreland into their serious 
consideration, with a view to interpose some legal 
check to the agrarian outrages that are of frequent 
occurrence there, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment . 
the House this day, adjourn till Thursday next. 


Ordered, That all Committees on. Private Bills Committecs on 
have leave to sit, To-morrow, notwithstanding the Private Bills. 
adjournment of the House. 

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Rating of 


278 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Tenements Bill. mittee on the Rating of Tenements Bill ; 


Canada, 


Spirit Licenses 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 12th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order for taking into consideration, upon 
Friday next, Her Majesty’s most gracious Message 
of the 3d day of this instant May, relative to Canada, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That Her Majesty’s said most gracious 
Message be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 


(Scotland) Bill. the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill, was read, and 


County Courts 


Bill. 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill, 


Parrett 
Navigation. 


discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 5th day of June next. 


Ordered, That the County Courts Bill be read a 
second time upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Summary Jurisdiction Bill be 
read a second time upon Monday next. 


The House was moved, That the Report which, 
upon the ist day of this instant May, was made 
from the Select Committee appointed to inquire into 
the allegations contained in the Petition of the Com- 

any of Proprietors of the River Parrett, presented 
upon the 22d day of April last, alleging the Peti- 
tion against the Parrett Navigation Bull, from Mer- 
chants, Traders and other Persons interested m the 
Navigation of the River Parrett [presented upon 
the 11th day of March last] to be a forgery, might 
be read; and the same being read:—The House 
proceeded to take the said Report into further con- 
sideration. 

Ordered, That Mr. Benjamin Lovibond do attend 
this House forthwith. 

And the House being informed that Mr. Lovi- 
bond was in attendance :—He was called in. 

And the Resolutions of the Committee were 
again read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That the Petition which had been 
presented to this House was not the real Petition 
which was actually signed, the two Petitions con- 
taining different allegations. 

2. Resolved, That the statement made by Hen 
Lovibond, “ That the Petition so presented, though 
bearing his signature, was not signed by him, or with 
his consent,” has been proved, and that therefore a 
forgery has been committed in the Petition so pre- 
sented to the House. 

3. Resolved, That it appeared to the Committee 
that Benjamin Lovibond, an agent of the Petitoners, 
was cognizant of the forgery before the Petition was 
presented to the House. 

Mr. ZLovibond was heard; and then he was 
directed to withdraw. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Resolutions. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Benjamin Lovibond, be for 
his said offence, committed to the custody of the 
Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House, and that 
Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrants accordingly ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ offence” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ called to the bar of this House, and there 
“ reprimanded by Mr. Speaker,” instead thereof. 

And the Question bemg put, That the words 

roposed to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
t passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ called to the bar of this House, and there repri- 
“ manded by Mr. Speaker,” be added instead 
thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 





28° Mair. 





A. 1839. 


Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That Benjamin Lovibond, be tor his 
said offence, called to the bar of this House, and 
there reprimanded by Mr. Speaker. 

Benjamin Lovibond was accordingly called to 
the bar, where he received a Reprimand from Mr. 
Speaker. 


The Reprimand was as followeth : 


Benjamin Lovibond, The House has considered 
the Report of the Select Committee to which your 
conduet has been referred ; and I am pert by 
the House to acquaint you that you have incurred 
the severe displeasure of this House; that you al- 
lowed a Petition to be presented, connected with a 
Bill of which you were the Agent, knowing that at 
least one of the names appended to that Petition 
was a forgery. You have also misrepresented the 
opinions of a considerable body of Petitioners, who 
were desirous of placing those opinions before this 
House, with reference to a Bill then in progress. 
You have been decidedly guilty of a breach of the 
Privileges of this House, in tampering with a Pe- 
tition; and, if such conduct was to pass without 
censure, it is manifest that Petitions would either 
cease to be regarded as authentic, or, if regarded, 
the House would be led, without intending it, to do 
injustice to individuals whose interests are affected 
by the Petitions. 

You have expressed your sorrow for the offence, 
and the House, in its lenity, has thereupon directed 
that you be reprimanded ; and you are reprimanded 
accordingly. 


Ordered, Nemine Contradicente, That what has 
been now said by Mr. Speaker, in reprimanding 
the said Benjamin Lovibond, be entered in the 
Journals of this House. 


amend the Laws relating to Fisheries in Scotland, 
in so far as they affect the River Tay :—And it ap- 
pearing that such Bill would be a Private Bill :— 

The said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


into a Committee upon Lardner’s Divorce Bill. 
And the Committee having been told, and Forty 
Members not being present, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair. 
And _ the House being told by Mr. Speaker ; and 
Forty Members not being present, and it being then 
after four of the clock ; 


The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, 
without a Question first put, till Thursday 
next. 





Victoria R. 


VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, 
Defender of the Faith, to all to whom these Pre- 
sents shall come, greeting: Whereas we have lately 
for divers difficult and pressing affairs concerning 
Us, the state and defence of Our said United King- 
dom and the Church, ordained this Our present 
Parliament to begin and to be holden at Our City 
of Westminster, on the Eleventh day of September, 
in the First year of Our Reign, and from thence b 
Our several Writs prorogued to and until the Fit 
teenth day of November then next following, on 


which day Our said Parliament was begun and 





holden, and from thence by several Adjournments 
and 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Tay River 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Fisheries. 


The Dean of Exeter &amp;c., Appointment Bill was Dean of Exeter, 
read the first time, and ordered to be read a second &amp;¢+ Appoint 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Lardner’s 
Divorce Bill. 


ter, 





2 Vicroriz&amp;. 


and Prorogations hath been adjourned and _ 
rogued, and there now holden: And whereas We 
have been informed that the Lower House of Our 
said Parliament have lately made Choice of Our 
trusty and well-beloved Charles Shaw Lefevre, 
Esquire, in the room of Our right trusty and well- 
beloved Councillor James Abercromby, to be Speaker 
of the said Lower House of Our said Parliament, 
of which Choice We are graciously pleased to ap- 
prove, and to allow and confirm the same: And 
forasmuch as for divers causes and considerations 
We cannot conveniently at this time be present in 
Our Royal Person in Our said Parliament; Know 
ye that We, trusting in the fidelity and care of Our 
most dear Uncles and faithful Councillors Augustus 
Duke of Sussex, Adolphus Duke of Cambridge, the 
Most reverend Father in God and Our faithful 
Councillor William Archbishop of Canterbury, Pri- 
mate and Metropolitan of all England, Our well- 
beloved and faithful Councillor Charles Christopher 
Lord Cottenham, Chancellor of that part of Our 
said United Kingdom called Great Britain, Our 
most dear Cousin and Councillor Henry Marquis 
of Lansdown, President of Our Council, Our well- 
beloved and faithful Councillor John William Lord 
Duncannon, Keeper of Our Privy Seal, Our most 
dear Cousins and Councillors Bernard Edward Duke 
of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England, George William 
Duke of Argyll, Steward of Our Household, Charles 
Duke of Richmond, William Spencer Duke of Devon- 
shire, William Henry Duke of Portland, Arthur Duke 
of Wellington, Charles Ingoldsby Marquis of Win- 
chester, Richard Marquis Wellesley, John Jeffreys 
Marquis Camden, Henry William Marquis of Angle- 
sey, Francis Nathaniel Marquis Conyngham, Con- 


stantine Henry Marquis of Normanby, one of Our 


Principal Secretaries of State, John Earl of Westmor- 
land, George Earl of Carlisle, Cropley Earl of Shaftes- 
bury, William Charles Earl of Albemarle, George Earl 
of Aberdeen, Charles Earl Grey, Gilbert Earl of 
Minto, Frederick John Earl of Ripon, Henry Lord 
Paget (commonly called Earl of Uxbridge), Cham- 
berlain of Our Household, Lucius Viscount Falk- 
land, William Viscount Melbourne, Robert Viscount 
Melville, Henry Viscount Sidmouth, Charles Viscount 
Canterbury, Our well-beloved and faithful Coun- 
cillors Hugh Lord Fortescue, Henry Richard Lord 
Holland, George Lord Auckland, Edward Lord 
Ellenborough, Nicholas Lord Bexley, James Archi- 
bald Lord Wharncliffe, John Singleton Lord Lynd- 
hurst, William Lord Plunkett, Henry Lord Broug- 
ham and Vaux, Thomas Lord Denman, James Lord 
Abinger, Charles Lord Glenelg, Edward John Lord 
Hatherton and Henry Lord Langdale, by the tenor 
of these Presents do give and grant to them, or any 
Three or more of them, full power in Our name to 
declare and notify Our Royal Approbation of the 
Choice of the said Charles Shaw Lefevre to be 
Speaker of the said Lower’House of Our said Par- 
liament, and to allow and confirm the said Charles 
Shaw Lefevre to be Speaker of the said Lower 
House, and to do all and every thing and things in 
Our said Parliament that may be necessary, and 
for declaring Our said Royal approbation, allow- 
ance and confirmation of the said Charles Shaw 
Lefevre to be Speaker of the said Lower House of 
Our said Parliament. In witness whereof We have 
caused these Our Letters to be made Patent. 

Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Twenty- 
seventh day of May, in the Second year of Our 
Reign. 

y By the Queen herself. 

Signed with her own hand. 


Edmunds. 


Vou. 94. 





98°—30° Mazz. 279 


Jovis, 30° die Mai ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


ETITIONS from Ship-owners, Merchants and Brazil Steam 
Traders of Tynemouth ;— and, Owners and Packet Com- 
Freighters of Steam Packets, and other vessels, tra- PY Bi" 
ding to and from the City of Aberdeen, and Mer- 
chants and Traders in the said City; praying that 
the Brazil Steam Packet Company Bin may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Raikes’s Estate Bill was read the first time ; and Raike’s 
ordered to be read a second time. Estate Bill. 


Petitions from Owners and Freighters of Steam Redcar Harbour 
Packets, and other vessels, trading to and from the (No. 2 ) Bill. 
City of Aberdeen, and Merchants and Traders in 
the said City ;—and, Chairman of the Committee 
of the General Ship owners’ Society of the City of 
London; praying that the Redcar Harbour (No 2.) 

Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers and Inhabitants of Norwich 
Norwich, praying that the Norwich Improvement Improvement 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Corporation of Norwich ;— 
and, John Rising Staff, of the City of Norwich, 
Gentleman ; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
int of the said Bill,—were also presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


The South Eastern Railway (No.2.) Bill was, ac- gouth Easter 
cording to Order, read a second time; and committed Railway 
to Mr. Law Hodges, and the East Kent List. Cages. 


Petitions from the Right honourable George Wil- Birmingham 
liam Lord Lyttleton ;— the Right reverend Henry Canal Bill. 
Lord Bishop of Exeter, and John Benbow, Esquire, 

Trustees of the estates of the late Right honourable 
John William Earl of Dudley ;—Four Petitions of 
Proprietors and Occupiers of Coal and Ironstone 
Mines on the line of the Dudley Canal Navigation; 
—and, Proprietors of the Dudley Canal Navigation ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Birmingham Canal Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


The Eckington Small Debts Bill was read a second Eckington 
time ; and committed to Mr. George Cavendish, and Small Debts 
the North Derby List. ti 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the London and Bir- London and 
mingham Railway Company to raise a further sum seg 
of Money, was read the third time; and an Amend- °°") ©" 
ment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dugdale do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Carleton’s Divorce Bill was read the’ first time ; Carleton’s 
and ordered to be read a second time. Divorce Bill. 


A Petition of Stafford Stratton Baxter, of Ather- Manchester and 
stone, Solicitor, stating that certain Petitions against se ag 
the Manchester and Birmingham Extension (Stone sama: Rog. 
and Rugby) Railway Bill, were presented on Tues- by) Railway 


NN 4 day Bill. 





¢- 





Rampton 
Inclosure Bill. 


Manchester 
and Leeds 
Railway Bill. 


Rishworth 
Reservoirs Bill. 


Great Milton 
Inclosure Bill. 


Brighton Gas 
Bill. 


Deptford Pier 
Bill. 


Chesterfield 
Smali Debts 
Bill. 


Cheltenham 
Improvement 


Bill. 


280 


day last, being the first, day on which they could 
be presented after the Whitsuntide recess, and that 
the Committee having been appointed to meet on 
the third day after the recess, the Committee re- 
fused to entertain the said Petition, on the ground 
that the same had not, been presented three clear 
days prior to the day appointed for the first sitting of 
the Committee, as required by the Standing Orders, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the said Bill, that under the circumstances 
stated, the Petitioners who presented Petitions to this 
House upon Tuesday last, be permitted to be heard, 
by themselves or their counsel, upon their Petitions, 
before the said Committee. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Pa- 
rish of Rampton, in the County of Cambridge, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Yorke do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for extending and for altering 
the line of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, and 
for making Branches therefrom, and for amending 
the Acts relating thereto, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mark Philips do carry ‘the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for making and maintaining 
certain Reservoirs in the Township of Rishworth, 
in the Parish of Halifaz, in the West Riding of the 
County of York, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir George Strickland do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Great Milton Inclosure Bill was read a se- 
cond time ; and committed to Lord Norreys, and 
the Ozford List. ' 


Captain Pechell reported from the Committee on 
the Brighton Gas Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations of the, Bill ; and found the same to 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the. Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. So ill 


A Petition of Free Watermen and Lightermen of 
the River Thames, residing in and near the parish 
of Saint Nicholas, Deptford, in the county of Kent, 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Deptford Pier 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said, Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


The Chesterfield Small Debts Bill was read a se- 
cond time; and committed to Mr. William Evans, 
and the North Derby List. 


A Petition of Devereux Bowly of Cirencester, in 
the county of Gloucester, Banker, and Samuel Sadler 
of Are Court, in the parish of Cheltenham, in the 
same county, Gentleman, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Cheltenham Improvement Bill, 
was presented, and read, 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
your of the Bill, against the said Petition. 








A, 1839. 


Mr. Edward Ellice, by Order, reported from the Sawmill Porg 
Committee on the Sawmill Ford Bridge and Road Pridge ana 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations of *°** 5. 
the Bill; and found the same to be true,,and had 

gone through the Bill; ‘and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Great Wesem 
Lords to the Great Western Railway Bill, be printed. "acu 
0, 264, 

An ingrossed Bill for repairing, improving, and Bury, Hasling. 
maintaining the Roads from Bury through Hasling- - &amp;e., Roads 
den to Blachburn and Whalley, and other Roads &gt;" 
communicating therewith, in the County Palatine 
of Lancaster, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing, improving and Clitheroe, 
maintaimmg the Roads from Clitheroe through Blackburn, &amp;,, 
Whalley to Blackburn and Mellor Brook, in the 4s Bill 
County Palatine of Lancaster, and for making a 
new piece of Road to communicate therewith, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter, amend and enlarge the Edinburgh, 
Powers and Provisions of an Act passed in the Leith, and 
seventh year of the reign of his Majesty King Wil- ag 
liam the Fourth, intituled, An Act for making and aii: 
maintaining a Railway or Railways from the Cit 
of Edinburgh to Leith, and to the Shore of the Frith 
of Forth, at or near to Newhaven and Trinity, all in 
the County of Edinburgh, and to alter and vary the 
Lines and Levels of the Railways thereby authorized 
to be made, and for other Purposes relating to the 
said Undertaking, was read the third time ; and an 
ingrossed Clause was added, by way of Rider; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Attorney General do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Camber (Portsmouth) Quays, Camber 
&amp;c. Bill, be read the third time To-morrow. (Portsmouth) 
Quays, &amp;c., Bill, 
The Rochdale Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill was read Rochdale 
a second time; and committed to Mr. Fenton, and Small Debts 
the South Lancaster List. (No. 2.) Bill 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Peterbo- Peterborough 
rough Gaol Bill be revived :—And that they have Geol Bill. 


leave to sitand proceed upon Wednesday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again Lardner’s 
resolve itself into a Committee upon Lardner’s Di- Divorce Bill. 
vorce Bill. . 

_ The Brompton new Road Bill was read a second Brompton New 
time ; and committed to Mr. Leader, and the Middle- Road Bill. 
sex List. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rochdale 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- one 
tituled, An Act to consolidate, amend, enlarge and 
extend the Powers and Provisions of two Acts of 
King George the Third, for better supplying the 
Town and Neighbourhood of Rochdale with Water : 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 28, 1.10. Leave out “ has” and insert “ had.” 

Pr. 28. 1.15. Leave out “ have” and insert “ had.” 

Pr. 147. 1. 2. After “use” insert “ any water.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fenton do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 





agreed 


Pa wore 





Ig 
ads 


ill, 


9 Victoriz. 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 

shine. 

Northern and The House, according to Order, propepses to 

—— er" take into further consideration the Report which, 

way 6 *"” upon the 13th day of this instant May, was made 
from the Committee on the Northern and Eastern 
Railway (No. 1.) Bill; printed Copies of the Bill 
having been delivered at the door upon Thursday 
last ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to; and a Clause was added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed. 


Northen and § The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
oe an" take into further consideration the Report which, 
Bik ai upon the 15th day of this instant May, was made 
from the Committee on the Northern and Eastern 
Railway (No. 2.) Bill; printed Copies of the Bill 
having been delivered at the door upon Thursday 
last; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 

to; and a Clause was added to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Hartishead 
or Dewsbury 
Inclosure Bill. 


Mr. Lascelles reported from the Committee on 
the Hartishead or Dewsbury Inclosure Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to 


the satisfaction of the Committee; and that the | 


Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Manchester and 
Birmingham 


Railway Bill. 


Mr. Mark Philips, by Order, reported from the 
Committee on the Manchester and Birmingham Rail- 
way Bill; and to whom several Petitions against the 
said Bill were referred ; That they had heard counsel 
in support of one of the said Petitions ;, and that no 
person appeared on behalf of the other. Petitions ; 
and that they had also heard counsel in favour of 
the Bill; and that the Committee had inquired into 
the several matters required by the Standing Orders 
relative to Railway Bills; and had examined ‘the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto, 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon.the Table ; 
and be printed. ' 


Public Petitions Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
— Select Committee on Public’ Petitions ; That on 
— had examined the Petitions presented from the 13t 
to the 15th days of this instant May, both inclusive ; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 

the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


West Indies. Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s com- 
mand,—Papers relative to the West Indies, being 
Part [.—IV., Jamaica continued. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Small Debt Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to several 
(Scotland.) Addresses to Her Msicaty, Reta to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 25th day of June, in the 
last Session of Parliament, for a Tabular Return, 
with a column for Remarks, from the Justice of 
Peace Clerks in Scotland, showing the Names of 
the Counties and of the Places in each County re- 
spectively, where Small Debt Courts have been 
held; the Number of Courts held at each Place 
during the years 1823, 1824 and 1825; the Number 
of nae a at each Place during the years 1835, 
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1836 and 1837:—Also, the Number of Courts ap- 
pointed to be held during each of those years 
wherein no Business was transacted, in consequence 
of the absence of any Justices, or of the necessary 
Quorum :—Also, the Number of Causes set down 
for Trial at each of the Courts held during those 
years ; specifying those which were decided at the 
first calling in Court, and such as were continued, 
and such as were decided in absence, or after hear- 
ing Parties :—Also, a Return of the Names and De- 
signations of the Justices, and of the Clerks acting 
at each of those Courts :—And, Copies of any Re- 
ports made to the Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, by the Sheriffs of the different Coun- 
ties in Scotland, relative to the Circuit Small Debt 
Courts held in terms of the Statute 1 Vic. c. 41. 


A Return of the Total Number of Persons im- Prisoners 
risoned for any period exceeding Forty-eight Hours (Scotland.) 
m each County in Scotland, in the years 1836, 
1837 and 1838; distinguishing the Number liberated 
without trial, the Number imprisoned after sum- 
mary Convictions, and the Number committed until 
liberated in due course of Law. 


A Return of Persons who are at present confined Contempt of 
for Contempt of Court in any of Her Majesty’s Co™ 
Gaols in Great Britain under Process issuing out 

of all Courts, Civil and Ecclesiastical ; stating the 

time at which, and by what Court each Person was 
committed, and the Cana of the Committal :—And, 

a similar Return for Lreland. 


A Copy of the last Commission of Gaol Delivery Gaol Delivery 
for the County of Susser. (Sussex.) 


Mr. Foa Maule also presented, pursuant to Orders, Draining and 
—Returns of the Number of Applications to the TO Ty 
Lord Lieutenant of Jreland for Commissions to ‘**"*) 
drain and embank, under the provisions of the Act 
1 and 2 Will, 4, c. 57:—Of the Commissions issued 
under the said Act, and Date of the same, with the 
Names of Lakes or Rivers for which Commissions 
were issued :—Of the Number of Applications to 
Grand Juries for Presentments to execute Drainage 
under the Sum of £,200., pursuant to the provi- 
sions of the said Act, s.104:—And, Of the Now 
ber of Presentments granted. 

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


Petitions from Miss Jolly’s Establishment, Great Postage. 
Ormond-street ;—- Etchells ;— Old Aberdeen ;—Not- 
tingham ;— Kensington ; — Londonderry ;— Ennis- 
killen (Grand Jury of Easter Quarter Sessions) ;— 
Newport Pagnell ;— Hoxton ;— Warminster ; — Li- 
verpool ;— Wantage ;— Masham (two Petitions ) ;— 
Rotherham; — Finsbury, &amp;c. (two Petitions) ; — 
Hintlesham ; — Fetter-lane, London ;—Reading ; — 
Haverhill ; — Maldon; — Forres ; — Guardians of 
Bath Union ;—Ryde ;—Stratford Saint Mary ;— 
Beverley ;— Denbigh ;—Writile ; — East Bergholt; 
— Newcastle-under-Lyme ; — Boston; — Kirkaldy, 
Linktown of Abbotshall, and Pathhead Total Absti- 
nence Society ;— Wadebridge ;— Boscastle ;— Balli- 
nakill;— Newcastle Tee-Total Society (President) ; 
—New Ross ;— Carlisle ;— Stowmarhet ;— Girvan ; 
-— Methwold ; — Egremont ;— Frome and Frome 
Selwood ; — Ross ; — Tamworth ; — Newington ;— 
Dionysius Lardner, pv. c. 1. ;—King’s Lynn ;—In- 
verness ;— Northallerton ;— Northampton (Mayor) ; 
— Holton ; — Radnor ;— Ormiston ;— Wateringbury ; 
— Malling Union ;— Aberdeen ;— Pontefract ;—Lu- 
ton; — Wadworth ; — Kinross ; — Skelby ;— Dod- 
brooke ;--- Wellington Temperance Society (Secre- 
tary) ;—Colchester Poor Law Union ;—Holbeach ; 
— Campsall ;—Leiston ;— Friston and Knodishall; 
—-Kildysart ;—Ipswich (Mechanics’ Institution) ;— 
Farnley ;— Westleigh and Ford ;—Romsey ;— New- 
port (Isle of Wight) ;— Harkstead ;—Washbrook ;— 
Calne;— re ;— Topsham ;— Llanidloes ;— Por- 
chester ; — Kidderminster ; — Proprietors, Compo- 
sitors and others, at the Printing Office, 24, Albion- 

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place, Walworth ;—57, Skinner-street, Snow Hill ;— 
7, Wardrobe-place, Doctors’ Commons ; — Crown- 
court, Pickett-street ;—12, Tabernacle Walk, Fins- 
bury ;—Persons employed in the Establishment of 
George Macirone, tak ated Middlesex ;—George 
Evans, 149 and 150, Tottenham Court Road ;— 
Edward Granville ;— John Tucker ; —Wholesale 
Druggists, &amp;c., Saint Lawrence Pountney-lane ;— 
86, Snow Hill;— Members of Mr. Massa Alsayer’s 
family, 26, Queen-square, Bloomsbury ; — Stoney- 
street Chapel, Nottingham (Pastors and Deacons) ; 
—Persons mee in the Office of the Dublin 
Medical Press ;— Proprietor, Workmen and others, 
Bookbinders, 112, Fetter-lane ;—Plymouth (Mem- 
bers of Mechanics’ Institute) ;—Proprietors, Prin- 
ters and others, 15, Lamb-street, Spitalfields ;—3, 
Grocers’ Hall-court, Poultry;—19, Great Saint 
Helen’s, Bishopsgate-street ;—100, Saint Martin’s- 
lane ;—70, Old-street Road, Shoreditch;—17, Fleet- 
lane, Farringdon-street';—4, Pemberton Row, Gough- 
square; — 166, Blackfriars Road, Southwark ; — 
Persons employed in the Establishment of Messrs. 
Ward and Co., Wood-street, Cheapside;-—225, Upper 
Thames-street ; — 3, Princes-street, Bishopsgate- 
street ;—16, Bread-street Hill;—36, Paternoster 
Row ; — 37, Walbrook ;—30, Lower Eaton-street, 
Pimlico ;—100, Crawford-street, Mary-le-bone;—5, 
Wood-street, Cheapside ;—11, Stockbridge Terrace, 
Pimlico ;—3, Upper Eaton-street, Pimlico ;— 49, 
Lower Belgrave-place, Pimlico ;—61 and 62, Ox- 
ford-street ;—2, Leicester-square ;—44 and 45, Old 
Compton-street, London ;— Thomas Wachers,Greek- 
street ;—Messrs. Rippon and Burton, Wells-street, 
Oxford-street; — Messrs. Bramah and Robinson, 
Pimlico ;—Messrs. Thomas Drake and Co., Greek- 
street ;—Arthur Arkell, No. 9, Myddelton-square ;— 
Dry and Everett, 97 and 98, Tottenham-court Road, 
and 52 and 53, Howland-street ;—JohngDent, Nos. 
30, 31 and 32, Crawfard-street, Mary-le-bone ;— 
Messrs. Tozer and Son, Dean-street, Soho;—T. and 
G. Baker, 3 and 4, Ludgate Hill ;— William Wal- 
ters, 23, Crawford-street, Montagu-square;— Henry 
Turner, 27, Crawford-street, Montagu-square ; — 
Messrs. Martin, Abbot and Co., 10, Aldermanbury ; 
—Messrs Nevill, Sons and Co., Carey-lane, London; 
—Samuel Ridley, Islington; — Thomas Legg and 
Son, Bermondsey ;— W. Smith and Co., Albion 
House, Shaftesbury Terrace, Pimlico; — Richard 
Englefield, 11, Lower Eaton-street, Pimlico ;—John 
Ladd, 7, Stockbridge Terrace, Pimlico;—Corbett 
and Co., Stockwell + at Pimlico;— Messrs. Bar- 
clay and Perkins, Southwark; — Arthur Pegler, 
Portman-street, Portman-square ; — Messrs. Mills 
and Dewilde, Wells-street, Oxford-street;— Thomas 
Burton, 150, Aldersgate-street ;—Wholesale Drug- 
gists, Clerks, &amp;c., 4, Golden-square ; — Johnstone 
Total Abstinence Society ;—John Orton and others; 
— Slee, Payne and Slee, and others ;—Tradesmen 
and Inhabitants of Holborn and neighbourhood ; 
— Lytham ;—Persons employed in the establishment 
of Thomas Burton, 150, Aldersgate-street ;—John 
Landon, 17 and 18, Crawford-street ;— Thomas Bib- 
bins Stanbridge, Silk-dresser, Hoxton ; — Messrs. 
Foster, Porter, and Co.;—Messrs. R. Rogers and 
Co., 30, King-street, Covent Garden;—Messrs. Chal- 
lacombe and Mayon, 1 and 2, Lowndes Terrace, 
Knightsbridge ;— White and Greenwell, 78, Watling- 
-street ;— Newent Poor Law Union ;—Upton-upon- 
Severn Poor Law Union ;— Manchester ;—Persons 
employed in the Establishment of Messrs. Gains- 
ford and Goode, 119, High-street, Borough ;— White 
and Greenwell, 108, Cheapside ;—Wholesale Drug- 
gists, &amp;c., 9, Lawrence-Pountney-lane ;— Persons 
employed in the Establishment of Shoolbred, Cook 
and Co., 154,155 and 156, Tottenham Court-road (two 
Petitions) ;— Higham ;— Cheltenham Mechanics’ In- 
stitution ;—Persons employed in the Establishment 
of Messrs. Criswick and Ryan, New Compton-street ; 
—Warehousemen and others of the City of London 
Printing Office, 38, Bell Yard ;—Brixton ;—Drug- 


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gists, &amp;e., 11, Old Fish-street ;— Wellingborough ;— 
Persons employed in the Establishment of Thomas 
Gooch and Richard Thomas Cousens, of London 
Wall ;— Woolverstone ;— Mold ;—Persons employed 
in the Establishment of Messrs. Sturt and Sharp, 
Wood-street, Cheapside ;— Messrs. Bradbury and 
Greatorex, Aldermanbury ; —Messrs. Hanson, Smiths 
and Heather, 30 and 31, Saint Martin’s-le-Grand; 
—Henry Bardwell and Company, Woollen Ware- 
housemen, 74 and 75, Holborn Bridge ;—£llis and 
Everington, Saint Paul’s Churchyard ; — James, 
Hardwick and James, 7, Friday-street, Cheapside ; 
—John Rogers, Nephen and Co., 91, Watling-street ; 
—James Morrison and Company, Fore-street ;— 
Lewellin, Truman and Hitchcock, 23, Wood-street, 
Cheapside ; —-C. Woodhouse and Co., 26, Wood- 
street, Cheapside;— Messrs. Holmes, Herron, Tevers- 
ham and Emery, 18, Lad-lane and 20, Wood-street ; 
—Messrs. William and James Morley, 36, Gutter- 
lane, and 4, Carey-lane;—J. Wreford and Co., 17, 
Aldermanbury ;—Gillman and Lucas, 45, Newgate- 
street ;—Carliles, Pittman and Co., Bow-lane ; — 
Oliver, Dear and Co., 7 and 8, Aldermanbury ;— 
Messrs. Westron, Dignam and Co., 8, Watling- 
street ; — Williams, Champion and Co., Friday- 
street; —Brown, Curling and Wisdom, 4, Wood- 
street, Cheapside ;—J. S. Basset, 34, Wood-street, 
Cheapside ;—Messrs. Hoyle and Hanson, 14, Lad- 
lane ;—Messrs. Tarsey and Millgate, 3, Lad-lane ; 
—Messrs. Heathfield and Cartledge, 31, Cateaton- 
street ;—Leaf, Coles, Son and Co., 39, Old Change; 
—Leaf, Smith and M‘Dougal 47, Wood-street, 
Cheapside ;—Messrs. Castle, Luck and Hyatt, 7, 
Love-lane ;—Spence, Baggalay and Westall, 5 and 
6, Love-lane ;--Inhabitants of Saint Katharine Cree 
Church, in the city of Zondon;—and, Whitewell; 
praying for the adoption of a low and uniform rate 
of Postage, —-were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


the House to refuse its sanction to any additiona 
grant of public money to the Church of Scotland, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table; and the last to be printed. 


praying the House to continue their protection and 
encouragement to the Bishops and Clergy in Canada 
and the other British Colonies,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Steyning, 


money to the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Tarrant Gunville; — Hambledon ; — Dedham ;— 
Furtown and other places ;—Stisted ;—Bisbrook ; 
— Casterton Parva ;— Burley ; — Otley ; — Sid- 
mouth ; — Halifax (five Petitions) ;— Ovenden ;— 2 
Northowram ; — Whitchurch (Salop) ; Wargrave; 
— Witney ; — King’s Langley ;— Clergy of the 
Diocese of Salisbury ; — Marbury; — Farringdon ; 
—Shrivenham ;— Tawstock ;— Heavitree ;— Alston ; 
— Bridgewater ; — North Cave ;— Lamborne ;— 
Badby ;— Bodington ;— Braunston ;—Charwelton ; 
—Chipping Warden ;—Crick ;—Culworth ;—Dal- 
lington ;— Daventry ;— Denton;— Everdon;— Gren- 
don;— Kilsby ;— K ingsthorpe ;— Newnham ;—Stowe- 
nine- Churches ;—Sulgrave;— Weedon Lois;—- Weston 
Favell ;— Whiston (two Petitions) ;—Woodford ;— 
Hastings ;— Aberton ;— Southmolton ;—Battle ;— 
Bishops Tawton;— U ffculme ;— Charmouth ;— Thoy- 
don Mount ; — Lambourn ; — Foulness ;— Stock ;— 








Henfield ;—Rural Deanery of Storrington ;— Wis- 
borough, 


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Petitions from Alloa ;—and, Riccarton ; praying Church of 
Scotland. 


Petitions from Clergy of the Deanery of Cope- church 
land; — Great and Little Whelnetham, Bradfield Establishment 
and other places ;—and, Llangwyllog and Tregayan ; **4 


praying Maynooth 
the House to refuse any further grant of public College. 


Petitions from Aldershot ;—Stourpaine and Stee- National 
pleton ;--- Tarrant Rushton ;— Tarrant Hinton ;— Education. 





2 Victoriz. 


borough Green ;—Cowfold ;— Fittleworth;— Iping ; 
—Egdean and Coates; — Sutton and Bignor ;— 
Chittlehampton and Warkleigh ;—Manchester (two 
Petitions) ;— Glasgow (two Petitions) ;—Calton ;— 
Elgin ;— Truro (two Petitions) ;— Plymouth ; — 
Owston ;—Halton Holegate ;—Toynton All Saints ; 
— Stickney ;— West Real ; — Louth ;—- Carnon 
Downs and Feock ; — Rotherham ; — Hoyland ;— 
Stanningley ;— Wath-upon-Dearne ;—Llanelly (two 
Petitions) ;—Colchester;—.Brompton (York);— Bob- 
bingworth;—Burlescombe ;—Saint Leonard’ s-on-Sea 
—Shipley ;— Horsham ; — Kirkham ;— Hallow ;— 
South Hackney ;— Boldon ;—Beckingham ;—Chep- 
stow ;—Monmouth ;— Tiverton ;— Beverley ;— Fy- 
lingdales ;—Chalton-with-Clanfield and Idsworth ;— 
Bradford ( Wilts) two Petitions ;— Cloverly ;—Bever- 
ley ;—Frome Selwood ;—Bideford ;—Bedhampton ; 


57 —zPhillack ;—Fareham;—Torrington ;—Falmouth ; 


— Derby (two Petitions) ;-Prescott;--Saint Helen’s, 
Lancaster (two Petitions) ;—Haydock ;— Borrowash 
and other places ;—U/verstone ;—Wigan ;—Lytham ; 
— Trowbridge (two Petitions) ;—Vorth Stoneham ;— 
Michelmersh ;--Melksham (two Petitions) ;—Peter- 
borough ;—Great Grimsby ;— Brent Ely ;-- Woolpit ; 
— Whitby ;—Edington ;—Coulston ;—Allecannings ; 
—Earl Stoke;— Milford ;—Danby (three Petitions) ; 
—Whitsbury ;— Gravesend ;—Enderby and Whet- 
stone ;—Market Harborough ;—Gosforth (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Ovingham ;--- Wallsend ;—Bell’s Close ;—— 
Newburn (three Petitions) ;—Long Benton (two Pe- 
titions) ; — Benwell ; — Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; — 


so Syston ;--Barwell ;--Dawley ;--Frome;—Hereford ; 
Ruthin ;— Bury ;— Malton :— Harpurhey ;—Man- 


chester ; — Balderton ; — Lancaster ; — Holme ; — 
Caton ; — Islington ; — Warwick ; — Horsforth ; 
— Bramley ;— Probus ; — Kenwyn ; — Welland ; 
—Stroud ;—Brinscambe Port ;—Gwennap ;—Ken- 
sington ;— Biddulph ;—Preston Bissett ;—Radclive, 
&amp;c. ;—Macclesfield ; — Longmor ; —Milwich ;— Tut- 
bury; — Greatham ;— Longparish ;— Warnforth ;— 
Longstock ;—King’s Somborne ;—-Little Somborne ;— 
Over Wallop ;—Nether Wallop ;—Alton ;—Ropley; 
— Bishop Sutton ; — Burston ;—Petersfield ;— Ba- 
singstoke;— West_Tisted;—West Meon and Privett; 
— Caverswall ; —Darlington ;— Brampton ;—Cam- 


3 0 borne ;—Womersley ;—Castleford ;— Pontefract ;— 


—Calne ;— Wear Gifford ;— Abergele ;— Whitby ;— 
Stithians ;-— Illogan ; — Romford ; — Rayleigh ; — 
Great Warley ;—East Horndon;-—Cold Norton ;— 
Little Warley ; — Hockleigh ; — Abbess Roding ;— 
Beauchamp Roding ;—Great Waltham ;—Felsted ; 
— East Hanningfield ;—Fryerning and Ingatestone ; 
— North Ockendon ;— Broomfield ;— Danbury ;— 
Springfield ;— Moreton; — Walsham, Widley and 
ymering ; — Chichester ;— York ; —Haworth ;— 
Scarborough ; — Lyme Regis ; — South Shields ;— 
Holsworthy ;— Tiverton ;-— Otterton;—Ryworthy ;— 
Holcombe Rogus ; — Hockworthy ; —Cruwys Mar- 
chard ;:— Penmark ;— Glamorgan ;—Herriugfleet ; 
—Lleyn ; —Alcester ;—Fenton-with-Stragglethorpe ; 
U —Hawton ;— Farnham ;—Stonham Aspal;—Chapel 
Allerton ; — Penwortham ; — Heywood ;— Elton ;— 
Walmersley ; — Tottington ; — Edenfield ; — Hartle- 
pool ;--Tingewich ;--Liandovery ;--Leek ;--Preshute ; 
— Milton ;—Lincaln ;— Wissington ;— Lockford ;— 
Lopley ; — Holdenhurst ;—Stockton ;—Llancarvon ; 
—Saint Athan’s ; — Sibsay;— Saint Lythan’s ;—- 
Ware ;— Thundridge ;— Chorley ;—Hamble-le-rice ; 
— Prestou (two Petitions) ;—Norham ;—Boston ;— 
Birmingham ;—Shellbrqgoke and Kirk Smeaton ;— 
Freistan ; — Clifton . Campville ;— Worcester (two 
Petitions) ;— Farndon ;— Newark (two Petitions) ;— 
Market Lavington ;—Balderton ;—Kenwyn ;—Pen- 
zance (two Petitions); —Sweffling ;— Leiston ;— 
q\ Beaumaris ;—Greensted ;—and, Carlton ‘Colville ; 
praying the House to refuse its sanction to the pro- 
posed scheme of National Education recently laid 
fowaw Parliament, as approved by the Committee of 
Privy Council,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 
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A Petition of Owners, Shipmasters and Seamen Merchant 
of the Ports of Irvine, Troon, Saltcoates and Ar- Semen. 
drossan, praying for the amendment of the Merchant 
Seamen’s Act, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Rector, Parish Officers and In- Sale of Beer 
habitants of Redmarley D’Abitot, praying for the A*t- 
amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Brewers and Retailers of Sale of Beer 
Beer of Northampton, praying that the Sale of Beer Bill. 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Poor Law 
Penrith Union, praying for the amendment of the Amendment 
Poor Law Act, was presented, and read; and or-“°" 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners and Farmers, Mem Corn Laws. 
bers of the Girvan Agricultural Society, and others 
of the county of Ayr, praying that the Corn Laws 
may not be repealed, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Ministers and Members of the Church Rates. 
Herts and South Beds Union, of Baptist Churches 
assembled at Boxmoor, praying for the abolition of 
Church Rates, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Managers, Elders Charch of 
and Seat-holders of Duke-street Gaelic Church im Scotland. 
Glasgow, praying the House to adopt measures for 
relieving the religious destitution which prevails in 
Scotland, by extending the efficiency of the Esta- 
blished Church, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Householders and Occupiers of Municipal 
Premises in the City of Zondon and Liberties thereof, Corporations 
- (London.) 
praying the House to take such steps as may be 
necessary for effecting a reform of the Municipal 
Corporate Institutions of London, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and Message from 

Sir Giffin Wilson : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act London 
to enable the Mayor, Commonalty and Citizens of Corporation 
the City of London, to sell Building Ground in ©*'* 8 
Saint George’s Fields ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House : — And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Jamaica. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of the further Communi- 
cations transmitted to the Marquis of Vormanby by 
the Agent of Jamaica, on the 7th day of this instant 
May, relative to the agricultural state of that Co- 
lony : —Copy of the Letter of the 14th day of this 
instant May, addressed to the Marquis of Normanby 
by the Agent of Jamaica :—And, Copies of the Re- 
solutions unanimously addressed by a Meeting of 
Planters, Merchants, and others interested in Ja- 
maica, on the 10th day of this instant May, and 
communicated to Lord Melbourne and the Marquis 
of Normanby on the 16th day of this instant May. 

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


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Jamaica A Petition of the Moderator and Secretary of 
Goverment ~~ the Southern Association, in the County of Hants, 


representing twenty-nine churches of the Baptist 
denomination, praying that the Jamaica Govern- 
ment Bill may pass into a law; was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Poulett Thomson presented, pursuant to an | 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Copy of a Report on | 
Steam Vessels Inquiry made to the Committee of | 
Privy Council for Trade. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Ships and Vessels, and 
Amount of their Tonnage, which have been built 
and registered in each year, subsequent to the Order 
for measuring Ships both by the rule prescribed in 
the Act 8 and 4 Will. 4, c. 55, and also by the rule 
prescribed by the Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 56, dis- 
tinguishing the Tonnage according to each mode of 
measurement respectively. 


Steam Vessels. 


Ships’ Tounage 
Admeasure- 
ment, 


Criminal 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Offenders. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Tables showing the Number of Criminal 
Offenders committed for Trial or bailed for appear- 
ance at the Assizes and Sessions in each County in 
England and Wales, in the year 1838, and the re- 
sult of the Proceedings; made out by order of 
Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the 
Home Department, from the Criminal Registers 
kept in that Office. 

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


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee upon Wapier’s Divorce 
Bill:—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Freshfield 
reported, That the Committee had heard counsel 
and examined witnesses for the Bill, and that no 
counsel or Party appeared before the Committee to 
oppose the Bill; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrew. 


Napier’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the 
Copyright Bill. 


Copyright Bill. 


Ordered, That the Borough Watch Rates Bill 
be read a second time upon Tuesday next. 


Borough Watch 
Rates Bill. 


Patterns and 
Inventions Bill. 


Ordered, That the Patterns and Inventions Bill 
be read a second time upon Wednesday next. 


Double and Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

a Costs solve itself into a Committee upon the Double and 
, Treble Costs Bill. 

Heritable Ordered, That the Heritable Securities (Scotland) 

Securities 


(Scotland) Bill, Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Writs (Scot- Ordered, That the Writs (Scotland) Bill be read 
land) Bul. a second time To-morrow. 

—_ La Ordered, That the Land Tax Double ‘Asteddmdnis 
ments Bill. Dill be read a second time upon Wednesday next. 
Bankrupts Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
(Ireland) Bill. 


next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Bank- 
rupts (Jreland) Bill. 





30° Maiz. 





A. 1839. 


Ordered, That the Report on thei /Registers } of Registers of 
Births, &amp;c., Bill, be taken into further consideration Births, &amp;c., Bill, 
upon Monday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon, Monday Ecclesiastica! 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Ec- _ and 
clesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill, ovenese SM, 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday Sewers Bill 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the 
Sewers Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Factories Bini, 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the 
Factories Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Supreme Courts Supreme Courts 
(Scotland) Bill be taken into further consideration (Scotland) Bil, 
To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee Railways 
to whom it was referred to consider of the Reports (eland.) 
of the Commissioners appointed to consider and re- 
commend a general system of Railways for Ireland, 
be received upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Bankrupts’ Bankrupts’ 
Estates (Scotland) Bill be taken into further con- ‘ane a) Bil 
sideration To-mcrrow. F 7 


Ordered, That the Registration of Leases (Scot- Registration 
land) Bill be read a second time To-morrow. of Leases 


Resoived, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Imprisonment 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Imprison- “7 em Act 
ment for Debt Act Amendment Bill. —- 

The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Sale ot Beer 
Committee, upon Tuesday next, upon the Sale of Si 
Beer Bill, was read, and setchadeied 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Jamaica Laws 
to provide for the enactment of certain Laws in the ®#!!. 
Island of Jamaica: And that Mr. Labouchere, 

Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Charles” 
Copies of the several Memorials or Petitions of Biancoti. 
Charles Bianconi, now of Clonmel, in Ireland, bein 
a native of Milan, in Italy, addressed to the Trish 
Government, praying for Letters of Denization in 
Ireland, with the Dates thereof, respectively ; and, 
also, Copies of the Answers thereto, with the Dates 
thereof, respectively :—And, Copies of any Letters 
of Denization granted to the said Charles Bianconi, 
specifying the time when granted. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Dublin Coa! 
Copy of the Minute or Memorandum made by 'the Meters. 
Lords of the Treasury in 1825 or 1826, fixing or 
settling the rate of remuneration to be allowed to 
the Dublin Coal Meters for the performance of the 
duties required by the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 107, 5.111; 
together with a a of the Coal Warrant executed 
and committed by the Officers of Customs to the 
Coal Meters, for their guidance in the discharge of 
their duties, as prescribed by the Board of Customs 
under the said Act :—Return of the Number. of 
Tons or Chaldrons of Coals, Culm or Cinders, 
meted or weighed, and duly certified by the Dublin 
Coal Meters to the Officers of Customs at Dublin, 
from the 5th day of July 1825 to the 23d day of 
August 1831; stating whether the Duty on the 
Coals could have been duly levied without the Coal 
Meters’ Certificate, and the Coal Ship cleared out 
by the Officers of Customs without such Certificate, 
or not:—And, Copies of all Applications made by 





the 


(Scotland) Bill, 





oF 


Bill, 

cal 

Bill, 

ill. 

urts 

Bill, 
King’s Inns 
(Dublin. ) 

Bill, 

Bill, 


it 


Woollen Goods. 


Electors 
Removal Bill. 


Exportation 
of Gold. 


~ of Dublin; or any’ Person or Persons, to the Lords 


2 Vicroriz. 
the Guild of Merchants, Dublin, the Coal Meters 


of the Treasury or Board of Customs, from the 
year 1825 to the year 1838 inclusive, claiming pay- 
ment of any Money from the Treasury or Board ‘of 
Customs, for'the Services performed by the Dublin 
Coal Meters, under and pursuant to the Orders of 
the Officers of Customs, and the Act 6 Geo. 4, 
ce. 107, 5. 111; and also, Copies ‘of | all Orders 
issued by the Board of Customs for the government 
of the conduct of the Coal Meters ; and the Answers 
or Communications made by the Lords of the Trea- 
sury or Board of Customs to the respective appli- 
cations made for obtaining Payment of the Money 
remaining due and unpaid, for the duties or: ser- 
vices performed by the Dublin Coal Meters, to the 
Board of Customs, from the 5th day of July 1825 
to the 23d day of August 1831. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount of all Monies received by 
the Honourable Society of the King’s Inns, in 
Dublin, in each year since the 7th day of February 
1832, from Students-at-Law ; witha Statement of | 
the manner in which the same has_ been expended: | 








—Similar Account of all Sums received by said | 
Society on the admission of Barristers; with a 
Statement of the Expenditure of the same :—Similar 
Account of all Sums received from Attornies’ Ap- 
prentices:—Similar Account of all Sums received 
on the adnzission of Attornies:—Similar Return of | 
all Sums received by the said Society from the 
Stamp Office, being a portion of the Stamp Duty 
received on Attornies’ Indentures; with a similar 
Statement of the manner of their Expenditure :— | 
And, a Return of the Annual Expenditure of the 
Honourable Society of the King’s Inns, in Dublin, 
for each year since the 7th day of February 1832. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount of Duties paid on the export | 
of manufactured Woollen Goods to: the United 
States of America, since the year 1815:—And, 
Copies of the several Petitions and Memorials on 
the subject of such Duties presented to the Lords 
of the Treasury, the Beard of Trade, and the, Board 
of Customs:—And of the: several Minutes and 
Orders made by their Lordships or the said Boards, 
respecting such Petitions and Memorials. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to prevent Persons in England and Wales from 
losing their votes at an Election by removal after 
the preceding Registration: And that ;Mr. Milner 
Gibson and Mr. Finch do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was. pro- 
posed, 1. That in the opinion of this, House, a 
considerable Exportation of Gold has lately taken 
place, occasioned in a great degree by .the. large 
Importations of Grain, which have been necessary 
for the supply of the national wants :—2. That 
this Exportation of Gold, under the present state of 


$0°—+S1° Mazi. 





the law, has necessarily occasioned a contraction of 
the general circulating medium of the Country, and 
has thereby increased the distress and difficulty 
existing among the industrious classes of the com- 
munity :—3. That the Exportation of Gold still 
continues, and compels a still further contraction 
of the general circulating medium of the Country, 
and‘a still further increase of distress and difficulty 
among the industrious classes:—4. That under the 
present state of the law, the Bank of England 
possesses no means ‘of permanently and effectually 
relieving. this state of things, or of permanently 
preventing the dangers and distresses consequent 
upon it:—5. That these dangers and distresses are 
analogous in character to those which the nation 
suffered in the ‘years 1816, 1819, 1825-6 and 





1836-7 ; and that they require the speedy and 
effectual interference of this House. 
Vor. 94. 





285‘ 
And'the Previous Question “bemg put, That that 
Question be now put It passed in the Negative. 


Resolvéd; That an humble Address be presented Canada. 
to Her. Majesty, that She will'be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that' there: be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Sums paid, or directed to be 
paid to Sir Francis Head, as Lieutenant, Goverior 
of Upper Canada, as Outfit, Payor Allowance. : 
Ordered, That the: said Address be presented to 
to Her Majesty by such Members’ of this: House as 
are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Courts Martial. 

Return of: the: Number of Non-commissioned Offi- 
cers and Soldiers: tried by Courts Martial, General, 
District or Regimental, for the Three Years ending 
the 24th day of August 1833; and a further Return 
of the same nature for the Three following Years, 
describing the nature .of the Crimes and: Offences 
brought before the several Courts. | 


The Custody of Infants. Bill was, according to Custody of 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a lulants Bill, 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
12th day of June-next, il 


The Order of the day, being read, for the Com- High Sheriffs’ 
mittee on the High Sheriff's Expenses Bill ; pare ee 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Dean of Exeter, &amp;e., Appointment Bill was, Dean of Exeter, 
according; to. Order, read a second time ; and com- ‘on el 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for : 
To-morrow, 


Mr. Milner, Gibson. presented;a Bill to!prevent Electors 
Persons in England and Wales from losing their Removal Bill 
Votes at,an Election by removal after the preceding No. 265. 
Registration: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of the Dock Company at, Kingston- Kingston-upon- 
upon-Hull for leave to, present a Petition for leave Hull Docks. 
to bring in a Bill to enable them to, purchase and | 
hold additional Land for the purposes.of the said 
Docks, was presented, and, read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Coode’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; and,Coode’s _ 
ordered to be read a second time. Divorce Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Municipal Municipal 
Charities, which was presented upon the 29th day Charities. 
of April last, be printed. No. 266. 

Ordered; That the Return relative to, Artillery Antliery 
Drivers, which, was, presented upon the 15th day, of Drivers. 
this instant May, be printed. No. 267. 

Ordered, That the Copy. of the Correspondence East India. 
relative to Aden, which’ was presented upon Tues- No. 268. 
day last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned, till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 31° die Maii; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. | Cabal igri: 


M R. Crafer presented, pursuant to Orders,—A Spirits. 
A Return of the Total imperial proof Gallons of 
Rum, Brandy, Geneva.and other Foreign, Colonial 
or Guernsey or Jersey Spirits in Bond, in the United 
Kingdom, on the 5th day of January 1826, and 
imported in each year since then, to the Sth day of 
January 1839, added together; and the Total im- 
perial proof Gallons of each of these that paid Duty 
0038 in 








Tobacco, 
Seyars, and 
Snuff. 


Post Office and 
Admiralty 
Packets. 


Schoolhouses 


(Scotland.) 





286 31° Maz. A. 1839. 


in the United Kingdom, exported as Merchandise, 
as Ships’ Stores, or under any other denomination 
or character, or taken for the use of the Navy, or 
used for mixing with Wine, or any other purpose, 
in each year, from the 5th day of January 1826 to 
the 5th day of January 1839, and that remained in 
Bond on the 5th day of January 1839, and showing 
the Total Gallons of each of these added together, 
and difference betwixt each of these so added to- 
gether and the Gallons of each of them in Bond 
on the 5th day of January 1826, and imported from 
then to the 5th day of January 1839, and stating 
in detail how this difference arose, the particular 
Statutes or Copies of all Orders authorizing the 
same, and what the Total Amount of Duty, at the 
rate each kind of them was subject to, would have 
been, and what that Amount is equal to per Gallon 
on each Gallon of the Total Quantity of Gallons of 
each kind of these that paid Duty, during the period 
from the 5th day of January 1826 to the 5th day of 
January 1839. 

Accounts of the Number of Pounds Weight of Leaf 
Tobacco, Manufactured Tobacco, Segars and Snuff, 
paid Duty upon Quarterly, for the year 1838, end- 
ing the 5th day of January 1839 ; also, the Rate of 
Duty, and the Total Amount of the same, distin- 
st England, Scotland and Ireland ; also, the 

umber of Pounds Weight of each, and the Amount 
of Duty collected at the respective Ports of Importa- 
tion within the same period, and the Total of each 
Quarter and Year:—Of the Number of Pounds 
Weight of Unmanufactured Tobacco, Manufactured 
Tobacco called Negrohead, Segars, and Snuff, im- 
ported into England, Scotland and Ireland, from 
the United States of America and all other Parts, 
in the year 1838, ending the 5th day of January 
1839; distinguishing the Quantities of each Deno- 
mination imported into the respective Ports of the 
United Kingdom, and from whence it came, de- 
seribing the Quantity of Unmanufactured Tobacco, 
Manufactured Tobacco, called Negrohead, Manu- 
factured Segars, and Snuff, and Total Amount of 
the same :—Of the Number of Pounds Weight of 
Cut, Shag and Roll Tobacco, Segars, Rappee, 
Scotch, and Brown Scotch Snuff, respectively, sent 
out by Permit or Certificate by the Manufacturers 
in the United Kingdom, in the Year ending the 5th 
day of January 1839, distinguishing the Quantities 
under each Denomination for England, Ireland and 
Scotland :— And, of the Number of Pounds Weight 
of Leaf Tobacco, Tobacco Stalks, Returns of To- 
bacco, Cut, Shag and Roll Tobacco, Segars, Stalk, 
Flour, Rappee, Scotch and Brown Scotch Snuff, 
and Snuff Work respectively, in the Stock of Manu- 
facturers in the United Kingdom on the 5th day of 
January 1839, showing what part of each was in 
Stock, and what in Operation ; distinguishing the 
Quantities under each Denomination for England, 
Scotland and Ireland. 

Returns to an Order dated the 25th day of March 
last, for an Account showing the Number of Post 
Office and Admiralty Steam Packets on the Liver- 
pool and Kingstown, Holyhead and Kingstown, 
Milford and Waterford, and Port Patrick and 
Donachadee Stations; the Expense incurred in the 
Building, and Outfit and Repairs of the Vessels ; 
the Expense of the Establishment; the Total Dis- 
bursements, and the Receipts for Passages, &amp;c., 
and the Totals of such Charge, from the 5th day of 
January 1832. 

Return to an Order dated the 27th day of March 
last, for an Account of the Expenditure of the 
several Sums of £.10,000, granted by Parliament 
in the years 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838, for 
the Erection of School-houses or Model Schools in 
Scotlana ; together with the Names and Designation 
of all Parties from whom applications have been 
received by the Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury 
for aid out of the above Grants, stating whether for 


Parochial, or for what other Schools, with the An- |against the Pontefract Honor Court Bill, whose 








| 


| swers thereto ; specifymg the Dates of each :—And 


then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- Napier’s 
solve the Marriage of Johnstone Napier, Esquire, Divorce Bill 
a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Military Service of the 
East India Company on their Madras Establish- 
ment, with Jsabellu his now Wife, and to enable him . 
to marry again, and for other Purposes therein 
mentioned, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Depositions transmitted from 
India relating to the said Bill be returned to the 
Lords: And that Mr. Freshfield do carry the same. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Lardner’s 
into a Committee upon Lardner’s Divorce Bill ; Divorce Bil. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Freshfield reported, That 
they had heard counsel, and examined witnesses for 
the Bill; and that no counsel or party appeared 
before the Committee to oppose the Bill; and that 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 


Mr. Ord reported from the Committee on the Tyne Docks 
Tyne Docks Bill ; That they had examined the alle- B#!!. 
gations of the Bill, and found the same to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. ’ 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The London Corporation Estate Bill was read London 


the first time; and ordered to be read a second Co'poration 
tine ? Estate Bill. 


A Petition of Members of the Ship Propeller Ship Propeller 
Company, praying that they may be allowed to ©o™pery- 
proceed with their Bill, notwithstanding the time 
limited by the Sessional Orders of the House has 
expired, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Wodehouse reported from the Committee on Norwich 
the Norwich Tonnage Bill; and to whom a Petition T™™8¢ Bill 
against the said Bill was referred ; That no person 
appeared in support of the said Petition; and that 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

And the House being informed that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to alter the said Bill, 
by repealing so much of the Norwich Tonnage Act 
therein recited, as relates to the appropriation of 








the Tolls and Duties thereby authorized to be levied, 
and by providing for a new appropriation thereof. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed upon Monday next. 


Sir George Strickland zeported from the Com- Hatfield (York) 
mittee on the Hatfield (York) Small Debts Bill; Smal! Pe 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, ~ 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


A Petition of William Shepherd, of Barnsley, in Pontefract 


the county of York, praying that the Petitioners fir" _— 


Petition 














Dep 
Bill. 


Brig 
Gas 






























Deptford Pier 
Bill. 


Brighton 
Gas Bill. 


London Bridge 
Approaches, 
&amp;e., Bill. 


Camber 
(Portsmouth) 
Quays, &amp;c., Bill. 


London City 
Police Bill. 


London and 
Southampton 
(Portsmouth 
Branch) Rail- 
way Bill, 


9 VicToRIz. 


Petition was presented on Tuesday last, (being the 
first day on which it could be presented after the 
Whitsuntide recess,) may be heard before the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, notwithstanding the said Peti- 
tion was not presented Three clear days before the 
first meeting of the Committee, which was ap- 
pointed for the third day after the recess. 

- Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the said Bill, that, under the circumstances 
stated, the Petitioners who presented a Petition to 
this House upon Tuesday last, be permitted to be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, before the said Committee. 


A Petition of the Court of Master, Wardens and 
Assistants of the Company of Watermen and 
Lightermen of the River Thames, praying that they 
may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Deptford Pier Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


An ingrossed Bill for better lighting with Gas the 
Town of Brighthelmstone, and the several Places 
therein mentioned, in the County of Susser, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for better lighting with Gas the 
Town of Brighton, and the several Places therein 
mentioned, in the County of Sussex. 

Ordered, That Captain Pechell do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lord Hotham, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee on the London Bridge Approaches, &amp;c. Bill ; 
and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill 
were referred ; That they had considered the said 
Petitions, and had heard counsel in favour of some 
of them; and had also heard counsel in favour of 
the Bill; and that the Committee had examined 
the allegations. of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
ye of the Camber (Portsmouth) Quays, &amp;c. 

Ul; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Select Committee on the London City Police 
Bill was nominated of Mr. Hawes, Lord John Rus- 
sell, Mr. Alderman Humphery, Sir James Graham, 
Mr. Fox Maule, Lord Hotham, Sir Matthew Wood, 
Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Lascelles, Mr. Pattison, Mr. 
ag a Mr. Law, Captain Alsager, Mr. Milnes, 
Mr. Fazakerley and Mr. William Miles. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to amend the Acts relating to the 
London and Southampton Railway Company, here- 
after to be called “The London and South Western 
mr Company,” and to make a Branch Railway 
to the Port of Portsmouth; and the same were read, 
as follow : 

Pr. 14. 1. 32. After “ of” insert “ Twenty.” 

Pr. 15. 1.18. After “have” insert “ bond fide.” 

Pr, 60. 1. 4. After “ Bridge” insert Clause (A.) 

Cravuse (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
“‘ where the level of any Road shall be altered by 
‘é Ms 

means of such Branch Railway, the ascent of any 
“ Turnpike-road so altered shall not be less than One 


“ foot in Thirty feet, or any other public carriage-road 
Vou. 94. 


31° Mair. 





237 


“ less than One foot in Twenty feet, except in the 
“ cases hereinafter mentioned.” 

Pr. 60. 1. 11. After “ Railway” insert “ and 
“ which shall be altered by means thereof.” 

The said Amendments being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Easthope do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Sir Edward Knatchbull reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private Orders 
Bills, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for the Newport Dock. 
Newport Dock Bill, the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. 

and Sir Giffin Wilson : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing and main- Rugby and 
taining the Road from the Town of Rugby to the yw" "°° 
Borough of Warwick, all in the County of War- 
wick : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to provide for the more Staffordshire 
effectual execution of the Office of a Justice of the Sodeentiee 
Peace, within and adjoining to the District called ae of the 
“The Staffordshire Potteries,” and for Purposes Peace) Bill. 
connected therewith : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in Ringstead | 
the Parish of Ringstead, in the County of North- ose Bl 
ampton: And also, 

he Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Staffordshire 

Act for establishing an effective Police in Places see eel 
within or adjoining to the District called “ The ment, &amp;c., Bill. 
Staffordshire Potteries,” and for improving and 

cleansing the same, and better lighting parts thereof, 

with Amendments; to which Amendments the 

Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 

also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Herefordshire 
Act for enabling the Company of Proprietors of ot eens 
the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Navi- $i 
gation to raise a further Sum of Money, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Blunt’s _ 

for explaining and amending an Act made and Estate Bill. 
passed in the 59th year of his Majesty King George 
the Third, intituled, “ An Act for vesting the Manor 
of Oram and certain Messuages, Lands, Tenements 
and Hereditaments, in the Coonty of Sussex, sn 
of the settled Estates, by the Will of Samuel Blunt, 
Esquire, deceased, in Trustees, to be sold, and for 
vesting the Money arising from such Sale in the 
purchase of other Estates, to be settled to the same 
uses, to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Harrow School 
for enabling the Keepers and Governors of the anne Ee. 
Possessions, Revenues and Goods of the Free 
Grammar School of John Lyon, within the Town 
of Harrow-on-the-Hill, in the County of Middlesex, 
to grant improving Leases of their Estates at 
Harrow and Barnet, and for other Purposes therein 
mentioned, to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House:—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


Wingfield Message from 
oft the hake 


The Bishops’ Residences Bill was read the first Bishops’ 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon — 
Friday next. Wy, 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. i ee 


Notice being taken that the Return as to Bank- Bankruptcics. 
ruptcies previous to the Act of Parliament, passed in 
oo4 1831 








288 


1831, appointing Official Assignees to take possession 
of the Estates :—1. The Names of the Official As- 
signees, and of their Official Residence :—2. Names 
of the Bankrupts previous to the Act whose Estates 
were taken possession of, in whole or in part, their 
Description and Residence : —3. Dates of their 
Bankruptcies:—4. Amount of Assets of each Estate 
received from the Original Assignees :—5. Amount 
of Debts due to the Estates not then received :—6. 
Amount of Assets from the Estate since received : | 
—7. Amount of further expected Assets from the | 
Debts :—8. Amount of Dividends declared by the 
Official Assignees, and Dates:—9. Total Amount 
paid to Creditors :—10. Total Amount remaining 
unpaid to Creditors :-—11. Expenses charged for As- 
signees’ Commission and Allowances:—12. Expense 
charged to the Estate for Petty Charges : — 13. 
Balance of Cash in each Account, debiting the same 
only with the Cash paid away and Charges : — 14. 
How the Balance is disposed of, whether paid to 
the Accountant General :—15. Or retained in the 
hands of the Official Assignees for Creditors not 
having yet applied for their Dividends :—The Re- 





31° Mazz. 





ceipts or Payments, on account of the Undivided 
Estates, or of unclaimed Dividends, to be separately 
returned, which was presented upon the 11th day 
of April last, was imperfect. 

Ordered, That the Order for printing the said 
Return be discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Return be withdrawn, and 
a perfect Return presented instead thereof. 


Jamaica Laws 
Bill. 


No, 270. 


Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill to provide for 

the enactment of certain Laws in the Island of 
Jamaica: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
next; and to be printed. 
Education, Petitions from Lilanidloes ; — Bempton ; — and, 
Buckhton; praying the House to refuse its sanction 
to the proposed scheme of National Education re- 
cently laid before Parliament, as approved by the 
Committee of Privy Council,--were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Rating of 


A Petition of Owners of Small Tenements in 
‘Tenements Bill. 


Gainsborough, praying that the Rating of Tene- 
ments Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Prisons Bill, A Petition of Members of the Society for promoting 
Christian Knowledge, praying that the Prisons Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


County Courts 


C A Petition of Inhabitants of Bedford, praying 
ill, 


that the County Courts Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Takle. 

Postage. A Petition of Inhabitants of Bedford, praying 
for the adoption of a low and uniform rate of 
Postage, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Printed Papers. Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the Proceedings in the Action of 
Stockdale v. Hansard, and to report their Observa- 
t'ons and Opinion thereupon to the House :—-And 
a Committee was appointed of Mr. Attorney 
General, Lord John Russell, Lord Viscount Howick, 
Lord Stanley, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Williams Wynn, 
Mr. Warburton, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Easthope, Mr. 
Solicitor General, Sir Edward Sugden, Mr. Goul- 
burn, Mr. Pemberton, Dr. Lushington, Mr. Solicitor 
General for Ireland, Sir Frederick Pollock, Sir 
William Follett, Mr. Tancred, the Lord Advocate, 
Mr. Villiers, Sir George Strickland, Sir Robert 
Harry Inglis, Mr. Serjeant Wilde, Mr. O’ Connell, 
and Sir George Clerk. 











A. 1839. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Committee have Power to send for persons, 
papers and records :—It was resolved in the Affirm- 
ative. 

Ordered, That five be the Quorum of the Com- 
mittee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Printed Papen, 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Record in the Case Stockdale v. Han- 
sard, in the Court of Queen’s Bench, and a Copy 
of the Short Hand Writer’s Notes of the Proceedings 
therein ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words ‘“ Queen’s 
“ Bench,” to the end of the Question. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Record in the Case of Stockdale v. 
Hansard, in the Court of Queen’s Bench, and a 
Copy of the Short Hand Writer’s Notes of the Pro- 
ceedings therein. 


Lord John Russell presented by Her Majesty’s Criminal 
command,—Calculations with reference to the Cri~ Offenders. 
minal Tables for England and Wales, for the year 
1838. 

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


Resolved, That during the remainder of the Business of the 
Session, Orders of the Day have precedence of House. 
Notices of Motions upon Thursdays, except on any 
special direction of the House with respect to a 
Notice of Motion. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Printed Printed Papen. 
Papers have leave to sit To-morrow, notwithstanding 
the adjournment of the House. 


The County Courts Bill was, according to Order, County Courts 
read a second time; and committed to a Select Bil! 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated upon 
Monday next. “ 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Prisons Bill. 
into a Committee upon the Prisons Bill. No, 271. 


(In the Committee.) 

CrausE, N° 14, (Justices in certain cases to ap- 
point Teacher or Clergyman not of the Established 
Church, in addition to Chaplains) ——read. 

Question put, That the Clause stand part of the 
Bill; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the 


Mr. Robert Steuart, 1136 

Yeas, _Mr. Fox Maule: f 
Tellers forthe { Sir Robert Harry Inglis, } 81 
Noes, l Mr. Pakington : ) as 


Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Prisons __ 
into a Committee upon the Prisons (Scotland) Bill. (Scotland) Bill, 
(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 





Preamble 





Papers, 


of the 


nent. 


Papers, 


ourts 


ill, 
il, 


) Bill, 


2 VicToriz. 


Preamble postponed. 
Cuavse N° 1, (General Board of Directors) 
read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 1.1.22. After the word 
“ Edinburgh” to insert the words “and of the 
“ several counties in which the circuit courts are 
« held, all for the time being, together with five other 
“ persons.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 





serted ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the Yeas, 4 rains } 56. 
Tellers for the Noes, ah art } 109. 


Another Amendment proposed : To leave out the 
words “and the Inspector of Prisons for Scotland.” 
Question put, That those words stand part of the 
Clause ; 
The Committee mes a 
r. Fox Maule 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr. Robert és Bah 101. 
Sir G lerk, 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr. Pringle : } 51, 


Cuavsz, N° 1, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausss, N° 3, to N° 7, agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 8, negatived. | 

Cuausss, N° 9, to N° 17, agreed to. 

Crausg, N° 18, (County Boards to be appointed) 
read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 12. 1. 16. After the 
word “ persons’ to insert the words “ being Com- 
“ missioners of Supply, and also Justices of the 
“ Peace acting in and for such county.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Mr. George William Tape, 59 

Yeas, Mr. Colquhoun: ' 
} 54. 





Tellers for the f Mr. Robert Steuart, 
Noes, Mr. Fox Maule: 


Proviso added at the end of the Clause. 
Cravuss, N° 18, as amended, agreed to. 
Cravsss, N° 19, to N° 22, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 23, postponed. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Sabbati, 1° die Junii, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Weanof Exeter, The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
&amp;c., Appoint- into a Committee upon the Dean of Exeter, &amp;c., 
— Appointment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 
Ordered, That Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Supply The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
‘ANS, 


mittee of Ways and 


eans ; 
Vor. 94. 


31° Mawi.—1° Juniz. 


289 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration of 
mittee on the Registration of Electors Bill; Electors Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second District Sessions 
reading of the District Sessions Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Metropolitan 
reading of the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill; Police Courts 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 5! 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Metropolis 
reading of the Metropolis Police Bill ; Police Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving District Prisons 

the Report on the District Prisons Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Fri- 

day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Municipal 
further consideration the Report on the Municipal ee ne 
a (Jreland) Bill ; alata i 
rdered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Waterford 
further consideration the Report on the Waterford —_ Seep 
Fever Hospital Bill ; ‘ie 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fictitious Votes 
reading of the Fictitious Votes (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Thursday the 13th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Electors (Scotland) - — " 
Bill; (Scotland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 13th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Election Peti- 
mittee on the Election Petitions’ Trial Bill ; tions’ Trial Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Paper Duties 
mittee on the Paper Duties Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Brick Duties 

mittee on the Brick Duties Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Double and 
mittee on the Double and Treble Costs Bill ; Treble Costs 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ®" 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Heritable 
reading of the Heritable Securities (Scotland) Bill ; Sccutities. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon S°"") P- 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Writs (Scot- 
reading of the Writs (Scotland) Bill; land) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 





upon Monday next. 
PP The 





290 


Supreme Courts The Order, of the day being read, for taking into 


(Scotland ) Bill. 


Bankrupts’ 
Estates 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Registration 
Leases 


of 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Imprisonment 
for Debt Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


High Sheriffs’ 
Expenses Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Copyright Bill. 


West Indies. 
No. 272. 


Steam Vessels, 
No. 273. 
Gaol Delivery 
(Sussex.) 
No, 274. 


London and 
Birmingham, 
&amp;c., Mails. 


East India 
Company. 


Court of 
Chaneery. 


further consideration the Report on the Supreme 
Courts (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report cn the Bankrupts’ 
Estates (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday the 10th day of this 
instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Registration of Leases (Scotland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 10th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Imprisonment for Debt Act Amend- 
ment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the High Sheriff's Expenses Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Luke White have leave of ab- 
sence for the remainder of the Session, on account 
of ill health. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Thursday next, upon the Copy- 
right Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 13th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to the West 
Indies, which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Steam Vessels, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Gaol Deli- 
very (Susser), which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the London 
and Birmingham &amp;c., Mails, which was presented 
upon the 14th day of this instant May, be referred 
to the Select Committee on Railways. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 





Luna, 38° die Junii ; 





Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 13839. 


PRAYERS. 


Ms Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament,—List No. 99, specifying the 
particulars of the Compensation proposed to be 
— to certain reduced Servants of the East 
ndia Company in England, under an arrangement 
sanctioned by the Board of Commissioners for the 
Affairs of India, and laid before the Honourable 
the House of Commons on the 26th February 
1835 :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Fry, from the Court of Chancery, was called 
in; and at the bar presented,—Return to an Order 


31° Maii.—1°—3° Junii. 





A. 1839. 
dated the 15th day of February last, for Returns 
of the Number of Bills filed in Her Majesty’s High 
Court of Chancery in the years 1835, 1836, 1837 
and 1838 ; of the Number of Answers filed in the 
several years 1750 to 1754, inclusive ; ‘also, for the 
several years 1760 to 1764, inclusive ; also, for the 
several years 1770 to 1774, inclusive ; also, for ‘the 
several years 1780 to 1784, inclusive ; also, for. the 
several years 1800 to 1804, inclusive; also, for the 
year 1808, and each succeeding year to the 3ist 
day of December 1838 ; also, of the Total Number 
of Folios contained in the Bills, and of the Total 
Number of Folios contained inthe Answers, filed 
in each of the years above specified :—Of the Num- 
ber of Causes, Exceptions and further Directions, 
Pleas and Demurrers set down to be heard in and 
for the years 1836, 1837 and 1838, and the’Number 
of Decrees and Orders made on the hearing of the 
same ; of the Number of Causes, Exceptions, fur- 
ther Directions, Pleas and Demurrers ready for 
hearing on the first day of each Term, and also at 
the close of the sittings after each Term, in each 
of the above years ; of the Number of Re-hearings 
and Appeals before the Lord Chancellor set down in 
each of the same years, and standing for hearing ‘on 
the first day of each Term, and also on the last 
day of the sittings after each Term, in each of the 
above years, specifying when the First Five of such 
Re-hearings and Appeals (except such as appear 
to have been called on and adjourned) had been 
set down at each of such times :—Of the Number 
of Cause Petitious presented and answered by the 
Lord Chancellor in each of the said years 1836, 
1837 and 1838 :—And, of the Number of ‘Petitions 
answered and set down for hearing at the Rolls, 
—so far as relates to the Registrars:—And_ then 
he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Horne, from the Commissioners of Staines Staines Bridge, 


Bridge, was called in; and at the bar presented, 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
-~-An Account of the Receipts and Disbursements 
of the Tolls and other Monies collected on Staines 
Bridge, from the 26th day of March 1838 to the 
25th day of March 1839, both days inclusive :— 
And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. ' 


‘Sir Fortunatus Dwarris, one of the Masters of Printed Papers. 


the Pleas Side of the Court of Queen’s Bench, was 
called in; and at the bar presented,—Return to an 
Order dated the 31st day of May last, for a,Copy 
of the Record in the Case of Stockdale v. Hansard, 
in the Court of Queen’s Bench, and a Copy of the 
Short-hand Writer’s Notes of the Proceedings there- 
in :—And then he withdrew. 

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


The House proceeded to take into further con- London Bridge 
sideration the Report which, upon Friday last, was Approaches, 


made from the Committee on the London, Bridge 
Approaches, &amp;c., Bill ; and the Amendments were 
read, and to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Coode’s Divoree Bill was read a second’ time ; Coode’s 


and committed to a Committee'of the whole House, 
for Tuesday the 11th day of this instant June. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction 'to the Com- 

mittee that they do hear counsel and examine wit- 
nesses for the said Bill, and also that they do hear 
counsel and examine witnesses against the Bill, if 
the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by 
counsel or produce witnesses. 

Raikes’s 








ridge, 


apers. 


idge 


Raikes's 
Estate Bill. 


Harrow School 
Estate Bill. 


Rochdale 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Black Quarry 
or Anniesland 
Road Bill. 


Nottingham 
(Saint Mary’s) 
Inclosure Bill, 


Staffordshire 
Potteries, &amp;c., 


Police, Improve- 


ment, &amp;c., Bill. 


Blunt’s 
Estate Bill. 


Great Western 
Railway Bill. 


2 Vicroriz. 


Raikes’s Estate Bill was read a second time’; and 
committed to: Mr. .Bethell; and the East Riding of 
York List. 


Harrow School Estate Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Heap, in the parish 
of Bury and county of Lancaster, praying that the 
Rochdale Small Debts (No, 2.) Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


The Black Quarry or Anniesland Road Bill was 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Dennis- 
toun, and the South Scotland List. 


A Petition of Rate-payers and Owners of property 
of Nottingham, praying that the Nottingham (Saint 
Mary’s) Inclosure Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for establishing an effective Police 
in Places within or adjoining to the District called 
“ The Staffordshire Potteries,” and for improving 
and cleansing the same, and better lighting parts 
thereof; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 92. 1.13. Leave out from “ aforesaid” to 
“ before,” in 1. 14. 

Pr..120. 1.24, Leave out from “ protection” to 
“ nor,” in 1, 25. 

Pr. 149. 1. 26. Leave out “ shall.” 

Pr..152. 1, 25. Leave out “ Company,” and in- 
sert ‘* Commissioners.” 

Pr. 153. 1.27. After “ Act” insert “ or the 
* goods and chattels of the Treasurer of such 
“ Commissioners.” 

Pr. 153. 1. 29. Leave out from “ justices” to 
“ which,” in 1, 31. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edward Buller do carry the 
Bill to, the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships, 


Blunt’s Estate Bill was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords ‘to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to amend the Acts relating to the 
Great Western Railway, and to raise a further Sum 
of Money for the purposes of the said Undertaking ; 
and the same were read, as follow’: 

Pr. 13. 1. 18. Leave out “ but,” and insert “ in 
“case.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 3. Leave out from “admit” to “ and,” 
in I. 11. | 

Pr. 17. 1. 16. Leave out “ like.” 

Pr. 18.1. 25. After “by” insert “this and.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 36. Leave out from “ Acts” to “ Pro- 
vided,” in Pr. 19. 1. 35. and insert Clause (A.) 

Cravuse (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
“ it shall be lawful for all corporations, tenants in 
“ tail or for life, or for any other partial or qualified 
“ estate or interest; husbands, guardians, trustees 
“ and feoffees in trust for charitable, or other pur- 
“ poses, committees, executors and administrators 
“ and all trustees and all other persons whomsoever 
“¢ not.only for and on behalf of themselves, their 
heirs ‘and successors, but also for and on, behalf 
of all persons intitled in. reversion, remainder or 
expectancy after them, whether capacitated or 


.  ineapacitated or to be found or not to be found, 


‘“¢ and for and on behalf of their wives, wards, lu- 


natics and idiots respectively, and in the same 
Voi. 94, 


3° Juniz. 














291 


manner and to'the same extent as such wives, 
wards, lunatics and idiots respectively could have 
done by law, under the powers of this or the said 
recited Acts, in case they had been sole, of full 
age and of sound mind, and for and on behalf of 
their cestuique trusts, whether infants, issue un- 
born, lunatics, idiots, femes covert or other per- 
sons, to contract for, sell, release and convey to 
the said Company any lands which may be re- 
quired to be taken or used for the purposes of this 
or the said recited Acts, or to agree for the 
amount of any compensation payable under the 
provisions of this or the said recited Acts, and 
all contracts and agreements heretofore made 
with and conveyances executed by any such 
parties as are hereby authorized to contract for, 
sell and convey lands as aforesaid, shall be valid 
and effectual for the purpose of vesting the said 
lands in the said Company.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 1. After “in” insert “this or.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 4. After “of” insert “ this or.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 30. After “thereof” insert “and the 
costs, charges and expenses of each and every 
such valuation shall be paid by the said Com- 
pany.’ 

Pr. 22. 1. 9. Leave out “ any” and insert 
“ either.” 

Pr. 24. 1. 19. After “ Westminster ” insert Clauses 
(B.) and (C.) 

Crause (B.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in all cases in which any costs, charges and ex- 
penses payable, or which under the Acts herein- 
before referred to relating to the said Railway or 
any of them are directed to be paid by the said 
Company, shall be taxed by the master or other 
proper officer of the said Court of Exchequer, 
under any order of the said Court (and which order 
it shall be lawful for the said Court on petition to 
be presented by the said Company, or on motion or 
other summary application, to make), and the 
amount at which such costs, charges and expenses 
shall be so taxed as aforesaid, together with the 
costs, and expenses attending the taxation of 
the same, and of or occasioned by the order or 
orders referring the same for taxation, shall be 
paid and -borne by the said Company unless one 
sixth of the said costs, charges and expenses the 
subject of any such order shall be disallowed or 
taxed off, and in every case in which one-sixth 

art of the said costs, charges and expenses 
shall be disallowed or taxed off as aforesaid, ‘all 
the costs and expenses of obtaining such order 
or orders of reference as aforesaid, and’ of or 
attending the taxation of the costs, charges and 
expenses aforesaid, shall be paid or borne by the 
person or persons from whom the lands in respect 
or in relation to which the costs and expenses in 
any such order of reference mentioned shall have 
been incurred shall have been purchased or taken ; 
“ and the amount thereof shall be paid to the said 
Company on demand accordingly, or if circum- 
stances will admit, may be retained by the said 
Company out of any monies gene by them to 
or on account or, on behalf of such person or 
persons as aforesaid.” 

Cuavuse (C.) “ And whereas under the powers 
“¢ contained in the Act first hereinbefore refetred’ to, 
the said Company have already purchased or 
taken, or entered into the possession, and may 
“ hereafter purchase or take, or enter into the pos- 
session for the purposes of the said Railway, of 
“lands of copyhold or customary tenure, or in the 
“ nature thereof, and by reason of the inability, 
neglect or refusal of the person or persons entitled 
“ to or interested in such lands, to make a good or 
“ sufficient title or good and sufficient titles to, or 
an effectual surrender or surrenders of the same 
“ to the said Company, or otherwise, it has been 
“ necessary in many cases, and it may hereafter be 
“‘ necessary for the said Company in other cases, to 
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292 
“ take possession of such lands, and to pay the 
“ value thereof, or the consideration for the same, 
into the Court of Exchequer, under the provisions 
for that purpose contained in the said Act: And 
whereas doubts have arisen whether the said 
Company are entitled and can claim to be, or are 
capable of being admitted to, and of receiving an 
enfranchisement or enfranchisements of the lands 
which they have purchased or taken, or of which 
possession has been or shall be taken by them 
under the circumstances aforesaid, and it is expe- 
dient that such doubts should be removed: Be it 
therefore further Enacted, That in all cases where 
the said Company have as aforesaid purchased or 
taken or entered into possession, or shall or may 
hereafter purchase or take, or enter into the pos- 
session of any lands of copyhold or customary 
tenure, or in the nature thereof, and which they 
are by the Acts aforesaid, or any of them, autho- 
rized to purchase for the purposes of the said 
Railway, and have — paid or shall hereafter 
pay the value thereof or the purchase or consider- 
ation for the same, into court as aforesaid, then 
and in every such case the same lands, and the 
customary fee and inheritance thereof, shall be 
and be considered as well and effectually vested 
in the said Company in like manner as if the 
same had been duly surrendered to the said Com- 
pany by an owner thereof for a clear and inde- 
feasible estate in fee simple, and the said Com- 
any had been duly admitted to the same accord- 
ingly ; and the said Company shall thereupon, or 
at any time afterwards be entitled or enabled to 
receive or take an enfranchisement or enfranchise- 
ments of the same lands under and in pursuance 
of the powers in the said first-mentioned Act con- 
tained, in the same or the like manner, and with 
the same or the like effect as if they had been so 
admitted as aforesaid: Provided always, That the 
said Company shall, within Three calendar months 
after being required so to do, pay to the lord or 
lady for the time being of the Manor or Manors 
respectively of which the respective lands aforesaid 
are parcel, such recompense or satisfaction in 
respect of the fines, heriots and services of such 
lands, as shall be agreed upon, or ascertained and 
settled in the manner mentioned and provided in 
the Act aforesaid, on the admission of the said 
Company to any lands of copyhold or customary 
tenure, and the lord or lady for the time being of 
such Manor or Manors as aforesaid, shall there- 
upon, at the expense of the said Company, cause 
or permit an entry of the title of the said Com- 
pany to the respective lands aforesaid, to be en- 
tered on the court rolls of the Manor or Manors 
respectively of which the same lands are a parcel.” 
Pr. 24.1.27. Leave out “rent or other charge.” 
Pr. 25. 1. 12. After “said” insert “ first.” 
Pr. 25. 1.17. Leaveout from “lands” to “ which” 
in 1. 18.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 26. After“ company” insert “ or to two 
“ trustees in such cases and in such manner as by 
“ the said Act authorized.” 

Pr. 25. 1. ult. Leave out “or,” and in the same 
line leave out “ and conveyance.” | 

Pr, 26. 1. 1. Leave out “ such,” and in the same 
line leave out from “ deposit” to “ as” in 1. 2. 

Pr. 26.1. 10. Leave out from “ lands” to “ such” 
inl. 12. and insert “in respect of which,” and in 
1, 12. after “deposit” insert “shall have been 
made.” 

Pr. 26. 1.14. Leave out from “ deposit” to “ as” 
in L. 15. 

Pr. 28. 1. 21. After “ of” insert “ twenty.” 

Pr, 28. 1. ult. After “have” insert “bond fide.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 6. After “ that” insert “ after notice 
“ of this provision shall have been given by the 
“ said Company to any of their contractors.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 8. Leave out “ their contractors” and 
insert “ such contractor.” 


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Pr. 29. 1.14, After “ Company” insert Clause(D.) 

Ciause(D.)“ Provided always, and be it further 
Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained 
shall extend or be deemed or construed to extend, 
to prejudice, diminish, alter or take away any of 
the rights, powers, privileges or authorities vested 
in the Right honourable Viscount Barrington, or 
in Colonel Gore Langton, their heirs or assigns, 
in or under the said recited Acts, or either of 
“*them, or to alter or diminish any protection which 
they enjoy under the said Acts, or any restriction 
imposed on the said Company, with reference to 
their respective lands: but all the rights, powers, 
privileges, protections and authorities thereby 
vested in or granted to them, shall be as good, 
valid and effectual as if this Act had not been 
made, nor shall this Act be held or construed to 
affect any subsisting agreement between the said 
Company and any owner or occupier of lands on 
the line of the said Railway.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 8. After “repealed” insert “ save and 
except with reference to that portion of the 
line lying between the city of Bristol and the 
crossing of the Wells turnpike-road near Bath, 
and that portion of the line which lies within the 
parishes of Bathampton and Bathford, and save 
and except also in cases where the said Company 
shall have already taken possession of any lands 
“ for temporary purposes under the provisions of 
“ the said recited Acts, or either of them.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 14. After “ times” insert “ after the 
“ passing of this Act, and.” 

Pr. 30. 1, 18. After “ works” msert “ save and 
except in cases where the said Company shall 
have already taken possession of any lands for 
temporary purposes under the provisions of the 
said recited Acts, or either of them.” 

Pr. 30. |. 26. After “ respectively” imsert “ ly- 
ing between the said turnpike-road to Wells, near 
the city of Bath, and the termination of the said 
Railway near London, except within the parishes 
of Bathampton and Bathford.” 

Pr. 30, 1. 28. Leave out from “ thereon” to 
or” in l. 29. 

Pr. 30. 1. penult. Leave out “ or convenient.” 

Pr. 31, 1.32. After “lands” insert “ and to 
separate and set apart by sufficient railings or 
fencings so much of the lands as shall be re- 
“ quired to be so used as aforesaid from the other 
“ Jands adjoining thereto.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 4. Leave out from “ Company” to 
nor” in 1. 8. and insert “ (except with the consent 
of the owner thereof for the time being, or the per- 
son by this or the said recited Acts capacitated to 
convey the same), to dig, cut, get, take, remove, 
or carry away out of and from such lands as 
aforesaid, or any part thereof, any soil, gravel, 
clay, sand or other material for the purpose of 
side-cutting and making embankments, which 
can or may be got or found therein, or to form 
such roads or approaches as aforesaid at a greater 
distance than Two hundred and fifty yards from 
the fence on either side of the said Riuduer: nor 
to make use of any existing roads at a greater 
distance than Five hundred yards from such 
fence, and that it shall not be lawful for the said 
Company to make such temporary use of any 
such lands as aforesaid for any of the other pur- 
“« poses hereinbefore mentioned lying at a greater 
“ distance than One hundred yards from the fence 
“ on either side of the said Railway.” 

Pr.33. 1.21. After “obtained ” insert Clause (E.) 

Ciause (E.) “ Provided always, and be it fur- 
ther Enacted, That if within Seven days after 
‘ service of such notice as aforesaid the owner of the 
‘ lands referred to therein shall object to the said 
“ Company making use thereof for such purposes 
‘ as aforesaid, on the ground that other lands lying 
** contiguous thereto might be more beneficially 
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and with less objection to the said owner, then and 
in such case, if the said Company refuse to occupy 
such other lands in lieu of the lands referred to by 
themin the said notice, it shall be lawful forany Two 
Justices of the Peace in petty sessions assembled 
for the district where the said lands may lie, on 
the application of the said owner, to summon the 
said Company and the owner of such other land 
before them, and on hearing of the parties to de- 
termine which of the said lands shall be — 
by the said Company for such purposes as afore- 
said.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 25. After “or” insert “ by the Re- 
corder of.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 26. After “ Bristol” insert “ at some 
quarter sessions of the peace holden before him ;” 
and in the same line, after “ Justices” insert 
and Recorder.” 

Pr. 37. 1.8. After “ said” insert “ First.” 

Pr. 39.1.11. After “ Company ” insert Clauses 


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Cuiauss (F.) “ AND whereas the said Great 
Western Railway Company have agreed with the 
Grand Junction Canal Company for the purchase 
from the said,last-mentioned Company of certain 
lsasehold lands and hereditaments containing Four 
acres, three roods and three perches (little more or 
less), and particularly described on a plan thereof 
under the corporate seals of the said Companies, 
and forming part of the Paddington estate belong- 
ing to the Lord Bishop of London, as mentioned in 
the said secondly hereinbefore-recited Act of the 
First year of the reign of Her present Majesty, and 
which leasehold lands and hereditaments so agreed 
to be purchased are or were held by the said Ca- 
nal Company jointly with other parts of the said 
Paddington estate under leases for long terms of 
years, renewable for ever, granted by the trustees 
for the time being of the said Paddington estate, 
and such agreement for purchase was upon the 
terms (among others) that the said Canal Com- 
pany should continue to bear and pay the whole 
of the rents reserved by the said leases, and in- 
demnify the said Railway Company therefrom, 
notwithstanding such purchase by the said last- 
mentioned Company of part of the lands and 
premises comprized in such leases: And whereas 
the said Railway Company claim under the 
powers of the said last-mentioned Act to have 
the right of purchasing the freehold, fee-simple 
and inheritance of and in the greater part of the 
said leasehold lands so agreed to be purchased 


‘by them of the said Canal Fy but such 


right is disputed on the part of the Bishop of 
London and trustees of the Paddington estate, 
who, together with Henry Frederick Thistle- 
thwayte and Elizabeth Hughes, as persons bene- 
ficially interested in the rents reserved by the 
said leases, have filed a Bill in Her Majesty’s 
High Court of Chancery against the said Rail- 
way Company, praying, amongst other things, 
that it may be declared that they, the plaintiffs in 
that suit are not compellable, and ought not to be 
required to convey the fee-simple and inheritance 
of the said last-mentioned leasehold pieces of 
land and premises, and that it may be declared 
that the said Great Western Railway Company 
ought to hold upon leases, instead of purchasin 

from the said Bishop and trustees all such land, 
part of the Paddington estate, as they the said 
Company may want for the purposes of their 
Railway, or to that effect: And whereas no decree 
has yet been made in such suit, but divers inter- 
locutory orders have been made therein, and the 
same is still pending: And whereas the said Rail- 
way Company have caused a jury to be sum- 
moned for the purpose of inquiring into and as- 
sessing the sum of money to be paid for the 
purchase by them of the fee-simple and inherit- 
ance of certain part of the said lands and pre- 

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mises, and the sum of money to be paid by way 
of compensation or satisfaction for any damage 
sustained by the said Bishop and trustees, and 
other parties interested therein, or any of them, 
except the said Canal Company, by reason of the 
taking thereof, and the jury so summoned assessed 
and gave a verdict for the sum of Two thousand 
six hundred and fifty-seven pounds sixteen shil- 
lings and threepence, as the sum to be paid hy 
the said Railway Company for such purchase, 
and for the further sum of One shilling as the sum 
to be paid by them for such compensation or satis- 
faction, making together the sum of Two thou- 
sand six hundred and fifty-seven pounds seven- 
teen shillings and threepence, which last-men- 
tioned sum has since been paid by the said 
Company into the Bank of Heind, in the name 
and with the privity of the Accountant General 
of the Court of Exchequer, and has been placed 
to his account there, ex- parte the Great Western 
Railway Company: And whereas the said Bishop 
and trustees, on the one hand, and the said Great 
Western Railway Company and the said Canal 
Company on the other hand, have (amongst other 
things) agreed that the said Railway Company 
shall, when and so soon as an assignment shall be 
made to them by the said Canal Company of the 
said leasehold pieces of land and hereditaments 
so agreed to be purchased of the said Canal 
Company by the said Railway Company as afore- 
said, surrender the same to the said trustees, and 
that thereupon the same pieces of land and here- 
ditaments shall be included in the demise or 
lease of other lands, part of the said Paddington 
estate which the said Bishop and trustees have 
agreed to demise and lease to the said Railway 
Company, and for the same term, and with the 
same or the like right of perpetual renewal at the 
rent already agreed to be paid for the same, and 
under and subject to the same or the like cove- 
nants, provisoes and agreements as the said lands 
so already agreed to be demised, but that no fur- 
ther or additional rent shall be paid by the said 
Railway Company, or be required by the said 
Bishop or trustees, in respect of the lands so 
agreed to be purchased by the said Railway Com- 
pany of the said Canal Company; that the said 
verdict, and the payment into court of the said 
sum of Two thousand six hundred and fifty-seven 
— seventeen shillings and threepence shall 

e deemed void and of no effect as against the said 
Bishop and trustees, and that the same sum shall 
be repaid out of court to the said Railway Com- 
pany for their own use, and that the said Canal 
Company shall continue to pay to the Bishop and 
trustees the whole of the rents reserved by their 
said leases, notwithstanding the assignment by 
them of the leasehold lands so agreed to be sold 
by them to the said Railway Company Now, 
therefore, BE it Enacted, That the said inquiry 
and verdict, and the payment by the said Railway 
Company of the said sum of Two thousand six 
hundred and fifty-seven pounds seventeen shillings 
and threepence shall be deemed and the same 
are hereby declared to be void and of no effect 
as against the said Bishop and trustees respec- 
tively.” 

Cuiause (G.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall be lawful to and for the said Great Western 
Railway Company, and they are hereby required, 
when and so soon as an assignment shall be made 
to them by the said Canal Econ of the said 
leasehold lands and hereditaments, containing 
four acres three roods and three perches, and so 
agreed to be purchased by them of the said Canal 
Company as aforesaid (and which assignment the 
said Canal Company are hereby required to make, 
and the said Railway Company to accept) to sur- 
render the same to the said Bishop and Trustees, 
and to and for the said Bishop and Trustees (who 
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are hereby required) to accept such surrender, and 
thereupon to include the same lands with the 
other lands already agreed to be demised. by them 
tothe said Railway Company, and to demise the 
same for the same term, and under and subject 
to\the same covenants, provisoes and agreements 
as the other lands so already agreed to be demised 
by the said Bishop and Trustees to the said Rail- 
way Company, but without naqulsing any addi- 
tional rent in respect of the said lands agreed to 
be purchased by the said Railway Company of 
the said Canal Company.” 

Cravse (H.) “ Provided always, and be it here- 
by further Enacted,’ That the said Canal Com- 
pany shall continue to bear and pay the whole of 
the rents reserved by the said leases so. granted 
to them as aforesaid, and that, as regards the 
residue of the lands and hereditaments comprised 
in such leases and not so agreed to be sold by 
them to the said Railway Company as aforesaid, 
the covenants, provisoes and agreements contained 
in such leases shall not be affected, but shall 
remain in full force notwithstanding any assign- 
ment by the said Canal Company to the said 
Railway Company of the lands and premises so 
agreed to be\ sold to them, and notwithstanding 
any such surrender by, or subsequent demise to, 
the said Railway Company of the said last-men- 
tioned lands as aforesaid.’ 
, Pr. 40. 1. ult. After “ passed ” insert Clause 
(1.) 


Cuavuse (I.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
the time limited by the said recited Acts for the 
completion of the said Undertaking shall be ex- 
tended and enlarged for the term of two years, 
to be computed from the expiration of the time 
in such Acts mentioned, and all powers, privileges 
and authorities given by this or the said recitéd 
Acts with respect to the making and completion 
“of the said Railway, shall be extended for ‘such 
“ further period of Two years.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second tire, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That' Mr. Baines do carry the Bill: to 
the ‘Lords; and acquaint’ them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, 


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Redcar Hare A Petition of Merchants and Ship-owners of Great 
bour (No. %-) “Yarmouth, praying that the Redcar Harbour (No. 2.) 


Bill may not pass into a law, as it’ now stands, was 
presario and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Warwick and Birmingham Canal, praying that pro- 
vision may be inserted in the Birmingham Canal 
Bill, whereby the repeal of the tolls originally sought 
for by the Warwick and Birmingham Canal Com- 
pany, may be secured, was. presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Birmingham 
Canal Bill. 


Mr. Burroughes reported from the Committee on 
the’ West Beckham and Alby Inclosure Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, ‘and 
found the same to be true; and’ that the Parties 
‘couterned had given their consent to the Bill, to the 
satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Com- 
‘mittee’ had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto ; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


West Beckhain 
and Alby 
Inclosure Bill. 


Over Darwen 
Gas Bill. 


3°, Seinen: 


An ingrossed Bill for better lighting with Gas the 
Village of Over Darwen, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, was read the third time; and Amend- 





A. 1839. 


Ordered, That Mr. William Fielden do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Lascelles reported from the Committee on the Leeds ana 
Leeds: and Harewood Road Bill; That they had pe 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the ~“" &gt;" 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 

and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 

ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That, the Bill, with the Amendments, 

be ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Hartisheaa 
Township of Hartishead, otherwise Hartshead, in or Dewsbury 
the Parish of Dewsbury, in the West Riding of the lose Bill 
County of York, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lascelles do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Aberford, &amp;c., Small Debts Bill was read a Aberford, &amp;., 
second time; and committed to Mr. Lascelles and Small Debs 
the West Riding of York List. Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for enlarging the Town Quay — 
of the Borough of Portsmouth, and for improving (Portsmouth) 
that portion of the Harbour of Portsmouth called 295% Bil, 
“ The Camber,” was, according to Order, read the 
— time ; and Amendments were made to the 
ill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Baring do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Carleton’s Divorce Bill was read ‘a second time; Carleton’s 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, Divorce Bill. 
for Tuesday the 11th day of this instant June. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 

mittee,\ that they do hear counsel and examine 
witnesses for the said Bill; and also, that they do hear 

counsel and examine witnesses against the Bill, if 

the Parties concerned, think fit to be heard by 

counsel, or produce witnesses. 


Colonel Anson, by Order, reported from the Com- Birmingham 
mittee on the (re-committed) Birmingham Canal Canal Bill. 
Bill ; and to whom several Petitions against the said 

Bill were referred ; That they had considered the 

said Petitions, and had made other Amendments to 

| the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

A Petition. of Commissioners of the Metropolis Brompton New 
Turnpike-roads north of the Thames, praying that ®o=4 Bill 
they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 

against certain parts of the Brompton New Road 

Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the: said Petition be referred to 

the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 

heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, 

if they’ think fit; and counsel) heard, in favour of 

the Bull, against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Glasgow Glasgow 
and: Renfrew Road Bill be revived:—And that ey and : — 
have leave to sit, and proceed, upon Thursday next. — 

Petitions from Uppingham;— Higham Ferrers; postage. 
— Shelton ;— Hexham ;—Newby-place, Poplar ;— 
Fore-street, Cripplegate; — Chairman of the. West- 
minster Reform Society ; —Lampeter-pont Stephen 5 
— Hackney; — Swaffham Bulbeck ; — Morebattle; 

— Kincardine ;—Llandudno ;—Stockton ;—Maccles- 

eld;— Bangor ;--Auchtermuchty ;--Saint Andrew’ s; 
Russell Mill and Hospital Mill;—Ballinrobe; 
— Glasgow (two Petitions) ;—Moy;— Carlisle (three 
Petitions); — Members of ‘the Stock Exchange ; 
— Eltham; — Thomas Stephenson and others ;— 








ments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 





Keith ;— Turriff ;—Leith ;— Hampton Ward, Bir- 
mingham (Chairman) ;~- Flockton;— Halsted. Union 
(Chairman) ; 





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Education. 


Bill, 


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2'Vicroriz. 
(Chairman) ; — Manningtree ;— Saffron Walden ;— 
Great Dunmow ;—Printing Office, 18, Prince’s-street, 
Cavendish-square ;— 61, Wells-street ; — 26, Saint 
Johnstreet, Clerkenwell ;—1, Prujean-square ;—95, 
Leadenhall-street ;--Persons employed by’ Messrs. 
Hitchcock and Co., Regent-street ;— Lewis and At- 
lenby, Regent-street ;--Stephens and Merrett, Regent- 
street; —C. G. Collins, Lower Sloane-street, Chelsea; 
— B. Harvey, Lowndes-terrace ; — Messrs. Carter 
and Son, Limehouse ;—Messrs. Brocksop and Son, 
Old Bond-street ;— Richardson and Pegler, Pater- 
noster-row ;—John Straith, London Commercial Sale 
Rooms ; — J. JV. Crafers, Cheapside ; — Dixons 
and Co., Cheapside;— Woods, Field and Wood, Mark- 
lane ;— William Whitmore, Esquire, 2, Basinghall- 
street ; ~Thomas Wood, Stationer, 16 and 17, Lad- 
lane;—The London Caoutchouc Company, 36, King- 
street, Cheapside ;—Messrs. Gorman, Hamilton and 
Co., 52, Mark-lane;— Mr. William Inglis, Saint 
Puul’s Church-yard;—Mr. James Laet, Hosier, 116, 
Wood-street, Cheapside ;—Messrs. Stevens, Wilkin- 
son and Satchell, Queen-street, Cheapside ;—John 
Sweeting, Lad-lane, London ;— and, Thomas Hun- 


ter and others ; praying for the adoption of a low} 
ostage,—were presented, and | 


and uniform rate of 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Uppingham; — Cottesmore and 
Barrow ;—Seaton ;—North Luffenham ; — Greet- 
ham ;—Morcott ;—- Ridlington;---Burley-on-the-Hill; 
— Hackney ;—Llandysilio ;—Machynlleth ;—Saint 
Martin Outwich, London ;— Saint Mary-at-Hill, 
London ;—Angmering ;— Chelmsford, &amp;e: ;— Stondon 
Massey ;— Hutton ;—Chester-le-Street ;—Houghton- 
le-Spring ; — Byers-green ; — Long‘Stratton, Saint 
Mary, &amp;c. ;—Hoveton Saint Peter and Hoveton 
Saint John ;— Horning ; — Great...Snoring ;— 
Blofield and Walsham ;— Aylsham ;— Holywell ;— 
Tremeirchion ;—Northop ;—Flintshire ;— Broning- 
ton ;—Peniey ;—Wortkenbury ;— Holmfirth, Hep- 
worth and Thong ;-—Betley ;—-Newchapel ;—East- 
church ; —Greenstreet ; ---Deal ;—Amptons— Dar- 
owen ;— Amersham ;—Saint Ethelburge, London ;— 
Precinct of Bridewell, London ;— Tonbridge Wells ; 
— Buttington ;— South Hackney ; — Sturrey; — 
Graveney ‘and Goodnestone-pext- Faversham ;—Sel- 
ling ; — Boughton ; ~- Westhere ;~~Bridge ; — Saint 
Cosmus and’ Damian-in-the-Blean ;— Ramsgate ;— 

mS ar a ;WNidd and -Breaton ; —Arkendale ;'=- 

arnham ( York) ;—Saint Martin Ludgate, London ; 
— Wighill ;— Benthall; — Bovey Tracy &gt; Wolbo- 
rough ;—Saint Thomas, Devon ;—Litilehampton ;-- 


S$ Faversham ; — Boughtonzunder-the- Blean ; —Dod- 


dington ;— East Langdon ;— Walmer ;— Allerton ;— 
White Abbey ;— Rochester (two Petitions);—Sitting- 
bourne ;— Brompton ( Kent) ;—Maidstone ;— Deal;— 
Sandwich ;— Minster (twa Petitions) ;~— Sheerness 
(two Petitions) ;— Dundee ;-- Eastchiurch ; Ashford ; 
— Kirkstall’; — Wortley; — Canterbury ‘and ‘Whit- 
stable; — Gillingham ;— Hereford ; —Womenswold ; 
— Saint George, Hanover-sguare ;—Ash.( Kent) ;— 
Wingham . — Nontagton ;—Hachington ;— Postling ; 
— Kingstone;— Goodnestone-next-Wingham;--Newn- 
ham;— Word;— Beakesbourne ; — Eastling ;—Can- 
ter bury (four Petitions) ; “Sandwich (thtee Petitions); 
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Throwley ;~Ickham ;—Tunnington';—Fuutington ; 
—-Wike ;-- North Bierley ;— Horsley Woodhouse ;— 
aren Shirland and Swanwick ;—Shottle and 
azzlewood;-——~Denby Pottery’ and ' Kilburne;— 
Heanor ;— Riddings ;— Belper and oe os Pottery ; 
— Ripley ;~~Heaye &amp;c:;~~ Duffield an 
Brimington ; — Packington ; — Hartshorne; — Do- 
nagh ;— Patney ;— Wilsford;—Cheriton;—Marden ; 
--Urchfgnt';—Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of 
xford ;— ; Halton ;— 
: on ;— Runcorn (three Petitions) ;— 
Great Budworth ;— Bowdon ; Grappenhall ; — 
po 5 ; —Bedford;— Castle Camps ; —Puwll- 
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at-Wade;—Eastry ;— Littlebourne ;—Stalisfield;— 


Milford ;—.- 






295 


43— Barrow ;—Willey;—Broseley ;-~—Liantxisant, 
. 3+ Naehington; — Linley; —Knaresborough ;— 
Kingsbridge ;— Carnarvon ; — Aberystwyth ; —Mar- 
het “Deeping'; — Marton; — Glee ; + Wray 
Barton-upon- Humber ; —Swaby ;— Little Wenloch ; 
— Tittle ak io 8 a MRO — Little 
yor 3—Littlebury ;— Ashen, &amp;e. ;—-Greag Can- 
|; + Wethersfield; — Hempstead ;—GreatSaling ; 
—Thorp, Kirby and Walton ;—Stebbing ;~—Great 
Sampford ;—Birdbrook, &amp;c. ;—Halsted ; —-Brain- 
tree ;—Manningtree ;—Great' Yeldham and Little 
Yeldham ;— Clare (Suffolk) ;—and, Fairsted; pray- 
ing'the House to*refuse their sanction tothe pro- 
a scheme of National Education recently laid 
fore Parliament, as approved by the Committee 
of Privy Council,—were presented, and read ;: and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. | 


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Petitions from ‘Caverswall ;— Dilhorn ; — Ella- Church of 
stone ;—-and, Leek, &amp;c. ; praying the House to take England. 
into consideration the: spiritual destitution of the 
Church’ of England and Wales,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sir Lawrence Vaughan: Path, of copyholds’ 
Haldon House, in the county of Devon, Baronet, Entranchise- 
praying that the Copyholds’ Enfranchisement Bill ™™* 5" 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 


presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon’ 'the 
able. a 


| Petitions from Aberford ;—and, Salop ; . praying County Courts 
that the County oa. Bill may ast ae. ale a Bil ’ 
law,—were presented, ‘and. read ;: and, referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition of Stephen Gaselee, Peter Stafford 
Carey, Thomas John Knight and John. Locke, 
Esquires, the Four Counsel of the Anci¢nt Court of 
the Marshalsea and. Court of Her. Majesty’s Palace 
‘at Westminster, praying that provision may be made 
in the said Bill, for compensating them for the Joss 
they will sustain should the same passinto.a law, and 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
oriagents, against such parts! of the Bill. as. affect 
themi, was also: presented, and read; and. referred 
to! the said Select. Committee. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Rotherham and Rotherham 
other, places, praying that the Rotherham, Small Small Debts 
Debts, Bill, may pass into,a law, was presented, and Bi 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


‘ Petitions from Bradford (Wilts) ;—and, Aylsham ; Ecclesiastical 

raying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Duties and 

ill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and Reus SE, 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of ‘Clergy of the Deanery of West church 
‘Powder, praying the House 'to withhold their satic- Discipline. 
tion from: the proposed ‘measure relative to Chureh 
Discipline, was presented, and read ; and ordered’ to 
lie upon the Table. bots 

Petitions from Ash (Kent) ;-—Speldhurst ;—Culm- Cburch 
stoch ;~~Whitley ; — Staley ;— Redcar ;—\Huiston- reser wpe 
worth;— North Bierley ;—Croft ;—Charmouth fy CE “) 
Hawkedon, &amp;c. ; ~~ Yampsteud ;—-Churchdown 3 — 

Barnwood ; — Whaddon ; —Harescombe-cum-Pitch- 

combe ;+- Randwick; Christ Church,..in the South 
Hamlet, and South Hamlet and Littleworth;—and, 
‘Gloucester (two Petitions); praying the. House to 
‘continue -their | bate any ‘and encouragement. to 
the Bishops and Clergy in Canada, and the ‘other 
British Colonies,—were ‘presented, \and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Idolatry 


A. Petition: of Inhabitants’ of Torquay, praying Vlas 
la, 


the: House to prohibit the interference: of Britis 
functionaries in the management of Idolatrous Ob- 





servances in India, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


PP4 Petitions 





Innkeeper. 


Criminal Law. 


Highwey Act. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Church 
Establishment 
(Wales. ) 


Lord’s Day. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act, 


Corn Laws. 





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Petitions from Postmasters, Inn, Hotel, Tavern 
keepers and Licensed Victuallers, resident in various 
towns and parishes in the county of Sussex ;—and, 
in the counties of Surrey, Berks and Bucks ;com- 

laining of the depression of their trade, and pray- 
— the House to impose a tax upon railroad travel- 
ling ; to repeal the tax upon inns, hotels and taverns, 
ou all taxes affecting their trade, and that in legis- 
lating upon the Sale of Beer’ Bill,’ no further re- 
strietions be placed upon the trade of Licensed 
Victuallers,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Inhabitants of Kirriemuir, praying 
the House to revise the Criminal Code, with a view 
to its mitigation, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Trustees and Mortgagees of the 
Tolls on the road from Folkestone to Barham Downs; 
—and, Creditors on the road from Sandon to Bullock 
Smithy, &amp;c.; praying the House to adopt measures 
for restoring the liability of parishes to contribute 
towards the repair of Tumpike-aodds:—tere pre- 
sented,/and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Turnpike Trusts. 


Petitions from Hawkedon, &amp;c. ;— Brighthelmston ; 
— Roslin ;— Stirling ;—Chapelshade ;—Brailsford ; 
—Fordyce Presbytery (Moderator) ; — and, Saint 
James, Glasgow ; praying the House to refuse any 
further grant of public money to the Roman Ca- 
tholic College of Maynooth,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to ie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ruabon ;—and, Nannerch; praying 
that the emoluments arising from sinecure rectories 
in Wales may be applied to the’ benefit of the diocese 
in which such Revenues arise, ——were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie wpon the Table. 


Petitions from Roslin ; — Stirling Presbyte 
(Moderator) ; — Shirland ; — Bronnington ;— and, 
All Saints, Derby; praying the House to adopt 
measures for securing the due observance of the 
Lord’s Day,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dunnichen ;—Inverarity ;—Hous- 
toun and Kilallan ;—Crief .tCpaiguish ;—Barr ; 
—North Isles Presbytery (Moderator and Clerk) ; 
—Denbog ;— Kirkden ;—and, Kiltheenan and Da- 
lavich ; praying the House to’ adopt measures for 
relieving the religious destitution which prevails in 
Scotland, by extending the efficiency of the Esta- 
blished Church,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Holme; — and, Saint Andrew’s ; 
praying the House not to sanction any further grant 
of public money to the Church of Scotland,—were 
also presented, and read ; and-ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Stockton Union ;— Bradford ( York) 
Union ;—and, Houyhton-le-Spring Union ;, praying 
for the amendment of the — Law Act,-—were 
3 and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able, 


Petitions from Unst Shetland Islands ;—Nest- 


ing ;—Fetlar ;—Shetland (Convener) ;—Stromness ; 


—North Mavon, &amp;c.;— and, Bellingham; praying 
for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—-were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 
Petitions, from Durham County ;—Monaghan.;— 
Kilmain ; —Mayo ; —Ballina ; — and, Llangunlle, 


&amp;e. ; praying that the Corn Laws may not be re- 
pealed,—were also presented, and read; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 9% 





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A. 1839. 
A Petition of the Rector of the University of Queen’s Printe, 
Saint Andrew's, praying that the Universities of 6Setland.) 


Scotland may participate in the advantages arisin 
from printing Bibles, was presented, and read; an 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clogher;— and, Usher’s Quay, Army (Preshy. 
Dublin; praymg that Presbyterian Soldiers indy fe terian Church 
permitted to attend the Presbyterian church in the 
same manner as Episcopalian and Roman Catholic 

soldiers are permitted to attend their respective 

places of worship,—were presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cambridge, praying Reform of 
that the Reform of Parliament (England) Act may Parliament 
be amended. by repealing the rate-paying clauses, (2°sland) Act 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Ashford, sale of Beer 
praying that the Sale of Beer Bill may pass into Bill. 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the.Table. 


A. Petition of the Provost of Saint Andrew’s, Caledonian 
praying the House to authorize the early completion Canal. 
of the Caledonian Canal, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Cale- 
donian Canal. : 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- Steam Vessels, 
cillors of Cupar, praying the House to ‘adopt mea- 
sures for securing the due inspection and regulation 
of Steam Vessels, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of orchards, Foreign Apples, 
&amp;e., of Little Eversden, praymg for an increase of &amp;c- 
duty upon foreign Apples, Cherries and Pears, was 
= and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Halifax ;— Keighley ;—and, Brad- soap. 
ford (York); praying the House to continue the 
drawback of duty upon Soap used in the woollen: 
and worsted manufacture,—were presented, and: 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Burge, Esquire, the Agent Jamaica Laws 
for the Island of Jamaica, praying that he may be B!"' 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agents, at the 
bar of the House, against the Jamaica Laws. Bill, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. ; 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. . 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Edenfield and 
on the Edenfield and Little Bolton Road Bill; and Little Bolton 
to whom several Petitions against the said Bill were ®*4 3!" 
referred ; That no person appeared in support of the 
said Petitions; and that they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments'thereunto ; ‘at the Amendments were - 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Kingston-upoo- 
on Petitions for Private Bills ;'That in the case ‘of Hull Docks. 
the Petition for leave to present a Petition for the 
Kingston-upon- Hull Docks Bill, the Committee re- 
commend to the House to grant leave to the Parties 
to present a Petition for leave to bring ina Bill 
confined exclusively to the powers of purchasi 
and. helding for a limited: time the Land which, in 
their Petition, they state they now have the oppor 
tunity of purchasing, but that they be restricted’ by 
such Bill from employing the said Land in the en- 


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largement of their Docks, or erecting any buildings 
thereon, until they shall by some subsequent Act 
of Parliament be authorized so to do. 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Peti- 
tion, as desired. 

A Petition of the Kingston-upon- Hull Dock Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing 
them to purchase and hold further Land for the pur- 
poses of the said Docks, was accordingly presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for enabling the Company of Pro- 
prietors of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire 
Canal Navigation to raise a further Sum of Money ; 
and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 9. 1.5. After “ Act” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Ciauss (A.) “ And whereas it is by the said 
“* first recited Act enacted, that the said Company 
“‘ of Proprietors should and might make the said 
Canal and collateral Cut into, through, across or 
over the lands or grounds of any person or persons 
whomsoever, into or through whose estates, lands 
or grounds such deviations should extend (although 
their name or names were not mentioned in the 
Book of Reference), or into or through the estates, 
lands or grounds of any person or persons whose 
name or names should appear to the satisfaction 
of the Commissioners, or any five or more of them, 
‘“‘ and be by them certified under their hands, to 


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“ have been by mistake omitted in the said Book 
* of Reference, or that instead thereof the name or 
names of some other person or persons to whom 
such last-mentioned estates, lands and grounds 
“ did not belong, had or had been inserted therein ; 
‘“* and whereas it is expedient that such Enactment 
should be repealed and other provisions made in 
“* lieu thereof; Be it therefore Enacted, That the 
“ same shall be and is hereby repealed.” 


Cravuse (B.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall be lawful for the said Company of Pro- 
prietors to make the said Canal in the line or 
course, and upon, across, under and over the lands 
delineated on the maps or plans referred to in the 
said recited Acts, although such lands or any of 
them, or the situation thereof respectively, or the 
names of the owners, lessees or occupiers thereof 
respectively, may happen to be omitted, mis- 
stated or erroneously described in the references 
referred to in the said Acts, if it shall appear to 
any two or more Justices of the Peace for the 
county or place wherein the matter in question 
shall arise, in petty sessions assembled (in case 
of any dispute about the same), and be certified 
by writing under their hands, that such omission, 
mis-statement or erroneous description proceeded 
from mistake ; and the certificate of such Justices 
“ shall be deposited with and kept by the Clerk of 

the Peace br the county within which the matter 
in question shall arise.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 29. After “ undertaking” insert “ Pro- 
“ vided always, That every share of Twenty Pounds 
shall in voting be reckoned equal to One-seventh 
“ ofa full share of One hundred and forty pounds.” 


Pr. 16. 1.17. Leave out from “ undertaking” 
to “ And” in 1. 19. 

Pr. 16. 1. 20. After “ laws” insert “ or regu- 
“* lations.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 32. After “ law” insert “ or regula- 
“ tion.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 6. After “ laws” insert “ or regula- 
“ tions.” 

Pr. 17. 1.13. After “ laws ” insert “ or regula- 
“ tions.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 23. Leave out “ this Act,” and insert 
“ the said recited Acts.” 

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Pr. 35. 1. 26. Leave out. “ persons,” and insert 

es.” 

Pr. 49. 1. 22. After “ consent” insert. “ of the 
owners and. occupiers thereof, or without their 
consent.” 

Pr. 56. 1.10. Leave out “ this Act,” and insert 
“ the said recited Acts.” 

Pr. 57. 1.1. Leave out “ this Act,” and insert 
“ the said recited Acts.” 

Pr. 61. 1. 26. Leave out “ hands,” and insert 
“ hand.” 

Pr. 64. 1. 21. Leave out “ Act,” and insert “ or 
“ the said recited Acts.” 

At the end of the Title of the Bill: 

After “‘ money ” insert “ and for amending the 
“ Acts relating thereto.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hoskins do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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Mr. Duff, by Order, reported from the Committee Aberdeen 


on the Aberdeen Market\and Improvements (No. 1.) 
Bill; and to whom a Petition against the said Bill 
was referred; That no person appeared in support 
of the said Petition; and that they had exammed 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Market and 


Improvements 


(No. 1.) Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Tithe Commu- 
Return of the Names of all Persons appointed under *#¢0" 


the Tithe Commutation Act, with the Dates of their 
respective Appointments, distinguishing those who 
have received any temporary Appointments ; also, 
a Return of their respective Salaries, and Sums paid 
to each Person for Oenitingetat Expenses; also, the 
Total Expense incurred in carrying the said Act into 
execution, to the 1st day of January 1839. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all applications made in the Court of 
Queen’s Bench for leave to file Criminal Informations 
against Justices of the Peace in England and Wales, 
in which the Rule Visi, or to shew cause, has been 
granted, from the 1st day of January 1834 to the 
31st day of December 1838, both inclusive, detail- 
ing the Dates when each application was made, the 
Name or Names of the Parties making the same, 
and against whom, with the Dates when and how 
the same was disposed of, whether dismissed with 
or without Costs, or rendered absolute :—And, of 
the Number of Cases, and of the Verdicts and Judg- 
ments, in all Actions commenced in the Superior 
Courts at Westminster against Magistrates to try 
the validity of summary Convictions by Magistrates, 
from the 1st day of January 1836 to the 31st day of 
December 1838, both inclusive. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
removing doubts as to the Appointment of a Dean 
of Exeter, or of any other Cathedral Church was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do a the 
Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Election Petitions’ Trial Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the 
House, That their several Addresses of the 15th _ 
QQ 30t 


Justices of the 
Peace. 


Dean of Exeter, 


&amp;c., Appoiit- 
ment Bill. 


Election Peti- 


tions’ Trial Bill. 


Answer to 
Addresses, 














298 


30th days of May last, (that Her Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to give directions, that the Pa- 
rs therein mentioned might be laid before this 
ouse) had been presented to Her Majesty, and 
that Her M ajesty had commanded him to acquaint 
this House, that She will give directions aceordingly. 


Prisoners for Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to several 
Trial. Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Num- 
ber of Prisoners in the Calendar for Trial at the last 
Easter Quarter Sessions, in Counties and Towns in 
England and Wales, who were committed for Trial 
previously to holding the last Assizes for each 
County :—Also, a Return from each County of Pri- 
soners committed for Trial at Sessions, but who 
were Tried or Discharged by the Judge of Gaol 
Delivery at the Spring Assizes, for want of Prose- 
cution. 

Tables showing the Number of Criminal Offenders 
committed for Trial, or bailed for Appearance at the 
Assizes and Sessions in each County of England 
and Wales in the year 1838, and the result of the 
Proceedings, made out by Order of Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 
ment, from the Criminal Registers kept in that 
Office. 

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


Criminal 
Offenders. 


Public Petitions 
(Twenty-fifth 
Report.) 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- 
lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented from the 28th to 
the 31st days of May last, both inclusive; and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 
Canada, The Order of the day — read, for taking into 
consideration, Her Majesty’s Most gracious Message 
of the 3d day of May last relative to Canada:—The 
House proceeded to take the said Message into 
consideration :—And the same was again read. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That it is the Opinion of this House, 
that it is expedient to form a legislative Union of 
the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, on the 
principles of a Free and Representative Government, 
im such manner as may most conduce to the pros- 
nam 4 and contentment of the people of the United 

rovince :—And a Debate arising thereupon; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


Petitions from Saint Pancras ; -— Greenwich 
(Chairman and Vestry Clerk) ;--and, Saint Mary- 
le-bone; praying that the Metropolis Police and 
Metropolitan Police Courts Bills may not pass into 


Metropolis 
Police ; and, 
Metropolitan 
Police Courts 
Bills. 


law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Metropolis The Metropolis Police Bill was, according to 
Police Bill. Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Metropolitan The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Police Courts reading of the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill ; 
ll. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the jection :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :--The Bill was accordingly read a second 


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A. 1839. 


time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Monday next. , 


The Summary Jurisdiction Bill was, according to Summary 
Order, read a second time; and committed to aJ —— 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. ' 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Borough Courts 
a Committee upon the Borough Courts Bill. Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
CLaUvsEs, agreed to. 


Ciavuse offered: (To prevent removal of actions 
under Fifty pounds, by certiorari or habeas for delay) 
brought up, and read 1°. 

Question put, That the Clause be now read a 
second time ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Solicitor General, 





57. 


Yeas, \ Mr. Cresswell: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Townley Parker, . 
Noes, Mr. John Jones: } q 


CiauseE offered: (Power to state special case) 
brought up, read 1°, 2°, and added. 


Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


And the House haviig continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 4° die Junti, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bil, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 








The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bankrupts — 
into a Committee upon the Bankrupts (Jreland) (ieland) Bil. 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. No.275, 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Morgan John 

Connell reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell reported the Bill ac- 
cordingly; and the Report: was ordered to be taken 
into further consideration upon Friday next; and 
the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Registers of 
further consideration the Report on the Registers of Bits. Bil. 
Births, &amp;c., Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Duties and 
Bill ; Revenues Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Factories Bill. 
mittee on the Factories Bill : 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Railways 
the Report from the Committee to whom it was re- (Itelan¢.) 
ferred to consider of the Reports of the Commis- 
sioners appointed to consider and recommend a 
general system of Railways for Ireland; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for nominating County Courts 


the Select Committee on the County Courts Bill; Bill. 
A Committee was nominated of Sin George Grey, 
Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Erle, Mr. Thomas Wood, Sir 
Edward 








_— ——-— - 


Yourts 


Bill, 


of 
, Bill. 


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Bill. 


Bill. 


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2 Victoriz. 


Edward Knatchbull, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Miles, Sir John 

Yarde Buller, Mr. Aglionby, Sir Thomas Fremantie, 

Mr. Handley, Sir James Graham, Mr. Wilbraham, 

Sir Charles Lemon ‘and Lord Viscount Barrington. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolwed, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Meaus. mittee of Ways and Means; 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration of Electors Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Registration of 
Electors Bill. 


Dovble and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Treble Costs mittee on the Double and Treble Costs Bill ; 

- Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Heritable The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Securities 


(Scotland) Bil reading of the Heritable Securities (Scotland) Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Writs (Scot- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
land) Bill. reading of the Writs (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 
nt The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Anendent, mittee on the a chil ya Debt Act Amend- 


Bill. ment Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


High Sheriffs’ 


Expenses Bill The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the High Sheriffs’ Expenses Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Windsor Castle 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- 
Stables, 


morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider 
of authorizing the application of part of the Land 
Revenue of the Crown for the erection of Stables, 
and Stable Offices, contiguous to Windsor Castle ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Filtration 


Company Bil, Mr. Philip Howard, by Order, reported from the 


ommittee on the Filtration Company Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Patent White Mr. Philip Howard, by Order, reported from the 

= Company Committee on the Patent White Lead Company Bill ; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


— cee Ordered, That the Returns relative to Small Debt 
(Scotland) Courts (Scotland), which were presented upon Thurs- 
No. 276 day last, be printed. 
poe Vou. 94. 


3° 4° Junie. 


299 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Prisoners Prisoners 
(Seotland), which was presented upon Thursday (Scotlland.) 
last, be printed. No. 277. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Contempt Contempt of 
of Court, which was presented upon Thursday last, Court. 
be printed. No. 278. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, Spirits. 
which was presented upon Friday last, beprinted. No, 279. 


Ordered, That the Account. relative to Tobacco, Tobacco, Segars, 
Segars and Snuff, which was presented upon Friday 2nd Snuff. 
last, be printed. No. 280. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Post Office Post Office and 
and Admiralty Packets, which were presented upon Admiralty 


C M Packets. 
Friday last, be printed. No. 281. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to School- schoothouses 
houses (Scotland), which was presented upon Friday (Scotland.) 
last, be printed. No. 282. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 4° die Juni; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 
4 ee E Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Larduer’s 


dissolve the Marriage of Dionysius Lardner, Divorce Bill 
Clerk, Doctor of Civil Law, with Cecilia Lardner, ° 
his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, 
and for other Purposes therein mentioned, was read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of John Norwich 
Rising Staff, which was presented upon Thursday _— 
last, praying that he may be heard, by himself, his ~"" 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Norwich 
Improvement Bill, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

And the House being informed, that, from the 
adjournment of the House from the 15th to the 27th 
day of May last, it had been impossible to cl 
such Petition three clear days before the day ap- 
pointed for the first meeting of the Committee ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that John Rising Staff be 
permitted to be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agent, upon his Petition, before the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Liverpool 
Liverpool Buildings Bill to make their Report, be Buildings Bill. 
enlarged till Thursday, the 20th day. of this instant 
June. 


Lord Viscount Sandon reported from the Com- Liverpool 
mittee on the Liverpool Churches Bill; That they Churches Bill. 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


General Zygon reported from the Committee on Cheltenham 
the Cheltenham Improvement Bill; and to whom erent 
several Petitions against the said Bill were referred; ~ 
That they had considered several of the said Petitions, 
and had heard counsel in support of two cf them, and- 


ee 


had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and LSB 
that the Committee had examined the allegations MSS: 


of the Bill, and found. the same to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 





thereunto. 
QQ2 And 








Manchester and 


Birmingham 
Extension 
(Stone and 
Rugby) Rail- 
way Bill. 


Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way (No. 1.) 
Bill. 


Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Leeds and 
Harewood 
Road Bill. 


West Beckham 


and Alby 


Inclosure Bill, 


Birmingham 
Canal Bill, 


300 


And a. Motion being made, and the Question 
being pro , That the Amendments made ‘by the 
Committee to the Bill be now read a sécond time; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made'to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ Report be taken into further consideration 
““ upon this day six months,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words 

ad to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
he House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Li on, 


pro 


Tellers for the f General ' } of 
Yeas, Sir Edward Knatchbull: ! 
Tellers for the f Mr. Craven Berkeley, } 95 
Noes, Captain Pechell : / 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the’ 
Committee to the Bill be now read a second time: 
—The said Amendments were accordingly read a 
second time, and agreed to. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the Manchester and Bir- 
mingham Extension (Stone and Rugby) Railway Bill 
be printed, at the expense of the Parties, from ‘the 
Committee Clerk’s copy, if they think fit. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend and extend the Powers 
of the Northern and Eastern Railway Act, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ward do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Northern and 
Eastern Railway Company to alter the Line of their 
Raiiway, by forming a junction: with the Eastern 
Counties Railway, and ‘to provide a Station and 
other Works at Shoreditch, and to amend the Act 
relating to the Northern and Eastern Railway, was 
read the third time ; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ward do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing and maintaining 
the Road from Leeds through Harewood, to the 
south-west corner of the Inclosures of Harrogate, 
in the West Riding of the County of York, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lascelles do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Pa- 
rishes of West Beckham and Alby, in the County 
of Norfolk, was read the third time; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Burroughes do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Messrs. Alban and Benbow, of 
Lincoln’s-Inn, Agents for Lord Lyttleton and the 
Dudley Canal Company, and the Iron and Coal 
Masters, on the line of the Dudley Canal ;—John 
Benbow, Esquire, one of the Trustees of the estates 
of the late Earl of Dudley ;—and, Robert Scott and 
Clement Ingleby, Proprietors of the Birmingham 
Canal Navigation ; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their agents and witnesses, in op- 
position to the Petition of the Warwick and Bir- 
mingham Canal Company (presented yesterday), 
praying for additional provision in the Birmin ham 
Canal Bill,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
ate Select Committee on Petitions for Private 

ills, 


4° Jeunic. 





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A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Birmin, 
That the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Canal Bitl, 
Bills have leave to sit and proceed To-morrow,u 

the Petition, for additional, provision in the Bir- 
mingham Canal Bill :—It passed in the, Negative. 


Mr. Gurney, the Short-hand Writer attending this Printed Papers, 
House, presented,—Further Return. to an) Order, No. 283, 
dated the 31st.day of May last, for a,copy of the 

Record in the case of Stockdale. v... Hansard, in the 

Court of Queen’s Bench, and a copy of the Short- 

hand Writer's Notes of the Proceedings therein. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table; and be printed, 


A Petition of William Dizon, of Govan Colliery, Glasgow aud 
in the county of Lanark, praying that he may be yaad Road 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against cer-" * 

tain parts of the Glasgow and Renfrew Road Bill, 

was presented, ‘and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to th 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioner heard, 

by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 

if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour’of the 

Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher. of Royal Assent 
the Black Rod: to Bills. 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do de- 
sire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Het 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Gréat Seal 
was read; giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public and Private Bills 
therein mentioned; and that the Lords, theréhy 
authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the 
said Bills: Which Bills are as follow : 


An Act for removing Doubts as to the Appoint- Dean of Exeter, 
ment of a Dean of Ezeter, or of any other Cathedral &amp;¢- Appoint- 
Church : ment Bill. 


An Act to amend an Act of the Thirty-ninth year Seditious 
of King George the Third, for the more effectual a 
Suppression of Societies established for Seditious and Bit, 
Treasonable Purposes, and for preventing Treason- 
able and Seditious Practices, and to put an end to 
certain Proceedings now pending under the said 
Act: 

An Act for extending the Copyright of Designs Designs 
for Calico Printing to Designs for printing other Enna Bill. 
Woven Fabrics: 

An Act for the better protection of Purchasers Purchasers’ . 
— Judgments, Crown Debts, Lis’ Pendens and tection Bil 

iats in Bankruptcy: 

An Act for enabling the Trustees of the British British Museum 
Museum to purchase certain Houses and’ Ground Buildings Bil. 
for the enlargement of the Museum, and making 
a suitable Access thereto : 


An Act to provide for the more effectual execu- Staffordshire 
tion of the office of a Justice of the Peace within and (Stipendiary 
adjoining to the District called “The Staffordshire justice of the 


Potteries,” and for Purposes connected therewith: Peace) Bill. 


An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Great Great West 
Western Railway, and to raise a further Sum of #99 °™ 
Money for the purposes of the said Undertaking : 


An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Zondon London and 
and Southampton Railway Company, hereafter to ——— 
be called “The London and South Western Railway ¥ 
Company,” and to make a Branch Railway to the 
Port of Portsmouth: 





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2. Vieroriz. 


London and... Am Act forgranting further Powers to the London 
Grn and: Greenwich Railway:Company : sles oft 
London and An Act to amend and enlarge the powers’ and 
Crosdon © provisions of the several Acts relating ‘to the London 
Railway Bil. ond Croydon Railway? °° /'~ rege 
Path Harbour An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the Powers 


and Navigation +44 Provisions of two séveral' Acts of the ‘eleventh 
- year of the reign of King’ George the Fourth, and’ 
first year of the reign of King William the Fourth, 
and fourth and fifth year of the reign of King Wii- 
liam the Fourth, for improving’ the * Port’ and Har- 
bour of Perth, and the Navization of the River Tay 
to the'said City : dots 
Herefordshire = An Act for enabling the Company ‘of ‘Proprietors 
and sonal Bill of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Na- 
; vigation to raise a further Sum of een ' 


Cheltenham An Act for enabling the Cheltenham Waterworks 
a Company to enlarge and extend their Works, ‘and 
‘ for amending the Act relating thereto : 
Rochdale An Act to consolidate, amend, enlarge and extend 
Waterworks the Powers and Provisions!.of two Acts of King 
oa George the Third, for better supplying the Town 
and Neighbourhood, of Rochdale with Water : 
Wearmouthand An Act) for more effectually repairmg and im- 


Tyne Bridge proving the Road from Wearmouth Bridge to, Tyne 

Road Bill. Brides with a Branch from the said Road to the 
Town of South Shields, all in the County of Dur- 
ham: 


Cullompton An Act for more effectually repairing and main- 

Road Bill, taining tlie Road from Padbrooke Bridge, in the 
Parish of’ Cullompton, to Hazelstone,in the Parish 
of Broadelist, all in the County of. Devon: 

Rugby and 


An Act for repairing and maintaining the Road 
Warwick Road from the Town of. Rugby to the Borough of Warwick, 
- all in the County of Warwick ; 
Berkeley An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish’ of 
Inclosure Bill. Berkeley, in the County of Gloucester : |: 
Totley or Drone An Act for inclosing' Lands in. the Manor sand 
feld Inclosure Township of Totley, in the Parish of Dronfield, in 
ve the County of Derby: ' 
An Act’ for inclosing Lands in the Manor. of 
Unstone, in the Parish of Dronfield, in the County 
of Derby : 
Ringstead An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish, of Ring- 
Inclosure Bill. s¢eqd, in the County! of Northampton: | 
Napier’s An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Johnstone 
Divorce Bill. Napier, Esquire, a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Military 
Service of the East India Company, on their Madras 
Establishment, with Isabella, his now Wife, and to 
enable him to marry again, and for other Purposes 
therein mentioned, 


Unstone 
Tnclosure Bill, 


. i - ont 
Petitions from Wendover ;— Water Stratford ;— 
Barnstaple ;—and, Ravénstone; praying the House 
not to sanction the proposed scheme of: National 
Education recently laid before Parliament, as ap- 


proved ‘by the Committee of Privy Council,—were 


Education. 


4° Junizs, 


Joans , to existing 


301 


A, Petition ,of the Chairman of the Dublin and 
Droghda Relay Company pry he Hote Yo 
1 


introduce, Clause into any Bill respecting Railways 
in Ireland, eiapowexiog. the Board of Works to make 
ing Companies, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Olney and. Warring- Maynooth 
ton, praying the; House to refuse their sanction to College. 
any further) grant. of :public money,to the Roman 
Catholic College of Maynooth, , was. presented, and 

read ; and ordered to-lie upon,the Table... .., 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens and Church 
Inhabitants of Adstock, praying the House to,con- Establishment 
tinue their protection,and encouragement to the (Canada, &amp;c.) 
Bishops net Clergy,.in Canada, and the other 
British colonies, was'presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Fable.» 


The Order for the House 'to resolve’ itself into a Sale of Beer 
Committee upon Thursday next, upon the Sale of Bill. 
Beer Bill; was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 19th day of: this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. : 


Ordered, That) there be laid before this House, a Yeomanry, 
Return of the Number: of Troops or Corps, or Re- 
giments of Effective Yeomanry of Great Britain and 
Freland, accordmg tothe last Muster Roll; stating 
the Date of that) Muster, and distinguishing the 
Number of Officers and Men in each Corps or Regi- 
ment, and the Expense of each Corps in1838; show- 
ing the manner in:which ‘the ‘Sums voted for Great 
Britain and Ireland in that year were expended. 


Ordered; That there ‘be laid before this’ House, a Foreign ana 
Return showing the Quantities of Foreign and ‘Colo- Coloma! Wheat. 
nial Wheat and ‘Wheat’ Flour, stated in Quarters 
at the rate of 392'lbs: of Flour to each Quarter, that 
were imported and ‘taken for'Consumption in each 
month, from the last day of Jaiiuary 1839 to the 
last day of May 1839; showing’ also the Quantity 
remaining in Warehouse at the end of each month ; 
the monthly average Price of Wheat according to 
the London Gazette; the average Rate of Duty per 
quarter on Foreign and Colonial Wheat fy eg 
and the Amount of, Duty received in each Month. 

, A. Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and Message from 
Mr. Bro ( ham: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, ; 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An South Eastern 
Act to amend the Acts relating to the South Eastern Railway Bill. 
Railway, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 





st at and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
‘able. 


Petitions ‘from York ;—- Quin ;—and, Hammer- 
smith (Chairman of a Meeting); praying for the 
adoption of a low and uniform rate of Postage,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table, 


Postage, 


Lord’s Day, A Petition of Inhabitants of Jscoyd, praying the 

House to adopt measures for securing the better 

observance of the Lord’s Day, by preventing the 

running of the mails and also the transmission of 

country letters through London on that day, was 

ie ger and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Railways 
(Ireland. ) 


A \Petition of Inhabitants of Carrickfergus ; 
praying the. House to refuse their sanction. to the 
a measure for the construction of Railways 
im Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 94, 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Basingstoke 
Act ‘for repairing several Roads leading to the Roads Bill. 
Towns of Basingstoke} Odiham: and Alton, in the 
County of Southampton, and for niaking several 
Deviations in the Line of the said: Roads, with an 
Amendment ;''to' which Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have epfeed to the Bill, intituled, An Clon Inclosure 
Act for inclosing Lands in the Borough or Township Bill. 
of .Clun, in the Parish of Clun, in the County of 
Salop, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also,, | 

The Lords haye agreed 'to the Bill, intituled, An Comterton 
Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Comberton, Inclosure Bill. 
in, the County of Cambridge, with Amendments ; 

.to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, ’ 

The Lords, have passed a Bill, intituled, An’ Act Bethlem — 
to enable the Mayér'and Commonalty, and Citizens Hospital Estate 
of the City of London, to let ‘and sell Parcels of "~ 
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County Voters, 


Coroners Elec- 
tion Bill. 


Dunmow 
Union. 


Dunmow Union 


Workhouse, 


House to be 
called over. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


302 


Ground in Saint George’s Fields, near Bethiem Hos- 
pital, to the Governors of the said Hospital; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being _ 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill for extending 
the Qualification of Voters for Members of Parlia- 
ment, representing English and Welch Counties, to 
the Occupier of a House of the clear Annual Value 
of Ten Pounds, the same as in Boroughs : 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Sir Hesketh Fleetwood, } 81 
Yeas, Mr. Thomas Duncombe : , 
Tellers for the J Mr. Slaney, } 207 
Noes, Mr. Philp Howard: yan 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
limit the Time of taking the Polls at Elections. of 
Coroners for Counties to one day, and for increasing 
the Number of Polling Places: And that Sir 
Hesketh Fleetwood and Mr. O’ Connell do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Petitions from Magistrates and Guardians of the 
Dunmow Union ;—and, Clergy, Gentry, Yeomanry, 
Rate-payers and Inhabitants of the said Union,— 
were presented, and read; setting forth; That it 
has been represented to the Petitioners, that a 
Petition has been presented to the House from the 
Guardians of the Boor, Rate-payers and other per- 
sons residing within the district included in the 
Dunmow Poor Law Union, and of Physicans and 
Surgeons practising within the said Union and its 
neighbourhood, against the completion of an Union 
Workhouse which is at present erecting under an 
order of the Poor Law Commissioners, and with 
the consent of a majority of the Guardians of the 
said Union, ona field in Great Dunmow, in the 
said county of Essex, called Bell’s Pasture, on the 
alleged ground, that the site is unhealthy ; that the 
Poor Law Commissioners upon due consideration 
referred the question of the healthiness of the site 
to Doctor Southwood Smith, a physician of known 
reputation, who, after a minute investigation of the 
localities, reported that there appeared no reason- 
able objection to the site on the score of health ; 
and the Petitioners further show, that the erection 
of the said building under the said order of the 
Poor Law Commissioners is proceeding satisfac- 
torily, and will-as the Petitioners trust, ultimately 
be so arranged as to secure as much as possible the 
health and comforts of the persons who may be- 
come inmates of it; and praying that the House will 
in no wise interfere with the said order of the Poor 
Law Commissioners for the erection of the said Union 
Workhouse at Great Dunmow. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Communications to or from the Poor 
Law Commissioners, concerning the Erection of a 
Workhouse in the Union of Dunmow. 


Ordered, That this House be called over upon 
Friday the 14th day of this instant June. 

Ordered, That such Members as shall not then 
attend, be sent for in custody of the Serjeant-at- 
Arms attending this House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Workhouses and Buildings erected 
or purchased or hired, and converted into Union 
Workhouses, under the Poor Law Amendment Act, 
with the Costs of erecting, purchasing, hiring and 
converting the same into 


orkhouses, and of the 





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A. 4839. 


several Principal Sums borrowed for those Purposes, 
and from whom, and at what Rate of Interest, and 
of all Sums of Money now due for Principal and 
Interest upon such Principal Sums respectively, 
and of the Expenses attending the borrowing there- 
of :—Of the Amount of all Suing annually levied 


g |} under the denomination of Poor Rate; and also, 


the Amount of the Sums paid for the actual Relief 
and Maintenance of the Poor in each Union, in- 
cluding and distinguishing in and out of door Relief : 
—Of the Amount of Salaries, and the Law Ex- 
penses, and incidental Charges in each Union :— 
Of the Salaries, Expenses and other Charges for 
Commissioners, with the name of each Assistant 
Commissioner and. Officers belonging to the Esta- 
blishment at Somerset House, and the Travelling 
Expenses incurred by each of them; such and eac 
of these Returns to commence from the passing of 
the Act, up to the Ist day of January last, distin- 
guishing each year :—And, of the Number and 
Names of the Unions to which no Order has been 
sent for withholding out of door Relief to the able- 
bodied Poor; stating the Date of the formation, 
and the Population of such Unions, from the passing 
of the Act up to the 1st day of January last. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Joint Tenants 


to declare the Right of Joint Tenants in Cities, Ms 
Towns and Boroughs in Jreland, to vote in the “ 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament: And 
that Sir Robert Ferguson and Mr. Serjeant Curry 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select C 
Committee on the Caledonian Canal, that they have 
Power to inquire into the state of the Crinan 
Canal. 


oting (Tres 
nd) Bill, 


aledonian 


Canal. 


The Borough Watch Rates Bill was, according Borough Watch 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to Rates Bill 


a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
the 12th day of this instant June. 


Mr. Baring, by Order, reported the Borough 8 
Courts Bill; and the Amendments were read, as ® 
follow : 

At the end of the Bill add Clauses (A:) and (B.) 

Cuausz (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ be lawful for the parties in any action, after issue 
“« joined in any of the said Borough Courts, by con- 
“ sent, and by order of the court, to state the facts 
of the case in the form of a special case, for the 
opinion of the court, and to agree that a judg- 
“ ment shall be entered for the plaintiff or defendant 
by confession, or of noli prosequi, immediately 
after the decision of the case, or otherwise as the 
court may think fit, and judgment shall be en- 
“ tered accordingly.” 

Cravuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That no 
action commenced in any inferior court of record 
in which a barrister of not less than Seven years’ 
standing shall act as judge, assessor or assistant 
in the trial of causes wherein the debt or damages 
shall not exceed Fifty pounds shall be removed, 
by any defendant before judgment therein into 
any superior court, except in pursuance of such 
Judge’s order as hereinafter mentioned, unless 
“ such defendant shall enter into the like recog- 
nizance with two sufficient sureties for payment 
of the debt, or damages and costs, in case judg; 
ment shall pass against him, as is now require 
“ by law in the case of the removal of causes where 
“ the cause of action does not amount to Twenty 
“* pounds ; and if any action which shall have been 
removed out of any such inferior court on such 
security having been given, shall come back to 
“ such inferior court by procedendo, such security 
“ shall also remain and be a security for the pay- 
“ ment of the debt, or damages and costs ulti- 
“ mately recovered against such defendant in 
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Education, 


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Jamaica. 


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said inferior court, and of all the costs incurred 
in such superior court: Provided always, That 
any Judge of any of the ee courts at West- 
minster may order a writ of certiorari to issue to 
remove any such cause without such recognizance 
or security as aforesaid, on being satisfied by the 
party applying for the same that such cause 
ought to be removed, without such recognizance 
or security being given.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to secure to Proprietors of Designs 
for Articles of Manufacture the Copyright of such 
Designs for a limited time; and the same were read, 
as follow: 

Pr. 2. 1. 12. Before the word “ But” insert 
Provided always, That every —— of a new 
and original design made for the modelling or 
casting, or the embossment, or the chasing, or 
the engraving, or for any other kind of impression 
or ornament, or any article of manufacture being 
of any metals, or mixed metals, shall have the 
sole right to use the same during the term of 
Three years, to be computed from the time of the 
same being registered according to this Act.” 

Pr. 6. 1.9. After “or” insert “ by summary 
“ proceeding as aforesaid,” and in the same line, 
leave out from “ before” to “ of” in 1. 10. and in- 
sert “ any Two or more Justices of the Peace.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Report of the Committee of 
Council appointed to superintend the application of 
any Sums voted by Parliament for the purpose of 
promoting Public Education, of the 3d day of this 
instant June, 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Memorial addressed to Lord 
Melbourne, through the Marquis of Normanby, on 
the 30th day of May last, by Planters, Merchants, 
and others interested in Jamaica. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Jones have leave of 
absence for a month, on account of ill health. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Printed 
Papers, which was presented yesterday, be referred 
to the Select Committee on Printed Papers. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


495° Juniz. 


303 


Mercurii, 5° die Juni ; 
Anno 2° Victoriz Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


Ow DERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 


to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Petitions from Tywardreath ; — Mevagissey ; — Udueation. 


Fowey (two Petitions) ;— Govian ;—St. Austell ; — 
Sticker ;—Polgooth ;—St. Blazey ;—Charlestown ;— 
St. Stephen’s ;—Saltash ;—Callington ;—St. Columb 
and Queen’s ; — St. Blazey Bridge; — Bodmin ;— 
Roche ;—Deanery of Trigg Major ;— Weymouth and 
Melcombe Regis;— Yoxford;—Hemingstone and Gos- 
beck ;—Framlingham (two Petitions) ;—Blundeston ; 
—Saxtead;—Lound and Ashby ;— Oulton ;—Lowes- 
toft ;—Middleton-with-Fordby ;— Parham ;— Haske- 
ton; — Tunstall; — Sternfield Belton; — Rushby, 
Barmby, and Mutford ;— Barham ;—Bruisyard ;— 
Boyton ; — Sproughton , — Chillesford ; — Stratford 
Saint Andrew ; — Somerleyton ; — Fritton ;—- Rend- 
ham; — Earlsoham;— Copdock and Washbrook; — 
Tottingstone ; — Benthall ;— Holbrook ; —Rushmere 
St. Andrew and Playford ;— Kessingland ;~—Pake- 
field and Kirkly ;— Westleton ;— Blyford, Thoring- 
ton, and Wenhaston ;— Kelvedon Hatch ;—Stanford 
Rivers ;—Blackburn (two, Petitions) ;—Prestbury ; 
—Rainow ;— Mobberley and Hough ;—Macctesfield 
(three Petitions) ;— Brcester ;—Deddington ;—Bil- 
ton ;—Skelton (two Petitions) ;—Upper Poppleton ; 
—Askhum Richard ;— York City (five Petitions) ;— 
Cricklade (two Petitions) ;— Rockbourne ;— North 
and South Tidworth ;— Weyhill;— Booth ;—Burton 
Coggles ;~Caythorpe-cum-Frieston ;- Carlton Scroop ; 
— Boothby Pagnell ;-—Somerby ;—Haydar-cum-Kel- 
by ;—_Hougham ;— Marston;— Ropsley ;—Welby;— 
Denton ;—Hough, &amp;c.;—North and South Stoke, 
and Easton Me, “a ;—Stroxton ;—Leadenham; 


licent ;— Chippenham ;— Belton ;— Deanery of Crick- 
lade ;—Great Ponton;—Great Gonerby ;—Colster- 
worth ; —Broughton ; —Bossington ;— Wilmslow ;— 
Houghton = oalanees ;— Driffield and Hainhill;— 
Stroud ;—Bourton-on-the-hill ;—Weymouth ;—Port- 
land (two Petitions);—Moreton Valence ;— Buching- 
ham; —Brachkley. (two Petitions) ;—Croughton ;— 
Radstone ;—Evenley ;— Moreton Pinckney ;—Edg- 
cott ; —Hinton-in-the- Hedges ;— Whitfield ;—Mars- 
ton St. Lawrence ;—Middleton Cheney ;—Ikenford ; 
— Chalcombe ; -- Easton ; — St. Martin’s, Stamford 
Baron ;—Stamford (four Petitions) ;— Tadcaster ;— 
Prestbury ;— Bishopthorpe ;—Acomb ; — Leicester ;— 
Gumley ;--Knighton ;--Cosby ;—-Scraptoft ;--Stoney 
Stanton ;— East Langton ;— Willoughby Waterless ; 


so 


— Great Gonerby ;—Fordingbridge ;— Lydiard Mil-__5¢ 


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— Ashby Magna ;—Peatling Magna ;— Langton;— 


Congerstone ; — Bilston ;—— Orton-on-the-hill ; —Lub- 
benham ; — Kibworth Beauchamp ; — Aylestone ;— 
Thurnby-cum-Stoughton ; —- Wistow, &amp;c.; — Hoby- 
cum-Rotherby ; — Twycross; —- Birkin ;— Tur; — 
Langton ; —-Thorpe Langton ;-—-Quarley ;—Sapcote ; 
—~ Narberough ; — Halifux ;— Bishop’s .Caudle ; — 
Wolstanton ; — Hill Chorlton; — Newcastle-under- 
Lyme (two Petitions) ;—Audley;— Stoke-upon-Trent ; 
—- Welton; — Trusthorpe; — New Bolingbroke; — 
Frith Ville ;—Benefield ;— Finedon ;—Thorpe Mal- 
sor ;—Orlingbury ;—Little Harrowden ;—Clipston ; 
— Harringworth ; —Thurning ;— Barton Seagrave ; 
— Yarwell; — Oundle ; — Ashton ; — Southwick ;— 
King’s Cliffe ; —Nassington ; —Fotheringhay ; —L- 
ham ;—W. es ;— Pytchley {— Raunds ; —Des- 
borough ;—Geddington and Newton ;— i sl St. 
Andrew and Cranford St. John ;— Broughton. and 
Cransley ; —Hannington ; — Warmington ; — Easton 
Maudit ;— Polebrook;—Apethorpe ;— Woodnewton ; 
-— Eye ;—-Cotterstock ;—Tansor ;--Warkton ;-- Marston 
Trussel ; — Irthlingborough ; —Rothwell ; —Newport 
Pagnell ;—Leegrave ;— Leighton Buzzard ;— Hock- 
liffe;—Tebworth ;— Toddington ;—Houghion. Regis ; 








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304 


— Dunstable ;— Harpenden ;—Luton ;— Eaton Bray; 
—Stopham ; — Ewell ;—Wadhurst ; — Ticehurst ;— 
Skipton ; — Smethwick ; — Bradley ; — Gornal ;— 
West Bromwich ;— Walsall ;—- Bloomfield ;—Rowley 
Regis ;—- Darlaston;—Great Bridge and Gospel Oak ; 
—Pelsall and Bloxwich ;— Willenhall ;—Wednesbury 
and Hocker Hill ;— Berkswich ;—Sherborne ;—Dud- 
ley (two Petitions) 3 —Madeley,-&amp;c. ;-—Petworth and 

uncton ; — Boxford ; —Smithdon ; — North Lyme, 
&amp;c.;— New Buckenham (two Petitions) ; — West 
Winch; — West Lynn, St. Peter's ;— Pentrey ; — 
Congham ;—Castle Rising ;—Great Massingham ;— 
South Wotton ;— Walpolé St. Andrew’s ;— Holme and 
St. Runcton ;— Wolferton;— Gayton ;— Watlington ; 
— West Bilney ;—- Grimstone ; — Wymondham ; — 


so Pulham ;—Great Ellingham, &amp;c.;— Long Stratton ; 


—=Attleburgh ; — Thurnscoe ; — Kilburn; — Bolton- 
on- Dearne ; — Tholthorpe ; — Thornton ; — Easing- 
wold ;— Middlesbro’ ; — Redcar ; — St. Ann’s, Lyd- 
gate ; — Sutton-on-the-Forest ; — Huby; — Hus- 
thwaite ;— Hutton Bushel ;—Raskelf ; — Bedale ;— 
Coxwold ;— Yarm ;—Archdeaconry of Cleveland ;— 
Stokesley Circuit ;— West Burton ;— Leyburn ;— 
Brafferton ;—Mexbrough ;—Croft ;—Barmbro’ ;— 
Walton and Fazakerley ;— Haworth ;—Mappowder ; 
— London and Westminster ;—Shipley and. Baildon ; 
— Bingley ;—Almondbury ;— Randwick ;— Shipley ; 
— Teynham; — Windhill;—- Toller Porcorum ;— 
Haselbury ;— Oddington ;— Holwell ;— Puddletown, 
Puddlehinton and Affpuddle ;~Tolpuddle ;—Monk- 
ton and Langton ;—Piddle Trenthide ;—Deanery of 
Whitechurch ;—Loders and Bradpole ;—Sydling St. 
Nicholas ;— Hillfield ;— Portisham;f— Chideock ;— 
Bradford Abbas ;— Bettiscombe ;— Halton Pancrass; 
— Mapperton and Hook ; — Glanvilles Wootton ; — 
Shepton Gorge and Bothenhampton ;— Nether Comp- 
ton and Over Compton ;—Powerstock ;-~Ryme In- 
trinsica and Hermitage;— Symondsbury ;— Chal- 
bury ;— Langton Herring :— West and Stafford ;— 
Pilsaon ;— Rawmarsh;— Warmfield ;— Wakefield ;— 
Harden ;— Wilsden ; — Cullingworth ;— Rothwell ;— 
Denholme ; — Horbury ; — Burgley ;-—— Eldwick ;— 
Archdeaconry of York. ;— Thornton ;—Weston-super- 
Mare ;— Lowestoft ;— Dauley, Dawley Green, &amp;c.; 
— Haworth ;— Oakworth ; —Bath ;— Keighley; — 
Liverpool ;— Aberdeen ;— Warrington;— West-Dray- 
ton ;—Sunbury ;—Portarlington ;— Sudbury ;—As- 
sington ;—Old and- New Alresford ;—Avington ;— 
Barton Stacey ;— Saint Lawrence, Hants ;—Saint 
5% Michael’s, Hants ;— Bighton ;—Stuston /— Redling- 
feld ;—Stradbrooke ;-—Bealings Magna —Aspall ;— 
Bedinfeld ;—Brome and Oakley ;—Braiseworth ;— 
Scole ;—A ldeburgh ;— Wortham ;— Wickham Mar- 
het ;—Bradwell and Burgh Castle ;— Tewkesbury ; 
—Wanlip ;—Sandford Ovens ;-—-Marston Magna ;— 
Ashington ;-—Long Ashton ;—Backwell ;—Clutton ; 
— Retford ;—Glastonburu ;— Welford ;— Ebrington; 
—Mickleton ;—Pebworth and! ' Quinton ;--Doring- 
ton;—Clifford Chambers;—Skipton ;—South Musk- 
ham ;—Collingham ;—Granby-=cum-Sutton ; — Cod- 
dington ;— Flintham ;— Bingham ;— Bridgeford ;— 
Sutton ( Notts) ;—Deanery of Castle Cary ;— Yatton; 
— Croscrombe ;— Dinder ; Wincanton ; ~ Shepton 
Mallet ;— Queen Camel ;— Congresbury ;— Blagdon ; 
So —Batheaston ;—Mylor ;--Perrantell ;—Charlbury, 
—~ Finstack and Fawler ;—East and West-Chadlington, 
&amp;e.; — Frating-cum-Thorington ; — University of 
Cambridge ;— South Shields (two Petitions); — 
Bradfield and Stanford Dingley,;—Hungerford ;— 
Boaford;— Shalbourn and Ham;— Tilehurst ;— 
Lyford Sia aa ; —Goosey. ;— Stanford-in-the- 

ale ;— West llow ;—Letcomb ,. Bassett ;— West 
Hendred ;— Grove ;--East Hendred ;-- Lockinge ;— 
Childrey ;— Denchworth ;— Sedgeley ;— Nantwich ; 
— Oldbury ;—Tipton (two Petitions) ;—Cheadle ;— 
Pensneti ;— Godmanchester ;—- Huntingdon ; — Fen- 
stanton ;—Precinct of. the Savoy, Middlesex ;— Saint 
Mary Magdalen and Saint Lawrence Jewry, Lon- 
don ;— Brecon ;— South Mimms ;— Carshalton ;~— 
Woodside ; — Kingswinford ; — Wolverhampton ; — 


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A, 18389. 


Winsford ;— Bisley ;— Blandford Forum ;—Ports- 
mouth ;— Wandsworth ;—Godstone ;—Caterham ;— 
Mitcham ;—Chaldon;—-Darby Hand ;— Hardham, 
Coldwaltham and Greatham ;—North Chapel ;— 
Kirdford ; —Loddon ;— King’s Lynn ;— Gresham ;— 
Gaywood ;—Stradsett ;— West Mitton ;— East Wal- 
ton ;—North Wotton ;—Dumfries ;— Middleton ;— 
Saint German’s and Saint Mary’s ( Norfolk) ;—Tor- 
rington ;—Cromer ;—Otley ;—Rampisham ;—En- 


ford ;— East and West Chelborough ;—Hexham ;— 


Stoke Edith;— Brighthelmston ;— Overstraw and 
Sideshand ; — Preston-next-Faversham; — Chilham; 
—Tarrington ;— Higham-on-the- Hill ;— Boindie ;— 
Barfreyston ;-— Saint Ives, Cornwall ;— Buckland 
Saint Mary ;—Cossington ;—Hatch Beauchamp ;— 


Combe Saint Nicholas ;—Trent ;—Mordon ;—West so 


Bagborough;—Ayr ;-- West K ilbride;/— Bridgwater ; 
——Chard ;-— Culmstock ; — Muchelney ; — Yeovil ; — 
Crewkerne ;--.Dinnington ;--South Petherton ;—- North 
Perrott ;—Kingsdon;—Seavington Saint Michael ;— 
Misterton ;— Hinton Saint George ;—Axminster ;— 
Mosterton ;—Appleby Circuit ; — Egleton ;—- Oak- 
ham ;—Shrewsbury ;—Saint Edmund the King and 
Martyr and Saint Nicholas Acons, London ;—Saint 
Mary Abbott’s, Kensington ;— Lower Brixham ;— 
East Stonehouse ;— Christ Church, Surrey ;—South 
Collingham ;— Worcester ;—Fiskerton ;—-Butierwick ; 
Finningley ;—Wool ;—Coombe Keynes ;—East Lul- 
worth ;—Rodborough ;—Great Ressington ;—Wim- 
borne Saint Giles ;—Cranborne and Eduonshan ;— 
Bedford ;— Pembroke and. Pembroke Dock ;—-Mil- 
ford and Hakin;—Tenby ;-—Saint Flomence, Lamp- 
hey, &amp;c. ;— Coppenhall ;--Gillingham (twe Petitions); 
~—Winterborne Saint Martin ;—Stower Provost and 
Todber ;—Chettle and Farnham ;—East and West 
Stower ;— Buckland Newton ;—Parkstone —Shap- 
wick ;— Hammoon ;— Witchampton ;— Cattistock ;— 
Maiden Newton ;—Compton Valence ;— Wynford 
Eagle ;—Chilfrome ;-- West Compton ;— Punchnoll ; 
—Long Bredy, Little Bredy and Kingston Russell ; 
—Little Cheney ;--Ripon (two Petitions) ;—Med- 
ley ;— Harlington ;— Wareham ;— Shrewsbury ; — 
Ipswich (sevén Petitions) ;—Saint Mary Stoke;— 
y st ;— Burton Leonard ;-— Swansea ;— Teign- 
mouth ;— Brixham and Dartmouth ; — Whitehaven ; 
— Workington ;-- Cockermouth ;— Deanery of Oke- 
hampton ;—Deanery of Plympton ;— Haverfordwest 
(two Petitions) ;—Ashburnham ;—King’s Lynn ;— 
Perth Prk, ayy fio ;— Clifton ;— Hen- 
low ;— Biddenham ;--Ampthill ;—Deaneries of Lewes 
and Pevensey ;--Colmere-with-Priors Dean ;--Craw- 


ley ;—Chilton Candover, Brown Candover and Swar-_ Sb 


raton ; ~ Cheriton; — Blendworth ;— Hursley an 
Otterbourn ;—_Burghelere ;— Pevensey;--Goring and 
Ferring ; —Datchworth ; — Great, Missenden ;— 
Llanrwst, Abergele, &amp;c. ;— Dacre ;—Aldbrough ;— 
Boroughbridge ;— Bishop. Thornton ;— Bishop Monk- 
ton ;—Dean and. Chapter of Ripon ;—Welsh Saint 
Donatt’s ; — Bonvilstone ; — Landough-with-Cogan 
and Leckwith ;—Landaff and Whitchurch ;—Mil- 
borne Port ;— Deanery of Dyffryn Cheyd ;—Ather- 
stone ;--Elmdon ;-- Bickenhall ;-- Hampton-in-Arden ; 
—Huarborough Magna ;—Clifton-on--Dunsmore ;— 
Bidford ;—Scalby ;— East Hesterton ;— West Hes- 
terton ;— Westoning ;— Bridlington (two Petitions) ; 
Archdeaconry of the East Riding of York (two 
Petitions) ;— Thwing ; — Everton ;——- Worksop ;— 
Eatering ;— Ollerton ; —Edwinstowe ;— Cuckney ;— 
Walesby ;—-Carlton ee ong "a orth 
Collingham ;— Hanley ;— Bawtrys—Aylesbury ;—. 
Pocklington ;—Great Driffield ;-—Cury its 
loe ;— Birdsall ;-- Wharram-le-Street ;--North Grim- 
ston ;—- Lettriugton; — Flamborough ;— Cradley ;-- 
Mawgan ;—Meneage ; -—Ridge ; — Watton ;--and, 
Penkridge, &amp;c. ; aap, hae ‘House not to sanction 
the proposed scheme of National Education recently 
laid before Parliament, as approved by the Commit- 
tee of Privy Council,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Saint Mary, Newington (Vestry 
Clerk) ; 









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2 VicToriz. 5° Junie. 305 


Clerk) ;—and, Dorchester; praying that the said 
proposed scheme of National Education may be 
carried into effect —were also presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Llanbrynmair, Cemmes and Dar- 
owen ;—Oldbury ;— Tewkesbury (two Petitions) ;— 
Lauder ;—Penicuick ;— Rugby ;— at ant ;—Fram- 
lingham ;—Carlow ;— Ringwood ;— Westport ;— Kil- 
glass ;— Pontypool ;—Boyle ;—Edderton ;-- Kirrie- 
muir ; — Dorchester ; — Boston ; — Dalmarnock ; — 
Bridgeton ;—Sandhurst ;— Wareham ;— Swanage ;— 
Littlehampton ;— Weymouth ;— Cambridge ;— White- 
haven ;— Haverfordwest ;—Chipping Norton; —Nar- 
berth ;— Exeter ; — Highwick ;— Chagford ;— Ex- 
minster ;—Southtawton ;—Stoney Stratford ;—Sud- 
bury ;— Hampstead ;— Goole ;—Benjamin Smith and 
others ;— Weston-super-Mare ;—- Newbury ;— Thomas 
Church;— Bradford, York (five Petitions) ;—South 
Erpingham;—Newcastle-upon-Tyne ;—Stranraer ;— 
East Linton; — Stornoway ; — Cricklade ; — Cam- 
bridge ;—Laugharne;--Grantham;—Joseph Bernard 
Davis and others ;— Stratford (Essex) ;—Forfar ;— 
Alloa ;— Proprietors and Workmen, Bookbinders, 
at 13, Leicester-street, Regent-street ; — Golden- 
square ;—Metropolis (six Petitions) ;— Proprietors, 

ompositors, Pressmen, &amp;c., of the Printing-office, 
18, Bury-street, Bloomsbury ;—50, Bunhill-row ;— 
Spectator Newspaper ;—Proprietors and Workmen 
in the Printing Establishment, Whitechapel ;-—Carpet 
Warehouse, 9, Great Marlborough-street ;—Tailors, 
of Poland-street ;—Pianoforte Manufactory, Store- 
street, Bedford-square ; - Erard’s Harp Manufactory, 
18, Great Marlborough-street ;—Glass and Chande- 
lier Establishment, 72, New Bond-street ;— Coal 
Merchants at Pimlico ;—Wholesale Druggists, Pro- 
prietors, Workmen, &amp;c., 135, Lower Thames-street ; 
—Anthony Batty’s Coffee Shop, 6, Richmond-street, 
Saint James’s;— William Bone, Bookbinder, 3, 
Broadway, Ludgate-hill ;—Commercial-road Kast ; 
—Camberwell New Road ;—Brompton ;— Paisley ; 
—Atherstone Union ;—-Dundee ;—Forfar (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Montrose ;— Arwarton ;— Glasgow (five 
Petitions) ;—Aspatria ;— Longtown ;—Saint Mary- 
le-bone ;— Bethnal Green;—Raydon;—Kingsbridge; 
— King’s Lynn ;— Kilspindie ; — Battel ;—Fraser- 
burgh ; — Tavistock ; — Willington ; — Wilden ; — 
Colmworth ; — Knotting ; — Elston ; — Yielden ; — 
Clapham (Bedford) ; — Stutton; — Melchbourn ;— 
Kempston;— Bromham ;— Bolnhurst ;—Biddenham; 


—Chellington ;—Cardington ;—Bletsoe ;—- Carlton ; | 


— Harrold ; — Keysoe ; — Odell ; — Pavingham ;— 
Bisely ;— Souldrop ;— Sharnbrook ;— Stagsden ;— 
Turvey ;— Wooton ;— Wilshamstead ;—Stafford ;— 
Sudbury ;— Kincardine ;— Fordoun ;— Bethnal Green 
and Spitalfields (two Petitions) ;—D. Sullivan and 
others ; —Kensington ;—Establishment of Bayly &amp; 
Sons, Sailmakers, Fountain-stairs, Bermondsey ;— 
Crisp &amp; Co., Ship-owners, Bermondsey ;—-Mayhew 
&amp; White, Hat Manufacturers, Union-street, Borough; 
—Joseph Cheshire, 39, Gravel-lane, Southwark ;— 
Saint Olave’s (Surrey) ;—Donington;— Wandsworth 
Road ;—Stingo-lane, Mary-le-bone ;— Tenterden ;— 
Shrewsbury ;— Holbrook ; —Auchinblae ;— Belton ; 
—Burgh Castle ;—Chelmondiston ;—Dunfermline ; 
— Market Harborough ;—W. S. Phillips and others, 
Wharfingers, &amp;c., Southwark ;—Persons employed 
in the Establishment of 7..B. White &amp; Son, Milbank- 
street, Westminster ;—John F’. Pawson &amp; Co., Saint 
Paul’s Churchyard ;— Harvey, Kingston &amp; Co., 
Lambeth House, Lambeth ;— Thomas Gabriel &amp; Sons, 
Commercial-road, Lambeth; James &amp; Richard Nash, 
Fore-street, Lambeth ;—W. S. &amp; John Dalton, of 
Milbank-street, Westminster ;— T.H. Cooper, of Mil- 
bank-street, Westminster;— Edmund Lucas, 18, 
Milbank-street ;—W. &amp; J. Freeman, 27, Milbank- 
street ;— Thorne, Son &amp; Thorne, Earl-street, Horse- 
JSerry-road ;—at the Gas Light and Coke Company, 
Horseferry-road ;— Hitchcock &amp; Rogers, Saint Paul’s 
ay ;—Charles Meehing, 62, Holborn-hill ;— 
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Hall &amp; Allan, Saint Paul's Churchyard ;—Edward 
Boyle, 43, Farringdon-street, &amp;c.;—R. Welby, 15, 
Ludgate-street ;—Everington &amp; Graham, 10, Lud- 
gate-street ;— Bailey &amp; Milner, 77, Saint Paul's 
Churchyard ;—John Harvey, Son &amp; Co., 15, Lud- 
gate-hill ;— Whittaker &amp; Co., Ave Maria-lane ;— 
Sherwood, Gilbert &amp; Piper, Paternoster-row ;— 
Paisley (two Petitions) ;—Litton Cheyney ;—What- 
lington ; — Hungerford ; — Belper ;— Congleton ;— 
Bolton ;--Huddersfield, &amp;c.;—-Mitcham ;--Daventry ; 
—FPitton and Farley ;— Egham ;—Mildenhall ;— 
Preston ;—Pulham Saint Mary (two Petitions) ;— 
Banham ;— Norwich ;— North Walsham ;— Diss 
(three Petitions) ;-—Shelf (three Petitions) ;--Beccles ; 
— Yarmouth ;— Cromer ;— Ormesby ;—Long Witten- 
ham ;— Clifton Hampden; — Sutton Courtney ; — 
Persons employed on the Railway Times Newspaper ; 
—Alfred Rosling, Bankside, Southwark ;— Thomas 
Irwin &amp; Co., Bridge-road, Southwark ;-— James 
Bicherton &amp; Son, 51, Castle-street, Southwark ;— 
Canterbury ;—Cawdor ;— Maybole;--Coate;--Kirk- 
cowan;—Exeter (two Petitions) ;— Woodbury ;— 
Ashcombe ; — Cheriton Bishop ; —Stoke Canon ;— 
North Cawton;— Drewsteignton ;— Teigngrace :— 
Powderham ;—Ide ;—Newton Saint Cyrus ;—.ay- 
hembury ; — Kenton ; — Cullompton ; — Peebles ; — 
North Tawton;—Denny and Dunnipace ;— Dawlish ; 
—Greenwich (two Petitions) —-Sidbury ;—LVorth 
Bovey ;— Ashton ;—Mamhead ;— Rew ;—Saint Leo- 
nard ;-—Jersey (three Petitions) ;-—-and, Southampton 
Deanery ; praying for the adoption of a low and 
uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Barnsley ;--and, Commissioners of County Courts 
the Court of Requests for Southwark, and the East- Bill. 
ern half of the hundred of Brixton; praying that 
the County Courts Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

Petitions from Cerne Abbas ;— and, Cambridge ; 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law,— 
were also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
said Select Committee. 

A Petition of John Gilhert Meymott and George 
Drew, Chief Clerks of the Court of Requests for 
Southwark, and Eastern half of the hundred of 
Brixton, praying that provision may be made in the 
said Bill to compensate and indemnify them for the 
losses they will sustain, and the responsibilities they 
will still continue under by the said Bill, was also 
presented, and read; and referred to the said Select 
Committee. 


Petitions from Hanley and Shelton ; — General Lord’s Day 

Assembly of the Church of Scotland ;— Market 
Harborough ;— Inverness ;— Wombourn ;— Gornall; 
— Wednesbury ; — Edderton ; — Southampton ;— 
Brierley Hill;—West Bromwich ;— Henlow; —and, 
Darlaston; praying the House to adopt measures 
for securing the due observance of the Lord’s Day, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from West Bourne ;--and, Gosport and Dogs. 
Alverstoke; praying the House to adopt measures 
for suppressing the practice of employing Dogs in 
drawing carts,—were peasestee and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Exeter ;—Llanfwrog ;—Llanrhydd; Church 
— Ruthin ;—Llanelidan;--Storrington ;—-Barcombe; Establishment 
~-Bealings ; — Boston (York) ; — Banwell, &amp;c. ;-— (C4 &amp;«.) 
Halsted ; — Steyning, &amp;c.; — Great Yarmouth; — 
Ormesby ;— Milverton;— Badgeworth and Shurding- 
ton;-- Nailsworth;—-Minchinhampton;—and, Lowes- 
toft,&amp;c.; praying the House to continue their protec- 
tion and encouragement to the Bishops and Clergy in 
Canada, and the other British colonies,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
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Maynooth 
College. 


Caledonian 
Canal. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Church 
Discipline. 


Church of 
England, 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Brazilian Coffee 
and Sugar, 


Turnpike Tolls. 


Prisons 


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Petitions from oo (York); — Bawtry ;-- 
West Hoathly ;—North Bierly ;—Attanna;-—Char- 
mouth ;—Almondbury ;— Wike;— Dublin ;—General 
Assembly of the Church of Scotland ;—Carlow ;— 
Merse and Teviotdale (Moderator of the Synod) ;— 
and, Lostwithiel; praying the House to refuse their 
sanction to any further grant of public money to the 
Roman Catholic College of Maynooth,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Isle of Skye;-— and, Ross 
(Preses of a meres ; praying the House to sanc- 
tion the early completion of the Caledonian Canal, 
—were presented, and read; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on the Caledonian Canal. 


Petitions from Keanlochbervie;—Forglen;—-Edin- 
burgh ; -~ Buckie ;—- Arbroath ; — Saint Cyrus ;— 
Ellon Presbytery (Moderator and Clerk) ;— Turriff 
Presbytery (Moderator) ; — Half Morton Keir ;— 
Farr ; — Golspie ; —Assynt ;—Loth ;— Dornoch ;— 
Rosehall;—Ardersier ;—Ardclach;—Portnochie and 
Baads ;— Cullen ;— Ord ;— Kirkhill;—Kilmanivaig ; 
— Ardrossan ;— Loudoun ;—and, Edderton; praying 
the House to adopt measures for relieving the reli- 
gious destitution which prevails in Scotland, by ex- 
tending the efficiency of the Established Church,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Dalmellington ;—and, Lennoxtown; 
praying the House not to sanction any further grant 
of public money to the Church of Scotland,—were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the Deanery of East Powder ;— 
Deanery of Pyder ;—and, Stratton; praying that 
the proposed measure for more effectually enforcing 
Church Discipline may not be persisted in,—were 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Waterfall ;-- Caldon ; — and, 
Preston (Lancaster); praying the House to take into 
consideration the spiritual destitution of England 
and Wales,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ruthin Union (Chairman) ;—the 
Reverend William M. Smith Marriott, and others ; 
—Axbridge Union ;—Kidderminster ;— Hemyock ;— 
Clayhidon ; — Wiveliscombe ;-- and, West Ward 
(Cumberland) Union ; praying for the amendment 
of the Poor Law Act,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Chamber of 
Commerce of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, praying for a 
Revision of the present Duties on Coffee and Sugar 
the produce of Brazil, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Trustees, Creditors and Lessees of 
Tolls of the Cullompton Turnpike-road ;—and, Trus- 
tees of the Barnstaple Turnpike-roads, and others 
interested in such Roads; complaining of the ex- 
emption from Toll of Stage Coaches carrying Mail- 
bags, and praying for redress,—were presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Turnpike Trusts. 


Petitions from G/asgow (Chairman of a Meeting); 


(Scotland) Bill. —and, Dunfermline; praying that the Prisons (Scot- 


Newfoundland. 


land) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Burgesses and Inhabitants of Stran- 
raer, praying that the said Bill may pass intoa law, 
was also presented and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the table. 


A Petition of Merchants of Greenock, trading to 
or connected with the island of Newfoundland, 
praying the House to take into consideration the 


5° Juniz. 


A. 1839. 


present state of the island of Newfoundland, with 
a view of making such changes in its constitution, 
or adopting such other measures, as may be neces- 
sary for restoring peace and good order, insurin 
the due and impartial administration of justice, an 
for promoting the general welfare and prosperity of 
the colony, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Blairgowrie and Rattray ; — and, Factories Bill, 
Manchester and Salford (Chairman of a Meeting of 
the Operatives); praying that the Factories Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
rom ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dublin (Corporation of Tailors);— Municipat 
Ballyroan; — and, Attanna; praying that the Mu- Corporations 
nicipal Corporations (Ireland) Bili may not pass into ({e!#"4) Bill 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


" Petitions from Coleraine and Route Presbyteries Army (Presby. 
(Moderator) ; — Aghadowey ; — Castledawson ; — tetian Church 
Dunboe;—and, Coleraine; praying that Presbyterian °°) 
soldiers may be permitted to attend the Presbyterian 

church in the same manner as Episcopalian and 

Roman Catholic soldiers are permitted to attend 

their respective places of worship,—were presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the City of Dublin, Dublin 
being interested in the managementand appropriation Cemeteries. 
of the public monies annually derived from the Ce- 
meteries of Richmond and Glasnevin, praying that 
the House will require a Return of all the monies 
received and expended, on account of the Cemeteries 
of Richmond and Prospect near Dublin, and direct 
an appropriation of the surplus funds to the gratui- 
tous education of the poorer classes of the said city, 
as originally agreed upon, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wigan ;—and, Liverpool; praying Sale of Beer 
that the Sale of Beer Bill may not pass into a law, 5. 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cranbrook, praying Sale of Beer 
for the repeal of the Sale of Beer Act, was presented, A*t- 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sackville Walter Lane Fox, Es- Copyholds 
quire ;— and, Dizon Robinson, Esquire ; praying a 
that the Copyholds’ Enfranchisement Bill may not 7 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Comberton 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Inclosure hill. 
intituled, An Act for inclosig Lands in the Parish 
of Comberton, in the County of Cambridge; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 58. 1.28. After “ Comberton” insert “ and 
“‘ also for a Clay Pit for the use of the Proprietors 
“ for the time being of the said lands.” 

Pr. 61. 1.31. After “thereabouts” insert “ and.” 

Pr. 61.1.34. After “ parish” insert “ and.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Yorke do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bolton-le-Moors, Manchester and 
praying that the Manchester and Birmingham Ex- ——— Ex- 
tension (Stone and Rugby) Railway Bill may pass ne gy 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to Railway Bill. 
lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- yraserburgh 
sideration the Report which, upon the 28th day of Harbour Bill- 
May last, was made from the Committee on the 
Fraserburgh Harbour Bill; printed Copies of the 
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Market and 
Improvements 
(No. 1.) Bill, 


Basingstoke 
Roads Bill. 


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day last; and the Amendments were read; and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for erecting, establishing and 
maintaining a new Market in the City of Aberdeen, 
and for providing suitable Approaches thereto, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Captain Gordon do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for repairing several Roads leading 
to the Towns of Basingstoke, Odiham and Alton, in 
the County of Southampton, and for making several 
Deviations in the Line of the said Roads; and the 
same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 16. 1. 13. Leave out “ of” and insert “ at.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


Hatfield (York) An ingrossed Bill for the more speedy Recovery 


Small Debts 
Bill, 


Small Debts 
Bills. 


Halifax, Hud- 
dersfield, and 
Bradford Small 
Debts Bill. 


Norwich 
Tonnage Bill. 


Mills’s 
Estute Bill, 


Kingston-upon- 
Hull Dock r 


South Eastern 
Railway Bill. 


of Small Debts, within the Manor of Hatfield, and 
other places, in the West Riding of the County of 
York, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir George Strickland do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the time for Committees on Small 
Debts Bills to make their Reports be enlarged till 
Monday the 24th day of this instant June. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Parishes of 
Halifax, Bradford, Kighley, Bingley, Guiseley, Cal- 
verley, Batley, Birstal, Mirfield, Hartishead-cum- 
Clifton, Almondbury, Kirkheaton, Kirkburton and 
Huddersfield, and the Lordship or Liberty of Tong, 
in the County of York, was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Charles Wood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


. Mr. Wodehouse reported from the Committee on 
the (re-committed) Norwich Tonnage Bill; and who 
were empowered by the House, on the 31st day of 
May last, to alter the said Bill, by repealing so much 
of the Norwich Tonnage Act therein recited as re- 
lates to the appropriation of the Tolls and Duties 
thereby authorized to be levied, and by providing for 
a new appropriation thereof; That they had altered 
the said Bill accordingly, and made Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Miils’s Estate 
Bill be revived :—And that they have leave to sit 
and proceed, To-morrow. 


A Petition of Charles Frost, of Kingston-upon- 
Hull, Solicitor to the Kingston-upon-Hull Dock 
Company, praying that the Standing Order which 
requires that there shall be Ten clear days between 
the day on which the Petition for any Private Bill 
shall be presented and the day on which the Sub- 
committee shall sit thereupon, may be suspended 
in the case of the Petition for the Kingston-upon- 
Hull Docks Bill, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
Vou. 94, 


5° Juni. 








307 


intituled, An Act to amend the Acts relating to the 
South Eastern Railway ; and the same were read, 
as follow: 

Pr. 9. 1.7. After “ that” insert “after notice 
“ of this provision shall have been given by the said 
“ Company to any of their contractors.” 

Pr. 9. 1.9. Leave out “their” and insert “such.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 12. After “ pay” insert “ or tender, 
“ or deposit.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 29. After “ and” insert “shall be.” 

Pr.12. 1.30. After “ paid” insert “ or deposited.” 

Pr. 13. 1.1. After “ paid” insert “ or deposited.’ 

Pr. 13. 1. 4. After “ paid” insert “ or deposited, 
“ or tendered.” 

Pr.13. 1.12. After “them” insert “or this Act.” 

Pr. 14. 1.7. After “ Act” insert “ or this Act.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Law Hodges do corey the 
Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing Edenfield and 


and improving the Road from Edenfield Chapel to 
Little Bolton, and certain Branch Roads connected 
therewith, all in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Little Bulton 
Road Bill. 


Sir John Hobhouse reported from the Committee West Croft 
on the West Croft Inclosure and Canal Bill; and Iclosure and 


to whom several Petitions against the said Bill were 
referred ; and who were empowered to divide the 
said Bill into two Bills; That they had heard coun- 
sel in support of the said Petitions; and had also 
heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and that the 
Committee had, pursuant to the power given them 
by the House, divided the said Bill into two Bills; 
and had examined the allegations of the first of the 
said Bills for inclosing certain Lands called the 


Canal Bill. 


West Croft, and Burton Leys, in the Parish of West Croft 
Saint Mary, in the Town and County of the Town closure Bill. 


of Nottingham, and found the same to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their 
consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto—That it 
appeared to the Committee that the Resolution of 
the House of the 23d day of April last did not apply 
to the said Bill, inasmuch as the same are neither 
commons nor waste lands; and it also appeared to 
the Committee to be unnecessary to make provision 
for open spaces for the recreation of the inhabitants, 
as the lands to be inclosed consist of only thirty-five 
acres, and the Bill provides for the formation of 
streets of considerable width; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed io. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Sir John Hobhouse also reported from the Com- West Croft 
mittee on the other of the said Bills, for forming a Canal Bill. 


Canal and other Works within and near certain 
Lands called the West Croft, in the Parish of Saint 
Mary, in the town and county of the town of Not- 
tingham ; That they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Hobhouse reported from the Committee Nottingham 


on the Nottingham Common Fields Inclosure Bill ; Common Fields 


and to whom a Petition against the said Bill was inclosure Bill. 


referred ; That they had heard counsel in support 
of the said Petition, and had also heard counsel in 
favour of the Bill; and had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their con- 








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Corporation 
Estate Bill. 


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Estate Jill. 


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Bill. 


Sewers, 


Sewers Bill. 


Railways. 


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Seamen. 


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sent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto—That it 4 
to the Committee that the Resolution of the House 
of the 23d day of April last did not apply to this 
Bill, inasmuch as the lands to be inclosed are neither 
common nor waste lands; but the Bill provides for 
leaving an open space of an acre, and also for the 
formation of streets of considerable width ; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


5° Juniz. 


A, 1839. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of orchards 


praying for an increase of duty upon foreign Apples, 
Cherries and Pears, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


presented, and read ; setting forth, That the Petition- 
ers are credibly informed, and have reason to believe, 
that Mr. John Hyde, Receiving Inspector of Taxes 
for the county of Bedford, did, on the 22d day of 





be ingrossed. 


The London Corporation Estate Bill was read a 
second time; and committed to Sir Matthew Wood, 
and the Middlesex List. 


The Bethlem Hospital Estate Bill was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in the Borough 
or Township of Clun, in the Parish of Clun, in the 
County of Salop; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

Pr. 30. 1.16. After “ thereof” insert “ Pro- 
vided that no stream or watercourse be diverted 
“ or turned without the consent in writing of the 
“ persons from whose lands the same may be di- 
‘ verted, and of the persons into whose lands the 
‘ same may be turned, or to the prejudice or injury 
“ of any person interested in such stream or water- 
“« course, except with his consent in writing.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Broadley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


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Petitions from Mrs. Grace Weightman, of Duke- 
street, Portland-place ;—and, Willesden ; praying 
for an alteration of the law relating to Sewers,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Saint 
Olave’s Union; and of the Rectors, Churchwardens, 
Overseers and Inhabitants of Saint Olave and Saini 
John, Horslydown ; praying that provision may be 
made in the Sewers Bill that the Commissioners 
acting under any Commission of Sewers be required, 
at the request in writing of the Board of Guardians, 
or the Churchwardens and Overseers of any union, 
parish or place, to arch, or effectually cover over 
any open sewers, and to make all such necessary 
sewage and drainage as shall be requisite in any 
district containing a numerous population, and 
which such Guardians shall certify to be dangerous 
to the health of the Inhabitants, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee of 


Management of the Arbroath aud Forfar Railway 
Company, praying the House to relieve Railways 
from the present unequal pressure of the tax upon 
passengers thereon by imposing that tax in the form 
of a fixed per centage on the revenue derived from 
passengers, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Railways. 


May last, seeing in the hands of Mr. Joseph Brown, 
of Bedford, Wine-merchant, Surveyor of Taxes for 
the said county, a Petition directed to the House 
&gt; aie the oan of Education proposed by Her 
ajesty’s Government, lay violent hands upon the 
said Petition, and using violent language, did tear 
up the said Petition, and stamp upon the fragments ; 
the Petitioners consider it their bounden duty to 
bring this case of undue interference, as they con- 
ceive it, with their constitutional right of Petition, 
before the House, and to pray such relief as to them 
shall seem meet. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Patent of printing the Bible at present enjoyed by 
Her Majesty’s Printer for Scotland, and to enact 
that the printing of the Bible be placed upon the 
same footing as the printing of other works, was 
ge and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 

A Petition of the Senate of the University of 
Glasgow, praying that on the expiry of the said 
Patent, the privilege of printing the Scriptures may 
be confined to public and responsible institutions, 
was also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


street, Bedford ;—and, Dunstable; praying for the 
abolition of Church Rates,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


to Her Majesty,—Copies or Extracts of the further 
Communications transmitted to the Marquis of Vor- 
manby by the Agent of Jamaica, on the 7th day of 
May last, relative to the Agricultural State of that 
Colony :—Copy of the Letter of the 14th day of 
May, addressed to the mg of Normanby by the 
Agent of Jamdica:—And, Copies of the Resolutions 
unanimously addressed by a Meeting of Planters, 
Merchants and others interested in Jamaica, on the 
10th day of May, and communicated to Lord Mel- 
bourne and the eseais of Normanby on the 16th 
day of May. 

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








A Petition of Ship-owners, Ship-masters, Mates 
and Mariners of the Port of Montrose, praying for 
the amendment of the Merchant Seamen’s Act, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 








Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Order, 


—a Return of the Names of the Mates in Her Ma- | 


jesty’s Navy on the 1st day of January 1839, the 
Date of their examination for Lieutenant, and the 
Ship in which they are serving. 

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


| on-Avon, 


F. . 
and land bearing fruit, in Knockholt and Halstead, fea oe Apples, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Saint Right of 
Maryand Saint John, inthe borough of Bedford, was Petition. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Relief Synod Queen’s Printer 
of Glasgow, praying the House not to renew the CScotland.) 


Petitions from Houghton Regis ;— Markygate- church Rates. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to an Address Jamaica. 


Petitions from Dalmellington; — and, Auchte- Corn Laws. 


rarder ; praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Belturbet and Bailiebrough ;— 
Troqueer ;—and, Inverness; praying that the Corn 
Laws may not be repealed,—were also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Blazland, of Birming- Reform of 
ham, praying for the amendment of the Reform Parliament 


of Parliament (England) Act, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


(England) Act. 


A Petition of William Oakes Hunt, of Stratford- Birmingham 


eevee may 
ill, whereby 


Solicitor to the Stratford-on-Avon Canal Ce! Bill. 
| Navigation Company, praying that 
| be inserted in the Birmingham Canal 
| the repeal of the Tolls originally sought for by the 
Stratford 





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2 Vicroriz. 


Stratford Canal Compeny may be secured, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Christopher Flood, of Honiton, 
Gentleman, praying that the Sidmouth Improvement 
and Market Bill may not. pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition of Trustees of the Road from the 
Lyme Turnpike-road, in the parish of Gittisham 
to Sidmouth; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the said Bill, was also presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


sidmouth 
Jwprovement 
and Market 
Bill. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the 
House, That their several Addresses of yesterday 
(that Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that the Papers therein mentioned 
might be laid before this House), had been pre- 
sented to Her Majesty; and that Her Majesty had 
commanded him to acquaint this House, that She 
will give directions accordingly. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Fducation. 


No. 284. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address 
to Her Majesty,—A Copy of the Report of the 
Committee of Council appointed to superintend the 
Application of any Sums voted y Parliament, for 
the purpose of promoting Public Education, of the 
3d day of June 1839. 

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





District Prisons A Petition of Members of the Select Vestry of 

Bill. the parish of Liverpool, praying that the District 
Prisons Bill may not pass mto a law, as it now 
stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of Justices of the 
county of Somerset, at General Quarter Sessions 
assembled, praying that the County Courts; and, 
District Sessions Bills, may not pass into law, as 
they now stand, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


para Courts ; 
and, District 
Sessions Billse 


South Africa. A Petition of Merchants and others interested in 
the prosperity and civilization of Southern Africa, 
praying the Sites to address Her Majesty to adopt 
measures for founding a new colony at Natal, in 
South Eastern Africa, was presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Heritable 
Securities 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Petitions from Dumbarton ; — and, Glasgow ; 
praying that the Heritable Securities (Scotland) Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Rating of A Petition of Owners of small dwelling-houses 

Tenements Bill. 6¢ tenements in Boston, praying that the Rating of 
Tenements Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Southwark A Petition of the Chairman of the Vestry of 
_ wel Saint George-the-Martyr, Southwark, praying for 
— a reduction.of the fees chargeable in the Southwark 
Court of Requests, was presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 
innkeepers. A Petition of Innkeepers, Hotel Keepers, Tavern 


Keepers, Post-masters and Licensed Victuallers, of 
the counties of Berks, Bucks, Oxford and Warwick, 
praying the House to impose a tax upon railroad 


travelling ; to reduce the window tax upon Inns, 
Vou. 94. 


5° Junie. 


309 


Hotels and Taverns ; to repeal the tax upon servants 
of innkeepers, hotel keepers and tavern keepers, 
and other persons employed in their business; to 
repeal the Post Horse Duty and the tax upon car- 
riages let to hire with post horses, and that in legis- 
lating upon the Sale of Beer Bill no further restric- 
tions be imposed upon Licensed Victuallers, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Compositors, Pressmen and others Copyright Bill. 
in the employment of Messrs. Bradbury and Evans, 
Printers, Whitefriars, London, praymg that the 
Copyright Bill may pass not into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Alerander Wall, of Pichop-street, Alexander 

Liverpool,a Discharged Soldier of the 50th Regiment *"* P 

of Foot, praying that the pension of sixpence a 

day, granted to him for three years from the 14th 

day of November 1832, and which ceased on the 

14th day of November 1835 may be continued, 

was = and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Petitions from Colebrooke;—and, Clergy of the Ecclesiastical 
Deaneries of Grantham and Loveden and Bentis- Duties and 
law; praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and ®ve 3" 
Revenues Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Llarxynys ;—Denbigh (three Peti- Church 
tions) ;—Deanery of Dyffryn Clywd;—and, Llan- a 
rwst; praying that the emoluments arising from ‘Y* 
sinecure rectories in Wales may be applied to the 
benefit of the diocese in which such Revenues arise, 

—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Clerks of the 
into a Committee upon the Clerks of the Peace Peace Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. No.285. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Freshfield re- 
aan That the Committee had gone through the 

ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Freshfield reported the Bill accordingly ; 
and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Copyholds’ 
further consideration the Report on the Copyholds’ Enfranchise- 
Enfranchisement Bill :—The Bill was re-committed ™"* Bil! 
to a Committee of the whole House. No. 286. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
vane proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

alr; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, re- 

“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. ' 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Lynch 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Lynch reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Wednesday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 

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The 











Patterns and 
Inventions Bill. 


Land Tax 
Double Assess- 
amments Bill, 


Sewers Bill, 


Electors 


Removal Bill, 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


High Sheriffs’ 
Expenses Bill, 


Windsor Castle 


Stables. 


Borough Courts 
Bill, 


Jamaica Laws 


Bill. 





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The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Patterns and Inventions Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 19th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Land Tax Double Assessments Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time, 
upon Wednesday the 19th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sewers Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Electors Removal Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the High Sheriffs’ Expenses 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair ; and Mr. James Stewart reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the ap- 
oe of part of the Land Revenue of the Crown 
or the erection of Stables and Stable Offices con- 
tiguous to Windsor Castle. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy thou- 
sand pounds, be applied, out of the Land Revenues 
of the Crown, to defray the expense of erecting 
Stables and Offices contiguous to Windsor Castle. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baring 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 





The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
regulating the mode of establishing Rules of Pro- 
ceedings in the Borough Courts of England and 
Wales, was, according to Order, read the third time ; 
pn the Amendment following was made to the 

ill : 

In the Title of the Bill: 

Ls. 2 and 3. Leave out “ mode of establishing 

“ rules of.” 


Junie. A. 1839. 
Jamaica Laws Bill, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the Petitioner be heard, upon his 
Petition, upon the second reading of the said Bill. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 6° die Junii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Ad- Education, 
dress to Her Oe Mel Copy of any Order No, 997, 
in Council, appointing a Committee of Council to 
superintend the Application of any Sums voted by 
Parliament for the purpose of promoting Public 
Education. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


An ingrossed Bill for forming and regulating a Filtration 
Company to be called “The General Filtration Com- Company Bil, 
pany,” and to enable the said Company to purchase 
certain Letters Patent, was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for forming and regulating a Com- 
pany to be called “‘ The General Filtration and Dye 

xtract Company,” and to enable the said Company 
to purchase certain Letters Patent. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hutt do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing certain Lands West Croft 
called the West Croft and Burton Leys, in the Parish Inclosure Bill 
of Saint Mary, in the Town and County of the Town ; 
of Nottingham, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for inclosing certain Lands called 
the West Croft and Burton Leys, in the Parish of 
Saint Mary, in the Town and County of the Town 
of Nottingham. 

Ordered, That Sir Ronald Ferguson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing, allotting and im- Nottingtam 
proving certain Open Fields in the Parish of Saint — oy 
Mary, in the Town and County of the Town of ; 
Nottingham, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Ronald Ferguson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Acland, by Order, reported from the Com- Almsworthy | 
mittee on the Almsworthy Inclosure Bill; That they M™&lt;losure Bil. 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction 
of the Committee ; and that the Committee had 
jgane through the Bill, and made Amendments 

thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of Charles Kingston-upon. 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, | Frost, which was presented yesterday, praying that Hull Docks. 


do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; | 
to which Amendments this House doth desire the | 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of Wil- 
liam Burge, Esquire, Agent for the Island of Jamaica, 
which was presented upon Monday last, praying 
that he may om heard, by himself, his counsel, agents 
and witnesses, at the bar of the House, against the 


the Standing Order which requires that there shall 
be ten clear days between the day on which the 
Petition for any Private Bill shall be presented, and 
the day on which the Sub-Committee shall sit there- 
upon, may be suspended in the case of the Petition 
for the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That, under the circumstances stated in 
the Petition of the said Charles Frost, the Standing 
Order, requiring ten clear days between the day on 
which the Petition for any Private Bill shall be pre- 
sented, and the day on which the Sub-Committee 





shall 





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Commercial 
London and 
Jackwall) 

Railway Bill. 


Rochdale 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Patent White 
Lead Company 
Bill, 


London Bridge 
Approaches, 
&amp;e,, Bill. 


Belfast Water 
(No. 1.) 


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shall sit thereupon, be dispensed with in the case 
of the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Petition; and 
that the Sub-Committee to whom the said Petition 
is referred do sit, and proceed thereupon, on Tues- 
day next. 


Mr. Pryme reported from the Committee on the 
Commercial (London and Blackwall) Railway Bill ; 
and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill 
were referred ; That they had heard counsel in sup- 

ort of several of the said Petitions, and had con- 
sidered the other Petitions; and had also heard 
counsel in favour of the Bill; and that the Com- 
mittee had considered the several matters required 
by the Standing Orders relative to Railway Bills ; 
and had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


A Petition of James Dearden, Esquire, Lord of 
the Manor of Rochdale, praying that he may be 
heard, by his counsel or agent, against certain parts 
of the Rochdale Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


An ingrossed Bill for forming and establishing 
“ The Patent White Lead Company,” and to enable 
the said Company to purchase certain Letters Patent, 
was read the third time; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for forming and establishing “ The 
London Patent White Lead Company,” and to 
enable the said Company to purchase certain Letters 
Patent. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mackinnon do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill for 
further extending the Approaches to Sate Bridge, 
and amending the Acts relating thereto, be now 
read the third time; 

Sir John Hobhouse, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, that Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

And the Question being proposed, That the Bill 
be now read the third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Sir Matthew Wood, } 82 
Yeas, Mr. Fox Maule: 7 

Tellers for the f Sir Robert Inglis, } 
Noes, Lord Viscount Dungannon: 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Herries do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of the Belfast Charitable Society, 
taking notice of the application for leave to bring 
in the Belfast Water (No. 1.) Bill, and praying that 
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such Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Trustees of the Alliance Marine Insurance Company, 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Brompton 
New Road Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


jesty King George the First, “for repairing the 
Walls, Gates and other Public Works in the City of 
Norwich, and several Bridges in and near the said 
City, and for amending the Roads therein men- 
tioned,” as relates to the levying of the Tolls and 
Duties thereby directed to be levied and paid, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed 
in the twelfth year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the First, “for repairing the Walls, Gates and 
other Public Works in the City of Norwich, and 
several Bridges in and near the said City, and for 
amending the Roads therein mentioned,” as relates 
to the application of the Tolls and Duties thereby 
authorized to be raised, and to provide a new mode 
of application thereof. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wodehouse do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Small Debts Bill be revived. 


to whom his Petition for Provision in the Birming- 
ham Canal Bill has been referred, may have leave 
to sit upon Monday next, or that the consideration 
of the Report on the Bill be postponed until it has 
been decided, according to the forms of the House, 
whether such Provision should or should not be in- 
serted in the said Bill, as prayed by the. Petitioner, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


subsequently to the Notices given of the application 
to Parliament for the Rathkeale Inclosure Bill, and 
after the said Bill had been read a first time, the 
Petitioner learnt that the Surveyor appointed under 
the Act 6 Geo. 4, for ascertaining the Boundaries 
of Parishes, &amp;c., in Ireland, did on the 19th day of 
October last, strike the bounds of the Parishes of 
Rathkeale and Croagh through the centre of the 
commons proposed to be inclosed, so that the same 
are now locally situated within the two parishes of 
Rathkeale and Croagh, and not solely in the Parish 
of Rathkeale as heretofore ; and praying that such 


‘ |alterations or provisions may be allowed to be made 


in the said Bill as may be necessary to meet the 


33. | circumstances of the case, was presented, and read ; 


and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


praying the House to continue their protection and 
encouragement to the Bishops and Clergy in Ca- 
nada, and the other British colonies, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


praying that the Prisons Bill may not pass into a 





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A Petition of Trustees of the Alliance British and Brompton New 
Foreign Fire and Life Assurance Company, and Road Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill to repeal so much of an Act Norwich _ 
passed in the twelfth year of the reign of his Ma- Tee Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Glossop Glossop 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


A Petition of William Oakes Hunt, of Stratford- Birmingham 
on-Avon, Gentleman, praying that the Committee Canal Bill. 


A Petition of Robert Maunsell, of Merrion-Rathkeale — 
square, in the city of Dublin, Solicitor, stating that Inclosure Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Great Missenden, Church 
Establishment 
(Canada, &amp;c. &gt; 


A Petition of Clergy and Inhabitants of Evzeter, Prisons Bill. 




































































Education, 


Postage. 


Provincial Col- 
lege (Ireland. ) 


Education 
({reland.) 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 


No. 295. 


Crown Teinds 
(Scotland.) 


Printed Papers. 


Disturbed 
Districts, 


312 


law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and | 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Iver ;—Wyrardisbury-cum-Lang- 
ley; — Leamington “Spa;— Chobham; Mickelham ; 
— Marsworth ;— Brightling ; — Burwash ;— Cann 
Saint Rumbold; — Motcombe;— and, Cowbridge; | 
praying the House not to sanction the proposed | 
scheme of National Education recently laid before 
Parliament, as approved by the Committee of Privy 
Council,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Roxton ;—Shaftesbury ;—Sandy ; 
— Old Kent Road; — Appledore;—and, South- 
molton ; praying for the adoption of a low and uni- 
form rate of Postage,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Noblemen, Clergy, Gentry and 
others, in the county and city of Cork, praying the 


6° Junzz. 


ad. 1839. 
Ordered, That the said Address be a to 


Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson Message trom 

and Mr. Brougham: the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually Perth Police 
paving the Streets of the City of Perth, for the ®i!. 
better lighting, watching and cleansing the said 
City and Suburbs thereof, and for maintaining and 
regulating the Police of the same, and for other 
Purposes relating thereto : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for making a Turnpike- Morville ana 
road from Morville to Shipton, with a Branch to Shipton Road 
Brockton, and another Branch from Brockton to ®'- 
Easthope’s Cross, all in the County of Salop: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Great North 
Act for amending and enlarging the Provisions of of England 





House not to sanction the a ae for founding a 
College or University in the Southern Province of 


the several Acts relating to the Great North of Rellesy Di 


Ireland, for the instruction of youth, not founded on | England Railway Company, and for other Purposes 


religious truth, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants and Con- 
gregation of the parish of TVarmonbarry, praying 
that the present system of National Education in 
Ireland, may not be persisted in, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
for the purpose of ascertaining how far the forma- 
tion of RRarlroads may affect the interest of Turn- 
pike Trusts and the Creditors of such Trusts, have 
Power to report their Observations thereupon to 
the House ; together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

Mr. Mackinnon reported from the said Select) 
Committee; and to whom several Petitions were 
referred ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the Ilouse, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 


relating thereto, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Liverpool and 
Act for enabling the Liverpool and Manchester — 
Railway Company to extend the Line of the said Railway Bill 
Railway, and for amending and enlarging the Powers 
and Provisions of the several Acts relating to such 
Railway, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Earl of Damn 
for authorizing the granting of Leases of part of !ey’s Estate 
the Estates in the County of Kent, devised by the ®" 

Will of the Right honourable Edward Earl of 
Darnley, deceased ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Hodson’s 
to authorize the granting of Mining and Building state Bill 
Leases and Conveyances of parts of the Estates 
devised by the Will of James Alexander Hodson, 

Esquire, deceased, subject to the Trusts of such 
Will; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Biil, intitaled, An Act Lord Temple- 
for vesting the Estate called The Coombe Bank — Sata 
Estate, late belonging to the Right honourable” 





House, a Return showing the Proceedings which | 
have been taken by the Commissioners of Her Ma- | 
jesty’s Woods and Forests in order to make the | 
Crown Teinds in Scotland available for the Public | 
Service. | 

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

Ordered, That Lord Viscount Mahon be added | 
to the Select Committee on Printed Papers. | 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
tw give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Letter of Lord John Russell to the | 
Lords Lieutenant of certain Counties, suggesting 
the formation of Associations for the protection of | 


Life and Property :—Of the Letter from Lord John | 


Russell to the Magistrates in Sessions, and to, the Affairs of Canada. 
Mayors of Boroughs in certain Counties, directing 


them how to proceed for the Preservation of Peace 
in disturbed Digtricts:—And, of a Letter from 


Lord John Russell to Lord Viscount Clive, thanking | 


his Lordship and the Shropshire and Montgomery- 


shire Corps of Yeomanry for their Services in re- | 


storing tranquillity in Montgomeryshire. 


Arthur Lord Templemore, deceased, in Trustees, to 
sell the same, and to invest the produce of such 
Sale for the benefit of his Infant Sons; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the publicPetitions 
Select Committee on Public Petitions ; That they (Twenty-sisth 
had examined the Petitions presented on the 3d Po) 
and 4th days of this instant June, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do jie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s com- Jamaica. 
mand,—Copies of the Acts passed by the Legisla- No, 288, 
ture of the Island of Jamaica;—35 Car. 2. c. 11; 


| 32 Geo, 3, c. 11; 55 Geo. 3, c. 19, and 5 Will. 4, 


c. 2. 
Copies or Extracts of Correspondence relative to Canada. 
No. 289. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons 

, mittee on the Prisons (Scot/and) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

| solve itself into the said Committee. “i 
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(Seotland) Bill. 





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Blection Peti- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
tions’ Trial Bill. ‘nt a Committee upon the Election Petitions’ Trial 
= (In the Committee.) 
Cravsss, N° 22 to N° 41, agreed to. 
Crauss, N° 42, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 48 to N° 85, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fresh- 
field reported, That the Committee had made fur- 
ther Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed 
to move, That the Committee may have leave to 
sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Windsor Castle Mr. Baring reported from the Committee to 
Subies, whom it was réferred to consider of authorizing the 
application of part of the Land Revenue of the 
rown, for the erection of Stables and Stable Offices 
contiguous to Windsor Castle, a Resolution, which 

was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy 
thousand pounds, be applied, out of the Sand Re- 
venues of the Crown, to defray the Expense of 
erecting Stables and Stable Offices contiguous to 
Windsor Castle. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Baring, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Lord John Russell do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Paper Duties © The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Bil. into a Committee upon the Paper Duties Bill; and, 
No.291. after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bil, and made Amend- 

ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday the 20th day of this 
instant June; and the Bill,as amended, to be printed. 


Brick Duties The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
=m. mittee on the Brick Duties Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


Veneris, 7° die Junii, 1839: 


Supreme Courts The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Scotland) Bill. further consideration the Report on the Supreme 
Courts (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


itn of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
&lt;ctors Bill. mittee on the Registration of Electors Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
14th day of this instant June, resolye itself into the 
said Committee. 


Double and The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
— Coss into a Committee upon the Double and Treble Costs 
, Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pryme reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Imprisonment 
for Debt Act 
Amendment 
Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Imprisonment for Debt Act Amend- 
ment Bill; 

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Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Chartists. 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of any Communication received by 
Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home De- 
partment, from the various local authorities in Eng- 
land and Wales, relative to the assembling together 
and arming of certain persons denominating§ them- 
selves Chartists:—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton be added to the Petitions fur 
Select. Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, Private Bills, 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 Vic. c. 80, Bills of 
to exempt certain Bills of Exchange and Promis- Exchange Bill. 
or Notes from the operation of the Laws relating 
to Usury, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to make ‘the said Act perpetual: And that Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Baring and Mr. 
Warburton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Serjeant Curry presented a Bill to declare the Joint Tenants 
Right of Joint Tenants in Cities, Towns and Bo- (irelesay Bill 
roughs in Ireland, to vote in the Election of Mem- N ’ 
bers to serve in Parliament: And the same was 4°92. 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to authorize “the Windsor Castle 
application of part of'the Land Revenues of the Stsbles Bill. 
Crown for the erection of Stables and Stable Offices No. 293. 
contiguous to Windsor Castle: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to make perpetual Bills of 
an Act of the First year of Her present Majesty, for Exchange Bill. 
exempting certain Bills of Exchange and Promissory No. 294. 
Notes from the operation of the Laws relating to 
Usury: And the same was read. the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upor Monday next; 
and to be printed. 


Ordered, That General O’ Weill have leave of ab- Leave of 
sence fora month, on urgent business ;—and, Mr, Absence. 
Fitzsimon a month, on urgent business. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Jamaica, Jamuica. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 290. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 








Veneris, 7°. die Junii ; 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1839, 


PRAYERS. 
M®* Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; public Income 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, and Expendi- 
—An Account of the Public Income and Expendi- "- 
ture of the United Kingdom in the years ended the 
5th day of January 1837, 1838 and 1839; distin- 
guishing the actual Payments for the Expenses 
incurred in the Collection and Management of the 
Revenue; for the Charges of the Public Debt (the 
terminable Annuities bemg also valued by Estimate); 
for the Expenses of the Civil Government; the Al- 
lowances to the Royal’ Family; and to his Royal 
Highness Prince Leopold, now King of the aa 
Ss the 





Foreign Wine, 


Spirits, 


Mail Coach 
Contracts, 


Leith Harbour 
and Docks. 


Deptford Pier 
Bill. 


Deptford Pier 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


Harrow School 
Estate Bill, 


314 


the establishment of the Lord Lieutenant of Freland; 
the Expenses of the two Houses of Parliament, and 
the Civil Departments ; the other Pensions on the 
Consolidated Fund, or the Gross Revenue; and the 
Civil List:—Also, the Payments for the Administra- 
tion of Justice; Diplomatic Expenses; and the Pay- 
ments on account of the sums voted for the Army, 
Navy, and Ordnance Services:—-Also, Public Works, 
Bounties, Post Office, the Quarantine and Ware- 
housing Establishments, and all other Payments not 
coming ,under any of the foregoing heads ; with an 
Appendix, showing the several items composing 
each head of the Account. 

An Account of the Number of Gallons of Foreign 
Wine imported, of the Quantities upon which Duty 
has been paid for Home Consumption, the rate of 
Duty, and the Quantities exported ; also the Quan- 
tities retained for Home Consumption after deducting 
the Amount exported, subsequent to the Payment 
of Duty, for the = ended the 5th day of January 
1839; distinguishing Cape, French, Portugal, Spa- 
nish, Madeira, Rhenish, Canary, Fayal, Sicilian, and 
other sorts, together with the Quantities of each 
sort remaining in Bond on the 5th day of January 
1839; distinguishing London from the country. 

An Account of the Number of Proof Gallons of 
Rum, Brandy, Geneva, and other Foreign, Colonial 
or Jersey Spirits imported, of the Quantities upon 
which Duty has been paid for Home Consumption, 
the Quantities exported, and the Quantities shipped 
as Stores, and used by the Navy, for the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1839, together with the 
Quantities remaining in Bond on the 5th day of 
January 1839; distinguishing Zondon from the 
country. 

A Copy of all Contracts entered into by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Postmaster General and any Railway Com- 
pany for the conveyance of the Mail, with an Account 
showing, as far as possible, in how far the terms of 
each such Contract exceeds or otherwise the Cost 
of conveying the Mail by Mail Coaches. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the Di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—A Copy of the 
Scheme for the Establishment for conducting the 
Affairs of the Harbour and Docks of Leith, and 
Estimate of the Sum requisite for defraying the 
Expense of the Maintenance, Repairs, &amp;c., from 
Whitsunday 1839 to Whitsunday 1840 :—And then 
he withdrew. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants and Parishioners of 
Saint Nicholas, Deptford, and Owners of property 
in the said parish, and Commissioners for paving, 
cleansing, lighting and watering the said parish, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Deptford Pier Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Parishioners of the 
parish of Saint Nicholas, Deptford, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Deptford Pier 
Junction Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Harrow School Estate Bill was read a second 


7° Junie. 


A. 1839. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Glasgow and Gars- Black Q 
cube Bridge Road, praying that they may be heard, Fr inaiesland 
by their counsel or agents, against certain parts of — 
the Black Quarry or Anniesland Road Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 

the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 

heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 

tion, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 

of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham 
Warwick and Birmingham Canal, praying that the ©"! Bill 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ma 
have leave to sit and proceed on the Petition for 
additional Provision in the Birmingham Canal Bill, 
upon Monday next, or that the further consideration 
of the Report on the Bill may be postponed, was 
—? and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, and others, Redcar Harbour 
of the Port of Stocktcn, praying that they may be (No- 2-) Bill. 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Redcar Harbour (No. 2.) Bill, 
a a , and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Almsworthy 
Manor of Almsworthy, in the Parish of Ezford, in Mose Bill 
the County of Somerset, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Acland do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Blunt's Estate Bill was read a second time ; and Blunt’s__ 
committed to Sir Charles Burrell, and the West = Bill. 
Sussex List. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Cheltenham 
posed, That the ingrossed Bill for better regulating, — 
paving, lighting, cleansing, watching and improving 
the Town of Cheltenham, in the County of Gloucester, 
and for regulating the Police thereof, and for remo- 
ving and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances 
therein, be now read the third time; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { General Lygon, 177 

Yeas, ag pre et Somerset : } : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Grantley Berkeley, 

Noes, {Mr Graven Berheley? } po 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon this day six months. 


A Petition of the there under-signed Proprietors Birmingham 
of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, praying that ©"! Bill 
provision may not be made in the Birmingham Canal 
Bill, as prayed for in the Petition of the Company 
of Proprietors of the Warwick and Birmingham 
Canal (presented upon Monday last); and that the 
consideration of the Report on the said Bill may not 
be postponed, and that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their agents and witnesses, in opposition to 





time; and committed to Mr. Thomas Wood, and 
the Middlesex List. 


the said application for additional provision, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 





Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 
The 











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ry Newport Dock 
Bill. 


Liverpool : 
Churches Bill. 


Great North 
of England 
Railway Bill. 


our 


Rotherham 
Small Debts 
Bill, 


Nottingham 





2 Victoriz. 


The House, was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Newport Dock Bill 
which, upon the 31st day of May last, was made 
from the Select Committee on Standing Orders re- 
lative to Private Bills, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Newport Dock Company to raise a 
further sum of money: And that Lord Granville 
Somerset, and Mr. Addams Williams do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


An ingrossed Bill for altering and amending cer- 
tain Acts relating to the Churches of Saint Mark, 
Saint Luke and Saint Michael, in the Borough of 
Liverpool, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hector do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for amending and enlarging the 
Provisions of the several Acts relating to the Great 
North of England Railway Company, and for other 
Purposes relating thereto ; and the same were read, 
as follow : 

Pr. 8.1.28. After “ thereof” insert Clause (A.) 

Cravusez (A.) Provided always, and it is hereby 
“ further Enacted, That the costs, charges, and 
** expenses which shall be incurred, sustained or 
“ paid by such person or persons, corporation or 
“ corporations, in and about the employment of 
* such surveyor or surveyors or their umpire as 
“ aforesaid, and also the costs, charges and expenses 
** of any award or order, which shall be made b 
“ such surveyors or their umpire, shall be paid by 
** the said Company to the person or persons, cor- 
“‘ poration or corporations, by whom such costs, 
“« charges and expenses shall be incurred, sustained 
‘“‘ or paid, such costs, charges and expenses being 
“ referred to, and settled by the Clerk of the Peace 
“* for the county or riding, in which any such lands 
“ shall be situated.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 6. After “ as” insert “ and when.” 

Pr, 27. 1. 31. After “ person” insert “lawfully.” 

Pr. 27. 1. ult. After “ have” insert “ under the 
“ Provisions of the said recited Acts or this Act.” 

Pr, 45. 1. 30. After “said” insert “ Great North 
“ of England Railway.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 32. After “ Act” insert “ Provided 
always, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
“ Great North of England Railway Company or 
any other company or person, to draw or propel 
by means of locomotive engines, any carriages, 
“« passengers, goods, articles, matters or things upon, 
“ or along the said Croft Branch where the same 
“‘ crosses the said highway or public carriage-road 
or turnpike-road, until the said bridges shall have 
been completed, nor where the same crosses any 
“ other public carriage-road or turnpike-road, unless 
“ such public carriage-road or turnpike-road be 
“ carried under or over the said Croft Branch Rail- 
“‘ way by means of a bridge, under the penalty of 
“ forfeiting the sum of One hundred pounds for 
“ every such offence.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Andrew White do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Rotherham 
Small Debts Bill be revived. 


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Sir John Hobhouse reported from the Committee 


(Saint Mary’s) 7 44 3 ’ ll: 
incense oe” on the Nottingham (Saint Mary’s) Inclosure Bill ; 


and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill 
were referred ; That they had heard counsel in sup- 
port of the said Petit ons, and had also heard counsel 


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315 


in favour of the Bill ; but it appeared that the Parties 
concerned had not given their consent to the Bill, 
to the satisfaction of thé Committee. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for further improving and main- Fraserburgh 
taining the Harbour of the re of Regality of Harbour Bill. 
Fraserburgh, in the County of Aberdeen, was read 

the third time ; and Amendments were made to the 

Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, nat Captain Gordon do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Norwich 
Norwich Improvement Bill to make their Report, be [mprovement 
—— till Monday, the 17th day of this instant ~ 
une. 
A Petition of Sir William Foster, Baronet, pray- 
ing that the Petitioners inst the said Bill, 
whose Petition was presented on the 28th day of 
May last, being the first day on which it could 
be presented after the Whitsuntide Recess, may be 
— to be heard before the Committee on the 
ill, notwithstanding the said Petition was not 
presented three clear days before the first meetin 
of the Committee, was presented, and read; an 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed 


on the Moy Navigation Bill; That they had exa- Bill. 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Tab le. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpool and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Manchester 
intituled, An Act for enabling the Liverpool and Raiiway Bil. 
Manchester Railway Company to extend the Line 
of the said Railway, and for amending and enlarging 
the Powers and Provisions of the several Acts re- 
lating to such Railway; and the same were read, 
as follow: 
Pr. 58. 1.28. Leave out from “ Enacted” to 
“ that” in Pr. 59, 1. 15. 

Pr. 94. 1. 11. Leave out from “ deposit ” to 
“ any” in |. 15. 

Pr. 94. 1, 26. Leave out from “ case” to “ the” 
in 1. 33. 

Pr. 94. 1. 34. Leave out from “ Company ” to 
“ shall” in |. 36. 

Pr, 94. 1. 38. After “mentioned” insert “they.” 

Pr. 120. |. penult. Leave out from “ deposit ” 
to “ any” in Pr. 121. 1. 5. 

Pr. 121. 1. 16. Leave out from “ case ” to “ the” 
in 1. 23 ; and in 1. 23. leave out from “ Company ” 
to “ shall” in 1. 25. 

Pr. 121. 1.27. After “mentioned ” insert “they.” 

Pr. 123. 1. 30. After “construction” insert Clause 
(A.) 

Cuavse (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 

“ in case the said Railway and works shall not 
“ have been made and completed (unless prevented 
“ by inevitable accident) within the space of Seven 
“ years, to be computed from the passing of this 
“ Act, then from and after the expiration of the said 
“ term of Seven years, all the powers, authorities 
“ and privileges given by this Act shall cease and 
“ determine, save only and except as to so much 
“ (af any) of the said Railway and works as shall 
“ be declared and certified to have been completed 
“ within the said term by the Justices of the Peace 
“ of the said county of Lancaster, assembled at 
“ any General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace to 
“ be held in and for the said county at any time 
“ before the expiration of the said term of Seven 
“ years, or within Six calendar months next after 
“ the expiration thereof, upon the evidence of two 





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“ or more witnesses upon oath, to be produced before 
“ such Justices for that purpose.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords;and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 
Warrington Ordered, That the Committee on the Warrington 
Small Debts Small Debts Bill be revived. 
Hodson’s Hodson’s Estate Bill was read the first-time ; and 
Estate Bil. ordered to be read a second time. 
Newark Small Ordered, That the Committee on the Newark 
Debts Bill. Small Debts Bill be revived :—And that they have 
leave to sit and proceed upon Tuesday next, 
—_ mae The House proceeded to take into further con- 
Road Bill,  ideration. the Report which, upon the 30th day of 


May last, was made from the Committee on. the 
Saw Mill Ford Bridge and Road Bill; printed 
Copies of the Bill having been delivered at the door 
upon Friday last; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Kingston-upon- 


Hall Docks A Petition of William Vizard, of Lincoln’s-Jnn- 


Fields, Gentleman, praying that he may be heard, 
by himself, his agents and witnesses, against the 
application for the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill, 
and that the Dit tee Onders may not be dispensed 
with in the case of the said application, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to:the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 
Education, Petitions from Portslade ;—-Saint John, London 
Road ;— Ham ;— Kingswood ;—Saint George, Cam- 
berwell ; — Redfield ; — Hanham ; — Wimbledon ; — 
Fishponds ;—Shepton Mallet Circuit ;—Soundwell ; 
—Peckham ;— Merthyr Tidvil (two Petitions) ;— 
Bishop. Auckland ; — Norwich (two Petitions) ; — 
Saint Botolph Without, Aldermanbury, London ;— 
Saint John, Horselydown ;— Carlisle (two Petitions); 
— Warwick (Cumberland) ;— Aspatria; — Batley 
Carr and Earlsheaton ; — Knowl ;-——Ossett ;— Ting- 
ley ;— Pudsey ;— Dewsbury ;— Carmarthen (two: Pe- 
titions) ;— Durham (two Petitions) ;—Saint Andrew 
Auckland ;— Chilbolton ;— Pulborough ;— Oswestry ; 
—Fringford ;—Lower Mitton and Arcley Kings ; 
— Farringdon Ward, London; —Bishopwearmouth ; 
—Monkwearmouth ;—Sunderland (two Petitions) ; 
—Saint Matthew, Friday-street, London ;—Ward 
of Farringdon Within, London; — Sydenham ;— 
So Goudhurst ;— Bexley {—Aylesford ;— Deanery of 
Sutton ; — Loose’; —Otham ; — Hawhhurst ; —West 
Malling ;—Swallowfield ;— Herne;— Hythe;— Acol; 
— Monkton ; — Birchington ;— Betshanger ;— Wich- 
hambreux ; — Sittingbourne ;—Saint Margaret’ s-at- 
Cliffe; — Faversham; — Tunstall ; — Borden; — 
Watton;— Banff ;— North Walsham, &amp;c.;—Doning- 
ton;— Crowlqnd ;— Bicker ;— Farthinghoe ;— Aston- 
le-Walls ;— By field ;— Daventry ;— Abergavenny ;— 
Varteg ; — Pontypool ; — Newtown ; — Lianelly ;— 
Blaenavon ; — Crickhowell; — Long Melford ; — 
Welshpool ; — Keswick; — Altrincham ; — Gawcott 
and Lenborough ; —Maidstone ; —Iffley ;— Brough- 
ton; — Shenington and Alhkreton ; — Hamwell ; — 
Garsington ; —Worton ;— Epwell and Shutford ;— 
sy Bloxham; nt” armen Newing- 
ton ; —Balscot ;— Hornton ;—Cropredy ;—Malling- 
ton ;—Foseot ;— Great and Little Baunton ;—Sand- 
ford; —Great Tew ;— Horley ; —Wroaton ; — Tad- 
marton ;— Rothwell ; --Leivester ;—Dadlington ;— 
Banbury ;—-Abersychan;—and, Wigton,( Cumberland) 
(two Petitions); praying the House not to sanction 
the proposed scheme of National Education recently 
laid before Parliament, as approved by the Com- 


7° Juniz, 





A, 1839, 


mittee of Privy Council,—were presented, and read 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Kensington ;—Sherborne ;—and, 
Newmarket (Flint); praying the House to give its 
sanction to the said proposed scheme of National 
Education,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Road from Bidden- Highway Act, 
den and Smarden to Maidstone, praying the House 
to amend the Highway Act, by restoring the lia- 
bility of parishes to contribute towards the repair of 
turnpike-roads, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Canterbury ; — Sittingbourne ; — Foreign Apples, 
Wingham ;— West Kent (two Petitions) ; — and, ** 
Maidstone; praying for an increase of duty upon 

foreign Apples, Cherries and Pears,—were pre- 

sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the General Assembly of the Church Queen’s Printer 
of Scotland, met at Edinburgh, praying the House (Scotland.) 
to adopt measures for allowing public bodies to par- 
ticipate in the advantages of printing the Bible m 
Scotland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Leith; —and, North Leith; praying 
that the Patent exclusively enjoyed by the Queen’s 
Printer in Scotland of printing Bibles may not be 
renewed, — were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Chester, praying that Church 
the emoluments arising. from Sinecure Rectories in Establishment 
Wales may be applied to the benefit of the diocese (W*'*) 
in which such Revenues arise, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Bishops’ Residences Bill was, according to Bishops’ Resi- 
Order, read a second time ; and committed to a dences Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, forthe Com- Prisons 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; G@eotland) BL 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Petitions from Bristol;—and, Planters, Merchants Jamaica Laws 
and others interested in the Colony of Jamaica ; ®i- 
praying that the Jamaica Laws Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next, 


Petitions from Peckham and East Dulwich ;— Prisons Bill. 
and, Rural Deanery of Southampton; praying that 
the Prisons Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second District ie 
reading of the District Sessions Bill; Ls eamaenens 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ? 

this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving District Prisons 
the Report on the District Prisons Bill ; Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Municipal 
further consideration the Report on the Municipal Ciectand) Bill 
Corporations (Ireland) Bill ; . cle 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further _ 
consideration upon Fridey, the 21st day of this 
instant June. 

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2 Vicroriz. 


Prisons Bill. The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Report on the Prisons. 
Bill; and the Amendments, were read, and, with an 
Amendment to one of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday, 
the 17th day of this instant June. 

Summary The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Jurisdiction —_ mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction Bill ; 

- Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Ecclesiastical The Order of the ‘day being read, for the Com- 

Duties and = mittee on the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues 

Revenues Bill. Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
24th day of this instant June, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 

Railways The Order of the day being read, for receiving 

(Ireland.) the Report from the Committee, to whom it was re- 
ferred to consider the Reports of the Commissioners 
appointed to consider and recommend a general 
system of Railways for Ireland ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
the 21st day of this instant June. 

Heritable The Order of the day being read, for the second 

iotend) pit, Teading of the Heritable Securities (Scotland) Bill ; 

— "Ordered, That the Bill be read 2 second time 
upon Friday next. 

Writs (Scot- The Order of the day being read, for the second 

land) Bill. reading of the Writs (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 

Cletks of the The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 

Peace Bill. into further consideration the Report on the Clerks 
of the Peace Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to, 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 

Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will,, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Meas, mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

High Sheriff’ | The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Expenses Bill. Report on the High Sheriffs’ Expenses Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 

Imprisonment The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
tear mittee on the Imprisonment for Debt Act Amend- 


Bill, ment Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


a 

Chureh Petitions from Ludlow ;—Haughton-le-Skerne ;— 

Hublishment Birmingham;—and, Tunbridge and Tunbridge Wells; 

(Canada, &amp;c. ) : ’ ? : + ae : 
praying the House to continue their protection 
and encouragement to’ the Bishops and Clergy m 
Canada and the other British colonies, — were 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 

Postage, Petitions from Paisley ;—Clerks, Boatmen, &amp;c., 


in the employ of the Glasgow and Edinburgh Canal 
Shipping Company ; — Bradford ;— Brighton; — 
Amersham ;—Carlisle ;—.Dunbar (two Petitions) ;— 
Haddington;— North Berwick ;— Manchester (three 
Petitions) ;— Belfast ;— Donegal ; — Hackney (two 


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Petitions) ;— Upper and, Lower Clapton ; Clapton 
and Stoke Newington (two Petitions);—Clavton ;— 
Poplar ;— Hartlepool ;--Weardale ;--Stockton*unon- 
Tees ;—Sunderland;—=Barnard Castle ;— Dundee ; 
— Leith ;— Clapton, Homerton and Stoke Newing- 
ton; — Sheffield ; + Poplar; — Totnes ;— Stewarts- 
town ;—Establishment of Samuel Clark, Ashford- 
street, Hoxton ;—Francis Milner and Sons, Crispen- 
street, Spitalfields ;— Charles Dear, Shoreditch ;— 
John Brown, High-street, Shadwell ;—John Dow- 
ling, High-street, Shadwell;—and, Messrs. Young 
and Co., Limehouse ; praying for the adoption of a 
low and uniform rate of Postage—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors of the county and town of Sligo Sheriffs 
Sligo, stating that the conduct of the present High 
Sheriff of that county, in connexion with that of 
the two preceding” High Sheriffs, has given rise 
to the opinion generally amongst Her Majesty’s 
subjects in that ‘county, that the administration of 
justice has been tampered with, by the appointment 
of political partisans to the office of Sheriff, with the 
view and intention“ ‘of procuring the juries of the 
county to be selected from amongst the members 
of certain political societies, and praying for inquiry, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of ‘Samuel Wells, of the Fen Office, Finance 
Serjeants’ Inn, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, and Re- 
gister to the Corporation of the Bedford Level, 
stating several factsirelative to the financial affairs 

of the country, and suggesting improvements in the 
management thereof, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Manchester and Sule of Beer 
Salford, praying the House to assimilate the hours Act. 
for opening and closing the houses of ,Jicensed 
Victuallers and Beer-sellers,, was presented, and 
read; and ordered .to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Inhabitants, of Sudbury,. praying 
that the Sale of Beer Act. may not be repealed, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. . 


Two Petitions from:Manchester, praying for the Bonding 
establishment of Inland, Bonding ars, hearers Warehouses. 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition. of Alerandre Vattemare, of Marly-le- International 
Roy, praying the House to adopt measures for pro~ Pxchunge of 
k - By very ooks, &amp;c. 
moting an international exchange of books and do- 
cuments, and of objects of art, antiquities and other 
curiosities, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George O’ Malley Irwin, of Mount- George 0'Mal- 

joy-square, Dublin, Barrister-at-Law, complaining of '®¥ win. 

a trial in the Court of Queen’s Bench, in. which thie 

Petitioner was defendant, , being taken out of its 

place without, his, knowledge, and set down as an 
undefended cause, whereby a verdict has been ob- 

tained against him; and praying for an investigation 

of his case, and for an inquiry into the practice and 

rules of that. Court, was presented, and read; and 

ordered to,lie upon the, Table. 


A. Petition of Inhabitants of Clonmany, praying Government 
the House to support. Her,Majesty’s Ministers in “?"¢!*™ 
their Government of Jreland, was, presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of North Berwich, pray- Corn Laws. 
ing for the repeal of the Corn laws, was. presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Vo. 94, 


Petitions 


ss3 











Church of 
Scotland. 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill, 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Railways 
(Ireland. ) 


Rating of 


Tenements Bille 4 s¢9 Union, in the county of Warwick, praying 


Elective 
Franchise, &amp;c. 
(Treland.) 


Heritable 
Securities 


(Scotland) Bill. Praying that the Heritable Securities (Scotland) 


Lord’s Day. 


Maynooth 
College. 


County Trea- 


surers’ Fee Fund 


(Treland.) 


Jamaica Laws 
Bill. 


318 


Petitions from Edinburgh ;—and, Boharm ; pray- 
ing the House to ween measures for relieving the 
religious destitution which ?— in Scotland, by 
extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Cockburnspath, pray- 
ing the House not to sanction any further endow- 
ment to the Church of Scotland, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Barnard Castle ;—Reverend John 
Anthony Cramer, and others ;— Haughton-le-Skerne- 
with-Sadberge ;—and, Maidstone; praying that the 
Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Teesdale Union, 
praying for the amendment of the Poor Law Act, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the f able. 


A Petition of Members of the Provisional Com- 
mittee of the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway 
Company, praying for the introduction of a Clause 
into any Bill relating to Railways in Jreland, autho- 
rizing tie Board cf Works to construct a single 
line of Railway from Londonderry to Omagh, as a 
public work, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor in the 


that the Rating of Tenements Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clonmany ;—and, Cloyne ; praying 
that the people of Ireland may have the same 
rights, privileges and franchises as the people of 

ngland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Edinburgh ;-— and, Glasgow ; 


may pass into a law,— were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gentlemen, Clergy, Merchants, 
Manufacturers, and others, Inhabitants of Liverpool, 
praying the House to adopt measures for securing 
the due observance of the Lord’s Day, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Sydenham, praying 
the House not to sanction any further grant of 
public money to the Roman Catholic College of 
Maynooth, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the amount received for the Fee Fund, 
under the Act 1 Vic. c. 54, and the Regulations of 
the Lord Lieutenant of Jredand in pursuance thereof, 
and of each Payment out of the same Fund from 
the 25th day of March 1838 to the 25th day of 
March last ; distinguishing the Sum paid by the 
Treasurer of each County, &amp;c., and the Amount of 
each Payment. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Jamaica Laws Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time. 
Then counsel were called in:—And the Bill was 
read a second time. 

And the Petition of Mr. Burge against the Bill, | 
ey was presented upon Monday last, was also | 
read. 





7° Junii. 





A. 1839. 


And one of the counsel was heard:—And then 
they were directed to withdraw. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Waterford 
further consideration the Report on the Waterford Fever Hospita 
Fever Hospital Bill:—The Bill was re-committed i 
to a Committee of the whole House. Oo 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to make Provision 
enabling the Grand Jury of the County of Water- 


ford to present Money, and repay the County of 


the City of Waterford certain Sums expended in 
relieving the Sick of the County of Waterford, in 
said Hospital. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Serjeant Curry re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Serjeant Curry reported the Bill accordingly ; 
and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next, and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Bankrupts 
further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts (Ireland) Bill, 
(Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Registers of 
further consideration the Report on the Registers of Births,&amp;c,,Bil. 
Births, &amp;c., Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. ° 


Mr. Pryme reported the Double and Treble Costs Double and 

Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed — Costs 

to. F 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 

next. " 


A Motion was. made, and the Question being Fresh Fruit 
put, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- Trade. 
quire into the State of the Fresh Fruit Trade ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, mg nce abel . } 26. 
Tellers for the Noes, 


Mr. Wallace, } 14 
Mr. Hobhouse : . 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Committee be nominated upon 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Harvey be added to the Select County Courts 
Committee on the County Courts Bill. aon 


Ordered, That Mr. Childers be added to the Private 
Select Committee on Private Business. Business. 


Ordered, That Mr. Childers be added to the Reilways. 
Select Committee on Railways. _ 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Copyright Bill 
Committee, upon Thursday next, upon the Copyright 
Bill, was me and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 20th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 


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June 


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Bill 


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‘pital 


6. 


2 VicToRiz. 


Lune, 10° die Junii ; 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 
fast India M&amp; Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
Company. the East India Company, was called in ; and 


at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
several Acts of Parliament,—Resolutions of the 
Court of Directors of the East India Company, 
being the Warrants or Instruments granting any 
Pension. 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East 
India Company, being the Warrants or Instruments 
granting any Salary or Gratuity:—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


A Petition of William Sandom, of Deptford, pray- 
ing that the Inhabitants of Deptford who petitioned 
this House upon Friday last, may have leave to be 
heard before the Committee on the Deptford Pier 
Junction Railway Bill, notwithstanding their Peti- 
tion was not presented three clear days before the 
day appointed for the first meeting of the said Com- 
mittee, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Deptford Pier © A Petition of William Sandom, of Deptford, pray- 
Bill ing that the Inhabitants of Deptford who petitioned 
this House upon Friday last, may have leave to be 
heard before the Committee on the Deptford Pier 
Bill, notwithstanding their Petition was not pre- 
sented three clear days before the day appointed for 
the first meeting of the said Committee, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Tyne Docks The House proceeded to take into further con- 
Bill sideration the Report which, upon the 31st day of 
May last, was made from the Committee on the 
Tyne Docks Bill ; printed Copies of the Bill having 
been delivered at the door upon Tuesday last ; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Bethlem Hospital Estate Bill was read a 
second time; and committed to Sir Matthew Wood, 
and the Middlesex List. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Committee on 
the Peterborough Gaol Bill; and to whom a Peti- 
tion against the said Bill was referred ; That no per- 
son appeared in support of the said Petition; and 
that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Lord Templemore’s Estate Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Earl of Darn- The Earl of Darniey’s Estate Bill was read the 
ley’s Estate Bill. first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Buf (Lancas- Lhe Bury (Lancaster) Small Debts Bill was read 
ter)Small Debts 2 second time; and committed to Mr. Richard 
=. Walker, and the South Lancaster List. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Belfast Water (No. 1.) Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Deptford Pier 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


Bethlem 
Hospital 
Estate Bill. 


Peterborough 
Gaol Bill. 


Lord Temple- 
more’s Estate 
Bill. 


Belfast Water 
(No. 1.) 


A Petition of the Marquess of Donegall and the 
Earl of Belfast, for leave to proceed with the Bel- 
fast gel 1.) Bill, notwithstanding the period 

ou. 94. 


Belfast Water 
(No, 1.) 


10° Junie. 





319 


limited by the Sessional Orders for reading Bills a 
first time has elapsed, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Mr. Speirs reported from the Committee on the Glasgow and 
Glasgow and Renfrew Road Bill; and to whom a Renfrew Road 
Petition against the said Bill was referred ; That no 2!" 
person appeared in support of the said Petition ; 
and that they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Sir Edward Knatchbull reported from the Com- South Eastern 
mittee on the South Eastern Railway (No. 2.) Bill; a Bill 
That in pursuance of the Order of the House, made (N% 2+) Bill 
on the 6th day of May last, the Committee in 
the first place cantons whether all parties on 
the line consent, and whether Plans, Sections and 
Books of Reference have been deposited, and find 
that there are no dissentient owners or occupiers 
of lands on the line proposed to be taken; but 
that all such owners and occupiers assent to the 
Bill, with the exception of some surveyors of roads 
and trustees, who have returned an answer of neuter, 
not feeling themselves entitled from their position 
to give any other answer; that Plans, Sections and 
Books of Reference relating to the proposed Rail- 
way, were duly deposited with the Clerks of the 
Peace in the month of November last, and with the 
Parish Clerks, and also in the Private Bill Office, in 
in the month of December last ; that the object of the 
Bill being merely to effect a deviation in the line of 
the South Eastern Railway, as already authorized by 
Parliament, it did not appear to the Committee that 
the whole of the matters required by the Standing 
Orders to be reported on by Committees on Railway 
Bills, were applicable in the present instance; and 
that the Committee had inquired into such of the 
said matters as appeared to them applicable to the 
Bill; and had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true ; &lt;a had gone through 
the Bill and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Black Quarry 
Black Quarry or Anniesland Road Bill to make or Anniesland 
their Report be enlarged till Wednesday the 19th ®*4 Bill 
day of this instant June. 


Captain Pechell reported from the Committee on Brighton 
the Brighton Cemetery Bill; That they had exa- Cemetery Bell. 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Brompton New 
Brompton New Road Bill to make their Report Road Bill. 
be enlarged till Monday next. 


Sir Eardley Wilmot reported from the Committee milis’s 
on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Estate Bill. 
enable Jane Mills to prant building and repairing 
Leases of Estates in the Parish of Aston-juxta-Bir- 
mingham, in the County of Warwick, devised by 
the Will of the late Wriothesly Digby, Esquire, 
and also to alter and amend the Power of leasing 
contained in the Marriage Settlement of Charles 
Wriothesly Digby, Esquire; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their consent to the Bill, to the ‘satisfac- 
tion of the Committee ; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment :—And the Bill was 
read the third time. 


ss4 Resolved, 

















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Hulme’s 
Estate Bill. 


Manchester and 


Birmingham 
Extension 


(Stoneand Rug- tugby) Railway Bill to make their Report be 


by) Railway 
Bill. 


Deptford Pier 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


Deptford Pier 
Bill. 


Bradford 
(Wilts) 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Croydon, 
Merstham, 
and Godstone 
Tron Railway 
Company Bill. 


Sawmill Ford 
Bridge and 
Road Bill. 


Birmingham 
Canal Bill. 


Edacation. 





320 


Resolwed, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Sir Eardley Wilmot do carry the Bill 


10° Junze. 





A. 1839. 


Blakesley ;— Kendal ;—Melton Mowbray ;— Brad- 
den; — Barkby; -— Hallaton ; — Mustor ; — High- 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | gate; -— Stoke Bruern ; — Segrave ; — Stanton Wy- 


hath agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Wilson Patten, by Order, reported from the 
Committee on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to enable the Trustees of the Estates devised by 
the Will of William Hulme, Esquire, to appropriate 
certain parts of the accumulated Fund asneing, from 
the said Estates towards the endowment of Bene- 
fices, the building of Churches, and for other Pur- 
poses; That they had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their consent to 
the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 


titions) ; — Kew; — Abthorpe ; — Easton Nestoh ; 
—Whittlebury ;— Paulerspury ;— Litchborough ;— 
Cafes (Derby) ;— Helland ;—Shenley ;— Sowerby ; 
— Horsham ;—Honiton ; — Bishops Hatfield ;-- Ed- 
laston ;—Hunmanby ;— Reighton, &amp;c. ;— Yeaveley ; 
—King’s Walden ;—Upway, &amp;c. ;— Broxbourne ;— 
Bishops Stortford ;—Ayott Saint Lawrence ;—Hoo 
Saint Warburgh ;—Knaresborough ; — Weston and 
Aston-on-Trent :—Derby ;—Alwvaston, Bolton, &amp;c. ; 
—Melcombe, Horsey, &amp;c.;—Great .Berkhamstead 
and Northchurch ;— Totteridge ; — Bovingdon ; — 
Lyndon; — Bodmin; — Market Overton, &amp;c. ;— 
Woolastone and Alvington;— Aynhoe ; —Herting- 


directed him to report the same, without Amend- fordbury ;— Harrogate ;— Abbots Langley; — Bed- 


ment :—And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without any Amend- 
ment. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
Manchester and Birmingham Extension (Stone and 


enlarged till Monday the 24th day of this instant 
June. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
Deptford Pier Junction Railway Bill to make their 
Report be enlarged till Monday next. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
Deptford Pier Bill, to make their Report, be en- 
larged till Monday next. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Bradford (Wilts) Improvement Bill; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Committee 
on the Croydon, Merstham and G‘odstone Iron Rail- 
way Company Bill; That the application being 
solely for the purpose of dissolving the above-men- 


tioned Company none of the matters required to be | 


examined into by the Standing Orders relative to 
Railway Bills, applied to the present Bill; and that 
the Committee had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for building a Bridge over the 
River Leven, in the County of Fife, and otherwise 
improving the Road from Boreland Loan to Scoonie 
Bridg-, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edward Ellice do carry the 


Biil to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Charles Woodcock, of Coventry, So- 
licitor to the Coventry Canal Company, praying that 
the said Company may be heard, by themselves, their 
agents and witnesses, against the application for ad- 
ditional provision in the Birmingham Canal Bill, 
was presented, and read; and referred tothe Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Croydon ;—Ashby-de-la-Zouch ;— 
Birstal;— Knipton ; — Branstone ;— Buckminster ; 
Burrow-on-the-hill ; — Eydon ; — Alexton ; — East 
Haddon ;—Loddington ; — Belgrave ; — Towcester ; 


minster ;—Rame and Vaulters Home ;—Illogan ;— 
Yetminster ;-- Boldre;—Hordle ;— j RB rary oo! t- 
ling ;—— Puttenham ; — Hemel Hempstead; — Great 
Munden and Little Munden;—Allington ;—Bark- 
ing ;—Dagenham ;— Wanstead ;— Leyton ; — Cran- 
ham;—East Ham ;— Chigwell ;— Roxwell ;—.Dod- 
dinghurst and Blackmore ;— Stapleford Tawney ;— 
Chignal Smealey ;— Rochford ;—Rawreth ;— Wil- 
lingale, Doe and Spain ;—-Chignal Saint James and 
Mashbury ; — Fyfield;— Great Baddow ; — West 
Ham; — Derby and Derbyshire Auxiliary Esta- 
blished Church Society (Chairman) ;—Barrow-on- 
Soor ;— Messing ;— Horsmonden ;— Great Clacton ; 
-— Ockbrook ; — Hitchin ;—Loughborough (three Pe- 


Petitions) ; — Leeds; — Farnley ; — Holmfirth ; -- 
Huddersfield ; — Netherthong ;— Meltham ;—Chat- 
ham ;—Milkhouse and Three Chimnies ;— Hudders- 
jield ; — Belton ;— Beddington and Wallington ;— 
Ruthin ;— Hambleton ;— Derwen ; — Llanelidan ;— 
Great Driffield ;— Tutbury ; — Sutton-on-Derwent ; 
—Stamford Bridge; — Shenfield; — Brentwood ;— 
Fulletby ;—South Thoresby ;—Settrington ;— North 
Burton ; — Carrington ;— Tetyord ; — Scotter and 
Scotton ;—- Langtoft ; — Huggate ; — Streatham ;— 
Kilham;—Mareham-le-Fen ;— West Ashby ;—- Gate 
Burton and Naith’;— Wroot ; — Dilhorne ; — Rud- 
ston ;—Gainsburgh ; — Warblington ; — Havant ;— 
Silverstone ;—Owston and Withcote;— Wymondham 
and Edmondthorpe ;— Hose ; Saint Neot ;— Ken- 


field ;— Blackley ;—Horseley ;— Haslemere ;—Ship- 
ton Bellinger ; — Keighley ;— Darrington ;— Tam- 
worth ; — Chieveley ; —Kidsgrove ;—Linthwaite ;— 
Sheepridge ;—Exeter Hall ; — Lindley ;—Kirkbur- 
ton ;— Deadmanstone ;—Sandhurst and Hawkhurst ; 
— Guildford ; — Lewes, Uckfield and Willingly ;— 
Taunton ;— Rochester ;— Tenterden and Rolvenden; 
— Longwood ;—Almondbury ;—Northiam and Ew- 
hurst ;—Woodchurch ;—Headcorn ;— East Bourn ; 
— Honley ; — Alfold ; — Tandridge ;— Saint Olave 
(Surrey);—Llangoedmore ;—Archdeaconry of Glou- 
caster ;—Sutton (Surrey);— Welford ;— Gloucester ; 


vernors of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, 
Southwark; praying the House not to sanction the 
proposed scheme of National Education recently 
laid before Parliament, as approved by the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Vewcastle-under-Lyme ; —Chair- 
man of the Westminster Reform Society ;—Ozford 
(five Petitions) ;—Horsham ; — and, Bristol ; pray- 
ing the House to grant its sanction to the proposed 
schemeof National Education, —were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Glasgow Medical Association (Treasurer and Se- 
cretary) ;— Thorne ;—Trades House of Glasgow ;— 








— Tiffield ; — Croxton Kerrial ; — Wappenham ; — 


Cheadle Union ;—Sheffington;— Bath ;— Proprietors 
of Custom House and Wool Quays, London ;— 
Masters 


—- Heathfield; — Llanfaircaereinion; — and, Go- = 


+ 
ville and Shangton; — Bristol (twenty-five Pe D 


titions) ;— Filey(two Petitions) ;—A lmondbury (three_J4 


nington ;—Saint Pancras ;—Poole ;—Sutton Cold-_° 6 


Petitions from Hill; — Belfast ; -—- Berkeley ; — Postage 


bw = 


Merchant 
Seamen, 


Metropolitan 
Police Courts 
Bill. 


Metropolis 
Police Bill. 


Wigan 
Election. 





2 VicToriz. 


Masters of Vessels belonging to the Coasting 
Trade at the Custom House Quay, London ;—Broad 
Winsor ; — Stockton ; —Gosport ; —Newgate-street, 
and other places ; — Antrim ; — Belfast ; —- Isaac 
Jeffery ;—Southern Association of the County of 

ants, representing twenty-nine churches of the 
Baptist denomination (Secretary and Moderator) ; 
—Woresetrect, Cripplegate, and other places ; — 
Rockhampton ;— Tattingstone ;—Francis Brandon ; 
—Compton-street, and other places ;—London ;— 
Piccadily ;—Reverend Ernest Hawkins, and other 
Clergymen ;— Albemarle-street, and other places ; 
ive te dine-ctiee, Saint James’s ;—Cookstown ; 
—Larkhall and Millheugh ;—Linlithgow ;— Mount- 
nessing ;— Thetford ;—Saint Osyth ;—Elmstead ;— 
Great Bentley ;—Members of the Bristol Mechanics 
Institution ;—Manningford Bruce ;—Pupils of Mr. 
Sigston’s Academy, Leeds; — Edgworthstown ; — 
Saint James’s-street, and other places ;— Horsham ; 
—Newburgh ; — Athlone ;— Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; 
Proprietors, Compositors, Pressmen, &amp;c., of the 
Printing Offices, Duke-street, Stamford-street ;— 
14, Charing Cross;—13, Owen’s Row, Saint John- 
street-road ;—67, Great Peter-street, Westminster, 
Persons employed in or connected with the esta- 
blishments of W.J. Felton, Coachmaker, Belgrave- 
square; — 23, Shaftesbury Terrace, Pimlico ; — 
George Downing and Co., Floor Cloth Manufac- 
turers, Knightsbridge ; — William Warne, Grove 
House, Brompton ;—P. Dugan, Army Clothier ;— 
Portsmouth ;-—Hall, Brothers, Cloth Workers, &amp;c., 
Red Lion-street, Spitalfields ;—and, William Miller 
Christy and John Christy, of Bermondsey-street, 
London; praying for the adoption of a low and 
uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Master Mariners, Mates and Sea- 
men of the Mercantile Marine of Great Britain 
and Jreland, praying for the amendment of the 
Merchant Seamen’s Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Thomas Marchant, of Deptford, 
Clerk to the Deptford Petty Sessions ; — and, 
Charles Augustin Smith and John Drake Finch, of 
Greenwich, Attornies, Clerks to the Blackheath 
Petty Sessions, praying for the insertion of a 
Clause in the Metropolitan Police ‘Courts: Bill to 
compensate them for the loss they will sustain 
should the said Bill pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Inhabitants of Saint Mary, Lambeth, praying that 
the Metropolis Police Bill may not. pass into.a law, 
was prexented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Electors of the Borough of Wigan, 
in the county of Lancaster, was presented, and 
read; setting forth, That the Election of a Member 
to serve in this Parliament for the Borough of 
Wigan, in the county of Lancaster, was held on 
Friday the 8th day of March One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-nine, and that the polling 
took place on Saturday, March 9th, one thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-nine ; that at such Elec- 
tion William Ewart and John Hodson Kearsley, 
Esquires, were the candidates, and the said William 
Ewart was declared duly elected ; that for some 
days previous to, and on the days of election 
and polling, several peti, omy appeared in the 
town of Wigan, and on the day of polling a 
large number of colliers and other labourers, from 
the neighbourhood of Wigan, were marched in a 
body into the Borough, wearing Mr. Kearsley’s 
colours (scarlet), and hired for the occasion, and 
were paid, as the Petitioners have been informed, 
wy the friends and partisans of the said John Hodson 

earsley ; that several persons, entitled to vote at 
= ateet oT? were forcibly and violently ab- 

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321 


ducted, some were drugged with powerful narcotics, 
some were altogether prevented from voting, and 
others were rescued and did vote; that the houses 
of other voters were beset by crowds of the friends 
and supporters of the said John Hodson Kearsley, 
the voters and their friends much alarmed, and the 
voters themselves compelled to leave their homes to 
avoid being forcibly carried away; that among the 
rest, John Riley, ot Wigan, beer-seller, a voter who 
had signed the requisition to the said William 
Ewart; and had promised him his vote, was, on the 
evening of Thursday the seventh day of March, 
invited to the Eagle and Child Inn, where the said 
John Hodson Kearsley’s Committee and friends 
assembled ; that when the said John Riley arrived 
opposite to the Eagle and Child Inn, he was forcibly 
dragged into the house, and there held down upon 
a chair by one man, while another held his arme, 
a third held up his head, and a fourth poured some 
liquid down his throat, which produced almost in- 
stantaneous stupor ; that in that state the said John 
Riley was forced into a chaise, taken down to 
Liverpool to a public-house in Saint Vincent-street, 
kept by a man named Peter Stubbs, and there 
deprived of his hat and shoes, and confined up 
stairs, and not allowed to go out, even for the pur- 
pose of relieving nature, until after the close of the 
poll on Saturday afternoon, when the parties by 
whom he had been taken to Liverpool brought him 
back to Wigan in a chaise, and set him down in 
one of the streets in Wigan about midnight ; that 
whilst at Ziverpool, in a state of unconsciousness, 
the said John Riley had spirits and narcotics ad- 
ministered, and was from time to time struck on the 
top of his head, and thrown upon the ground, and 
fallen upon by some of the men who took hire 
down; that, owing to the liquids administered to 
him, the said John Riley remained ina state of 
unconsciousness from the Thursday night until the 
Saturday morning, and has since suffered much 
pain, both internally and externally, from the treat- 
ment he then received ; that when restored to con- 
sciousness, the said John Riley repeatedly de- 
manded, both of the landlord and the parties who 
had taken him to Liverpool, to be set at liberty, in 
order that he might return to Wigan; but under 
various pretences they refused to liberate him ; that 
James Riley, of Wigan, retailer of beer, after being 
treated at the Shovel and Broom public house by 
voters in the interest of the said John Hodson 
Kearsley, was invited to go tothe Eagle and Child, 
under the pretence that a person of the name of 
Nightingale, a Chartist from Manchester, who was 
proposed as a candidate, wanted to see him; that 
the said James Riley went to the Eagle ana Child, 
and on his arrival was forced into the same chaise 
with the said John Riley, and taken with him to 
Liverpool, and with him deprived of shoes and hat, 
confined until Saturday afternoon, and then brought 
back to Wigan at midnight; that the said James 
Riley resisted violently, broke the chaise windows, 
and threatened to stab the men unless they let him 
go on which a voter and active partisan of Mr. 
earsley’s, and actively engaged in forcing both 
John and James Riley into the chaise, with a knife 
inflicted a wound on the said James Riley; that 
four persons went to Liverpool in the same chaise 
with the said John Riley and James Riley ; some 
of them kept guard over them during the whole 
period of their confinement, and the whole returned 
to Wigan with the Rileys in the chaise ; that James 
Martlew, of Wigan, iron founder, a requisitionist to 
the said William Ewart, was treated with liquor 
at the Eagle and Child, and afterwards at the Legs 
of Man public house in Wigan, which brought on 
a state of stupor and unconsciousness, from which 
he did not recover until late on the following day, 
and from the effects of which he suffered severely 
for a considerable length of time afterwards; that 
in such state of stupor he was taken in a post 
TT chaise, 





$22 10° Juniz. 


chaise, first to Rufford, where they arrived after 
midnight, and were refused admittance, and, se- 
condly, to the Ram’s Head public house at Tarle- 
ton, where they arrived about one o’clock on the 
morning of the day of polling, and were admitted ; 
that the bed was ordered, and the said James Mart- 
lew and the person who took him slept in the same 
bed; that by reason of the aforesaid abductions, 
the said John Riley, James Riley and James Mart- 
lew were prevented from voting, as they intended, in 
favour of the said William ‘Ewart ; that William 
Blomerley, of Wigan, manufacturer and shopkeeper, 
a requisitionist and voter in favour of Mr. Ewart, 
was, about six o’clock of the morning of the day of 
polling, violently seized in the open street by a 
number of people, forced into a public house m 
Wigan Lane, called the Bowling Green (where a 
large party of Mr. Kearsley’s partisans were then 
assem led), confined in a room there until a post 
chaise arrived, into which the said William Blomer- 
ley was forced and taken to the Ridgway Arms 
public house in Adlington, distant seven or eight 
miles from Wigan, and there confined until he was 
rescued ; that there were three men in the chaise 
who guarded the said William Blomerley to Adling- 
ton, and afterwards acted as guards over him when 
confined in the Ridgway Arms public house, and 
frequently treated the said William Blomerley with 
great harshness and violence ; that the said William 
Blomerley remonstrated strongly, and resisted vio- 
lently throughout the whole proceeding, and broke 
the chaise windows in the attempt to make himself 
known and heard ; and, during his confinement at 
Adlington, broke the windows of the room he was 
confined in, and remonstrated frequently with the 
landlord, James Fowler, and demanded his liberty, 
but without effect; and the said James Fowler had 
in attendance a number of delfmen in his employ, 
with weapons, for the purpose of resisting, as he said, 
any attempt that might be made to rescue Blomerley; 
that the first person who went and demanded the 
liberation of Blomerley was Alexander Thompson, 
who was threatened with violence unless he went 
away; Thompson then left the house and soon 
afterwards returned with three others, but the doors 
were closed; they were refused admittance ; and 
the people about the house began to close the win- 
dow shutters; that the party again left the house 
and having met Blomerley’s wife and several others, 
they returned with them, when Mrs. Blomerley 
demanded to see her husband, but was refused by 
James Fowler, the landlord ; that some of the party 
then came to Wigan for assistance, and returned 
with two police officers and about fourteen assistants 
in an omnibus, when Mrs. Blomerley and the police 
officers again demanded of Fowler that he would 
open the door and liberate Blomerley, but he still 
refused, until the parties promised to pay for a 
barrel of ale to be given away by him; that Blo- 
merley was brought to Wigan in the omnibus about 
two o’clock in the afternoon, and voted in favour of 
Mr. Ewart; that John Worswick, of Wigan, licensed 
victualler, was a voter, a requisitionist to Mr. Ewart, 
empye 8 him his vote, and eventually voted for 

im; that between twelve and one o’clock of the 
morning of the day of polling, the said John Wors- 
wick and Edward Wardle were passing the Packet 

ublic house in the Wallgate (which was occupied 

y Mr. Kearsley’s partisans), when the chaise was 
stopped by a number of men having bludgeons, 
ana wearing Mr. Kearsley’s colours ; they first 
dragged Wardle out of the chaise, and then dragged 
out the said John: Worswick and forced him into 


a loft up stairs, in the Packet House, where he 
was told he must remain until after four o’clock 
(when the poll would close); that the said John 
Worswick resisted violently, and in the struggle lost 
his hat, shoes and stock, and had his coat and shirt 
much torn; that the said John Worswick hearin 

a constable below, made a rush to the window, an 





A. 1839. 


called out to him, and on some persons telli 
Worswickh to get through the window, he made the 
attempt, but was held for some time by the persons 
inside, from whom he at length made his escape, 
and fell to the ground, and afterwards voted for 
Mr. Ewart; that several of the constables and others 
who were sent to rescue Worswick were dreadfully 
beaten, and the life of one of the constables was 
saved only by the strength of his police hat; that 
John Brierly, of Wigan, cotton-spinner, was @ 
voter, a requisitionist, and well known to entertain 
opinions favourable to Mr. Ewart, but aged, infirm 
and very nervous and timid; that, in the course of 
the afternoon of Friday the 8th March last, the 
partisans of Mr. Kearsley had recourse to various 
expedients in order to gain access to Brierly’s 
house, and about six or seven o’clock in the evening, 
about one hundred people assembled in front of 
Mr. Brierly’s house, and remained there for several 
hours, during which time Mr. Brierly remained in 
a state of great alarm, and between eight and nine 
o’clock, made his escape through a window on the 
roof of an adjoining house, where he lay concealed 
for more than an hour, and was at length removed 
by his son to a neighbour’s house, where he re- 
mained until four or five o’clock in the morning, 
and then went for better security to the house of a 
friend at a greater distance; that, by reason of the 
mob assembled in front of Mr. Brierly’s house, his 
wife, who happened to be from home at the time, 
was deterred from going into the house from four 
o’clock in the afternoon until ten at night; that 
after Mr. Brierly had escaped from his own house, 
some person (at present unknown to the Peti- 
tioners) broke the slide of another window and 
forced his way into the house; that James Dobb, 
of Wigan, mordaunt manufacturer, was a voter 
who polled for Mr. Ewart; that between five and 
six o'clock on the morning of the day of polling, 
about twenty of Mr. Kears/ley’s partisans went to 
the house of the said James Dobb, and whilst he 
was in bed, and notwithstanding the resistance of 
his wife and persons she requested to aid her, some 
of them forced their way mto the house and up 
stairs, and some sat down in the house and began to 
smoke; that, on resistance being offered by the 
constables and others called to protect Mr. Dodd, 
they were told by some of the partisans of Mr. 
Kearsley that it was of no use, as they were deter- 
mined to have him away with them ; and it was not 
until Mr. John Dobb, his brother, had been sent 
for, and had insisted upon the parties leaving the 
house and threatened to stab the first person that 
offered to touch his brother that the mob were in- 
duced to leave Mr. James Dobd’s house; that there 
were other cases where voters’ houses were beset, 
and the voters induced, by the fear of being forcibly 
removed, to leave their houses, and in other in- 
stances parties were removed to a distance and kept 
there for several days, and one in which a voter was 
_ to bed at the Eagle and Child Inn, deprived of 

is clothes, and compelled to remain in bed from 
Wednesday night until Saturday morning ; that the 
Petitioners are prepared to support by evidence the 
several facts before alleged; and they therefore 
humbly pray that the House will be pleased to take 
the several matters into consideration, and direct 
such steps to be taken as will vindicate the privi- 
leges of Parhiament, and prevent a recurrence of 
acts alike destructive of freedom of election and of 
the subject’s liberty. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 

Table ; and be printed. 


Court of Her Majesty’s Palace at Westminster ;— 
and, John Holmes, Chief Bailiff of the borough of 
Southwark ; praying for the insertion of a Clause 
in the County Courts Bill, to compensate them « 
the 





Petitions from Henry Storks, Serjeant-at-Law, County Courts 
one of the Four Counsel of the Marshalsea, and ®"- 





ss 


P 








Imprisonment 
for Debt Act. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Canada, 


Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Foreign Sugar. 


Queen’s Printer 


(Scotland.) Central Board of Scottish Dissenters, praying the 
House to refuse their sanction to the renewal of the 
Patent enjoyed by the Queen’s Printer in Scotland, 
of printing Bibles, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Army A Petition of the Moderator of the Session of 

(Presbyterian the second Presbyterian Congregation of Omagh, 

ChurchService.) . . a : 
praying that Presbyterian soldiers may be permitted 
to attend the Presbyterian Church,in the same 
manner as Episcopalian and Roman Catholic soldiers 
are permitted to attend their respective places of 
worship, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Pear Law Petitions from Cookham Union ; — and, Cheadle 

cre Union ; praying for the amendment of the Poor 


Ecclesiastical 
Daties and 
Revenues Bill, 


Spirits Dealers 
(Ireland.) 


Church 
Discipline. 


2 VicToRiz. 


the loss they will sustain, should the said Bill pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Thomas Lott, of Bow-lane, in the 
city of London, Attorney, praying for the amend- 
ment of the Imprisonment for Debt Act, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kilmore and Kilni- 
nian, in the county of Argyll, praying the House to 
adopt measures for relieving the religious destitution 
which prevails in Scotland, by extending the effi- 
ciency of the Established Church, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Leith;—and, Larkhall; praying 
the House not to sanction any further endowment 
to the Church of Scotland,—were also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Colchester ;—and, Bristol (twenty 
Petitions) ; praying the House not to sanction any 
further grant of public money to the Roman Ca- 
tholic College of Maynooth,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of F. Cing Mars, of the city of Mon- 
treal, Proprietor of the newspaper “ L’ Aurore des 
Canadas,” complaining of the arrest of himself and 
the editor of the said newspaper at Montreal, on a 
charge of seditious practices, and of the seizure of 
the materiel of the establishment, and praying for 
redress, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of the Provost, a ae and Town 
Council of the Royal Burgh of Linlithgow, praying 
that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Wholesale and Retail Grocers and 
Dealers in Sugar of Borrowstounness, praying for a 
reduction of the Duty on Foreign Sugar, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of the 


Law Act, as far as respects the Law of Settlement, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Clergy of the Archdeaconry of 
Berks ;—and, Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Essex ; 
praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues 

ill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Grocers and Spirit Dealers of the 
city of Limerick, praying for the repeal of so much 
of the Act 7 Will. 4, c. 38, as prohibits the Sale of 
Spirits, by retail, by Grocers in Ireland, was _pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Deanery of Bristol, 
praying the House to refuse their sanction to the 
proposed measure relative to Church Discipline, was 


oe and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


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323 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bristol, praying that Prison 
the Prisons Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands, was presented and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leeds;— Heanor ;—and, Barton-le- y,ora’s Day. 
street, praying the House to adopt measures for se- 
curing the due observance of the Lord’s Day,—were 
= and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Samuel Wells, on Finance. 
the subject of Finance, which was presented upon 
Friday last, be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of Sir Norwich 
William Foster, Baronet, which was presented upon Improvement 
Friday last, praying that the Petitioners against the ®"" 
Norwich Improvement Bill, whose Petition was pre- 
sented on the 28th day of May last, being the first 

day on which it could be presented after the Whit- 
suntide recess, may be permitted to be heard before 

the Committee on the Bill, notwithstanding the said 
Petition was not presented three clear days before 

the first meeting of the said Committee; might be 

read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the said Bill, that under the circumstances 
stated, the Petitioners be permitted to be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Pe- 
tition, before the said Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Walter Campbell have leave Leave of 
of absence for a month, on urgent business :—and, Absence. 
Mr. Maher two months, on urgent business. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Iron, &amp;c. 
Accounts of the Quantity of Foreign Iron imported 
into, and exported from the United Kingdom, in 
the years 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838, distinguishin 
the several sorts of Iron, and the Countries from whic 
imported, and to which exported :—Of the Quantity of 
British Iron (including Unwrought Steel) exported 
in the same years; distinguishing the Countries to 
which exported :—and, of the Quantity of British 
Hardware and Cutlery exported in the same years ; 
distinguishing the Countries to which the same were 
exported, and the declared Value thereof. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- Public Peti- 
lect Committee on Public Petitions; That they had tions (Twenty- 
examined the Petitions presented from the 5th to *vent Re- 
the 7th days of this instant June, both inclusive ; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 

and Mr. Senior: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for improving the Prac- Durham Court 
tice and Proceedings of the Court of Pleas, of the of Pleas Bill. 
County Palatine of Durham and Sadberge : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually re- Eyemouth 
pairing, improving and maintaining the Harbour of Harbour Bill. 
Eyemouth, in the County of Berwick : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for making and main- Rishworth 


worth, in the Parish of Halifax, in the West Riding 
of the County of York: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing, improving Clitheroe, 
and maintaining the Roads from Clitheroe, through Blackburn, &amp;c 
Whalley, to Blackburn and Mellor Brook, in the ®°*4* Bil. 
County Palatine of Lancaster, and for making a new 
piece of Road to communicate therewith : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing, improving Bury, Hasling- 
and maintaining the Roads from Bury through éem&amp;e., Road 
Haslingden to Blackburn and Whalley, and other ~** 

Roads communicating therewith, in the County Pa- 
latine of Lancaster: 





Von. 94. 


Tz 


A Bill, 


taining certain Reservoirs in the Township of Rish- Reservoirs Bill. 


Fatah nae tet ACE ALAA pie 

































































Witham 
Drainage Bill. 


Rampton 
Inclosure Bill. 


Railway Bill, 


Barton 
Inclosure Bill, 


Exchequer of 
Pleas Bill. 


Ladykirk 
(Robertson’s) 
Estate Bill. 






























Ladykirk 
(Rubertson’s) 
Estate Bill. 


First Report 
on Printed 
Papers. 


No. 297. 


Spain, 


Netherlands 
and Belgiur. 


Duties.) 


East India Cor- : : 
respondence. between Her Majesty and the King of the French, 


Hamburgh and : 
Lubeck(Transitturn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 2d 


324 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the general 
Commissioners for Drainage by the River Witham, 
in the County of Lincoln, to sue and be sued in the 
Name or Names of any one of the said Commis- 
sioners, or of their Clerk or Clerks for the time 
being : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in 
the Parish of Rampton, in the County of Cambridge: 
And also, 


North Midland The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


Act to alter the Line of the North Midland Railway, 
and to amend the Acts relating thereto, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Barton, in 


the County of Cambridge, with Amendments; to} 


which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable Justices of Assize on their Circuits to take 
Inguisitions of all Pleas in the Court of Exchequer 
of _ which shall be brought before them, without 
a Special Commission for that purpose; to which 
br Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for vesting certain parts of the Entailed Estate of 
Ladykirk in Trustees, to be sold for Payment of the 
Debts affecting the same, and for other Purposes 
therewith connected ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


The Ladykirk (Robertson’s) Estate Bill was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the Proceedings in the Action of 
Stockdale v. Hansard, and to report their Observa- 
tions and Opinion thereupon to the House, have 
Power to report from time to time. 

Lord Viscount Howick reported from the said 
Committee; That they had made Progress in the 
matter to them referred; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House; and the same 
was read, as followeth : 

“ Mr. Attorney-General reported to the Com- 
mittee, at its meeting this day ; That notice has been 
given of executing a Writ of Inquiry of Damages 
in the cause of Stockdale v. Hansard, To-morrow ; 
and requested the Committee to consider of the pro- 
priety of Counsel appearing in behalf of the De- 
fendant upon the assessment of Damages; where- 
upon it appeared to the Committee, that, while it 
is under consideration what course it will be proper 
for the House to pursue in regard to the judgment 
pronounced by the Court of Queen’s Bench, it is 
not expedient that the Defendant should appear by 
Counsel.” 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
aud be printed. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command,—Papers relative to the War in 
Spain. 

Copies of Treaties relative to the Netherlands and 
Belgium, signed at London April 19th 1839. 

A Copy of the additional Post Office Convention 


for the conveyance through France of the Corre- 
spondence between England and the East Indies. 
Lord Viscount Palmerston also presented,—Re- 


day of May last, for Copies or Extracts of any 
Correspondence between the Secretary of State for 
Foreign Affairs and Her Majesty’s Mission at Copen- 
hagen, upon the subject of the inequality of the 
Transit Duties lately imposed by Denmark, upon 
Goods passing between Hamburgh and Lubeck. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table. 


10°—11° Junie. 





A. 1839. 


The House, according’ to Order, 
into a Committee upon the Jamaica Laws Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; To be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Cravse, N° 1 (Governor, with advice of Council, 
to make Laws or Ordinances, under certain circum- 
stances) ——read. 

Several Amendments made. 

Question VM the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, | 


Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart: 5 aa. 
Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, } ai 
Noes, Sir George Clerk: E 


Crause, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauszs, N° 3, N° 4, No 5 and N° 6, agreed to. 
Preamble amended, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 























‘resolved ‘itself Jamaica wk 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Supreme Courts 
further consideration the Report on the Supreme (Scotland) Bill 


Courts (Scotland) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Amendments made by the 
Committee to the Bill be now read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ Report be taken into further consideration upon 
“ this day six months,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
oar to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Committee to the Bill be now read a second time :— 
The said Amendments were accordingly read a 
second time, and agreed to; and Clauses were added, 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


mittee on the Election Petitions’ Trial Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; To be read 2°, paragraph by para- 

graph. 
reamble postponed. 

Cuavses, N° 1 to N° 10, disagreed to. 
Crausgs, N° 11 and N° 12, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 13, postponed. 
Cravuses, N°14 and N° 15, agreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 16, postponed. 
Ciavses, N° 17 to N° 19, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 20, amended, and agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Martis, 11° die Junii, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 





Resolved, 


No. 298, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Blection Peti- 
tions’ Trial Bill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Metropolis 
into a Committee upon the Metropolis Police Bill. Police Bill 
























Y VicToRIzZ. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Waterford 
Fever Hospital Bill :—The Bill was re-committed to 
a Committee of the whole House :—And the House 
immediately resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Barron reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Bishops’ Residences Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts’ 
Estates (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Registration of Leases (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resumin 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question mt 
+ fa Monday last, That it is the Opinion of this 

ouse, that it is expedient to form a Legislative 
Union of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, 
on the principles of a Free and Representative Go- 
vernment, in such manner as may most conduce to 
the prosperity and contentment of the peuple of the 
United Province ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill ; 

Resolved, ‘Fhat this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Factories Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Windsor Castle Stables Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Bills of Exchange Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The ingrossed Bill to enable Justices of the Peace 
at Quarter Sessions to appoint to the Office of Clerk 
of the Peace in certain cases, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pakington do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the dav being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. 
Vou. 94. 


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325 


Colonel Davies reported ‘the. High Sheriffs’: Ex- High Sheriffs’ 
penses ‘Bill ;and: the Amendments were read, and E*penses Bill. 
agreed to. 0 ir ay nO Ad ay 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ;and read the third time upon. Thursday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Bankrupts 
further ‘consideration the Report on the Bankrupts (Ireland) Bill. 
(Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the da being read, for taking into Registers of 
further consideration the Report on the Registers Births, &amp;c., Biil. 
of Births, &amp;c., Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


Double and 
Treble Costs 
Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Law relating to 
Double and Treble Costs, to pleading the general 
Issue, and to Notice and Limitation of Action in 
certain cases, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pryme do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Fresh Fruit 
yesterday, That a Select Committee be appointed Trade. 
to inquire into the state of the Fresh Fruit Trade, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Law Hodges, 

Mr. Warburton, Mr. Villiers, Sir Edward Knatch- 
bull, Mr. Thornely, Lord Viscount Mahon, Mr. 
Compton Cavendish, Mr. Hutt, Mr. Thomas Wood, 
Mr. Ewart, Mr. Planta, Mr. Kinnaird, Lord Ash- 
ley, Mr. Lascelles and Mr. John Parker, with Power 
to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That all Petitions presented to the 
House during the present Session, in relation to 
Foreign Apples, &amp;c., be referred to the Committee. 


The Select Committee on the Drainage of Lands Drainage of 

Bill was nominated of Mr. Handley, Sir Edward Lands Bill. 
Knatchbull, Sir Hesketh Fleetwood, Mr. Heathcote, 
Mr. Greene, Mr. Packe, Mr. Pusey, Mr, Lynch, 
Mr. William Miles, Mr. Pryme,. Mr.. Childers, 
Mr. More O’Ferrall, Mr. Bruges, Lord Worsley 
and Mr. Yorke, with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Perth Prison 
day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of antag of 
advancing a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund of the si 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
converting into a Prison the Buildings at Perth now 
belonging to Government, and formerly used as a 
place of confinement for French prisoners of War ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House, 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 

A Petition of James Robinson Hayward, Agent Sidmouth 
for the Sidmouth Improvement and Market Bill, a 
praying that the time for making the Report from piu. 
the Committee on the said Bill may be enlarged till 
Friday the 21st day of this instant June, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Glass. 
a Return of the Amount of Duty charged on Glass ; 
distinguishing the Amount charged on Flint, Plate, 








Broad, Crown, Bottle and German Sheet Glass, in 
TTS each 





Itchen Bridge 





$26 


each of the years 1837 and 1838, together with the 
Amount of Drawback on each description of Glass; 
the Produce of the Duties in England, Scotland 
and Ireland to be stated separately. 


Sir John Yarde Buller, ‘by Order, reported from 


and Roads Bill. the Committee on the Jtchen Bridge and Roads 


Ship Propeller 
Company Bill. 


Southmolton 
Roads Bill, 


Public Income 
and Expendi- 


ture, 
No. 300. 
Foreign Wine. 
No, 301, 


Spirits. 
No, 301. 


Mail Coach 
Contracts. 


Ramsgate 
Harbour, 


Carlow Borough 


Election, 


Bill; That they had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
one through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for leave to proceed with 
the Ship Propeller Company Bill, the Committee 
recommend that the Parties be allowed to proceed 
with the same accordingly. , 

Sir John Yarde Buller also reported from the said 
Select Committee, That in the case of the Petition 
for the said Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for forming and regulating a Company to be called 
“ The Ship Propeller Company,” and to enable the 
said Company to purchase certain Letters Patent: 
And that Mr. Cayley and Mr. Milner Gibson do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 14th day of 
May last, was made from the Committee on the 
Southmolton Roads Bill; printed Copies of the Bill 
having been delivered at the door upon Thursday 
the 23d day of May last; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Public 
Income and Expenditure, which was presented upon 
Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Foreign 
Wine, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to Spirits, 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Mail Coach 
Contracts, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
referred to the Select Committee on Railways. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





Martis, 11° die Junii ; 


Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1839. 





PRAYERS. 


R. Shadwell, from the Directors of the Royal 

Harbour of Ramsgate, was called in; and at 
the Lar presented, pursuant to the directions of an 
Act of Parliament,—An Account of the Revenue 
and Expenditure of the Royal Harbour of Rams- 
gate Trust, from 24th June 1837 to 24th June 1838 : 
—And then he withdrew. 
. —- That the said Account do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Grote, from the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the merits of the Petition of 
Thomas Gisborne, Esquire ; and also, the Petition 


10°—11° Junizz. 





A, 1839. 


of the there-undersigned Electors of the Borough 
of Carlow, severally complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the said Borough, informed 
the House, That the Committee met this morning 
pursuant to their adjournment of yesterday, when 
the Chairman received a letter from Edward Pro- 
theroe, Esquire, (one of the Members of the Com- 
mittee) informing the Committee, that he was dis- 
abled by a serious accident from attending; and 
that the Committee then adjourned till To-morrow 
morning at eleven o’clock. 

And the House being informed, That Mr. Johnson, 
a medical man, attended at the door, who could 
_ the House information respecting the state of 

r. Protheroe’s health, he was called in; and at 
the bar examined upon oath in relation thereto :— 
And then he was directed to withdraw. 

Ordered, That Mr. Protheroe be excused for not 
attending the Committee this day, and have leave 
to absent himself from any further attendance on 
the Committee. : 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Coode’s 


into a Committee upon Coode’s Divorce Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Freshfield reported, That the 
Committee had heard counseland examined witnesses 
for the Bill, and that no counsel or Party appeared 
before the Committee to oppose the Bill ; and that 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 


Divorce Bill, 


meee 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Barton 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Inclosure Bill 


intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish 
of Barton, in the County of Cambridge; and the 
same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 2. 1. 18. Leave out from “ Clerk,” to “ Tho- 
“ mas,” inl. 19. 

Pr. 2. 1. 20. Leave out “ Mary,” and insert 
“ Ann.” 

Pr. 2. 1.21. Leave out “ Susan,” and insert 
“ Susannah.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote do carry the 
Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, 
into a Committee upon Carleton’s Divorce Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Freshfield reported, That 
they had heard counsel, and examined witnesses for 
the Bill; and that no counsel or party appeared 
before the Committee to oppose the Bill; and that 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 


and Mr. Senior: 
Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- — 


ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Zondon 
and Birmingham Railway Company, to raise a 
further Sum of Money : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for better lighting with 
Gas the Town of Brighton, and the several Places 
therein mentioned, in the County of Susser: And 
also, , 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for granting further Powers to the Company 
of Proprietors of the Parrett Navigation, with an 
Amendment ; to which Amendment the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for repairing the Road from Dover, in the County 
of Kent, through Deal to Sandwich, in the said 
County, 


resolved itself Carleton’s 


Divorce Bill. 






the Lords. 






London and 
Birmingham 
Railway Bill. 







Brighton 
Gas Bill. 








Parrett Navi- 
gation Bill. 









Dover, Deal, 
and Sandwich: 


Road Bill. 













Sharp’s 


Jvanoft’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Manchester and 


Birmingham 
Railway Bill. 


Preston and 
Wyre Railway 
and Harbour; 
and, Preston 


2 Vicroriz. 


County, with an Amendment ; to which Amendment 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for vesting certain parts of the devised Estates of 
Hannah Gilpin Sharp, Widow, deceased, in Trustees, 
in Trust to be sold or demised for the Purposes 
therein mentioned ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing Nicola Ivanoff, to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 30th day of 
May last, was made from the Committee on the 
Manchester and Birmingham Railway Bill; printed 
Copies of the Bill having been delivered at the door 
upon Saturday the Ist day of this instant June; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and 
Clauses were added, and Amendments were made. 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 6th day of 
May last, was made from the Committee on the 


and Wyre Dock Preston and Wyre Railway and Harbour ; and, Pres- 


Bill. 


Birmingham 
Canal Bill. 


Birmingham 
Canal Bill, 


Deptford Pier 
Bill, 


Deptford Pier 
Junction Rail. 
way Bill, 





ton and Wyre Dock Bill; printed Copies of the Bill 
having been delivered at the door upon Friday the 
10th day of May last ; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to; and a Clause was added, and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Petitions from the Earl of Bradford ;—the Earl 
of Dartmouth ;—Owners and Proprietors of Iron 
Works in the neighbourhood of, and traders upon 
the Birmingham Canal ;—and, Owners and Pro- 
prietors of Collieries in the neighbourhood of, and 
traders upon the said Canal ; praying that the pro- 
gress of the Birmingham Canal Bill through the 
House may not be further delayed by the proceed- 
ings consequent on the application for additional 
provision in the said Bill, and also praying that the 
said Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 3d day of 
this instant June, was made from the Committee on 
the Birmingham Canal Bill; printed Copies of the 
Bill having been delivered at the door upon Thurs- 
day last; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to; and a Clause was added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Barnard reported from the Committee on 
the Deptford Pier Bill; That the Committee met 


‘this day, and in consequence of a Quorum of Five 


Members not attending, they were unable to proceed 
to business; under these circumstances, the Parties 
requested the Chairman to apply to the House to 
revive the Committee, and give them leave to sit 
and proceed upon Thursday next; Four being a 
Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Committee on the said Bill 
be revived :—And that they have leave to sit and 
proceed upon Thursday next; and that Four be the 
Quorum. 


Mr. Barnard reported from the Committee on 
the Deptford Pier Junction Railway Bill; That the 
Committee met this day, and in consequence of a 
Quorum of Five Members not attending, they were 
— oe to business ; under these circum- 

OL. 94, 


11° Junie. 


327 


stances, the Parties requested the Chairman to 
apply to the House to revive the Committee, and 
give them leave to sit and proceed upon Thursday 
next ; Four being a Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Committee on the said Bill be 
revived :—And that they have leave to sit and pro- 
ceed upon Thursday next ; and that Four be the 
Quorum. 


and Mr. Senior: 
Mr. Speaker, 


to Sir Willlam Somerville, Baronet, a Member of 
this House, to attend their Lordships, in order to his 
being examined as a witness before the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to inquire into the State of Ireland 
since the year 1835, in respect of Crime and Out- 
rage, which have rendered Life and Property in- 
secure in that part of the empire :—And then the 
Messengers cr 3 

The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the said Message: —And Sir William Somerville 
being present, in his place, declared that he was 
willing, with leave of the House, to go to the House 
of Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That Sir William Somerville have ieave 
to go to the House of Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships, if he think fit. 

And the Messengers were again called in, and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 
they again withdrew. 


Deptford who petitioned this House upon Frida 
‘ati ote have lates to be heard -arthn yr vt Pree 
mittee on the Deptford Pier Bill, notwithstanding 
their Petition was not presented three clear days 
before the day appointed for the first meeting of the 
said Committee,) which was presented yesterday, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee 
on the said Bill, that, under the circumstances stated, 
the Petitioners be permitted to be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, 
before the said Committee :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


William Sandom, (praying that the Inhabitants of 
Deptford who petitioned this House upon Friday 
last, may have leave to be heard before the Com- 
mittee on the Deptford Pier Junction Railway Bill, 
notwithstanding their Petition was not presented 
three clear days before the day appointed for the 
first meeting of the said Committee,) which was pre- 
ramet yesterday, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee 
on the said Bill, that, under the circumstances stated, 
the Petitioners be permitted to be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, 
before the said Committee:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


at the expense of the parties. 
Hodson’s Estate Bill was read a second time; 


Lancaster List. F 


of Money: And the same was read the first time ; 








and ordered to be read a second time. 
TT4 An 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 
the Lords, 


The Lords request that this House will give leave State of Ireland. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of fn Pier 
William Sandom, (praying that the Inhabitants of 51 


The House was moved, That the Petition of Deptford Pier 
Junction Rail- 


way Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the North Midland 
Lords to the North Midland Railway Bill be printed, Reilway Bill. 


Hodson’s 


and committed to Mr. Wilson Patten, and the North Estate Bill. 


Lord Granville Somerset presented a Bill to enable Newport 
the Newport Dock Company to raise a further sum Dock Bill. 























































12sec ag ghee Nap taf il glitches EE Tne ee 





328 


An ingrossed Bill for making and repairing several 
Roads leading to and from the Town of Southmolton, 
in the County of Devon, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Varde Buller do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Southmolton 
Roads Bill. 


Sidmouth Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 

arnt Sidmouth Improvement and Market Bill to make 

Bi * their Report, be enlarged till Friday the 21st day of 
this instant June. 

Commercial A Petition of Inhabitants, Householders, Occu- 

(Loudon and piers or Owners of houses and premises, within the 

Rallwey Bill, wards of Aldgate and Portsoken, in the city of 


London, praying that the Commercial (London and 
Blachwall) Railway Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Ordered, That the Petitioners have leave to print 
the said Petition, at their own expense. 


Sir Charies Style presented a Bill for forming and 
regulating a Company to be called “The Ship Pro- 
peller Company,” and to enable the said Company 
to purchase certain Letters Patent: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Ship Propeller 
Company Bill. 


Manchester and 
Birmingham 
Extension 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Pe- 
titions of the Earl of Lichfield; and, Mr. Barter, in 
relation to the signatures to Petitions complaining 


St d ; 3 m “ ; 
Rugby ) Rail- of non-compliance with the Standing Orders in the 
way Bill. case of the Petition for the Manchester and Bir- 


mingham Extension (Stone and Rugby) Railway Bill, 
have Power to report their Observations thereupon 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 


Kingston-upon- 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
Hall Docks, 


on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom the 
Petition of William Vizard, complaining of non- 
compliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of 
the Petition for the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill, 
was referred ; That, in the case of the Petition for 
the said Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with, inasmuch as no notices whatever had 
been given. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Rivers Shannon 
and Erne, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report made by Mr. Mulvany on the 
proposed Junction Canal between the Rivers Shannon 
and Erne. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Lord John Russell reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 6th day of this instant 
June, (that Her Majesty would be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that the Papers therein mentioned 
might be laid before this House) had been presented 
to, Her Majesty, and that Her Majesty had com- 
manded him to acquaint this House, that She will 
give directions accordingly. 


Disturbed 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address 
Districts, 


to Her Majesty,—Copies of the Letter of Lord John 
Russell to the Lords Lieutenant of certain Counties, 
suggesting the formation of Associations for the 
Protection of Life and Property:~-Of the Letter 
from Lord John Russell to the Magistrates in Ses- 
sions, and to Mayors of Boroughs in certain Counties, 
directing them how to proceed for the preservation 
of peace in Disturbed Districts :—And, of a Letter 
from Jord John Russell to Lord Viscount \Clive, 
thanking ‘his Lordship and the Shropshire and 
Montgomeryshire Corps of Yeomanry for their ser- 
vices in restoring tranquillity in Montgomeryshire. 
Constabulary = Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to Order, 
Foree ({reland,) 4 Return, in compliance with the Act 6 Will. 4, 


11° Junie. 





A. 183y. 


c. 13, s. 57, reagan; | a Statement of the Amount 
of Constabulary and Police Force employed in each 
County, County of a City and County of a Town in 
Ireland on the ist day of January 1839, distin- 
guishing the Number of Persons in each Class or 
Rank of the Constabulary Force so employed, with 
the Salaries and Allowances actually enjoyed by 
each class: —Account of the whole Expenditure 
upon the Police and Constabulary in each County, 
County of a City, and County of a Town in Ireland, 
for the year ended on the ist day of January 1839 : 
—A Summary of the Total Amount of Force so 
employed on the 1st day of January 1839, and of 
the Total Expenditure upon the Police and Consta- 
bulary Force for the whole of Ireland, for the year 
ended at the above period ; showing the proportion 
of such Total Expense borne on the Consolidated 
Fund, and the Amount borne by the Counties, Cities, 
and Towns of Ireland:—A similar Return respecting 
the Police and Constabulary Force of the City of 
Dubiin, for the year 1838 :—And, a Table, showing, 
by way of comparison, the Expenditure upon the 
Constabulary and Police Force for the whole of Jre- 
land, during each of the seven years 1832, 1833, 
1834, 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838, distinguishing the 
Amount borne in each year upon the Consolidated 
Fund, and the Amount Charged to the Counties, 
Cities and Towns of Jreland; also the Total Number 
of Persons employed in each Class or Rank of the 
Police and Constabulary Force for the whole of Jre- 
land, in each of the above years. 

cere That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented North American 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 4". 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of Correspondence, since 
the 1st day of April 1835, between the Secretary 
of State for the Colonies and the Governor of the 
British North American Provinces, respecting the 
Indians in those Provinces. 

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


The House was moved, That the Petition of Finance. 
Samuel Wells, stating several facts relative to the 
Financial Affairs of the country, and suggestin 
improvements in the management thereof whic 
was presented upon. Friday last, might be read; and 
the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Order made 
ey that the said Petition be printed, might 

e read ; and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the said Order be discharged ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Sir George Clerk: 


} 81. 


Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart, 
Tellers for the f Mr. William Williams, 23 
Noes, Mr. Hector : } { 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That an Ac- Railway 
count of the several Amounts borrowed by the Companies. 
Railway Companies now before Parliament, in an- 
ticipation of Calls of their Capital Stock, with the 
Date at which the last Call was made, the Amount 
of Capital Stock not called up ; stating the several 
Acts under the authority of which the said Sums 
have been raised, was upon the Table. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- British North 
mand, — Copies of Appendices (D.) and (E.) to 4™™™ 
Report on Affairs of British North America, from 
the Earl of Durham, Her Majesty’s High Commis- 





sioner, &amp;c. 
Mr. 































































Canada. 


Jamaica. 


Canada. 


Turnpike 
Trusts Bill, 


Kensington 
Gardens Lake. 


School of 
Design, 


National Debt. 





2 Victoriz. 


_. Mr. Labouchere also presented, pursuant to several 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—Copy of the Report of 
the Commissioners appointed in Lower Canada, 
under an Ordinance of 1 Vic. c. 7, to inquire into 
the Losses sustained during the late Rebellion: also 
of the Names of Persons who claimed compensation 
before the said Commissioners, and the Amount of 
their Claims. 

Copy of Memorial addressed to Lord Melbourne, 
through the Marquis of Normanby, on the 30th day 
of May last, by Planters, Merchants and others, 
interested in Jamaica. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
27th day of February last, for a Return of the Names 
of Persons imprisoned in Lower Canada, charged 
with Treason or Offences of a Treasonable nature, 
since the 1st day of November 1837, their Trade 
or Profession, the day of the commencement of their 
Imprisonment, the Date of their Discharge, the 
Amount of Bail or Personal Security demanded and 
given, and if tried by what Tribunal tried, and the 
Sentence passed upon them, and if Sentence of 
Death passed whether executed or commuted, and 
if commuted the commutation of the Punishment : 
—And a similar Return for Upper Canada. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide for making Unions of Turnpike Trusts in 
England, and for valuing and consolidating the 
Bonded Debts of such Trusts: And that Mr. 
Mackinnon, and Colonel Rushbrooke do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present; and it being 
then after four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 











Mercurii, 12° die Junii; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


M* Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—Return to an Order dated the 15th day of Au- 
cust, in the last Session of Parliament, for a 
Copy of the Correspondence which passed between 
Her Majesty’s Commissioners of Woods and the 
Commissioners of Sewers for the City and Liberty 
of Westminster and part of the County of Middlesex, 
preparatory to the passing of the Act 4 and 5 Will. 4, 
c. 96, for the purpose of bringing clean Water into 
the Lake in Kensington Gardens from the Bays- 
water Stream, the Expense that has been incurred 
in or towards effecting the object, and the Amount 
paid by the Commissioners of Woods, and the Com- 
missioners of Sewers. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Amount expended in 
the Outfit of the Government School of Design 
at Somerset House; distinguishing the Expense of 
Repairs of the Premises, and the Cost of Objects 
for the accommodation and use of the Students ; 
stating the Name of each Person employed, and the 
Amount of Salary and Allowance to each ; and also, 
the principal items of Miscellaneous Expenses up 
to the 1st day of January 1839; also, the Number 
of Pupils who have attended the School in each 
month, the Rates of Pay for Admittance of Pupils, 
and the Amount received for the same period. 

An Account of the Gross Amount of all Bank 
Annuities and Long Annuities, and any other An- 
nuities for terms of years transferred, and of all 


Sums of Money paid to the Commissioners for the 
Vox, 94. 





11°—12° Juni. 3 329 


Reduction of the National Debt; and the Gross 
Amount of Annuities for lives and for terms of 
lives, which have been granted for the same, under 
the Provisions of the Acts of the 10th Geo. 4, c. 24, 
and 3d Wiil. 4, c. 14, within the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1839. 


Accounts of the Gross Amount of all Principal Savings Banks. 


Sums received and paid by the Commissioners for 
the Reduction of the National Debt on account of 
Banks for Savings (including Friendly Societies) in 
Great Britain and Ireland, from the 21st day of 
November 1837 to the 20th day of November 1838 ; 
stating also the Amount of Interest received by the 
Commissioners, and the Amount paid or allowed, 
and credited to Savings Banks and Friendly So- 
cieties ; and also, the Amount of Balances in hand 
at that period ; viz. on the 20th day of November 
1838; and a Statement of the several Securities in 
which the Deposits in the hands of the Commis- 
sioners were invested on the 20th day of November 
1838 :—Ofthe Amount of Money received from the 
Trustees of Savings Banks by the Commissioners 
for the Reduction of the National Debt, in the year 
ending the 20th day of November 1838, and the 
Amount of each kind of Stock purchased, and the 
Average Price in that year at which the Money 
was invested in each kind of Stock, or Government 
Securities, and the Amount of Money invested in 
the Purchase of such Stock; also, the Principal 
and Interest due by the Commissioners to the 
Trustees: of Savings Banks on the 20th days of 
November 1838, and the Value of each of the Go- 
vernment Securities standing in the Names of the 
Commissioners, at the Prices of that day, to answer 
the Amount due to the Depositors for Principal 
and Interest :—And, of the Number of Depositors, 
and the Number of Friendly Societies, and of the 
Sums deposited in Savings Banks, divided into 
classes, at the close of the last quarter, on the 
20th day of November in the year 1838. 


Further Return to an Order, dated the 31st day Printed Papers. 


of May last, for a Copy of the Record in the case 
of Stockdale v. Hansard, in the Court of Queen’s 
Bench, and a Copy of the Short-hand Writer’s 
Notes of the Proceedings therein. 


A Copy of a Report made by Mr. Mulvany, on Rivers Shannon 
the proposed Junction Canal between the Rivers *»¢ Erne. 


Shannon and Erne :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Return relative to Printed 
Papers be referred to the Select Committee on 
Printed Papers. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 


this day till four of the clock during the sitting of 
the House. 


Petitions from Blackheath Park ;—Cardiff (two Education. 


Petitions); — Newbridge;— Barby ;-- Hebden Bridge; 
—Addingham ;— Denby. Dale ;— Hornsea, &amp;c. ;— 
Luddenden ;— Thorp ;— Thirsk (two Petitions) ;— 
Patrinyton ; — Selby ; —Todmoyden ( York) ;— My- 
tholmroyd;—Plumstead Parva, &amp;c.;— Wroxham and 
Salehouse ; — Wicklewood ;— Carlton ;— Bunwell ;— 
Hingham ;— Kilbrogan ;—Southamand Stockton ;— 
Wootton Wawen ;— Beaudesert ;—Henley-in- Arden ; 
— Newbold ;—Bury Saint Edmund's ;— Chester (five 
Petitions) ;— Tilstone ;-Gerran’sand Suint Anthony’s; 
—Philleigh ;— Veryan ;—Middlewich;— Nantwich; 
— Andover ;— Thruxton (two ,Petitions) ;—Linken- 
holt ; —Monzxton ;—Carno ;—Penstrowed ;—Cran- 
field ;— Whitegate ; —Evesham ;-—Farndon ;— Mal- 
;— Wybunbury ; — Tattenhall; — Wistaston ; — 
Snitterfield ;— Stratford-on-Avon ; ~- Alveston ; — 
Fenny Compton ;—Farnborough (Warwick) ;—Bar- 
ord; — Kinmaston and Great Alne ; —Wicken ;— 
Shotteswell; — Bidford ; — Avon .Dasset ;—Which- 
ford; — Whitchurch (Warwick); — Portsea ; — Lap- 
worth ;— Northwich ;— Warmingham; — Hellesden 
and Drayton ; — Horsey ; — Hickiing ; — Ashwel- 
UU es thorpe ; 


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thorpe ;—Neatishead ;— Ludham ;—Ranworth and 
Panzxworth;— Buckland ;— Brighstone ;— Binstead ; 
— Ventnor ;—Saint Helen’s ;— Ryde ;—- West Cowes ; 
—Arreton;—Bembridge ;-— Rhayader ;— Davenham; 
— Bacton;— Norwich ;— Redenhall-with-Harleston; 
—Church Broughton ; ~—Ashbourne ;—Measham;— 
Mugginton ;— Portsmouth and Portsea ;— Beeston; 
—Strelley and Billborough;— Gedling, &amp;c. ;— Wood- 
bastwick ; —Wonersh ; — Pirbright ; — Bisley (two 
Petitions);—Albury;—- Stoke D’ Alborne ;— Thorpe; 
— Banstead ;— Dodington, &amp;c. ; —Tirley ;— Kings- 
wood ; —Fairford ; — Leckhampton ;— Shurdington 
and Badgeworth;—Saint Bennet Fink, London; — 
Gisleham ;— Hanley ;— Bramshot ;— Edinburgh ;— 
Tunstall (two Petitions); — Credenhill ; — Little 
Stonham ;—Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate ;—Dunkirk; 
—Corton and Gunton ;— Botley ;— Tarvin ;—Frod- 
sham ;— Burslem (two Petitions); —Northwich ;— 
Church Hulme, &amp;c. ;— Little Budworth ;— Saint 
Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe, and Saint Ann, Black- 
friars; — Horncastle ; —Kirton-in-Lindsey ;— Wea- 
verham; —Devizes ; — Over Peover ;—Sandbach ;— 
Over ;—Little Leigh ; —Lawton ;— Lower Peover ; 
—Lostock Gralam; —Saint Mary, Bredin;—Hove ; 
—Preston (Sussex) ; -—Kirkgate ;— Caistor ;—-Bos- 
ton ;-- Melton Mowbray ;—Whitchureh Canonicorum; 
— East Dereham ;---Sleaford ;— Burton-upon- Trent 
and Tamworth ;— Newton. Ferrers; — Staverton ;— 
Swaffham (two Petitions) ; — Coltishall ; — Down- 
ham;—North Shields ;— Kettering (two Petitions) ; 
— Newton Bromswold ;—Desboroughand Rowell ;— 
Stoke-upon- Trent ; —Lee ;—West Farleigh ; —Ten- 
terden;—East Sutton ;—Lewisham;—Eythorne ;— 
ertford ; — Longton ; — Sevenoaks ;— Great Yar- 
mouth (two Petitions) ;— Ramsgate ;—Margate (two 
Petitions) ;— Barham ;—Lyminge ; — Folkestone ;— 
Merton ;— Norwich ;— Bilston (two Petitions) ; — 
Ashill; — Attleborough ; — Tooting ; — Ettingshall 
Road ; — Wibsey; — Saint Faith's; — Newtown 
(Southampton) ;— Barnoldswick ;--Kirby Sigston ; 
Tintwistle; — Wick and Abstone ; — Silkstone ;— 
Clayton Heights ;— Deynton ; — Great Horton; — 
Plymouth ; — Sturminster Marshall; — Olney ; — 
East Somerton;— Penistone;—Carmarthen;—Clay- 
ton ; — Paignton ; — Marldon ; — Churchstow ; -- 
North Huish ;—Christiar Malford ;—Presten and 
Sutton ;— Uttoxeter (two Petitions) ;--Dorchester ; 
— Bosbury ;—Ashperton and Canon Frome ;— Tre- 
tire-with-Michaelchurch ; —- How-Caple and Sol- 
lershope ;-- Bath (three Petitions) ; — Charleombe; 
— Stonehouse (Glaucester) ; — Kingston-upon-Hull 
(two Petitions) ;-—— Walcot ;—Street ;-—-Saham Toney ; 
—Buckden ;— Overton Waterville;—Stanground ;— 
Saint Ives (Huntingdon) ;— Goodrich ;— Twyford 
(Southampton) ;-—Sproxton and Saltby ;—Fareet ;— 
Chistertonand Haddon ;—Blyth ;— Leighton Broms- 
wold ; — Howdon Ville ; — Scarborough ;-- Overton 
Longueville ;— Winchester ;—Old Newton ;—Coles- 
hill; —- Watton ; — Burton-upon-Trent ; — Newton 
(Norfolk) ;—Sherborne Saint John ;—Blithfield ;— 
Kirby Moorside ;—Nuneaton ;—Thirne and New- 
ton-le- Willows ;—Slapton;—Moor Monkton, &amp;c. ;— 
Acomb ;—Copmanthorpe and Dringhouses;— Dews- 
bury Moor ; —Snape ;—Cowesby, &amp;c.;—Haxby ;— 
Fulford and Naburn ;--Wadworth;— Marsden ;— 
Lyndhurst;— Kirby Misperton ;--Breamore ;-- Flax- 
ton, &amp;c.; — Cornwood, kc. ;— Revelstoke ;— Teign- 
mouth ; — Buchfastleigh;-- Devonport ; — Sturmin- 
ster Newton Castle;— Winterton: — Great Wigston;— 
Christchurch (Southampton) ;—Stalbridge ;—Abbots 
Bromley ;—Low Moor ;—Minesteed ;— Rugby ;— 
Hasilbury Bryan ;—Goadby Marwood ;—Swindon ; 
—Moreton;— East Stoke and. East Holme ;—Stan- 
don; — Minterne Magna; -— Dunchurch ; — Saint 
Stephen, Coleman Street, London ;— Holbeck ;—Den- 
ton ;— Headingley ;-- Beeston ;- Harewood ;—Steven- 
age ;—Leeds (two. Petitions) ;—Hunslet ;— Saint 
elen, London ;— Wellington ( Somerset);— Rushall; 
—Hougham, &amp;c.;— Cameick ; — Wiveliscombe ; — 


12° Juniz. 





A. 1889. 


tions) ;— Coston ;— Woolsthorpe ;— Bushbury ;— 
Smethwick ;— Harborne ;-- Minchinhampton ;—Nails- 
worth;— Amberley (two Petitions) ;— Llanfaires- 
gaer ;— Milton-next-Sittingbourne ;— Lynsted ;— 
Minster ; — Rodmersham ;— Hartlip ;— Kennington 
(Kent) ;-—Kone-in-Osceny ;— Elham and Stelling ;— 
Cottingham; — Cossington; — New Shoreham ; — 
Thurcaston-cum-Cropston ; — Llanbedr ;— Festinio, 
and Rinsitebvese ;&lt;5- bilan ar ; — Tillington ;—Bewd- 
ley and Wribbenhall ;—Stainland ;— Llandderfel ;— 
arnarvon ;—Barmouth ;— Haughton ;—Dolgetley 
(two Petitions) ;—Newton Heath ;—Irlams-o’-th’- 
height ;— Ripponden ; — Openshaw ;—Rusholme ;— 
Summerseat ;—-Droylesden ;— Meole: Brace ;— Bu 
(Lancaster) ;—John Benjamin M’ Crea ;—Camelford; 
Radcliffe-Close ;—Harpurhey ;— Radcliffe Bridge ; 


Langley ;— Bollington ;—Knutsford (two Petitions) ; 
— Swinton ;— Padbury ;—Maids Moreton ;— Hitles- 
den;— Buckingham ;—Cheetham Hill ;— Middleton 
(Lancaster) ; — Twyford (Buckingham) ; —Maceles- 
field ;—Swinton ;— Blackley ; —Pendleton ;—Bags- 
late ;— Astley and Tyldesley ;—Davyhulme;— Walk- 
den-Moor ;—Chorlton_with Hardy ;—-Rochkdale;— 
Littleborough ;—Quorndon ;—Challock ;—Old Dal- 
by ;—Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves ;—Arch- 
deaconry and Peculiars of Stafford ;—Cirencester ;— 
Stapleford ;--Willesley ;--Little Wakering ;—-Lough- 
ton ;—Dovor ;—Churwell ;—Hatfield Broad Oak ; 
— Southchurch ;—South Shoebury ;— Barling; — 
North Shoebury ;—Barnsley ;—Great Wakering ;— 
Ellesmere ;—Gildersome ;— Sutton and Shopland ;— 
Hartford and Weaverham ;—Letion ;—Cockerham 
and Forton ;—Winfarton ;— Mitton ;— Lostock and 


Sowerby Bridge ;—Morley ;-—Birstal ;—Batley ;— 
Hightown ;—Greetland ;— Manchester (twelve Pe- 
titions) ;—Salford (two Petitions) ;—Garston ;— 
Barton (Lancaster) ;—Oldham ;—Booth-Town ;— 
Eccles; — Farnworth and Kearsley ; — Stratford 
Bow ;— Cambridge; — Withington ;— Leigh (two Pe- 
titions) ; — Hulme; — Hinxton ; — Hollinwood ; — 
Wavertree (two Petitions) ;— Yns Cynhaiarn ;— 
Oakington-cum- Westwick ; — Chelsea ; — Liverpool 
(three Petitions) ;-Audley ;—-Osmington ;-- Histon ;-- 
Garston ;-- Addingham;—Paradise;-- Newcastle-upon- 


—Cleeve Prior; — Llanystundwy and Criccieth ; — 
Castle Cary ;—Gircan ;—Ottringham ;— Sherburn ; 
—Old Windsor; — Mountmellick ; — Crondall; — 
Kingsclere ;— Hawkley ;—Sawley ;—South Stainley ; 
—Stainton ;—- Maltby ;—Thames Ditton ;—Kirbky in 
Ashfield ;—-Hanilid, &amp;c.;—Caerau ;—Peterstone and 
Michaelstone-super-Ely ;-—Saint George and Saint 
Bride's-super- Ely ;-- Merthyr Tidfil ;--Archdeaconry 
of Bath ;—Neath ;—St. Fagan’s;— Weston ;-- Llan- 
trithyd ;— Penarthand Lavernock;—Carlton-in-Lin- 
drie; — Shinfield ;— Corton Denham ; — Michael- 
ston-le-Pit ;—Deaneries of Lewes and Pevensey ;— 
Lysworney and Nash ;—Eglwysilan ;—Shepperton ; 
—Llandogo ;— Winksbey ;—Shire Newton;— Tintern 
Parva ;—Saint Arvan’s ;—Ifton ;— Michaelstone ;—- 
Bishops Stortford;— Nafferton ;— Landapley ;—West 
Haddon ;— Newton. Valence ;— Rumney ;— Hartley 


praying the House not to sanction the proposed 
scheme of National Education recently laid before 
Parliament, as approved by the Committee of Privy 


lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Macduff ; — Holywell ; — Scarbo- 
rough; — Oxford (three Petitions) ; —Carlisle ;— 
Coate ;—Southampton ;— Gloucester (two Petitions) ; 
—George Beacon ;—Sheffield ;—and, Warminster ; 
praying the House to sanction the said proposed 
scheme of National Education,—werealso presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Clergy resident in the neighbourh 
of Maidstone, stating that they consider that t 
altered measure which has been proposed for Na- 





Sandgate ;— Hythe ;— Wolverhampton (four 5 
% ese? ¥ 


tional 


Plumley ;— Holmes ;— Middlewich ;—Gomersal ;— 


Council,—were presented and read ; and ordered to | 





—Quainton, &amp;c.;— Worsley (two Petitions) ;— / 


Ss? 


T'yne(three Petitions ;)-- Heaton Norris ;--Gateshead ; SG 


&gt; 


Wespall ;—Lantwit Major, &amp;c.;—and, Budbrpgoke ; = 


— 















County Courts 
Bill. 


Postage. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Lord’s Day. 


2 Vicroriz. 


tional Education as objectionable as that which was 
withdrawn, and praying the House not to sanction 
the same, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull ;—and, Saint 
Albans; praying that the County Courts Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 

A Petition of Earl Bathurst, praying that, if it 
be deemed expedient that the Court for the recovery 
of debts under Forty shillings held at Cirencester, 
for the hundred of Cirencester and six adjacent | 
hundreds in the county of Gloucester, should be | 
abolished, compensation may be secured to him for 
the loss of his rights, title and interests in the said 
Court, was also presented, and read; and referred 
to the said Select Committee. 


12° Junie. 





A Petition of Tradesmen, Inhabitants of the Staf- 


331 


(two Petitions) ; —Derby ;— Brailsford ; —Matlock 
(three Petitions) ;—Bilston ;—and, Saint Clement 
Danes, Westminster (Churchwardens and Overseers); 
praying the House to adopt measures for securing 
the due observance of the Lord’s Day,~-were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Werburgh, in tdola 
the town of Derby, praying the House to prohibit (India) 
the interference of British functionaries at Idolatrous 
Ceremonies in Jndia, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lords of Manors in Esser and Copyholds’ 
Suffolk ; — Essex ;—— and, George Hoper, Esquire ; a 
praying that the Copyholds’ Enfranchisement Bill "“ ~"" 
may not pass into a law, —were presented, and read 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Whalley ;— Axbridge, &amp;c. ;—Hors- Charch 


fordshire Potteries, praying that the said Bill may | ley ;—and, Brighstone; praying the House to con- Establishment 


pass into a law, was also presented, and read; and 
referred to the said Select Committee. 


Petitions from Coleraine ;—Inverkeithing ; —Bel- 
fast ;—Liverpool (two Petitions) ;—Beaconsfield ;— 
Carlisle (four Petitions) ;—Sainé Austell ;—Hull ; 
—IWokingham ; —Stafford ;—Bewdley ;—Dunferm- 
line (David Lawrie, D. G.);—Malmesbury ;—Elphin; 
—Killruan ;— Crewe ;—Farisent (two Petitions) ;— 
Wyke Regis; — Auchterarder ; — Chilton Union 
(Chairman) ; — Waterford ; — Runcorn ; — Charles 
Tully ; —Narborough ;— Metropolis ; — Aberbroth- 
wick; —John Hawkins ; —London ;—Hertford ;— 
Hundred of South Greenhoe (Norfolk) ;—Padding- 
ton (five Petitions); —Lochmaben ;— Hertford Union ; 
— Bishopsgate-street, &amp;c.;— Ludlow ;—Annandale ; 
— Leicester ;— Copdock ; — Romsey ; — Chard ; — 
North Nibley ;—Compton (Sussex) ;— Sutton Union; 
— Kilmuir ;—Stoke-upon-Trent ;—Bruton;— Wring- 
ton ; — Oakhill ; — Leamington Spa; — Wootton 
Bridge ;—Brighstone ;— Torquay ;-—Salcombe (two 
Petitions);— Montrose ;— Tynemouth;—Middleham; 
— Uttoxeter ; — Dennington, &amp;c.; — Chigwell ; — 
Greenock ; — Avondale ; — Dublin; — Conway ; — 
Beverley ; — Cummersdale ; — Swaffham ; — Lon- 
donderry ;— Persons employed in or connected 
with the establishments of Messrs. Chamberlain, 
Milk-street, London ;— Messrs. Ruston, Bread- 
street, Cheapside ;—Hardwick and Ford, Holborn; 
—Thomas Poppy, High Holborn;--M‘Alpin and 
Nephew, Bread-street;— Allin and Shepperson, 
Cheapside ; — Burbidge and Co., Bread-street ; — 
Oldroyd and Magrath, Bread-street ;—James and 
Robinson, Great Trinity-lane ;—Mr. Howitt, High 
Holborn ;—Messrs. Mew and Burgess, Holborn ;—- 
Nalders and Co., Cheapside ;— Hall, Brothers,-Zon- 
don Wall ;—Richard Loader, Finsbury ;— Maudslay 
and Co., Lambeth ;— Charles Adlard ;--F. H. Ridley, 
Saint Paul's Churchyard ;—Messrs. Collard, Cheap- 
side ;—Susannah Cocks, Snow Hill;~-Robert Tho- 
mas Jackson, Hackney Road;—Mr.John Cole, High 
Holborn ;—Esther Du Bois, Lyncombe Hill;—and, 
Thomas Joyce, Lyncombe Hill; praying for the 
adoption of a low and uniform rate of Postage,—— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Cheltenham ;—Knipton ; — Mem- 
bers and Friends of the Protestant Association, 
Exeter Hall, Strand;—Northiam;—Clare (Suffolk); 
— Abbotts Leigh; — Farnworth and Kirsley ; — 
Paisley Presbytery (Moderator) ;—Scarborough (two 
Petitions) + Mndkiog ;--Chilcompton ;--and, Derby ; 
praying the House not to sanction any further grant 
of public money to the Roman Catholic College of 
Maynooth,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Codnor and Loscoe;— Morley 
= a ;-- Horsley two Petitions) ;— Smalley 
OL, 34. 





tinue their protection and encouragement to the (#4 &amp;«.) 


Bishops and Clergy in Canada and the other British 
colonies,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Israel Brown, of Broadway, in the Faster 
county of Worcester, praying for the abolition of Offerings, 
Easter Offerings, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Mable. 


Petitions from Bognor ;—and, Portsmouth; pray- Dogs. 
ing for the suppression of the practice of employing 
Dogs in drawing carts,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Blithfield ; — and, Hundred of Sale of Beer 
Crickhowell (Brecon); praying for the repeal of the Act 
Sale of Beer Act,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dalrymple ;—Cumnockh ;— Tealing ; Church of 
— Glasgow ;— Paisley ;—Johnstone ;—-Port Patrick ; Scotland. 
--and, Gourock; praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for relieving the religious destitution which 
prevails in Scotland, by extending the efficiency of 
the Established Church,—were tere and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Members of the United Secession 
Congregation of Rigg, Gretna and others, praying 
the i. not to sanction any further endowment to 
the Church of Scotland, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Thorneyburn, &amp;c.; —Earsdon ;— Corn Laws. 
Stamfordham ; —Kirkwhelpington ;—Corbridge ;— 
Ovingham ; — Tynemouth ;— Wark and Simonburn ; 
— Falstone ;— Warden ;—Newburn ;—and, Choller- 
ton; praying that the Corn Laws may not be re- 
ealed,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
ie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Elders, Members and Queen’s Printer 
Adherents of the United Associate Congregation of (S¢°t!n4-) 
Kelso, praying the House to refuse their sanction 
to the monopoly of printing the Holy Scriptures in 
Scotland, to any party, under any form, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Penshurst ; — and, Gravesend ; Foreign Apples, 
praying for an increase of duty upon Foreign Apples, “* 
Cherries and Pears,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the General As- Slave Trade. 
sembly of the Church of Scotland, praying the 
House to address Her Majesty to use Her influence 
with foreign powers for the entire suppression of the 
Slave Trade, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the General As- Army (Presby- 
sembly of the Church of Scotland, 


t terian Church 


raying tha Service.) 





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Foreign Coffee. 


Glasgow and 
Renfrew Road 
Bill. 


Sharp’s 
Estate Bili 


Belfast Water 
(No, 1.) Bill. 


Dover, Deal, 
and Sandwich 
Road Bill. 


Parrett Navi- 
gation Bill, 


Caurch 
Establishment 
( Wales.) 


$32 


Presbyterian soldiers may be permitted to attend 
the Presbyterian church, in the same manner as 
Episcopalian and Roman Catholic soldiers are per- 
mitted to attend their respective places of worship, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Linlithgow ; —Falkirk ;-—Cupar ; 
— Kelso ;— Dunfermline ;— Alloa ; — and, Boness ; 
praying for a reduction of duty on Foreign Coffee, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually maintaining 
and repairing the Road leading from the West side 
of the entry to the New or Jamaica-street Bridge of 
Glasgow, by or near Parkhouse, to the east end of 
the hus at Renfrew, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spiers do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sharp’s Estate Bill was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Belfast Charitable Society, 
taking notice of the application for leave to bring 
in the Belfast Water (No. 1.) Bill; and praying that 
such Bill may not pass into a law, and that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their agents and 
witnesses, against the same, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for repairing the Road from Dover, 
in the County of Kent, through Deal to Sandwich, 
in the said County; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 

Pr. 13. 1. 26. Leave out “ June,” and insert 
“ July.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir Edward Knatchbull do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by 
their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for granting further Powers to the 
Company of Proprietors of the Parrett Navigation; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 19. 1. 33. After “ repair” insert Clause (A.) 

Crause(A.) “ And ke it further Enacted, That, 
subject to the provisions in the said recited Act 
contained as to wharfs, the said Company shall, 
and they are hereby required, immediately after 
the passing of this Act, and at all times there- 
after, to find and provide for the merchants and 
other persons navigating the said Canal, a wharf 
and landing-place at the extremity of the said 
“ Canal at Newport, within the parish of Barring- 
ton, next adjoiming to, and of equal size with the 
wharf of Mr. Henry Lovibond, for the deposit 
“ or lodgment of goods, wares, merchandize, com- 
“ modities, articles, matters and things to be carried 
“ on the said Canal, with a good and sufficient 
rcadway thereto.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Sanford do carry, the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


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Petitions from Llanllechyd ;—and, Gyffin; pray- 
ing that the emoluments arising from sinecure rec- 
tories in Wales may be applied to the benefit of the 
diocese in which such Revenues arise,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon theTable. 


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A. 1839. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Athlone, stating that Athlone Bridge, 
the Bridge across the River Shannon, which forms 
the connexion between the provinces of Leinster 
and Connaught, in the town of Athlone, is now, and 
has been for many years past, in a most ruinous 
condition; and praying for a remedy, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of Wellington, in the Poor Law 
county of Somerset, praying for the amendment of ~" [eee 
the Poor Law Act, was. presented, and read; and ~ 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Cooke, Member of the F.N.S.Thomas, 
Royal College of Surgeons, London, and Licentiate 
of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of Lon- 
don, residing at No. 43, Saint Mary Axe, London, 
complaining of the verdict in a case of Henry Myers 
Seally versus Frederick Nicholas Somers ly 
for stealing ; and praying for an inquiry, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of the President of the Chamber of Portishead 
Commerce of the city of Waterford, taking notice Pier. 
of the application for leave to bring in the Portis- 
head Pier Bill, and praying that such Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of Caledonian 
Nairn, praying for the early completion of the Canal. 
Caledonian Canal, was presented, and read; and 
at to the Select Committee on the Caledonian 

anal. 


A Petition of the Reverend Henry Morice, Vicar Ecclesiastical 
of Ashwell and Rural Dean, and other Clergymen, Duties and_ 
praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bevenves Bill 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Newcastle-upon- Tyne ;—and, Ec- Reting of 
cles, Barton-upon-Irwell, and, other places ; pray- Tenements Bill 
ing that the Rating of Tenements Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Registration 
Council of the Royal Burgh of Dumbarton, praying of Electors __ 
that the Registration of Electors (Scotland) “Bill (Setlnd) Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Fictitious Votes 
Council of the Royal Burgh of Dumbarton, praying (Scotland) Bill. 
that the Fictitious Votes (Scot/and) Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the ‘lable. 


An ingrossed Bill for amending and enlarging the Itchen Bridge 
Powers of the Acts for establishing a floating Bridge and Roads Bill 
over the River Jtchen, near the Town of Southamp- 
ton, was read the third time; and an Amendment 
was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Evans do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Kingston-upon- 
resses of the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull;—and, Hull Docks. 
hairman and Directors of the Chamber of Com- 
merce of the said borough; taking notice of the 
application for leave to bring in the Kingston-upon- 
Hull Docks Bill; and praying that such Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Fable. 


Mr. Fox Maule reported from the Select Com- London City 
mittee on. the London City Police Bill; That they Police Bill. 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, 


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Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Menchesterand Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
Birmingham + t¢ whom were referred the Petitions of the Earl of 
fees ond Lichfield (presented on the 12th day of April last); 
-Ragby) Rail- and, of Mr. Baxter (presented the 15th and 18th 
way Bill. days of April last); and the Minutes of the Com- 
No. 306. mittee on the Petition for the Manchester and Bir- 
mingham Extension (Stone and Rugby) Railway Bill; 
and who were empowered to report their Observations 
thereupon to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them; That the Com- 
mittee had considered the matters to them referred, 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Jamaica Laws 


Jamaica Laws 


Bill Bill be received To-morrow. 

Waterford Ordered, That the Report on the Waterford Fever 
Fever Hospital Hospital Bill be now received. 

Bill Mr. Villiers Stuart reported the Bill accordingly; 


and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Bishops’ Resi- Ordered, That the Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
dences Bill, An Act to enable Archbishops and Bishops to raise 


12° Jened:« : 333; 


And; ,the, Question being put, That the words .. 
proposed to. be left out stand part of the Question ; 
he House divided; . 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. ; 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ = abe: —— } 70. 


Tellers for the Noes oe Jolin Jervis; } 94. 
&gt; Mr. Pryme: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 

“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 

itself into the said Committee’ be added, instead 

thereof : -- It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

_ Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 

six months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


. The House, according to Order, resolved itself Custody of 

into a Committee upon the Custody of Infants Bill, Iufants Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; To be read 2° paragraph by para- 

graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 


Cuause, No 2, (Provision may be made for the 
access of the Mother to any Infant, on the return 
of a Writ of Habeas Corpus) read. 

Several Amendments made. 








Money on Mortgage of their Sees, for the purpose 
of building and otherwise providing fit Houses for | 
their Residence, be now read the third time :—| 
The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Nicholl do carry the Bill to | 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House — 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Bilsof Resolved, That this. House will, To-morrow, re- | 
Exchange Bill. solve itself into a Committee upon the Bills of Ex- 
change Bill. | 


Beakrupts’ Ordered, That the Report on the Bankrupts’ | St 


(Ireland) Bill. (Zreland) Bill be taken into further consideration 
To-morrow. 


Perth Prison Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 


[Advance of solve itself into a Committee to consider of advanc- | 


Money. : i j 
oP) ing a sum out of the Consolidated Fund of the 


United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 


for converting into a Prison the Buildings at Perth, | 


now belonging to Government, and formerly used 
as a place of confinement for French prisoners of 
War :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten thou- 
sand pounds, be advanced out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, towards defraying the Expense of 
converting into a Prison the Buildings at Perth, 
now belonging to Government, and formerly used as 
a place of confinement for French Prisoners of War. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Robert 
Gordon reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Ratingof = = The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Tenements Bill. mittee on the Rating of Tenements Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“‘ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

Vou. 94. 


Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided ; 

Tellers for the { Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, 1 49 

Yeas, Mr. Cowper : gern” 

Tellers for the f Sir Edward Sugden, Bat 

Noes, \ Mr. Langdale : irr 
Ciavses, N° 3, N° 4 and N° 5, agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. James 
ewart reported, ‘That the Committee had gone 


| through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Borough Watch 
into a Committee upon the Borough Watch Rates Rates Bill. 
Bill. No. 307. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; To be read 2° paragraph by para- 
graph. 
| Preamble postponed. 

CuauseE, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 
| Cxause, N° 2, (Councils embodied to levy a 
Rate for carrying former Act into execution) ——— 
read. 

Question, That the Clause stand part of the Bill 
put, and Negatived. . 

Cravse, N° 3, agreed to. 
CiauseE, N° 4, agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pryme 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Pryme reported the .Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Wednesday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Copyholds’ 
further consideration the Report on the Copyholds’ Enfranctise~ 
Enfranchisement’ Bill :—The Bill was re-committed "“"~* 
to a Committee of the whole House:—And the 

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Sewers Bill. 
No. 308. 


Electors 
Removal Bill, 


Prisons (Scot- 
land) Bill, 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Sugar Duties, 


Registration 
(Court of 
Appeal) Bill. 


334. 


House immediately resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Pryme re- 
orted, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill , and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Sewers Bill; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr Attorney General reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Attorney General reported the Bill accord- 
ingly; and the Report was ordered to be taken into 
farther consideration upon Friday next; and the 
Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


The House according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Electors’ Removal Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; To be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Czuause, N° 1, (Electors not to lose right of 
voting - account of removal after Registration) 
read. 

Amendment proposed, to add at the end of the 
Clause the following Proviso “ Provided always, 
“ That no such Elector shall be entitled to vote, 
“ unless he shall at the time of tendering his vote, be 
“ a rated inhabitant of the said city or borough.” 

Question, That those words be there added-—— 
put and Negatived. 

Crause, N° 1, agreed to. 

Cravusss, N° 2 and N° 3, agreed to. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. War- 
burton reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill; and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed, and read 
the third time upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 








The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That towards raising the Supply granted 
to Her Majesty, the several Duties on Sugar and 
Molasses now payable, and the Bounties allowed 
thereon, be further continued. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Pryme 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution, 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Pryme also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit =. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for establishing a Court of Appeal from the Revising 
Barristers of England and Wales: And that Mr. 


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A. 1839. 


Charles Buller, Mr. Warburton and Mr. Milner 
Gibson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Baring presented, by Her Majesty’s com- Education, 
mand,—An Estimate of the Amount required to No, 399 
be voted in the year 1839 for Public Education in . 
Great Britain. 

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


Mr. Charles Buller presented a Bill for establish- Registration 
ing a Court of Appeal from the Revising Barristers (Coutof 
of England and Wales: And the same was read the “??**) Bil. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 0-310. 
upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Disturbed Disturbed 

Districts, which was presented yesterday, be printed. ne 

Oo. 9, 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Consta- Constabulary 
bulary and Police Force (Jreland), which was pre- 2"4 Police 


sented yesterday, be printed. . oan 
Ordered, That the Copies of Appendixes (D.) aan ae 


and (E.) to Report on Affairs of British North America, 
America, from the Earl of Durham, which were No.303, 
presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Jamaica, Jamaica, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 304, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, Navy. 


which was presented upon Wednesday last, be No. 305. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Railway Railway 
Companies, which was laid upon the Table yester- ©°™P*™« 
day, be referred to the Select Committee on Rail- 
ways. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 13° die Junii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Moore, from the Office of the Poor Law Dunmow 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar Union. 

presented, pursuant to Order,—Copies of any Com- 
munications to or from the Poor Law Commissioners 
concerning the erection of a Workhouse in the Dun- 
mow Union :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That the Committee on the Grantham Grantham 
Small Debts Bill be revived :—And that they have Suall Debs 
leave to sit, and proceed, upon Tuesday next. ” 


An ingrossed Bill for paving, lighting, watching Bradford 
and improving the Town of Bradford, in the County a 
of Wilts, was read the third time. Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Long do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- West Croft 
deration the Report which, upon the 5th day of this Ca! Bil 
instant June, was made from the Committee on the 
West Croft Canal Bill; printed Copies of the Bill 
having been delivered at the door upon Friday last ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Petition of Edward Charles Eddrup, of Ton- Brompton New 
bridge-place, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, Road Bill. 
Agent for the Earl of Harrington, and Miss 
Cesarine Annabella Louise Fleming, an Infant, pray- 
ing that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel 
or agent, against certain parts of the Brompton New 
Road Bill; and stating that the parties opposing 
the Bill had been given to understand that the Bill 
would not be proceeded with during the present 
Session, was presented, and read. 


Ordered, 


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Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. : 

And it appearing to the House that the parties 
promoting the Bill had delayed to go into Com- 
mittee till Friday the 7th day of this instant June, 
and had applied to the House on Monday last, being 
the last day for receiving Reports on Private Bills, 
for further time to report, which had been granted 
till Monday next, and that the proceedings of the 
Committee would be closed To-morrow ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that, under the circumstances of the case, 
the Petitioner be permitted to be heard, by himself, 
his counsel or agent, before the said Committee. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the several Acts re- 


Preston and 


Wyre Railway Jating to “The Preston and Wyre Railway and Har- 


and Harbour ; 


and, Preston Dour Company,” and ‘“‘ The Preston and Wyre Dock 
and Wyre Dock Company,” and to consolidate the said Companies, 
Bill. was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir Hesketh Fleetwood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for making Wet Docks, and 
other Works, at and near to Jarrow Slake, within 
the Port of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, and in the County 
of Durham, to be called “ The Tyne Docks,” was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ord do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Tyne Docks 
Bill. 


Birmingham 


Sones An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Company of 
ana tile 


Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigations 
to make a new Cut, and for extending and altering 
some of the Provisions of their present Act, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Eardley Wilmot do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Manchester and 
Birmingham 
Railway Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Manchester and 
Birmingham Railway Company to vary and extend 
the Line of their Railway, and to amend the Act 
relating thereto, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mark Philips do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of John Ivie, of Trull, in the county 
of Somerset, Gentleman, and Juliana Ivie, his Wife, 


Sidmouth 
Improvement 
and Market 


Bill, praying that the Sidmouth Improvement and Market 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Committee 
on the Bill. 

Glossop A Petition of Inhabitants of the townships of 

Small Debts = Longhurst Lane, Mellor and other places, in the 

ill, ‘ ‘ : 
parish of Glossop, in the county of Dots, praying 
that Provision may be made in the Glossop Small 
Debts Bill to extend the operation thereof to the said 
townships, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

Liverpool Ordered, That the Committee on the Liverpool 

Buildings Bill. Buildings Bill be revived :—And that they have leave 
to sit, and proceed, To-morrow. 

ag Mr. Bethell reported from the Committee on the 


Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for vesting 
certain Hereditaments situate in the Parish of Dry- 
pool, within the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, and 
im the Parish of Sutton, in the East Riding of the 
County of York respectively, late the Property of 
Robert Raikes, Esquire, deceased, in Trustees, upon 
Trust, to be sold, and for laying out the Money 
arising therefrom in the purchase of other Estates to 
be settled to the same uses; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
= : =" the Parties concerned had given their 
OL. 94, 


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335 


consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment :—And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bethell do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


An ingrossed Bill for dissolving “ The Croydon, Croydon, 
Merstham and Godstone Iron Railway Company,” Merstham, and 
was read the third time. pe saya 

Resolved, That the Bil) do pass. pany Bul. 

Ordered, That Captain Alsager do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ivanoff’s Naturalization Bill was read the first Ivanof’s 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. Nat. Bill. 


Petitions from Halton ; — Leeds ; —Thorner ; — Education. 
Measewood ; — Bolton-by-the-Sands ; — Deptford, 
Southwick and Ballast Hills ;—Llanfairpwllgwyn- 
gyll; — Whitchurch (Hereford) ; — landysilzo i 
Chippenham ; —Upton Bishop ;—Hylton Ferry ;— 
Bognor and South Bersted ;—Lydiard Tregoz ;— 
Beaumaris ;—and, Liansadwrn; praying the House 
not to sanction the proposed scheme of National Edu- 
cation recently laid before Parliament, as approved b 
the Committee of Privy Council,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from West Newton ;—Sandringham ;— Postage. 
and, Llangefni; praying for the adoption of a low 
and uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cricklade;--and, Lydiard Millicent ; Maynooth 
praying the House not to sanction any further gor 
of public money to the Roman Catholic College of 
Maynooth,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Council of Bolton, praying that Rating of _ 
the Rating of Tenements Bill may not pass into Tenements Bill. 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archbishop of Tuam and Clergy Education 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion, against (Ireland.) 
the present system of National Education in Jreland, 
was brought up, and read. 

And objection being taken to the said Petition, 
on account of the assumption of the title of Arch 
bishop of Tuam ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 

That the Petition do lie upon the Table ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Dillon Browne, 82 
Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell } P 


Yeas, 
Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 165 
Noes, Mr. Law: ' 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That Lord George Lennox have leave of Leave of 
absence for a fortnight, on urgent business:—Colonel Absence. 
Grant a month, on urgent business :—Mr. Goring 
six days, on urgent business :—Mr. Charles Arthur 
Walker a fortnight, on urgent business :—Mr. John 
Hyacinth Talbot a fortnight, on urgent business :— 
and, Colonel Westenraa fortnight, on urgent business. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Malt. 
Return of the Number of Bushels of Malt charged 
with Duty in England, in the years ending 5th April 
1838 and 1839 :—-A similar a for y Fe whe i— 
And, a similar Return for Scotland. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Law Commis- 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to sion (Scotland.) 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 

a Return (in continuation of the Return No. 82, of 
Session 1838) showing, in columns, the Sums ex- 
uu4 pended 








British 
Museum. 


Public Petitions 
(Twenty-eighth ect Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 


Report.) 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Leeds and 
Harewood 
Road Bill. 


Duke of 
Buckingham’s 
Estate Bill. 


Allison’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Waterford 


Fever Hospital, 


Duke of 
Buckingham’s 
Estate Bill. 


Jamaica Laws 
Bill, 


336 


pended on account of the Law Commission of Scot- 
land since the above Return was made, and the Sum 
Total expended on account of the said Commission 
from its commencement :—Also, the Dates of each 
Commission and the Heads of Inquiry; thereafter 
stating at length, 1st those Heads which have been 
reported on; 2d, those which have not; with the 
reasons why they have not been considered and re- 
ported on:—Also the Number of Times the Com- 
missioners have met since the Return No. 82, with the 
Number of Commissioners present at each Meeting: 
—Also the Number and Dates of the Reports which 
have been made; and whether any Report or Reports 
are in progress ; and if so, on what subject. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this ae as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Memorial from the Trustees of the 
British Museum to the Lords of the Treasury, re- 
commending that the series of Medals relating to 
British History, now in the Museum, should be 
published, and engraved by a mechanical process. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- 


examined the Petitions presented on the 10th day 
of this instant June, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof, to the House. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 

and Mr. Senior: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for repairing and maintaining the Road from 
Leeds through Harewood, to the South-west Corner 
of the Inclosures of Harrogate, in the West Riding 
of the County of York, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for giving effect to certain Powers as to the parts of 
the settled Estates of the Most noble Richard 
Plantagenet, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed an Act to dissolve the 
Marriage of Robert Allison with Mary Ann, his now 
Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for 
other Purposes therein mentioned ; to which the 


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Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act passed in the 
sixth and seventh years of the reign of His late Ma- 
jesty King William the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to 
consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the 
Presentment of Public Money by Grand Juries in 
Ireland,” so as to enable the Grand Jury of the 
County of Waterford to make Presentments for 
the support of the Fever Hospital for such County, 
although situate in the County of the City of Water- 
ford, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
title be, An Act to amend an Act of the sixth and 
seventh years of his late Majesty King William the 
Fourth, for consolidating the Laws relating to the 
Presentment of Public Money by Grand Juries in 
Iv-eland, so as to enable the Grand Jury of the 
County of Waterford to make Presentments on 
account of the Fever Hospital of the said County, 
although situate in the County of the City of 

Waterford. 
Ordered, That Mr. Villiers Stuart do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Duke of Buckingham’s Estate Bill was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Jamaica Laws Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 








A. 1839. 


_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Canada, 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon the 3d day of this instant June, That it is 
the Opinion of this House, that it is expedient to 
form a Legislative Union of the Provinces of Upper 
and Lower Canada, on the Principles of a Free and 
Representative Government, in such manner as may 
most conduce to the prosperity and contentment of 
the people of the United Province ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Cenada 
for re-uniting the Provinces of Upper and Lower ®e-wnion Bil, 
Canada, and for the Government of the United 
Province: And that Lord John Russell and Mr. 
Labouchere do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 Vic. c. 9, Lower Canada 
to make temporary Provision for the Government of Goverument 
Lower Canada, might be read; and the same being Pi 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the said Act: And that Lord John Russell 
and Mr. Labouchere do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Metropolis 
into a Committee upon the Metropolis Police Bill. Police Bill 


(In the Committee.) 


Criausess, N° 21 to N° 28, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 29, postponed. 

Crauses, N° 30 to N° 46, agreed to. 

Crause, Ne 47, (Penalty on keeping houses, &amp;c- 
open after eleven o’clock at fairs) ——read. 

Several Amendments made. 

Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Lord Dalmeny, 54 

Yeas, Mr. John Parker : — 

Tellers for the { Colonel Sibthorp, } P 

Noes, Mr. Thomas Duncombe : 

CrausE, N° 48, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 49, agreed to. 

CriauseE, N° 50, agreed to. 

Ciavsz, N° 51, postponed. 

Cuiausss, N° 52 to N° 59, amended, and agreed to. 

CravuseE, N° 60, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 61, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 62, disagreed to. 

Crauszs, N° 63 to N° 66, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 67, (That every person who shall be 
found drunk in any street or public thoroughfare, 
and who while drunk shall be guilty of any riotous 
or indecent behaviour, may be committed, if the 
Magistrate before whom he shall be convicted shall 
think fit, instead of inflicting on him any pecuniary 
penalty, to the House of Correction, with or without 
hard labour, for any time not more than Seven days. 

Question put, That the Clause stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Fox Maule, Las 

Yeas, Mr. Solicitor General: f ‘“* 

Tellers for the f Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 

Noes, Mr. Darby: 

Cuavusss, N° 68 to N° 83, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 84, disagreed to. 

Cuavusss, N° 85, to N° 87, agreed to. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


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prisonment The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
fe Debt Act mittee on the inguinal for Debt Act Amend- 
Amendment ment Bill; ' 

‘ A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, 
that they have Power to receive a Clause to provide 
that the Judgment required by the aforesaid Act, 
previous to a Debtor’s discharge, subjecting any 
property that may afterwards accrue to the Debtor, 
at any period, (exclusive of all Assets, Prospects 
and Claims set forth in his Schedule,) shall cease to 
be of effect beyond the term of three years from 
the Date of the discharge of the Debtor :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to receive Clauses to 
enable persons residing at a greater distance than 
ten miles from the Court House in Portugal-street, 
who may be willing to enter into recognizances of 
sureties for the due appearance of Insolvent Debtors 
before the Court, or before Commissioners on their 
circuits, or before Justices of the Peace in Berwick- 
upon- Tweed, to enter into such recognizances without 
the necessity of appearing for such purpose before the 
Court itself at its usual and ordinary place of sitting. 

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

ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


ill, 


ada 


Perth Prison 
Advance of 
oney.] 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of advancing a Sum out 
of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, for converting into a 
Prison the Buildings at Perth, now belonging to Go- 
vernment and formerly used as a place of confinement 
for French Prisoners of War, a Resolution; which 
was read, as followeth; 

Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten thousand 
pounds, be advanced out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, towards defraying the expense of converting 
into a Prison the Buildings at Perth, now belonging 
to Government and formerly used as a place of con- 
finement for French Prisoners of War. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill, that they have 
Power to make Provision therein pursuant to the 
said Resolution. 


Ways and Mr. Bernal, by Order, reported from the Com- 

Moms, mittee of Ways and Means, a Resolution; which 
was read, as followeth: 

Sugar Duties.  Fesolved, That towards raising the Supply granted 


to Her Majesty, the several Duties on Sugar and 
Molasses now payable, and the Bounties allowed 
thereon, be further continued. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bernal, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Baring do prepare, and 
bring it in, 


Windsor Castle 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
Stables Bill. WV; 


a Committee upon the Windsor Castle Stables Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Billsof The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
Exchange Bill. a Committee upon the Bills of Exchange Bill; and, 
after some time —_ therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 


the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
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337 


mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed ; and read the 
third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fictitious Votes 
reading of the Fictitious Votes (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Electors (Scotland) of Electors 
Bill; (Scotland) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Brick Duties 

mittee on the Brick Duties Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Joint Tenants Voting (Jreland) Bill was, Joint Tenants 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Voting (Tre- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 4) 3". 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Writs (Scot- 
reading of the Writs (Scotland) Bill ; land) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Election Peii- 

mittee on the Election Petitions’ Trial Bill; tious’ Trial Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself¥into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third yigh sherifis’ 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to regulate the Ex- Expenses Bill. 
penses to be incurred by Persons serving the Office 
of High Sheriff in England and Wales ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. "Po leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months,” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question ; 


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


Veneris, 14° die Junii, 1839: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Colonel Davies, 140 
Yeas, Mr. Parrott: ; 
Tellers for the { Sir Bdward Knatchbull, 16 
Noes, Mr. Barneby : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in Pr. 2. l. 1. by aoe out from the 
word “ present” to the word “ And,” in 1. 28. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, a } 36. 
Tellers for the Noes, a Bomiy P } 17. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then another Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Colonel Davies do carry the Bill 





to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
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Bankrupts The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Ireland) Bill. further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts 
No.311. (Jreland) Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House :—And the House 
immediately resolved itself into the said Committee; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Sir Denham Jephson Norreys 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 

Bill, and made other Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Sir Denham Jephson Norreys reported the Bill 
accordingly ; and the Report was ordered to be 
taken into further consideration upon Monday next ; 
and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


Custody of Mr. Serjeant Zalfourd reported the Custody of 
{nfants Bill.  Jnfants Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to, 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thurs- 
day next. 


Copyholds’ Mr. James Stewart reported the Copyholds’ En- 
a franchisement Bill; and the Amendments were 


read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day next. 
Prisons The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


(Scotland) Bill. nittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Memorial to the Lords Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s ae sag from Mr. Joseph Wood- 
head, on behalf of the Commander, Officers and 
Crew of Her Majesty’s Brig Buzzard, as captors 
of the Spanish Schooner Circe, of 98 Tons, con- 
demned under the late Treaty, being illegally fitted 
for the Traffic in Slaves, and declared to be 38 Tons 
British admeasurement. 


Slave Trade. 


Stannaries Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
all) to make further provision for the Administration of 
* Justice, and for improving the practice and Proceed- 
ings in the Courts of the Stannaries of Cornwall, 
and for the prevention of Frauds by Workmen em- 
ployed in Mines, within the County of Cornwall: 
And that Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Pendarves and 
Mr. Solicitor General do prepare, and bring it in. 


F.N.S.Thomas. A Petition of A. F. Proctor, and others, praying 
the House to take into consideration the allegations 
contained in the Petition of William Cooke (pre- 
sented yesterday), relative to the verdict in a case 
of Henry Myers Seally versus Frederick Nicholas 
Somers Thomas, for stealing, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, 'That the Petition be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the more effectual relieving of Poor ‘Persons from 
the Payment of Rates or Cesses ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
leave be given to bring in a Bill for the more effec- 
tual relieving of Poor Persons from the Payment 
of Rates or Cesses:—The said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Se The House was moved that the Act 4 and 5, 
Continuance ill. 4. c. 76, for the Amendment and better Ad- 
Bill. ministration of the Laws relating to the Poor in 
England and Wales, might be read ; and the same 

being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to continue the Poor Law Commission: And that 
Lord John Russell and Mr. Fox Maule do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Payment of 
Rates, 


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A. 1839. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Collection of 
to amend the Laws relating to the Assessment and Fetes Bitl, 
Collection of Rates for the Relief of the Poor, and 
to the Collection of County, Borough and Police 
Rates: And that Lord John Russell and Mr. For 
Maule do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Metropolis 
day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of Police 
authorizing advances out of the Consolidated Fund tsa of 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and"! 
Ireland, for the purposes of any Act of the present 
Session, relating to the Police of the Metropolis ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


2 ee ee ee Ge 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill for granting to Her sugar Duties 
Majesty certain Duties on Sugar imported into the Bill. 
United Kingdom, for the Service of the year One No.319, ( 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill to continue poor Law 
the Poor Law Commission: And the same was Commission 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second — 

5; : ‘ ill. 
time upon Friday next; and to be printed. No.8 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill to amend the Collection of 
Laws relating to the Assessment and Collection of Rates Bill. 
Rates for the Relief of the Poor, and to the Collec- No.314, 
tion of County, Borough and Police Rates: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
printed. 


Sir Charles Lemon presented a Bill to make Stannaries 
further provision for the administration of Justice, a 
and for improving the Practice and Proceedings in “*!) B 


‘the Courts of the Stannaries of Cornwall, and for No 315. 


the prevention of Frauds by Workmen employed in 
Mines, within the County of Cornwall: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Na- National Debt. 
tioual Debt, which was presented yesterday, be No. 316. 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Savings savings Banks. 
Banks, which were presented yesterday, be printed. No. 316, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Printed Printed Papers. 
Papers, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No, 317. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till after one of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 14° die Junii; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 
(PRDERED, That the Select Committee on Printed Papers. 


Printed Papers have leave to sit this day till 
five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Standing Standing 
Orders relative to Private Bills, have leave to sit Orders. 
this day till five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Mr. Robinson, from the Court of Queen’s Bench, Justices of the 
was called in; and at the bar presented,—Return Peace. 
to an Order dated the 3d day of this instant June, 
for Returns of all applications made in the Court of 
Queen’s Bench, for leave to file Criminal Informa- 
tions against Justices of the Peace in England and 
Wales, in which the Rule JVisi, or to Shew Cause, 




















has 








Manchester and 
Birmingham 
Extension 
(Stone and , 
Rugby) Rail- 
way Bill. 


Carleton’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Allison’s 
Divorce Bill. 


West Croft 
Canal Bill. 


Peterborough 
Gaol Bill. 


Sidmouth 
Iinprovement 
and Market 
Bill, 


Earl of Darne 
ley’s Estate 
Bill, 


Lord Temple- 
more’s Estate 
Bill. 


Norwich 
Improvement 
Bill, 


Belfast Water 
«No. 1.) 


2 VicToRiz£. 


has been granted, from the 1st day of January 1834 
to the 31st day of December 1838, both inclusive, 
detailing the Dates when each Application was 
made, the Name or Names of the Parties making 
the same, and against whom, with the Dates when 
and how the same was disposed of, whether dis- 
missed with or without Costs, or rendered absolute : 
—Of the Number of Cases, and of the Verdicts 
and Judgments, in all Actions commenced in the 
Superior Courts at Westminster against Magistrates 
to try the Validity of Summary Convictions by Ma- 
gistrates, from the 1st day of January 1836 to the 
31st day of December 1838, both inclusive :—And 
then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return dolie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of Stockport, praying that the Manchester and Bir- 
mingham Extension (Stone and Rugby) Railway 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- 
solve the Marriage of William Carleton, Esquire, 
with Rosamond Carleton, his now Wife, and to en- 
able him to marry again, and for other Purposes 
therein mentioned, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

_ Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Allison’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


An ingrossed Bill for forming a Canal and other 
Works within and near certain Lands called the 
West Croft, in the Parish of Saint Mary, in the 
‘Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for forming a Canal and other Works 
within and near certain Lands called the West 
Croft, in the Parish of Saint Mary, in the Town 
and County of the Town of Nottingham. 

Ordered, That Sir Ronald Ferguson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for building a new Gaol for the 
City of Peterborough, and for other Purposes con- 
nected therewith, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for building a new Gaol for the 
Liberty or Soke of Peterborough, and Hundred of 
Nassaburgh, in the County of Northampton, and 
for other Purposes connected therewith. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fazakerley do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Josepha Jean Loscombe and Mary 
Gertrude Loscombe, of Torquay, Spinsters, and 
Emanuel Lousada, of Sidmouth, Esquire, praying 
that the Sidmouth Improvement and Market Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Committee 
on the Bill. 


The Earl of Darzley’s Estate Bill was read a 
second time; and committed to Mr. Law Hodges, 
and the West Kent List. 


Lord Templemore’s Estate Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Law Hodges, and the 
West Kent List. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
Norwich Improvement Bill to make their Report 
be further enlarged till Thursday next. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom the 
Petition of the Marquis of Donegall and the Earl 
of Belfast, for leave to proceed with the Belfast 
Water (No. 1.) Bill; and also, the Petition of the 
_ — Society, praying that the Ses- 

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339 


sional Orders may not be dispensed with in the 
case of the Petition for leave to proceed with the 
said Bill, were referred ; That the Committee recom 
mend that leave be given to the Parties to proceed 
with their Bill, pursuant to the prayer of their 
Petition. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the Parties to 
proceed with their Bill. 


Petitions from Wavertree ;— Aberfeldy ;—Hill- Postage. 
morton ; — Birmingham ;— Cornwell, Sarsden and 
Churchill ; — Bodmin; — Wyrardesbury ;—Wem;— 
Stratford ;—South Newton ;—Hackney, Homerton, 
Stepney and Clapton ;— Ulverston ;—-Madeley, Iron- 
bridge and Coalbrookdale ;— Biggar ;— Truro ;— 
King Edward (County of Aberdeen);—Eastbourne; 
— Maryport; — Gamrie;— Work-people employed 
by Messrs. Coates and Co., at Strangeways and other 
places in the neighbourhood of Manchester ;—Brid- 
ford;— and, Holcombe Burnell; praying for the 
adoption of a low and uniform rate of Postage,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from‘ Clifton ;—Derby ; — Stony Mid- 1 ora’s Day. 
dleton ; — and, Shirlead nahin the Sivas to sais 
rim 9 measures for securing the due observance of 
the Lord’s Day,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bolton-le-Moors; — Belchamp yfaynooth 
Saint Paul, &amp;c.;—and, Hereford Protestant Asso- College. 
ciation (Chairman); praying the House not to sanc- 
tion any further grant of public money to the Ro- 
man Catholic college of Maynooth,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the there under-signed, praying that Universal 
a law may be passed, granting to every male, of Suffrage, &amp;c. 
lawful age, sane mind, and unconvicted of crime, 
the right of voting for Members of Parliament; and 
directing all future elections of Members of Parlia- 
ment to be in the way of secret ballot; and or- 
daining that the duration of Parliaments so chosen 
shall in no case exceed one year; and abolishing 
all property qualifications in the Members, and pro- 
viding for their due remuneration while in attendance 
on their Parliamentary duties, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Sir Edward Knatchbull reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private Orders: 
Bills, a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for the Kingston-upon- 
Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill, the Parties be per- Hull Docks. 
mitted to proceed with their Bill on giving Fourteen 
days’ notice to all the Parties who hold bonds or 
mortgages of the Company, or producing to the 
Committee on the Bill the consent of the holders of 
such bonds or mortgages. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Glasgow Writ. 

to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 
present Parliament for the City of Glasgow, in the 
room of the Right honourable Lord William Ben- 
tinck, who, since his election for the said City hath 
accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Ma- 
jesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough 
and Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


A Petition of William Willis, one of the Surveyors Highways Bill. 
of the Highways of Salford, praying that the High- 
ways Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Holcombe Rogus;—and, Culm- Poor Law 
stock; praying for the amendment of the Poor Law — 
Act,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie“ 
upon the Table. 





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Church 
Establishment 
(Canada, &amp;c.) 


Prisons Bill, 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Church of 
Scotland, 


North Midland 


Railway Bill. 


340 


Petitions from Bower Chalke; — Deaneries of 
Wylye, Amesbury and Wilton ;—South Newton ;— 

arlborough ;—Herringfleet, &amp;c. ;— Hillingdon and 
Uxbridge ;—Deaneries of Newport and Sampford ; 
— Leigh (Essex) ;—Caynham ;— Alvediston ;— New- 
ton Tony ;— Wilsford and Woodford ; — Tollard 
Royal ;— and, Donhead Saint Mary; praying the 
House to continue their protection and encourage- 
ment to the Bishops and Clergy in Canada and the 
other British colonies,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Clergy, Bankers, Mer- 
chants and other Inhabitants of Birmingham, pray- 
ing that the Prisons Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Deau and Chapter of the 
Cathedral Church of Salisbury ;—and, Laymen re- 
sident in the county of Wilts, in the diocese of 
Salisbury ; praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties 
and Revenues Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
en and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Pencaitland ; — and, Provincial 
Synod of Caithness and Sutherland (Moderator) ; 
praying the House to adopt measures for relieving 
the religious destitution which a in Scotland, 
by extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to alter the Line of the North 
Midland Railway, and to amend the Acts relating 
thereto; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 4. 1. 8. Leave out “‘ was,” and insert “ were.”’ 

Pr. 11. 1. 14. After “ plan” insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And BE ose by the first recited 
“ Act it is Enacted, That the ascent of every bridge 
“ for carrying any turnpike-road over the said Rail- 
“‘ way shall not be more than One foot in Thirty 
“ feet; and for the purpose of carrying any public 
“ highway, not being a turnpike-road, over the said 
“ Railway, shall not be more than One foot in Twenty 
“ feet; and for carrying ae private carriage-road 
“ or occupation-way over the said Railway, shall 
“ not be more than One foot in Thirteen feet ; and 
“ that the descent of every turnpike-road, public 
“ carriage-road and occupation-way respectively, 
“ underneath the said Railway shall not be steeper 
“than the inclinations before mentioned ; and 
“ whereas in consequence of some of the roads 
“ crossed or to be crossed by the said Railway 
being, or having been before the same were inter- 
fered with by the said Company, at or near. to 
the points where the same respectively are or are 
imtended to be crossed, steeper than the inclina- 
tions above limited, it has been found almost im- 
practicable to obtain such inclinations in carrying 
the said Railway over or under the said roads; 
Be it therefore alt That wherever the said 
Railway shall be carried over or under any turn- 
pike-road, public highway or occupation-road, the 
present inclination of which at the point of crossing 
thereof shall be steeper than the inclinations re- 
cuired by the said recited Act for carrying the 
same obs a or over the said Railway, it shall and 
may be lawful for the said Company to carry the 
same over or under the said Railway, on any in- 
clination, not being steeper than the present incli- 
nation of such turnpike-road, public highway or 
occupation road at such point of crossing.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 27. After “ Act” insert Clauses (B.) 

(C.), (D.), (E.) and (F.) 

CravseE (B.) “ And whereas an Act was passed 
“ in the thirty-first year of the reign of his Majesty 
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establishing Agreements made between Charles 
Brandling, Esquire, and other Persons, Proprietors 
of lands, for laying down a Waggon-way, in order 
for the better supplying the Town and Neighbour- 
hood of Leeds, in the County of York, with Coals ;’ 
and whereas another Act was passed in the nine- 
teenth year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the Third, intituled, ‘ An Act for rendering 
more beneficial an Act made in the thirty-first 
ear of the reign of King George the Second, in- 
tituled, ‘ An Act for establishing Agreements made 
between Charles Brandling, uire, and other 
Persons, Proprietors of lands, for laying down a 
Waggon-way, in order for the better supplying 
the Town and Neighbourhood of Leeds, in the 
County of York, with Coals, by enabling the said 
Charles Brandling to supply annually a larger 
ams of Coals to and for the use of the said 
own and Neighbourhood, and for regulating the 
prices of carrying Coals from the Repository at 
Casson Close ;? and whereas another Act was 
passed in the thirty-third year of the reign of his 
said Majesty King George the Third, intituled, 
‘ An Act for amending and enlarging the powers 
of two Acts, one made in the thirty-first year of 
the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Second, and the other made in the nineteenth year 
of the reign of his present Majesty, for the better. 
supplying the Town and Neighbourhood of Leeds, 
in the County of York, with Coals ;’ and whereas 
another Act was passed in the forty-third year 
of the reign of his said Majesty King George the 
Third, intituled, “ An Act for fain. Yn and en- 
larging the Powers of several Acts made in the 
thirty-first year of the reign of his late Majesty 
King George the Second, and in the nineteenth 
and thirty-third years of the reign of his present 
Majesty for the better supplying of the Town and 
Neighbourhood of Leeds, in the County of York, 
with Coals ;”” and whereas under and by virtue of 
the said recited Acts, Charles Brandling, Esquire, 
therein described, his executors, administrators 
or assigns, was and were empowered to lay down 
a certain waggon-way from his or their coal mines 
or coal works in Middleton aforesaid or elsewhere, 
to or near the town of Leeds, in the manner and 
subject to the terms, regulations and restrictions 
in the said recited Acts, some or one of them, 
mentioned ; and whereas it is expedient in manner 
hereinafter mentioned to restrain the North Mid- 
land Railway Company in executing the works by 
this Act authorized, from taking any part of or 
interfering with or injuring the said waggon-way, 
or any of the lands, property or interest of the 
person or persons seised or possessed of or entitled 
for the time being to the rents and profits of the 
said coal mines or coal works; Be it therefore 
further Enacted, That (unless with the consent 
in writing of the person or persons seised or pos- 
sessed of or entitled for the time being to the 
rents and profits of the said coal mines or coal 
works) it shall not be lawful for the said Com- 
pany in making the intended altered or new line 
of ven and works by this Act authorized, to 
make any part, or to deviate from the line of the 
same Railway and works, as delineated on the 
Map or Plan thereof deposited in the office of the 
Clerk of the Peace for the West Riding of the 
county of York, so as to take or use any land or 
ground on the westwardly side of the said waggon 
way, or nearer to the east rail thereof than Twelve 
yards (save and except where the same Railway 
passes through Three several closes or parcels of 
land, respectively numbered 193, 194 and 195 
on the said Plan, in passing through which it shall 
be lawful for the said Railway and works to ap- 
proach within but not nearer than Nine feet of 

the said east rail of the said waggon-way.” 
Cuiauss (C.) “ And whereas the owners of the 
said coal mines or coal works at Middleton —_ 
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for some time past had it in contemplation to form 
a branch waggon-way for the conveyance of coals 
and other articles to and from the River Aire and 
the intermediate places, which waggon-way is 
intended to branch off from the said present 
waggon-way at or near the place where a certain 
raised carriage-way intersects such waggon-way 
at the southwardly of Hunslet Moor, and to 
take an eastwardly direction near the southwardly 
side of such raised carriage-way across the said 
moor, and will intersect the said Railway at or 
near the part where the highway leading from 
Hunslet to Holbeck is intended to be carried over 
the same Railway by a bridge or arch; and the 
said owners of the said coal works have at great 
expense purchased and become proprietors of the 
lands necessary for forming the said branch wag- 
gon-way; and whereas it is expedient to make 
provision for the formation and use of the said 
branch waggon-way over the said Railway in 
manner hereinafter mentioned; Be it therefore 
further Enacted, That the said Railway Company 
shall and they are hereby required at their own 
expense, upon the request in writing of the person 
or persons seised or possessed of, or entitled for 
the time being to the rents and profits of the said 
coal mines or coal works, by means of the said 
intended bridge or arch for carrying the said high- 
way from Hunslet to Holbeck over the said Rail- 
way, or if, inthe judgment of the engineer of such 
last-mentioned person or persons and the engineer 
of the said Railway Company, or their umpire, in 
case of disagreement, such bridge or arch shall 
not be erected in a situation suitable for such 
purpose, then by means ofa separate bridge or 
arch over such Railway, to make and provide a 
perfect and uninterrupted waggon-way communi- 
cation over the said Railway hereby authorized ; 
and that the said Railway Company shall and 
they are hereby also required at their own expense, 
either at the time of making the said Railway 
hereby authorized, or at any time afterwards, upon 
such request as aforesaid, to form and make em- 
bankments or approaches for the said branch 
waggon-way to the bridge or arch whereby the 
same shall be formed and continued over the said 
Railway ; such approaches to be of such width 
on the surface as to permit or allow to be laid and 
set thereon one line only of such branch waggon- 
way, and of the same width as the said present 
waggon-way, the westward of such approaches 
to commence by a junction with the east side of 
the said waggon-way at or near the said point of 
intersection thereof by the said raised carriage- 
way, and to be made of an uniform rise or inclina- 
tion from such commencement to the summit of 
the said bridge or arch, and the eastward of such 
approaches to be of an uniform rise from such 
summit, in the proportion or inclination of One 
foot perpendicular in One hundred and forty-four 
feet horizontal, to the eastwardly extremity of the 
said moor; and further, that the said Railway 
Company shall and they are hereby required, at 
their own expense, for ever to maintain and kee 
in good repair the bridge or arch whereby the 
said branch waggon-way shall be supported over 
the said Railway, and such substantial side or 
wing walls, and masonry on each side of the said 
bridge or arch, as shall be at all times sufficient 
to uphold and maintain the same ; but the said 
Railway Company shall not be required to main- 
tain or repair the other parts of the said = 
proaches after the same shall be once completely 
formed.” 

Cuiause (D.) “ And for preventing any injury to 
the said waggon-way by the falling of the em- 
bankment on which the same is formed and laid ; 
Be it further Enacted, That in case the intended 
altered or new line of Railway or works or any 
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Ten yards from the said waggon-way, and in an 
open cutting or excavation, the said Compan 
shall and they are hereby required, within the 
space of Three calendar months after any portion 
of such cutting or excavation shall have been ex- 
ecuted, in every such cutting or excavation, and 
for such length as the same shall approach to 
within Ten yards of the the said waggon-way, to 
construct, erect and make, and for ever thereafter 
maintain and keep in repair, at their own expense 
such substantial burr or embankment-wall therein 
on the side of such cutting or excavation nearest 
to the said waggon-way, as will effectually uphold 
and maintain in a firm state, the earth on that 
side thereof, and prevent the falling down or in- 
terruption of, or injury to the said waggon-way, 
and it shall not be lawful for the said Company 
to plant, erect or set up any hedge, wall or fence 
on the side of the said cutting or excavation nearest 
to the said waggon-way, within Nine feet of the 
said east rail of the same.” 

Cuiauss (E.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
if by reason of the execution of any of the powers 
— granted, any obstruction shall be occa- 
sioned to the free and regular use of the said 
waggon-way by the person or persons seised or 
possessed of, or entitled for the time being to the 
rents and profits of the said coal mines and coal 
works, according to the true intent and meaning 
of the said last-mentioned Acts, then and in each 
and every such case the said Company shall pay 
to the said person or persons seised, possessed or 
entitled as aforesaid for the time being, as or by 
way of ascertained damages, the sum of Ten 
pounds for every hour during which any obstruc- 
tion shall continue, and in default of payment of 
the said sum on demand made on the treasurer, 
or any officer of the said Railway Company, the 
said person or persons seised, possessed or entitled 
as aforesaid, may sue for and recover the same, 
together with full costs of suit, against the said 
Railway Company, by action of debt, or on the 
case, in any of Her Majesty’s Courts of Record 
at Westminster: Provided also, That nothing 
herein contained shall extend to prevent the said 
person or persons seised, possessed or entitled as 
aforesaid for the time being, from recovering 
against the said Railway Company any special 
damage that may be sustained by him or them 
on account of the acts or defaults of the said 
Railway Company, or by reason of any accident, 
or in the execution of any of the works by this 
Act authorized, or by reason of the bad state of 
repair of any part of such works, or of any of 
the slopes, banks or walls of the said Railway, in 
respect of which the said penalty is imposed, 
beyond the amount of such penalty ; and he and 
they is and are hereby authorized to sue for and 
recover such special damage accordingly ; but in 
every case where the peng: taper ae imposed 
shall have been paid by the said Railway Com- 
pany, and any action for special damage shall be 
brought as above mentioned, then the said penalty 
so paid, shall be deemed and considered as a 
payment on account of such special damage, and 
credit shall be given by the Court before whom 
such action shall be tried, for any sum of money 
so paid by the said Railway Company, and the 
same shall be deducted from the amount of da- 
mages to be recovered by the said person or per- 
sons seised, possessed or entitled as aforesaid for 
the time being; and in case the amount of damages 
recovered shall not exceed the sum so paid, then 
and in such case judgment shall be given for the 
said Railway Company, and no action shall be 
maintainable by the said person or persons seised, 
possessed or entitled as aforesaid for the time 
being against the said Railway Company, for the 
recovery of any penalty after judgment shall have 
been obtained by him or them for any special da- 
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mage in respect of the act or acts for which such 
penalty would then have been recoverable.” 

Cause (F.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
nothing in this Act, or in the said recited Acts of 
the sixth and seventh, and of the seventh years 
of the reign of King William the Fourth, con- 
tained, for making and altering the said Railwa 
from Leeds to Derby, or either of them, shall 
diminish, alter, prejudice, affect or take away any 
of the rights, privileges, powers or authorities 
vested in the person or persons seised or possessed 
of, or entitled for the time being to the rents and 

rofits of the said coal mines or coal works at 
Middleton aforesaid, under or by virtue of the said 
Acts of the thirty-first year of the reign of King 
George the second, and of the nineteenth, thirty- 
third and forty-third years of King George the 
third, or any leases or agreements and other as- 
surances made or established under or by virtue 
of the said last-mentioned Acts, or any of them ; 
but all and every the clauses, powers, provisions, 
rules, regulations, agreements, penalties, remedies, 
= articles, matters and things in the said 
ast-mentioned Acts or in the said agreements, 
leases or other assurances therein respectively re- 
ferred to, or any of them mentioned, provided or 
contained, or such of them as before the passing 
of this Act remained in force, or were capable of 
taking effect, shall, after the passing of this Act 
remain, continue and be in as full force, and shall 
be available in as full, ample and beneficial a 
manner to all intents and purposes, as the same 
were before the passing of this Act, or as if this 
Act had not been passed, save and except only so 
far as the powers herein contained authorize the 
said Railway Company, within the limits, and 
subject to the restrictions and = herein 
contained, to purchase and make compensation 
for, and to take and use for the said Railway and 
works hereby authorized, certain parts of the lands 
comprized in some of the agreements or leases 
which are now subsisting and in force under or by 
virtue of the said last-mentioned Acts, or any of 
them, and in respect of the residue of which lands 
whereof any parts shall be so purchased and taken, 
the yearly rent or rents now payable for and in 
respect of the whole, under any such agreement 
or lease, and the compensation for the same, will 
have to be apportioned by agreement or otherwise, 
as provided by the said Railway Act of the sixth 
and seventh years of the reign of King William 
the Fourth.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 24. Leave out “ bonds or.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 5. After “ them” insert “ or of this 
Act.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 37. Leave out “ land,” 
“ lands.” 

Pr. 27. 1. 27. After “ offence” insert Clause (G.) 
Criause (G.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall be lawful for all corporations, tenants 
for life or in tail or for any other partial or quali- 
fied estate or interest, husbands, femes covert, 
guardians, trustees for charitable or other pur- 
poses, and other trustees, committees, executors, 
administrators and all persons who respectively, 
shall, for the time being, be in the possession or 
receipt of the rents, issues and profits of any 
lands or hereditaments required to be taken, used 
or released for the purposes and under the autho- 
rity of the said recited Acts or of either of them 
or of this Act on behalf not only of themselves, 
but of all other persons interested in the same 
hereditaments in remainder or expectancy, or in 
defeasance of the estates of such parties, or 
otherwise, to contract for, sell, release or convey 
the same lands and hereditaments respectively to 
the said Company or otherwise, according to the 
provisions of the said Acts, or to agree for the 
amount of any compensation payable in respect 
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agreements heretofore made with and conveyances 
executed by any such parties as are hereby autho- 
rized to contract for, sell, release and conve 
lands as aforesaid, shall be valid and effectual for 
the purpose of vesting the said lands in the said 
Company.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 33. After “that” insert “after notice 
of this provision shall have been given by the said 
Company to any of their contractors.” 

Pr. 37. 1.35. Leave out “ their,” and insert 
such,” : 

Pr, 39. 1. 20. Leave out from “ thereon” to 
the second “ or,” in]. 21. 

Pr. 39. 1. 32. Leave out from “ required” to 
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Pr. 42. 1.12. After “ Company” insert “ ex- 
cept with the consent of the owner thereof for 
the time being, to dig, cut, get, take, remove or 
carry away out of and from such lands as afore- 
said, or any part thereof, any soil, gravel, clay, 
sand or other materials which can or may be got 
or found therein at a greater distance than Forty 
yards from the fence on either side of the said 
Railway, except for the purpose of forming roads 
or approaches to the said Railway, nor to make 
use of any existing private roads at a greater 
distance than Five hundred yards from such 
fence, and that it shall not be lawful for the said 
Company.” 

Pr. 42. 1.14. After “ aforesaid” insert “ for 
any of the other purposes hereinbefore men- 
tioned.” 

Pr. 42. 1.17. After “the” insert “ fence on 
“ either side of the.” 

- Pr. 42. 1.31. After “ obtained” insert Clause 
(H.) 

Cuause (H.) “ Provided always, and be it 
further Enacted, That if within Seven days after 
service of such notice as aforesaid, the owner of 
the lands referred to therein shall object to the 
said Company making use thereof for such pur- 
poses as aforesaid, on the ground that other lands 
lying contiguous thereto might be more benefi- 
cially occupied for such purpose by the said 
Company, and with less objection to the said 
owner, then, and in such case, if the said Company 
refuse to occupy such other lands in lieu of the 
lands referred to by them in the said notice, it 
shall be lawful for any two Justices of the Peace 
in petty sessions assembled for the district where 
the said lands may lie, on the application of the 
said owner, to summon the said Company and 
the owner of such other land before them, and on 
hearing of the parties to determine which of the 
said lands shall be occupied by the said Company 
for such purposes as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 54. 1. 6. After “ stations” insert “ but so 
nevertheless, that no part of the actual line or 
lines of Railway which will connect the present 
line and works of the North Midland Railway 
Company with the residue of the line and works 
of the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway 
Company shall be re-sold or intersected, but that 
the whole of such connecting line shall continue 
part of the line and works of the North Midland 
Railway.” 

Pr. 61. 1.25. After “ twenty” insert “ five,” 
and in the same line leave out “ only.” 

Pr. 61. 1. 32. Leave out from “ only” to 
“and,” in Pr. 70. 1. 17., and insert Clause (L) 
Cuause (I.) “ And whereas by the said first- 
recited Act, it is amongst other things Enacted, 
“ That the compensation to be paid “4 the said 
“ Company for the extinguishment of any right of 
“ common upon any common or waste land to be 
taken by them for the purposes of the said Act, 
shall be paid to the churchwardens for the time 
being, of the parish wherein such common or 
waste lands shall be situate, and shall be by such 
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Roval Assent 
to Bills. 


Designs Copy- 
right Bill, 


Darham Court 
of Pleas Bill, 


Staffordshire 
Potteries, &amp;c., 
Police, lm- 
provement, &amp;c. 
Bill, 


Perth Police 
Bill. 


Eyemonth 
Harbour Bill, 


South Eastern 
Railway Bill. 


Liverpool and 
Manchester 
Extension 


Railway Bill. 


Great North of 
England Rail- 
way Bill. 


London and 
Birmingham 
Railway Bill. 


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general public purposes within the said parish as 
a vestry thereof shall direct: And whereas certain 
common or waste land is intended to be taken or 
used for the purposes of this Act, which is situate 
within, and parcel of the manor and township of 
Hunslet, in the West Riding of the county of 
York ; And whereas the said township of Hunslet 
is a separate district having a chapel of ease and 
chapelwarden, and exclusively maintaining its 
own poor, and also exclusively authorized to hold 
vestries for 7 purposes within such township ; 
Be it therefore further Enacted, That the com- 
pensation to be paid by the said Company for the 
common or waste lands in the said township of 
Hunslet, which shall be taken and used by the 
said ae under the authority and for the 
purposes of this Act or the said recited Acts, 
shall be paid to the chapelwarden for the time 
being of the chapel of ease of the said township 
of Hunslet, and shall be by him received and 
applied for such general purposes in the said 
township as a vestry thereof shall direct.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
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A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of 

the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to seve- 
ral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—&lt;And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House at the 
desire of the Reale, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal was 
read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent 
to the several Public and Private Bills therein men- 
tioned; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had 
declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills:—Which 
Bills are as follow: 

An Act to secure to Proprietors of Designs for 
for Articles of Manufacture, the Copyright of such 
Designs for a limited time : 

An Act for improving the Practice and Proceed- 
ings of the Court of Pleas of the County Palatine 
of Durham and Sadberge : 

An Act for establishing an effective Police in 
Places within or adjoining to the District called 
“ The Staffordshire Potteries,” and for improving 
and cleansing the same, and better lighting parts 
thereof: 

An Act for more effectually paving the Streets of 
the City of Perth, for the better lighting, watching 
and cleansing the said City and Suburbs thereof, 
for maintaining and regulating the Police of the 
same, and for other Purposes relating thereto : 

An Act for more effectually repairing, improving 
and maintaining the Harbour of Eyemouth, in the 
County of Berwick: 

An Act to amend the Acts relating to the South 
Eastern Railway : 

An Act for enabling the Liverpool and Manchester 
Railway Company to extend the Line of the said 
Railway, and for amending and enlarging the Powers 
and Provisions of the several Acts relating to such 
Railway : 

An Act for amending and enlarging the Provisions 
of the several Acts relating to the Great North of 
England Railway Company, and for other Purposes 
relating thereto : 

An Act to enable the London and Birmingham 


— Company to raise a further Sum of Money : 
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343 


An Act for granting further Powers to the Com- Parrett Navi- 
pany of Proprietors of the Parrett Navigation: 8%» Bill. 

An Act for better lighting with Gas the Town of Brighton 
Brighton, and the several Places therein mentioned, © Bill. 
in the County of Sussex: 

An Act for making and maintaining certain Re- Rishworth 
servoirs in the Township of Rishworth, in the Parish ®t Bill. 
of Halifax, in the West Riding of the County of 
York: 

An Act to enable the General Commissioners for Witham _ 
Drainage by the River Witham, in the County of Prainage Bill. 
Lincoln, to sue and be sued in the Name or Names 
of any one of the said Commissioners or of their 
Clerk or Clerks for the time being : 

An Act for repairing several Roads leading to the Basingstoke 
Towns of Basingstoke, Odiham and Alton, in the %ads Bill. 
County of Southampton, and for making several 
Deviations in the line of the said Roads : 

An Act for making a Turnpike-road from Morville Morville and 
to Shipton, with a Branch to Brockton, and another — Road 
Branch from Brockton to Easthope’s Cross, all in” * 
the County of Salop: 

An Act for repairing, improving and maintaining Bury, Hasling- 
the Roads from Bury through Haslingdento Black- den: &amp;¢» Roads 
burn and Whalley, and other Roads communicating ~ ” 
therewith, in the County Palatine of Lancaster : 

An Act for repairing, improving and maintaining Clitheroe, 
the Roads from Clitheroe through Whalley to Black- Blackburn, &amp;c., 
burn and Mellor Brook, in the County Palatine of 4s Bill 
Lancaster, and for making a new piece of Road to 
communicate therewith : 

An Act for repairing and maintaining the Road Leeds and 
from Leeds through Harewood to the South West er 
corner of the Inclosure of Harrogate, in the West neki 
Riding of the County of York: 

An Act for repairing the Road from Dover, in the Dover, Deal, 
County of Kent, through Deal to Sandwich, in the ale 
said County : ; 

An Act to enable Jane Mills to grant Building Mills’s _ 
and Repairing Leases of Estates in the Parish of Pst#te Bill. 
Aston-juxta-Birmingham, in the County of War- 
wick, devised by the Will of the late Wriothesly 
Digby, Esquire; and also to alter and amend the 
power of leasing contained in the Marriage Settle- 
ment of Charles Wriothesly Digby, Esquire : 

An Act to enable the Trustees of the Estates de- Hulme’s 
vised by William Hulme, Esquire, to appropriate cer- Estate Bill. 
tain parts of the accumulated Fund arising from the 
said Estates towards the endowment of Benefices, 
the building of Churches, and for other Purposes : 

An Act for vesting certain Hereditaments, situate Raikes’s 
in the Parish of Drypool, within the Borough of Estate Bill. 
Kingston-upon-Hull, and in the Parish of Sutton, 
in the East Riding of the County of York, respec- 
tively, late the Property of Robert Raikes, Esquire, 
deceased,’ in Trustees, upon trust to be sold, and 
for laying out the Money arising therefrom in the 
purchase of other Estates to be settled to the same 
uses : 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Borough or Clun Inclosure 
Township of Clun, in the Parish of Clun, in the Bill. 
County of Salop: 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Com- Comberton 
berton, in the County of Cambridge : Inclosure Bill. 
An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Rampton _ 
Rampton, in the County of Cambridge : Inclosure Bill. 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Bar- Barton 
ton, in the County of Cambridge : Inclosure Bill. 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Dionysius Lardner’s 
Lardner, Clerk, Doctor of Civil Law, with Cecilia Divorce Bill. 
Lardner, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry 
again, and for other Purposes therein mentioned. 


The Ladyhirk (Robertson’s) Estate Bill was read a Ladykirk 
second time; and committed to Mr. Pringle, and mee a 
the South Scotland List. — 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Canade. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Despatches from Sir George Ar- 
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Dunmow 
Union. 

No. 318. 
Call of the 


House. 


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thur and Lord Glenelg, dated 20th November 1838, 
and 3ist January 1839, relating to the Financial 
State of the Province of Upj da. 

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


Ordered, That the Papers rélative to Dunmow 
Union, which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Call of 
the House ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Petitions from Deptford ; —Greenwich ; —Oak- 
ham ;—Clergy of the upper part of Cardiganshire ; 
—Lymington ; —Poughill; —Gorleston ; —Crosby ; 
—East and West Hundreds (Cornwail) ae ; 
—Luddington ;— Mawnan ;—Saint Sepulchre, 
don ;—Addlestone ;— Wellingborough ;— Finedon ;— 
Bardney ;—Saint Luke (Middlesex) (two Petitions) ; 
— Warminster ;—Archdeaconry of Sarum ;—Ram- 
sey (two Petitions) ;—Owston Ferry ;—Aberayron ; 
— Newport (Isle of Wight); —Cretingham ; —New 
Sarum (two Petitions) ;—Grantham ;—Church Law- 
ford and King’s Newnham ;—Sidmonton and Eckins- 
well; — Bedford (three Petitions); — Harey ; — 
Castletown ;— Baldwin ;—Compton (Southampton) ; 
— Sevenoaks ; — Peel ; — Swalecliffe; — Risley and 
Breaston ;—Broad-court, London ;— Oxford (thrée 
Petitions) ;—Cheam, &amp;c.;— Highclere ;— Keyham ; 


Saint Neot’s (Huntingdon) ;—Ampthill ;--Brad- 


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field ;—Redmile ;— Bishop’s Stortford ;— Thatcham; 
— Tilton ;— Tavistock ;— Whitwick ;— Birkenhead ; 
— Stafford and Brereton ;—Tarporley ;—Birming- 
ham (four Petitions) ;— Saint Ives (Huntingdon) ;— 
Speen;—Saint Gluvias ;— Watford ; —Tonbridge ; 
— Colne ; —Rostherne; —Heslington ;—Upton-cum- 
Chalvey ;— Saint Alban’s;— Gosport and Fare- 
ham ;—Ardington ;— Saint Anne and Agnes, and 
Saint John Zachary, London ; — Chatteris ; — 
Newbury (two Petitions) ; — Harwick ; — Man- 
ningtree ;-- Devizes ;— North Dalton;— Prees ;— 
Eton ; —Wem; —Mortlake ;— Caynham ;-— Battle- 
field and Uffington ;— Whitchurch (Salop) ; — Ruf- 
ford ; — Farnworth ; — Drayton-in-Hales ; —Whit- 
tington ; —Oldham (three Petitions);— Douglas ;— 
~ South Cerney ;—Saint Giiles-in-the-Fields and Saint 
George, Bloomsbury ; —Riseley ;—~Hannington ;— 
Ash (Salop) ; — Crowle; — Chipping. Norton ; — 
Blonham,&amp;c. ;—Tetford ;— Hunger ford;—-Spalding ; 
—Richling ;—Leigh;—Dover (two. ,Petitions) ; — 
White Colne; — Rotherhithe; — Heckfield-cum- 
Mattingley ; — Dorchester and Cerne Abbas; — 
Horsepath ;— Black Notley ; Wantage ;—.Evers- 
ley ;—Kelvedon ; — Bradwell near Coggeshall; — 
Feering ; — Great Bentley (two Petitions) ; — 
Great Bromley; — Boxted; — Thaxted ; — Great 
and Little Maplestead;—Great Henny and Twin- 
stead; — Little Bromley; -- Pentlow; — Alpham- 
stone and Lamarsh ;—Belchamp Saint Paul ;—In- 
worth ;—Arhesden and Wenden ;— High' Rooding ;— 
Great Dunmow ;—Pattiswick ;—Lymm ;—-Moore ; 
— Hollinwood ;—Colchester ;— Woodhouse ;— Head- 


ingley-cum- Burley ;— Goldsbrough ;— Hillingdon;— 
beat" 2 and Little Coggeshall ;— Terling ;--Antrobus; 


— Hemyock ; — Saint. George, Hanover-square ;— 
Instow’; — Bromyard ; — Harwich ;— Fulham ; — 
Titney, &amp;c.; — Laceby.and Waltham; — Tissington 
and Fenney Bentley ;—Mareham ;--Much Wenlock; 
— Abingdon; — Appleton ; — Vauxhall ; — Rye ;— 
Southville ;—China .Terrace, Lambeth; — Preston 
Brook ;— Warrington ; — Takeley ;— Hadlow ; — 
Great and Little Ilford; —- Hawkwell ; — Chelms- 
ford ; — Walworth ; — Broadwall; — Saint Mary, 


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Newington ; — Newton-upon-Ouse ; — Cleasby ; — 


Middleham ;— Craike ;— Mangotsfield ;— Bitton ;—- 
Newland ; — Oldland ; — Hanham ;—-Dymocek ; — 
Alderley ; — Alne; — Boxwell; — Saint John-the- 
Baptist, Gloucester ; —Newent (two Petitions) ;-— 
Olveston;--Compton Greenfield ;~Awre ;— Newn- 


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A. 1839. 


ham ; — Littleton ; — Horfield ;-— Stinchcombe ; — 
Arlingham ; — Bristol ;-- Sheriff Hutton ; -—Whit- 
minster ;-— Isleworth ;— Feltham ; —Uxbridge ; — 
Reeth ;— Pichering ;— Clerkenwell ;— Hartington ; 
— Hammersmith ; — Whitechapel ; — Hanworth ;— 
Hanwell; — Hounslow ;— Hampton and Tedding- 
ton ;—Horncastle ;— Ware (os eopihaghans ;— Ep- 
worth ; —Wragby ; — Keadby ; — Lanyhorne ; — 
Waltham ;—Tregony and Cuby;—Reading (two 
Petitions); —Alveston ; —Stohe Gifford ; —Winter- 
bourne ;—Ulceby ; —Stapleton ; —Almondsbury ; — 
Tollerton ;—Clapham ;— Ashmore ;—_Downholm ; — 
Medsted ;— Brewood ; — Tonbridge Wells ; @ Saint 
Peter-le-Poor, London ;—-Croydon, &amp;c.;—Harrow, 
&amp;c. ;—Great Malvern ;—Sion College;-—Saint Mag- 
nus-the-Martyr, &amp;c., London ;— Belford ; —Otter- 
burn ;— Mansfield ; -—Elberton ;—— Nayland ;— Mar- 
het-street ;—Stochton-upon- Tees ; —Meifod ;—Dur- 
ham ; — Kingston-upon-Huli (four Petitions) ; — 
Crowland ; — Cheltenham ; —Stillington ;—Hessle ; 
—Lincoln; —Ferriby ;—Brizton (two Petitions) ;— 
Bradford (York) ;— Anlaby ;— Hubberston ;—Arch- 
deaconry and Deanery of Carlisle ;— Barrow ;— 
Sutton-in- Holderness ; — Barton-upon-Humber ; — 
Saddleworth (two Petitions); — Delph; — Little 
Deans Hill; — Pendleton ; — Great Casterton ; — 
Lock Chapel, Saint George, Hanover-square ;— Ri- 
mington and Sawley ;— Bashal-eaves;—Aurington ; 
— Waddington ;—Slaidburn ;-—Islington (three Peti- 
tions); — Alverstoke;— Saint Pancras (three Peti- 
tions) ;—Ellenbrook ; — Budock ; -— Hemingby 
Baumber ;— North Allerton Pheer ote and Scam- 
blesby ;— Romford ;—Ormshirk ;—Charlton Kings ; 
-—Coventry ;— Hale ;— Bayswater ;— Hinckley and 
Lutterworth ;—Eling ; — Shiffnal ; — Seacroft ; — 
Saint Helen’s, Lancaster ; —Melingriffith ; —Bar- 
wick-in-Elmet ;-—-Wetherby and Keswick ; —Saint 
Bride, London ;— Clithero ; —Chapel. Hill, Mon- 
mouth ;— Rockfield ;— Tregare ;— Saint Maughan’s; 
——Monkswood ; — Dingeston ;—Llanishen ;— Kemys 
Commander ;—Eastnor ;— Winterton ;— Pontefract ; 
—— Monmouth ; — Liantrissent ; — Llangattochk ; — 
Vibon-avel ; —Drypool; —Tadcaster and Appleton 
Robuck ;— Exeter (four Petitions) ;—Penryn ; — 
Newport (Monmouth) ;— Winteringham ;— Hasling- 
den ;—Minting and East Barkwith;—Great and 
Little Packington ;— Eastdean and Friston ;—Je- 
vington ;—Litlington ;— Hoxton (two Petitions) ;— 
Limehouse ;— Southwark (five Petitions) ;— Hackney 
Road ;—Spitalfields ;— Chelsea (three Petitions) ;— 
King’s Cross ;—Stepney ;— Tottenham and Edmon- 
ton ;—Stoke Newington ;—Poplar ; —Rotherhithe ; 
~—Mary-le-bone (three Petitions) ;—Hackney (two 
Petitions); —Hinton Saint Mary ; —Manston ;— 
Langham ;— Sefton ; — Rochdale ; — Saint John, 
Westminster ; — Manchester ; — Sedgley ; — New 
Windsor (two Petitions) ;— Heaton Mersey ; —— 
Crookes ;— Mansfield ;—Teviot Dale;—Brightholm- 
lee ;— Netherbury ;—Romney Terrace, Westminster; 
—Morley-cum-Churwell ;— West Lavington ;—Car- 
lisle Chapel, Lambeth ;— Thorneliffe ;—Ilkeston and 
Cotmanha :-~ Hawarden ;— Bakewell, &amp;c. ;— Windsor 
and Eton ;—Drayton Beauchamp ;+ Kilmarnock ; 
—Diddington;-—Congleton (two Petitions);— Mold; 
— Woodhouse ;—Greenhill ;—Sandiacre and Staple- 
ford ; —Chesterfield ; —Copgrove ;—Styal ;—Lath- 
bury;— Barlow Moor ;— Wadsley ;— Cheadle Hulme; 
—Hazel Grove ;—Treeton;—Talaton and Taleford; 
—Alconbury-cum- Weston ;— Donnington Wood ;— 
Rushock ;— Aston (two Petitions) ;-- Cheesehiil ;-— 
Saint Bartholomew, Hyde ;—Meerbrook and Leek 
Frith ;— Pemberton ;— Husthwaite ; —Stockport ;— 
Melksham ; — Wolstanton ; — Stratfield Twyiss ; — 
Hudswell ; —Luchington ; —Eye,( Suffolk) ;—Stock- 
ton ;— Bridgnorth;—Campsey Ashe ;—Cowley-with- 
Hockmore-street ; — Thrandeston ; — Lewknor, &amp;c.; 
— Thurgoland ;--Oughtibridge ;—Adderbury, &amp;c. 5 
— Gillingham ;— Blandford ;~—Shaftesbury;--Child 
Okeford ;——Wimborne Minster (two Petitions) ;— 
Newarh-upon-Trent ; — Povle ; — Saint Just; — 





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Grimesthorpe;-- Hallam ;--Grenoside ;—Ecclesfield ; 
—Sheffield (six Petitions) ;—-Swineshead;—Farndon ; 


— North Muskham;--Car Colston;--Ince;--Croston; | field and Stam 


— Hindley ; —Holcombe ;—Up Holland ;—Todmor- 
den; — Dursley (two Petitions); — Wotton-under- 
Edge;—Cam;--Deeping Saint James;---Devouport ; 
—Prescot ;--Cromfard, &amp;c. ;— Oldbury ;— Merriott ; 
— Sampford Brett ; — Saint, Asaph ; — Shepton 
Beauchamp ; -- Crowcombe ; ——- Roundhay ; -- Atter- 
cliffe and Darnall ; — Bechingham ; — City Road 
Chapel, Saint Luke’s, Middlesex ; — Marton ; — 
Hemswell and, Willoughton ; — Countesthorpe ; — 
Blaby ;— Misierton ;—Sturton and Stow ;— Caistor ; 
— Wainfleet ; — Lawton, &amp;c. ; — Biggleswade ; — 
Halshaw Moor ;—Market Rasen ; — Cotgrave ;— 
East Bridgford ;---Halberton and Samford Peverell ; 
— Luton ; — Flintham ; — Astwick-cum-Arlsey ; —- 
Wadsley Bridge; — Broadwinsor ; —Brecknock ;— 
Bolton (two Petitions) ;—Bolton-le-Moors ;— Yelden; 
—Northill and Tempsford eas, 200 ; — Hather- 
leigh ; -- Weston-super-Mare ; — ag (two 
Petitions) ; — Stonehouse (Devon) ; -- Members _of 


ze the Society for Pome Christian Knowledge ;— 


angor ; — Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd; —— Llangybi 
and Lilanarmon ;— Lavington and Graffham ;— 
Old Shoreham ; — Manchester (two Petitions) ; — 
Newdigate ; — Sheepwash ; — Highampton ;— Burs- 
lem ;— Melchbourn ;—— Leake ;—- Bratton Fleming; 
—Shelton ; — Tynemouth ;—- Cheltenham ;— Devon- 
port (two Petitions) ;— Saint Clement Danes ;— 
Worcester, (two. Petitions) ;—Saint Mawes ;— Far- 
lington ;-- Chesterfield ; —- Woolwich ; — Richmond 
(Surrey) ;—Rivenhall ;--Witham;— Great .Brazted; 
—Frant ;--- Overton ;—Deaneries of Hastings and 
Dallington ;—Deaneries .of Lewes and Pevensey ;— 
Garforth ; — Kennington ; — Brentford, &amp;c. ; — 
Yealmpton ;-— Woodbridge and Kirton ;--Southamp- 
ton (two Petitions) ;— Plympton Saint Mary ;— 
Marton-with-Grafton ; -—Kirk Hammerton ; — Low 
Dunsforth ;-—-Minship ;-- Roecliffe ;—Long Witten- 
ham;—Plymstock ;--Aveton Gifford ;—-Kingsbridge, 
&amp;ec. ;—Ottery Saint Mary ;--Dittisham ;--Talling- 
ton;—-Plympton ;—Salford ;-- Darlington ;—Blaek- 
awton ; ~— Liverpool (six’ Petitions) ;--Owlerton ;— 
Stanley ; -— Southwell, &amp;c.;--Thoydon Garnon ;-- 
Eastington ; — East Lambrook ;—— Titchmarsh ; —- 
Brampton-by-Dingley ;-- Cottingham-cum-Middle- 
ton ;-—Peterborough;— Ellington ;--Stansted Mount- 
fitchet ; — Eltham (Lincoln) ;— Thornton-le-Moor ; 
—— Hammersmith and Kensington ; — Shildon ; -—- 
Alderley ;—Pipe Aston ;—- Staplehurst ;-- Shipton 
Pollars and, Shipton Oli fe ; — Bassingham ; — 
Orleton ; — Shobdon ; — Calthorpe ; — Brampton 
Abbotts ;— Foy —-Kirkby-in-the-Bain and Rough- 
ton ;— Yarpole ;—- Marlborough (three Petitions) ;— 
Elmley Lovett ; — Greenock ; — Paul; — Beeching 
Stoke ;—Ashwell ;— Byfleet ; —Uffington ;-—-Roxton 
and Great Barford ;-—Manchester and Salford ;— 
Bintry, &amp;c. ;—Maulden ;—Whitchurch (Southamp- 
ton) ;—-East Farleigh ;— Newchurch ;—Sparsholt ;— 
Saint Clement, Eastcheap ;-—Seavington Saint Mary; 
—Kilmington ;—Downend and Warmley ;-—Water- 
lane ; —Ledbury ; — Stowe ;/— Chapel Allerton ; — 
Leeds (five Petitions) ;— Winterbourne and Framp- 
ton ;—Boston and Bramham ;—dAughton ;— Peck- 
ham ;—Saint Andrew’s Ancoats ;—Edenfield ;— New 
Mills and Hayfield ;—Ashbourn ;—Smallwood ;— 
Wrington and Churchill ;—Saint Dunstan-in-the- 
East ;—Great Queen-street, Lincoln’s-Inn- Fields ;— 
Burseogh and Lathom;-- Berkeley ;-- Buruley ;-—How- 
den ;—Carharrack ; — Saint James, Westminster ; — 
Redruth;—Saint Paul's, Lisson Grove ;-——Meriden;— 
Doncaster ;— Wirksworth ;—Saint Mary, Newington 
(two Petitions);— Saint Swithin and Saint Mary 
Botham, London ;— Henbury ;—Saint George, Glou- 
cester ;— Kingswood ;—Southoe nith Hail Weston ;— 
Pebmarsh and Wickham Saint Paul’s;—Saint Luke’s, 
Norwood ;—-South Lambeth ;--Camberwell (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Bocking;—Sible Hedingham;— Petersham ; 
By Church District, and Saint John’s, Water- | 
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345 


ham;— Wra, by; =o 
ton ;— Finching- 
rne;~—and, Saint George, Southwark + 
(Chairman of a Meeting); praying the House not 

to sanction the Ben i of National Edu- 
cation recently laid before Parliament, as approved 

by the Committee of Privy Council,—were presented, _ 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. —— 

Petitions from Stamford ;—Bisley ;— Carlisle ;— 
Manchester ; — Norwich ; — Sunderland (two, Peti- 
tions); — Saint Ives (Huntingdon) ;—- Portsoy ; — 
Maryport ;—Fetter-lane, London ;—Saint, Austell ; 
-—Ministersand Messengers of the East Kent Baptist 
Association ;— Preston (two Petitions) ;—Mile. ‘End : 
~~-Gosport ;—Members of .the Central Committee 
of the Religious Freedom Society (two Petitions) ; 

— Bristol ;— Middlesbrough ;— Romsey ; — Bourn ; 
— Marton; — Hastings and Saint Leonard's; — 
Sheptou-Mallet ;— Truro ;— Hinckley ;—and, Ches- 
ter ; praying the House to sanction the said proposed 
scheme of National Education,—-werealso presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. al 

Petitions from Liverpool; — Hawkhwell ;— Hock- 
ley;—and, Rayleigh; praying the House not to 4 ~7*/ 
sanction the altered Plan relative to National Edu- 
cation,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Lambeth, praying that the Petition 
against the Government Plan of National Educa- 
tion, voted at a meeting held at the Horns Tavern, 
Kennington, on the 3d instant, may not be received 
as the Petition of the said meeting, no such Peti- 
tion having been carried thereat, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


loo-road ;— Easingwold ;—W hippin, 
—Askham B ern ake oo 


A Motion was made, and the Question being supply. | 
proposed, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
mittee of Supply, be now read; 

An Aenean was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 

“ praying that She will be graciously pleased to Education; 
“ revoke the Order in Council of the 10th day of 
“ April last, appointing a Committee of Council to 
“ superintend the application of any sums voted by 
Parliament for the purpose of promoting Public 
Education,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 


“cc 
“cc 


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


Sabbati, 15° die Junii, 1839: 


And the Question being put ;—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
nesday next :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 


read, for the Com- Registration of 


The Order of the day bein 
Electors Bill. 


mittee on the Registration of Electors Bill; _ 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Summary 
mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction Bill ; on 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday“ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Heritable 
a of the Heritable Securities (Scotland) (Scotland) ou. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 
YY The 














Supreme Courts 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Bankrupts’ 
Estates 
(Scotland) Bill. 


(Scotland) Bill, 


Registers of 
Births, &amp;c., Bill. 


Sewers Bill. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Registration 
(Court of 
Appeal) Bill. 


Metropolis 
Police Bill. 


Imprisonment 
for Debt Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Windsor Castle 
Stables Bill. 


Bills of 
Exchange Bill. 


Brick Duties 
Bill. 


No. 319. 


346 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Supreme Courts (Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts’ 
Estates (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Registration of Leases(Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Registers of 
Births, &amp;c., Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Sewers Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Registration (Court of Appeal) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Metropolis Police Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Fri- 
day next. 


Mr. Solicitor General, by Order, reported the 
Imprisonment for Debt Act Amendment Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Mr. Baring, by Order, reported the Windsor 
Castle Stables Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The ingrossed Bill to make perpetual an Act of 
the First year of Her present Majesty, for exempt- 
ing certain Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes 
from the operation of the Laws relating to Usury, 
‘was, according to Order, read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend, and make perpetual, an 
Act of the first year of Her present Majesty, for 
exempting certain Bills of Exchange and Promis- 
sory Notes from the operation of the Laws relating 
to Usury. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committée upon the Brick Duties Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. More O’ Ferrall reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. More O’ Ferrall reported the Bill accordingly ; 
and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 


14°—15° Junzz. 





A. 1889. . 


consideration upon Thursday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Writs (Scot. 
reading of the Writs (Scotland) Bill ; land) Bilt, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


rizing Advances out of the Consolidated Fund of the * ™"y}. 


United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
the purposes of any Act of the present Session 
relating to the Police of the Metropolis ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 


hair ; 


And Notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present; the House was told by Mr. Speaker; 
and Forty Members not being present ; and it being 
then a quarter of an hour before One of the clock 
on Saturday morning :—The House was adjourned 
by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first put, till 
this day. 








Sabbati, 15° die Junii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


P ETITIONS from Childerditch ;— Bransgore ; Education. 
— Tetbury ;--and, Lancaster; praying the House 

not to sanction the proposed scheme of National Edu- 

cation recently laid before Parliament, as approved 

by the Committee of Privy Council,—were presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors, Inhabitants and other Railways 
Persons interested in the province of Connaught, (Ireland. 
praying that that province may participate in the 
benefits of the proposed measure for the formation 
of Railways in. Ireland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Auchencairn ; — and, Dalbeattie ; Postage. 
praying for the adoption of a low and uniform rate 
of Postage,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Farmers, Trades- Corn Laws. 
men and Manufacturers of Drumgoon, praying that 
the Corn Laws may not be repealed, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Exchequer of Pleas Bill was read the first Exchequer 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Pless Bill. 
Tuesday next ; and to be printed. 


A Petition cf Members of the United Secession Church of 
Congregation of Minyhive, in the county of Dumfries, S°ot!é. 
praying the House not to sanction any further en- 
dowment to the Church of Scotland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Fishermen of Killy- Fisheries 
begs, praying that the Fisheries in Ireland may aes 
pieced on the same footing as the Fisheries in Scoé- 
land, as regards the time and mode of fishing, was 


peers and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to Second Re 
mquire into the Proceedings in the Action of Stock- = _— 
dale v. Hansard; and to report their Observations and “P"™ 








Opinion 


(Scotland) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolis Po. 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of autho- lice [Advance 


ot 


No. 320. 


port 


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Opinion thereupon from time to time to the House, 
have power to report the Minutes of their Pro- 
ceedings. 

Lord Viscount Howick reported from the said 
Select Committee, That they had made further 
Progress in the matters to them referred, and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the House; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 

Your Committee have applied themselves with all 
the diligence in their power to the consideration of 
the important subject referred to them; but the 
difficulties which attend it, and the delay which 
necessarily occurred in their obtaining a correct 
account of the proceedings in the Court of Queen’s 
Bench, have rendered it impossible for them to be 
as yet prepared to lay a full and complete Report 
before the House. Such a Report they trust that 
they may shortly be enabled to present ; but in the 
mean time it is their duty to submit to the House 
a practical question, of which the decision cannot 
be postponed, while it will necessarily have a very 
material influence upon the future proceedings of 
the House in this matter. 

In their former Report, your Committee have ap- 
prized the House, that a writ of inquiry had been 


Issued for the assessment of damages in the case of 


Stockdale v. Hansard; they have now to state, that 
under this writ damages to the amount of £.100 
have been awarded against Messrs. Hansard, and 
that, in the ordinary course of law, execution may be 
had, and these damages may be levied on Tuesday 
next. 

Referring to the Resolutions of the House of 30th 
May 1837, your Committee consider it an = 
duty to report this circumstance to the House, in 
order that the House may have the opportunity of 
determining what course it may be advisable to 

ursue, with reference to the contemplated proceed- 
ing of the Sheriff in execution of the judgment of the 
Court of Queen’s Bench. 


Your Committee will proceed to submit to the 
House the different courses which have occurred to 
them, as courses one or other of which it might be 
competent for the House to adopt, and will then 
state which of them has appeared to the majority 
of your Committee least liable to objection. 


I. A Writ of Error might be sued out, and 
the decision of the Court of Queen’s Bench 
might thus be brought under the review, in the 
first instance, of the Exchequer Chamber, and 
ultimately of the House of Lords. 

II. Mr..Stockdale might be suffered to receive 
the damages awarded, but a Bill might at the 
same time be brought in, for the purpose of de- 
claring, for the future, the right of the House 
to publish its proceedings. 

III. Instead of attempting to pass a decla- 
ratory Act, a Bill might be brought in, enablin 
both Houses of Parliament to publish poe 
papers as ne might think necessary. 

IV. The House may avail itself of the con- 
stitutional powers it possesses to prevent the 
execution of the judgment obtained against 
Messrs. Hansard. If this course should be 
followed, the Sheriff and his subordinate officers 
would be prohibited by the House from levying 
the damages which have been awarded, and 
any failure on their part to yield obedience to 
this prohibition would be treated as a contempt, 
and dealt with as such in the ordinary manner. 

V. The House might allow the damages 
awarded in this case to be paid, but might at 
the same time declare that it would permit no 
further actions of the same kind to be brought, 
and that it would immediately commit for con- 
tempt any parties by whom such actions should 
be commenced or promoted. 

These are the only modes of proceeding which 


have been suggested to your Committee, and which 
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appear to them to deserve to be brought under the 
consideration of the House; and they will now 
endeavour to state shortly the. opinion which they 
have formed on these different courses. 


I. With respect to the first, the proceeding 
by Writ of Error, your Committee cannot but 
apprehend that its adoption might be construed 
to involve a new and exceedingly dangerous 
recognition of the principle, that the privileges 
of the House of Commons are subject to the 
determination of the courts of law, and ulti- 
mately of the House of Lords, They also con- 
ceive that as the result of an appeal must be 
doubtful, while its failure might greatly increase 
the difficulty of a subsequent assertion by the 
House of its right of publishing its proceedings, 
they would not be justified in recommendin 
to the House to take a step which would ex- 
pose to such serious hazard its future possession 
of a power which they believe to be absolutely 
indispensable for the due discharge of its duties. 


II. The second course which has been sug- 
gested is open to the same objections, with this 
addition, that the House of Lords might object 
to pass a declaratory Act for the purpose of 
overruling a unanimous decision of the Court 
of Queen’s Bench, which had not been appealed 
from in the ordimary manner, and which had 
been allowed to be carried into effect. 


III. The passing of an Act to enable the 
House for the future to publish its proceedings 
without having them questioned in a court of 
law, would, in the opinion of your Committee, 
be a virtual abandonment of the right which 
they have no doubt now belongs to this in 
common with the other House of Parliament, 
and which ought not, as they conceive, to be 
surrendered. 

IV. Should these objections to the modes of 
proceeding above described appear to be well 
founded, the next course to be considered is, 
that of resisting the execution of the judgment 
obtained against Messrs. Hansard, by com- 
mitting (if necessary) for comtempt the minis- 
terial officers of the Court by which this judg- 
ment has been pronounced. Your Committee 
are not insensible to the many difficulties which 
might probably arise in thus adopting measures 
of an extreme kind, to which for many years 
the House has not been compelled to resort ; 
but at the same time they have to remark, that 
it is chiefly by using this power of commitment 
for contempt against the ministerial officers b 
whose agency other authorities of the State 
have invaded the rights claimed by this House, 
that some of those which are now its most un- 
doubted Privileges have in former days been 
asserted with success ; and they are, upon the 
whole, of opinion, that this would be the course 
most consistent with ancient Parliamentary 
usage, and with the dignity of the House. 


It is, however, the duty of your Committee to 
state, that although a majority of their number have 
concurred in this opinion, they are well aware, that 
the course recommended is one not likely to be 
successful, unless it should meet with very general 
concurrence and support, and they must not there- 
fore conceal the tact that some even of those 
Members of the Committee who are most deeply 
persuaded of the necessity of maintaining the 
valuable Privilege of the House which has been 
disputed, are yet of opinion that in the present 
instance it is too late to do so in the manner which 
has just been recommended. These Members of 

our Committee conceive that the House by direct- 
ing the Attorney General to appear in the action 
and to defend Messrs. Hansard, has placed itself, 
so far as regards this particular case in a situation 
in which it will be better to abide by the result of 

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the trial which has been permitted to take place, 
and to allow the damages to be paid, determining 
at the same time that any future proceedings of the 
same nature should be arrested in their ‘earliest 
stage, by committing for a contempt of the House, 
not only the Parties by whom similar actions may 
be brought, but the agents and counsel they may 
employ. 
wring anxiously considered this important mat- 

ter, your Committee have come to the conclusion 
that if the House should be resolved to trust ulti- 
mately to the exercise of its own powers for the 
assertion of the Privilege it claims, the objections 
urged to resisting the execution of the judgment of 
the Court in the present action are not of such 
force that they ought to prevail against those which 
in that case exist to any further concession; and 
they are of opinion, that upon a comparison of the 
difficulties by which either line of conduct must be 
attended, the advantage will be found to be on the 
side of not deferring to a later period the stand 
which must at last be made, unless the right of the 
House is to be surrendered. In giving this as the 
opinion of the majority of their number, your Com- 
mittee must at the same time state, that they feel it 
to be a very nice and difficult question which line of 
conduct should, under all the circumstances of the 
case be preferred; and they therefore submit it, with 
all deference, to the determination of the House. 

In conclusion, your Committee beg leave to ex- 
wee their regret that the haste with which this 

eport has been unavoidably prepared, has com- 
pelled them to present to the House what they are 
sensible is a very imperfect view of the important 
subject of their inquiry; but they trust that the 
necessity under which they were placed of bringing 
the course now to be pursued under the immediate 
consideration of the House, will be deemed a suf- 
ficient apology for their not having been as yet 
enabled to enter upon a fuller and more comprehen- 
sive examination of the whole matter referred to 
them, 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 

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


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next, 








Lune, 17° die Junii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 18 39. 


PRAYERS. 


HE House being informed that the Sheriffs of 
M . 
Police Courts T the City of ete attended at the door, they 
Bill. were called in ; and at the bar presented,—A Peti- 
tion of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of 
the City of London, in Common Council assembled : 
—-And then they withdrew. 
And the said Petition, praying that the Metro- 
politan Police Courts Bill may not pass into a law, 
was read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Deptford Pier Mr. Barnard reported from the Committee on 

Bill. the Deptford Pier Bill; and to whom several Peti- 
tions against the said Bill were referred; That no 
person appeared in support of the said Petitions; and 
that the Committee had examined the allegations of 
the Bill,and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 

| classes of all nations ;— Birmingham (two Petitions); 

| —Devonport ;—Llandilo;—Clapton ;—Hachney ;-— 

Surveyor, praying that the Deptford Pier; and, | Clapton and Hackney (two Petitions) ;—Stratford ; | 
/—and, Belturbet ; praying for the adoption of a 


Deptford Pier; 
and, Deptford 
Pier Junetion 


Raiiway Bills. Deptford 


A Petition of Samuel Collingwood, of Greenwich, 


ier Junction Railway Bills, may not 


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1 AL1839. 


Mr. Barnard reported from ‘the: Committee ‘on Deptford Bice. 
the Deptford Pier Junction Railway’ Bill 5 That it Junction Rail. 
is not proposed by the: said “Bill to authorize the "*Y Bil. 
raising by loan or mortgage of a sum greater than 
one third of the capital of £. 100,000, and that.it is. 
not in the power of the said Company to raise any \ 
money ‘by loan or mortgage, until fifty per cent of 
the whole of the capital has been paid up; That it 
appeared to the Committee, that the object of the 
Bill being only to raise a further sum of money, and : 
to amend some of the provisions of the existing Act, 
the several other matters required by the Standing 
Orders to be proved before Committees on Railway 
Bills, do not apply to the present Bill; That it ap- 
peared to the Gentenitine; that the Bill has been 
framed in accordance with the Resolution of the 
House of the 18th day of March last, and does not 
contain any provision for the extension of time for 
the compulsory purchase of land ; and that the Com- 
mittee had inquired into the several matters required 
by the Standing Orders relative to Railway Bills ; 
and had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Ivanoff’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Ivanoft’s 
time; and committed to Mr. Hayter, and the West N+ Bill 
Somerset List. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Brompton New 
Brompton New Road Bill to make their Report be 804 Bill. 
further enlarged till Monday next. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- Moy Naviga- 
deration the Report which, upon the 7th day of this 
instant June, was made from the Committee on the 
Moy Navigation Bill; printed Copies of the Bill 
having been delivered at the door upon Thursday 
last; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. ’ 


Sharp’s Estate Bill was read a. second time ; and Sharp’s 
committed to Mr. Lister, and the West Riding of Estate Bill. 
York List. 


The Duke of Buckingham’s Estate Bill was read Duke of 
a second time ; and committed to Sir Thomas Fre- a 
mantle, and the Bucks List. . 


The Order of the day being read, for the third London City 
reading of the London City Police Bill; oe 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday next. 


A Petition of George Charles Fletcher, of Wands- Metropolis 
worth, Attorney, Clerk to the Petty and Special Police; and, 
Sessions of the western division of the hundred of at 
Brizton, praying for the insertion of Clauses in the pijis. 
Metropolis Police; and, Metropolitan Police Courts 
Bills to compensate him for the loss he will sustain 
should the said Bills pass into law, was presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Benjamin Field, of Clapham Com- Metropolitan 
mon, Gentleman, Clerk tothe Magistrates of Clapham, Police Courts 
praying for the insertion of a Clause in the Metro- 2! 
politan Police Courts Bill, to compensate him for 
the loss he will sustain should the said Bill pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Paul, Deptford; — Water- Postage. 
ford ;— Quin ;— Blachauton ;— Maidstone ; — Mem- 
bers of the Central Board of the Association of all 


pass into law, as they now stand, was presented, | low and uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





'and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions 


Vi 


ma 








Education. 


Vote by Ballot. 


Foreign Apples, 
ke, 


Church of 
Scotlend. 


Maynooth 
College, 


Church 
Establishment 
(Canada, &amp;c.) 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Lord’s Day. 


Queen’s Printer 


(Scotland.) 


2 Victoriz. 
Petitions from Derby ;-~ Ashburton;— West Or- 


chard ;—Stoke Golding! ; —Clitheroe ;-— East Pech- 


ham;—Wallingford;—Saffron Walden;— Bassalleg ; 
—East 
Betchworth ; — Bosham ;— Halsted ;—Sherford}—- 
Hamstreet and Halden ;—Clifton Dartmouth Hard- 
ness ;-~—Sharew ;—and, Aldfield ; praying the House 
not to sanction the proposed scheme of National 
Education recently laid before Parliament, as ap- 
proved by the Committee of Privy Council,—-were 
en and read; and. ordered to lie upon the 
able. 

Petitions from Banwell;—-Chairman of the Bridg- 
water Protector Society ;— Yeovil ; — and, King’s 
Lynn; praying the House to sanction the said pro- 
posed scheme of National Education,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leeds ;-- Chairman of the West- 
minster Reform Society ;— Yeovil (Chairman of a 
Meeting) ;—and, Wiveliscombe ; praying the House 
to put an end to the evils of bribery, corruption and 
intimidation, in the Election of Members to serve in 
Parliament, by adopting as perfect a system as pcs- 
sible for taking the Votes of the electors by Ballot, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Electors and Non-electors of the 
burgh of Irvine in the county of Ayr, praying the 
House not to sanction any measure altering the pre- 
sent open system of Election, or in any shape to 
introduce the Ballot, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dartford Union ; — and, Bromley 
Union; praying for an increase of duty upon Foreign 
Apples, Cherries and Pears,—were presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Fo- 
reign Fresh Fruit. 


Petitions from Campbeltown;—and, West Calder; 
praying the House not: to sanction any further en- 
dowment to the Church of Scotland,--were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Kennoway;—Saint David's, Edin- 
burgh ; — Croy ; — Inveraren; — and, East parish, 
Aberdeen; praying the House to adopt measures 
for relieving the religious destitution which prevails 
in Scotland, by extending the efficiency of the Esta- 
blished Church,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Coleraine;— A bbeyletx;— Durrow} 
—Chryston ; — Maryhill; — and, White Roothing ; 
praying the House not to sanction any further grant 
of public money to the Roman Catholic College of 
Maynooth,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to he upon the T able. 


Petitions from Fontmell Magna ; — Ashmore ; — 
Handley ;-—- Bulmer, &amp;c. ; —Southampton ;—Betiws 


Newydd ;-— Trostrey ;-— Wallingford ;-—Llanellen ; | 


---and, Llanover ; praying the House to continue 
their protection and encouragement to the Bishops 
and Clergy in Canada and the other British colonies, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Durrow;--Galway;--and, Abbey- 
leix; praying that the Municipal Corporations (Jre- 
land) Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bath, praying the 
House to adopt measures for securing the due ob- 
servance of the Lord’s Day, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the 
Synod of the United Secession Church, praying the 
ouse not to sanction any measure with reference 
to the printing of the Bible in Scotland, which does 
not leave its printing unrestricted, was presented, 
&lt; — ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
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Petitions from, Kilrush ;—and, Gahway 3 prayin sa Deale 
that Spirits may, he. permitted to be oot, se Crelands) “s 
by. Grocers. in Jreland,--were,, presented,.and read 5, 
and ordered, to;lie;upon.the Table, _, on sft 


A. Petition. of ,Tradesmen,, Labourers and, others Corn Laws. 

of . Athenry, ‘praying |for the repeal of; the. Corn 
Laws, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie, 
upon the Table. ,, att 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Birmingham, praying’ Employment 
the House to ‘take into consideration the plans’ for ° the Poor. 
the amelioration ofthe condition of the poor, by 
securing constant beneficial employment’ and a 
sound practical education for them, as suggested by 
Mr. Robert Owen; was presented, and read; ‘and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Army (Presby- 


terian Church 
Service. ) 


A Petition of the Presbyterian Congregation of 
Limerick, praying that Presbyterian soldiers. may 
be permitted to attend the Presbyterian church in 
the same manner, as Episcopalian and Roman Ca- 
tholic soldiers are permitted to attend their respec- 
tive places of worship, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Delegates of the Industrious Classes, 
complaining of the removal of the name of John 
Frost, Esquire;-a’ Mayistrate of the borough of 
Newport, in the county of Monmouth, from the Com- 
mission of thePeace, on a charge of using inflamma- 
tory language ata public meeting; and praying for 
his restoration tothe Commission, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board for the Highways Bill. 
repair of the Highways of the hamlet of Duddeston 
and Nechells, in the parish of Aston, in the county of 
Warwick, praying that the Highways Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Hindes, of New Shoreham, Jobn Hindes. 
complaining ‘of the stoppage of his pension from 
Greenwich Hospital, in consequence of his having 
attended a public meeting to consider the propriety 
of adopting the National Petition, and praying for 
inquiry, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Sohn Frost. 


Petitions from Langford Budville ;—and, Saint Poor Law 
Giles, Camberwell (Chairman of a Meeting); ‘pray- Amendment 
ing for the amendment of the Poor Law Act,—were _ 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
fable. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Coleraine, praying Education 
that the present system of National Education in (lreland.) 
Ireland may not be persisted in, was_ presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir Rufane Donkin presented,—FPurther Returns ‘Corporat 
to an Order dated the 23d day of April last, for an Punishments. 
Abstract of the Number of Men belonging to the 
Royal Marines. who, since the Ist day of January 
and the 31st day of December 18388, have suffered 
Corporal Punishment or Imprisonment; showing 
the nature of the Offences, in Classes, for which 
such Punishments have been awarded, and the 
Number in each Class, and showing the greatest 
Number andthe smallest Number of Lashes} also 
the longest and» shortest Period’ of Confinement 
awarded as Punishment. to each Person, and the 
average’ Period of ‘Confinement for each Class, of 
Offence :-Abstract of ithe Number of Soldiers, be- 
longing to the Royal Artillery in Great Britain and 
Ireland who, betweén thé 1st day of January and 
the 31st! day .of:\Décember 1838, have suffered 
Corporal Punishment or Imprisonment; showing 
the Nature of the, Offences, in Classes, for, whic 
such,.Corporal’ Punishment or Imprisonment has 
been awarded, and the Number in each Class; and 
showing also the greatest and the smallest Number 
of Lashes, also the longest and shortest Period of 

yy3, Confinement 








County Courts, 
&amp;e, 


Courts of 
Request. 


350 


Confinement awarded as Punishment and the ave- 
rage Period for each Class of Offences :—Return of 
the Number of Soldiers, belonging to Regiments 
end Depéts in Great Britain and Ireland, who, 
since the 1st day of January 1838, have suffered 
either Corporal Punishment or Imprisonment ; and, 
whenever either Corporal Punishment or Imprison- 
ment has been inflicted on the same Person more 
than once, specifying how often it has been soinflicted : 
—Abstract of the Number of Soldiers, belonging 
to Regiments in the Colonies and Possessions of 
Great Britain, who, in each year since the 1st day 
of January 1831, have suffered Corporal Punish- 
ments and Imprisonments ; showing the nature of 
the Offences, in Classes, for which such Corporal 
Punishment or Imprisonment has been awarded, 
and the Numbers in each Class; stating also the 
greatest Number and the lowest Number of Lashes 
inflicted on any Person in each year, also, the longest 
and the shortest Period of Confinement awarded as 
Punishment, and the average Period of Confinement 
for each Class in each year :—And, a Return of the 
Number of Soldiers who, since the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1836, have suffered Corporal Punishment or 
Imprisonment, and where either Qoeper Punish- 
ment or Imprisonment has been inflicted on the 
same Person more than once, specifying how often 
it has been so inflicted ; and distinguishing Numbers 
in Regiments in the Colonies and Possessions of 
Her Majesty from Regiments in Depdts in Great 
Britain and Ireland. 

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


Mr. Fox Maule presented,—Returns to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of August 


17° Junii. 





in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of 
the Amount of the Salaries, Fees and other Emolu- 
ments, received by the presiding and other Officers 
of the County Courts, Mandeed Courts and Borough 
Courts of Record in England and Wales, in each 
of the years 1835, 1836 and 1837; the Number of 
Summonses or Writs issued in each of the said 
years; the Amount of Debts sued for under 40s 
and not exceeding £. 3, above £.3 and not exceding 
£.5, above £.5 and not exceeding £.10, above 
£.10 and not exceeding £.20, and for Sums above 
£.20; the Total Amount of Debts sued for and of 
Debts recovered in each of the said years ; the Total 
Amount of Fees received; a Table of the Fees 
sanctioned by the Court; the application of Fees 
received; the Names of the presiding and other 
Officers of the said Courts, and by whom appointed ; 
the Number of Days that the Court sat in each of 
the said years, the Number of Persons imprisoned 
in each year by order of the Court, and the Number 
of Persons imprisoned for the maximum Term of 
Imprisonment for which the Court can commit. 
fhethens to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
15th day of August in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for a Return of the Names of the Assistant 
Barrister, Chairman and other presiding Officer, 
Clerk, Registrar and other Officers of the Courts of 
Request in England and Wales; stating by whom, 
and when appointed ; the Amount of Salaries, Fees 
and other + serraesadel respectively received by the 
said Officers in the years 1835, 1836 and 1837 re- 
spectively ; the Number of Suits instituted in each 
of the said years for Sums under 40s., for Sums 
amounting to 40s. and not exceeding £. 3, for Sums 
above £.3 and not exceeding-£.5, for Sums above 
£.5 and not exceeding £.7, for Sums above £.7 
and not exceeding £. 10, for Sums exceeding £. 10; 
the Total Number of Suits heard and determined 
in each of the said years; the Total Amount of 
Debts sued for, and the Total Amount of Debts 
recovered ; the Total Amount of Costs incurred ; a 
Table of the Fees sanctioned by the Court; the 
Total Amount of Sums paid into Court ; the Amount 
of Sums remaining unclaimed ; whether any secu- 








A. 1839. 


rity is given for the due application of Sums paid 
into Court ; the Number of Persons imprisoned in 
each of the said years; the Gaol to which com- 
mitted ; the Number of Persons committed for the 
maximum Term of Imprisonment for which the 
Court can commit, classified according to the Amount 
of Debt by which the maximum Term of Imprison- 
ment is regulated; the Number of Commissioners 
(if any) associated with the presiding Officer ; the 
Qualification of the Commissioners, and by whom 
appointed ; and the Number of Days that the Court 
sat in each of the said years. 

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


Sale of Beer Act, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Clergy, Gentry and other Inha- Sale of Bee 
bitants of Lewes, praying for the amendment of the Act- 


A Petition of Traders of Norwich, praying that County Courts 
the County Courts Bill may not pass into a law, Bi! 


A Petition of John Goldsbury Parker, Finlay canadian 
Malcolm, Robert Walker, Paul Bedford, Randal Prisoners, 


Wixon, Leonard Watson, James Brown, Ina Ander- 
son and William Alves, stating that the Petitioners 
were committed to prison in Upper Canada upon a 
charge of high treason, and are now in confinement 
in this country ; and praying the House to take into 
consideration the law relating to Returns of Writs of 
Habeas Corpus, and make such Resolution in the case 
of the Petitioners whose removal from England is 
threatened, as to the House shall seem just, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


The Rathkeale Inclosure Bill was read a second Rathkeale 
time; and committed to Mr. William Smith O’ Brien, Inclosure Bill, 


and the Munster List. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Committee London Corpo- 


on the London Corporation Estate Bill; That they ration Estate 


the same to be true ; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction 
of the Committee; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found oe. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Kingston-upon- 
spect of the Petition for the Kingston-upon- Hull Hull DocksBil. 


Docks Bill which, upon Friday last, was made from 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders relative 
to Private Bills, might be read, and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for empowering the Dock Company at Kingston- 
eel to purchase and hold certain Lands at 
or near Kingston-upon-Hull, and for other purposes 
therein mentioned : And that Sir Walter James and 
Mr. Broadley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Commerce of the city of Waterford, praying for 
the repeal of the duty on Policies of Marine In- 
surance, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President of the Chamber of Marine 


Insurance. 


Sir Walter James presented a Bill for empowering Kingston-upon- 


the Dock Company at Kingston-upon-Hull to pur- Hull Doc 


chase and hold certain Lands at or near Kingston- 
upon-Hull, and for other Purposes therein men- 
tioned : And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


of the proposed plan for the formation of Railways 

















in Ireland, and praying that a Branch Railway may 
be 


ks Bill. 


A Petition of the President of the Chamber of Railways 
Commerce of the city of Waterford, taking notice “* 


land.) 





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be constructed to connect Waterford with the main 
line between Dublin and Cork, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licentiate Apothecaries of Dublin, 
praying that that portion of the Evidence taken before 
the Select Committee on the Laws, Regulations and 
Usages affecting the Medical Profession, in Session 
1834, which relates to Ireland, may be printed, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Tabie. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Medical 
Profession. 


Petitions from Exeter ;—and, Sidmouth ; praying 
the House to prohibit the interference of British 
authorities in the management of idolatrous cere- 
monies in Jndia,—weie presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy and Inhabitants of East 
Peckham, praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and 
Revenues Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Robert Owen, President of the Con- 
= of the Universal Community Society of Rational 

eligionists, praying for inquiry into the information 
acquired by the said society, on the causes of the ex- 
treme ignorance, poverty and misery which they con- 
ceive pervade a large mass of the population, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


oll A Petition of Captain George W. Manby, Bar- 
rack Master at Yarmouth, praying that the proposed 
inquiry on the subject of Charities, may be extended 
to bequests specifically made for the preservation 
of life, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


{dolatr 
(India. 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Rational 
Religion. 


Answer to Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the 
Addresses» _House, That their several Addresses of the 11th, 
13th and 14th days of this instant June (that Her 
Majesty would be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions that the Papers there mentioned, might be 
laid before this House), had been presented to Her 
Majesty, and that Her Majesty had commanded 
him toacquaint this House, that She will give direc- 

tions accordingly. 
Canada. Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to several 
No, 322, Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Sums 
paid or directed to be paid to Sir Francis Head, 
as Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, as Outfit, 

Pay or Allowance. 
British North Copies or Extracts of Correspondence since the 
— Ist day of April 1835, between the Secretary of 
No oon State for the Colonies, and the Governors of the 


British North American Provinces, respecting the 
Indians in those Provinces. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 
Public Petitions 


* aap Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
— Select Committee on Public Petitions; That they 
had examined the Petitions presented from the 12th 
to the 15th days of this instant June, both inclusive ; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth 


ne lords: and Mr. Russell: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
saute ands A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually re- 
Road Bil, Pairing and improving the Road from Edenfield 


Chapel to Little Bolton, and certain Branch Roads 
connected therewith, all in the County Palatine of 
lea Reise Lancaster: _ 

and Sedle ss A: Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act passed 
combe Road in the sixth year of his late Majesty King William 
Bill. Vor. 94, 


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351 


the Fourth, for making a Turnpike-road from Saint 
Leonard’s and Saint leery Magdalen to the Royal — 
Oak Inn at Whatlington and through Sedlescomb 
to Cripp’s Corner, in the Parish of Evwhurst, in the 
County of Sussex: 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in west Beckham 
the Parishes of West Beckham and Alby, in the and Alby 
County of Worfolk : Inclosure Bill. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in prartishead 
the Township of Hartishead otherwise Hartshead, or Dewsbury 
in the Parish of Dewsbury, in the West Riding of Mclosure Bill. 


the County of York: 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in Aimsworthy 
the Manor of Admsworthy, in the Parish of Exford, lnclosure Bill. 
in the County of Somerset : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing certain west Croft 
Lands, called the West Croft and Burton Leys, in Inclosure Bill. 
the Parish of Saint Mary, in the Town and County 
of the Town of Nottingham: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Bristol and 
Act for altering and extending the Line of the Bristol Gloucestershire 
and Gloucestershire Railway, and for amending the ®*!'"4y Bil. 
Acts relating thereto, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Manchester 
Act for extending and for altering the Line of the and Leeds _ 
Manchester and Leeds Railway, and for making ®*!way Bill. 
Branches therefrom, and for amending the Acts re- 
lating thereto, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Nottingham 
Act for inclosing, allotting and improving certain Common Fields 
Open Fields in the Parish of Saint Mary, in the ™? ®"- 
Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Reading 
to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of oe 
the Borough of p skal 3a in the County of Berks, 7 
to sell certain real Estate discharged from certain 
Liabilities, and to invest the Purchase-monies 
arismg from such Sales in the purchase of other 
real Estate to be charged with such Liabilities ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Meliin’s 
to dissolve the Marriage of Richard John Sutcliffe Divorce Bill. 
Mellin, Esquire, with Jane Mellin, his now Wite, 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
Purposes therein mentioned ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords request that this House will be pleased Charch Leases. 
to communicate to their Lordships a Copy of a Re- 
port made from the Select Committee appointed by. 
this House in the present Session of Parliament. to 
inquire into the mode of granting and renewing 
Leases of the landed and other Paneth of the 
Bishops, Deans and Chapters, and other Eccle- 
siastical Bodies of England and Wales, and into 
the ag sage Amount of any increased value which 
might be obtained by an improved management, 
with a due consideration of the interests of the 
Established Church and of the present Lessees of 
such Property, together with the Minutes of Evi- 
dence taken before the Committee, and the Appen- 
dix and Index thereto :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith : — And 
then they again withdrew. 


Reading Corporation Estate Bill was read the Reading 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. ag 
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Mellin’s 
Divorce Bill, 


Printed Papers. 


352 


Mellin’s Divorce Bill was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report which, upon Satur- 
day last, was made from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to inquire into the Proceedings in the Ac- 
tion of Stockdale v. Hansard :—The House pro- 
ceeded to take the Report into further considera- 
tion :—And the same was again read. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
propernd That it is the Opinion of this House, that, 
under the special circumstances of the case of 
Stockdale vy. Hansard, it is not expedient to adopt 
any proceedings for the purpose of staying the exe- 
cution of the judgment ; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ this House having directed the Attorney 
“* General to appear on behalf of Messrs. Hansard 
“ and Sons, in an action against them for the pub- 
“ lication of a certain paper alleged to contain 
libellous matter against John Joseph Stockdale, 
“ which paper this House had directed them to pub- 
“ lish; and the Attorney General having accord- 
“« ingly appeared on behalf of the said Defendants 
“ in the Court of Queen’s Bench, and argued the 
“ questions of Law which arose upon a demurrer to 
“ the plea of the Defendants ; viz. the right of the 
“ Court of Queen’s Bench to inquire into the power 
“* of this House to direct such publication without 
“‘ subjecting the Defendants to any liability there- 
“by; and judgment having passed against the 
“ said Defendants by the unanimous decision of 
“ the Judges of the said Court of Queen’s Bench ; 
“ and the ordinary appeal from such judgment not 
“ having been adopted; and damages having ac- 
“ cordingly been assessed against the said Messrs. 
“ Hansard and Sons by a jury duly summoned for 
“ the purpose, and the same being about to be levied 
forthwith, this House do not resist such execution 
“ of the Law,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That it 
is the Opinion of this House, that, under the special 
circumstances of the case of Stockdale v. Hansard, 
it is not expedient to adopt any proceedings for the 
purpose of staying the execution of the judg- 
ment ; 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by leaving out from the word 
“ That” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “ an acquiescence in the Judgment 
“« pronounced in the case of Stockdale v. Hansard, 
“ will create, on the part of this House, great im- 
“ pediment in the future necessary exercise of the 
“ Parliamentary authority in vindication of its Pri- 
“* vilege, and therefore it is necessary that this 
“ House shall forthwith declare, that the prosecu- 
“ tion of the said Action, and the attempt to levy 
“ any damages upon the Defendant for the publica- 
“ tion by him, in pursuance of its Orders, directly 
“ impedes the effectual exercise of their Parliament- 
“ ary functions, and isa high contempt of the Pri- 
“ wvileges of this House; and that this House will 
“ visit with its severe displeasure all officers, mi- 
“ nisters and others, who shall act or aid in any 
“* manner in enforcing the judgment in such Ac- 
“ tion, or otherwise troubling or molesting the said 
“ Defendants for such publication ; and that aco 
of this Resolution be served upon the Sheriffs of 
“ London and Middlesex,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question ; 


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A. 1839. 


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


Martis, 18° die Junii, 1839: 


And the Question being put; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old aah. ee 
Lord Viscount Mahon, 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Vernon Smith: } 184, 
Mr. Warburton, 


Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Serjeant Wilde : } 166. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Then the main Question being put ; 

1. Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this House, 
that, under the special circumstances of the case of 
Stockdale v. Hansard, it is not expedient to adopt 
any proceedings for the purpose of staying the exe- 
cution of the judgment. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House, considering the power of publish- 
ing such of its Reports, Votes and Proceedings, as 
it shall deem necessary or conducive to the public 
interests, an essential incident to its constitutional 
functions, will enter into the consideration of such 
measures as it may be advisable to take in conse- 
—- of the recent judgment of the Court of 

ueen’s Bench, for the maintenance and protection 
of that power, so soon as the Committee shall have 
made that full and complete Report on this import- 
ant matter, which they have declared it to be their 
intention to make in the commencement of their 
Second Report ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. John Parker, 1 133 
Yeas, Mr. Baring : J 

Tellers for the { Sir Robert Harry Inglis, \ 56 
Noes, Mr. Fitzroy Kelly: — 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

2. Resolved, That this House, considering the 
poner of publishing such of its Reports, Votes and 

roceedings, as it shall deem necessary or conducive 
to the public interests, an essential incident to its 
constitutional functions, will enter into the con- 
sideration of such measures as it may be advisable 
to take in consequence of the recent judgment of 
the Court of Queen’s Bench, for the maintenance 
and protection of that power, so soon as the Com- 
mittee shall have made that full and complete Re- 
port on this important matter, which they have de- 
clared it to be their intention to make in the com- 
mencement of their Second Report. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act passed in the 
last Session of Parliament, intituled, Au Act for 
abolishing Arrest on Mesne Process in Civil Ac- 
tions, except in certain cases, for extending the Re- 
medies of Creditors against the Property of Debtors, 
and for amending the Laws for the Relief of In- 
solvent Debtors in England, in as far as the said 
Act respects the insertion of Advertisements in News- 
papers, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend an Act passed in the last 
Session of Parliament, for abolishing Arrest on Mesne 
Process in Civil Actions, except im certain cases ; 
for extending the Remedies of Creditors against the 
Property of Debtors; and for amending the Laws 
for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The Order of the day being read, for the third 

ill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Prisons Bill; 
Ordered, 


Imprisonment 
for Debt Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Jamaica Laws 
Bill. 


Prisons Bill. 









































Metropolitan 
Police Courts 


Bill. 


Factories Bill. 


Electors 
Removal Bill. 


Election Peti- 
tiors’ Trial Bill. 


Bankrupts 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


Copyholds’ 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


Suger Duties 
Bill. 


Stannaries 
Courts (Corn- 
_ wall) Bill. 


2 Victoria. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Factories Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the Ist day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Electors Removal Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Election Petitions’ Trial Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts 
(Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Copyholds’ Enfranchisement Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Sugar Duties Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Stannaries Courts (Cornwall) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


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353 


The House was also moved, That the Act 4 and 
5 Will. 4: c. 61, for the more effectually providing 
for the erection of certain Bridges in Ireland, might 
be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 6 and 
7 Will. 4. c. 108, to amend an Act passed in the 
first and second years of his present Majesty, for 
the Extension and Promotion of Public Works in 
Ireland, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 Vie. 
c. 21, to amend the Acts for the Extension and 
Promotion of Public Works in Jreland, might be 
read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 and 
2 Vic. c. 88, to authorize a further Issue of Exche- 
quer Bills for Public Works and Fisheries, and 
Employment of the Poor, and to amend the Acts 
reneng thereto, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the said Acts: And that Mr, Chancellor of 
the Exchequer and Lord Viscount Morpeth do pre- 
pare, and bring itin. 


The House was moved, That the Report in est Dolict = 
ill, (No. 1.) Bill. 


of the Petition for the Belfast Water (No. 1.) 
which, upon Monday last, was made from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
establish a Company for better supplying with Water 
the Inhabitants of the town of Belfast, and the 
suburbs thereof: And that Mr. O’Connell and Co- 
lonel Verner do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Metropolis 
Police. 


itself into a Committee to consider of authorizing 
Advances out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
the purposes of any Act of the present Session, re- 
lating to the Police of the Metropolis. 


Money.] 


upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. O’Connell presented a Bill to establish @ peigast water 
Company for better supplying with Water the Inha-~ (No. 1.) Bill. 
bitants of the Town of Belfast and the Suburbs 
thereof: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Merchant 
Return from the President and Governors of the 5e#me". 


Ways and 
Means. 


Registration 
(Court of 
Appeal) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Registration (Court of Appeal) Bill; 


Windsor Castle 
Stables Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The ingrossed Bill to authorize the application of 
part of the Land Revenues of the Crown for the 
erection of Stables and Stable Offices contiguous to 
Windsor Castle was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Corporation for the relief of Seamen in the Merchant 
Service at the Port of Loudon, and the several Out- 
ports under their management, of the Gross Amount 
of Pensions paid to each of the three Classes of 
disabled Seamen, Widows and Children; and of the 
rates of Pensions and Number of Pensioners in each 
Class, in the last year for which the Return can be 
made. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


Mr. Baring presented, pursuant to the directions Coun of 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


of an Act of Parliament,—Certificate of the Lord Queen’s Bench. 
Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench tothe No, 324. 


Shannon 
Navigation 
Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Act 5 and 6 
Will. 4, c. 67, for the Improvement of the Naviga- 
tion of the River Shannon, might be read ; and the 


Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, of 
the necessity of retaining the full Number of Five 
Masters in the said Court. 


same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Reports of 
the Commissioners for the Improvement of the Na- 
vigation of the River Shannon, which were presented 
upon the 28th day of March 1836 ; the 19th day of 
December 1837; and, the 12th day of July 1838, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Improvement of the Navigation of the River 
Shannon: And that. Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer and Lord Viscount Morpeth do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 and 2 
Will. 4, c. 33, for the Extension and Promotion of 
Public Works in Jreland, might be read; and the 
same was read, 


Vou. 94. 


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


Mr. Baring, by Order, presented a Bill for the Shannon 
Improvement of the Navigation of the River Shan- Navigation 
non: And the same was read the first time; and ®! 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next; No-825. 
and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Com- a 
missary Clerk (Edinburgh), which was presented, ;\“"), 


urgh. 
upon the 6th day of February last, be printed. o N am 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to Leith Har-1-cith Harbour 
bour and Docks, which were presented, upon the oe Tee 
14th day of February last, and the 6th day of this v- 327. 
instant June, be printed. 

Zz 


Public Works 
(lrelaud) Bill. 





Ordered, 





Dean Forest 
Mines. 


No. 328. 


Bricks. 
No. 329. 


Cotton Gloves 
aud Hosiery, 


No. 330. 


Army. 
No. 331. 


Church Rates, 
No. 332. 


School of 
Design. 


No. 209. 


Carlow Borough 
Election, 


Allison’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Coode’s 
Divarce Bill. 





354 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Dean Forest 
Mines, which was presented upon the 25th day of 
March last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Bricks, which 
was presented, upon the 11th day of April last, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Cotton 
Gloves and Hosiery, which was presented upon the 
11th day of April be, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Army, 
which was presented upon the 3d day of May last, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Church Rates, 
which was presented upon the 6th day of May last, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to the School 
of Design, which was presented upon Wednesday 
last, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
near two of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 18° die Juniz ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Grote, from the Select Committee ap- 

pointed to try and determine the merits of 
the Petition of Thomas Gisborne, Esquire; and 
also, the Petition of the there-undersigned Electors 
of the Borough of Carlow, severally complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
informed the House, That the Committee met this 
morning, pursuant to their adjournment of * aay ha 
when the Chairman received a letter from John 
Brocklehurst, Esquire, one of the Members of the 
Committee, informing the Committee that, having 
received intelligence of the death of his father, he 
desired to be excused from further attendance upon 
the Committee. 

The House was moved, That the several Entries 
in the Journals of the House of the 14th day of 
June 1820 and the 20th day of February 1827, of 
the Proceedings of the House in relation to the 
Reports made respecting the absence of Members 
from the Select Committees appointed to try and 
determine the merits of the Petitions severally com- 
— of undue Elections and Returns for the 

oroughs of Bridport and Iichester, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Brocklehurst be excused for 
not attending the Committee this day, and have 
leave to absent himself from any further attendance 
on the Committee. 


Allison’s Divorce Bill was read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Wednesday the 26th day of this instant June. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do hear counsel, and examine wit- 
nesses for the said Bill; and also that they do hear 
counsel, and examine witnesses against the Bill, if 
the Parties concerned think fit whe heard by coun- 
sel, or produce witnesses. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- 
solve the Marriage of Henry Coode (otherwise Cood), 
Esquire, with Jane, his now Wife, and to enable 
him to marry again, and for other Purposes, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bruges do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


17°—18° Junie. 


A, 1839. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Bristol ana 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Gloucestershire 


tituled, An Act for altering and extending the Line 
of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Railway, and 
for amending the Acts relating thereto; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 7. 1.24. After “ raise” insert “ and that 
no person shall have more than Ten votes in his 
own right, nor more than Ten other votes in right 
of any proxy.” 

Pr. 10. 1, 18. Leave out “and Branch Railway.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 1. After “ western” insert “ union.” 

Pr. 11. ls. 16 and 17. After “ mentioned” in- 
sert “ Provided also, That if the said existing line 
“ of Railway shall, by reason of the making of the 

said diversions, alterations and improvements 
therein, become impassable, the several persons 
who shall be proprietors of shares issued under or 
by virtue of the said recited Acts shall be entitled 
to compensation for any loss of tolls to be oc- 
casioned thereby, such compensation to be paid 
out of the money to be raised by virtue of this 
Act, and the amount thereof to be ascertained 
and computed from the average amount of the 
tolls received by them in the corresponding 
months during the Two preceding years.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 3. After “ Act” insert “ Provided 
always, That nothing herein contained shall autho- 
rize the said Company to divert permanently any 
turnpike or public carriage-road other than and 
except such turnpike or public carriage-roads asthe 
said Company are expressly authorized to divert.” 

Pr. 29. Is. 33. and 34. After “ notwithstanding ” 
Clause (A.) 

Crausz (A.) “ AND whereas the said Railway 
is intended to be carried over a certain public 
carriage-road, called or known by the name of 
Avon-street, in the parish of Saint Philip and 
Jacob Without, in the city and county of the city 
of Bristol; and whereas it is intended to carry a 
certain road called Whipping Cat Hill, in the said 
parish, over and across the line of the said in- 
tended Railway; BEit therefore further Enacted, 
That in case the said Railway be carried over or 
across the said public carriage-road called Avon- 
street, the bridge over the said road shall not be 
of less dimensions, as to height and width, than 
the bridge erected for carrying the Great Western 
Railway across the said street, and that any 
bridge which may be erected for carrying the 
said public carriage-road called Whipping Cat 
“ Hill over the said ‘Railway shall be formed, and 
shall be at all times continued of such width as 
to leave a clear and open space between the 
fences of such road, of not less than Twenty-four 
feet, and the ascent of such road and bridge shall 
not exceed One foot in Thirty feet, and a good 
and sufficient fence shall be made and maintained 
by and at the expense of the said Company on 
each side of the said bridge, which fence shal not 
be less than Four feet above the surface of such 
“ bridge.” 

Pr. 45. 1.26. After “ made” insert Clauses (B.) 
and (C.) 

CrauseE (B.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall not be lawful for the said Company to 
purchase, for the purposes last before mentioned, 
from any corporation, trustee or feoffee in trust, 
for charitable or other purposes, executor, admi- 
nistrator, husband, guardian, committee or other 
trustee for or on behalf of any infant, lunatic, 
idiot, feme covert or cestui que trust, or from any 
tenant for life or in tail, or person to whom or for 
whose benefit lands are limited in strict settlement, 
or other persons being under legal disability or 
incapacity, more than such Forty statuteacres, and 
in case the said Company shall purchase such 
Forty statute acres from any person or corporation 
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art of such Forty acres so purchased, it shall not 
be lawful for the said Company to purchase of or 
from the same person or corporation, or from any 
other person or corporation being under legal 
disability or incapacity, nor for any such person 
or corporation to sell to the said Company any 
other lands in lieu of such Forty statute acres of 
land or any part thereof, so sold or disposed of 
by the said Company.” 

Crause (C.) “ And whereas by the said firstly- 
recited Act the said Company are required to 
make and erect so many bridges, arches, culverts 
and passages over, under or by the side of or 
leading to or from the said Railway, for the com- 
modious use of the land cut through or divided 
by such Railway, as Two or more Justices of the 
Peace shall judge necessary or appoint in case 
of dispute about the same: And whereas it is ex- 
pedient that further powers of purchasing lands 
should be given to the said Company, for the pur- 
pose of avoiding unnecessary expense in the erec- 
tion of such bridges, arches, culverts and passages, 
for the use and occupation of lands cut through 
and divided by the said Railway; Be it therefore 
Enacted, That where any land has been or shall 
be cut through or divided, and the proprietor 
thereof, or other the person or persons by this 
and the said recited Acts empowered to contract 
for the saleand conveyance thereof, shall be willin 
to sell to the said Company the part or partswhic 
have been or shall be left on the sides of the said 
Railway it shall be lawful for any such corporation 
or person by the said first-recited Act, or this Act 
capacitated to sell or convey lands, to enter into 
any agreement with the said Company, for the 
sale and conveyance of the land so left on one 
side of the said Railway; and the said Company 
are hereby authorized and empowered to treat and 


agree with any corporation or person for the pur-| 


chase of such lands, and for any subsisting leases, 
terms, estates or interests therein, and the said 
Company shall then be discharged from their lia- 
bility, under the provisions of the said first-recited 
Act, to make any bridge, arch, culvert or passage, 
for the purpose of connecting such land as afore- 
said ; Provided always, That the land to be pur- 
chased from any person or corporation as afore- 


* said, shall not exceed Ten acres in any one place, 


and that the said Company shall and they are 


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other satisfaction, recompense or compensation is 
required to be settled and made in respect of 
lands included in the Plans and Books of Re- 
ference relating to the said Railway, and which 
may be interfered with or injuriously affected by 
reason of the execution of any of the powers of 
this Act.” 

Cuiause (E.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
the said Company shall, at their own expense, 
after any part of the said Railway shall have heen 
laid out and formed through any land or ground in 
the said parishes of Berkeley, Slimbridge, Cam ana 
Coaley, or either of them, belonging to the Right 
honourable William Fitzhardinge Baron Segrave, 
forthwith make and erect and from time to time 
for ever thereafter maintain in sufficient repair 
and condition, such and so many bridges for 
crossing the said Railway, and in such places as 
the said Lord Segrave shall judge necessary 
and appoint for the use and occupation of his 
said lands, through which the said Railway shall 
be made, and every such bridge shall be made 
and continued of such width as to leave a clear 
and open space of not less than twelve feet for 
the width of the road over the same, and the 
ascent of every such bridge shall not be more than 
one foot in eighteen feet, and a good and sufficient 
fence shall be made on each side of every such 
bridge, which fence shall not be more than four feet 
above the surface of such bridge, and in case the 
said Company shall refuse or neglect to make or 
maintain such bridges or any of them for the space 
of ten days after the time which shall be appointed 
for those purposes respectively by two or more 
Justices of the Peace for the said county of Glou- 
cester, upon the application of the said Lord Se- 
grave, it shall be lawful for the said Lord Segrave 

imself, to make and erect or, as the case may re- 
quire, to maintain and repair such bridges, so that 
in making, erecting, repairing or maintaining such 
bridges the said at or any of the works by 
this Act authorized to be made or constructed 
by the said Company shall not be obstructed for 
any longer space of time or to be used in any 
other manner than shall be unavoidably neces- 
sary, and all the reasonable costs and charges 
thereof shallbe repaid to the said Lord Segrave, or 
the party who shall have so made and erected, re- 


wee and amended such bridges as last aforesaid, 
y the said Company, within the space of twenty- 
“ one days next after the same shall have been so 
“ incurred, and an account and demand in writing 
said undertaking, and in'such way and manner as |“ shall have been delivered to and made from the 
“is directed by the said first-recited Act for the |“ said Company, and in default in payment of the 
“ sale of any superfluous lands not required for the |“ said costs and charges within the time aforesaid, 
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Cxavuse (D.) “ And whereas, certain premises 
called the Pack Horse or Lawrence Bridge Estate, 
claimed to belong to William Herapath, Esquire, 
in the parish of Saint Philip and Jacob, in the 
city and county of Bristol, and which are not 
included in the Plans and Books of Reference 
relating to the said Railway, may be injuriously 
affected by the execution of the works authorized 
by this Act; Be it therefore Enacted, That the 
said Company shall, and they are hereby required 
to make to the owner and occupier or occupiers 
for the time being of the said estate, full com- 

nsation, satisfaction and recompense for all loss, 
injury or damage which he or they may sustain 
by reason of the execution of any of the works 
authorized by this Act, such compensation, re- 
compense and satisfaction to be settled by a jury, 
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and seals, to levy the said costs and charges by 
distress and sale of any of the goods and chattels 
of the said Company, for the use of the party by 
whom such costs and charges shall have Sows 
incurred, rendering to the said Company the 
overplus (if any) on demand, after deducting the 
reasonable charges of making such distress and 
sale, to be settled by the said Justices ; or the said 
Lord Segrave, upon neglect and refusal by the 
said Company, to pay the said costs and charges 
as aforesaid, shall and may also have such and 
the like remedy against them for the recovery 
thereof by action at law to be commenced and 
prosecuted in such manner as in other cases is by 
this Act directed; Provided, always, ‘That no 
such bridge shall be required to be erected or 
made over the said Railway or any part thereof, 
at or in any place or manner at or in which the 
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Inclosure Bill, the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 


356 18° J 


Crause (F.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 

“ the persons who shall be appointed by the said 
“ Company for the protection and watching of that 
“ part of the said Railway which will be made 
“ through the estate of the Right honourable Lord 
“ Segrave shall, before they shall exercise any 
“ power or authority under or by virtue of this or 
“ the said recited Acts, be approved of by the said 
“ Lord Segrave or the owner for the time being of 
“ the said estate in writing under his hand, and that 
“‘ without such approval all such appointments 
“ shall be null and void.” 

Pr. 79. 1. 6. After “is” insert “ expressly.” 

Pr. 82. 1. 4. After “ using” insert “ the same.” 

Pr. 88. 1.35. After “ information” insert “ Pro- 
vided always, That no call shall exceed the sum 
“« of Five pounds upon each share, nor shall more 
than four calls be made in any one year.” 


Pr. 90. 1.9. After “ upon” insert “ Provided 
“ also, That it shall be lawful for any general or 
“ special meeting of the said Company, convened 
“ and held under and by virtue of this Act, to order 
and direct that until the said extension and other 
works shall be completed, interest not exceeding 
“ Four pounds per centum per annum shall be paid 
out of the money hereby authorized to be raised 
upon the amounts actually paid up in respect of 
“each share created under the authority of this 
“ Act,”’ 

Pr. 97. 1. 21. After “ raised” insert “ Provided 
also, That at all general and special meetings of 
the proprietors of the shares hereby authorized 
to be issued, and also at all general and special 
meetings to be holden after the completion of the 
said extension and other works, there shall be at 
least Twenty shareholders personally present, 
holding ia the aggregate Five hundred shares in 
their own right, or as proxies, and no person shall 
vote either personally or by proxy at any such 
meeting, unless he shall have paid all the calls 
“ made upon the shares held by him in the said 
si eaalebing and also insert Clause (G.) 


Cuauss (G.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
the general meetings to be held in each and every 
year under and by virtue of the said recited Acts 
“ and of this Act, may be held in the month of 
February or in the month of March, as the Com- 
“ mittee or Committees of Management of the said 
Company shail from time to time think expedient, 
and the accounts to be kept by the said Company 
shall be made up and balanced to the Thirty-first 
day of December in each and every year, instead 
“ of to the month of September, as directed by the 
“ said first-recited Act.” 


Pr. 98. 1. 38. Leave out “ Five” and insert 
“ Three.” 
Pr. 99. 1.3. Leave out “Ten” and insert “ Five.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bruges do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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vituled, an Act for inclosing, alloting and improving 
certain Open Fields in the Parish of Saint Mary, 
in the Town and County of the Town of Notting- 
ham ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 21.1. 26. Leave out “ three” and insert 
** twelve.” 


Pr. 22. 1. 24. After “ persons,” insert “ or body 
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unit. A. 1839. 


Pr. 39. 1. 80. Leave out “ in and” and in the 
same line after “ the” insert “ county of Notting- 
“ ham, or for the.” 
Pr, 40. 1. 30. After “ said” insert “ county of 
“ Nottingham or.” 

Pr. 42. 1.30, After “ said” insert “ county of 
Nottingham or.” 

Pr. 44.1.2. After “recovered” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuausz (A.) “ And whereas his Grace Henry 
Pelham Duke of Newcasile, is or claims to be the 
owner of the said park, between which and the 
said turnpike-road leading to Derby, and the 
“ said highway called Derby Road, the lands hereby 
authorized to be inclosed are situated, and it being 
‘“‘ expedient that the said Duke should be em- 
powered to make a communication between the 
“ said park and the said turnpike-road and high- 
“ way, or any of the streets to be formed through 
“‘ the lands to be inclosed by virtue of this Act; Be 
“ it therefore Enacted, That it shall be lawful for 
“ the owner of the said park, for the time being, 
“ and he is hereby authorized and empowered at 
“ any time or times hereafter, to make and construct, 
and from time to time to maintain a carriage, horse 
and footway, by meaus of a tunnel, under some 
“‘ part of the lands to be inclosed by virtue of this 
“ Act, between the said park, called Nottingham 
‘“‘ Park, and the said turnpike-road or highway, or 
“ between such park and any one or more of the 
“ said streets to be formed on the lands to be in- 
“ closed by virtue of this Act, such tunnel to be of 
“ such dimensions as the said Duke, his heirs or 
assigns shall think proper; and in case any injury 
shall be caused by the making and constructing 
“ such tunnel and road, to any of the lands by this 
Act authorized to be inclosed, or to any buildings 
that may after One year from the passing of this 
Act, and before the constructing of such tunnel 
“ or road, be erected on the said land, the amount 
thereof shall be settled by the Commissioners for 
the time being of the said inclosure, or in case 
such Commissioners cannot agree, or in case such 
tunnel shall be made after the execution of the 
said award, then the amount of such compensation 
“ shall be settled by the Chairman of the Court of 
Quarter Sessions for the time being, of the county 
of Nottingham, or if he refuses or declines to act, 
“ then by the Recorder for the time being of the 
* Shem of Newark: Provided always, That in 
“ case the said tunnel shall be made before the 
deposit of the said Commissioners’ award, the 
amount of the compensation for any such injury 
“as aforesaid shall be paid to the said Commis- 
sioners, to be by them applied for the purposes 
“ of this Act, but in case the said tunnel shall be 
“ made after the deposit of the said award, the 
same shall be paid to the owner or owners whose 
allotment or allotments or buildings shall be in- 
jured as aforesaid, in case he or they is or are 
entitled to such allotment or allotmennts in fee 
simple, or otherwise the same shall be paid into 
the Bank of England, in manner hereinafter 
“ mentioned.” 

Pr. 57.1. 10. After “ persons,” insert “‘ or body 
corporate.” 

Pr. 62. 1. 8. After “persons,” insert “ or bodies 
“ corporate.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir Ronald Ferguson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments, made by 
their Lordships. 


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— Portsmouth (four Petitions) ; — Beverley ; — 


Pr, 23. 1. 21. After “ persons,” insert “ or body | Knaresborough ; — Reading ; -—— Bristol ;—Cocker- 


“ corporate.” 


mouth ; —- Honiton ;— Brighton ; — Hereford ;—Lin- 


Pr. 37. 1. 12. Leave out “ hereafter” and insert | coln ;— Cambridge;— Bury Saint Edmund’s;—Tad- 


“ thereafter.” 


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caster ; — Settle ; — Tenbury ;— Westbury ;-- Lyme 


Regis ;-~ 


Petitions from Stamford ;—-Shrewsbury ;—Ludlow; vote by Ballot. 





allot. 


Education. 


Postage. 


2 Vicroriz. 


Regis ; -— Leominster ;— Taunton Ballot Association 
(Chairman) ; ~— Moreton-in- Marsh ;—and, Anthony 
Marmion ; praying for the adoption of Vote by 
Ballot in the Election of Members to serve in Par- 
liament,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the President of the Lancaster Con- 
servative Heart of Oak Club, praying the House not 
to consent to any measure for taking the Votes at 
Elections for Members to serve in Parliament by 
way of Ballot, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lighthorne ; —- Southwark ;—Lea- 
mington Priors ; — Canterbury ;--— Thorne ;—Saint 
Margaret Pattens and Saint Gabriel Fenchurch, 
London;— Hickling and Over Broughton ;— Strat- 
ford-upon-Avon; — Warwick ;-— Hambledon ;— Bed- 
welty ;— Llandanwg and Llanbedr ;— Woodland ;— 
Guildford (two Petitions) ; — Chepstow ;—Adwell, 


18° Junie. 





&amp;c. ; — Stafford ; - - Bebington; —Denbigh ; — and, 
Swavesey; praying the House not-to sanction the 
proposed scheme of National Education recently 
laid before Parliament, as approved by the Commit- 
tee of Privy Council, — were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Burton-upon-Trent;— Beverley ;— 
‘Sirhowy Ironworks ; — and, Tredegar; praying the 
House to sanction the said proposed abana of 
National Education,—were also presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Uxbridge ;— Falmouth ;— Bucks 
Association of Baptist Churches (Chairman); — 
Chepping Wycombe ;— Aylesbury ;— Edenderry, &amp;c. ; 
oeienddlatne ;—Persons employed by John Muith, 
Albany-street, Regent's Park ; — Frederick Wilson 
and Co., Thames-street ;— Kidd and Co., Tottenham 
Court Road ;— Thomas Lindfield, Stanhope-street, 
Hampstead-road ;— Miles and Edwards, Oxford- 
street ;—Sarah Marks and Son, Langham-place ;— 
William Miller Christy, Fairfield Mills; — White 
and Greenwell, Blackfriars-road ;—J. and E. West, 
Great Mary-le-bone-street ;— Emanuel Cooper and 
Co., Castle-street, Southwark;—E. and J. Lawford, 
Draper’s Hall ;— Hankeys and Co., Mincing-lane ; 
—Robert and Benjamin Brown and Co., Cheap- 
side ;—Jvhn Bowler and Sons, Bridge-road, South- 
wark ; — Gill and Charlesworth, Wood-street ; — 
I. W. Borradaile, Fenchurch-street ;— W. Borra- 
daile, Sons and Ravenhill, Fenchurch-street ; — 
Wilde and Co., College-hill, London; — Jasper 
Wightman, Bread-street ;—Arkell and Co., Mark- 
lane ;—Bowman and May, Wood-street ;— William 
Stanley, Carthusian-street ;— William Eaton, Jewin 
Crescent ;—T. I. Richards, Orchard-street, Saint 
Luke’s;— John Cragg, President-street East ; — 
Warner and Sons, J ewin Crescent ;— Smith and Fenn, 
Aldersgate: street ;— Wood and Sharwood’s, Alders- 
gate-street ;—Hector Baxter, Bartholomew Close ;— 
Charles Collinge, Bartholomew Close ; — John Da- 
vison, Jewin Crescent ;—Smith and Son, Albion- 
buildings ;— Holmes and Aubert, Little Britain ;— 
Clay and Son, Shinner-street ;—J. Sanderson, Silver- 
street ;— William Ford, Wood-street ; — Partridge 
and Price, Cheapside ;— Watts and Harton, Shoe- 
lane ;— Howard and Co.,; Old-street, Saint Luke's ; 
— William Whitelock, Northampton-street; — Mr. 
Fowler, Saint John-street ;~Robert Parry, Golden- 
lane;— Burls and Co., Little Love-lane ;—Brettle 
and Co., Wood-street ;—Baker and Co., Lawrence- 
lane ;— Truman, Hanbury, Buxton and Co., Brick- 
lane ;—Collessie; — Forgan ;— Wemyss ; — Newton 
(Falkland); — Balmerino ;— Abdie ;— Kilkenny ;— 
Llanrwst ;—Mitchel Dean ;— Monimail ;-— Neath ; 
—Cupar (Moderator and Clerk); — Brighton; — 
Pin am — Saint Mary-le-bone ; — Droylesden ; — 
Chorlton-upon-Medlock;—Blewbury ;— London ;— 
Samuel Wood and others;—John Eldred and others; 
— Hammersmith ;—and, King’s Cople; praying for 

Von. 94. 


357 
the adoption of a low and uniform rate of Postage, 


— were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens and Church 
other Inhabitants of Brockthorp, praying the House Establishmeut 
to continue their protection and encouragement to (C#med® &amp;c-) 
the Bishops and Clergy in Canada, and the other 
British colonies, and make provision for increasing 
their number, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Manchester and Salford ;—and, Maynooth 
Blendworth; praying the House not to sanction "ee 
any further grant of public money to the Roman 
Catholic College of Maynooth,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Blendworth, praying Roman Catholic 
for the repeal of the Roman Catholic Relief Act, Relief Act. 
was | cgi and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and other Brazilian 
Inhabitants of Liverpool, praying for a reduction of “oMe* Suge" 
duty upon Coffee, Sugar, and other articles the ~ 
produce of the Brazils, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Master Mariners, Mates and Sea- Merchant 
men of the Mercantile Marine of Great Britain Sea 
and Ireland ;—Master Mariners of the Mercantile 
Marine of Great Britain ;—and, Master Mariners, 
Mates and Seamen of the Mercantile Marine of 
Great Britain and Ireland; praying for an inquiry 
into the aapeeprietire of the funds raised under the 
Merchant Seamen’s Act,and lying dormant, in order 
that they may be applied by local asylums for the 
advantage of those for whose benefit such funds 
have been accumulated, — were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table; and the 
last to be printed. 


A Petition of Members of the Second United As- Queen’s Printer 
sociate Congregation of the Secession Church in (S¢*t!#"4.) 
Dunse, praymg the House not to sanction the re- 
newal of the Patent now held by Her Majesty’s 
Printer in Scotland of exclusively printing Bibles, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Land-holders of Blackrath, in the Church and 
county of Kilkenny, praying the House to dissolve 5! (!relund.) 
the alliance between Church and State in Jreland, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- County Courts 
= of Liverpool, praying that the County Courts 5#!. 

ill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 

Petitions from Dodbrooke;—and, Kingsbridge ; 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law,— 
were also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
said Select Committee. 


Mr. Gibson Craig reported from the Committee on Black Quarry 
the Black Quarry or Anniesland Road Bill ; and to oF Anniestand 
whom a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; ®°*4 ¥i"- 
That no person appeared in support of the said Pe- 
tition; and that the Committee had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the nee and Church of 
Inhabitants of the Quoad Sacra parish of Hounds- S¢°'""4- 
wood, inthe county of Berwick, praying the House 








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Aliens. 


Spirit Dealers 
(Ireland.) 


Fisheries 
(Ireland.) 


Tmprisonment 
for Debt Act 
Amendment 


Bill. 


Black Sea 
Trade. 


Shipwrecks of 
Timber Ships. 


No. 333. 





358 18° Junie. A. 1839, 


to adopt measures for relieving the religious des- 
titution which prevails in Scotland, by extending 
the efficiency of the Established Church, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Joseph Schaller, and the thereunder- 
signed Persons, being foreigners, stating, that by 
the Act 32 Hen.8, aliens, being artificers or handi- 
craftsmen, are deprived of the privilege of becoming 
leaseholders, and of voting for Members of Parlia- 
ment ; and praying the House to take their case 
into consideration, and repeal the before-mentioned 
penal Act, and also pass an Act to entitle all fo- 
reigners established a certain number of years in 
Great Britain and Ireland, who have paid rent and 
taxes to a certain amount, and are known as good 
characters, to enjoy the same privileges as natural- 
born subjects of this realm, upon taking the oath of 
allegiance to Her Majesty and Her successors, was 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Grocers and Spirit Dealers of Wer- 
ford, praying that Spirit Dealers in Ireland may be 
laced on a footing with the Grocers and Spirit 
Diaies of England and Scotland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ki/garvin and Ken- 
mare, residing on the banks of the Rivers Roughty 
and Slaheny, in the county of Kerry, complaining 
that there is a vicious practice entered into in that 
district of putting into the river a noxious or poison- 
ous weed, which effectually poisons and destroys 
the salmon and every other fish in those rivers; yet 
under the Inland Fishery Act, 31 Geo. 2, c. 13, 
unless detected in the very act or fact of poison- 
ing, the offenders escape with impunity in conse- 

uence of a defect in the law; and praying the 
House to enact some statute law more effectually 
to punish such delinquents, and to legalize the 
taking of salmon with nets in the said rivers, 
which is prohibited by the first section of the said 
Act, after the twelfth day of August in any year, 
until the twenty-ninth day of September, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of George Robert Skene, Proprietor, 
Printer and Publisher of “ The Bedford Mercury,” 
pagey on the Imprisonment for Debt Act Amend- 
ment Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Chamber of 
Commerce of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, complaining 
that from the restrictive nature of the Russian 
tariff, English manufactured goods are virtually 
excluded from Russian ports in the Black Sea, and 
praying the House to a measures for establish- 
ing freedom of commerce between Great Britain 
and Circassia, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into Shipwrecks of Timber Ships and the 
less of life attendant thereon, and to report to the 
House whether any or what measure can be adopted 
to reduce the amount thereof in future; have power 
to report their Observations thereupon to the “wae 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

Sir Charles Adam reported from the said Select 
Committee, That they had considered the matters 
referred to them; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, Tirat the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 





The House proceeded to take into further consi- South Eastern 
deration the Report which, upon the 10th day gre i 
this instant June, was made from the Committee (8°) Bill 
on the South Eastern Railway (No. 2.) Bill; printed 
Copies of the Bill having been delivered at the 
door upon Tuesday last ; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 

and Mr. Russell : the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for erecting, establishing Aberdcen 
and maintaining a new Market in the City of Market and 
Aberdeen, and for providing suitable Approaches (nti) pill 
thereto : : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for further improving Fraserburgh 
and maintaining the Harbour of the Burgh of Harbour Bill 
Regality of Fraserburgh, in the County of Aber- 
deen: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Earl of Gallo- 
to enable Randolph Earl of Galloway, or the heir 721's Fstue 
in possession of the entailed Estates of Garlies “"* 
Baldoon, Newton Steuart, and others in the County 
of Wigton and Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, to re- 
claim certain sleechy Ground on the Shores of 
the said Estates, and to drain and improve the 
Moss of Cree, part thereof, and to burthen the said 
Estates partially, and the reclaimed and improved 
Land, with the Expense; and also to burthen the 
said Estates with certain Expenses incurred by the 
said Earl in improving the same; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased Railways. 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of a 
Report made from the Select Committee appointed 
by this House in the present. Session of Parliament, 
to inquire into the State of Communication by 
Railways; together with the Minutes of Evidence 
and Appendix thereto :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer 
to the last part of the said Message by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in, and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith : — And 
then they again withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- Commercial 
deration the Report which, upon the 6th day of (London and 
this instant June, was made fom the Committee Railway Bil, 
on the Commercial (London and Blackwall) Rail- 
way Bill; printed Copies of the Bill having been 
delivered at the door upon Friday last. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Amendments made by the 
Committee to the Bill be now read a second time; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“‘ Report be taken into further consideration upon 
“ this day six months,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { - — } 176. 


Tellers for the Noes,{ La = aman “s } 73. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Committee to the Bill, be now read a second time : 
—The said Amendments were accordingly read a 
second time, and agreed to. 

Ordered, 








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Earl of Gallo- 
way’s Estate 
Bill. 


N.S, Thomas. 


Danish Claims. 


Public Walks. 


Vote by Ballot. 


Small Tene- 
ments Bill. 


Hand-loom 
Weavers, 


Payment of 
Rates Bill. 


2 VictorizZ. 


Ordered, That the Bill, 
be ingrossed. 


The Earl of Galloway’s Estate Bill was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


with the Amendments, 


A Petition of Henry Cornelius Thomas, of 
Glo’ster Terrace, Vaurhall Bridge Road, West- 
minster, Surgeon, complaining of the verdict in the 
case of Frederick Nicholas Somers Thomas, for steal- 
ing, and praying for inquiry, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying that Her Majesty will be graciously 
pleased to direct the Commissioners to whom it was 
referred to examine the Claims of certain British 
Subjects, in respect of Losses sustained by the 
seizure of Ships and Cargoes by the Danish Govern- 
ment in 1807, to proceed to adjudicate upon the 
Claims which they have received, and upon which 
they have made a Report to the Lords of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury : 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Cresswell, 
Sir Eardley Wilmot : 

Tellers for the Noes Mr. Fox Maule, 

. sf Mr. Charles Wood: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it is the duty of the Commons House 
of Parliament to take measures to provide Public 
Walks in the immediate vicinity of large and eae 
lous Towns, calculated to promote the health and 
comfort of the middle and humbler Classes :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


} 94, 


32. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to pro- 
vide that the Votes at Elections for Members of 
Parliament be taken by way of Ballot ; 


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


Mercurii, 19° die Junti, 1839: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Grote, 1 216 
Lord Worsley : = 
Tellers for the Noes, { i yo saly rs } 333. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to exempt Tenements of Small Value from Assess- 
ment to the Parochial Rates: And that Mr. San- 
ford and Mr. Poulett Scrope do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid beforethis House, 
a Return of the Number of Convictions for the 
embezzlement of Yarns by Hand-loom Weavers and 
others in the Town of Forfar, in the years 1837 
and 1838. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more effectual relieving of Poor Persons 
Vou. 94. 


18°—19° Junzz. 


359 

from the payment of Rates or Cesses: And that 

Mr. Pryme and Mr. Yates do prepare, and bring 

it in. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Military 

to regulate the Payment and assignment in certain Pensions Bill. 
cases of Pensions granted for Service in Her Ma- 

jesty’s Army, Navy, Marine and Ordnance: And 


that Sir Henry Parnell and Lord Viscount Howick 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order for taking into further consideration Sewers Bill. 
the Report on the Sewers Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to Mr. 
Christopher, Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Law 
Hodges, Mr. William Miles, Lord bey | Mr. 
Bethell, Mr. Addams Williams, Mr. Wilson Patten, 

Mr. Edward Rice, Mr. Bramston, Mr. Sanford, 
Mr. Kemble and Mr. Freshfield. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Exchequer of 

reading of the Exchequer of Pleas Bill ; Plees Dill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third London — 
reading of the London Cotgenttion Estate Bill ; ——— 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time “"°™'" 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Electors’ 
reading of the Electors’ Removal Bill ; Removal Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


The Sugar -Duties Bill was, according to Order, Sugar Duties 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolis 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of autho- Police 
rizing advances out of the Consolidated Fund of ng 9 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
for the purposes of any Act of the present Session, 
relating to the Police of the Metropolis ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Sanford 
ments of Small 
rochial Rates: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 26th day of this instant June ; and 
to be printed. 


resented a Bill to exempt Tene- small Tene- 
alue from Assessment to the Pa- ments Bill. 
No. 334. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after two of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





Mercurti, 19° die Junii; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


M8; Campbell, from the Court of Directors of East India 
the East India Company, was called in; and Company. 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
several Acts of Parliament,—1. An Account of the 
Receipts and Disbursements of the Home Treasury 
of the East India Company, from 1st May 1838 to 
30th April 1839:—2. Estimate of the Receipts and 
Disbursements of the Home Treasury of the East 
India Company, from 1st May 1839 to 30th April 
1840 :—3. An Account of the Debts and Credits in 
England of the Government of India on the 1st May 
1839 :—4. A List of the several Establishments 
of the East India Company in England, and the 
Salaries and Allowances payable by the Court of 





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Grantham 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Manchester 
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Directors in respect thereof, on the 1st of May 1839: 
—5. An Account of new or increased Salaries, Esta- 
blishments or Pensions payable in Great Britain, 
nted or created between Ist May 1838 and 1st 
ay 1839:—6. Allowances, Compensations, Remu- 
nerations and Superannuations granted to Officers 
and Servants of the East India Company under the 
93d Section of the Act 53 Geo, 3,c. 155, between 1st 
May 1838 and 1st May 1839 :—7. Compensations 
granted between 1st May 1838 and 1st May 1839 
under the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 85, s. 7, to reduced 
Officers and Servants of the East India Company 
in England, and to their Widows and Children :— 
8. Compensations granted to Commanders and Of- 
ficers of the Company’s Maritime Service, in the 
form of Annuities:—9. Compensations to the Ma- 
ritime Service, in the form of Gratuities to those 
who have served less than Ten years, computed ac- 
cording to Rank and Service :—10. Extra Compen- 
sation, in the form of a Gratuity, to an Officer of a 
Company’s own Ship :—11. Compensation to the 
Families of deceased Officers and others, of the 
Company’s Maritime Service, in the form of An- 
nuities :—And then he withdrew. 
: ee That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Grantham 
Small Debts Bill be revived :—And that they have 
leave to sit, and proceed, upon Friday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for extending and for altering the 
Line of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, and for 
making Branches therefrom, and for amending the 
Acts relating thereto; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 13. 1. ult. Leave out “ Ten” and insert 
“ Four.” 

Pr. 14.1. 4. After “ Railway,” insert “ Provided 
also, That before the said Railway Company shall 
begin to make the said Railway across the said 
Burial Ground and land near to the workhouse, 
they shall build, and for ever afterwards maintain 
a good and sufficient wall on each side thereof, 
“ of the height, at the least, of Ten feet above 
“ the present level of the ground ;” and also insert 
Clause (A.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
whenever it shall be necessary, in pursuance and 
execution of this Act, to open and disturb any 
grave or graves, or any burial vault or vaults in 
any Burial Ground in the said parish of Man- 
“* chester, which shall be taken by the said Railway 
Company for the purposes of this Act, it shall be 
lawful for the heirs, executors, relations or friends 
of any person or persons who shall have been in- 
terred or dapeelted in such grave or graves, vault 
or vaults, with the consent of the minister or 
churchwardens, or the major part of them, at any 
time within Twelve months from the passing of 
this Act, to remove and carry away the remains 
of any such person or persons, and to place the 
same In some other part of the same Burial Ground, 
or in some other church yard or Burial Ground, 
in such manner as the Lord Bishop of the Diocese 
for the time being, or such person or persons as 
he may appoint, shall direct, and the expenses of 
such removing, carrying away and placing (not 
exceeding in any one case the sum of Ten pounds 
for each grave or vault), shall be paid by the said 
Company, out of the monies to be raised by them 
for the purposes of this Act; and that the remains 
of such person or persons as shall have been in- 
“ terred or deposited in the graves or vaults so to 
“ be opened or disturbed as aforesaid, which shall 
“ not be removed or carried away as aforesaid, shall 
“ (except such graves or vaults shall be finally closed 
“ up) at the expense of the said Company, be re- 


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moved from such graves or vaults into, and be 
interred in some other part of the same Burial 
Ground or in such other church yard or Burial 
Ground in such manner as the said Lord Bishop 
“ shall direct.” 

Pr. 29, 1. 37. After “manner” insert “ Provided 
also, That the said Railway Company shall be 
compelled to take and pay for, to the said church- 
wardens and overseers of the poor, the whole of 
the land belonging to and attached to the said 
Manchester workhouse, which may be severed by 
said Railway, and be on the southerly side 
“ thereof.” 

Pr. 68. 1. 12. Leave out from “ deposit” to 
“ any” in 1.18. 

Pr. 68. 1, 28. Leave out from “ case” to “ the” 
in I. 34. 
Pr. 68. 1. 35. Leave out from “ Company” to 
shall” in 1. 37. 

Pr. 68. 1. penult. After “ mentioned” insert 
“ they.” 

Pr. 100. 1. 18. After “ thereof” insert “ re- 
“ spectively.” 

Pr. 100. 1. 19. Leave out “ respectively.” 

Pr. 122. 1. 33. After “ Clause” insert Clauses 
(B.) and (C.) 

Cuavse (B.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
nothing in this Act contained, shall prejudice or 
affect certain agreements entered into between 
the said Company and the Reverend James Ar- 
mitage Rhodes, touching the mode of executing 
the said Railway*and works through his sai 
estate, in the township of Erringden, or give to 
the said Company any greater power or authority 
over the property of the said James Armitage 
Rhodes, than they already have by virtue of the 
said recited Acts and the said agreements respec- 
tively.” 

Deiuee (C.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
“ nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be 

deen or construed to extend, to affect, diminish, 

alter, take away or prejudice all or any of the 
rights, powers, protection or privileges of, or vested 
in, or belonging to James Taylor, Esquire, and 
Mrs. Ann Taylor, or either of them, or the owner 
or owners of or other person or persons for the 
time being or from time to time interested in a 
mansion house called Todmorden Hall, or an 
“ estate and land called the Todmorden Hall Estate, 
“ in the township of Todmorden, or Todmorden and 
Walsden, in the county of Lancaster, under or by 
virtue of the said two first hereinbefore recited 
Acts, or either of them, or otherwise howsoever ; 
but all such rights, power, protection and privileges 
are hereby saved and reserved and excepted out 
“ of and from the operation of this Act.” 

Pr. 130. 1. 36. Leave out from “ navigation” to 
“ and” in Pr. 131. 1.19. 

Pr. 131.1. 24, Leave out “ alterations” and in- 
sert “ alteration.” 

Pr. 132. 1. 8. Leave out “dimension” and insert 
“ dimensions.” 

Pr. 133. 1. 32. Leave out from “ execution” to 
“ as” in |. 33. 

Pr. 135. 1. 37. Leave out “ as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 135. 1. penult. After “ made” insert Clause 
(D.) 

CravuseE (D.) “ Provided always, and be it fur- 
“ ther Enacted, That save as respects the several 
“ matters and works by the last preceding six 
“ enactments authorized, nothing in this Act con- 
“ tained shall diminish, alter, prejudice, affect or 
“ take away any of the rights, | gamers powers or 
“ authorities vested in the said undertakers of the 
“ navigation of the Rivers Aire and Calder, in the 
“ county of York, by the said several Acts of the 
“ tenth and eleventh years of King William the 
“ Third, the Saitonnh year of King George the 
“ Second, and the first and ninth years of King 
“‘ George the Fourth, or any or either of them, or 


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“ repeal, vary, prejudice or affect the several Clauses, 
“ provisions and restrictions contained in the said 
. firet-recited Act of the sixth and seventh years of 
“ King William the Fourth, for the protection of 
“ the said navigation, and the several rivers, cuts, 
“‘ canals and other works belonging thereto.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mark Philips do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


A Petition of Bennet Woodcroft, of Ardwick, 


Ship Propeller 

Company Bilk Tappet Dealer, and Robert Gardner, of Chaseley, 
Merchant, praying that the Ship Propeller Company 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Norwich 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Mr. Burroughes reported from the Committee on 
the Norwich Improvement Bill; and to whom the 
Petitions of Rate-paying Inhabitants of Norwich ; 
Owners of property in Norwich; and, John Rising 
Staff, were ay ane That they had heard counsel 
in support of the first-mentioned Petition ; that no 
poner appeared in support of the second-mentioned 

etition; and that they had considered the last- 
mentioned Petition, and had also heard counsel in 
favour of the Bill; and that the Committee had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the London Corporation Estate Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday, next. 


London 
Corporation 
Estate Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and divert the Line of 
the South Eastern Railway from a point thereon 
in the Parish of Chiddingstone, in the County of 
Kent, so as to join the London and Brighton Rail- 
way at or near Redstone Hill, in the Parish of 
Reigate, in the County of Surrey, was read the 
fy time ; and Amendments were made to the 

ill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Edward Knatchbull do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the London City Police Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


South Eastern 
Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


London City 
Police Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Warrington 
Small Debts Bill be revived:—And that they have 
leave to sit, and proceed, upon Friday next. 


Warrington 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Allison's 


~seoagil The Order made yesterday, That Allison’s Divorce 
ivorce Bill, 


Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ord, 
and the South Worthumberland List. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Wednesday next. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will communicate to 
this House a Copy of the Evidence taken’ before 
their Lordships in the case of the said Bill: And 
that Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the Message. 


An ingrossed Bill for the Improvement of the 
Navigation of the River Moy, in the Counties of 
Mayo and Sligo, in Ireland, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Villiers Stuart do carry the 
=o yn Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

oL. 94. 


Moy Navigation 
Bill, 


19° Juni. 








361 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Londonderry, praying Education 
that the present system of National Education in (!relan¢.) 
Ireland may: not be persisted in, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Law Society County Courts 
of Preston, taking notice of the County Courts Bill, 3#- 
and praying that the county palatine of Lancaster 
ma excepted from its operation, was presented, 
mr read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Bill. 


Sir Henry Parnell presented a Bill to regulate Military _ 
the Payment and Assignment in certain cases of Pensions Bill 
Pensions granted for Service in Her Majesty’s Army, No. 335. 
Navy, Royal Marines and Ordnance: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday the 27th day of this 
instant June; and to be printed. 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens and Church 
Parishioners of Ludlow, praying the House to con- ‘anda tn) 
tinue their protection and encouragement to ag, nee 
Bishops and Clergy in Canada and the other British 
colonies, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Horton ; — Ilsington ; — Ottery Postage. 
Saint Mary ; —Talaton ; —Culmstock ; —Hemiock ; 
— Preston (Lancaster); — Daventry ; — Persons 
employed in Mordanand Co.’s Manufactory, Fins- 
bury ; — Collard and Collard, Tottenham Court 
Road ;— Frederick Cowper, Russell-square ;—and, 
D. and E. Bailey, Holborn; praying for the adoption 
of a low and uniform rate of Postage,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Petitions from Edinburgh ;—and, Paisley; pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for relieving the 
religious destitution which prevails in Scotland, b 
extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Church Leases. 
that part of the Message from the Lords of Monday 
last, wherein their Lordships request, that this House 
will be pleased to communicate to their Lordships 
a Copy of a Report made from the Select Committee 
appointed by this House in the present Session of 
Parliament to inquire into the mode of granting 
and renewing Leases of the landed and other Pro- 

erty of the Bisho s, Deans and Chapters, and other 
clesiastical Bodies of England and Wales, and 
into the probable amount of any increased value, 
which might be obtained by an improved manage- 
ment, with a due consideration of the interests of 
the Established Church, and of the present Lessees 
of such Property; together with the Minutes of 
Evidence taken before the Cummittee, and the Ap- 
pendix and Index thereto. 

Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated-to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Bernal do deliver the 
same, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Railways. 
that part of the Message from the Lords of yester- 
day, wherein their Lordships request, that this House 
will be pleased to communicate to their Lordships 
a-Copy of a Report made from the Select Committee 
appointed by this House in the present Session of 
Parliament, to inquire into the state of Communi- 
cation by Railways; together with the Minutes of 
Evidence and Appendix thereto, 

Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Bernal do deliver the 
same. 


SA Petitions - 














Maynooth 
College. 


Vote by Ballot. 


Annuities, 


Army (Presby- 
terian Church 
Service. ) 


Lord’s Day. 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill, 


Bank of 
Treland. 


Jamaica Laws 
Bill, 


Jamaica, 





362 


Petitions from Winslow;—Little Horwood ;—and, 
the Moderator of the Associate Synod of Scotland 
(Burgher Seceders); praying the House not to 
sanction any further grant of public money to the 
Roman Catholic College of Maynooth,—were pre- 
pented, and read; and ina to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Fenton Vivian and 
Fenton Culvert, in the borough of Stoke-upon-Trent, 
praying for the adoption of Vote by Ballot in the 
election of Members to serve in Parliament, was 


—s and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Cadogan Williams, suggesting a 
scheme of buying deferred Annuities for the benefit 
of the industrious classes, to be paid them when 
they have attained the age of sixty years, and pray- 
ing for an inquiry into its merits, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Presbytery of Dublin, in con- 
nexion with the General Synod of Ulster, praying that 
Presbyterian Soldiers may be permitted to attend the 
Presbyterian Church, in the same manner as Episco- 
palian and Roman Catholic soldiers are permitted to 
attend their respective places of worship, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Associate 
Burgher Synod in Scotland, praying the House to 
adopt measures for securing the due observance of 
the Lord’s Day, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into 
a Committee, upon Monday next, upon the Eccle- 
siastical Duties and Revenues Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


19° Juniz. 





A. 1839. 


the cultivation of the soil; and praying the House 
to take their case into consideration, and grant 
them such aid as may avert, if possible, the impend- 
ing ruin of that colony, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


burgh ;— Neen Savage ;—Stoke Damerel ;—Snettis- 
ham ; — Honingham and East Tuddenham ; 
Swanton Morley ; — Blakeney ;—Earl’s Colne ;— 
Nuthall ;— Onehouse ;— Buzhall ;— Terrington ;— 
East Dereham;—Clifton ;— Birmingham (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Beeston Saint Laurence and Ashmanhaugh ; 
—Northleach ;—Little Berkhamstead, &amp;c.;—Shrews- 
bury (two Petitions) ;— Stretton-on-Dunsmore ;— 
Coventry ;— Ruskington ;—Kingston-upon-Thames ; 
—Stockbridge ;— Ash (Surrey) ;— Crawley ;— Wher- 
sted ;— Otley ;— Walton-upon-Thames ;—.Epsom ;— 
Stoke-next-Guildford —Saxmundham, Kelsale and 
Carlton ; —Furness ; — Ipswich ;—Badley ;—Kid-- 
derminster ;— Wrexham ;— Bacup, &amp;c.;—Rakefoot ; 
— Tarporley ;—Saint Anne, Westminster ;— Wigan ; 
—Long Holme ; —Stockport ;— Chester ;— Deanery 
of Cumberland ; — Longbridge, &amp;c.;—Saint John, 
Hampstead ; — Saint ees ae Queen 
Square, Middlesex ; — Shalstone ;— Winslow ; — 
Westburn ;— Bury Saint Edmund’s ;— Redditch, 
&amp;c.; — Northallerton ;— Biddlesden ;—Turweston ; 
— Saint Dunstan-in-the-West, London ; — Tang- 
mere ; —Lingen ;— Beaminster ;— Cusop ;— Melson ; 
— Neen Solers ;—Coreley ;-—Conton and Teeton ; 
— Staverton ;— Pudsey ; —Henllan;—Llanynys ;— 
Saint Alban’s ;—Gloucester (two Petitions);—Ad- 
stock ;— Allerdale ;— Wotton Underwood ;— Ash- 
enden ; —- Hartlebury ; —Boddicot ; —Stone (Wor- 
cester) ;— Bramley and Brampton ; — Wickersley 
and Whiston ; — Rawmarsh ;— Thorpe ; — Hoober 
and Haugh ; — Wentworth and Greasbrough ; — 
Tarleton ; — Lavendon and Brayfield ;— arple, 
&amp;c. ; — Taunton ; — Walsall ; — Bloxwich ;— West 
Bromwich ; —Thrumpton ; —Crowle;—and, Dun- 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the actual Amount of the Government 
Balances in the hands of the Bank of Ireland on 
the 28th day of February, the 31st day of May, the 
31st day of August, and the 30th day of November 
in each year, from the year 1820 to the year 1839: 
—and, a similar Return, for the same period, of the 
average Amount in each quarter, ended the 1st day 
of January, the ist day of April, the 1st day of July, 
and the 1st day of October. 


The ingrossed Bill to provide for the enactment 
of certain Laws in the Island of Jamaica, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Pr. 3. 1. 6., by leaving out the words “That 
“ from and after the.” 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Edward John Stanley, 
Yeas, { Mr. Robert Steuart: os } at ap 
Tellers for the { Mr. Henry Baring, Lose 
Noes, Sir Thomas Fremantle: Jf “°“ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then several Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Managers of Es- 
tates, and others interested in the continued culti- 
vation of the soil in the parish of Saint Thomas-in- 
the-East, Jamaica, complaining of the distressed 
condition of that colony, arising from the unwil- 
lingness of the emancipated negroes to engage in 


stable; praying the House not to sanction the pro- 
posed scheme of National Education recently laid 
before Parliament, as approved by the Committee 
of Privy Council,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from New Shoreham;— West Brom- 
wich ; — Plymouth ; — Bedford ; — Canterbury ;— 
Clerkenwell (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— Hythe ;— 
Bath;—Neputies from Congregations of Protestant 
Dissenters in and within twelve miles of London;— 
Chichester ; — Alford;— and, Towcester; praying 
the House to sanction the said proposed scheme 
of National Education,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Reverend John Miller, Rector 
of Benefield ; —Lowestoft ;—Corton ; —Gunton ;— 
Tottenhill; West Lynn (Saint Peter’s);—Wor- 
megay ;— West Winch ;—North Runeton ;—King’s 
Lynn (two Petitions) ;—Clapham;—and, Terring- 
ton ; praying the House not to sanction the altered 
plan of National Education,—-were also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Grappenhall (Lincoln) ;—(two Pe- 
titions) ;— Exeter (seven Petitions);—Latchford ;— 
Alverstoke ; — Chelsea ;— Eccleshall ;—Standon ;— 
Calton ;— Ormskirk ; -—Reading ; — Leek ; —Leeh- 
frith ; —Ipstones ;— Grindon ;—Daventry ;— Dal- 
lington ;—North Bierley ;—Sweffling ;— Rondham ; 
— Newark-upon-Trent;—Clergy of the Deanery of 
Ripon ;— Baswick ; — Warrington ; —Louth ;—Ro- 
therhithe ;—- Coventry ;-- Kings Langley ;--Berkhamp- 
stead and North Church ;—Bovingdon;—Walling- 
ford (two Petitions) ;— Paston ; — Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch ;— Tamworth ;—and, Birmingham (two Peti- 
tions); praying the House to address Her Majesty 
to revoke the Order in Council appointing a Com- 
mittee to supéerintend the application of the grants 
for Education,—were also presented, and read; and 








ordered to lie upon the Table. 
The 


Petitions from Deane; —Wymondham ;—Smal- Education, 





9-3 VicroRiz. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, 
upon Friday last, was proposed to be made to the 
Question, That the Order of the day for the Ccm- 
mittee of Supply be now read ; and which Amend- 
ment was to leave out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ an humble — be presented to et 
“ praying that She will be graciously pleased to 
a ciate the Order in Cote. of the. oth day of 
“ April last, ges. a Committee of Council to 
“ superintend the application of any Sums voted 
“by Parliament, for the purpose of promoting 
“ Public Education,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
amortion :—The House resumed the said adjourned 

ebate. 


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


Jovis, 20° die Aprilis, 1839: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


Supply. 


Education. 


Sale of Beer 


a The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Sale of Beer Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Patterns and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Inventions Bill. reading of the Patterns and Inventions Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Land Tax The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ee reading of the Land Tax Double Assessments Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Borough Watch 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Rates Bill. 


further consideration the Report on the Borough 
Watch Rates Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


Joint Tenants 


The Order of the cay being read, for the Com- 


land) Bull mittee on the Joint Tenants Voting (Jreland) Bill ; 
; Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Heritable The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Securities 


reading of the Heritable Securities (Scotland) Bill ; 


_ Bill" Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 


day. 
Bankrupts The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Ireland) Bill. further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts 
(Ireland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Registration The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Seen me reading of the Registration (Court of Appeal) Bill ; 
. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 
petoapelle The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Advance of  Mittee to whom it was referred to consider of autho- 
oney.] rizing Advances out of the Consolidated Fund of 


the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
for the purposes of any Act of the present Session, 
relating to the Police of the Metropolis. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Vox. 94. 


19°—~20° Junzz. 


363 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Highway Rates 
to authorize the application of a portion of the Bill. 
Highway Rates to Turnpike-roads, in certain cases : 


And that Sir Charles Burrell and Mr. Hodgson 
Hinde do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill to amend an Lower Canada 
Act of the last Session of Parliament for making — 
temporary Provision for the Government of Lower ~’’ 
Canada: And the same was read the first time; No. 336. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 

the ist day of July next ; and to be printed. 


Sir Charles Burrell presented a Bill to authorize Highway Rates 
the application of a portion of the Highway Rates Bill. 

to Turnpike-roads, in certain cases: And the same No. 337. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read 

a second time upon Thursday next; and to be 

printed, . 


Ordered, That Lord Ashley be discharged from Fresh Fruit 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on Trade. 
the Fresh Fruit Trade. 

Ordered, That Sir Edmund Filmer be added to 
the Committee. 


The Order for taking into further consideration Paper Duties 
this day the Report on the Paper Duties Bill, was Bill. 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


The Order for taking into further consideration Brick Daties 
this day the Report on the Brick Duties Bill, was Bill. 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns relative Courts of 
to Courts of Request, which were presented upon Request. 
Monday last, be printed. No. 338. 
Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns relative County Courts, 
to County Courts, which were presented upon &amp;c. 
Monday last, be printed. No. 338. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after twelve of the 
clock on Thursday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 











Jovis, 20° die Junii ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Elmer, from the Office of the Secretary of Lunatics. 

Lunatics was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented,—Returns to an Order, dated the 21st day of 
February last, for Returns, made up to the latest pos- 
sible period, of the Number of Lunatics against whom 
Commissions of Lunacy are now in force, and of 
the Total Amount of their Annual Incomes, and 
the Total Amount of the Sums allowed for their 
Maintenance; distinguishing the Number of Persons 
and Amount of Income, and the Allowance for the 
Maintenance of those who individually have less 
than £.100 per annum:—A similar Ritars, and 
distinguishing in like manner, of those who have 
more than ‘£. 100, and less than £.200 per annum: 
—A similar Return, and distinguishing in like 
manner, of those who have more than £.200, and 
less than £.400 per annum:—A similar Return, 
and distinguishing in like manner, of those who 
have more than £.400, and less than £.600 per 
axnum:—And a similar Return, and distinguishing 
in like manner, of those who have more than £. 600, 
and less than £.1,000 per annym :- Also, a similar 
Return, and distinguishing in like manner, of those 
who have more than £.1,000 per annum, with the 
Amount of their Income :—And, a Return of the 





Amount of per centage, from the 8th day of July 
3a 1835 





Metropolis 
Turnpike- 
toads. 


East India 
Company. 


Fast India, 


Deptford Pier 
Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Pulice Courts 
Bill. 


Bethlem 
Hospital Estate 
Bill. 


Commercial 
(London and 
Blackwall) 
Railway Bill. 


Blunt's 
Estate Bill. 


364, 


1835 to the 8th day of January 1839, on Lunatics’ 
Incomes received under the provisions of the Act 
8 and 4 Will. 4, c.. 36, and of the Payments made 
thereon, from the 3d day of February 1835 to the 
8th day of January 1839:—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Robertson, from the Metropolis Roads Office, 
was called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—The Thir- 
teenth Report of the Commissioners of the Metro- 
polis Turnpike-roads North of the Thames :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to the directions of several Acts 
of Parliament,—List (No. 100.), specifying the Par- 
ticulars of the Compensation proposed to be granted 
to the there-undermentioned Person reduced from 
the East India Company’s Service in England under 
an arrangement sanctioned by the Board of Com- 
missioners for the Affairs of India, and laid before 
the Honourable the House of Commons, on the 20th 
March 1834. 

Index to the Acts of the Supreme Government of 
India 1836 and 1837 :-—And then he withdrew. 

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


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which, upon Monday last, 
was made from the Committee on the Deptford 
Pier Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Petitions of Thomas Marchant; 
—and, Charles Augustin Smith and John Drake, 
which were presented upon the 10th day of thisinstant 
June, praying for the insertion of a Clause in the 
Metropolitan Police Courts Bill, to compensate 
them for the loss they will sustain should the said 
Bill pass into a law, be referred to the Committee 
of the whole House upon the Bill. 


Sir Matthew Wood reported from the Committee 
on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable 
the Mayor and Commonalty, and Citizens of the 
City of London, to let and sell Parcels of Ground in 
Saint George’s Fields, near Bethlem Hospital, to the 
Governors of the said Hospital; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfac- 
tion of the Committee; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and directed him to re- 
port the same, without Amendment :—And the Bill 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Matthew Wood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


An ingrossed Bill for extending the Line of the 
Reilway between London and Blackwall, called 
“ ‘The Commercial Railway,” and for amending the 
Acts relating thereto, was read the third time. 

Resolued, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Duncombe do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir Charles Burrell reported from the Committee 
on Blunt’s Estate Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Com- 


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A. 1839, 


mittee; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and 
the same were read, as follow: 
Pr, 18. 1.35. Leave out “ but” and insert “ and.” 
Pr. 18. 1. 36. Leave out “has not been any ” and 
insert “ is.” 
Pr. 18. 1.37. After “ marriage” insert. “ one 
“ son, now an infant, and no other issue.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Com- Sidmouth 
mittee on the Sidmouth Improvement and Market Improvement 
Bill; and to whom several Petitions against the said $i, “=! 
Bill were referred; That no person appeared in ~ 
support of the said Petitions; and that the Com- 
mittee had amended the Preamble of the Bill; and 
had examined the allegations thereof, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The Newport Dock Bill was read a second time ; Newport 
and committed to Lord Granville Somerset, and the Dock Bill. 
Monmouth List. 


Two Petitions of Ship-owners, Masters, Mates RedcarHarbour 
and Seamen of vessels trading between the port of (N° 2-) Bil. 
London and the Eastern and Northern ports of the 
United Kingdom, praying that the Redcar Harbour 
(No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the time for all Committees on Small Debt 
Small Debt Bills to make their Reports be enlarged Bills. 
till Monday the Ist day of July next. 


Lord Viscount Sandon reported from the Com- Liverpool _ 
mittee on the Liverpool Buildings Bill ; That they had Buildings Bill. 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Petitions from Ryde ;— King’s Lynn ;— Lancas- Vote by Ballot. 
ter; — Weobley ; — and, Marlborough ; praying for 
the adoption of Vote by Ballot in the election of 
Members to serve in Parliament,—-were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and others interested in South Africa. 
the prosperity and civilization of Southern Africa, 
praying the House to address Her Majesty to adopt 
measures for founding a new colony at Watal, in 
South Eastern Africa, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from John Thornton and others ;— New Postage: 
Ross ; —Staly Bridge ; — Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; — 
Gravesend; — Newtown ;— Bridgend;—and, Per- 
sons employed in the Establishment of Deacon and 
Company, White-horse Inn, Cripplegate ; np a 
for the adoption of a low and uniform rate of Post- 
age,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Derby ;—and, Chester; praying Lord’s Day. 
the House to adopt measures for securing the due 
observance of the Lord’s day,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Persons interested in the cultivation Corn Laws. 
of land in the county of Glamorgan, praying that 
the Corn Laws may not be repealed, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition 








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3 VicToRIZ. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Quainton, Cublington 
and other places, praying the House not to sanction 
any further grant of public money to the Roman 
Catholic College of Maynooth, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Maynoot h 
Cullege. 


Charch 
Establishment 
(Canada, &amp;e.) 


Petitions from Alton ;—Deanery of Furness and 
Cartmel;—and, Peckham; praying the House to 
continue their protection ait encouragement to the 
Bishops and Clergy in Canada and the other Bri- 
tish colonies, and make provision for increasing their 
number,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Sir George Strickland reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Pontefract Honor Court Bill; and to 
whom a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; 
That they had heard counsel in support of the said 
Petition ; and had also heard counsel in favour of 
the Bill; and had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

And the House being informed that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they leave to sit, and 
proceed, upon Monday next. 


Pontefract 
Honor Court 
Bill. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- 
lect Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented on the 17th and 
18th days of this instant June; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Public Petitions 
(Thirtieth 
Re 


A Petition of Landholders and Inhabitants of 
Cuilmullen, in the county of Meath, praying that 
the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Elective Petitions from Mullihoran ; —Moynalty ;—and, 

— &amp;e. Rathmolyon; praying the House to identify the 

_— Elective Franchise in England and Ireland, countries 
in which the tenures of lands and houses are similar, 
and to give to Ireland as complete Municipal Re- 
form as England has obtained, and to give also to 
Freland her adequate proportion in the Representa- 
tion, and, finally, to place Ireland upon a footin 
of equality in religious freedom with England, by 
allocating the temporalities of the church of the 
minority in that country to purposes of charity, 
education and public utility,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Idolatry 


fo A Petition of the Minister, Elders and Members 


of the Presbyterian Church, Fisherwick-place, Bel- 
fast, praying the House to prohibit the interference 
of British functionaries in the management of 
Idolatrous Ceremonies in India, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Spirit Dealers 


A Petition of Grocers and Spirit Dealers of the 
(Ireland, ) 


county of Kildare, praying that Grocers in Ireland 
may be permitted to sell Spirits by retail, was 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 
Prisons Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Prisons Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 
Metropolis The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
tll of‘ Mittee, to whom it was referred to consider of autho- 
Money.] ig Advances out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 


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Vo. 94, 





365 


for the purposes of any Act of the present Ses- 
sion relating to the Police of the Metropolis; . 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the’ Com- Copyright Bill. 
mittee on the Copyright Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


A Petition of Richard Baron Talbot de Malahide, puviin ana 
George Macartney and George Alexander Hamilton, Drogheda 
for leave to present a Petition for leave to bring ®*!™*y- 
in a Bill to enable the Dublin and Drogheda Rail- 
way Company to raise a further sum of money by 
loan or mortgage, and also to borrow money from 
the Commissioners of Public Works, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lady Michie’s 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Charity. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Amount of Money received 
at the Colonial, or other Government Office, under 
the name of Lady Michie’s Charity, and the appli- 
cation thereof. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ Commissariat 
Return, stating the Names of the Principal Clerk, Department. 
and Chief Clerk, receiving the Salaries of £.900 
and £.600 a year, alluded to in the head of the 
Estimates for the Commissariat Department. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address Crown Teinds 
to Her Majesty, —A Return, showing the Proceed-(Scotland.) 
ings which have been taken by the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Woods and Forests, in order to 
make the = Teinds in Scotland available for 
the Public Service. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to Orders, County Cess 
—A Return of the Total Amount of County Cess (Ireluud.) 
levied in each County, County of a City, and County 
of a Town in Jreland, in each year since the year 
1824; the Amount of County Ores levied in each 
year in the whole of Jreland, brought out in Totals 
at the end of each column. 

A Return of the Applications made to the Pipe Dublin Pipe 


&amp;| Water Committee of the City of Dublin, for re- Water Ren. 


mission of Pipe Water Rent, from the 1st day of 
January 1834 to the Ist day of January 1839, with 
the Names of the Applicants, and the mode of 
Application, whether verbal or by Memorial, and 
the Orders made by the Pipe Water Committee on 
such Applications respectively. 

‘ Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

able. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Births, Deaths, 
command,—A Copy of the First Annual Report of and Marriages. 
the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Mar- 
rlages in England. 

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


Petitions from Catmore;—Peasemore ;—Petham; gavearion. 
— Waltham ;—Chartham ;— Hovingham ;— Deanery 
of Westmorland ;-- Farley Chamberlayne ; —Stow- 
on-the- Wold ; —F remington ; — Lenton ;—Chepping 
Wycombe ; -- Paddington ; —-Egham ;— and, Blyth ; 
praying the House not to sanction the proposed 
scheme of National Education recently laid before 
Parliament, as approved by the Committee of Privy 
Council,—-were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Marlborough ;— and, Preston; 
praying the House to sanction the proposed lene 
3A3 of 








Supply; 


Education. 


Estimate 
respecting 
Education 
referred. 


Fictitious Votes 
(Scotland) Bill. reading of the Fictitious Votes (Scotland) Bill ; 


Registration 
of Electors 


(Scotland) Bill, Bill ; 


Custody of 


Infants Bill, 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


' in Council appointing a Committee'to superintend 





366 


of National Education,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Heavitree ;— Northenden ;—Beck- 
ford and Ashton-under-Hill ;— Welch Pool ;—Saint 
Edmund-the-King-and-Martyr, and Saint Nicholas 
Acons, London ; — Elmley Loveit ;— Stafford ; — 
Barnstaple ;—Pilton ; — and, Exeter ; praying the 
House to address Her Majesty to revoke the Order 


the application of any Grant for National Educa- 
tion,—were also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Members and Friends of the Pro- 
testant Association at Exeter Hall, Strand, praying 
the House not to sanction the altered plan of Na- 
tional Education, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, 
upon Friday last, was proposed to be made to the 
Question, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
mittee of Supply be now read; and which Amend- 
ment was, to leave out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
“« praying that She will be graciously pleased to 
“ ‘revoke the Order in Council of the 10th day of 
“ April last, appointing a Committee of Council to 
“ superintend the application of any sums voted by 
“ Parliament, for the purpose of promoting Public 
* Education,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand rns of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 


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


Veneris, 21° die Junii, 1839: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Edward John Stanley, 
Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : 

Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the Com- 
reg of Supply, be now read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the Estimate of the Amount re- 

uired to be voted in the year 1839 for Public 
ducation in Great Britain, be referred to the 
Committee. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


280. 


275. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Registration of Electors (Scotland) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Custody of Infants Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


20°—21° Juniz. 


} reading of the Supreme Courts (Scotland) Bill; 





A. 1889. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Supreme Cour, 
(Scotland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Bankrupty 
further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts’ Estates 
Estates (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Leases (Scotland) of Leases 
Bill ; (Seutland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second writs (scot. 
reading of the Writs (Scotland) Bill; land) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Prisons 

a Committee upon the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; and, (Scotland) Biti, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed No. 340, 
the Chair; and Mr. Labouchere reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Labouchere reported the Bill accordingly ; 

and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday the 1st day of July 

next; and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill; Police Courts 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Electors’ 

reading of the Electors’ Removal Bill ; Removal Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Heritable 
reading of the Heritable Securities (Scotland) Bill; Securities me 
‘Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time SC") ® 

upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Bankrupts 
further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts (Ireland) Bill 
(Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration (Court of Appeal) Bill ; Con Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ” 
this day. : 


The House was moved, That the Act 4 Geo. 4, Loan Fund ‘ 
c. 32, for the Amendment of the Laws respecting (te!) - 
Charitable Loan Societies in Jreland, might be read ; 
and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 10 
Geo. 4, c. 42, to amend an Act of the fourth year 
of his present Majesty, for the amendment of the 
Laws respecting Chantable Loan Societies in Jre- 
land, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 and 
2 Vic. c. 78, for the amendment of the Laws relatin 
to Loan Societies in Zreland, might be read ; a 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the said Acts: And that 
Mr. John Abel Smith and Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill for re-uniting Canade ‘ 
the Provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada, Re-union Bil. 





next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


and for the Government of the United hs ar ; No. 34l. 


me 4 et 




















ourts 
) Bill, 


Bill, 


Bill, 


ll, 


Sill 


3 VicToRIZ. 


And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday the ist day 
of July next; aad to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Home Accounts of the East 
India Company, which were presented yesterday, 
be printed, 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after three of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 


East India 
Company- 
No. 342. 








Veneris, 21° die Junii ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


M R. Cobb, from the Margate Pier and Harbour 

Company, was called in; and at the bar eal 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Par- 
liament,—An Account of the Receipt and Applica- 
tion of all Monies which have been received by the 
Directors of the Margate Pier and Harbour Com- 
pany, from the 6th day of April 1838 to the 5th da 


Margate Pier, 


of April 1839, both days inclusive :—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to en- 
able the Mayor, Commonalty and Citizens of the 
City of pie &gt; to sell Building Ground in Saint 
George’s Fields, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Matthew Wood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amendment, 


London 
Corporation 
Estate Bill. 


Deptford Pier | An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend the. Powers 
Bill. and Provisions of an Act of the fifth year of the 
reign of his Majesty King William the Fourth, for 
making and maintaining a Pier and other Works at 
Deptford, in the County of Kent, was read the third 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Barnard*do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Redcar Harbour 


me A Petition of Ship-owners and Mariners of Tyne- 
0. 2. ibe 


mouth, praying that the Redcar Harbour (No, 2.) Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the President of the Bristol Cham- 
ber of Commerce, Trade and Manufactures, praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law, wasalso pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Redcar Harbour (No. 2.) Bill be 
now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following, were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Cayley, 1 30 

Yeas, Sir Edward Codrington: f *~ 

Tellers for the { Mr. Aaron Chapman, 118 

Noes, LSir Frederick Trench : } y 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “upon 
“ this day three months” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put: 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time, 


upon this day three months. 
VoL. 94. 


Redcar Harbour 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


20°-—-2 1° Seanez. 


367 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Glossop Gi 
Small Debts Bill be revived :—And that they have Smell Debts 
leave to sit, and proceed, upon Friday next. os 


The Nottingham and Mansfield Small Debts Bill Nottingham 
was read a second time; and committed to Sir tery oom 
Ronald Ferguson, and the North Nottingham List. \ Bin. 

Mr. Estcourt reported from the Committee on the Harrow School 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for enabling #ste Bill. 
the Keepers and Governors of the Possessions, Re- 
venues and Goods of the Free Grammar School of 
John Lyon, within the Town of Harrow-on-the-Hill, 
in the County of Middlesex, to grant improvin 
Leases of their Estates at Harrow and Barnet, an 
for other Purposes therein mentioned ; That they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and that the parties concerned 
had given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction 
of the Committee; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made an Amendment thereunto; 
and the same was read, as followeth: 

_ Pr. 15,1. 37. Leave out from “ case” to “ an” 
inl, 38. 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, 


Y } was agreed to. 


_ An ingrossed Bill for better paving, lighting and Norwich 

improving the City of Norwich and County of the \mprovement 

same City, was read the third time. — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass, 

_ Ordered, That Mr. Burroughes do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for regulating the Police in the London City 
City of London, was, according to Order, read the Police Bill. 
third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill by way of rider, (In case of emergency, 
Metropolitan Police to act in the City, and City Po- 
lice in the Metropolitan districts): And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

Ordered, That the further proceeding upon the 
said Bill be adjourned till Wellnesday next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Warrington Warrington, &amp;c 
Small Debts Bill have leave to make a special Small Debts 
Repo rt. Bills. 

Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
to whom were referred the Small Debt Bills for 
Warrington, Bury, Rochdale and Oldham; That the 
Committee, on proceeding to the consideration of the. 
first of them, found that the whole of the Bill, as 
read a second time, and referred to them by the 
House, had been struck out, and entirely new pro- 
visions substituted, the which it was intimated to 
the Committee, it was intended to apply to the whole 
of the Bills under their consideration ; these pro- 
visions involve alterations so extensive, and matters 
of principle so important, that the Committee would 
have hardly felt justified in not at once rejecting 
the Bills, had it not been for the extreme incon- 
venience and expense which would thereby have 
been entailed on the parties soliciting them, who 
have already been subjected to much delay and dif- 
ficulty; but adverting to the factthataSelectCom- 
mittee having already been appointed by the House - 
to consider a general measure, the Committee could 
not take upon themselves the responsibility of so far 
prejudicing the general question as to introduce, in 

eat detail, an uniform system into four separate 

ills, without having the especial sanction of the 
House; among the principles involved are the form- 
ation of the Courts, whether by Commissioners 
alone, Commissioners combined with Barristers and 
Attornies, or Barristers alone ; the system of pay- 
ment of the Barristers; the right of appointing them, 
and the other Officers of the Courts. 

The Bills also involve considerable interference 
with private rights, which it appears to the Com- 
mittee should not be lightly sacrificed ; and, if ne- 
cessarily sacrificed for the public good, should be 





3A4 déalt 





Mellin’s 
Divorce Bill, 


Hodson's 
Estate Bill. 


Sidmouth 
Improvement 
and Market 
Bill. 


Reading 
Corporation 
Estate Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Sawmill Ford 
Bridge and 
Road Bill. 


Edinburgh, 
Leith, and 
Newhaven 
Railway Bill. 





368 


dealt with by one general measure, and not by a 
succession of local Bills. 

All these points are, the Committee understand, 
already under the consideration of the Select Com- 
mittee, on whose recommendations it will become 
necessary for the House itself to decide; the Com- 
mittee have therefore thought it better to adjourn 
the Bills before them till Wednesday next, in order 
to request the directions of the House, and with this 
view, they venture to recommend to the House, that 
one of these Bills should be printed by the House, 
for the consideration of its Members. 

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


Mellin’s Divorce Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed to Mr. Lascelles, and the West Riding 
of York List. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do hear counsel, and examine wit- 
nesses for the said Bill ; and also that they do hear 
counsel, and examine witnesses against the Bill ; if 
the parties concerned think fit to be heard by counsel, 
or produce witnesses. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to au- 
thorize the granting of Mining and Building Leases 
and Conveyances of parts of the Estates devised by 
the Will of James Alexander Hodson, Esquire, de- 
ceased, subject to the Trusts of such Will; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and that the parties con- 
cerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the 
satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment :—And the 
Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without any Amend- 
ment, 


An ingrossed Bill for paving, lighting, watching, 
cleansing and otherwise improving the Town of Sid- 
mouth, in the County of Devon, and for building a 
Market House, and regulating the Market there, was 
read the third time; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for maintaining and regulating the 
Market in the Parish of Sidmouth, in the County of 
Devon. 

Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Reading Corporation Estate Bill was read a 
second time; and committed to Mr. Fyshe Pulmer, 
and the Berks List. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior and 
Mr. Russell: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed totheseveral Bills following, 
without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for building a Bridge 
over the River Leven, in the County of Fife, and 
otherwise improving the Road from Boreland Loan, 
to Scoonie Bridge: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter, amend and en- 
large the Powers and Provisions of an Act passed 
in the seventh D re of the reign of His Majesty King 
William the Fourth, intituled, An Act for making 
and maintaining a Railway or Railways from the 
City of Edinburgh to Leith and to the Shore of the 
Frith of Forth, at or near to Newhaven and Trinity, 
all in the County of Edinburgh, and to alter and 
vary the Lines and Levels of the Railways thereby 
authorized to be made, and forother Purposes relating 
to the said Undertaking : 


21° Junii. 


} 





A. 1839. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for enabling the Com- Birmingham 
pany of Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Na- al Bill, 
vigations to make a new Cut, and for extending and 
altering some of the Provisions of their present Act: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the several Preston and 
Acts relating to the Preston and Wyre Railway and Wyre Raltway 
Harbour Company and the Preston and Wyre Dock ana, Pret . 
Company, and to consolidate the said Companies: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually Glasgow anq 
maintaining and repairing the Road leading from -—gaea Road 
the west side of the entry to the new or Jamaica--' 
street Bridge of Glasgow, by or near Parkhouse, to 
the east end of the Bridge at Renfrew: And also, 

The Lords, have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Waterford 
Act to amend an Act of the sixth and seventh years — Hospital 
of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, for" 
consolidating the Laws relating to the Presentment 
of Public Money by Grand Juries in Ireland, so as 
to enable the Grand Jury of the County of Water- 


ford to make Presentments on account of the Fever 


Hospital of the said County, although situate in the 
County of the City of Waterford, with an Amend- 
ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Borough Courts 
for regulating the Proceedings in the Borough (N% *) Bill 
Courts of England and Wales ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Pemberton’s 
to dissolve the Marriage of Edward Leigh Pemberton Divorce Bill. 
with Charlotte his now Wife, and to enable him to 
marry again, and for other Purposes therein men- 
tioned ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Halls Estate 
for effecting an Exchange of Mines and Lands be- Bill. 
tween Sir Benjamin Hall, Baronet, and others, and 
Capel Hanbury Leigh, Esquire, and others; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for Davie’s 
vesting parts of the Estates of Sir John Davie, Ba- Estate Bill 
ronet, deceased, in Trustees, upon trust, to be sold, 
and for laying out the Purchase Money, under the di- 
rection of the Court of Chancery, in the purchase of 
other Estates, to be settled to the same Uses; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, the Mi- Allison's 
nutes of Evidence taken before their Lordships upon Divorce Bill. 
the Bill, intituled, An Act to dissolve the Marriage 
of Robert Allison with Mary Ann his now Wife, and 
to enable him to marry again, and for other Purposes 
therein mentioned, as desired by this House ; and 
the Lords do request that the said Minutes of Evi- 
dence may be returned to them :—And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented a Bill to make Pro- Admiralty 
vision for the Judge, Registrar and Marshal of the Cour Bill 
High Court of Admiralty, and to extend the Juris- No. 339. 
diction and improve the Practice of the Court: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Barron presented a Bill to consolidate the Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdiction of the several Ecclesiastical Courts in a 
Ireland into one Court, and to enlarge the Powers nomi 
and Authorities of such Court, and to alter and Ne-34% 
amend the Law in certain Matters Ecclesiastical : 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday the 1st day 
of July next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, sugar. 
a Return of all Foreign Sugar refined in Bond in 
the Port of London and the Outports, and to what 


Places, with the respective Quantities, the same 
has been exported, from the 1st day of January 
1839 to the latest period. 








Ordered, 


Wyre Dock Bill, 


P 


P 
A 
A 





d 
l, 


Cotton. 


Postage. 


Lord’s Day. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Education. 


3 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Quantity of Cotton, in Number of 
Bags and Pounds, net weight, imported from the 
United States of America into Great Britain, from 
the 5th day of January to the 5th day of June in the 
years 1838 and 1839 respectively; distinguishing 
the Ports from which shipped from the United 
States, and to which tin pureed into Great Britain. 


Petitions from the Convener and Commissioners 
of the eight southern districts of Edinburgh ;— 
and, Falmouth Union; praying for the adoption of 
a low and uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Winster, praying the House 
to adopt measures for securing the due observance 
of the Lord’s day,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guardians 
of the Stokesley Union, praying for the amendment 
of the Poor Law Act with respect to the law of 
Settlement, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cheshunt, praying 
the House not to sanction the proposed scheme of 


‘ National Education recently laid before Parlia- 


™e 


Queen’s Printer 
(Scotland.) 


Shannon 
Navigation 
Bill, 


ment, as approved by the Committee of Privy Coun- 
cil, was Bestel and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the 
United Associate a of Bristo-street, 
Edinburgh, praying the House not to sanction the 
renewal of the Patent now enjoyed by Her Majesty’s 
Printer in Scotland of exclusively printing Bibles, 
was presented, and ‘read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Company of Undertakers of the 
Grand Canal, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That a Bill has been brought into the House, 
intituled, A Bill for the Improvement of the River 
Shannon ; that, as regards the Petitioners, the effect 
of this Bill (if it shall be allowed to pass into law), 
will be to deprive them and their creditors, to whom 
they are indebted in a principal sum exceeding Seven 
hundred thousand pounds, of the vested rights and 
powers of management which they possess in the 
navigation of that part of the river usually termed 
the Middle Shannon, an interest solemnly conveyed 
to them by the Directors General of Inland Navi- 
gation, by deed bearing date the Twenty-fifth day 
of Maich one thousand eight hundred and six, 
under the sanction of the Government and of the 
Legislature, and on which they have, on several pre- 
vious occasions, oe shown they expended be- 
yond the amount which they had contracted to ex- 
_— not less than a sum of Thirty thousand two 

undred and twenty-two pounds nineteen shillings 
and seven pence of their own money ; that the Peti- 
tioners are prepared and hereby undertake to prove, 
at the bar of the House, that the beneficial interest 
which they possess in the Navigation of the Shan- 
non, as herein referred to, at present yields them 
advantages, revenues and profits gradually and 
steadily increasing ; that the Commissioners hereto- 
fore appointed, under the authority of the Act 5th 
and 6th William 4th, c. 67, for ascertaining the 
works necessary for the improvement of the Shan- 
non Navigation, have, in Reports presented by them 
to the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury, and since by Her Majesty's command laid 
before the House, recommended that the Petitioners 
should be deprived of the said interest, revenues 
and profits, and that a nominal compensation should 
be awarded and paid to the Petitioners for the same, 
amounting to five pounds sterling; that the Peti- 
tioners are prepared and hereby undertake to prove, 
at the bar of the House, that, to carry into effect 
the said recommendation of the said Commissioners, 

Vou. 94. 





21° Junii. 369 


and thereby poce | to deprive the Petitioners of. 


their interest in and to the premises aforesaid, with- 
out adequate compensation, would be in the highest 
degree injurious to the interests of the Petitioners, 
and of their creditors, is in itself most unjust, and 
being without the intervention of a jury or any 
power of arbitration or appeal, is altogether without 
precedent ; that the reasons which the said Com- 
missioners assign for their said award of nominal 
compensation are as follows :—First, That the Peti- 
tioners have not kept the said navigation in that 
erfect state in which the Petitioners were bound 
y their agreement with the Directors General of 
Inland Navigation to keep it: Secondly, That from 
an inspection of the Petitioners’ accounts, it appears 
that their expenditure has hitherto much exceeded 
their receipts, and that in consequence they consider 
that in merely awarding nominal compensation for 
this property, no direct injury or peculiar hardshiv 
will be inflicted on the Petitioners, as, from the 
present state of the navigation, they would be re- 
lieved from an annual loss, which they could not 
obviate without a very heavy expenditure: Thirdly, 
That the result of the proposed improvements must 
be expected to produce a great increase of traffic 
on the Petitioners’ Canal, which will be effected 
without any outlay on their part; but the Peti- 
tioners undertake to show at the bar of the House, 
that the said award, and the reasons so alleged by 
the said Commissioners, are founded upon views 
altogether erroneous; and more especially that, 
upon a full and fair examination of the Petitioners’ 
accounts, it must appear that they derive from the 
Shannon Navigation profits beyond their expendi- 
ture, gradually and steadily increasing, and now 
greatl pe One thousand pounds a year ; 
that the said Commissioners at the same time fully 
admit that the Petitioners have expended the above 
sum of money on this line of navigation, and that 
it was in a great degree forced upon them, from 
views connected with the general advantage of the 
country, while, for their own peculiar benefit, their 
efforts might have been better directed to other 
points ; and they further admit that, as the Peti- 
tioners have always contemplated certain advan- 
tages from the possession of the navigation of the 
Middle Shannon, they cannot refrain from‘expres- 
sing their opinion, that, in being thus ey de- 
prived of it, the Petitioners have strong claims 
upon the public for every concession ‘that: can rea- 
sonably be made to them’; that the Petitioners. 
have bearded with surprise ‘and alarm, notwith-' 


standing these admissions, that the measure so in-- 


troduced into the House, purporting to be founded 
upon the said Report of the said Commissioners, 
not only proceeds to confirm the said finding of 
merely nominal compensation to the Petitioners, 
and to divest them of their valuable rights and 
property aforesaid, but contains no one provision 
tending to the advantage of the Petitioners, and, 
on the contrary, proceeds to introduce a new system 
destructive to the prospects of the Petitioners in 
the increasing trade of the Shannon, and calculated 
ruinously to divert into other channels those re- 
sources from which the Petitioners have hitherto 
derived a large portion of their revenues; and pray- 
ing, that they may be heard at the bar of the House, 
or otherwise against the said Bill, and in defence 
of their corporate rights, privileges and immunities, 
by themselves, their counsel and agents. 

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


Pemberion’s Divorce Bill was read the first time}; Pemberton’s 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


Hall's Estate Bill was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Davie’s Estate Bill was read the first time; and Davie’s 


ordered to be read a second time. 
3B Order ed, 


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Exchequer of 
Pleas Bill. 


Prisons Bill, 


Adjournment. 


Metropolis 
Police 
[Advance of 
Meney.] 


370 


Ordered, That the Exchequer of Pleas Bill be 
read a second time upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill for the better ordering of 
Prisons ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 
he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
now ” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, 
Yeas, Mr. Fox Maile: 
Tellers for the [ Mr. Pakington, } 21 
Noes, L Lord Viscount Dungannon: 
So it was resolved in the Atlirmative. 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time; 
and ingrossed Clauses wereadded to the Bill by way 
of riders. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill by way of Rider (Imprisonment of Per- 
sons introducing forbidden Articles into Prisons) :— 
And the said Clause was brought up, and twice 
read, with a blank; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House :—The House accordingly re- 
solved itself into the Committee; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. John Parker reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Clause, and made an Amend- 
ment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. John Parker accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and agreed 
to, to be made part of the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill im Pr. 11. ]. 8. by leaving out from the 
word “ superannuated”’ to the word “ And” in 1. 38. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


ce 


}i26. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider of authorizing Ad- 
vances out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the 
purposes of any Act of the present Session, relating 
to-the Police of the Metropolis. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That in aid of the Charge of main- 
taining the Metropolitan Police, there shall be paid 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, an additional 
yearly Sum, not exceeding the rate of Two pence 
in the pound, upon the additional rental which may 
be assessed in any place which may hereafter be- 
come | a of the Metropolitan Police District. 

2. Ltesolved, That an annual Salary, not exceed- 
ing One thousand two hundred pounds, shall be 
paid out of the said Consolidated Fund, to each of 
the Commissioners of Police appointed to execute 
the Act for improving the Police of the Metropolis. 

3. Resolved, That an annual Sum, not exceedin 
‘Twenty thousand pounds, be paid out of the anid 
Consolidated Fund, towards dubieying the Charge 


of the Metropolitan Police Force, on account of 


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A. 1839. 


the Horse Patrol and the Thames Police ; and also 
such further Sum as may be necessary for the Pay- 
ment of Superannuation Allowances to certain 
Officers of the Police. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come.to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply; 
mittee of Supply ; 


Ordered, That the Estimate for Miscellaneous 


Estimates, &amp;e,, 
referred ; 


Miscell 
Charges (Scotland) for 1839-40, be referred to the —" 
Committee. (Scotland,} 


Ordered, That the several Estimates for Miscel- Miscellaneous 
laneous Services for the year 1839-40, be referred Services. 

to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Sums expended Civil Contin. 
under the head of Civil Contingencies in the year gencies. 
1838, and the Estimate of the Amount that will 
probably be required to defray the Expense under 

the head of Civil Contingencies for the year ending 

31st March 1840, be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy Civil Contin. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 8" 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Charge 

of Civil Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 

1840. 

Resolution to be reported. 


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


Sabbati, 22° die Junii, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Bernal 
reported; That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 
r. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for taking into Municipal 
further consideration the Report on the Municipal Corporat, 
Corporations (Ire/and) Bill ; (Geted) 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Railways 
the Report from the Committee to whom it was re- (Ireland.) 
ferred to consider the Reports of the Commissioners 
appointed to consider and recommend a general 
system of Railways for Jreland ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Fri- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law 
reading of the Poor Law Commission Continuance sense 
Bill ; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Collection of 
reading of the Collection of Rates Bill; Rates Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Registers of 
further consideration the Report on the Registers Births, Xc- a: 
of Births, &amp;c., Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 








consideration upon Thursday next. 
The 








XC., 


us 


US 


ill, 


Sill. 


3 Vicroriz. 
The Order of the day being read, for receiving 


Metropolis ‘ : ‘ 
Police Bill. — the Report on the Metropolis Police Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thurs- 
day next. 
flection Pei The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


uous’ Trial Bill. mittee on the Election Petitions’ Trial Bill; _ 
Resolved, That, this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Siannaries A Motion being made, That the Stannaries Courts 

Courts (Corn- (Cornwall) Bill be now read a second time ; 

vall) Bill Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, that Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the purport of 
the Bill, gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s 
interest is concerned, that the House may do therein 
as they shall think fit. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 

—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House 
for Thursday next. 


Shannon 
Navigation 


Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Shannon Navigation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Suyar Duties The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Sugar Duties Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Land Tax The Order of the day being read, for the second 

Double Assess- reading of the Land Tax Double Assessments Bill ; 

ments Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Borough Watch 


tay The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
ales Dille 


further consideration the Report on the Borough 
Watch Rates Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


Joint Tenants 
Voting (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


No. 344. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Joint Tenants Voting 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. John 
Parker reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. John Parker reported the Bill accordingly; 
and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


Waysand The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That, this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Copyright Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Copyright Bill. 


Custody of The Order of the day being read, for the third 
jnfants Bil. ~~ reading of the Custody of Infants Bull ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 
Bankrupts? The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Estates further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts’ 
(Scotland) Bill 1) tates (Scotland) Bill:—The Bill was re-committed 


to a Committee of the whole House. 

The House was moved, That the Resolution 
which, upon the 12th day of April last, was reported 
from the Committee to whom it was referred to con- 
sider of authorizing the allowance of Compensation 
to Officers of the Court of Session, whose Offices 
may be affected by any Act of the present Session, 

Vo. 94. 


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371 
relative to the Estates of Bankrupts in Scotland ; 
and which Resolution was then agreed to by the 
House, might be read; and the same was read, as 
followeth ; 

“ Resolved, That Compensation be granted, out of 
the monies chargeable with the payment of the 
Salaries and Expenses of the Court of Session in 
Scotland, to such Officers of the Court of Session 
who may suffer Loss in consequence of any Act 
which may be passed in the present Session relating 
to the Estates of Bankrupts in Scotland.” 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have power to make provision 
therein, pursuant to the said Resolution. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
inittee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Registration (Court of Appeal) Bill was, Registration 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- (Courtvf 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for APP) Bill 
Friday next. 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will, Tin Duties 
4, c. 106, to make provision for the better and more (Cornwall. 
expeditious Administration of Justice in the Stan- 
naries of Cornwall, and for the enlarging the Juris- 
diction and improving the Practice and Fittecdings 
in the Courts of the said Stannaries, might be read ; 
and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 and 2 
Vic., c. 120, for the Abolition of the Duties payable 
on the Coinage of Tin in the Counties of Corniialt 
and Devon, and for giving Compensation in lieu of 
such Duties, and to reduce the Duties of Customs 
payable on Tin, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

And a Motion being made, That this House will, 
upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, 
to consider of authorizing the imposition of a Duty 
on Tin and Tin Ore sold in or drawn from any Mine 
in the county of Cornwall ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, that Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, gavings Banks. 
Accounts of the Amount of Exchequer Bills in the 
Hands of the Commissioners for Savings Banks on 
the 20th day of November 1836; the Amount of 
such Bills purchased in the year ending the 20th 
day of November 1837; the Price and the Dates 
at which these Bills were purchased, the Rate at 
which they were converted into 3 per cent. or 
other Stock, the Amount and the Stock purchased, 
and Dates of such conversion :—Of the Amount of 
Exchequer Bills in the Hands of the Commissioners 
for Savings Banks, on the 20th day of November 
1837, uninvested ; the Amount of Exchequer Bills 
purchased by them in the year ending the 20th da 
of November 1838, the Rate at which penchaand, 
and the Dates of the Purchase; also, an Account 
of the Amount of Exchequer Bills converted or 
exchanged into 8 per cent. or other Stock, the Rate 
at which the Stock was converted, and the Dates of 
suc conversion; stating also, the Amount of Ex- 
chequer Bills remaining in the Hands of the Com- 
missioners of Savings Banks, on the 20th day of 
November 1838 :—And, of the Amount of Exche- 
quer Bills in hand on the 20th day of November 
1838, and the Amount purchased by the Commis- 
sioners of Savings Banks since that Date, stating 
whether any and what Amount has been converted 

3B2 into 








372 


into Stock since that Date; the Amount of Stock 
converted, and the Date of such conversion, and 
the Rate at which the said Bills were exchanged 
into 3 per cent. or other Stock ; stating also the 
Amount of Exchequer Bills in the Hands of the 
Commissioners at this Date. 


Loan Fund Mr. John Parker, by Order, presented a Bill for 
(Ireland) Bill. consolidating and amending the Laws relating to 


No.345. the Jrish Reproductive Loan Fund: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday next; and to be 
printed. 

Payment of Mr. Pryme presented a Bill for the more effectual 
Rates Bill. relieving of Poor Persons from the Payment of 
No. 346. Rates or Cesses: And the same was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


Borongh Courts The Borough Courts (No. 2.) Bill was read the 
(No. 2.) Bill. first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
No. 347. upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Metropolis Ordered, That the Thirteenth Report of the 
= Commissioners of Metropolis Turnpike-roads, which 
"Ne 348. WS presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 








Luna, 24° die Junii ; 
Anno 3° Victoriz Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Tomlins, from the Treasury, was called in; 

and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—A Return of the Number of Ships and Vessels, 
and Amount of their Tonnage, which have been built 
and registered in each year, subsequent to the Order 
for measuring Ships both by the rule prescribed in 
the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 55, and also by the rule 
prescribed by the Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 56, distin- 
guishing the Tonnage according to each mode of 
measurement respectively. 
Foreign and A Return, showing the Quantities of Foreign and 
Colonial Wheat. Colonial Wheat and Wheat Flour, stated in Quar- 
ters at the rate of 392 lbs. of Flour to each Quarter, 
that were imported and taken for consumption in 
each month, from the last day of January 1839 to 
the last day of May 1839; showing also the Quan- 
tity remaining in warehouse at the end of each 
month; the monthly average Price of Wheat ac- 
cording to the London Gazette ; the average Rate 
of Duty per Quarter on Foreign and Colonial Wheat 
respectively, and the Amount of Duty received in 
each month. 

A Copy of the Memorial from the Trustees of the 
British Museum to the Lords of the Treasury, re- 
commending that the series of Medals relating to 
British History, now in the Museum, should be 
published and engraved by a mechanical process. 

A Copy of the Memorial to the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, from Mr. Joseph 
Woodhead, on behalf of the Commander, Officers 
ana Crew of Her Majesty’s Brig Buzzard, as Captors 
of the Spanish Schooner Circe, of 98 Tons, con- 
demned under the late Treaty, being illegally fitted 
for the Traffic in Slaves, and declared to be 38 Tons 
British measurement :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Ships’ Tonnage 
Admeasure- 
ment, - 


British 
Museum. 


Slave Trade. 


Grantham Mr. Welby reported from the Committee on the 
— Debts Grantham Small Debts Bill; That they had exa- 
i. 


mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 





2 {°—22°—-24° Junie. 








A. 1839. 


same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir George Strickland reported from the Com- Aberfird, &amp;, 
mittee on the Aberford, &amp;c. Small Debts Bill; That Swali Debts 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and -_ 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir George Strickland reported from the Com- Rotherham 
mittee on the Rotherham Small Debts Bill ; That Small Debis 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and ®" 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Harrow School 
enabling the Keepers and Governors of the Pos- Estate Bill. 
sessions, Revenues and Goods of the Free Grammar 
School of John Lyon, within the Town of Harrow- 
on-the-Hill, in the County of Middlesex, to grant 
improving Leases of their Estates at Harrow and 
Barnet, and for other Purposes therein mentioned, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Neeld do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to 
which Amendment this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for ex- pjunt’s 
plaining and amending an Act made and passed in Estate Bill. 
the fifty-ninth year of his Majesty King George the 
Third, intituled, “ An Act for vesting the Manor of 
Oram, and certain Messuages, Lands, Tenements 
and Hereditaments, in the County of Sussex, part 
of the settled Estates, by the Will of Samuel Blunt, 
Esquire, deceased, in Trustees, to be sold, and for 
vesting the we arising’ from such Sale in the 
purchase of other Estates, to be settled to the same 
Uses,” was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 
do pass. 

rdered, That Sir Charles Burrell do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, with an Amend- 
ment; to which Amendment this House doth desire 
the concurrence of their Lordships. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Mellin’s 
to request that their ase will be pleased to Divorce Bill. 
communicate to this House a Copy of the Evidence 
taken before their Lordships in the case of Mellin’s 
Divorce Bill: And that Mr. Wilson Patten do 
carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That the Warrington Small Debts Bill, Warrington 


as amended by the Committee, be printed. — Debits 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Manchester and 
Manchester and Birmingham Extension (Stone and Birmingham 
Rugby) Railway Bill to make their Report be further ecaset 
enlarged till Thursday the 4th day of July next. Rugby p Wal 
way nl. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being ship Propeller 
"ap. on That the Ship Propeller Company Bill Company Bill. 

e now read a second time; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question Lies proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; 





Al 
Di 


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Allison’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Church uf 
Scotland. 


N| 


Maynooth 
College. 


Education. 


Religious 
Ceremonies 
Abroad, 


Lord’s Day. 


3 VicrorRizZ. 


time ; and committed to Mr. Law Hodges, and the 
West Kent List. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence com- 
municated from the Lords in the case of Allison’s 
Divorce Bill, be referred to the Committee on the 
Bill. 


Petitions from Paisley ;-- Aberdeen (two Petitions) ; 
—Larbert ;—Kilrenny ;—and, Edinburgh Operative 
Conservative Association (President) ; praying the 
House to adopt measures for relieving the religious 
destitution which prevails in Scotland, by extending 
the efficiency of the Established Church,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Members of the Established Church, 
and Dissenters, residing at or near Miillseat, pray- 
ing the House not to sanction any additional endow- 
ment to the Church of Scot/and, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Minchinhampton ; — Dunboe ; — 
Gladsmuir ; — Cumbernauld ;— Edinburgh Operative 
Conservative Association (President) ;— Wigan ;— 
Airdrie ;—and, Stewarton; praying the House not 
to sanction any further grant of public money to the 
Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, —were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rogate;—Stamford(four Petitions); 
— Stoke-next-Guildford ; — Ipswich; — Welling- 
ton (Salop); — Whitminster ;—Arlingham ;—Stern- 
field ;—Streatham ;—Deanery of Duffryn Clwyd; 
— Bath ;— Wike;—Reading ;—Lanhenoch ;— Caer- 
leon ;—Tillington ;—and, Petworth; praying the 
House to address Her Majesty to revoke the Order 
in Council appointing a Committee to superintend 
the application of the grants for National Educa- 
tion,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Braunston ;— Chiswick ;— Ham- 
mersmith ; — Kensington ; — Forest Row ;— Lynn 
Regis ;—Stroud ;— Truro ;— Liverpool ;— Leighton 
Buzzard ;—and, Llandilo; praying the House to 
sanction the proposed scheme of National Education, 
— were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Chelmondiston ;-—-Shotley;— Great 
Tey ;— Freston ;— Wardington ; — Filton; — Clay- 
don ;—Bradford, York (two Petitions) ;—Potterne ; 
— Hatford ;—Shotesham and Stoke Holy Cross ;— 
Little Baddow ;—Ulting ;— Wimbish ;—Oundle, &amp;c. ; 
—Stamford ; — Cannington; — Thornton ;— Great 
and Little Horton ;—Hurstperpoint ;— Syresham ; 
—North Bierley ;—Wilsden ; — Yarmouth, Hants; 
— Saint John-in-Bedwardine; — Thorley ;— Que- 
thiock ; — Epworth; — Wick Saint Lawrence ; — 
Bruton ; — Colne Engaine;— Quendon; — New- 
port, Essex; — Worcester; — Rollesby, &amp;c.; -— 
Llantheney Sherrid ;— Heaton ;—South Perrott ;— 
Amport ;--Gargrave ; — Duxford ;— Swanton Ab- 
botts and Banningham :—-Llanfyllin ;—Ilminster ;— 
Maidstone;—and, Bransgore; praying the House 
not to sanction the proposed scheme of National 
Education recently laid before Parliament, as ap- 
proved by the Committee of Privy Council,—were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Royston ;—Setchey;— and, the 
Vicar of Bassingbourne; praying the House not to 
sanction the altered plan of National Education, 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dunboe, complain- 
ing of the compulsory attendance of British soldiers 
and sailors at the celebration of religious cere- 
monies abroad; and praying for redress, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Birr; —and, Aston-upon- Trent ; 
praving the House to adopt measures for securing 
Vou. 94, 


24° Juni. 373 


the due observance of the Lord’s day,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Convoy ;—Raphoe;—and, Raphoe Army (Pres- 
Presbytery (Moderator); praying that Presbyterian 2 terian Charch 
soldiers may be allowed to attend the Presbyterian an 
Church in the same manner as Episcopalian and 
Roman Catholic soldiers are permitted to attend 
their respective places of worship,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Grand Jurors assembled at Zif- County 
ford, Lent Assizes 1839, praying for the amend- (Trelsnd) Act, 
ment of the County Treasurers (Jreland) Act, se 
as to authorize the Grand Jury of each county to 
direct the County Treasurers to attend at such 
towns as they may direct for the payment of county 
money, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Edward Fordham Flower, Brewer, Sale of Beer 
of Stratford-upon-Avon, praying that the Sale of Bill. 
Beer Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Chief Magistrate, being the Queen’s Printer 
Chairman of a Meeting of Inhabitants of Auchter- 5°°t!¢-) 
muchty ;—and, Aberdeen (seven Petitions) ; praying 
the House to adopt measures permitting the free and 
unrestricted printing of the Bible in Scotland,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Belfast ;—Brandeston ;— Easting- Postage. 
ton ;—Trowbridge ;—_Humbie;— Hay ;—Jedburgh ; 
— Broadclist ;— Hinton Charterhouse;—and, Mon- 
quhitter; praying for the adoption of a low and 
uniform rate of Postage,—-were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Waterford — 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the nas Ss cia 
intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the sixth ~ 
and seventh years of his late Majesty King William 
the Fourth, for consolidating the Laws relating to 
the Presentment of Public Money by Grand Juries 
in Ireland, so as to enable the Grand Jury of the 
County of Waterford to make Presentments on 
account of the Fever Hospital of the said County, 
although situate in the County of the City of Water- 
ford; and the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 4, 1. 5. After “ be” insert “ so.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Villiers Stuart do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by 
their Lordships. 


Petitions from Fuerty ;— Athleague ;—Saint John Elective 
Kilinvoy, Kilmaine and Rahara;—and, Roscommon (inden 
and Kilteevan; praying that the people of Ireland ? 
may have the same rights, privileges and franchises 
as the people of England,—were presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Goole Union ;—Bradford (Somer- Poor Law 
set);—Ashbrittle ;—Stawiey; — Kittisford ; — and, —" 
Milverton; praying for the amendment of the Poor ~ 
Law Act,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and Sicilian Sulphur 
Ship-owners of Dundee, complaining of injury in- "4 
flicted upon the commerce of this country by the 
grant from the Neapolitan government of a mono- 
poly of the Sulphur Trade in Sicily, to a Company of 
French adventurers; and praying the House to 
adopt measures for securing to the commerce and 
shipping of Great Britain the privileges stipulated 
for by the treaty with that government of the year 
1816, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





3B3 A Petition 


Ce NR I RT RL LR A 
sees — 








374 


A Petition of William Hemp, Richard Hulland, 
Joseph Walter, Richard Coxe, Joshua Morris and 
Henry Kipping, Officers to the Sheriffs of Middle- 
sex, Surrey and Kent; praying the House to cause 
inquiry to be made into the losses sustained by 
them under the operation of the Imprisonment for 
Debt Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Imprisonment 


fur Debt Act. 


aero 4.) A Petition of Inhabitants of Waterford, praying 
‘ for the amendment of the law relating to Prisons and 
Houses of Correction in Jreland,was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Licensed A Petition of Licensed Vintners and Victuallers 
(eana) of the city of Dublin, praying for the amendment 
of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 68, s. 4. and 8. re- 
gulating the time of opening and closing the houses 
of Licensed Victuallers in Jreland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
| one A Petition of Registered Electors of the city of 
(Dublin.) Dublin, stating that the Elective Franchise of 


the city of Dublin has been grossly and corruptly 
interfered with by the admission of many free- 
men to register without any legal evidence to esta- 
blish, or means to investigate, the rights of the 
individuals so registered; and praying that mea- 
sures may be adopted, either by enactment or other- 
wise, to purify the constituency of the city of Dub- 
fin, and to facilitate the inquiry into the right of 
such applicants to register, by directly enforcing 
the attendance of the Town Clerk of Dublin before 
the Revising Barrister for the said city, in order that 
he may be examined as to the right of the corpora- 
tion to confer freedoms, and to exclude from the 
Elective Franchise all such of the said freemen as 
cannot establish their right by sufficient and legal 
evidence, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Mr. Mackinnon 


Turnpike Trusts resented a Bill to provide for 


7. making Unions of Turnpike Trusts in England, and 
No. 350. for valuing and consolidating the Bonded Debt of 
such Trusts: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 

nesday the 3d day of July next; and to be printed. 
Earl of Galloe = The Earl of Galloway’s Estate Bil! was read a 
Bil, Estwte second time; and committed to Mr. Blair, and the 


South Scotland List. 


Post Horse, &amp;c. 


~ A Petition of Postmasters and others interested 
ulles. 


in letting Horses for hire, complaining that they 
have to compete with railways and steam-boats, 
the one paying only a small tax, and the other not 
any, while a very heavy duty is levied on Horses let 
for hire, and carriages let therewith; and praying 
for the repeal of the duty on the same, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Trustees of the British Museum 
being offered to be presented ; 


Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the contents of the said Petition, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 


Then the said Petition was read; setting forth, 
That the only funds belonging to the Petitioners, 
for the support of the British Museum, consist of 
30,0001. 3 per cent. Reduced Bank Annuities, the 
annual dividends whereof amount to 9001.; of a 
Bequest ofthe late Earl of Bridgewater, the annual 
proceeds of which amount to about 4152. ; and also 
of a Bequest of the late Lord Farnborough, the 
annual proceeds of which amount to 86/. 3s. 4d.; 
that the Establishment is necessarily attended with 
an expense far beyond the annual produce of the 


British 
Museum. 





24° Junie. 





A. 1839. 


above-mentioned sums, and the Trust cannot, with 
benefit to the Public, be carried on without the aid 
of Parliament; and praying the House to grant 
them such further support towards enabling them 
to. carry on the execution of the Trust reposed in 
them by Parliament for the general benefit of learn- 
ing and useful knowledge, as to the House shall 
seem meet. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Rast India 
Accounts of all Monies supplied from the Revenues Company, 
of India, since the Return made to the Order of 
the House of the 12th day of December 1837, to- 
wards the Payment of Expenses in England charge- 
able on those Revenues, particularizing, as before, 
Monthly and Annually :—1. The Amount of Bills 
drawn by the Court of Directors on the several 
Governments of India, in separate Accounts of 
each Presidency, for Monies paid into the London 
Treasury of the East India Company, with the 
Rates of Exchange at which such Bills were issued: 
—2. The Amount of Remittances, in separate Ac- 
counts, made by the several Governments of India, 
and by the East India Company’s Agents in China, 
to the Court of Directors ; specifying the Dates of 
Remittances as advised in the Registers received 
from India, and the Dates when the same were 
received into the London Treasury; whether the 
due Payment of those Remittances was protected 
by the hypothecation of Goods, or by any other 
security, with the Rates of Exchange at which such 
Remittances were made: — 3. Amount of Bills 
drawn by the East India Company’s Agents in 
China, on the several Governments of India, with 
the Rates of Exchange at which such Bills were 
issued at Canton:—-Of Remittances received from 
India or China, since the last Return, in Silk, or 
any other description of Goods, specifying the In- 
voice Cost in Indian currency, and in British 
sterling money, with a Statement, if sold, of the 
Net Proceeds realized in London :—And, of any Re- 
mittances received into the London Treasury of the 
East India Company, in Re-payment of Advances 
made in India on account of Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment; and also, made applicable towards the Pay- 
ment of Expenses in England, chargeable on the 
Revenues in India. 


A Petition of John Thomas and Richard Marston, Ludlow 
Electors of the Borough of Ludlow, in the county ee 
of Salop, was delivered in, and read ; setting forth, ° 
That the Petitioners were, at and during the last 
Election of a Member to serve in this Parliament 
for the Borough of Ludlow, in the county of Salop, 
and now are, Electors for the said Borough, and 
had and claim to have had a right to vote for a 
Member to serve in Parliament at the said last Elec- 
tion for the said Borough; that the said Election 
was fixed for Tuesday the 4th day of June instant, 
and the polling was on Wednesday the fifth day of 
the same month, and Henry Clive, of Barkham, 
in the county of Berks, Esquire, and Thomas Al- 
cock, of Kingswood, in the county of Surrey, 
Esquire, were candidates at the said Election to re- 
present the said Borough, and at the conclusion of 
the said Election the said Thomas Alcock was re- 
turned as duly elected to serve as a Member for the 
said Borough in this present Parliament ; that, at 
such Election, many persons tendered their votes 
for the said Henry Clive, whose names had been 
improperly omitted from the Register of Voters in 
force at the said Election, in consequence of the 
decision of the Barristers who revised the lists from 
which such Register was formed, and which votes 
ought to have been received, and should now be 
added to the poll in favour of the said Henry Clive ; 
that many persons tendered their votes for the said 











Henry Clive, who had claimed to be inserted in the 
Register 








3 VicTori2. 


Register of Electors to vote at the said last Elec- 
tion for the said Borough, but whose claims had 
been improperly rejected by the said Revising Bar- 
risters, and which votes ought also to have been 
received, and should now be added to the poll as 
aforesaid ; that, at the time of the said Election 
there were contained in the said Register the names 
of many persons not qualified as Electors for the 
said Borough, or to be inserted in the said Register, 
in respect of property within the said Borough, ac- 
cording to the provisions of the Act of the second 
year of the reign of his late Majesty King William 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Re- 
presentation of the People of England and Wales ;” 
and also the names of many persons not qualified 
as aforesaid, for want of a sufficient occupation or 
residence, according to the provisions of the said 
Act; and also the names of many persons not 
qualified, as aforesaid, by reason of their not having 
been rated, or by reason of their not having paid 
their rates, as required by the said Act, to entitle 
them to be registered as Electors to vote in the 
choice of a Member for the said Borough ; but that 
many of such persons voted at the said Election for 
the said Thomas Alcock, and that their votes ought 
to be declared bad, and to be struck off from the 
said poll accordingly; that many other persons 
whose names appeared in the said Register had, 
since the time of their being registered, and before 
the said Election, ceased to be qualified to vote at 
the said Election by having ceased to occupy the 
whole or part of the premises for and in respect of 
which they were placed upon the said Register, or 
had ceased to occupy somuch thereof that the residue 
was insufficient to entitle them tovote; but such per- 
sons were nevertheless improperly admitted to vote, 
and did vote at the said Election, in favour of the said 
Thomas Alcock, and the namesof such persons ought 
therefore to be struck off from the said poll; thatmany 
other persons voted at the said Election in favour of 
the said Thomas Alcock, who were disqualified to 
vote, by reason of personal and legal incapacities 
and disabilities, and others who had received bribes, 
or promises of money, or other advantage or reward, 
for giving their votes at the said Election, and others 
who had given or offered bribes, or promised money, 
or other advantage or reward, to Electors of the 
said Borough, in order to induce or procure them to 
vote at the said Election, and others who had re- 
ceived meat, drink or entertainment, for giving their 
votes, or who had received the same, against the 
Statute in such case made and provided; and the 
Petitioners submit that the votes of all the said per- 
sons should be struck off from the said poll; that 
other persons voted at the said Election in favour 
of the said Thomas Alcock, who, during such Elec- 
tion, or within six months previous thereto, or within 
fourteen days after it was completed, were employed 
thereat as agents, attornies, poll clerks, flagmen, 
or in some other capacity, for the purposes of such 
Election, and who, either before, during or after 
such Election, accepted or took from the said 
Thomas Alcock, or from some other person, with re- 
ference to such employment, certain sums of money, 
retaining fees, offices, places or employments, or 
promises or securities for sums of money, retaining 
fees, offices, places or employments, and whose votes 
were therefore utterly void and of no effect, and 
ought, therefore, to be struck off from the said poll ; 
that the said Thomas Alcock, by himself, his agents, 
friends and managers, and others on his behalf, was, 
before, at and during the said Election, guilty of 
acts of bribery and corruption, in order to induce 
and procure the Electors of the said Borough to 
give their votes to him, and to forbear to give their 
votes for the said Henry Clive, and in order to pro- 
cure him the said Thomas Alcock to be returned at 
the said Election to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough ; and that a systematic bribery and cor- 
ruption was practised and carried on at the said 
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375 


Election for the purpose of carrying the said Elec- 
tion in favour of the said Thomas Alcock ; that the 
said Thomas Alcock did, after the teste of the Writ 
for holding the said Election, and previous to his 
Election, by himself, his agents, friends and mana- 
gers, and others on his behalf, give and allow to 
divers persons, Electors or claiming to be Electors 
of the said Borough, money, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision, and make promises, agreements 
and engagements, to give and allow to such persons, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment and provision, in 
order to be elected, and for being elected, to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough; that, by reason 
of the premises, the said Thomas Alcock obtained 
an apparent and colourable majority over the said 
Henry Clive, whereas the majority of legal Electors 
voted or tendered thei: votes in favour of the said 
Henry Clive; and praying that the House will 
take the premises into consideration, and will 
declare that the said Thomas Alcock was not duly 
elected, and ought not to have been returned, and 
that his Election and Return are wholly null and 
void ; and also, that the said Henry Clive was duly 
elected, and ought to have been returned at the said 
Election, and will direct that the name of the said 
Thomas Alcock be erased from the Return for the 
said Borough, and the name of the said Henry Clive 
substituted therein in its place, and will grant to the 
Petitioners such other and further relief as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 16th day of July 
next at three of the clock in the afternoon. 

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


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- public Petitions 
lect Committee on Public Petitions; That they (Thirty-first 
had examined the Petitions presented from the 19th aan 
to the 21st days of this instant June, both inclu- 
sive; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens and Church 
Inhabitants of Wallingford, praying the House to Establishment 
continue their protection and encouragement to the (Ca &amp;«.) 
Bishops and Clergy throughout the British colonies, 
and make provision for increasing their number; and 
that the clergy reserves and other church lands 
in British America, may be made available for the 
purposes for which they were originally destined, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dunboe, praying Education 
the House to refuse all further grants towards the (Ireland. ) 
maintenance of the present system of National 
Education in Jreland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Preses of a Meeting of the schoolmasters 
Schoolmasters of the Dunblane Presbytery, praying (Scotland.) 
the House to consider the case of the Parochial 
Schoolmasters in Scotland, and grant them the right 
of appeal from the sentence of Presbyteries, and 
to provide them with competent salaries and ade- 
quate accommodation, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Master Mariners, Mates and Sea- Merchant 
men of the Mercantile Marine, praying the House Seamen. 
to appoint a Committee to inquire into the appro- 
priation of the funds raised underthe Merchant Sea- 
men’s Act, and lying dormant, in order that they 
may be applied, by local asylums or otherwise, for 
the advantage of those for ‘chia benefit such funds 

3B4 have 








Spirit Licenses 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Supply; 


Education. 


Supply ; 


Civil Contin- 
gencies, 


Metropolis 
Police. 


Copyholds’ 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 





376 


have been accumulated, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Provost and Magistrates of the 
city of Aberdeen, praying that the ¢ say Licenses 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 

Motion made, and Question put, That it is the 
Opinion of this Committee that a Sum, not exceeding 

irty thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for Public Education in Great Britain in the year 
1839 ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John ren 215 

Yeas, {Me Robert Steuart : , 
Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 273 
Noes, _\ Mr. Henry Baring: } } 

Resolution to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr, Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That. the Report be received upon Thurs- 
day next. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee, 





Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ly a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding: Seventy 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the sum necessary to defray the charge of 
Civil Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

The said Resolution, being read a.second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
it. was referred to consider of authorizing Advances 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the purposes 
of any Act of the present Session relating to the 
Police of the Metropolis, several Resolutions ; which 
were read, as follow : . 

1. Resolved, That in aid of the charge of main- 
taining the Metropolitan Police, there shall be paid 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, an additional yearly 
sum, not exceeding the rate of Two-pence in the 
pound, upon the additional rental which may be as- 
sessed in any place which may hereafter become 
part of the Metropolitan Police District. 

2. Resolved, That,an annual Salary, not exceeding 
One thousand two hundred pounds, shall be paid 
out of the said Consolidated Fund, to each of the 
Commissioners of Police appointed to execute the 
Act for improving the Police of the Metropolis. 

3. Resolved, That an annual sum, not exceeding 
Twenty thousand pounds, be paid out of the said 
Consolidated Fund, towards defraying the Charge 
of tae Metropolitan Police Force, on account of the 
Horse Patrol-and the Thames Police and also such 
further sum as may be necessary for the payment 
of Superannuation Allowances to certain Officers of 
the Police. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 


reading of the Copyholds’ Enfranchisement Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 
upon Thursday next. 





QA°9.5° Junie. 





A. 1839. 


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


Martis, 25° die Junii, 1839: 


The Order of the day. being read, for the second Fictitious Votes 
reading of the Fictitious Votes (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Electors (Scotland) °f Blectors 
Bill ; (Scotland ) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Supreme Courts 
reading of the Supreme Courts (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Leases (Scotland) Bill; ° —— 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time °&lt;°!™® Bil. 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Writs (Scot- 
reading of the Writs (Scotland) Bill; land) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill; — Courts 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, ™ 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Bankrupts 
further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts (Ireland) Bill. 
(Ireland) Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House :—And tke House 
immediately resolved itself into the Committee; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr, Speaker resumed 
the Chair, and Mr. Pryme reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Exchequer of Pleas Bill was, according to Exchequer of 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Pleas Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law 
reading of the Poor Law Commission Continuance a 
Bill ; Bill. tuuace 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Collection of 
reading of the Collection of Rates Bill; Rates Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be -read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Shannon 
reading of the Shannon Navigation Bill ; — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- ~** 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sugar Duties 
into a Committee upon the Sugar Duties Bill; and, ®*- 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, prospered to Borough Watch 
take into further consideration the Report on the Rates Bill. 
Borough Watch Rates Bill ; and the Amendments 





were read, and ed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill; with the Amendments, be 
|ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 
The 


— 








tes 
ill, 


rts 
ill, 


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Joint Tenants The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Voilna a further consideration the Report on the Joint Tenants 
land) Bile Voting (Ireland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Copyright Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Custody of The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Infauts Bil. reading of the Custody of Infants Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Eankrupts’ Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Bankrupts’ Es- 
Bstutes _., tates (Scotland) Bill; and the Amendments were 
Scotland) Bill 
( * read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 
Tin Duties The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(Cormwall.y into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the 


imposition of a duty upon Tin and Tin Ore sold in 
or drawn from any Mine in the County of Cornwall. 


(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That there shall be paid a Duty of 
one farthing in the pound sterling on the Value of 
all Tin and Tin Ore which shall be brought to sale 
in or withdrawn from any Mine or Stream-work in 
the County of Cornwall. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pryme 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Borough Courts 


Co T . . 
(No. 2) Bill. The Borough Courts (No. 2.) Bill was, according 


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


Pieadings in Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Courts (India) to confirm certain Rules and Orders of the Supreme 
™ Courts of Judicature at Fort William and Madras, 
and to empower the same Courts, and the Supreme 
Court of Judicature of Bombay, to make Rules and 
Orders concerning Pleadings: And that Sir John 
Hobhouse and Mr. Vernon Smith do prepare, and 


bring it in. 
Public Offices Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
(Downing to consider Plans for certain Public Offices pro- 
“) osed to be erected in Downing-street. 
Ordered, That the Committee be nominated this 
day. 
Slave Trade. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her 
Majesty’s command,—A Copy of Correspondence 
relating to the Slave Trade, Classes (A.), (B.), (C.), 
(D.), further Series, from February 2d to May 31st 
1839. 

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


Sir John Hobhouse presented a Bill to confirm 
rtain Rules and Orders of the Supreme Courts of 
Judicature at Fort William and Madras, and to 
empower the same Courts, and the Supreme Court 
of Judicature of Bombay, to make Rules and 
Orders concerning Pleadings: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vic. 


c. hg to authorize a further issue of Exchequer 
POL. 24, 


seep 9 in 
ourts (Lidia 
Bill. a 


No. 351. 


Public Works 
( Ireland. ) 


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377 
Bills for Public Works and Fisheries, and Employ- 
ment of the Poor, and to amend the Acts relating 
thereto, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider of the 
said Act. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Public Works 
Bill to extend and amend the visions of the (Ireland) Bill. 
Acts for the extension and promotion of Public No.352. 
Works in Ireland, and for the Recovery of Public 
Monies advanced for the use of Counties, Parishes 
and other Districts in Jreland, on the faith of Grand 
Jury Presentments and Parochial Assessments : 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time To-morrow; and to be 
printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Prisoners for 
to Prisoners for Trial, which was presented upon T@!l- 
the 3d day of this instant June, be printed. No. 246. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to County Cess County Cess 


(Ireland), which was presented upon Thursday last, (Ie!*»4-) 
be printed. ye No. 353. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Martis, 25° die Junii ; 
Anno 3° Victoria Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


PEM BERT ON’S Divorce Bill was read a se- Pemberton's 
cond time; and committed to Mr. Freshfield, Divorce Bill. 
and the Cornwall List. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do hear counsel and examine 
witnesses for the said Bill; and also that they do hear 
counsel and examine witnesses against the Bill, if 
the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by 
counsel or produce witnesses. 
Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to 
request that their Lordships will communicate to 
this House, a Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before their Lordships, in the case of the 


said Bill: And that Mr. Freshfield do carry the 
said Message. 


Hall’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and Hall's Estate 
committed to Mr. Addams Williams, and the Mon- Bill. 
mouth List. . 


Petitions from Hanley and Shelton ; — London Postage. 
(three Petitions) ;— Old Windsor ;—Saint Peter’s, 
Birmingham ; — Deritend and Bordesley ;—-Down- 
patrick;—and, Members of the Botanical Society of 
London; praying for the adoption of a low and 
uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Commissioners County Courts 
of the Court of Requests for the borough of Lei- Bill. 
cester, praying that the County Courts Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
— and referred to the Select Committee on the 
ill. 


Petitions from Mitchel Troy and Cwmcarvan ;— fFauestion. 
West Hackney ; —Kidlington ;—and, Eaton; pray- 
ing the House not to sanction the proposed scheme 
of National Education recently laid before Parlia- 
ment, as approved by the Committee of Privy Coun- 
cil,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Saint Luke's, Chelsea ;—and, New 
Windsor; praying the House to sanction the said 
proposed scheme of National Education,—were also 

3c presented, 





378 


+ ggg , and read; and: ordered to lie upon the 
able. 

A Petition of Inhabitants: of Deptford, taking 
notice of the modified scheme of National Educa- 
tion ; and praying the House to reject any Bill for 
educating the poorer classes, which may place the 
education of the poor out of thé influence of the 
ministers of the Church, was also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Wigan; — Preston (Lancaster) ;— 
Ince;—and, Archdeaconry of Richmond (York); pray- 
ing the House to address Her Majesty to revoke the 
Order in Council appointing a Committee to super- 
intend the application of any grants for National 
Education, -— were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cheltenham ;— Warthilland Stock- 
ton;— and, Beverley; praying the House 'to con- 
tinue their protection and encouragement to the 
Bishops and Clergy of Canada and the other British 
colonies, and make provision for increasing their 
number,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of New Windsor, Old 
Windsor and Clewer, praying for the repeal of so 
much of the Sale of Beer Act as permits Beer to 
be drunk on the premises, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Osmaston, in the 
county of Derby, praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for securing the better observance of the Lord’s 
day, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the united parishes 
of Saint Andrew Holborn-above-bars and Saint 
George-the-Martyr, praying for the repeal of the 
Poor Law Amendment Act, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the there under-signed of the Jury, 
who tried Thomas Fuiler at the Old Bailey Sessions 
in September 1832, who was accused of beating and 
striking one John Langford, stating that the Petition- 
ers never considered the prisoner guilty, and being 
greatly surprised at the sentence of death passed 
upon him, immediately petitioned the Secretary of 
State for his liberation, without effect, and praying 
the House to take the case into consideration, and 
cause all the Papers to be laid before them, was 

resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 

A Petition of Merchants, Traders and House- 
holders of Finsbury, and a portion of the Tower 
Hamlets, complaining of the imprisonment of the 
said Thomas Fuller for three years and one hundred 
and five days in the Penitentiary, and praying for 
inquiry ; was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Thomas Fuller, of John’s-row, 
King’s-square, praying for an inquiry into his com- 
mittal to Newgate, and his imprisonment in the 
Penitentiary; was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of John Eckford, of Hawick, stating 
that the Petitioner and his family are the nearest 
relations, on the father’s side, to Hector Lithgow, 
Commissary of Ordnance, who died at Chunar, in 
Bengal in the year 1784, and whose estate was found 
by a decree of the Lord Chancellor, in 1823, to be 
escheated to the Crown, from his being a bastard, 
a remit having been made by the Lords of the Trea- 
sury, to the Barons of Exchequer in Edinburgh, of 
the above date, who reported, that the Petitioner 
was entitled to the discovery money and to immediate 
payment of the expense he had incurred in tracing 





25° Juni. 











| WA, 4839. 


the said Hector Lithgow’s pedigree and. parentage, 
but which has not _ been gan effect to, in po 
sequence of the appearance of several claimants, 
under assumed or fictitious character; in ct of 
their relationship or affinity to the said Hector 
Lithgow ; and praying that on the property coming 
into the amg eye of the Crown, it may be gifted by 
Royal Grant to the Petitioner and family, as the 
nearest relations, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gentry, Merchants, Traders and In- Railways 
habitants of Rathfriland, raying the House to (Ireland.) 
enable the Government to aid existing Railway Com- 
panies in Jreland in prosecuting their respective lines, 

My prrpenter , and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bangor, in the county Maynooth 
of Down, praying the House not to sanction any College. 
further grant of public money to the Roman Catholic 
College of Muynooth, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Maxwell have leave of ab- Leave of 
sence for a month, on urgent business. Absence, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of West- RomanCatholic 
minster, praying that the Roman Catholic Relief Relief Act. 


|Act may be repealed, and that means be taken 


to suppress all seditious and treasonable combina- 
tions and confederacies, and especially such as as- 
sume a national or representative character, and 
for that purpose to prevent the priests of a foreign 
church from usurping the titles and offices of the 
bishops and clergy lawfully appointed, and also from 
intermeddling in the political concerns of the king- 
dom, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Hercules Bradshaw, of Hillsborough, Beet-rovt 
in the county of Down, stating that the Petitioner, Sugar. 
in the year 1835, commenced the manufacture of 
Sugar from Beet-root, on the faith of the law as it 
then stood ; that in the year 1837, a duty of 34s. per 
hundred weight was affixed on that article ; that the 
imposition of the said duty operates as a prohibition; 
and that the loss sustained by the Petitioner and 
his co-partners in the works referred to, amount 
in the whole, including the loss sustained by them 
in being obliged to abandon the manufacture, to 
16,186/. 1s. 10d.; and praying the House to take 
his case into consideration, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Enfield, praying Metropolis 
that the Metropolis Police; and, Metropolitan Police Police ; and, 


Courts Bills, may not pass into law, was presented, Metropolitan 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. — 


Davie’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and Davie’s_ 
committed to Sir Thomas Acland, and the North Estate Bil. 
Devon List. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Small Debt 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee Bills. 
on the Warrington Small Debts Bill, and to the 
Committees on all other Small Debts Bills now 
before the House, that they have leave to alter the 
said Bills in accordance with the Warrington Small 
Debts Bill, as ordered by the House to be printed, 
and that they be directed to report specially to the 
House, in the case, of any Local Courts in opera- 
tion within the district affected by the Bill :—And 
- said Motion was, with leave of. the House, with- 

rawn. 


Ordered, That Committees on Small Debt Bills Small Debt 
do not proceed before Monday next. Bills. 
The 














Deptford Pier . 


Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


Committee of 
Selection 
(Private Bills.) 


Bankruptcies. 


lic 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Windsor Castle 
Stables Bill. 


Southmolton 
Roads Bill. 


Bradford 
(Wilts) 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Croydon, 
Merstham, and 
Godstone Iron 
Railway Com- 
pany Bill, 
Tyne Docks 
Bill, 


Harrow School 
Estate Bill, 





3 VicroRIZ. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 17th day of 
this instant June, was made from the Committee on 
the Povipes Pier Junction Railway Bill; printed 
Copies of the Bill peg been delivered at the door 
upon Friday last; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection for 
Committees on Private Bills have Power to send 
for persons, papers and records, 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the 31st day of May last, for presenting a per- 
fect Return (as to Bankruptcies previous to the Act 
of Parliament passed in 1831, cn Official 
Assignees to take possession of the Estates :—1. The 
Names of the Official Assignees, and. of their Of- 
ficial Residence :—2.. Names of the Bankrupts pre- 
vious to the Act whose Estates were taken posses- 
sion of, in whole or in part, their Description and 
Residence: — 8. Dates of their Bankruptcies : — 
4. Amount of Assets of .each, Estate received from 
the Original Assignees:—-5.. Amount of Debts due 
to the Estates not then received :—6. Amount of 
Assets from the Estate since received :—7. Amount 
of further expected Aissets from the Debts:—8. 
Amount of Dividends declared by the Official As- 
signees, and Dates:--9. Total Amount paid to 
Creditors :—10. Total Amount remaining unpaid to 
Creditors :—11. Expenses charged for Assignees’ 
Commission and Allowances: —12. Expense charged 
to the Estate for Petty Charges :—13. Balance of 
Cash in each Account, debiting the same only with 
the Cash paid away and Charges:—14. How the 
Balance is disposed of, whether paid to the Ac- 
countant General:—15. Or retained in ‘the hands 
of the Official Assignees for Creditors not having 
yet applied for their Dividends :—The Receipts or 

ayments, on account of the Undivided Estates, or 
of Unclaimed Dividends, to be separately returned) 
instead of the Return which was preseited upon the 
11th day of April last, might beread ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That, the said perfect Return be laid 
before this House forthwith, 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdesweil 

and Mr. Wingfield: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The pee have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the appli- 
cation of Part of the Land Revenues of the Crown 
for the Erection of Stables and Stable Offices con- 
tiguous to Windsor Castle: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for making and repair- 
ing several Roads leading to and from the Town of 
Southmolton, in the County of Devon: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for paving, lighting, 
watching and improving the Town of Bradford, in 
the County of Wilts: 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for dissolving the Croy- 
don, Merstham and Godstone Iron Railway Com- 


pany : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for ee Wet Docks 
and other Works at and near to Jarrow Slake, 
within the Port of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and in 
the County of Durham, to be called “ The Tyne 
Docks:” And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
enabling the Keepers and Governors of the Posses- 
sions, Revenues and Goods of the Free Grammar 
School of John Lyon, within the Town of Harrow- 
on-the-Hill, in the County uf Middlesex, to grant 
im shag Leases of their Estates at Harrow and 

oL. 94, 


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379 


Barnet, and for other ‘Purposes therein mentioned, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have dto the Bill, intituled,’An Slamannan 
Act for enabling the :Slamannan Railway Company ®+i!way Bill. 
to raise a further Sum of Money, with Amendments; 
to which Amendments: the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this Housé: ‘And also, 

The Lords have a to the Bill, intituled, An Wishaw and 
Act to enable the wo and 'Coltness Railway Coltness Rail- 
Company to raise a further Sum'of Money, and! to “7 °"" 
amend the Acts rela to the said Undertaking, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House : And also, 

The Lords have agreed 'to the Bill, intituled, An West Durham 
Act for incorporating certain Persons for making Railway Bill. 
and maintaining a Railway from the Township of 
Crook and Billy Row tothe Byers Green Branch of 
the Clarence Railway, in ‘the Parish of Saint An- 
drew, Auckland, allin the County.of Durham, to 
be’ called “ The: West) Durham Railway,” with 
Amendments ; to: which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, . 

The Lords have passed ‘a: Bill, intituled, An Act Count de 
for naturalizing Alexander Henry’ Augustus John Seint George's 
Count de Saint George; to which the Lords desire oe 
the concurrence of this House :—-And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Charities 
command,—A Copy of the Thirty-second Report of 
the Commissioners appointed to inquire concerning 
Charities in England and Wales (Part 4.) 
x Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to’ Orders,— King’s Inns 

A Return of the Amount of all Monies received by (Dublin.) 
the Honourable Society of the King’s Inns, in Dublin, 
in each year since the 7th day of February 1832, 
from Students at Law; with a Statement of the 
manner in which the same has been expended :— 
Similar Accounts of all Sums received by the said So- 
ciety on the Admission of Barristers ; with a State- 
ment of the Expenditure of the same :—Of all 
Sums received from Attornies’ Apprentices :—And, 
of all Sums received on the Admission of Attornies : 
—A similar Return of all Sums received by the said 
Society from the Stamp Office, being a portion of 
the Stamp Duty received on Attornies’ Indentures ; 
with a similar Statement of the manner of their Ex- 
penditure :—And, a Return of the Annual Expen- 
diture of the Honourable Society of the King’s Inns, 
in Dublin, for each year since, the 7th day of Feb- 
ruary 1832. 

A Return of the Amount received for the Fee County 
Fund, under the Act 1 Vic. c.54, and the Regulations or 
of the Lord Lieutenant of Zreland in pursuance (Ireland. ) 
thereof, and of each Payment out of the same Fund, 
from the 25th day of March 1838 to the 25th day 
of March last; distinguishing the Sum paid by the 
Treasurer of each County, &amp;c., and the Amount of . 
each Payment. 

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


The Order for taking into further consideration, Prieons  __ 
upon Monday next, the Report on the Prisons (Scot- (Scotland) Bill. 
land) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday the 3d day of July 
next. 


The Order for reading the third time, upon Thurs- Supreme Courts 
day next, the Supreme Courts (Scotland) Bill, was (Scotland) Bill. 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday the 3d day of July next. 


The Order for reading the third time, upon Thurs- Copyholds’ 
day next, the Copyholds’ Enfranchisement Bill, was ee 
read, and discharged. ot os 

3c2 Ordered, 


Foreign and 
Colonial Wheat. 


No. 354. 


Slave Trade. 
No, 355. 


Wigan Election. 


Colonial Lands 
Sales. 


; come 


ments by w 





580: 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday the 3d day of July next. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to. Foreign 
and. Colonial Wheat, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Seizure 


of the Spanish Schooner Circe, which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of Elec- 
tors ofthe Borough of Wigan, in the County of 
Lancaster, complaining of the abduetion of voters 
at) the late: Election for that: Borough, which was 
presented upon the 10th day of this instant June, 
might. be'read ; and the same being read ; 

Motion was made; and the Question being 
put, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
Inquire into the allegations contained in the said 
Petition ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old' Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Ewart, 

Yeas, Mr. Warburton: 

Tellers for the { Mr. George Hope, 

Noes, Sir Thomas Fremantle : 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ve, 
Vi 


A Motion was made, and the Question was.pro- 
sed, That the occupation and. cultivation of waste 
taee in the British Colonies, by means of emigra- 
tion, tend to improve the condition of all the in- 
dustrious classes in the United Kingdom, by dimi- 
nishing competition for employment. at. home, in 
consequence of the removal of superabundant num- 
bers, creating new markets, and increasing the de- 
mand;.for shipping.and manufactures:—That the 
prosperity of Colonies, and the progress of Coloniza- 
tion, mainly depend upon the manner in which a right 
of private; property in the waste Lands of a Colony 
may be acquired ; and that, amidst the great variety 
of methods of disposing of waste Lands which have 
been, pursued by the British Government, the most 
effectual, beyond. all. comparison, is, the plan, of 
Sale, at a fixed, uniform ,and sufficient ; price, for 
ready money, without any other condition or restric- 
tion, and the employment of the whole; or a large 
fixed proportion of the purchase-money in afford- 
ing a. pas to the Colony, cost-free, to young 
persons of the labouring class, in an equal propor- 
tion of the sexes:—That, in order to derive the 
greatest possible advantage from this method of 
colonizing, itis esseutial that the permanence of 
the system should be secured, by the Legislature, 
and that its administration. should be entrusted to a 
distinct subordinate branch of the Colonial depart- 
ment, authorized to, sell, Colonial; Lands im,.this 

to anticipate the Sales of Land by, raisin 

loans for emigration, on the security of future Lan 
Sales, and, generally, to.superintend, the arrange- 
24 the comfort and well-being of the 


“emigrants are to be secured:--That this method 


of colonizing has been. applied by, the Legislature to 
the new Colony of South Australia, with very re- 
markable and. gratifying results ;, and .,that., it. is 
expedient that Parliament should extend the South 
Australian system to all other Colonies) which are 
suited te its operation. 


And’ the House having continued to sit till after 
twelveofithe clock on Wednesday morning ; 


13 p&gt; Mercurii, 26° die Junii, 1839; 


The said- Motion was, with leave of the House} 
withdrawn’ 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 


25°—26°. 27° Juniz. 











A.1839: 


and Forty Members not being, present ; and, it beitig 
then.a quarter of an hour after twelve of the clock’ 
on Wednesday morning :—-The House wasadjourned: 
by Mr, S er, without a Question first put, ‘till 
this day. 





Mercurti, 26° die Junii ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. + 


T Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 
not, present, yet it being four of the’ clock, | Mr. 
Speaker took the, Chair, and again. counted’ the 

ouse ; and Forty Members not, being. present:— 
The House was ideene by Mr. Speaker, without 
a Question first put, till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 27° die Junii ; 
Anno 3° Victoria Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Watson, from’ the Merchant Seamen’s Merchant 
Fund Office, was called in; and at the bar 5eamen. 


pas pursuant to Order,—A Return from the 
resident and Governors of the Corporation for the 
Reliefiof Seamen, &amp;c., in the Merchant Service at 
the ‘Port of Zondon, and the several Out-ports 
under their management, of the Number of Pen- 
sioners on their Books on the 31st day of March 
1839, distinguishing the Three Classes of disabled 
Seamen, Widows and Children, also the Rates of 
Pension and the Numbers at each Rate respectively : 
And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon’ the 
Table. 


Mr. Stanley, from the Court of Bankruptcy, was Bankruptcies. 


called in; and at the bar presented,— Return to an 
Order dated the 31st day of May last, for Returns 
as to Bankruptcies previous to the Act of’ Parlia- 
ment, 1831, appointing Official Assignees to take 
Possession of the Estates :—1. The Names of the 
Official Assignees, and of their Official Residence : 
—2. Names of the, Bankrupts. previous, to the: Act 
whose Estates were taken, Possession. of, \iniwhole 
or in part, their Description and Residence :—32::: 
Dates of their Bankruptcies :—4. Amount of Assets 
of each. Estate received: from the Original) As+ 
signees :—5. Amount of Debts due to the Estates 
not then received :—6. Amount of Assets from the 
Estate. since received :—7. Amount ‘of further ex- 
preted Assets. from, the Debts: —8, Amount: of: ' 

ividends declared by the Official Assignees, and: 
Dates :—9. :Total, Amount: paid to Creditors: 
10. Total Amount remaining unpaid to Creditors: 
—11, Expense charged for Assignees’ ‘Commission 
and Allowances :—12. Expense, charged» to the 
Estate for Petty, Charges:—13. Balance of Cash 
in each Account, debiting the same)only with the 
Cash paid away and Charges :—14. How the Ba- 
lance is disposed. of, whether paid to\the Accountant 
General :+-15. Or) retained in the hands of the 
Official Assignees for Creditors not: having yet: ap- 
plied for their Dividends:—The Receipts or Pay- 
ments, on account of the Undivided Estates, or of. , 
Unclaimed’ Dividends, to be separately returned :—, 
And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return 


do ‘lie’ upon’ the 
Table. hs mee 


Ordered, That the Fourth Division of the Select Petitions for 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills have leave Private Bulls. 


to sit this, day till five of the clock, during . the 
sitting of the House. 1 








= wt 


HE House met, and being counted by Mri Adjournment. 





West Durham 
Railway Bill. 


Pontefract 
Henor Court 
Bill, 


Ivanoff’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Count de 
Saint George’s 
Nat, Bill. 


Duke of 
Buckingham’s 
Estate Bill, 


Glosso 
Small Debts 
Bill, 


3 Victoriz. 


The House proceeded to take “into consideration 
the Amendments ‘made’ by the Lords to ‘the Bill, 
intitaled, An Act for incorporating certain Persons 
forthe making and maintaining a Railway from the 
Township of Crook and — Row to the ‘Byers 
Green Branch of the Clarence Railway, in the Parish 
of Saint Andrew, Auckland, all in the County of 
Durham, to be called “The West. Durham Rail- 
way;” and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 16. 1.36. Leave ont from “ bridge” to 
“ and,” in Pr. 17. 1. 36. 

Pr. 193. 1. 35. After “ Parliament” insert Clause 
(As)! : 

Oxavse(A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
“« if the said Railway hereby authorized to be made, 
“ shall not be made or completed within Two years 
“ from the passing of this Act, all the Provisions 
in this Act contained enabling the said Company 
to use the said Railway or to demand, sue for, 
recover or receive any of the tolls hereby autho- 
rized to be taken, shall thenceforth cease and 
determine.” 

The said Amendments, heing read a second time, 

were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Liddell do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that.this House 
hath, agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. a 


“ 
cc 
“ 
“ 
sec 


Mr. Baines reported from the Committee: on the 
(re-committed) Pontefract Honor Court, Bill ;.That 
they had made other Amendments thereunto; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with, the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Hayter reported from the Committee on the 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for natural- 
izing, Vicola Ivanoff; .That they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true ; and had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment :—And 
the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hayter do carry the Bill to 
the Lords,; and acquaint them, that this, House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Count de Saint George’s Naturalization Bill was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


Mr: Greene reported from the Conimittee on’ the 
Bill-from the ‘Lords,’ imtituled, An’ Act for giving 
effect to certain powers as to the parts of the settled 
Estates of 'the ‘Most’ noble. Richard Plantagenet, 
Duke of Buckingham:and Chandos';That'they had 
exathined the ullégations ‘of * the’ Bill; and ‘found 
the same: to be true ; ‘and’ that the Parties con- 
cerned had given ‘their consent to‘ the’ Bill, to the 
satisfaction of the Committee’; ‘and’ that the Com- 
mittee had gone through’ the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment :— And the 
Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do: pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and ‘acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same; without Amendment. 


Mr. Greene reported from, the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That:in the case of 
the Petition for additional provision, in therGlossop 
Small Debts Bill, the Standing Orders had been, 
complied with ; and that the Committee had exa- 
mined the matter of the Petition, and find that in 


» the IN dtices Given’ of ‘the application to Parliament, 


the* proposed Bill’ was intended ‘to apply to the 

whole“ parish of Glossop,’ but’ the Petition for the 

“a — the operation of the Bill to the said 
ov. 94, 


97° Funii. 








manor and town only, and the Committee therefore, 
are of Opinion, that provision may be made in the 
Bill pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition. .. 
Ordered, That it be an feig are aha the Com- 
mitteé'on the Bill, that ‘they have Power to make 
rovision therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 
etition 19] it dad] ; 


Ordered, That the Committee on,Allison’s Divorce 
Bill have leave to make a special Report. 

Mr. Freshfield reported from. the, said, Committee; 
That. they had examined.the allegations: of the Bill, 
and found the same'to,be.true; and had,.gone through 
the Bill, and directed, him to report the same, without 


381 


Allison’s 


Divorce Bill. 


Amendment; and thatthe Committee had, read:the: 


Message of this, House to,the: House of, Lords,;re- 
Gneating thata Copy of the Evidence, taken: in/that 
ouse upon the Bill should be,communicated, to this 
House; also the.,Order of,,this, House, .made:.on 
Monday last, referring the Evidence so taken im the 
House of Lordsto this Committee. The| Agent forthe 
Bill stated, that understanding,,from the Proceeding 
to obtain and afterwards refer\,to this, Conimittee 
the Evidence taken in the House) of Lords, that the 
attendance of the witnesses. would not be required, 
he had not summoned them from their (several. resi- 
dence, ‘which were.remote. from Loudon. 
The Committee required and received proof that 
a Copy of the Bill ‘had been served upon’ Mrs. 
Allison, and ascertained that no counsel or agent 
attended on her behalf to oppose the same. ~ 
The Committee presuming it to be the intention 
of the House that they should receive the Evidence 
taken in the House of ‘Lords, as if the same facts 
had béen’ proved by oral testimony before the Com- 
mittee, proceeded’ upon’ the Evidence so taken in 
the House of Lords without’ requiring the attend- 
ance of witnesses. A 
Ordered, That the Report be taken ‘into furthe 
consideration To-morrow ; and be printed, 


An ingrossed Bill to alter’ and amend the: Powers 
and’ Provisions of an’ Act: for making a’ Railway 
from’ the London and Greenwich Railway to the 
Deptford Pier, t6'be called “‘The' Deptford. Pier 
Junction Railway,” was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Barnard do ‘carry the’ Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence.” 


The House proceeded to take into farther consi- 


| deration the ‘Report which, upon ‘the’ 18th day of 


June last, ‘Was made from the Committee ‘on the 
Black Quarry or Anniesland ‘Road Bill; printed 


Deptford Pier 
Junction Rail- 


way Bill. 


Black Quarry 
or Anniesland 


Road Bill. 


Copies of the Bill having been’delivered ‘at the door * 


upon Friday last ;\and the Amendments were read, 


and agreed'to; and Amendments were’ made to' the: 


Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendnients,’ 


be ingrossed. 


The: House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made’ by the Lords to ‘the Bill, 
intituled} An Act to enable the Wishaw and Coltness 
Railway sae to raise’a further Sum of Money, 
and to amend’ the Acts télating to the ‘said Under- 
taking ;'and the same were read, as follow: py 

Pr. ‘8. ls, 26. ‘and 27. After“ substitutes” insert 
Clauses (A.) (B.) and (C.) FS ae 

 Crause (A.) “ And be it further ‘Enacted, That 
“it shall; be, lawful .for,,any ‘Two, Justices of: the 
“Peace for the county, of \Lamark, and, they. are 
“ hereby required, on the application of the said 
“&lt;»Company, to’ appoint ‘from ‘time to tinié such fit 
“ and. proper persons as they shall, think, proper, to 
be special constables upon the said Railway and 
other works, and every or any part thereof; and 
eyery person so appointed shall make a solemn 
declaration, to be administered by any one Justice 
of the Peace, that he shail duly execute the aaa 

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the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for enablmg the Slamannazn Railway 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money; and the 
same were read, as follow: 


(A.) 


of special constable upon and for the said premises, 
and every person so appointed, and having made 
such declaration as aforesaid, shall have power to 
act,as a constable for the preservation of the 
peace, and for the security of persons and property, 
against felonies and other unlawful acts, withm 
the limits of the said premises, and within One 
mile therefrom, and shall have, use, exercise and 
enjoy all such powers, authorities, protections and 
privileges for apprehending offenders, as well by 
night as by day, and for ag all acts, matters 
and things for the prevention, discovery and pro- 
secution of felonies, and other offences, and for 
the preservation of the peace, as constables duly 
appointed now have by the laws and statutes of 
this kingdom; and it shall be lawful for any Two 
Justices of the said county, to dismiss or remove 
any such constable from his office of constable, 
and. upon every such dismissal or removal, all 
powers, authorities, protections and privileges by 
virtue of such appointment as aforesaid, vested in 
any person so dismissed or removed, shall cease; 
and every person so appointed by such Justices 
as Fh shall during such time as he shall 
act as constable for the purposes aforesaid, receive 
from the said Company such remuneration as may 
be agreed upon between him and the said Com- 
pany, or for want of such agreement, as any Two 
such Justices shall appoint.” 


Cuause (B.), “ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall be lawful for any constable appointed as 
aforesaid, and for any officer or agent of the said 
Company, and all such persons as he shall call 
to his assistance, to seize and detain any person 
whose name and residence shall be unknown to 
such constable, officer or agent, who shall commit 
any offence against the sail recited Acts and this 
Act, or any or either of them, or the bye-laws, 
rules and regulations thereby authorized, and 
convey such person, with all convenient despatch, 
before any Magistrate by the said recited Acts 
and this Act, or either of them, authorized to take 
cognizance of such offence, without any warrant 
or other authority than this Act; and such Ma- 
gistrate is hereby empowered and required to pro- 
ceed ‘with all convenient despatch, to the hearin 
and determining of the complaint; and it shall be 
lawful for any such constable, and the officers, 
agents and servants of the said Company, in every 
case of infraction or non-observance of any of the 
said bye-laws, rules and regulations which shall 
be attended with danger to the public, or annoy- 
ance to travellers, summarily to interfere and ob- 
viate such danger, or to remove or prevent the 
same.” 


Crauss (C.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
the rules, orders and regulations of the said Com- 

any, and the tables of rates, tolls and duties 
eviable by them, which are directed by the said 
recited Act to be painted on boards for the purpose 
of publication, may either be so painted, or may 
be legibly printed on } pat pasted on such boards, 
and affixed, published and renewed, as by the said- 
recited Act directed; and such publication shall 
be effectual for the purposes of the said recited 
Act and this Act.” 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


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CiAvse (A.) “ And be it further Enacted; That 
the’ waggons for the conveyance of ‘minerals and 
other commodities, and the locomotive’ engines 
and carriages which the said Co y are by the 
said recited Acts authorized to build and provide, 
send be used on any Railway communicating 
with the said Railway and Branches, subject to 
the rules ‘and regulations of such Railway, and 
may be built and provided in connection with the 
Company of Proprietors of any such Railway.” 
Pr. 18. 1.21. After “ substitutes” insert Clauses 


(B.) and (C.) 


Cravse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for ary two Justices of the Peace for 
the counties of Lanark and Stirling, or either of 
them, and they are hereby required on the appli- 
cation of the said Company, to appoint from time 
to time such. fit and proper persons as they shall 
think proper, to be special constables upon. the 
said Railway and other works, and every or an 
part thereof, and every person so appointed, shall 
make a solemn declaration to be administered 
by any one Justice of the Peace, that he shall 
duly execute the duties of such special constable 
upon and for the said premises, and every person 
so appoied and having made such declaration 
as aforesaid, shall have power to act as a constable 
for the preservation of the peace, and for the 
security of persons and property against felonies 
and other unlawful acts within the limits of the 
said Presi, and within One mile. therefrom, 
and shall have, use, exercise and enjoy all such 
powers, authorities, protections and privileges for 
the apprehension of offenders, as well by night 
as by day, and for doing all acts, matters and 
things for the prevention, discovery and. prosecu- 
tion of felonies and other offences, and for the 
preservation of the peace, as constables duly ap- 
pointed now have, by the Laws and Statutes of 
this kingdom ; and it shall be lawful for any two 
Justices of either of the said counties to dismiss 
or remove any such constable. from his office of 
constable, and upon every such, dismissal or. re- 
moval, all powers, authorities, protections and 
privileges by virtue of such appointment.as afore- 
said vested in any person so dismissed or removed, 
shallentirely cease; and every person so appointed 
by such Justices as aforesaid, shall, during such 
time as he shall act as constable for the purposes 
aforesaid, receive from the said Company such 
remuneration as may be agreed upon between 
him and the said Company, or for want of such 
pee as any Two Justices shall appoint,” 

LAUSE (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for any such constable and any officer 
or agent of the said Company, and all such per- 
sons as he shall call to his assistance, to seize and 
detain any person whose name and residence 
shall be unknown to such constable, officer or 
agent, who shall commit any offence against this 
Act or the said recited Act, or the bye-laws and 
regulations thereby authorized, and convey him 
with all convenient despatch before any magistrate 
by the said recited Act and this Act authorized 
to take cognizance of such offence, without any 
warrant or other authority than this Act; and 
such magistrate is hereby empowered and _re- 
quired to proceed with all convenient despatch 
to the hearing and determining of the complaint ; 
and it shall be lawful for the said constable and 
the servants and officers of the said Company, 
in every case of infraction or non-observance of 
any of their rules and regulations which shall 
be attended with danger to the public or. annoy- 
ance to travellers, summarily to interfere and 
obviate such danger, or to remove or prevent the 
same.” 

Pr. 19. 1.14. After “repeal” insert Clause (D.) 

Cravset (D.) “ And be it further Enacted; That 
the ‘rules, orders and regulations of the said 
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Ladykirk 
(Robertson’s) 
Estate Bill. 


Sharp’s 
Estate Bili. 


Belfast 


$3 VicToRiZ. 


* Company, and the tables of rates, tolls. and duties 
* leviable by them which are directed by the said 
* recited Act tobe painted on boards for the pur- 
“ pose of publication, may either be so painted or 
“&lt; may be legibly: printed on paper:pasted .on such 
“ boards, and. affixed, published and. renewed as 
*. by the said recited Act directed; and such publi- 
* cation shall be effectual for the purposes. of the 
“ said recited Act and this Act. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were. agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Pringle reported from the Committee on the 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for vesting 
certain parts of the Entailed Estate of Ladykirk 
in Trustees, to be sold for Payment of the Debts 
affecting the same, and for other Purposes therewith 
connected ; That they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their consent to the 
Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; and that 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment ; 
—And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pringle do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Mr. Lister, by Order, reported from the Commit- 
tee on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
vesting certain parts of the devised Estates of Hannah 
Gilpin Sharp, Widow, deceased, in Trustees, in 
Trust, to be sold or demised for the Purposes therein 
mentioned ; That they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill; and found the same to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their consent 
to the Bill, to the satisfaction ‘of the Committee ; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment :—And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pringle do carry ‘the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Petition of the President and Assistants of 


Ba “S*1) the Belfast Charitable Society, praying that the 


Belfast 


Water (No. 1. 
Bil ° = 


Belfast Water (No. 1.) Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Motion was made, and ‘the Question bein 
proposed, That the Belfast Water (No. 1.) Bill be 
now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new oa ¥ - 

r. O’ Connell, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Odidnél: Veruar : j 107. 
Tellers for the Noes, oe ane reap sj 53. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

| Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed to Colonel Verner, and the Ulster 


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383 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Vottingham and Mansfield 
Small Debts Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitign, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour O1 the Bill, against the said Petition. . 


An ingrossed Bill for altering, amending, conso- 
lidating and enlarging the Provisions of certain 
Acts relating to the Regulation of Buildings im the 
Borough of Liverpool, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Viscount Sandon do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


Mr. Law Hodges reported from the Committee 
on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
vesting the Estate called the Coombe Bank Estate, 
late belonging to the Right honourable Arthur 
Lord Templemore, deceased, in Trustees, to sell the 
same, and to invest the Produce of such Sale for 
the benefit of his Infant Sons ; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their consent to the Bill, to the satis- 
faction of the Committee ; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 34. 1.18, Leave out from the beginning of 
the line to “ Provided,” in Pr. 35.1. 16. 

Pr. 35. 1, 82. Leave out from “ therefrom” to 
“ shall,” in 1. ult. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 


Liverpool 
Buildings Bill. 


Lord Temple. 
more's Estate 
ill. 


Mr. Law Hodges reported from the Committee Earl of Darn- 


on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act’ for 
authorizing the granting of Leases of part of the 
Estates in the County of Kent, devised by the Will 
of the Right honourable Edward Earl of Darnley, 
deceased ; That they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their con- 
sent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment :—And the Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Law Hodges do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 


the Petition for leave to present a Petition for the 
Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill, the Committee 
recommend that leave be given to present a Petition 
for a Bill, in accordance with the prayer of the said 
Petition. 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Peti- 
tion, as desired. 

A Petition of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
said Company to raise a further Sum of Money by 
Loan or Mortgage, and also to borrow Money, like 
other similar Companies, from the Commissioners of 
Public Works, was accordingly presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


ley’s Estate Bill. 


Dablin and 


£ {on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Dresheda 


ailway, 


A Petition of Pierce Mahony, Solicitor to the Dablin ana 


Dublin and Drogheda Railway Company, praying 
that the Standing Order requiring fifteen clear days 


Drogheda 


Railway, 


List. between the day on which the Petition for any Pri- 

Sees %. vate Bill relating to Ireland shall be presented, and 

en ae , ge Petition. of Inhabitants, of, Alfreton, Ault | the day on which the Sub-Committee shall sit there- 

Sal Debris Hucknall, Blackwell, Bolsover, and: other places, in | upon, may, in the case of the Petition for the Dublin 
ul, 


the county of Derby, praying. that they may be 


and Drogheda Railway Bill be dispensed with, was 
Vou. 94. 


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presented, 














384 


resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Hereford Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
‘aries to inquire into the manner in which the house kept 
No. 356, PY John Gilliland, for the reception of in pa- 


tients at Hereford has been conducted, have Power 
to report their Observations thereupon to the House, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. j 

Mr. Barneby reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; and to whom several Petitions were re- 
ferred ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House; together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Banbury, praying 
for the repeal of the Post Horse duty, and the tax 
on Carriages let to hire, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Post Horse, &amp;c., 
Duties. 


Germanic 
Commercial 
League. 


A Petition of Manufacturers, Merchants and 
others of Leeds, interested in the Woollen and Stuff 
Trades, complaining of injury inflicted upon the 
trade and manufactures of this country by the regu- 
lations of the Germanic Commercial League; and 
praying for the adoption of measures to secure the 
attendance of some duly authorized and competent 
representative of the British Government at the 
approaching Sitting of the Commission at Berlin, 
to negotiate a Commercial Treaty between this 
country and the states comprising the German 
Commercial League, on the principles of a free and 
unrestricted intercourse, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 

Education, Petitions from Basildon ;—Great Torrington ;— 
Criggion ;—and, Turvey ; praying the House not to 
sanction the proposed scheme of National Educa- 
tion recently Jai before Parliament, as approved by 
the Committee of Privy Council,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Rate-payers of Claughton in Lons- 
dale, praying the House to sanction such a measure 
of National Education as will cause the greatest 
diffusion of knowledge among children throughout 
the British dominions, without interfering with their 
parents’ faith, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lancaster and Preston Junc- 
tion Railway compen ys under their common seal, 
was presented, and read ; setting forth, That a Bill 
being before the House for making a Railway, 
which if authorized, would compete with certain 
existing Railways, the Ly mene of such existing 
Railways presented (as the Petitioners are informed) 
a Petition or Petitions, praying to be heard against 
such projected line, in the Committee to whom the 
said Bill has been referred, and that accordingly 
the House referred such Petition or Petitions to the 
said Committee; that the Petitioners are informed 
that the said Committee, eye ge: the fact of com- 
petition, as alleged by the said Petitioners, never- 
theless decided that they should not be heard 
against the said Bill; that the Petitioners are ap- 
es that such decision, if adopted by the 

House, will constitute a precedent alike prejudicial 
to the interests of the public and Railway Com- 

ies ; that the Petitioners, referring to the Report 
of the Committee of the House, upon which Report 
the House subsequently came to certain Resolo- 
tions as to the points to be inquired into by the 


Railways. 


Committee upon every Railway Bill, submit that 
it is not possible for that inquiry to be conducted 





27° Juni. 





A. 1839. 


efficiently, or with fairness towards existing in- 
terests, unless each Committee allow those interests 
to be represented in the same way as are the other 
interests which would be affected by the Bill, if 
passed into a law; that it is unjust towards the 
proprietors of an existing Railway which may have 
cost millions of money to allow the projectors of 
rival and competing projects to give their own ez- 
parte statements of the sufficiency or insufficiency 
of such existing Railway (and of the consequent 
necessity for the oe wee competing line); or of 
the superiority or inferiority of the one line or of 
the other; that in the case of existing lines of Rail- 
way, the House, with great propriety, refused to 
grant their Acts of Incorporation till they had se- 
verally proved before Committees of the House 
that there ont be traffic sufficient to warrant the 
outlay of the large capital required ; consequently, 
if a Committee of the Flies refuse 06 heat ef 
existing Railway Company when a new and com- 
peting line is under consideration, it may thereby 
nullify the Act of the whole Legislature by legall 
alienating on ex-parte evidence that traffic whic 
the Legislature declared requisite to warrant the 
formation of the existing Railway ; that the objec- 
tions to such ez-parte inquiries are rendered the 
more serious by the circumstance that the results of 
such inquiries are required by the Resolutions of 
the House to be reported by each Committee, and 
such Reports are printed, whereby they become 
published to the world, and so must not only tend 
to mislead’ the public as to the merits of the respec- 
tive Railways, but also to lessen the marketable 
value of that one which is reported to be the in- 
ferior line; and praying the House that the prin- 
ciple involved in the decision of the Committee 
before mentioned may not be affirmed by the House, 
but that on the contrary the proprietors of Rail- 
ways in existence, as well as of those in progress, or 
contemplation, may be heard against Bills for esta- 
blishing competing lines. 

B Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Youghal ;—and, Carlow; praying Spirit Dealers 
for the repeal of so much of the Act 4 and 5 Wil. 4, (lreland.) 
which prohibits the Sale of Spirits by grocers in 
Ireland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Belfast ;—Persons employed in postage. 
the Establishment of Wa per Milner, and 
Company, Engineers, New Road, Fitzroy-s + 
— Sautan Stas, Coach-builder and gent 
maker, Great Mary-le-bone-street ;— Gilling ; — 
Manchester ;—Brumpton ;— Sheeby ;—and, Coven- 
try; praying for the adoption of a low and uniform 
rate of Postage,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Select Com- public Petitions 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- (Thirty-second 
mined the Petitions presented on the 24th and 25th Bere) 
days of this instant June; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Dublin and 
Returns of all Sums due, by Debenture or other- Mullingar 
wise, upon the Dublin and Mullingar Turnpike Trust, ®™**- 
together with the Names of the several Holders and 
Creditors, and the several Rates of Interest paid on 
each :—Of all Sums received for Tolls, from the 1st 
day of January 1832 to the 1st day of January 1839, 
et, those arismg from Leases and those 
arising from Biddings ; together with the Names of 
the several Lessees or Farmers, and their Securities : 

—Of all Sums expended on said Trust for said Pe- 
riod for Repairs and Improvements, with the Names 





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ions 
ynd 


Mellin’s ; 
Divorce Bill. 


Alexander 
Humphreys. 


Amy (Presby- 
terian Church 
Service.) 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Church 
Establishment 
(Canada, &amp;c.) 


Corn Laws, 


Battersea 
Common Fields, 


S Vicroriaz. | 


of thé Contractors or Undertakers, for same time: 
—And, of all Salaries, Costs, &amp;c., paid on behalf of 
the said Trust, for like Period. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported, That he had carried 
to the Lords the Message of this House, of Mon- 
day last, requesting that their Lordships would be 
pleased to communicate to this House a Copy of 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before their 
Lordships in the case of Mellin’s Divorce Bill; and 
that their Lordships had been pleased to communi- 
cate a.printed Copy of the said Minutes of Evidence, 
as desired by this House: And he delivered the 
said Copy in at the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


Resolved, That aa humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in detail. and columns, of the 
Total Expense’ attending the Trial of Alexander 
Humphreys, claiming the Title of the Earl of S¢ir- 
ling, before the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland, 
including the Sums expended previously to the Trial, 
in Investigations in France and elsewhere, in pro- 
curing evidence in precognitions and otherwise; the 
Fees paid to Crown and other Counsel, Payments 
to.or on account of Law Agents and other Pro- 
fessional Persons, &amp;c.; distinguishing their Names, 
Professions or Employments; the Sums paid to 
each: Person respectively, with the Dates of each 
Payment; and also those of the commencement 
and termination of the Trial; and showing the Sum 
Total expended. 

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


A Petition of the Minister, Elders and Members 
of the Presbyterian Church, Stonebridge, in the 
County: of Monaghan; praying that Presbyterian 


soldiers be allowed the privilege of attending their | 


own Church when at home, and the services of 
Chaplains of their own persuasion when abroad, 
was ‘presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ronsay and Egles- 
hay, praying the House to adopt measures for reliev- 
ing the religious destitution which prevails in Scot- 
land by extending the efficiency of the Established 
Church, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Talaton, 
and hamlet of Zaleford, in the county of Devon, 
praying the House to proyide'a more adequate sup- 
ply of religious, instruction ‘for the colonies,  parti- 
cularly Australia, the Cape 7 Good Hope and 
Canada, and also to assist the large manufacturing 
districts in this country in ‘the erection and endow- 
ment of new Churches, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Arthur Anderson, of the city of 
London, and of Vaila, in Shetland, Merchant, pray- 
ing for repeal of the Corn Laws, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Bullen, stating that the 
Petitioner and others were fined and imprisoned by 
the Justices of the Peace acting for the Wandsworth 
Division of the County of Surrey, in the years 1837 
and 1838, for a trespass in Battersea Common Fields, 
arising out of a disputed right of common; that an 
Appeal was made to the following Quarter Sessions, 
when the conviction was quashed ; that this year, 
notwithstanding the above appeal, he and others 
have agai been convicted, fined and imprisoned ; 
and that the Act under which he was convicted not 
paves a a of certiorari, he is without any means 

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385 


of redress ; and praying that a Select Committee 
may be eppsiaind to inquire into the case, and to 
give redress, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
he upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the, Report on the Bankrupts Bankrupts 
(Ireland) Bill be received To-morrow. (Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Borough Watch Rates Bill Borough Watch 
be read the third time To-morrow. Rates Bill. 


Ordered, That the Custody of Infants Bill be read Custody of 
the third time To-morrow. Infants Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bankrupts’ Estates (Scot/and) Bankrupts’ 


H ; ; Estates 
Bill be read the third time To-morrow. (Scotlan d) Bilt 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee Tin Daties 
to whom it was referred to consider of authorizing (Comwall.) 
the imposition of a Duty on Tin and Tin Ure sold in 
or drawn from any Mine in the County of Cornwall, 
be received To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to Public Offices 
consider Plans for certain Public Offices proposed to (Downing 
be erected in Downing-street be nominated To- 5*°*? 
morrow. 


Ordered, That the Small Tenements Bill be read Small Tene- 
a second time upon Monday next. ments Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday Ecclesiastical 
the 11th day of July next, resolve itself intoa Com- Duties and __ 
mittee upon the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues ®¢ve™™’s ou. 
Bill. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell nessage trom 

and Mr. pieapeld the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Blunt's 

by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for ex- Estate Bill. 
plaining and amPaeRE an Act made and passed in 
the fifty-ninth year of his Majesty King George the 
Third, intituled, An Act for vesting the Manor of 
Oram, and certain Messuages,, Lands, Tenements 
and Hereditaments, in the County of Sussex, part. of 
the settled Estates, by. the Will of Samuel. Blunt, 
Esquire, deceased, in, Trustees to be sold, and for 
vesting the Money. arising from,.such Sale in, the 
Purchase of other Estates to be; settled to, the same 
Uses, without any Amendment; And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Camber 
Act for enlarging the Town Quay of the Borough of angen 
Portsmouth, and for improving that portion of the ~~" 
Harbour of Portsmouth called “ The ber,” with 
an Amendment ; to which Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Norwich 
Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in the twelfth Tenee Bill 
year of the reign of his Majesty King George the 
First, ‘¢ for repairing the Walls, Gates, and other 
Public Works. in the City of Norwich, and several 
Bridges in and near the said City, and for amending 
the _ ave therein mentioned,” as relates to the 
application of the Tolls and Duties thereby autho- 
rized to, be raised, and to provide a new mode of 
application thereof, with Amendments ; to, which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, ; 

The Lords, have, agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ballochney 
Act, to.enable the Ballochney Railway Company to Railway Bill. 
raise a further Sum of Money, and to, amend the 
Acts. relating to the said Undertaking, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The. Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act pfarshail’s 
to authorize the Sele of certain; Lands, Tenements Estate Bill. 
and Hereditaments in the Counties of, Kent, and 
Northampton, formerly belonging to William Mar- 
shall, of Clifford’s Inn, in the City of London, Gen- 
tleman, deceased, and for other Purposes incidental 
thereto; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House:—And then the Messengers withdrew. 

3D Ordered, 





















Patterns and 
luventions Bil!. 


Paper Duties 
Bill. 


Brick Duties 
Bill. 


London City 
Police Bill. 


Loan Fund 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Payment of 
Rates Bill, 


Suppiy. 


Ways and 


Means, 


Copyright Bill. 






Borough Courts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 






Public Works 
(Ireland, ) 








Supply ; 








Education. 








Yeomanry. 











Sale of Beer 
Act. 

















Sale of Beer 
Bill. 









386 


Ordered, That the Patterns and Inventions Bill 
be read a second time upon Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Paper Duties 
Bill be taken into further consideration upon Wed- 
nesday next. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Brick Duties 
Bill be taken into further consideration upon Wed- 
nesday next. 


Ordered, That the further proceeding upon the 
third reading of the London City Police Bill be re- 
sumed upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Loan Fund (Jreland) Bill be 


read a second time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Payment of Rates Bill be read 
a second time upon Monday the 8th day of July 
next. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the Committee of Supply. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Copy- 
right Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee upon the Borough Courts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the Act 1 and 2 
Vic., c. 88, to authorize a further issue of yee eal 
Bills for Public Works and Fisheries, and Employ- 
ment of the Poor, and to amend the Acts relating 
thereto. 


Mr. Baring, by Order, reported from the Commit- 
tee of Supply. a Resolution ; which was read, as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for Public 
Education in Great Britain, in the year 1839. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Lord. Viscount Howick presented, pursuant to 
Order,—-A_ Return of the Number of Troops, or Corps 
or Regiments of effective Yeomanry of Great Britain 
and Jreland, according to the last Muster Roll; sta- 
ting the Date of that Muster, and distinguishing the 
Number of Officers and Men in each Corps or 
Regiment, and the Expense of each Corps in 1838 ; 
showing the manner in which the sums voted for 
Great Britain and Ireland in that year, were ex- 
pended. 

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


Petitions from Southwark and Lambeth;— Hert- 


ford ;—Birmingham (two Petitions) ;—~Middlesez ; 


—Metrepolis (Acting Committee of Beersellers) ;— 
Portsmouth (two Petitions);—Zambeth and South- 
wark ;—Ruchdale ;— Huddersfield ;— Reading (two 
Petitions) ; — Western half-Hundred of Brixton ; 
—East half-hundred of Brixton, Southwark and 
Lambeth ; — and, Tower Hamlets, Finsbury and 
Maty-le-bone; praying the House to assimilate the 
hours for opening and closing the houses of Licensed 
Victuallers and Beer-sellers,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Greenwich ;--Coventry ;— Bristol ; 
— Bolton;— Tamworth ;—London;—- New Shoreham; 
— Horncastle ; — Liverpool; — and, Saint Helen’s ; 
praying for the amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, 
—were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bristol ; -- Wyberton ; —Bury ;— 
Wrangle ; — Bicker ;—Heckington ;— Abingdon ;— 
Cambridge ;— Ely ;— Suffolk ;— Leak ;—Stbsey ;— 


27° Juni. 


A. 1839. 


Butterwick ; — Stockport ; — and, Thomas Legge ; 
praying that the Sale of Beer Bill may not pass 
ito a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day bei 
mittee on the Sale of Beer Bill; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
ae proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
air ; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That,” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
pagewd to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Criavuse, N° 1 (Persons applying for License to 
produce certificate, signed by the Overseer of the 
parish, that the house or premises are rated to the 
relief of the poor at the sum of at the 
least) ——read. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the blank 
be filled wp with “ Ten pounds.’ 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas, { pectin TaN wah 76. 
Tellers for the Noes, 


Mr. Baring, 
Mr. Robert Steuart : } pes. 
Blank filled up with “ Five pounds.” 
Question, That Clause, N° 1, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill put, and Negatived. 
Cravszs, N° 2 to N° 6, disagreed to. 
Cuiause, N° 7, agreed to. 


Clause offered: (Commissioners of Excise may 
grant Licenses, but not to authorize the persons 
obtaining the same to sell Beer, Ale, Porter, Cider 
or Perry to be drunk or consumed in the houses or 
poeeniese specified in the Licenses respectively) 

rought up, and read a first time. 

Question put, That the Clause be now read a 
second time ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Lord Viscount Sandon, 








Yeas, Mr. Robert Palmer : om 
Tellers for the f Mr. Baring, 146 
Noes, { Mr. Robert Steuart: ? 


Preamble amended, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fresh- 
field ries That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Freshfield reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee 
on the Sugar Duties Bill be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported the Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 





The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to prevent Persons in 
England and Wales from losing their Votes at an 





Election 


Bill 





read, for the Com Sale of Beer 
Bill. 


No. 357. 


Su 


r Duties 


Electors’ 
Removal Bill. 





3 Vicroriz. 


Election by Removal after the preceding Registra- 
tion ; 

And: a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments niger were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
‘ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 


And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 28° die Junii, 1839: 

And the Question being put 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lob (vi 1, p 
Mr. Milner Gibson 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Ewart: . 

Mr. Bagge, 

Tellers for the Noes, Colonel Sibthorp: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 

—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Milner Gibson do. carry the 

Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


}asz. 


} ree. 


Registers of 
Births, &amp;c., Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Report on the Re- 
gisters of Births, &amp;c, Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Fuchequer of - The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Pleas Bill. into a Committee upon the Exchequer of Pleas Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Military The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Pensions Bill. reading of the Military Pensions Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 
Highway Rates The Highway Rates Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill. read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Summary The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
_—— mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction Bill; 
1 Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Heritable 


ae The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Bin. eading of the Heritable Securities (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time, upon 

this day three months. 


raya The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
olice Bill. ‘the Report on the Metropolis Police Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 
Stamaries The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a mittee on the Stannaries Courts (Cornwall) Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Fictitious Votes The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Billereading of, the: Fictitious Votes (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That.the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 
Von, $4, 


27° 28° Funiz. 





387 
The Order of the day being read, for the second Regitration 
Bae of the Registration of Electors (Scotland) (Scotland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the’ Bill’ be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Leases (Scotland) of Leases 
Bill; (Scotland) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon, this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second writs (Scot- 
reading of the Writs (Scotland) Bill ; land) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 


Ordered, That the Shannon Navigation Bill be Shannon 
read a second time this day. — 
Ordered, That the Public Works (Jreland) Bill pubic works 
be now read a second time :—The Bill was accord- (Ireland) Bill. 
ingly read a second time, and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being) put, Sheriff Courts 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- (Scotland.) 
jesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before, this House, a 
Copy of the Resolutions which have been prepared 
by the Sheriffs of Scotland for prescribing, Rules 
and Forms for Sheriff Courts, in terms of the Act 1 
and 2 Vic. c. 119, and which have been submitted 
to the Court of Session, as by law required, on or 
before the 12th day of March 1839 :—Also, Copy 
of certain Reasons of Dissent from the proposals 
contained in the aforesaid Resolutions, which were 
sent to and received by the Sheriffs from the So- 
ciety of Practitioners before the Law Courts of 
Perthshire, and signed by James M. Patten, Esquire, 
the President of the said Society :—It passed in the 
Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Maynooth 

posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- College. 
turn of the Number of Students in the Roman Ca- 
tholic College of Maynooth, during the years 1835, 
1836, 1837 and 1838 ; the Number, if any, expelled 
during each or any of those years, specifying the 
cause of such several Expulsions; also, the Number 
who have, during the same period, received Testi- 
monials for Ordination :— And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Marshall’s Estate Bill was read the first time ; Marshall's 
and ordered to be read a second time. Estate Bill. 


A Petition of Anthony William Durnford, Esquire, Lieut.-Col. 
late Lieutenant-Colonel in the Grenadier Guards, Durnford. 
complaining of having been dismissed from the office 
of Barrack Master at Chatham, for alleged neglect of 
duty ; and praying for inquiry, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid. before this House, Publicans and 
a Return of the Rental of the Houses occupied: by Beerellers. 
Publicans and Licensed Sellers of Beer, in the seve- 
ral Collections of England and. Wales. 

Mr. Baring accordingly presented the said Re- 
turn. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie: upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the County County 
Treasurers’ Fee Fund (Ireland), which was presented 1Teasurers’ Fee 


upon Tuesday last, be printed. F 7 a 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after one ‘of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 


3D2 











Kingsten-upon- 
Hull Docks Bill, 


Kingston- upon- 
Hull Docks 
(No. 2.) 


Allison’s 
Divorce Bill, 


Dublin and 
Drogheda 
Railway. 


Pontefract 
Honor Court 
Bill. 


Lyrd Temple- 
more’s Estate 


Bill. 


Ship Propeller 
Company Bill, 


588 


Veneris, 28° die Junii ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 
OTICE being taken, that the Kingston-upon- 
Hull. Docks ‘Bill was not prepared in con- 
formity to the Report from the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Petition for 
leave to present the Petition for the Bill was referred ; 
Ordered, That the Order for reading the said Bill 
a second time, be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for leave to present a Petition for the 
Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill, which, upon the 3d 
day of this instant June, was made from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for em- 
powering the Dock Company at Kingston-upon-Hull 
to purchase, and hold certain Lands at or near King- 
ston-upon-Hull, and for other purposes therein men- 
tioned ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, re egg 
Tellers for the Noes, “yj Pre ‘ 


So it passed in the Negative. 


\ sn 


} 70. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Special Report which 
was yesterday made from the Committee on Allison’s 
Divorce Bill :—And the same was again read. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Petitions 
for, Private Bills have leave to sit and proceed upon 
the Petition for the Dublin and Droshede Railway 
Bill, upon Monday next. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy 
Recovery of Small Debts and Damages within the 
Honor of Pontefract, Parcel of Her Majesty’s 
Duchy of Lancaster, n the West Riding of the 
— of York; and for altering the Practice and 
extending the Jurisdiction of the Court Baron of 
the said Honor, was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
vesting the Estate called the Cuombe Bank Estate, 
late belongmg to the Right honourable Arthur 
Lord Templemore, deceased, in Trustees, to sell the 
same, and to invest the produce of such Sale for the 
benefit of his Infant Sons, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
éuvrénce of their Lordships. 


A, Petition of Bennet. Woodcroft, of Ardwich, 
Tappet Dealer, and Robert Gardner, of Chaseley, 
Merchant, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Ship Propeller Company Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


28° Junii. 





4839. 


The House proceeded to take into. consideration Ballochney 


|the Amendments made by the Lords. to, the: Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable the Ballochney Railway 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to 
amend the Acts relating to the said Undertaking ; 
and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 8. 1. 34. After “ substitutes” insert Clauses 
(A.), (B.)(C.), and (D.) 

Criause (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
“ the waggons for the conveyance of minerals and 
“ other commodities, and tle locomotive engines 
“ and carriages which the said Company are by 
“ by the said recited Acts authorized to build and 
“ provide, may be used on any Railway communi- 
“ cating with the said Railway and branches, sub- 
“ ject to the rules and regulations of such Railway, 
“and may be built and provided in connection 
with the Company of Proprietors of any such 
Railway.” 

Cuiause (B.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall be lawful for any Two Justices of the Peace 
for the county of Lanark, and they are hereby 
required, on the application of the said Company, 
to appoint from time to time, such fit and proper 
persons as they shall think proper to be special 
constables upon the said Railway and other works, 
and every or any part thereof, and every person so 
appointed, shall make a solemn declaration, to be 
administered by any one Justice of the Peace, that 
he shall duly execute the duties of special con- 
stable upon and for the said premises; and every 
person so appointed, and having made such de- 
claration as aforesaid, shall have power to act as 
a constable for the preservation of the peace, 
and’ for the security of persons and. property 
against felonies and other unlawful acts, within 
the limits of the said premises, and within One 
mile therefrom, and shall have, use, exercise and 
enjoy all such powers, authorities, protections and 
privileges for apprehending offenders, as well by 
night as by day, and for doing all acts, matters 
and things for the prevention, discovery and pro- 
secution of felonies and other offences, and for 
the preservation of the peace, as constables duly 
appointed now have by the laws and statutes of 
this kingdom ; and it shall be lawful for any Two 
Justices of the said county, to dismiss or remove 
any such constable from his office of constable, 
and upon every such dismissal or removal, all 
powers, authorities, protections and privileges by 
virtue of such appointment as aforesaid, vested 
in any person so dismissed or removed, shall cease ; 
and every person so appointed by such Justices 
as aforesaid, shall during such time as he shall 
act as constable for the purposes aforesaid, receive 
from the said Company such remuneration as may 
be agreed upon between him and the said Com- 
pany, or for want of such agreement, as any ‘Two 
such Justices shall appoint.” 

Criause (C.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall be lawful for any constable appointed as 
aforesaid, and for any officer or agent of the said 
Company, and all such persons as he shall call 
to his assistance, to seize,and detain any person 
whose name and residence shall be unknown to 
such constable, officer or agent who shall commit 
any offence against the said-recited Acts, and this 
Act, or any or either of them, or the bye-laws, 
rules and regulations thereby authorized, and 
convey such person, with all convenient despatch, 
before any Magistrate by the said-recited Acts 
and this Act or either of them, authorized to take 
cognizance of such offence, without any warrant 
or other authority than this Act, and such Ma- 
gistrate is hereby empowered and required to pro- 
ceed with all convenient despatch to the hearing 
and determining of the complaint; and it shall be 
lawful for any such constable and the. officers, 
agents and servants of the said Company, in.every 
case of infraction or non-observance of any of the 
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Rathkeale 
luclosure Bill. 


Norwich 
‘founage Bill, 


3 Vicroriz. 


“* said bye-laws, rules and regulations, which shall 
“be attended with danger to the public, or annoy- 
“ance to travellers, summarily to interfere and ob- 
viate such danger, or to remove or prevent the 
same.” 

Cuavse (D.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
“ the rules, orders and regulations of the said Com- 
“ pany, and the tables of rates, tolls. and duties 
“ Jeviable by them, which are directed by the said 
“. first-recited Act to be painted on boards for the 
“* purpose of publication, may either be so painted, 
or may be legibly printed on paper pasted on such 
“ boards, and affixed, published and renewed as hy 
“ the said first-recited Act directed, and such pub- 
lication shall be effectual for the purposes of the 
“* said several recited Acts and this Act.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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“cc 


A Petition of George Bulmer, Agent for the Rath- 
heale Inclosure Bill, praying that the time for re- 
ceiving the Report from the Committee on the said 
Bill may be enlarged till Monday the 8th day of 
July next, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords: to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed 
in the twelfth year of the reign of his Rajesty 
King George the First, “ for repairing’ the Walls, 
Gates and other Public Works in the City of | Nor- 
wich, and several Bridges in and near the ‘said City, 
and for amending the Roads therem mentioned,” as 
relates to the application of the Tolls and Duties 
thereby cnthorhad to be raised, and to provide a 
new mode of application thereof; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 7. 1. 5. Leave out“ A.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 25. Leave out “ to.” 

Pr. 17. L 8. After “ first’ imsert “ or this 
“ Act.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 2. Leave out “ provided only,” and 
insert “ but so nevertheless,” and in the same line 
leave out “any,” and insert “ no.” 

Pr, 25. 1.4. Leave out “ never,’ and insert 
“ ever.” 

Pr. 25. 1.11. Leave out from the first “ to” 
to “any,” in 1. 13. 

Pr. 25. 1.14. Leave out “ person,’ 
“‘-persons.”’ 

‘oo Pr, 25. 1.15. After “ thereon” insert “ or to 
“« their trustees or nominees.” 

Pr. 27. 1.14. Leave out “ each,’ and: insert 
“ such.” 

Pr. 33. 1.19. Leave out from “account” to 
“ And,” in Pr. 35. 1. 22. 

Pr. 35. 1. 23. Leave out from “ that” to “ it,” 
in 1. 30. 

Pr. 36. 1.11. After “ them” insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
“ it shall be lawful for all trustees, guardians, hus- 
“hands, committees, executors and administrators, 
“and all other persons, to enter into such agree- 
‘¢: ments as aforesaid, with the said Mayor, Alder- 
“ men-and Burgesses for the sale or’ transfer to 
“ them of any claim or security upon the ‘said 
“ bridges and tolls, or any of them, which may be 
‘* vested in them, or any of them, in trust, for or for 
“¢ the benefit of any other persons incapacitated to 
sell or transfer the same ; and any agreement so 
made, and the conveyance or transfer of any 
such claim or security by any such trustees, 
guardians, husbands, committees, executors or 
administrators, or other persons as aforesaid, shall 
be as valid and effectual to all intents and pur- 

Vor. 94. 


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28°. Juni. 389 


“ poses as though the same had been \made by the 
“ persons beneficially interested in such claims or 
“ securities, had they been capacitated to sell, 
“ transfer or convey the same. 
Pr. 36. 1, 26. After “ taken” insert’ “ upon.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wodehouse do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their | 


Lordships. 


Ordered, That the time for all Committees upon Small Debt 


Small Debt Bills to make their Reports be further Bills. 


enlarged till Monday the 8th day of July next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Debtors. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Persons con- 
fined for Debt at this time in the Prisons in 
London, Middlesex and Surrey, stating, in Classes, 
the years in which they were imprisoned :—A simi- 
lar Return from all other Prisons for Debt in Eng- 
land and Wales :—A similar Return from all other 
Prisons for Debt in Scotland :—And, a similar Re- 
turn from all other Prisons for Debt in Zreland, 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stickney, in the Sale of Beer 


county of Lincoln, praying that the Sale of Beer Bil. 


Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie: upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city and county Church 


of Herefurd, praying the House to continue their pro- (Canade, fee.) 


tection and encouragement to the Bishopsand Clergy 

throughout Canada and the other British colonies, 

and make provision for increasing their number, was 

presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Marlborough, pray- Postage. 


ing for the adoption of a low and uniform rate of 


Postage, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Natives and Inhabitants of Kilfer- Elective 


mane and Ardpatrick, in the county of Limerick, Franchise, &amp;c 
(Treland. ) 


praying the House to identify the Elective Franchise 
in England and Jreland, countries in’ which the 
tenures of lands and’ houses are’ similar, and to give 
to Ireland as complete Municipal Reform as Eng- 
land has obtained, and to give also to Jreland her 
adequate proportion in the Representation, and, 
finally, to place Ireland upon a footing of equality 
in religious, freedom with Fngland, by allocating 
the temporalities of the church of the minority 
in, that guar to purposes of charity, education 
and public. utility, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A; Petition of Inhabitants of , Rathkeale, in. the Government 
county of Limerick, praying for the continuance of Ireland. 


of a fair,and impartial Government in Ireland, and 
that the people of Jreland may _participate equally 
in the rights, franchises and privileges enjoyed by 
their fellow subjects in England; and above all, 
that the House will not countenance or encourage 
the Orange party in Jredand, but on the contrary, 
legislate for the benefit of the Jrish people, was 
resented, and read; and ordered’ to lie upon the 
able. 


A&gt; Petition: of the.) Chairman ‘of the Board) of cojjection of 
Guardians of the Cambridge Union, praying that Rates Bill. 


the Collection of Rates Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

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County Courts, A Petition of George Henry Bays, of Cambridge, 
Bul. Attorney-at-Law, praying that the County Courts 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

‘able. 


Sewers Bill. Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Seivers Bill have Power to report their Opinion to 
the House. 

Lord Worsley reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had come to a Resolution, which 
they had directed him to report; and the same was 
read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That in consequence of the late period 
of the Session, and its being nearly impossible that 
the Committee should be able to give due consider- 
ation to the numerous and important alterations 
proposed in the law, the Committee recommend 
that the Bill should not be proceeded with during 
the present Session. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Death by Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to several 

oem. Addresses to Her Majesty,—Returns from the Co- 
roners of England and Wales, of all Inquisitions 
held by them during the years 1837 and 1838, in 
cases where death was found by Verdict of Jury to 
have been caused by Poison. 

Accidents in Returns of the Cearacts Inquests held on the 

Mines. bodies of Persons killed during the last Five years 

' inthe Coal Pits, Lead and other Mines, of the 

Counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, West- 
morland, Durham, York, Lancaster, Derby and 
Stafford; distinguishing the Age and Sex of the 
Persons killed, and the Verdicts returned. 

Prisons Returns of all Sums which have been expended 

(Scotland.) jin Scotland in building, rebuilding, altering and 
repairing Prisons, between the Ist day of January 
1818 and the 1st day of January 1838, distinguish- 
ing the Sums _ paid by the Counties from the Sums 
paid by the Burghs, exclusive of all Sums paid on 
account of Court-houses, County Buildings, or any 
other. Building which is not a Prison:—And, of 
any Charges for the erection of Prisons which may 
have been paid twice over, in consequence of the 
failure of Parties with whom Contracts for the exe- 
cution of the Works may have been entered into, 
or from any other cause whatever. 
. Ordered, That the said Returns do le upon the 

able. 


Message from 1 A) Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 
the Lords. and Mr. Duckworth: 
Mr. Speaker, 

Bills of The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Exchange Bill. Act to amend, and make perpetual, an Act of the 
first-year. of Her present Majesty, for exempting 
certam) Bills: of Exchange and Promissory Notes 
from the operation of the Laws relating to Usury, 
with ».Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

Manchester ad) '-The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Birmingham ~ Act to enable the Manchester and Birmingham 

Railway Bill. Railway! Company to ‘vary and extend the Line of 
their Railway, and to amend the Act relating thereto, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
allio, 

Monkland and |The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

ag Act to enable the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Rail- 

“wey” vay Company to raise a further Sum of Money, 

and to amend the Acts relating to the said Under- 
taking, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

Liverpool The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Churches Bil. Act for altering and amending certain Acts relatin 
to the Churches of Saint Mark, Saint Luke an 
Saint Michael, in the Borough of Liverpool, with 








390 28° Juniz. A; 18389. 


Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Peterborough 
Act for building a new Gaol for the Liberty or Soke Gol Bill, 
of Peterborough, and Hundred of Nassaburgh, in 
the County of Northampton,and for other: Purposes 
connected therewith, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Parochial Cure 
for apportioning the Spiritual Services of Parishes, ° Souls Bil, 
in which Two or more Spiritual Persons have cure 
of Souls, generally throughout the Parish ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bankrupt 
for the better protection of Parties dealing with Lebility Bill 
Persons liable to the Bankrupt Laws; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 

And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Bills of Exchange Bill, as Bills of 

amended by the Lords, be printed. Exchange Bill, 
No, 359. 

A Motion being made, That this House will, upon Metropolitan 
Wednesday next, resolve itself into a Committee, iia 
to consider of authorizing an advance of Money es 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for defraying 
the Expenses of Metropolitan Police Courts; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, that Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject- 
matter of this Motion, recommends it to the con- 
sideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill for regulating the Sequestra- Bankrupts 
tion of the Estates of Bankrupts in Scotland, was, Estates 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Election Peti. 


into a Committee upon the Election Petitions’ Trial tions’ Trial Bill 


Bill. No. 360. 
(In the Committee.) 


Causes offered: (Selection of Members quali- 
fied and willing to serve as Chairman of Election 
Committees) For supplying vacancies and in- 
creasing the Chairmen’s Painelyscii( MemBerd who 
are upon the Chairmen’s Panel, from time to time 
to make regulations as may be required)——-(Mem- 
bers on the Chairmen’s Panel, to appoint one of 
themselves as Chairman)———(Costs upon unfounded 
allegations) ———( Attendance of Mendliete)&lt;ieofleve- 
rally brought up ; and read 1°; 2°, and added. 





Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fresh- 
field reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto, 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Freshfield reported the Bill accordingly. 

And the House being informed that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill:—The 
Bill was re-committed to a Committee of the whole 
House :—And the House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee ; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Freshfield reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made other Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Freshfield reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 








Petitions 


(Scotland) Bill, 





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yg 


Cure 
ill, 


Bill. 


Bill, 


jan 
irts 
of 


Bill, 


ti« 
Bill, 


Municipal 
rations 


(Ireland) Bill, 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Public Offices 
(Downing 
Street. ) 


Shannon 
Navigation 
Bill, 


Public Works 
(Lreland.) 


Sugar Duties 
Bill, 


3 VictorRi2Z. 


Petitions from Galway ;—and, Youghal; praying 
that the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) Bill may 
nét pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Municipal 
Corporations (Ireland) Bill :—The Bill was re-com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House :—And 
the House immediately resolved itself'into the Com- 
mittee.. 

(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Cuiauses, N° 1 to N° 5, agreed to. 

Cuavuses, N° 6 and No 7, postponed. 
Crausss, Ne 8 to N° 10, agreed to. 
Ciauses, N° 11 to N° 13, postponed. 
Ciausss, N° 14 to N° 19, agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Monday last, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider Plans for certain Public Offices proposed 
to be erected in Downing-street, might “ read ; 
and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Robert Gor- 
don, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Goulburn, 
Mr, Hawes, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Robert 
Steuart, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Hume, Colonel 
Davies, Mr. Edward John Stanley, Lord Charles 
Fitzroy, Mr. Planta, Sr De Lacy Evans, and Mr. 
Greene, with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Shannon Navigation Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into. a Committee, to consider the Act 1 and 2 Vic., 
c, 88, to authorize a further issue of Exchequer 
Bills for Public Works and Fisheries, and Employ- 
ment of the Poor, and to amend the Acts relating 
thereto, 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the sum of Fifty thousand pounds, 
appropriated by an Act of the last Session of Parlia- 
ment to the promotion and extension of Public 
Works in Ireland, out of the sum of Five hundred 
thousand pounds in Exchequer Bills, thereby autho- 
rized to be issued, shall be applied to the purposes 
of Grants or Loans, under the provisions of an Act 
passed in the first and second year of his late Ma- 
jesty, and of an Act passed in the first year of Her 
present Majesty. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the ingrossed Bill for granting to Her 
Majesty certain Duties on Sugar imported. into the 
United Kingdom, for the Service of the year One 
bar ee oor hundred and Thirty-nine ; 

OL, 94. 


98°-—29° Junaz. 











391 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the thirdtime; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ it is expedient, on the earliest opportunity, that all 
“ Sugars, the produce of free labour, be admitted at 
“‘ the same rate of duty as the Sugar of our West 
“ Indian Colonies,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being preposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


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


Sabbati, 29° die Junii, 1839: 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for granting to Her Majesty, until 
the Fifth day of July One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the, 
United Kingdom, for the Service of the year One 
thousand eight hundred and Thirty-nine. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Law relating to Curtody of 
the Custody of Infants was, according to Order, Infants Bill. 
read the third time; and an Amendment was made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Serjeant Talfourd do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Admiralty Court Bill was, according to Order, Adwirclty 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee out Bill. 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Land Tax 
reading of the Land Tax Double Assessments Bill; ae 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time’ upon 
this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration 
mittee on the Registration (Court of Appeal) Bill; (Court of | 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday “Pret! Bill 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill ; Police Courts 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ®!- 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law 
reading of the Poor Law Commission Continuance Commission 
Bill ; en 

Ordered, That the Bill bereadasecond timeupon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the se¢ond Collection of 
reading of the Collection of Rates Bill ; Rates Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read.a second time upo 
Monday next. 


The House, according ‘to Order, proceeded to Joint Tenants 
take into further consideration the Report on the teed) Ba 
Joint Tenants Voting (Zreland) Bill; and the Amend-"""!""" 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be . 
ingrossed; and read the third time upon Tuesday 
next. 


Mr. Beamish reported the Bankrupts (Zreland) Bantrup's 
Bill; and the Amendments were read,and agreed to, (1"e!an4) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ;.and read the. third time upon Monday 


next. 
3Dn4 The 








Borough Watch 
Rates Bill, 


Tin Duties 
(Curnwall. ) 


Loan Fund 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Borough Courts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Exchequer of 
Pleas Bill. 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill, 


Adjournment. 


Registers of 
Births, &amp;c., Bill, 


Imprisonment 
for Debt 
(Ireland) Bill. 





392 


The ingrossed Bill for more equally assessing and 
levying Watch Rates in certain Boroughs, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and desire their concurrence. 


Mr..John Parker,by Order,reported from the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of autho- 
rizing the imposition of a Duty on Tin and Tin Ore 
sold in or drawn from any Mine in the pony of Corn- 
wall, a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That there shall be paid a Duty of One 
farthing in the pound pricy: on the value of all 
Tin and Tin Ore which shall be brought to sale in, 
or withdrawn from, any Mine or Stream-work in the 
county of Cornwall. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Stannaries Courts (Cornwall) Bill, 
That they have Power to make provision therein, 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The Loan Fund (Zreland) Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Borough Courts (No. 2.) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. John Parker reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable Justices of Assize on their Circuits to take 
Inquisitions of all Pleas in the Court of Exchequer 
of Pleas which shall be brought before them, without 
a Special Commission for that purpose, was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third,time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order for reading the third time, this day, 
the Registers of Births, &amp;c., Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That leave he given to bring in a Bill 
for abolishing Arrest on Mesne Process in Civil 
Actions, except in certain cases ; for extending the 
remedies of Creditors against the property of Debtors; 
and for amending the Laws for the relief of Insolvent 
Debtors in Jreland: And that Mr Solicitor General 
for Ireland and Lord Viscount Morpeth do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


28°—-29° Juniz. 











A. 1839. 


The House was moved, That the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, Linen Many. 
c. 27, to continue and amend certain Regulations “tues, &amp;, 
for the Linen and Hempen Manufactures in Jre- "©!" Bil, 
land, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 &amp; 2 
Vic. c. 52, to continue for Five years, and from 
thence until the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, an Act of the fifth and sixth years of 
his late Majesty for the Regulation of the Linen 
and Hempen Manufactures in Ireland, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal so much of the Laws relating to the Linen, 
Hempen, Union and Cotton Manufactures in Jreland, 
as relate to Manufacturers and Weavers, and to make 
other Provisions in lieu thereof: And that Mr. 
Emerson Tennent and Mr. Dunbar do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Inland Ware. 
for the Warehousing of Goods at Inland Towns : housing Bill 
And that Mr. Poulett Thomson and Mr. Labouchere 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Indemnity Bit, 


to indemnify such persons in the United Kingdom 
as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and 
Employments, and for extending the time limited for 
those purposes respectively, and for the relief of 
Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors in certain cases : 
And that Mr. Baring and Mr. More O’ Ferrall do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The Bankrupt Liability Bill was read the first Bankrupt 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon Liability Bill 
Monday next ; and to be printed. No. 361. 


The Parochial Cure of Souls Bill was read the Parochial Cure ‘ 


first time; and ordered to be read a second time of Souls Bill. 
upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. No. 362. 


Mr. Emerson Tennent presented a Bill to repeal Linen Manv- 
so much of the Laws relating to the Linen, Hempen, oye a 
Union and Cotton Manufactures in Jreland, as relate — is be 
to Manufacturers and Weavers, and to make other No. 363, 
Provisions in lieu thereof: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon this day six weeks; and to be printed. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to indemnify such Indenmity Bill 


Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to 
qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and 
for extending the Time limited for those Purposes 
respectively, and for the Relief of Clerks to Attornies 
and Solicitors in certain cases: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next. 


Mr. Baring presented, pursuant to Orders,—A Glass. 
Return of. the Amount of Duty charged on Glass ; 
distinguishing the Amount charged on Flint, Plate, 
Broad, Crown, Bottle and German Sheet Glass, in 
each of the years 1837 and 1838, together with the 
Amount of Drawback on each description of Glass; 
the produce of the Duties in England, Scotland, and 
Ireland, stated separately. 

A Return of the Number of Bushels of Malt Mat. 
charged with duty in England, in the years —- 
5th April 1838 and 1839:--And the same for Lreland: 
—And for Scotland. 

A Return stating the Names of the Principal Clerk Commissariat 
and Chief Clerk, receiving the Salaries of £.900 and Departmen. 
£.600 a year, alluded to in the head of the Estimates 
for the Commissariat Department. 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st of this instant Cotton. 
June, for a Return of the Quantity of Cotton, in 
Number of Bags and Pounds, net weight, imported 
from the United States of America into Great Britain, 
from the 5th day of January to the 5th day of June 
in 


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C., 
Sill, 


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Bill. 


Bill. 


3 VicTorRIZ. 


in the years 1838 and 1839, respectively ; distin- 
guishing the Ports from which shipped from the 
United States, and to which imported into Great 
Britain. 

Mr. Baring also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,--Copy of Trea- 
sury Minute, dated the 20th day of June 1839, re- 
gulating the Office of Presenter of Signatures in the 
Court of Exchequer in Scotland. 

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


Court of 
Exchequer 
(Scotland. ) 


Camber 
(Portsmouth) 
Quays, &amp;c. Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for enlarging the Town Quay of the 
Borough of Portsmouth, and for improving that 
portion of the Harbour of Portsmouth called “ The 
Camber ;” and the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 6. 1.17. After “ service” insert Clause ( A.) 

Crause (A.) “AND whereas a part of the 
Quays and other works proposed to be erected 
and made under the provisions of this Act, extend 
in front of part of the defences of the Town of 
Portsmouth, which are under the control of the 
Master General and principal Officers of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Ordnance: And whereas a plan of the said 
intended Quays and works has been submitted 
“« by the said Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses, to 
the inspection of the Master General and principal 
Officers of the Ordnance, who have approved 
thereof, and the same has been signed on behalf 
of the said principal Officers, and of the said 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses: Be it therefore 
further Enacted, That no buildings, walls or erec- 
“ tions of what kind soever, that shall be erected 
“ or constructed under the Powers of this Act, 
against or in front of any part of the said defences, 
shall be of any other description than those spe- 
cified in the said plan, without the consent of the 
principal officers of Her Majesty’s Ordnance for 
the time being, in writing first obtained for the 
purpose, and that in no case shall any such build- 
ings, walls or erections exceed the height of Two 
feet above the high water at ordinary spring tide.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baring do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships, 


n 
n 


- 
wn 


Sale of Beer The House was moved, That the Act 1 Will. 4, 
(License Duty.) ¢, 64, to permit the general Sale of Beer and Cider 
by retail in England, might be read; and the same 
was read. 
The House was also moved, That the Act 4and 5 
Will. 4 c. 85, to amend an Act passed in the first 
yore of His present Majesty, to permit the general 
ale of Beer and Cider by retail in England, might 
he read ; and the same being read ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
the License Duty on the Sale of Beer. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 and 2 
Vic., c. 44, to consolidate and amend the Laws for 
collecting and securing the Duties of Excise on 
Glass, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
the said Act. 


Glass Duties. 


pone The House was moved, That the Act 5 and 6 Will. 
Issue of hx. 4? © 87, for the Improvement of the Navigation of 


chequer Bills.] iver Shannon, might be read ; and the same 
s read. 

The House was also moved, That the Reports of 

the Commissioners on the Improvement of the Na- 

vigation of the River Shannon, which were pre- 


sented in the Sessions of 1836 and 1838, and in the 
Vox. 94, 


28°—99° Juniz.—1° Julii. 











393 
—* Session, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

And a Motion being made, That this House will, 
upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee 
to consider of authorizing the issue of Exchequer 
Bills, for the Improvement of the Navigation of the 
River Shannon; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Majesty’s 
Command, acquainted the House, that Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Yeo- Yeomanry. 
manry, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 364. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Publicans Publicans and 


and Beer-sellers, which was presented yesterday, be Beersellers 
printed. e “ » No. 365, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bankruptcies, Bankruptcies. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 224. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till near one of the clock on Saturday morn- 
ing, adjourned till Monday next. 











Luna, 1° die Julii ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 

PRAYERS. 

MESSAGE by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher Roya! Assent 
of the Black Rod : Sins 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to se- 
veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in Ms House of Peers, to hear the Commission 
read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr.Speaker reported, That the House, at the desire 
of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, had been at the House of Peers, where 
a Commission under the Great Seal was read ; 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Public and Private Bills therein men- 
tioned; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills: 

Which Bills are as follow: 

An Act to enable Archbishops and Bishops to Bishops’ Resi- 
raise Money on Mortgage of their Sees for the ‘ences Bill. 

urpose of building and otherwise providing fit 

ouses for their Residence : 

An Act to authorize the application of part of the Windsor Castle 
Land Revenues of the Crown for the Erection of Stbles Bill 
Stables and Stable Offices contiguous to Windsor 
Castle: 

An Act to amend an Act of the sixth and seventh Waterford 
years of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, Fever Hospital 
for consolidating the Laws relatin to the Present~ Bi 
ment of Public Money by Grand Juries in Ireland, 
so as toenable the Grand Jury of the County of 
Waterford to make Presentments on account of the 
Fever Hospital of the said County, although situate 
in the County of the City of Waterford: 

An Act for further improving and maintaining Fraserburgh 
the Harbour of the Burgh of Regality of Fraser- Herbour Bill. 
burgh, in the-County of Aberdeen : 

An Act to alter the Line of the North Midland North Midland 
Railway, and to amend the Acts relating thereto; B#llway Bul. 
An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the Powers Edinburgh, 

and Provisions of an Act passed in the seventh Xcit, and 
year of the Reign of his Majesty King Wélliam the Raitway Bill. 
Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for making and main- 
taining a Railway or Railways from the City of 
Edinburgh to Leith, and to the Shore of the Frith 

3 E of 





Manchester 
aud Leeds 
Railway Bill, 


Bristol and 


Gloucestershire 


Railway Bill. 
Slamannan 
Railway Bill. 


Wishaw and 
Coliness Rail- 
way Bill. 


Ballochney 
Railway Bill. 


Croydon, 


Merstham, and 


Godstone Iron 


Railway Com- 


pany Bill, 
Preston and 


Wyre Railway 


and Harbour ; 


394 


of Forth, at or near to Newhaven and Trinity, all 
in the County of Edinburgh, and to alter and vary 
the Lines and Levels of the Railways thereby autho- 
rized to be made, and for other Purposes relating to 
the said Undertaking : 

An Act for extending and for altering the Line of 
the Manchester and Leeds Railway, and for making 
Branches therefrom, and for amending the Acts 
relating thereto : 

An Act for altering and extending the Line of 
the Bristol and Gloucestershire Railway, and for 
amending the Acts relating thereto: 

An Act for enabling the Slamannan Railway Com- 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money : 

An Act to enable the Wishaw and Coltness Rail- 
way Company to raise a further Sum of Money, 
and to amend the Acts relating to the said Under- 
taking : 

An Act to enable the Ballochney Railway Com- 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money, and to 
amend the Acts relating to the said Undertaking: 

An Act for dissolving the Croydon, Merstham 
and Godstone Iron Railway Company : 


An Act to amend the several Acts relating to the 
Preston and Wyre Railway and Harbour Company; 


and, Prestonand 20d, the Preston and Wyre Dock Company, and to 
Wyre Dock Bill. consolidate the said Companies : 


Tyne Docks 
Bill, 


Birmingham 
Canal Bill. 


Norwich 
Tonnage Bill. 


Bradford 
( Wiits) Im. 


provement Bill. 


Aberdeen 
Market and 
Tmprovements 
(No, 1.) Biil. 
Edenfield and 
Little Bolton 
Road Bill. 


Saint Leonard’s 


and Sedles- 
combe Road 
Bill. 


Sawmill Ford 
Bridge and 
Road Bill. 


Glasgow 
and Renfrew 


Road Bill. 


Southmolton 
Roads Bill. 


Bethlem 


Hospital Estate 


Bil. 


An Act for making Wet Docks and other Works 
at and near to Jarrow Slake within the Port of 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and in the County of Dur- 
ham, to be called “ The Tyne Docks.” 

An Act for enabling the Company of Proprietors 
of the Birmingham Canal Navigations to make a 
new Cut, and for extending and altering some of 
the Provisions of their present Act: 

An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in 
the twelfth year of the Reign of his Majesty King 
George the First, for “ repairing the Walls, Gates 
and other public Works in the City of Morwich, 
and several Bridges in and near the said City, and for 
amending the Roads therein mentioned,” as relates 


to the Application of the Tolls and Duties thereby | 


authorized to be raised, and to provide a new Mode 
of Application thereof: 

An Act for paving, lighting, watching and im- 
proving the Town of Bradford, in the County of 

ilts : 

An Act for erecting, establishing and maintaining 
anew Market in the City of Aberdeen, and for pro- 
viding suitable Approaches thereto : 

An Act for more effectually repairing and im- 
proving the Road from Ny ad Chapel to Little 
Bolton, and certain Branch Roads connected there- 
with, all in the County Palatine of Lancaster : 

An Act to amend an Act passed in the sixth 
year of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, 
for making a Turnpike Road from Saint Leonard’s 
and Saint Mary Magdalen, to the Royal Oak Inn 
at Whatlington, and through Sedlescombe, to Cripp’s 
Corner, in the Parish of Ewhurst, in the County of 
Sussex : 

An Act for building a Bridge over the River 
Leven, in the County of Fife, and otherwise im- 
seHand the Road from Boreland Loan to Scoonie 

ridge : 

iy Act for more effectually maintaining and re- 
peirng the Road leading from the west side of the 

try to the New or Jamaica-street Bridge of Glas- 

ow, by or near Parkhouse, to the east end of the 
ridge at Renfrew : 

An Act for making and repairing several Roads 
leading to and from the Town of Southmolton, in the 
County of Devon : 

An Act to enable the Mayor, and Commonalty 
and Citizens of the City of London to let and seil 
Parcels of Ground in Sainé George’s Fields, near 
Bethiem Hospital to the Governors of the said 


1° Juliz. 








A. 1839. 


An Act for explaining and amending an ‘Act Blunt's 
made and passed in the fifty-ninth year of his Ma- Estate Bill, 
jesty King George the Third, intituled, “ An Act 

for vesting the Manor of Oram, and certain Mes- 

suages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments in 

the County of Sussex, part of the settled Estates . 
by the Will of Samuel Blunt, Esquire, deceased, in 

Trustees, to be sold, and for vesting the Money 

arising from such Sale in the Purchase of other 

Estates to be settled to the same Uses:” 

An Act for enabling the Keepers and Governors Harrow Schoo! 
of the Possessions, Revenues and Goods of the Free Estate Bill, 
Grammar School of John Lyon, within the Town of 
Harrow-on-the-Hill, in the County of Middlesex, to 
grant improving Leases of their Bstates at Harrow 
and Barget, and for other Purposes therein men- 
tioned : 

An Act for giving effect to certain Powers as to Duke of 
parts of the settled Estates of the Most noble Buckingham’s 
Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Buckingham and ***« ¥ill 
Chandos : 

An Act for vesting certain Parts of the devised Sharp’s 
Estates of Hannah Gilpin Sharp, Widow, deceased, *state Bill. 
in Trustees, in Trust, to be sold or demised for the 
Purposes therein mentioned : 

An Act for vesting certain parts of the Entailed Ladykirk 
Estate of Ladykirk in Trustees, to be sold for (Robersas) 
Payment of the Debts affecting the same, and for “"* * 
other Purposes therewith connected : 

An Act for authorizing the granting of Leases of Earl of Dam. 
part of the Estates in the County of Kent devised !¢y’s Eswtebill 
by the Will of the Right Honourable Edward Earl 
of Darnley, deceased : 

An Act to authorize the granting of Mining and Hodson’s 
Building Leases, and Conveyances of Parts of the #st#e bill 
Estates devised by the Will of James Alexander 
Hodson, Esquire, deceased, subject to the Trusts 
of such Will: 

An Act to enable the Mayor, and Commonalty London — 
and Citizens of the City of Zondon to ell Building a 
Ground in Saint George’s Fields: erage 

An Act for inclosing certain Lands called The West Croft 
West Croft and Burton Leys, in the Parish of Saint 'elosure Bil. 
Mary, in the Town and County of the Town of 
Nottingham : 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parishes of West Beckham 
bee Beckham and Alby, in the County of Nor- ark SOR 

bs 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Manor of Alms- Almsworthy 
worthy, in the Parish of Exford, in the County of Inclosure Bil. 
Somerset : 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Township of Hartishead 
Hartishead otherwise Hartshead, in the Parish of Pacer 4 
Dewsbury, in the West Riding of the County of : 
York: 

An Act for inclosing, allotting and improving Nottingham 
certain open Fields in the Parish of Saint Mary, ee 
in the Town and County of the Town of Notting- “°° "~ 
ham: 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Henry Coode 














Coode’s 
Divorce Bill. 





(otherwise Cood) Esquire, with Jane his now Wife, 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
Purposes : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of William Carle- Cotes’ 
ton, Esquire, with Rosamond Carleton, his now Wife, Divorce 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
Purposes therein mentioned : 

An Act for naturalizing Nicola Ivanoff. 











Ivanoff’s 

Nat. Bill. 
Ordered, That the second Division of the Select petitions for 

Committee on Petitions for Private Bills have leave Private bills. 

to sit this day till Five of the clock during the sitting 

of the House. 


Mr. Coombe, the Town Clerk of Gravesend, was Gravesend Pier. 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Ac- 
count of the Receipt and Application of Monies 
for the year ending the 28th July 1838, under the 
















Hospital : 








several Acts relating to the Town Quay, Pier or 
Jetty 





jun gue dit, one bet Ged 












3 Vicrorifz. ‘ 


Jetty at Gravesend, in the County of Kent :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


Allisou’s The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- 
Dworee Bil, Solve the Marriage of Robert Allison with Mary Ann 


his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, 
and for other Purposes therein mentioned, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ord do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before their Lordships upon the said Bill be 
returned to the Lords:—And that Mr. Ord do carry 
the same. 


Countde Count de Saint George’s Naturalization Bill was 
a9 — read a second time; and committed to Mr. Hayter 
; and the East Somerset List. 


Manchester and ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 
he's, the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
" * intituled, An Act to enable the Manchester and 
Birmingham Railway Company to vary and extend 
the Line of their Railway, and to amend the Act re- 
lating thereto; and the same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 14. 1.11. Leave out “clerk”? and insert 
** clerks.” 
Pr. 71. 1. 22. After ‘ thereof” insert ‘“* and 
“ the said Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Man- 
“&lt; chester Railway, near Blind-lane aforesaid.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Mark Philips do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


Marshall’s 


Marshall's Estate Bill was read a second time; 
Estate Bill, 


and committed to Sir Charles Douglas, and the North 
Warwick List. 


Rathkeale 
Tnclosure Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Rathheale 
Inclosure Bill be revived:—And that they have 
leave to sit, and proceed, upon Friday next. 

Ordered, That the time for the said Committee 
to make their Report be further enlarged till Mon- 
day next. 


Black Quarry 
or Anniesland 
Road Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for extending and enlarging 
an Act passed in the seventh year of the Reign 
of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, cap. 
138, intituled, “ An Act for making and maintaining 
a Turnpike-road from Anniesland Toll Bar to Saint 
George’s Road, and Branch Roads therewith con- 
nected,all in the County of Lanark,” and for makin 
and maintaining another Branch Road to be called 
Saint George’s Road, in connection with the said 
Road, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for extending and enlarging an Act 
passed in the seventh year of his late Majesty King 
William the Fourth, for making and maintaining a 
Turnpike-road from Anniesland Toll Bar, in the 
County of Lanark, and for making and maintaining 
another Branch Road to be called Saint George’s 
Road, in connection with said Road. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oswald do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


_ of Ordered, That Mr. Yorke have leave of absence 
ma fora week, on urgent business. 

Manchester and — Ordered, That the Committee on the Manchester 

Pre" = and Birmingham Extension (Stone and Rugby) Rail- 

(Stoneaud Rug. Way Bill have leave to sit and proceed with two 



































































1° Juliz. 395 


Petitions from Derby ;—and, Chairman of the Idolatry 
Committee of the Derby and Derbyshire Auxiliary (4+) 
Established Church Society; praying the House 
to adopt measures prohibiting the interference of 
British fanctionaries in the management of Ido- 
latrous Ceremonies in Jndia,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Shute; —Harberton ;—Stoke Ga- Education. 
briel;-- West Molesey ;—Weald of Kent ;— Chirbury ; 
— Cawood ;— Wistow ; —Cliff-with-Lund ; — Selby ; 
— East Garston ;-- Bampton ;—-Hurtsbourne Tarrant 
and Vernhams Dean; — Shalfleet ; — Hundred of 
Wirral (Chester) ; --Glasbury ;— Oxendon Magna ; 
— Gloucester ;— Blackrod ;— Woodford ;— Hurdley ; 
—Ramsgate, Saint Lawrence, &amp;c. ;— Dumfries ;— 
and, Whitby (Chairman of'a Meeting); praying the 
House not to sanction the proposed scheme of Na- 
tional Education recently laid before Parliament, 
as approved by the Committee of Privy Council,—- 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Creaton, praying the 
House not to sanction the altered Plan relative to 
National Education, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Upholland ; —Guildford ; — and, 
Doncaster ; praying the House to address Her Ma- 
jesty to revoke the Order in Council appointing a 
Committee to superintend the application of an 
grants of money for the purposes of National Edu- 
cation,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Airdrie, praying the Church of 
House not to sanction any additional endowment to S°t!"4. 
the Church of Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Barvas ;—Salen ;—Grantown ;— 
Cromdale;— Livingstone;-—and, Midcalder; praying 
the House to adopt measures for relieving the re- 
ligious destitution which prevails in Scotland, by 
mrs the efficiency of the Established Church, 
—were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Relief Synod Queen’s Printer 
assembled in Glasgow, praying that the printing of (Se!#"4-) 
the Bible in Scotland may be placed upon the same 
footing as the printing of other works, was presented, 
and read ; a ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of Coaches running Stage Coach, 
between Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen, through ** Duties 
Fife,complaining of the competition they are exposed 
to by steam-boats, and praying for the repeal of the 
duties on Stage Coaches, was presented, and read; 
and. ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brailsford ;-- Derby (two Petitions); Lord’s Day. 
—Stony Middleton ;—and, Dalkeith; praying the 
House to adopt measures for securing the due ob- 
servance of the Lord’s Day,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leicester ;— Hitchin ;— Yeaveley ; Maynooth 
— Clifion (Derby) ;— Ashbourn ; — Saint Peter College. 
(Derby) ;— Tavistock Chapel, Broad-court, Drury- 
lane, London ;—and, Ramsgate, Saint Lawrence, &amp;c. ; 
praying the House not'to sanction any further grant 
of public money to the Roman Catholie College of 
Maynooth,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Presteigne ;— Portree ;—Tunstall ; Postage. 
— Tiverton ;—Persons employed in the Establish- 
ment. and Manufactory of William Smee and Son, 
Cabinet Makers and Upholsterers, Finsbury Pave- 





by) Railway selected Members. 
wu. Vou. 94. 


ment and Little Moorfields, London ;~— Kensington 
3 £2 Gravel 


pee 1 esr eae reece ae 











County Courts 
Bill. 


Railways 
({Ireland.) 


St. Christopher 
and Nevis, 


Collection of 
Rates Bill. 


Gaelic 
Language. 


Rating of 
‘Tenements Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 








Highway Act. 


Paper Duties 
Bill. 


Courts of Law. 


396 


— Young-street, Kensington ;— Edinburgh (two Pe- 
titions) ;—Proprietors and Members of the Russell 
Institution ;— Carrick-on-Shannon ;—and, Mister- 
ton; praying for the adoption of a low and uniform 
rate of Postage,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clerks of Courts of Request in the 
county of Kent, praying for the insertion of a clause 
in the County Courts Bill to compensate them for 
the loss they will sustain should the said Bill pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Dartmouth, in the 
county of Devon, praying that the said Bill may 
pass to a law, was also presented, and read ; and 
referred to the said Select Committee. 


A Petition of the Bristol and Gloucestershire 
Railway Company, praying that the town of Water- 
ford may be connected with the Trunk line of Rail- 
way from Dublin to Cork, by means of a branch 
through Clonmell and Carrick-on-Suir, as recom- 
mended by the Commissioners of Jrish Railways, 
was presented and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Freeholders and Householders of 
the Islands of Saint Christopher and Nevis, sug- 
gesting the establishment of such a form of local 
government as would, while it leaves to the existing 
local legislatures the exercise of legislative powers, 
also secure the enactment of laws which shall be 
of general application within all the islands of that 
Government, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Churchwardens, Overseers and 
Trustees of the Poor of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, 
praying that the Collection of Rates Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Ossianic Society 
of Glasgow University, praying the House to insti- 
tute a Gaelic Professorship in the said University, 
or to appoint a Commission to inquire into the ne- 
cessity and claims of such an appointment, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Bridg- 
water Union, praying that the Rating of Tenements 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from West Buckland ;—and, Nynehead ; 
praying for the amendment of the Poor Law Act,-— 


were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Turnpike-road from 
Horsham by Bewbush to Crawley, praying for the 
amendment of the Highway Act, by restoring the 
liability of parishes to contribute towards the repair 
of Turnpike-roads, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Paper Manufacturers in the county 
of Edinburgh, taking notice of the Paper Duties 
Bill, and Suggesting various alterations therein, was 
propnted, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A: Petition of Thomas Lott, of Bow-lane, in the 
city of London, Attorney and Solicitor, complaining 
of meonvenience arising from the absence of counsel 
on trials, and praying that attornies may be allowed 





1° Julie. : 


Gravel Pits ;-—Tarbolton ;— Bangor ; - H. Butter | 
and others ;—Longford, Westmeath and Roscommon; | 












A. 1839. 


to plead in their absence, or that counsel may be 
restricted to attending particular courts, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Thorogood, a Prisoner in the Church Rates, 
county gaol of Chelmsford, for the non-payment of 
Church Rates, complaining of his being imprisoned 
under process in the Ecclesiastical Court, and pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for his immediate 
discharge, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Peterborough 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, Gao! Bill. 
intituled, An Act for building a new Gaol for the 
Liberty or Soke of Peterborough, and Hundred of 
Nassaburgh, in the County of Northampton, and 
for other Purposes connected therewith ; and the 
same was read, as followeth ; 

Pr. 52. 1. 31. Leave out “ are,” and insert “ is.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fazakerley do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and Ship- Sicilian Sulphur 

owners of Perth, complaining of injury inflicted upon '@¢e. 

the commerce of this country by the grant from the 
Neapolitan Government, of a monopoly of the Sul- 

phur Trade in Sicily, toa Company of French Ad- 

venturers ; and praying the House to adopt measures 

to secure to the Commerce and Shipping of Great 

Britain, the privileges stipulated for by the Treaty 

of 1816 with that Government, was presented, and 

read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inn, Hotel and Tavern-keepers and Inn-keepers. 
Post-masters, complaining of the loss of Trade 
to which they are subjected by the formation of 
Railroads, and praying for relief, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Shirwell, Georgeham and other Corn Laws. 
places ;—and, Hooton Roberts, Thryberg and Ra- 
vensfield; praying that the Corn Laws may not be 
repealed,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- Pubtic Petitions 
lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had (Thirty-third 
examined the Petitions presented on the 27th and «pe".) 
28th days of June last, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wigan, praying for Roman Catholic 
the repeal of the Roman Catholic Relief Act, was Relief Act. 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Prussia. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Note from the Prussian Minister, 
transmitted to the Lords of the Committee of Privy 
Council for Trade and Plantations, by the Secretary 
of State for Foreign Affairs, im 1825, and of the 
Minute upon the same, by that Board, of the 17th 
day of January, 1826. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ printed Papert. 
Return in detail and columns, of the whole Ex- 
penses incurred in the Trial of Stockdale v. Hansard, 
with the Names of the Recipients of each — 
an 








Factory 
Inspectors. 


French Claims. 


Registration of 
Deeds Office 
(Dublin. ) 


Spain, 


Swee ts, or 
Made Wines, 


3: VicTorRiz. 1° Julie. $97 


and the Sum Total expended, and to be paid by the 
Public. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Days, in any period 
within. the. last Twelve Months, during which the 
Inspectors of Factories have been in their Districts. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Retura of the unappropriated Balance of the Funds 
provided for the nanidaticn of the Claims of British 

ubjects on the Government of France, under the 
Conventions of the 20th day of November 1815, and 
the 25th day of April 1818. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Charge and Discharge of the 
Office for the Registration of Deeds in Dublin, in 
each year, from the 31st day of December 1832 to 
the 31st day. of December 1838 :—The Charge is to 
distinguish the several sources from whence it has 
arisen, whether from Registration of Deeds, Eject- 
ment, Decrees, Anonymous Partnerships, Negative 
Searches, Commen Searches, Personal Searches, or 
from, Miscellaneous Receipts of any kind ;_ the 
Number and average Cost of each description of 
Search, or of Registry, is to be distinctly set forth 
in each year:—The Discharge of each year is to be 
separated into Ordinary and Extraordinary Expen- 
diture; distinguishing the Charge for Fixed Salaries 
from Payments to Extra Clerks, &amp;c.; also, to state 
the Amount paid for Parchment, Books, Binding, 
Stationery, Furniture, Fuel, Servants, Repairs or 
Alterations of the Office, and Miscellaneous ; and 
the Number of Clerks employed in the Office at any 
period of the year beyond those appointed by the 
Act 2. and 3 Will. 4,c.87:—Annexed to the Return 
is to be a Statement of the Number of Volumes of 
Day-books, Indexes, Abstract-books, Transcript- 
books (distinguishing Duplicates) and files of Me- 
morials which have been completed since the 31st 
day of December 1832, with the average Number of 
Folios.in each Class; also, the Number of Volumes 
of Indexes which are now in progress, to be com- 
pleted on the 31st day of December 1839 ; also, to 
state. what progress has been made in forming the 
first series of Consolidated Indexes, and the Number 
of Volumes, or the Value of the Stock of Parchment 
which ;has, been procured for the same, or which is 
now on hand ; and whether any and what progress 
has been made in copying the old Indexes and 
Abstract-books. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copies of Papers relative to the 
War in Spain, 1834 to 1838. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Sweets or made Wines imported from 
Scotland and Ireland into England, under the Pro- 
visions of the Act 6 and 7 Widl. 4, c. 72, stating the 
Port or Place imported from and the Port or Place 
imported into, from the 1st day of September 1836 
to the, 31st day of December 1836, both days in- 
clusive ; from the 1st day of January 1837 to the 
31st, day of December 1837, both days inclusive ; 
fromthe 1st day of January 1838 to the 31st day 
of December. 1838, both days inclusive ; from the 
Ist day of January 1839 to the 24th day of June 
1839, both days inclusive;. stating the denomination, 
sort or kindof all such Sweets or made Wines and 
sweetened compounded Spirits, so imported, and the 
Amana yer Gallon of Duty charged and paid upon 

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all the above mentioned Articles so imported :— Of 
all Seizures that have been made by the Excise and 
Customs of any of such Sweets or made Wines and 
sweetened compounded Spirits so imported, and the 
reason of such Seizures:—Of all Sweets or made 
Wines, and sweetened compounded Spirits seized 
inland, being brought from Scotland into England, 
contrary to the Provisions of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 
4,c. 72, since the passing of the said Act to the 
present period : — Stating how all Seizures of| the 
above-mentioned Sweets or Made Wimes, and 
sweetened compounded Spirits, within the period of 
the Dates specified, have been dealt with, if any, 
and what Amount of Penalty has been enforced 
against the Parties from whom. any such Seizures 
have been made: —And of the Quantity, stating the 
denomination, sort or kind, of all such Sweets or 
Made Wines and sweetened compounded Spirits 
remaining in Bond on the 24th day of June 1839, 
and where Bonded. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and Message frow 
Sir Giffin Wilson : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Itchen Bridge 


Act for amending and enlarging the Powers of the 4 Roads Bill. 


Acts for establishing a Floating Bridge over the River 
Ltchen, near the Town of Southampton, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Lord Temple- 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for more’s Estate 
vesting the Estate called “The Combe Bank Estate” aH. 
late belonging to the Right honourable Arthur, Lord 
Templemore, deceased, in Trustees, to sell the same 
and to invest:the Produce of such Sale, for the be- 
nefit of his Infant Sons, without any Amendment : 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Patent White 
Act for forming and establishing “ The London Lead Company 
Patent White bad Company,” and to enable the ®!" 
said Company to purchase certain Letters Patent, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Earl of Stam- 
to authorize Conveyances in fee farm or demises for ford’s Estate 
long Term of years, under reserved Rents, of certain - 
parts of the settled Estates of the Right honourable 
George Harry, Earl of Stamford and Warrington ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, the Minutes Pemberton's 
of Evidence taken upon the second reading of the Divorce Bill. 
Bill, intituled, An Act to dissolve the Marriage of 
Edward Leigh Pemberton with Charlotte his now 
Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for 
other Purposes therein mentioned, as desired by 
this House:--And the Lords do request, that the 
said Minutes of Evidence may be returned to them : 

—And then the Messengers withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Factories Bill. 
into a Committee upon the Factories Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- , 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 

Ciausz, N° 1, agreed to. 
Crausz, N° 2, (Interpretation Clause): P. 1.1.9. 
(and the words “ young person,” shall be taken to — 
mean a person of the age of thirteen years, and 

under the age of eighteen years.) 
Amendment proposed, to leave out “ eighteen,” 
and insert “ twenty-one.” 
Question put, That the word “ eighteen” stand 
part of the Clause; 
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398 1°—2° Julie. 


The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the {3 r. Fox Maule, } 87 
Yeas, Mr. Edward John Stanley: J ~" 

Tellers for the {Lord Ashley, 4A 
Noes, UMr. Brotherton: : 


Amendment proposed: P. 2. 1. 26. To leave out 
the words “ and the words ‘ Silk Factory’ shall be 
“taken to mean any Factory used solely for the 
‘“ manufacture of Silk.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Several Amendments made. 


Cravsez, N° 2, as amended, agreed to. 


Ciausz, N° 3, (Children under the age of nine 
years not to work in Factories)--—read. 

Amendment proposed: To leave out the words 
“not being in a Silk Factory.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 


The Committee divided : 

J Mr. Fox Maule, 
Tellers for the Yeas,) Mr: Brocklehevet : 49. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr Hindle, } 55. 


Cravuse, N° 3, as amended, agreed to. 
Cuiauses, N° 4 and N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciavse, N° 6, disagreed to. 

Crause, Ne 7, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 8, amended, and agreed to. 


Crausz, N° 9,(That no young person shall be 
employed in a Factory more than hours 
in any one week)——read. 

Proposed to fill the blank with “ sixty-nine.” 

Afterwards proposed, to fill the blank with “ fifty- 
eight.” 

Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“ sixty-nine ;” 

The Committee divided : 


: J Mr. Fox Maule 1 
Tellers for the Yeas, | Mr. Brocklehurst : os. 
J Lord Ashley, 


?L Mr. John Fielden : 
Cravse, N° 9, as amended, agreed to. 
Cuiause, N° 10, amended, and agreed to, 


Crause, N° 11, (That in any Factory in which 
the machinery is wholly moved by the power of 
water, the time which shall have been lost by the 
total stoppage of the water-wheel, from the want 
of water or from too much water, may be recovered 
by extra hours’ work) read. 

Amendment proposed: After “ wholly,” to in- 
sert “ or partially.” 

Question put, That the words “ or partially” be 
there inserted ; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Noes 62. 





Tellers for the f Mr. Mark Philips, } “2 
Yeas, Mr. George William Wood:J ~~* 
Tellers for the J Lord Seymour, 
Noes, \ Mr. More O’ Ferrall: } veatae 


Amendment proposed: P.3. 1.8. To fill the 
blank with the word “ three,”——agreed to. 


Another Amendment proposed: L. 25. After the 
word “ hours” to insert the words “ and it shall 
“ ‘be lawful, that when any accident shall happen 
“ to the steam-engine, main shafting, main gearing 
“ or gas apparatus of any mill, manufactory or 
buildings by which any time not exceeding three 
hours’ labour, at any one time, shall be lost, 
then and in every such case, such time may be 
“ worked up at the rate of one half hour per diem, 
“ in addition to the aforesaid and hereinafter re- 
“ stricted hours of labour, for the twelve following 
“ working days, but not after.” 


Question, That those words be there inserted —~ 
put, and negatived. 





“ 
“ 
“ 





A. 1839. 


Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bin’ 

The Committee divided : 
Mr. For Maule, 7 
Mr. John Parker: § 
Mr. Hodgson tone 
Mr. Wakley: ; 

Curause, N° 12, P. 3. 1. 39. (One hour and a 
half shall be allowed for meal times)——read. 

Amendment proposed: After the words “ any 
“machinery is,” to insert the words “ at any 
“ time.” 

Question put, That the words “ at any time,” 

be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas, mya Vane, ?. 46. 


Tellers for the Yeas,| 112. 


Tellers for the Noes,{ 40. 


Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Mark F'hilips, | 109. 


Mr. Wilson Patten: f 
Crause, N° 12, as amended, agreed to. 


Crauseg, N° 13, amended, and agreed to. 


Ciause, N° 14, (Children to attend school ; 
occupier of every Factory entitled to deduct not 
more than in each week from the wages of 
the child, towards payment of the schooling of 
such child) read. 

Amendment proposed: To fill the blank with 
“ three pence.” 

Afterwards proposed, to fill the blank with “ two- 
“ pence.” 

Question put, That the blank be filled with “‘ three 
pence ;” 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the § Mr. Fox Maule, Lisi 

Yeas, \ Mr. Mark Philips : J bf 

Tellers for the f Lord Ashley, Log 

Noes, { Mr. William O’Brien: J~~ 
The words “ two-pence”’ inserted. 


CrausE, N° 14, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuiausss, No15 and N° 16, amended, and agreed 
to. 

CrauseE N° 17, (Inspectors may declare school- 
masters incompetent)——-read. 

Amendment proposed: To leave out from the 
word “ Enacted” to the word “That,” P.5. 1. 1. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 





Tellers for the { Mr. Solicitor General, 16 
Yeas, Mr. Fox Maule: js ‘ 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Darby, 
Noes, Mr. Colquhoun: } m: 


Several Amendments made. 
Crause, N° 17, as amended, agreed to. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 


man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the { Lord Ashley, 

Yeas, \ Mr. Darby, } as. 
Tellers for the J Mr. Fox Maule: 

Noes, \ Mr. Solicitor General : } ~. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again, 





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


Martis, 2° die Julii, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Berna 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Saturday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Registers of 


reading of the Registers of Births, &amp;c., Bill ; 
Ordered, That Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The 





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Pleadings in The Pleadings in Courts (India) Bill was, ac- 

Courts (India) cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 

- mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Friday next. 


Bankrupt The Bankrupt Liability Bill was, according to 
Liability Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Borough Courts Mr. Solicitor General, by Order, reported the Bo- 
(No. 2.) Billk rough Courts (No. 2.) Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, as follow: 
Pr, 2. 1. 10. Leave out “ and officers.” 
Pr. 2. Is. 30 and 31. Leave out “ fourteen 
“ weeks,” and insert “ four calendar months.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to; and the Amendments following 
were made to the Bill: viz. 
Pr. 1. 1.32. After “ Borough” insert “ named 
“« in the Schedules (A.) and (B.), to the first herein- 
“ before-mentioned Act annexed.” 
Pr. 1, 1.33. Leave out “or” and after “Custom” 
insert “ or otherwise.” 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Lower Canada The Order of the day being read, for the second 

Government reading of the Lower Canada Government Bill ; 

™. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Small Tene= The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ments Bille reading of the Small Tenements Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


Sale of Beer 


. The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Bill. 


further consideration the Report on the Sale of 
Beer Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


Highway Rates The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
= mittee on the Highway Rates Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


omsoie The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
mee" the Report on the Metropolis Police Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 
nesday the 10th day of this instant July. 


Public Works 


are Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
reiand. 


it was referred to consider the Act 1 and 2 Vic., 
c. 88, to authorize a further issue of Exchequer 
Bills for Public Works and Fisheries, and Employ- 
ment of the Poor, and to amend the Acts relating 
thereto, a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Sum of Fifty thousand pounds, 
appropriated by an Act of the last Session of Par- 
liament to the promotion and extension of Public 
Works in Ireland, out of the sum of Five hundred 
thousand pounds in Exchequer Bills, thereby autho- 
rized to be issued, shall be applied to the purposes 
of grants or loans, under the provisions of an Act 
passed in the first and second years of his late Ma- 
jesty, and of an Act passed in the first year of Her 
present Majesty. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Public Works (Jreland) Bill, That 
they have Power to make Provision therein, pur- 
suant to the said Resolution. 


eye | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
"mittee on the Admiralty Court Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day the 10th day of this instant July, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Resistration The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Appeal) Bill mittee on the Registration (Court of Appeal) Bill ; 


Vor. 94. 








9 Juliz. 399 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill; Police Courts 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- *’ 
day the 10th day of this instant July, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law 
reading of the Poor Law Commission Continuance G2mmssion 
Bill; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 11th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Collection of 
reading of the Collection of Rates Bill; Rates Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 11th day of this instant July. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the sixth Bankrupts 
and seventh year of his late Majesty King William (Ireland) Bill. 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Laws 
relating to Bankrupts in Ireland,” was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend an Act passed in the 
Session holden in the sixth year of his late Majesty 
King William the Fourth, for amending the Laws 
relating to Bankrupts in Ireland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Beamish do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- summary 
mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction Bill; Jurisdiction 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 5". 
the 18th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Indemnity Bill. 
reading of the Indemnity Bill; : 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Saie of Beer 
a Committee, to consider of the License Duty on (License Dury.) 
the Sale of Beer. 

(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That in lieu of the annual Duty now 
payable on every Excise License to be taken out bY 
any person for the selling Beer by retail to be drun 
or consumed in the house or premises where sold, 
there shall be paid an annual Duty of Five pounds. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baring 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself shannon 
into a Committee to consider of authorizing the Navigation. 
issue of Exchequer Bills, for the Improvement of Seal bok} 
the Navigation of the River Shannon. a 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hun- 
dred and ninety thousand seven hundred and seven- 
teen pounds, by way of grant, and of Two hundred 
and ninety-four thousand and ninety pounds, by way 
of loan, to be repaid, may be advanced in Exche- 
quer Bills, or out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
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Glass Duties 
Bill. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Town Councils 
Bill. 


Cathedral and 
Ecclesiastical 
Preferments 
Bill. 


Bills of 
Exchange 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Inland Ware- 
housing Bill, 


No. 366. 


Glass Duties 
Bill. 


No. 367. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


No. 368, 


Bills of 
Exchange 
(No, 2) Bill. 


No, 369, 


Earl of Stam- 
ford’s Estate 
Bill. 


400 |°— 9° 


United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
the Improvement of the River Shannon; the same 
to be advanced under such regulations as may be 
directed by any Act of the present Session of Par- 
liament. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 





The House was moved, That the Act 1 and 2 Vic. 
c. 44, to consolidate and amend the Laws for col- 
lecting and securing the Duties of Excise on Glass, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to remove Doubts as to the charging of the Duties 
of Excise on Glass: And that Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer and Mr. Baring do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue, for a limited time, the local Turnpike 
Acts for Great Britain which expire with this or 
the ensuing Session of Parliament: And that Mr. 
Fox Maule aud Lord John Russell do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for giving additional Powers to the Councils of Cor- 
porate Towns: And that Mr. Fox Maule and Lord 
John Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for further suspending certain Cathedral and other 
Ecclesiastical Preferments, and the operation of the 
new arrangement of Dioceses upon the existing 
Ecclesiastical Courts: And that Lord John Russell, 
and Mr, Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend and extend the Provisions of an Act of 
the first year of Her present Majesty, for exempt- 
ing certain Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes 
from the operation of the ‘Laws relating to Usury: 
And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and 
Mr. Baring do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Poulett Thomson presented a Bill for the 
Warehousing of Foreign Goods at Inland Towns: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to remove Doubts 
as to the charging certain of the Duties of Excise 
on Glass: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill to continue, for 
a limited time, the Local Turnpike Acts for Great 
Britain which expire with this or the ensuing Ses- 
sion of Parliament: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a 
Bill to amend and extend the Provisions of an Act 
of the first year of Her present Majesty, for exempt- 
ing certain Bills of Exchange and romissory Notes 
from the operation of the Laws relating to Usury: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday next; 
and to be printed. 


The Earl of Stamford’s Estate Bill, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 








Juli. A. 1839. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the 19th day of June last, That there be laid 
before this House, a Return of the Actual Amount 
of the Government Balances in the hands of the 
Bank of Jreland on the 28th day of February, the 
3ist day of May, the 31st day of August, and the 
30th day of November in each year, from the year 
1820 to the year 1839 :—And,a similar Return, for 
the same Period, of the Average Amount in each 
Quarter, ended the 1st day of January, the 1st day 
of April, the 1st day of July, and the 1st day of 
October, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Bank of 
Ireland, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Glass, Giass, 


which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


No. 370. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt, which Malt. 


was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


No. 371. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cotton, Cotton, 


which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 2° die Julii ; 
Anno 3° Victoria Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


ORP ERED, That the Committee on Mellin’s 
Divorce Bill have leave to sit this day till five 
of the clock during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Addams Williams reported from the Com- Newport Dock 


mittee on the Newport Dock Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Monkland and 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to enable the Monkland and Kirk- 
intilloch Railway Company to raise a further Sum 
of Money, and to amend the Acts relating to the said 
Undertaking ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr, 3. 1. 9. Leave out from “ expended” to 
“ And” in 1.10. 

Pr. 10. 1. 3. After “ substitutes” insert Clauses 
(A.) (B.) and (C.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall be lawful for any Two Justices of the 
“ Peace for the counties of Lanark and Dumbarton, 
or either of them, and they are hereby required, 
on the application of the said Company, to ap- 
point from time to time such fit and proper per- 
sons as they shall think proper to be special con- 
stables upon the said Railway and other works, 
and every or any part thereof, and every person so 
appointed shall make a solemn declaration, to be 
administered by any one Justice of the Peace, that 
he shall duly execute the duties of special con- 
stable upon and for the said premises ; and every 
person so appointed, and having made such de- 
claration as aforesaid, shall have power to act as 
“a constable for the preservation of the peace, 
“ and for the security of persons and propert 
“ against felonies and other unlawful Acts, within 
“ the limits of the said premises, and within One 
‘‘ mile therefrom, and shall have, use, exercise and 
“ enjoy all such powers, authorities, protections and 
“ privileges for apprehending offenders, as well by 
night as by day, and for doing all acts, matters 
and things for the prevention, discovery and pro- 
secution of felonies and other offences, and for 
the preservation of the peace, as constables duly 

“ appointed 


No. 372. 


Mellin’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Bill. 


Kirkintilloch 
Railway Bill. 








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Education, 


Postage, 


3 Vicroriz. 


“ appointed now have by the laws and statutes of 


this kingdom; and it shall be lawful for any Two 
such Justices of the Peace to dismiss or remove 
any such constable from his-office of constable, 
and upon every such dismissal or removal, all 
powers, authorities, protections and privileges by 
virtue of such appointment as aforesaid, vested 
in any person so dismissed or removed, shall cease ; 
and every person so appointed by such Justices 
as aforesaid, shall, during such time as he shall 
act as constable for the purposes aforesaid, receive 
from the said Company such remuneration as may 
be agreed upon between him and the said Com- 
pany, or, for want of such agreement, as any Two 
such Justices shall appoint.” 


Cravse (B.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall be lawful for any constable appc in‘ed as 
aforesaid, and for any officer or agent of the said 
Company, and all such persons as he shall call 
to his assistance, to seize and detain any person 
whose name and residence shall be unknown to 
such constable, officer or agent who shall commit 
any offence against the said recited Acts, and this 
Act, or any or either of them, or the bye-laws, 
rules and regulations thereby authorized, and 
convey such person, with all convenient despatch, 
before any Magistrate by the said recited Acts 
* and this Act, or either of them, authorized to take 
cognizance of such offence, without any warrant 
or other authority than this Act, and such Ma- 
gistrate is bereby empowered and required to pro- 
ceed with all convenient despatch to the hearing 


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and determining of the complaint: and it shall be 
lawful for any such constable and the officers, 
agents and servants of the said Company, in every 
cease of infraction or non-observance of any of the 
said bye-laws, rules and regulations, which shall 
be attended with danger to the public, or annoy- 
ance to travellers, summarily to interfere and ob- 
viate such danger, or to remove or prevent the 
same.” 


Crause (C.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
the bye-laws, rules, orders and regulations of the 
said Company, and the tables of rates, tolls and 
duties leviable by them, which are directed by the 
“ said first-recited Act to be painted on boards for 
the purpose of publication, may either beso painted, 
or may be leg!bly printed on paper pasted on such 
“ boards, and affixed, published and renewed as by 
“ the said first-recited Act directed, and such pub- 
“ lication shall be effectual for the purposes of the 
“ said several recited Acts and this Act.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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Petitions from Little Hallingbury ;—and, Alder- 
maston, Wasing and Brimpton; praying the House 
not to sanction the proposed scheme of National 
Education recently laid before Parliament, as ap- 
proved by the Committee of Privy Council,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Walsall; praying 
the House to sanction the said proposed scheme of 
National Education, was also presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Great Yarmouth ;—Litcham and 
East Dereham; —Northenden;— Dublin (Chairman 
of the Chamber of Commerce) ;—Stratton-on-the- 
Fosse ; —Bathford ;—Boa ;—Pentney ;—and, De- 
vizes (two Petitions); praying for the adoption of 
a low and uniform rate of Postage,—were presented 3 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Von. 94. 


2 Jultz. 








401 


A Petition of Timber Merchants of Stockport, Timber Duties. 
praying for the ee of the Duties on the import- 
ation of foreign Timber, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpool _ 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Churches Bill. 
tituled, An Act for altering and amending certain 
Acts relating to the Churches of Saint Mark, Saint 
Luke and Saint Michael, inthe Borough of Liverpool; 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 12. Is. 31. and 32. Leave out from “ not- 
“ withstanding” to “ And” in Pr, 15. |. 10. 

Pr. 23. 1. 19. Leave out “ Marks” and insert 
“Mark.” 

Pr. 28.1.15. After “evidence” insert “thereof.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time. 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Lord Viscount Sandon do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


A Petition of Wi/liam Stoker, m. p., complaining Dr. Stoker. 
of his removal from the situation of Physician to 
the Cork-street Fever Hospital in Dublin, and pray- 
ing for inquiry, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to he upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Shirley ; praying Lord’s Day. 
the House to adopt measures for securing the due 
observance of the Lord’s Day, was presented, and 


© |read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Manchester ;--and, Liverpool Brazilian Sugar 
(Chairman of the Brazilian Association) ; pray- *"4 Coffee. 
ing for a reduction of Duty on Sugar and Coffee 
the produce of Brazil,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Uttoreter, praying Church 
the House to continue their protection and en- (Conadar 6) 
couragement to the Bishops and Clergy in Canada" “* 
and the British colonies, and make provision for in- 
creasing their number, was uses , and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Dublin and 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of rite 
the Petition for the Dublin and Drogheda Railway “*""*%’ 
Bill, the Standing Orders relative to Bills of the 
third class had not been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming London City 
the further proceeding upon the third reading of the Police Bill. 
London City Police Biil ; 

Ordered, That the further proceeding unon the 
said Bill, be resumed upon Thursday the 11th day 
of this instant July. 


A Petition of Samuel Dickson, of the city of Public Works 
Limerick, Esquire, praying that the Public Works (Teclend) St. 
(Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were 
pot present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present; and it being 
then after four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 








Newport Dock 
Bill. * 


Postage. 


Queen’s Printer 
(Scotland. 


‘Reading 
Corporation 
Estate Bill. 


Patent White 
Lead Company 
Bili. 


402 7 3° Sulit. 


Mercurii, 3° die Julii; 
Anno 3° Victoria Regine, 1839, 


PRAYERS. 


A N ingrossed Bill to enable the Newport Dock 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, 
was read the third time; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Addams Williams do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Milngavie ;—Maybole ;—Culroy ; 
— Stoke-upon-Trent ; — Portland; — Saint Paul, 
Covent Garden, and Covent Garden Market ; — 
Sheffield (two Petitions) ;—- Melton Mowbray ;— 
and, Brenchley ; praying for the adoption of a low 
and uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Perth ;—and, Dunfermline (two 
Petitions); praying the House to address Her Ma- 
jesty not to renew the Patent for Printing the Bible 
now held by Her Majesty’s Printer in Scotland,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Committee 
on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the 
Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks, to 
sell certain real Estate discharged from certain 
Liabilities, and to invest the Purchase Monies arising 
from such Sales in the purchase of other real Estate 
to be charged with such Liabilities; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfac- 
tion of the Committee; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and directed him to re- 
port the same, without Amendment :—And the Bill 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Palmer do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for forming and establishing “ The 
London Patent White Lead Company,” and to en- 
able the said Company to purchase certain Letters 
Patent ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 1. 1.9. Leave out “ Forassa,” and insert 
“ Torassa.” 
Pr. 1. 1. 14, Leave out “ Forassa,” and insert 
Torassa.” 
Pr. 1. 1. 19. Leave out “ Forassa,” and insert 
“ Torassa.” 
Pr. 2. 1.9. Leave out “ Forassa,” and insert 
Torassa.” 
Pr. 2. 1.14. Leave out “ Forassa,” and insert 
“ Torassa.” 
Pr. 2. 1. 18. Leave out “ Forassa,” and insert 
Torassa.” 
Pr. 3. 1.38. Leave out “ Forassa,” and insert 
Torassa.” 
Pr. 3. 1.8. Leave out “ Forassa,” and insert 
Torassa.” 
Pr. 4. 1. 27. After “as” insert “ he and.” 
Pr. 4. 1.37. Leave out from “ Scotland” to 
“ And,” in Pr. 5. 1. 4., and insert “ And whereas, 
“ by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Jre- 
“ land, bearing date at Dublin, the twentieth day 
of June, in the third year of the reign of Her 
“ present Majesty, Her said Majesty did give and 
“ grant unto the said John Woolrich, his executors, 


“ 


“ 


A. 1839. 


“ nistrators and assigns or such others, as he the 
“ said John Woolrich, his executors, administrators 
“ or assigns should at any time agree with, and no 
others, during the term of fourteen years from the 
“ date of the said Letters Patent, should and law- 
fully might make, use, exercise and vend in Jre- 
land, an invention therein described, of an im- 
proved process for manufacturing carbonate of 
“ Lead, commonly called White Lead: And whereas 
the specifications required by the said several 
“ Letters Patent so granted to the said John Wool- 
rich, have been duly enrolled.” : 
Pr. 5. 1. ult. After “ Harrison” insert “ John 
“ Blunt.” 
Pr. 8. 1.21. After “ Patent” insert “or any 
“ or either of them.” 
Pr. 8. 1. 24. Leave out “or any or either of 
“ them.” 
Pr. 10. 1.10. After “ terms” insert “ and.” 
Pr. 11. 1. 8. After “ hereafter” insert “to be.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Palmer do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


“é 


Baptist Chapel of Christow, in the county of Devon, 
praying the House to sanction the proposed scheme 
of National Education, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Kingskerswell ; — Saint Michael 
Bassisshaw, London ;—and, Deaneries of Kendal 
and Lonsdale; praying the House not to sanction 
the said proposed scheme of National Education,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Blackburn, praying 
the House to address Her Majesty, to revoke the 
Order in Council appointing a Committee to super- 
intend the grants for National Education, was also 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
avle. 


benefits of the Cruelty to Animals Act, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Private Bills that have been appointed in each week 
during the present Session. : 

Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That the said 
Return was upon the Table. 


his servant, were summoned to give evidence before 
a Select Committee of the House, appointed to try 
and determine the merits of the Petition of Andrew 
Alexander Watt and others, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the City of Londonderry ; 
that the Petitioner has received payment of a sum 
of 132/. —s. 8d.; that there now remains due to him 
a balance of 27/. 11s. 8d., which sum he is unable 
to recover; that he caused to be issued out of the 
Court of Common Pleas in Westminster a writ of 
summons against the said Andrew Alexander Watt, 
but is an to have the same legally served, the 
said Andrew Alexander Watt being a resident in 
Treland, out of the jurisdiction of the Courts at West- 





“ administrators and assigns, the sole privilege that 


‘ he the said John Woolrich, his executors, admi- 


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minster ; and praying for relief, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. os 
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A Petition of Members of the Congregation of the Education. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Edin- Cruelty to 
burgh, praying the House to extend to Scotland the Auima's Act 


Two Petitions from Cork ; praying that Licensed Licensed 
Victuallers in Ireland may be placed upon an equal ba a 
footing with those in Lngland,—-were resented, (Ilan) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Committees on 
a Return showing the Number of Committees on Private Bills, 


A Petition of Francis Horner, of Londonderry, Londonderry 
complaining that himself and daughter, together with Ciny Epeier: 





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Cathedral and = - Lord John Russell presented a Bill for further 

Ecclesiastical suspending certain Cathedral and other Ecclesias- 

Preferments tical _Preferments, and the operation of the new 

i. 373, arrangement of Dioceses upon the existing Eccle- 
0. . 


siastical Courts: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next; and to be printed. 

Ipswich Weit. Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Ipswich, in the room 
of Thomas Milner Gibson, Esquire, who, since his 
Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s three 
Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bon- 
enham, in the County of Buckingham. 


Joint Tenants 
Voting (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Joint Tenants Voting (Ireland) 
Bill be read the third time To-morrow. 


Registersof Ordered, That the Registers of Births, &amp;c., Bill 
Births, &amp;c., Bill. he read the third time To-morrow. 


Bankrupt 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
Liability Bill. 


solve itself into a Committee upon the Bankrupt 
Liability Bill. 
Ordered, That the Borough Courts (No, 2.) Bill 


Borough Courts 


(No.2) Bill. be read the third time To-morrow. 

Sale of Beer Ordered, That the Report on the Sale of Beer 

Bill. Bill be now taken into further consideration :—The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the Report 
into further consideration :—And the Bill was re- 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Friday next. 

Highway Rates  £tesolved, That this House will, upon Saturday 


Bill. next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the 
Highway Rates Bill. 


Indemnity Bill. Ordered, That the Indemnity Bill be read a 
second time To-morrow. 
Sale of Beer Ordered, That the Report from the Committee 


(License Duty.) to whom it was referred to consider of the License 
Duty on the Sale of Beer, be now received. 

Mr, Baring accordingly reported from the Com- 
mittee, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That in lieu of the annual Duty now 
payable on every Excise License, to be taken out by 
any person for the selling Beer by retail to be 
drunk or consumed in the house or premises where 
sold, there shall be paid an annual Duty of Five 
pounds. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Sale of Beer Bill, that they have 
Power to make provision therein, pursuant to the 
said Resolution. 


Shannon Ordéred, That the Report from the Committee 
—. to whom it was referred to consider of authorizing 


chequer Bills.) the issue of Exchequer Bills, for the Improvement 
of the Navigation of the River Shannon, be now 
received. 
Mr. Baring accordingly reported from the Com- 
mittee a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hun- 
dred and ninety thousand seven hundred and seven- 
teen pounds, by way of grant, and of Two hundred 
and ninety-four thousand and ninety pounds, by 
way of loan, to be repaid, may be advanced in Ex- 
chequer Bills, or out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
for the Improvement of the River Shannon; the 
same to be advanced under such regulations as may 


be directed by any Act of the present Session of 
Parliament. 


Vot. 94. 


3° Julee. 


403 


The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to, 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Shannon Navigation Bill, that they 
have Power to make provision therein, pursuant to 
the said Resolution. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented gtatute Labour 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, specifying the whole Number of 
Trustees qualified in each Parish in Scotland where 
County Statute Labour Acts of Parliament are in 
force, with the Amount of Qualification required in 
each Act; also, the Number of such qualified Trus- 
tees resident in each Parish, with the Amount of 
Statute Labour Funds (where converted) placed 
under their management. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second qormpike T 
reading of the Turnpike Trusts Bill ; Bil ee 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into p,:.on. 
further consideration the Report on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill. 
(Scotland) Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House :—And the House 
immediately resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
reamble postponed. 
Crause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 2 to N° 11, agreed to. 


Curause, N° 12, (Right of pre-emption in case of 
discontinuance and disposal of prisons) read. 

Amendment proposed: Pr. 9. 1. 7. To leave out 
the words “ and the burghs situate therein.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 12, agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 13 to N° 35, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 36 (Assessment in Orkney, Zetland, 
Ross, and Cromarty)——read. 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause 
to add the following words: “ Provided also, That 
“ the plans and estimates of the expense of build- 
“ing, altermg and repairing any such prisons 
“€ shall be laid before the County Boards at their 
“ first meeting in the month of October annually, 
before they are included in the estimate which 
“ the General Board are hereinafter directed to 
‘ transmit to the Secretary of State.” 

Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and negatived. 

CravsE, N°36, agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 37 to N° 63, agreed to. 

Cuiausez, N° 64 (Acts at variance with this Act 
repealed) read. 

Question put, That the Clause stand part of 
the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 


Mr. Fox Maule, 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ ike loed Aiwoesid: 44, 
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Tellers for the Noes, i resi , 


Cravusezs, N° 65 and N° 66, agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

3¥F2 A Message 














Message from 
the Lords, 


Sugar Duties 
Bill, 


West Croft 
Canal Bill, 


Moy Navigation 
Bill, 


South Eastern 
Railway 


(No. 2:) Bill. 


Sidmouth 
Improvement 


and Market Bill. 


Common Pleas 
Regulation Bill. 


Supreme Courts 


(Scotland) Bill. 


404, 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and | 

Sir Giffin Wilson : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for granting to Her 
Majesty, until the Fifth day of July One thousand 
eight hundred and forty, certain Duties on Sugar 
imported into the United Kingdom for the Service 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
nine : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for forming a Canal 
and other Works within and near certain Lands 
called The West Croft, in the Parish of Saint Mary, 
in the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Improvement of 
the Navigation of the River Moy, in the Counties 
of Mayo and Sligo, m Ireland: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to alter and divert the Line of the South Eastern 
Railway from a point thereon in the Parish of Chid- 
dingstone, in the County of Kent, so as to join the 
London and Brighton Railway at or near Redstone 
Hill, in the Parish of #teigate, in the County of 
Surrey, with an Amendment ; to which Amendment 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


3° Julai. 





Act for maintaining and regulating the Market in 
the Parish of Sidmouth, in the County of Devon, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
The Lords have passed «a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to regulate the Course of Proceeding in the Court 
of Common Pleas, so far as relates to the practice 





and hearing of Counsel therein whilst sitting in 
Bane; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House:—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to regulate the Duties 
to be performed by Judges in the Supreme Courts 
of Scotland, and to increase the Salaries of certain of 
the said Judges ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third ti 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Caneetion being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, = tg dh d } 51. 
Tellers for the Noes, wy a } 21. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill by way of rider, (That a Return be made 
to Parliament of the Number of Days and Hours 
such Court has sat during each Session) :—And the 
said Clause was brought up, and read the first 
time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { sa Wella 


Tellers for the Noes, { ag ody wud 


lis 


} 59. 





So it passed in the Negative. 





A. 1839. 


Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill, by way of rider (The President of the 
Court of Session to state in the Return the number 
of Causes tried, &amp;c.):—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill, by way of rider (That, within Fourteen 
days after the commencement of the Session, a state- 
ment be presented to both Houses of Parliament of 
the regulations for carrying into execution the pur- 
poses of this Act):—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :——It passed in the Negative. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill, by way of rider (That a similar statement 
be made in relation to the first, seventh, eighth, 
ninth and tenth Clauses of the Act):—And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—-It passed in the Negative. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill, by way of rider (That the aforesaid state- 
ments be signed by the Judges):—And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :— It passed in the Negative. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in Pr, 11. 1. 7. by inserting after the 
words “ per annum” the words “ And whereas it 
“is expedient further to reduce the number of 
“ Judges.” 

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

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Hume, } 0 

Mr. Gillon: re 
The Lord mutter 

Tellers for the Noes, y yy. Fox Maule: 46. 


So it passed the Negative. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Billin Pr. 12. 1. 9. by leaving out from the word 
“ received” to the word “ And,” in Pr. 13. 1. 1. 
(Clause enabling Her Majesty to grant annuities to 
Judges equal to their full salaries, upon their retire- 
ment from office in certain cases.) 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill:—It 
passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill in Pr. 13. 1. 24., by inserting after the 
words “ from the” the words “ passing of such 
“ Acts of Sederunt if Parliament shall then be 
“ sitting, and if not sitting, that then within Four- 
‘* teen days of the.” 

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

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, re parrot 17. 

Mr. Fox Maule, 

Tellers for the Noes, Tien Cand Adee } 53. 

So it passed in the Negative. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill in Pr. 13. 1. 31. by inserting after, the 
word “ given” the words “ which aforesaid Acts 
“ of Sederunt shall not be binding or take effect 
“ until sanctioned by Parliament.” one 

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Tellers for the Yeas, 








Copyholds’ 
Enfranchisee 
ment Bill. 


Patterns and 
Inventions Bill. 


Paper Duties 
Bill. 


Brick Duties 
Bill, 


Copyright Bill, 


Military 
Pensions Bill. 


Stannaries 
Courts (Corn. 
wall) Bill, 


So Victor. 


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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Title be, An Act to regulate the 
Duties to be performed by the Judges m the Su- 
— Courts of Scotland, and to increase the 

alaries of certain of the said Judges ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ Scotland” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ so as to increase to these Judges their pre- 
“* sent state of ease and comfort, by adding largely 
“ to their salaries, without adding at all to their 
“ judicial duties, or diminishing the delay, expense 
“and endless vexation created by the frequent 
“ breaking up of the Courts, by reason of long 
“« vacations,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
— It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Title be, An Act to regulate 
the Duties to be performed by the Judges in the 
Supreme Courts of Scotland, and to increase the 
Salaries of certain of the said Judges. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for the Enfranchisement of 
Lands of Copyhold and Customary Tenure, and 
other Lands subject to Manorial Rights, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time; and an in- 
grossed Clause was added, by way of rider; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. James Stewart do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Patterns and Inventions Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Paper Duties 
Bill :—The Bill was re-committed to a Committee 
of the whole House:—And the House immediately 
resolved itself into the Committee; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto, 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


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


Jovis, 4° die Julii, 1839: 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Brick Duties 
Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a Committee 
of the whole House :—And the House immediately 
resolved itself into the Committee; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Copyright Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Military Pensions Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


» The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Stannaries Courts (Corn- 
‘Vor. 94, 


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405 
wall) Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. jocostl 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Freshfield te- 
ported, That the Committeee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Works 
mittee on the Public Works (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Metropolitan — 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing an Ad-  preteneny 
vance of Money out of the Consolidated Fund of Money. ] 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
for defraying the Expenses of Metropolitan Police 
Courts. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That an annual sum,’ not exceeding 
Fifty thousand pounds, over and above the necessary 
disbursements for the Buildings of the Metropolitan 
Police Courts, and the Retiring Allowances of Ma- 
gistrates, shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and: Ire- 
lond, towards defraying the Salaries of the Magis- 
trates, Receiver and Officers, and the other Expenses 
of the said Courts, and of putting in execution. an 
Act of this Session of Parliament, for regulating the 
Police Courts in the Metropolis. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. More 
O’ Ferrall reported, That the Committee had come 
to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Shannon 
mittee on the Shannon Navigation Bill ; Navigation Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Parochial Cure of Souls Bill was, according Parochial Cure 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a of Souls Bil. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Small Tene- 
reading of the Small Tenements Bill; ments Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Bills of Exchange (No. 2.) Bill was, accord- Bills of Ex- 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed change (No. 2-) 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the British British 
Museum, which was presented upon the 24th day Meum. 
of June last, be printed. No. 374. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the King’s King’s Ims 
Inns (Dublin), which was presented upon the 26th (Vublin.) 
day of June last, be printed. No. 375. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Prisons Prisons 
(Scotland), which were presented upon Friday last, (Scetland.) 
be printed, No. 376. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour ‘hefore one of the 
clock on Thursday morning, adjourned till 
this day, 


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Jovis, 4° die Juli; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839 


PRAYERS. 


Royal Assent A MESSAGE by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher 
“a of the Black Rod : 


Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty's 

Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
. several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do de- 

sire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Links, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Comnrission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read ; giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public and Private Bills 
therein mentioned; and that the Lords, thereby 
authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the 
said Bills: Which Bills are as follow: 

An Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the 


Sugar Duties 


Bill. Fifth day of July One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the 
United Kingdom, for the Service of the year One 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine : 

Exchequer of An Act to enable Justices of Assize on their Cir- 

Pleas Bill. cuits to take Inquisitions of all Pleas in the Court 
of Exchequer of Pleas, which shall be brought 
before them without a Special Commission for that 
purpose: 

Liverpool _ An Act for altering and amending certain Acts 

Churches Bill. 


relating to the Churches of Saint Mark, Saint Luke 
and Saint Michael, in the Borough of Liverpool : 


An Act for building a new Gaol for the Liberty 
or Soke of Peterborough, and Hundred of Nassa- 
burgh, in the County of Northampton, and for other 
Purposes connected therewith : 

Manchester and An Act to enable the Manchester and Birming- 

a ed ham Railway Company to vary and extend the Line 

ye" of their Railway, and to amend the Act relating 

thereto : 

Monkland and = =An Act to enable the Monkland and Kirkintilloch 

Ritintilecy, ailway Company to raise a further Sum of Money, 

wey” and to amend the Acts relating to the said Under- 
taking : 

An Act for incorporating certain Persons for the 
rays and maintaining a Railway from the Town- 
ship of Crook and Billy Row, to the Byers Green 
Branch of the Clarence Railway, in the Parish of 
Saint Andrew Auckland, all in the County of Dur- 
ham, to be called “ The West Durham Railway :” 
Camber An Act for enlarging the Town Quay of the Bo- 


(Portsmouth) : ° . 
Quays,ée., Bill rough of Portsmouth, and for improving that portion 


Peterborough 
Gaol Bill. 


West Durham 
Railway Bill. 


Moy Navigation An Act for the Improvement of the Navigation of 
Bill. tne River Moy, in the Counties of Mayo and Sligo, 
in Jreland : 

An Act for forming a Canal and other Works 
within and near certain Lands called The West Croft, 
in the Parish of Saint Mary, in the Town and County 
of the Town of Nottingham: 

Itchen Bridge An Act for amending and enlarging the Powers 
and Roads Bill. of the Acts for establishing a Floating Bridge over 
the River Zéchen, near the Town of Southampton : 
Lord Temple- An Act for vesting the Estate called The Combe 
more’s Estate Bank Estate, late belonging to the Right honourable 
Bill. Arthur Lord Templemore, deceased, in Trustees, to 
sell the same, and to invest the Produce of such 
Sale for the benefit of his Infant Sons: 
Allison’s An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Robert Allison 
Divorce Bill. with Mary Ann, his now Wife, and to enable him 


to marry again, and for other Purposes therein men- 
tioned. 


West Croft 
Canal Bill. 


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A. 1839. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Manchester and 
Manchester and Birmingham Extension (Stone and —_— 
Rugby) Railway Bill to make their Report, be further (stone and 
enlarged till Monday the 15th day of this instant Rugby) Rail- 
July. way Bill, 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Committee on Pemberton’s 

the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dissolve Divorce Bill, 
the Marriage of Edward Leigh Pemberton with 
Charlotte, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry 
again, and for other Purposes therein mentioned ; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
as to the marriage of the Parties, the adultery 
charged, as the ground for dissolving the Marriage, 
the verdict at law, and the sentence of Divorce in 
the Ecclesiastical Court ; and, upon evidence satis- 
factory to the Committee, found the same, and the 
other allegations, to be true; and that they saw no 
reason to suspect collusion between the Parties; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


Mr. Blair reported from the Committee on the Ear! of Galb- 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable way’s Estate 
Randolph Earl of Galloway, or the Heir in possession ®" 
of the Entailed Estates of Garlies Baldoon, Newton 
Stewart, and others in the County of Wigton and 
Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, to reclaim certain 
Sleechy Ground on the Shores of the said Estates, 
and to drain and improve the Moss of Cree, part 
thereof, and to burden the said Estates partially, 
and the reclaimed and improved Land, with the 
Expense ; and also to burthen the said Estates with 
certain Expenses incurred by the said Earl in im- 
proving the same; That they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their con- 
sent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment :—And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Blair do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration gouth Eastern 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Railway 
tituled, An Act to alter and divert the Line of the (N* 2) Bil 
South Eastern Railway from a point thereon in the 
Parish of Chiddingstone, in the County of Kent, so 
as to join the London and Brighton Railway at or 
near Redetine Hill, in the Parish of Reigate, in the 
County of Surrey; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

Pr. 35. 1. 36. After “ therein ” insert Clause 
A.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And whereas by the said first- 
recited Act it is Enacted, That no action, suit or 
information, nor any other proceeding, of what 
nature soever, shall be brought, commenced or 
prosecuted against any person for any thing done 
or omitted to be done in pursuance of that Act, 
or in the execution of the powers or authorities 
or any of the orders made, given or directed in, 
by or under that Act, unless Twenty days’ pre- 
vious notice in writing shall be given by the party 
intending to commence and prosecute such action, 
suit, information or other proceeding to the in- 
tended defendant, nor unless such action, suit, 
information or other proceeding shall be brought 
or commenced within Six calendar months next 

“ after the act committed, or in case there shall be 
“ a continuation of damage, then within Six calendar 
months next after the doing or committing such 
damage shall have ceased, nor unless such action, 

“ suit or information shall be laid and brought in 
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the county or place where the matter in dispute 
or cause of action shall arise; and the defendant 
in such action, suit, information or other pro- 
ceeding may plead the general issue, and give 
the said Act now in recital and the special matter 
in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon, and 
that the acts were done, or omitted to be done, 
in ong of or by the authority of that Act, 
and if they shall appear to have been so done, or 
to have been so omitted to be done, or if it shall 
appear that such action, suit, information or other 
proceeding shall have been brought, otherwise 
than as before directed, then and in every such 
case the jury shall find for the defendant; upon 
which verdict, or if the plaintiff shall become non- 
suited, or shall suffer a discontinuance of his action, 
suit, information or other proceeding, after tlfe 
defendant shall have appeared thereto, or if a 
verdict shall pass against the plaintiff therein, or 
if upon demurrer or otherwise, judgment shall be 
given against the plaintiff, the defendant shall 
have his costs, and shall have such’ remedy for 
recovering the same, as defendants have for re- 
covering costs of suit by law in other cases ; and 
“« whereas it is expedient that the said recited enact- 
ment should be repealed; Be it therefore Enacted, 
That the same shall be, and the same is accord- 
ingly, hereby repealed: Provided always, That 
the said repeal shall not affect the proceedings in 
any action, suit or information which may be 
“ pending at the time of the passing of this Act.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir Edward Knatchbull do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


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Petitions from East Cowes ; —-Crosscombe ;—Col- 
chester ;—and, Members of the Belgrave Scientific 
Institution ; praying for the adoption of a low and 
uniform rate of Postage,—were age and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Postage. 


Spirit Dealers 


A Petition of Grocers and Spirit Dealers, and 
(Ireland.) 


other inhabitants of Cashel, praying for the repeal 
of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 38, as 
prohibits the Sale of Spirits by Grocers in Ireland, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Thomas Powell. A Petition of Henry Hetherington, Bookseller, 
complaining of the imprisonment of Thomas Powell 
in Montgomeryshire Gaol, for an assault and using 
seditious language, and of the delay of the magistrates 
in admitting him to bail, and praying for redress, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Bridgwater Protection Society, 
praying that the Votes at Elections for Members of 
Parliament be taken by Ballot, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Vote by Ballot. 


Copyright Bill. A Petition of John Hugh Paisley. Polson, of 
George-street, Saint Pancras, Gentleman, praying 
that the Copyright Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 


sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 
Army (Presby- 


terian Church 
Service.) 


Petitions from Derry; — Cappagh Cross Roads 
(Minister) ; —Londonderry (two Petitions ;— Know- 
head ; — Donaughady ; —- and, Drogheda; praying 
the House to secure to the Presbyterian soldiers in 
the British Army the right and privilege of attending 
the ministrations of their own church when at 
home, and the services of chaplains of their own 
‘persuasion when in distant lands,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Redcar Harbour A Petition of Owners, Masters and Mates of 
(No. 2.) Bill, be say _ between London and the Northern 
ox. 94, 


4° Julte. 





407 


and Eastern parts of England and Scotland, praying 
that the Redcar Harbour (No. 2.) Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kilmurry, Moviddy, 
Kilbonane and Canawee, praying the House to iden- 
tify the Elective Franchise in England and Ireland, 
countries in which the tenures of lands and houses 
are similar, and to give to Jreland as complete Mu- 
nicipal Reform as England has obtained, and to 

ive also to Jreland her adequate proportion in the 

epresentation ; and finally, to place Zreland upon 
a footing of equality in religious freedom with Eng- 
land, by allocating the temporalities of the church 
of the minority in that country to purposes of cha- 
rity, education and public utility, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Elective 
Franchise, &amp;c., 
(Treland.) 


A Petition of Solicitors of the town of Nottingham, Nottingham 

praying that the Wottingham and Mansfield Small ot ee 
ebts Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, Biii. 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Brook Bridges Stevens, of County Courts 
Tamworth, Gentleman, Steward of the Court Baron Bill. 
of Hemlingford, praying that provision may be made 
in the County Courts Bill, to compensate him for 
the loss he will sustain should the said Bill pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Henry Barrett, late of Great Yar- Harbours of 
mouth, in the county of Norfolk, and now of Refuge. 
Arundel-street, Strand, suggesting a plan for the 
construction of Harbours of Refuge, upon a prin- 
ciple which would prevent the formation of any bar 
or obstruction at the entrance of Harbours, and 
secure a safe and easy ingress and egress, in all 
winds and weathers, and praying the House to take 
the same into consideration, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to the direc- Lighthouses 
tions of an Act of Parliament, —An Account of all (!relaod.) 
monies received and applied by the Corporation for 
preserving and improving the Port of Dublin, on 
account of Lighthouses, for the year ending the 31st 
day of December 1838. 

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


The Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill was, accord- Tumpike Acts 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed —_— 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


Mr. Fox Maule, by Order, reported the Prisons Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill; and the Amendments were read, (Stand) Bill. 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. For Maule, by Order, reported from the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of autho- Police Courts 
rizing an Advance of Money out of the Consolidated Kiovey - 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and” 
Ireland, for defraying the expenses of Metropolitan 
Police Courts, a Resolution; which was read, as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That an annual Sum, not exceeding 
Fifty thousand pounds, over and above the necessary 
disbursements for the buildings of the Metropolitan 
Police Courts, and the retiring Allowances of Ma- 
gistrates, shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, towards defraying the Salaries of the Magis- 
trates, Receiver and Officers and the other expenses 
of the said Courts, and of putting in execution an 

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Stannaries 
Courts (Corn- 
wall) Bill. 


Paper Duties 
Bill, 


Brick Duties 
Bill. 


Election Peti- 
tious’ ‘Trial Bill, 


Lower Canada 
Government 
Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(ireland) Bill. 


408 


Act of this Session of Parliament, for regulating the 
Police Courts in the Metropolis. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill, That 
they have Power to make provision therein, pursuant 
to the said Resolution. 


Mr. Freshfield reported the Stannaries Courts 
(Cornwall) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day next. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Paper Duties Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Brick Duties Bill ; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Report on the Election 
Petitions’ Trial Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The Lower Canada Government Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Municipal Corpora- 
tions (Ireland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


CrauseE, N° 20, (Qualification of Burgesses for 
three years) read. 

Amendment proposed: To leave out the words, 
“ That during the,” and to add instead thereof, the 
following words “ And be it Enacted, That after 
“ this Act shall have come into operation in any 
“ borough named in the said Schedule (A), every 
“ man of full age, who on the last day of August 
“ in any year shall be an inhabitant householder, 
“ and shall for six calendar months previous thereto 
have been resident as such within such borough, 
or within seven statute miles of such borough, 
and who shall occupy within such borough any 
house, warehouse, counting house or shop, which 
either separately or jointly with any land within 
such borough occupied therewith by him as 
tenant, or occupied therewith by him as owner, 
shall be of the yearly value of not less than 
ten pounds, to be ascertained and determined 
as hereinafter mentioned, shall, if duly enrolled 
according to the provisions hereinafter con- 
tained, be a burgess of such borough, and a 
member of the body corporate of the mayor, 
aldermen and burgesses of such borough; and 
sich yearly value shall be ascertained and deter- 
mined in manner following, and not otherwise ; 
(that is to say) such value shall be a sum com- 
posed of the net annual value at which the pre- 
mises so occupied by such man shall be rated (as 
they are hereby required to be) to the relief of 
“ the Poor under an Act passed in the last Session 
“ of Parliament, intituled, ‘ An Act for the more 
“ effectual Relief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland,’ 
“ and of the amount of the sums at which the land- 
“ jord’s repairs and the landlord’s insurance shall 
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“ pursuance of the said Act: Provided always, 


That no such occupier shall be admitted to be 
enrolled under this Act unless he shall have oc- 
cupied such premises within the said borough, or 
other premises.of the like nature within the said 
borough, and rated as aforesaid, for the space of 
twelve calendar months at the least next pre- 
ceding such last day of August; nor unless such 
occupier shall, on or before the last day of August 
in such year, have paid or discharged all rates 
for the relief of the poor, and all municipal or 
other local cesses, and all rates and taxes which 
shall have become payable by him in respect of 
such premises, except such as shall have been 
imposed or become payable within three calendar 
months next before such last day of August.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 

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Mr. Shaw, L 54 
Mr. Serjeant Jackson: f , 
Crause, N° 20, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 21, agreed to. 


CrauseE, N® 22, (Qualification of burgesses after 
three years) read. 

An Amendment made. 

Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John Stanley, | 


Tellers forthe Noes,{ 





Yeas, Sir Rufane Donkin: ae 
Tellers for the { Mr. Shaw, gs 
Noes, Sir Robert Ferguson : } sod 


Crause, N° 23, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravusz, N° 24, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 25, postponed. 

Crausss, N° 26, to N° 29, agreed to. 
Cravsz, N° 30, disagreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 31, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausg, N° 32, postponed. 

Crause, N° 33, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 34, postponed. 

Crausss, N° 35, to N° 42, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 43, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausgs, N° 44, to N° 69, agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 70, amended, and agreed to. 


Cravuse, N° 71, (Mayor, Aldermen, Councillors, 
&amp;c., not to act until they have made a declaration 
of acceptance of office, and duly and faithfully to 
perform the duties thereof) read. 

Amendment proposed : To add at the end of the 
Clause, the following proviso, “ Provided always, 
“ That nothing in this Act contained shall be con- 
“ strued to dispense with the obligation of any 
“¢ person to make and subscribe the oath provided 
“ and enjoined by an Act made in the tenth year of 
“ the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
“ Fourth, intituled, ‘ An Act for the Relief of His 
“ Majesty’s Roman Catholic Subjects.’ ” 

Question put, That the Proviso be there added ; 

The Committee divided : 

Mr. Shaw, 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr. Serjeant Jackson + 112. 


Mr. More O’ Ferrall, a 
Tellers for the Noes, Sx John Basler. 157. 





Question, That Clause, N° 71, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill put, and agreed to. 


Cxausss, N° 72 to N° 85, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 86, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 87 to N° 89, agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 90, to N° 93, agreed to. 








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Crause, N° 94, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 95 to N° 101, agreed to. 


Cravuse, N° 102, (Tolls or dues payable before the 
passing of this Act, not to be altered or reduced until 
payment of the debt chargeable thereon)——read. 

Amendment proposed: To add at the end of the 
Clause, the following proviso: “ Provided always, 
“ that nothing in this Act contained shall be con- 
“ strued to affect any tolls or dues paid before the 
“ passing of this Act, to any member or officer of 
“ any body corporate in his oe capacity, by 
“ permission of the true and real owner thereof.” 

Question, That the Proviso be there added——-. 
put, and Negatived. 
An Amendment made. 


Crauss, N° 102, as amended, agreed to. 
Ciavszs, N° 103 to N° 116, agreed to. 
Criause, N° 117, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravusess, N* 118 to N° 122, agreed to. 
Cuiause, N° 123, amended, and agreed to. 
Criausss, N° 124 to N° 134, agreed to. 
Cxause, N° 135, postponed. 

Cuiauses, N° 136 and N° 137, agreed to. 
Cuiause, N° 138, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuiauszs, N° 139 to N° 150, agreed to. 


Ciavuses, N° 151 and N° 152, amended, and 
agreed to. 


Cuavusgs, N° 153 to N° 155, agreed to. 
Cuiausz, N° 156, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuauss, N° 157, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 158, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N°159 to N° 191, agreed to. 
Cuiavses, N° 192, amended, and agreed to. 
Criauses, N° 193 to N° 197, agreed to. 


Cause, N° 198, (The Queenempowered to grant 
Charter of Incorporation) read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 198. 1. 10. After the 
word “ That” to leave out all the words to the end 
of the Clause, and insert “ if a Petition to grant a 
“ charter of incorporation to the inhabitants of such 
“ town shall be presented to Her Majesty, signed 
“ by a majority of such of the inhabitants of any 
“ borough named in the said Schedule (B.), or in 
any other town in Ireland in which the population, 
according to the last census taken in the year 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-one by 
authority of Parliament, exceeded the number of 
three thousand, as would be qualified (so far as 
such qualification can be ascertained from the 
assessment to the rate for the relief of the poor, 
to be made in pursuance of the said Act passed 
in the last Session of Parliament), to have been 
enrolled on the burgess roll of such town, if the 
same had been named in the said Schedule (A.), 
and such burgess roll had been made accord- 
ing to the provisions hereinbefore contained, then 
and in every such case it shall be lawful for 
Her Majesty, by any such charter, if She shall 
think fit, by advice of Her Privy Council, to grant 
the same, to extend to the inhabitants of any such 
town within the district, to be set forth in such 
charter, the powers and provisions in this Act con- 
tained ; and in every such charter shall be de- 
scribed the boundaries of the district to which 
the same is to extend, which shall be determined, 
as nearly as may be found convenient, according 
to the following rules (that is to say); such 
boundary shall include only the ancient limits of 
the town, in all cases in which such limits include 
all the buildings considered to form part of the 
town, and a sufficient space to allow of the pro- 
bable increase of the town; but when the town 
extends beyond its ancient limits, such boundaries 


shall be made to include the whole of such town; 
Voi. 94. 





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and where there is a suburb near, but not con- 
tiguous to, such town, then, in determining whe- 
ther such suburb shall be included in the said 
boundaries, there shall be taken into consideration 
the extent and occupation of the ground which 
separates such suburb from the town, and the 
nature and employment of the population of such 
suburb, and their connexion with the town; and 
when the ancient boundaries include a rural dis- 
trict, the boundaries shall be confined to the town, 
and shail not include such rural district; and 
every such town shall be divided into wards, 
whenever the population thereof, according to the 
said last census exceeded in number eight thou- 
sand, and there shall be, as nearly as may be on 
an average, one ward and two aldermen and six 
councillors to a population of every four thousand 
pernint, and shall in every case be an even num- 

er of aldermen, and the number of councillors 
shall be three tines the number of aldermen ; and 
such charter shall specify the number of wards 
(if any) into which the town is to be divided, and 
the number of aldermen and councillors to be 
elected therein respectively ; and upon the day to 
be named in such charter, all former charters, in 
cases where such towns are incorporated, shall 
cease ; and at the same time the powers and pro- 
visions in this Act contained shall be carried into 
effect in such manner as the Lord Lieutenant 
shall direct, and as nearly as may be in like 
manner as if such town had been named in the 
Schedule (A.) to this Act annexed; and all the 
regulations, provisions, clauses, matters and things 
in this Act contained with respect to the said 
boroughs named in the said Schedule (A.), except 
with regard to the amount of qualification of 
aldermen and councillors, which shall be as here- 
inbefore expressly provided as to boroughs in the 
said Schedule (B.), shall extend and be applied 
to such town, from and after the day to be named 
in the charter granted to such town, in the same 
manner to all intents and purposes as the same 
would have taken effect from and after the coming 
into operation of this Act, if such town had been 
one of the boroughs named in the said Schedule 
(A.) to this Act annexed, and the boundaries and 
wards and number of aldermen and councillors 
mentioned in such charter, had been contained in 
Schedule (C.) to this Act annexed ; and in every 
borough named in the said Schedule (B.), and in 
every other town in Ireland to which a charter of 
incorporation shall be granted as aforesaid, and 
which shall not thereby be divided into wards, 
the aldermen and councillors to be assigned to 
such borough shall be elected by the burgesses 
of the whole borough in like manner as the alder- 
men and councillors of any ward are directed b 
the provisions hereinbefore contained to be elected 
in every ward, except that every such election 
hereinbefore directed to be holden before the 
aldermen and two assessors of the ward, shall be 
holden before the mayor and two assessors of the 
borough, and the two assessors chosen to hold 
the court with the mayor for revising the burgess 
lists shall also perform all the same duties and 
shall have the same powers within the borough 
as are to be performed and exercised in a borough 
divided into wards by the two assessors chosen 
for each ward; and the votings and other pro- 
ceedings in all other respects. at such elections 
within such borough shall be conducted in the 
same manner as is hereinbefore directed with re- 
gard to similar elections in wards: Provided neyer- 
theless, That notice of every such Petition, and 
of the time when it shall please Her Majesty to 
order that the same be on into consideration 
by [ler Privy Council, shall be published by Royal 
Proclamation in the Dublin Gazette one month 
at least before such Petition shall be so con- 
sidered.” 


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Question, That the words proposed to be left out 





stand part of the Clause-——put, and agreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 198, agreed to. 
Criauses, N° 199 to N° 246, agreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 247, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausez, N° 248, postponed. 
Cravuss, N° 249, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravusz, N° 250, agreed to. 


Scueputes (A.), (B.), (C.), (D.) and (E.) agreed 
to. 
ScnEepvute (F.) amended, and agreed to. 


Postponed Clauses : 

Cxiauses, N° 6 (Persons who, before the passing 
of the Act, were entitled to vote for alt ne of 
Parliament may still enjoy that right)——read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 4. 1.1. To omit from 
the word “ That” to the end of the Clause, and to 
insert the following words: “ all persons now en- 
“ titled to vote at the election of a Member or Mem- 
“ bers to serve in Parliament for any city, town or 
“ borough shall continue to enjoy such right as 
fully as if this Act had not been passed; and 
that every person who, if this Act had not been 

assed would have had a right to be admitted a 
ana or burgess, or to be placed on the roll of 
freemen or burgesses of any such borough as 
aforesaid, in order to be registered, and to vote 
in the election of a Member or Members to serve 
in Parliament, or might hereafter have been en- 
titled to acquire in respect of birth, or marriage, 
or servitude, or of any statute then in force, as a 
freeman or burgess, the right of voting in the 
election of a Member or Members to serve in 
Parliament for such borough, shall be entitled, if 
such borough be one of the boroughs named in 
the said Schedule (A.), or one of the boroughs to 
which a charter of incorporation shall have been 
granted, as hereinafter is mentioned, to be ad- 
mitted a freeman or burgess, and placed on the 
roll of freemen of such borough, and to acquire 
and enjoy such right of voting as fully as if this 
Act had not been passed; and if oa borough 
be one of the boroughs named in the said Sche- 
dule (B.), to which no such charter of incorpora- 
tion as aforesaid has been granted, to acquire and 
enjoy without having been admitted a freeman or 
burgess, such right of voting as fully as if this 
Act had not been passed, and he had been ad- 
mitted a freeman or burgess, provided he shall 
be enrolled on the freemen’s roll in any such city, 
town or borough according to the provisions here- 
inafter contained ; and in every such borough as 
last aforesaid the Lord Lieutenant of Zreland shall 
appoint a fit person to make out a list, to be called 
the Freeman’s Roll; and whenever any person who, 
if this Act had not passed, would have been en- 
titled to be admitted to his freedom in such bo- 
rough by reason of birth, marriage or service, shall 
claim to be enrolled upon such roll, the person so 
appointed shall examine into such claim, and, 
upon such claim being established, shall enrol 
the name of such claimant upon the roll, and shall 
keep a true copy of such roll, to be perused b 
“ any person, without payment of any fee, at all 
reasonable times, and shall deliver a copy thereof 
or extract therefrom to any person requiring the 
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Senden, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause-— put, and agreed to. 
Several Amendments made. 


Ciauss, N° 6, as amended, agreed to. 


Crauses, N° 7 to N° 11, amended, and agreed 
to 


Cravuses, N° 12 and N° 13, agreed to. 


Cravuses, N°25, N° 32, N° 34 and N° 135, dis- 
agreed to. 














Jultz. 


A. 1839. 


Cuiause offered : (Com tion to Lord Mayor 
and President of the Court of Conscience of the cit 
of Dublin)——brought up ; read 1°, 2°, and added. 


Another Clause offered : (Compensation to junior 
Aldermen of Dublin)——read 1°, 2°, and added. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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


Veneris, 5° die Julii, 1839: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Glass Duties Bill was, according to Order, Glass Duties 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Bills of Ex- 
a Committee upon the Bills of Exchange(No. 2.) Bill. — (No. 2.) 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


ph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Cuauseg, N° 1, (Bills of Exchange and certain 
Loans not to be affected by Usury Laws)——read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 2.1. 17. At the end 
of the line to add the words “ or produce or stock 
“ in the hands of occupiers thereof.” 


Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted ; 


Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Crausz, N° 1, agreed to. 
Crauszs, N° 2 to N° 4, agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. More 
O’ Ferrall reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Loan Fund 
mittee on the Loan Fund (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to declare the right of Joint Joint Tenants 
Tenants in Cities, Towns and Boroughs in Jre/and, Voting (Ire- 
to vote in the Election of Members to serve in Par- '#"4) 5!" 
liament was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to declare the right of Joint Te- 
nants in Counties of Cities and Counties of Towns, 

Cities, Towns or Boroughs in Jreland,,to vote in the 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Ferguson do carry the 

Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Registers of 
reading of the Registers of Births, &amp;c. Bill ; Births, &amp;c., Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bankrupt 
into a Committee upon the Bankrupt Liability Bill; Liability Bill 
and, after some time spent therem, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. More O’ Ferrall re- 

rted, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act. for Borough Courts 
regulating the Proceedings in the Borough — (No. 2.) Bill, 
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Bill, 


ourts 
ill, 


Indemnity Bill. 


Copyright Bill. 


Public Works 
(Ireland, Bill. 


Shannon 
Navigation Bill. 


Embankments 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Postage Duties. 


Private 
Business, 


Public Petitions 
(Thirty-fourth 
Report.) 


Unstamped 
Promissory 
Notes(Ireland.) 


$ VicToRIZ. 


of England and Wales was, according to Order, read 
the third time ; and the Amendment following, was 
made to the Bill: viz. 

At the end of the Bill, add Clause (A.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That this 
“ Act may be repealed, altered or amended by any 
“ Act or Acts to be passed, during the present 
“ Session of Parliament.” 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

dered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 

the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The Indemnity Bill was, according to Order, read 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Copyright Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public Works (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Shannon Navigation Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 and 2 
Will. 4, c. 57, to empower Landed Proprietors in 
Ireland to sink, embank and remove Obstructions 
in Rivers, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the said Act: And that Lord Viscount 
Morpeth and Mr. More O’Ferrall do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 Vic., c. 33., 
for the management of the Post Office, might be 
read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 Vic., 
c. 34, for the Regulation of the Duties of Postage, 
might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 Vic., 

35, for regulating the sending and receiving of 
Letters and Packets by the post free from the Duty 
of Postage, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 Vic., 
c. 36,, for consolidating the Laws relative to offences 
against the Post Office of the United Kingdom, 
and for regulating the judicial administration of the 
Post Office Laws, and for explaining certain terms 
and expressions employed in those Laws, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider of the said Acts. 


Ordered, That Sir George Grey be added to the 
Select Committee on Private Business. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
Select Committee on Public Petitions ; That they 
had examined the Petitions presented on the Ist 
and 2d days of this stant July; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the average Amount of the circu- 
lation of Unstamped Promissory Notes on which 
composition in lieu of Stamp has been paid (pursuant 
to ay “~ 9 Geo. 4, c. 80) by the several Banking 

OL, 94, 


4° 5? Sulit. 411 


Establishments in Ireland, for each half year, from 
the 1st day of January 1837 to the 30th day of 
June 1839. 


Mr. More O’ Ferrall, by Order, presented a Bill Town Councils 
for giving additional Powers to the Councils of 5. 
Corporate Towns: And the same was read the first No-377. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lunatics, Lunatics. 
which was presented upon the 20th day of June No, 378. 
last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Ships’ Ton- Ships’ Tonnage 
nage Admeasurement, which was eens upon Admeasure- 


the 24th day of June last, be printe "No. 379. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Merchant Merchant 
Seamen, which was presented upon the 27th day Seamen. 
of June last, be printed. No. 380. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Committees Committees on 
on Private Bills, which was laid upon the Table Private Bills. 
yesterday, be printed. No. 381. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after two of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 





Veneris, 5° die Julii; 
Anno 3° Victoria Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


QRDER ED, That the Committee on the Rath- Rathkeale 
keale Inclosure Bill have leave to sit this day till Inclosure Bill. 
Five of the clock during the sittiag of the House. 


Mr. Cameron, from the Commissioners of Shore- Shoreham 
ham Harbour, was called in; and at the bar pre- Harbour. 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Par- 
liament,—The Report of the Commissioners acting 
under and by virtue of an Act of Parliament 
ae in the fifty-sixth year of the reign of his late 

ajesty King George the third, intituled, “ An Act 
for the more effectual Security and Improvement of 
the Harbour of Vew Shoreham, in the County of 
Sussex ,”—And then he withdrew. 

m Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- pemberton’s 
solve the Marriage of Edward Leigh Pemberton Divorce Bill. 
with Charlotte his now Wife, and to enable him to 
marry again, and for other Purposes therein men- 
tioned, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Lords upon the said Bill be returned to 
their Lordships: And that Mr. Freshfield do carry 
the same. 


Mr. Addams Williams reported from the Com- fall's Estate 
mittee on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Bill. 
Act for effecting an exchange of Mines and Lands 
between Sir Benjamin Hall, Baronet, and others, 
and Capel Hanbury Leigh, Esquire, and others ; 
That they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their consent to the 
Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment:—And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Addams Williams do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 





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Ship Propeller 
Compeny Bill. 


Davie’s 
Estate Bill. 


Sidmouth 
Iinprovemeat 
and Market 
Bill. 


Henry R. 
Bowles. 


Standing 
Ordets; 


Dublin and 
Drogheda 
Railway. 


M aynooth 
Coliege. 


412 


House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment, 


Mr. Law Hodges — from the Committee 
on the Ship Propeller Company Bill; and to whom 
a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; That no 
person appeared in support of the said Petition ; 
and that the Committee had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Commit- 
tee on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
vesting parts of the Estates of Sir John Davie, Ba- 
ronet, deceased, in Trustees, upon Trust to be sold, 
and for laying out the Purchase-money, under the 
direction of the Court of Chancery, in the Purchase 
of other Estates, to be settled to the same Uses; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true ; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the 
satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment :—And the 
Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry 
the Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for maintaining and regulating the 
Market in the Parish of Sidmouth, in the County of 
Devon; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 4. 1. 4. Leave out “ or otherwise,” and in- 
sert “ except.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 19. After “ seller” insert “ of.” 

Pr. 15. |. 31. After “ same” insert “ or to ap- 
“ point two market days.” 

Pr.18.1.penult. After “ market” insert “place.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 25. Leave out from “ paper” to “such,” 
in |. 26, and insert “ containing.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 28. Leave out from “ signature” to 
“ thereto,” in 1. 31.; and in 1. 31. after “ thereto,” 
insert “ of the Judge, or the Chairman of the Jus- 
‘* tices who shall have approved of the same.” 

Pr, 22. 1.33. After “ law” insert “ without 
“ adducing proof of such signature.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that 
this House hath agreed to the Amendments made 
by their Lordships. 


A Petition of Henry R. Bowles, one of the Clerks 
in the office of the Deputy Adjutant General in 
Ireland, complaining that the mcrease of salary 
to the Clerks in the said office, as directed by 
an official communication of the Lord Lieutenant, 
dated the 5th day of May 1814, has not been 
carried into effect, and praying for inquiry, was 
—" and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

ale. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, a Re- 
solution ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for the 
Dubiin and Drogheda Railway Bill, the Standing 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Smalley, praying 
the House to withdraw every kind of public support 


5° Juliz. 








A. 1839. 


from the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, was 
pen and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Yarrow, praying the church of 
House to adopt measures for relieving the religious Scotland, 
destitution which prevails in Scotland, by extending 
the efficiency of the Established Chureh, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Minister and Inhabitants of Ash- Education, 
ted, praying the House not to sanction the proposed 
scheme of National Education recently laid before 
Parliament, as approved by the Committee of Privy 
Council, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Pirbright ;—and, Heywood; pray- 
ing the House to address Her Majesty to revoke the 
Order in Council appointing a Committee to super- 
intend any grants for National Education,—were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Mr. Baring presented, by Her Majesty’s com- — 
mand,—An Estimate of the further Amount required VI. 
to be voted in the year 1839 on Account of the No. 382. 


New Buildings at the British Museum. British Mescem 
(New Build- 


ha a ; ings.) 
An Estimate of the Amount required to be voted portpatrick 


to defray the Charge of repairing the Damage sus- Harbour, 
tained by the Harbour of Port Patrick in the Storm 
of the 6th and 7th of January last. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Model Prison. 
the year 1839, towards defraying the Expense of 
erecting a Model Prison. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be re- University of 
quired to defray the Expenses of the University London. 
of London, from ist April 1839 to 31st March 1840. 

An Estimate of the Amount required to be voted gchool of 
in the year 1839, to defray the Expenses of the Design. 
School of Design at Somerset House, for one year. 

An Estimate of the further Sum required to be Poor Law 
provided for the Expense of the Poor Law Commis- Commission, 
sion, in consequence of the Appointment of addi- 
tional Officers in Jreland, since the Estimate for 
the year ending 31 March 1840 was submitted to 
Parliament. 

An Estimate of the Amount required to be voted Metropolitan 
in the year 1839, to defray the Expenses of Metro- Police. 
politan Police Officers sent to different parts of the 
Country. 

An Estimate of the Amount required to be voted gjave Com- 
to enable Her Majesty to pay Compensation awarded pensation. 
to Subjects: of the United States of America, for 
Slaves wrecked in the American Ships “ Comet” 
and “ Encomium,” and liberated at Meneits in the 
the Bahamas. 

Supplementary Estimate of the Amount required Miscellaneous 
to be voted in the year 1839, to defray Law Expenses Charges 
and other Charges in Sco¢land. apeemme 

Supplementary Estimate of the Office of Ord- Ordnance. 
nance for the year 1839-40. No. 383. 

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


Petitions from the President and Assistants of the Belfast Water 
Belfast Charitable Society ; — and, Millers, Flax- (No. 1.) Bill 
spinners, Cotton-spinners, Distillers, Brewers, Tan- 
ners and others Manufacturers of Belfast; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Belfast Water 
(No. 1.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordéred to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions, 


A Petition of Beer-sellers of Barnsley, praying Sale of Beer 
that the Sale of Beer Bill mav not pass into a law, ¥i!!- 
° was 














Brick Duties 
Bill. 


Paper Duties 
Bill. 


Prisous 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Glass Duties 
Bill. 


Postage. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way (No.1. 

Bill. ) 


Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way (No, 2. 

Bill ) 


Deptford Pier 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill, 


Weguelin’s 
Divorce Bill. 


3 VicTorRIZ. 


was 


resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the 


able. 


The ingrossed Bill to repeal the Duties and 
Drawbacks of Excise on Bricks, and to grant other 
Duties and Drawbacks in lieu thereof, and to con- 
solidate and amend the Laws for collecting and 
paying the said Duties and Drawbacks, was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to consolidate and amend the 
Laws for collecting and securing the Duties of Ex- 
cise on Paper made in the United Kingdom was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Birwal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to improve Prisons and Prison 
Discipline in Scotland was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to improve for Fen ears, and from 
thence to the end of the then next Session of Par- 
liament, Prisons and Prison Discipline in Scotland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Glass Duties Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed; and read 
the third time To-morrow. 


A Petition of Paper Manufacturers of Manchester, 
praying the House not to sanction any plan for car- 
rying the Penny Postage scheme into effect, which 
would place in the hands of an individual, such a 
monopoly as would enable him, in a great measure, 
to dictate to the whole trade of the kingdom the 
price at which paper must be sold ; but that in all 
cases where paper is required for any department of 
Government, the supply may be obtained by public 
tender as heretofore, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 

and Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend and extend the Powers of the North- 
ern and Eastern Railway Act, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to enable the Northern and Eastern Railway 
Company to alter the Line of their Railway, by 
forming a junction with the Eastern Counties Rail- 
way, and to provide a Station and other Works at 
Shoreditch, and to amend the Act relating to the 
Northern and Eastern Railway, with Amendments; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to alter and amend the Powers and Provisions 
of an Act for making a Railway from the London 
and Greenwich Railway to the Deptford Pier, to be 
called “The Deptford Pn Junction Railway,” with 
an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of the Reverend William 
Andrew Weguelin, Clerk, with Emma his now Wife, 
~~ to ae him to marry again, and for other 

ou. 94, 


5°—O° Juliz. 











413 


Purposes therein mentioned ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Marquis of 
for exchanging freehold and copyhold Estates be- ane " 
longing to John Motteuz, Esquire, in West Rudham . 
and East Rudham, in the Com of Norfolk, for 
Freehold, ra apn and Leasehold Estates in Dar- 
singham, in the same County, settled under the Will 
of Horatio Earl of Orford; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. ( 

Weguelin’s Divorce Bill was read the first time; Weguelin’s 
and ordered to be read a second time. Divorce Bill. 


The Marquis of Cholmondeley’s Estate Bill was Marquis of 


aoe Cholmondeley’s 
— the first time; and ordered to be read a second Essate Bill y 


Petitions from Rixton;— Norwich (eight Peti- Postage. 

tions ;— Halifax ;—Persons connected with the Es- 
tablishment of Richard March, Cheapside;—-London; 
— Great Yarmouth ; — Islington ; — Todmorden ;— 
NV. Saxtonand others ;-- Walsall;—and, Whitechapel; 
praying for the adoption of a low and uniform rate 
of Postage,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Postage Duties. 
into a Committee, to consider of the several Acts 
relating to the Duties of Postage. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to reduce the Post- 
age charged on Letters to one uniform rate of One 
penny, charged upon every letter of a weight to be 
hereafter fixed by law, Parliamentary privilege of 
franking being abolished, and official franking 
strictly regulated ; this House pledging itself at the 
same time, to make good any Deficiency of Revenue, 
which may be occasioned by such an alteration in 
the rates of the existing Duties. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Fri- 
day next. 


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


Sabbati, 6° die Julii, 1839: 


Mr. Bernal reported the Bills of Exchange, Bills of 
(No. 2.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and ag ™ 
agreed to. ape leases 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in P. 1. 1. 16, by leaving out the words “ nor 
“ any contract for the loan or forbearance of money 
“ above the sum of Ten pounds sterling:”—And 
the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out, stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Baring, } 92 

Yeas, Mr, John Parker : A 

Tellers for the f Sir Robert Harry Inglis, } 11 

Noes, Mr. Darby: ; 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Inland Warehousing Bill was, according to Inland Ware- 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a housing Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Pleadings in 
a Committee upon the Pleadings in Courts (India) Courts (India) 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, MrSpeaker ~~ 


363 resumed 





Registration 
(Court of 
Appeal) Bill. 


Cathedral and 


Sale of Beer 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Bankrupt 
Liability Bill. 


Indemnity Bill. 


Copyright Bill. 


Public Works 
(Ireland) Bili. 


Shanuon 
Navigation 


Bill. 


Printed Papers. 


Lighthouses. 
No. 384. 





414 


resumed the Chair; and Mr. John Parker reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 7 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration Court of Appeal Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Cathedral and Ecclesiastical Pre- 
ferments Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sale of Beer Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, What this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for the 
better Protection of Parties dealing with Persons 
liable to the Bankrupt Laws was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Parker do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Indemnity Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Copyright Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public Works (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Shannon Nuvizatlon Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Expenses incurred in the Papers 
printed by Order of this House, for each year since 
1830:—And, of the sums paid into the Treasury or 
accounted for by Messrs. Hansard, for each year, 
resulting from the Sale of printed Papers, in pur- 
suance of the Resolutions passed on the 13th day 
of Angust 1835, 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Light- 
houses, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 


5e-—O° Juli. 











A. 1839. 


Sabbati, 6° die Julii ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


QRDERED, That the Select Committee ap- Carlow Borough 
pointed for trying the merits of the Petitions Election. 


severally complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Carlow, have leave to 
sit this day till five of the clock, during the sitting 
of the House. 


A Petition of Rate-payers and Inhabitants of Rochdale 
praying that the Rtoch- Small Debis 
dale Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law, (N° &gt;) Bill. 


Rochdale, and other places, 


was xaos and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson Message from 


and Mr. Senior: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lord: 


the Island of Jamaica, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


A Petition of Members and Friends of Wesleyan Education, 


Methodists, worshipping in connection with the 
chapel at Ashton, praying the House not to sanction 
the;proposed scheme of National Education recently 
laid before Parliament, as approved by the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Manufacturers, Traders and others Bonding 
of Ashton-under- Lyne, praying for the establishment Warehouses. 


of Inland Bonding Warehouses, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, puaken’s 
Copies of the Report of the Commissioners of Apparatus. 


Excise to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or to 
the Lords of the Treasury, on the experiment of 
Mr. Rudken’s Apparatus at the Government Dis- 
tillery in Brown’s-lane, during its progress, from its 
commencement to the present time :—And, of the 
Reports respecting the same from Dr. Birkbeck to 
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or to the Commis- 
sioners of Excise, during the same period ; and the 
Observations or Remarks of the Commissioners of 
Excise on the Reports made to them by Dr. Birkbeck. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Honorary Secre- waterivo, &amp;c., 
tary of the Metropolitan Anti-Bridge Toll Associa- Bridges. 


tion, praying the House to originate and sanction a 
measure, by which the interests of the Proprietors 
of Waterloo, Southwark and Vaurhall Bridges may 
be purchased, in order to their being immediately 
thrown open for the use of the public free of tolls, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Synod of Lord's Day. 


Lothian and Tweeddale, complaining of the Post 
Office arrangements requiring the performance of 
worldly business on the Lord’s Day; and praying 
the House to adopt measures for remedying the 
same, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Factories Bill 


into a Committee upon the Factories Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Cuausz, N° 18, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravusz, N° 19, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausg, N° 20, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 21, postponed. 


Cause, N° 22, (Appointment of four-inspectors) 
read. 





Motion 





s have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Jamaica Laws 
Act to provide for the enactment of certain Laws in Bill. 











3 VicTorif£z. 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be postponed ; ar 
he Committee “ii” : pare 
r. Wilson Patten, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Lord Teignmouth : } 50. 
‘ellers for the Noes, yor d Pan sgmegt ’ } 48. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

"Resolved, That this House’ will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Glass Duties The ingrossed Billto remove Doubts as to the 
Bill. charging certain of the Duties of Excise on Glass, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Bills of The ingrossed Bill to amend and extend the Pro- 
Exchange. Visions of an Act of the first year of Her present 
(No.a.) Bilt Majesty, for exempting certain’ Bills of Excha 
and Promissory Notes from the operation of the 
Laws relating to Usury, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend and extend until the 
First day of January One thousand eight hundred 
and forty-two, the Provisions of an Act of the first 

ear of Her present Majesty, for exempting certain 
Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes from the 
operation of the Laws relating to Usury. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their coneurrence. 


Sale of Beer The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill mittee on the Sale of Beer Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Highway Rates The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Highway Rates Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Belfast Water 


(No. t.) Bill A Petition of Inhabitants of Belfast, praying 


that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Belfast 
Water (No. 1.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Assessed Taxes The House was moved, That the Act 52 Geo. 3, 
cae c. 93, for granting to his ae certain new and 
: additional Duties of Assessed Taxes, and for con- 
solidating the same with the former Duties of As- 
sessed Taxes, might be read; and the same was 

read. : 

The House was also moved, That the Act 4 and 5 
Will. 4, c. 54, to continue for Five years from the 
fifth day of April One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-five, and to amend, the Acts for authorizing 
a Composition for Assessed Taxes, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue Compositions for Assessed Taxes, and 
to alter the period for the expiration of Game Cer- 
tificates: And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer 
and Mr. Baring do prepare, and bring it in. 


Soap Duties | The House was moved, That the Act 3 and 4 
Drawback Bill. Will. 4, c. 16, to repeal the Duties, Allowances and 
Vou. 94, 





6°—3? SJuliz. 415 


Drawbacks of Excise on Soap, and to grant other 
Duties, Allowances and Drawbacks in lieu thereof, 
might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 5 and 6 
Will. 4, c. 15, to continue until the Thirty-first day 
of May One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
eight, and to the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, the Allowances of the Duty of Excise 
on Soap used in certain Manufactures, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue certain of the Allowances of the Duty 
of Excise on Soap used in Manufaetures: And that 
Mr. Chaneellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Baring 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. John Parker, by Order, presented a Bill to Assessed Taxes 
contmue Compositions for Assessed Taxes, and to — 
alter the period for the Expiration of Game Certifi- — 
cates : And the same was read the first time; and aaee. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. John Parker, by Order, presented a Bilf to Soap Duties 
continue certain of the Allowarices of thé Duty of Drawback Bill. 
Excise on Soap used in Manufactures: And tli¢ samie No. 386. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
seeond time upon Monday next ; and to’ be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 


Biatisst tetas s 


Tune, 8° die Juli; 
Anno 3° Victoria Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Speaker acquainted the House, Phat he Ludlow Bo- 





had received a letter from Thomas Alcock, tough Election . 


Esquire, who is returned a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Ludlow, 
stating that he the said Thomas Alcock did not 
intend to defend his Return for the said Borough. 

And the said letter was read, as followeth ; 

Sir, 

I, Thomas Alcock, Esquire, having been elected 
and returned a Member to serve in Parliament for 
the Borough of Ludlow, at the last Election for the 
said Borough, and such Return having been peti- 
tioned against, do hereby, in pursuance of the Act 
of Parliament in that behalf, and by desire of certain 
Electors of the said Borough, who are anxious 
themselves to oppose the prayer of the said Petition, 
declare that it is not my intention to defend the said 
Election or Return. 

Dated this 8th day of July 1839. 

Thomas Alcock. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The House was moved, That the eleventh, twelfth 
and thirteenth sections of the Act 9' Geo. 4, c. 22, 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the 
Trial of Controverted Elections or Returtis of 
Members to serve in Parliament, might be read’; 
and the same were read. 

The House was also moved, That the Order made 
upon the 24th day of June last, for taking. into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 16th day of this 
instant July the Petition of John Thomas and 
Richard Marston, complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the said Borough, might’ be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be en into 
consideration upon Thursday the 22d day of August 
next, at three of the clock in the afternoon. 


The Earl of Stamford’s Estate Bill was read a Earl of Stam- 
second time ; and committed to Mr. Tatton Egerton, ford’s Exae 
and the North Cheshire List. Bill. 

3a4 Ordered, 


























































. 
a a ~ = 
: eee Sa = ser eens &gt; pores &gt; 


416 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on 
the Rathkeale Inclosure Bill to make their Report, 
be further enlarged till Friday next. 


Rathkeale 
Inclosure Bill. 


Deptford Pier 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to alter and amend the Powers and 
Provisions of an Act for making a Railway from 
the London and Greenwich Railway to the Deptford 
Pier, to be called “ The Deptford Pier Junction 
Railway ;” and the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 5. 1.23. Leave out from “ aforesaid ” to 
“ And,” in]. ult. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Barnard do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Bill 
for improving County Courts, have Power to report 
the Minutes of their Proceedings. 

Sir George Grey reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the said Bill; and to whom several Peti- 
tions were referred ; That they had considered the 
said Petitions, and had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 

one through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the. Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, together 
with the Minutes of the Proceedings, be printed. 


County Courts 
Bill. 


No, 387. 


Maynooth 


Petitions from Denby ;— Middlewich ;—Frenchay ; 
College. 


— Mangotsfield ;— Saint George; — Stapleton; — 
Olveston ;— Winterbourne ;—Alveston ; —Elberton ; 
—Almondsbury ;— Aust ;—Stoke Gifford ;—Filton ; 
— Westbury-upon-Trym ;—and, Peckham and East 
Dulwich; praying the House not to sanction any 
further grant of public money to the Roman Ca- 
tholic College of Maynooth,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Shannon 
Navigation. 


A Petition of John Luke Harton, of Banagher, 
in the King’s County, Miller, stating that the sum 
awarded to him by the Commissioners for the Im- 
provement of the River Shannon is a very inadequate 
and insufficient compensation, and that he and his 
family will sustain great loss by reason of their pro- 
perty being taken from them against their will, and 
praying for protection, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Newport (Monmouth) ;— Dursley ; 
— Burntisland ;— Tullanishin and Coalisland;—and, 
Uley ; praying for the adoption of a low and uni- 
form rate of Postage,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Derby; praying the House 
to adopt measures for securing the better observance 
of the Lord’s Day, were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Electors(Sligo.) A Petition of Freeholders, Householders and 

6) Inhabitants of the county and borough of Sligo, 
complaining of the decision of the Assistant Bar- 
rister with regard to the claims of persons applying 
to be registered as freeholders for that county, and 
praying for his removal from office, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Registration of 


Royal 


A Petition of the President, Council and Acade- 
Academy. 


micians of the Royal Academy, praying the House 

to discharge the Order of the 14th day of March 

last, requiring from them a Return of the Receipt 

and Expenditure of that Institution, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


8° Julie. 








‘ 


A. 1839. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Members of the Sale of Beer 
Committee of the Licensed Victuallers Protection So- Bill. 
ciety of London, praying that the Sale of Beer Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
ea and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Postmasters and Stage Coach Pro- stage Coach 
prietors of Glasgow, Puisley and Lanarkshire, &amp;-, Duties, 
praying the House to alter the present system of 

tage Coach and Post Horse Duties, in order that 
the Petitioners may be placed ‘on an equal footin 
with the proprietors of Railway Carriages sacred 
by steam power, was 


|g aa and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the 


able. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants Bank of Ireland 
of Newry, praying the House not to sanction the Charter, 
renewal of the Charter of the Bank of Ireland, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Recorders and Clerks of several Municipal 
Guilds or Corporations of the city of Dublin, pray- Corporations 
ing the House to make provision in the Municipal (‘**!#4) Bill 
Corporations (Jreland) Bill to compensate them for 
the loss they will sustain, should the said Bill pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and Manufacturers of Germanic 
Halifax, complaining of injury inflicted upon the Commercial 
trade and manufactures of this country, by the re- saci 
gulations of the Germanic Commercial League ; 
and praying for the adoption of measures to secure 
the attendance of a duly authorized Representative 
of the British Government at the sitting of the 
Commission at Berlin, to negociate a Commercial 
Treaty between this country and the states com- 
prising the German Commercial League, on the 
principles of a free and unrestricted intercourse, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Lascelles reported from the Committee on Mellin’s 
the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dissolve Divorce Bill. 
the Marriage of Richard John Sutcliffe Mellin, 
Esquire, with Jane Mellin his now Wife, and to 
enable him to marry again, and for other Purposes 
therein mentioned; That they had amended the 
allegations contained in the Pscnmiin of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true, as amended; and 
had gone through the Bill, and directed him to re- 
port the same, without any further Amendment ; 
and the Amendments made in the Preamble of the 
Bill, were read, as follow : 

Pr. 1. 1. 30. Leave out “ Three” and insert 
“ Four.” 

Pr. 1. 1 34. Leave out “Seven,” and insert 
“ Two.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Aberford, &amp;c., Aberiord, &amp;c., 
Small Debts Bill, be taken into further consideration — Debts 
upon Friday next. “a 


Ordered, That the Report on the Rotherham Rotherham 
Small Debts Bill, be taken into further consideration oa Debis 
ypon Friday next. ‘ 


An ingrossed Bill for forming and regulating a Skip Propeller 
Company to be called “ The Ship Propeller Com- Company Bill. 
pany,” and toenable the said Company to purchase 
certain Letters Patent, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cayley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. th 

e 








Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Coronation 
Expenses. 


Collection of 
Rates Bil. 


Manchester and 


Birmingham 
Extension 
(Stone and 
Rugby) Rail- 
way Bill, 


Education, 








3 VicrorRiZ. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable the Northern and East- 
ern Railway Company to alter the Line of their 
Railway, by forming a junction with the Eastern 
Counties Railway, and tu provide a Station and 
other Works at Shoreditch, and to amend the Act 
relating to the Northern and Eastern Railway ; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2. 1. 38. After “ to” insert “ the extended 
“ or altered line to be made by virtue of this Act, 
“ and to.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 9. After “ plan” insert Clause (A.) 

Crauss(A.) “ And be it Enacted, That no part 
“ of the said Railway hereby authorized to be made 
shall pass across any street or highway on which 
carriages or carts shall pass on the level; and 
that in case the level of any turnpike-road or 
public carriage-road shall be altered by means of 
such Railway, the ascent or descent of such turn- 
“ pike-road shall not be less than One foot in Thirty 
“ feet, or of such public carriage-road than One 
“ foot in Twenty feet.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 35. Leave out from “the” to “and,” 
in 1, penult, and insert “ groove or mark on the 
“ iron post lately fixed in the River Lea by the 
“ trustees of the said navigation in front of the Lea 
“ Bridge, Tumbling Bay.” 

Pr. 43. 1. 4. Leave out from “ said” to “ mark,” 
in 1. 5. and insert “ groove or.” 

Pr. 105. 1. 37. After “ Company ” insert “ from 
“ time to time.” 

Pr. 106. 1. 1. After “ which” insert “ have been 
or.” 

Pr. 106. 1.2. Leave out “ in advance.” 

Pr. 106. ls. 4. and 5. Leave out from “ Under- 
“ taking” to “ the,” in 1. 12. and insert “ if.” 

Pr. 106. 1.14. Leave out “ agree upon,” and 
insert “ think fit so to do.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Divett do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


“ 


“ 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, under separate heads, of the manner in 
which £. 69,421, was paid for Her Majesty’s Coro- 
nation, stating the Amounts paid in each Depart- 
ment of the Royal Household, separate from the 
Expenses of Buildings and Materials. 


A Petition of Grand Jurors of the North Riding 
of the county of York, assembled in Quarter Ses- 
sions at North Allerton, praying that the Collec- 
tion of Rates Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wrexham, praying 
that the Manchester and Birmingham Extension 
(Stone and Rugby) Railway Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Grantham (two Petitions);— Ear- 
disley ;— Bottesford and Muston ; — Croxton and 
Granby ;—Colsterworth ;—Marston and Gelston ; 
-—Ropsley, Culverthorpe and Welby ;-- Croft ;-—Little 
Steeping ;—and, Northampton ; praying the House 
not to sanction the proposed scheme of National 
Education recently laid before Parliament as ap- 
proved by the Committee of Privy Council,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Wainfleet and Croft, 
praying the House to address Her Majesty to revoke 
the Order in Council appointing a Committee to su- 
perintend the application of any grants for National 
Vou. 94. 


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417 


Education, was also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Didmartin-cum-Oldbury-on-the- church 

Hill ;—Chipping Sodbury ;— Cam ;-- Sopworth ;— Establishment 
and, Grantham; praying the House to continue (Cada, &amp;.) 
their protection and encouragement to the Bishops 

and Clergy in Canada and the other British colo- 

nies, and make provision for increasing their num- 
ber,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


Petitions from Woolastone;—and, Tidenham ; Com Laws. 
praying that the Corn Laws may not be repealed,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Birmingham ;—and, the Hamlet of County Courts 
Deritend ; praying that the County Courts ; and, the amt age ) 
Borough Courts (No. 2.) Bills, may not pass into pijjs, — 
law, as they now stand,—were presented, and read; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clergy of the Deanery of Dursley; Church 
—and, Clergy of the Demeaty of Campden; praying Discipline. 
the House not to sanction the proposed measure of 
Church Discipline,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Incorporation of Coopers in the Foreign and 
city of Glasgow, praying for a drawback of duty on Cvlouial Staves. 
Foreign and Colonial Staves when manufactured into 
cooper-work for use in the colonies, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Session of the First Relief Queen’s Printer 
Church, Strathaven ;—and, President, Vice Presi- (S¢°!!#"4-) 
dents, and other Directors of the Glasgow Associa- 
tion for promoting ow Liberty ; praying the 
House to refuse to accede to the present proposal 
of Her Majesty’s Government in reference to the 
printing of the Scriptures in Scotland, and to throw 
the trade completely open,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kirkleston, pray- Church of 
ing the House to adopt measures for relieving the Stand. 
religious destitution which prevails in Scotland by 
extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to extend Embankments 
and amend the Provisions of an Act of the first and &lt;Jcland) Bill. 
second years of his late Majesty, for empowering No. 388. 
Landed Proprietors in Ireland to sink, embank an 
remove Obstructions in Rivers: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- public Petitions 
lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had (Tuirty-fitih 
examined the Petitions presented from the 3d to the Bere) 
6th days of this instant July, both inclusive; and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Answer to 
House, That their several Addresses of the 18th, Addresses, 
20th, 27th and 28th days of June last; and the 1st 
and 3d days of this instant July (that Her Majesty 
would be graciously pleased to give directions, that 
the Papers therein mentioned might be laid before 
this House), had been presenter to Her Majesty; 
and that Her Majesty had commanded him to ac- 
quaint this House, that She will give directions 
accordingly. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address Factory 
to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Number of Days, !»spectors. 
3H in 











Education 
(Ireland. ) 


District Lunatic 


Asylums 
(Ireland. 


Supply ; 





418 


in any period within the last Twelve months, during 
which the Inspectors of Factories have been in their 
Districts. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—A Return in detail, of all the Sums of Money 
which have been paid to the Irish National Board 
of Education, specifying all the Items of its Expen- 
diture, the Names and Numbers of Schools, and of 
Patrons, whether Protestant, Catholic or Preshy- 
terian, Clerical or Lay; also of Schools aided or 
built, and whether previously aided by any other 
Board or Institution, or individual ; also, the Num- 
ber of Deeds of Conveyance of same to Trustees, 
and Number of Children educated, distinguishing 
Protestants and Catholics. 

Returns from each District Lunatic Asylum in 
Treland, specifying the Name, the year in which 
opened, the Number of Patients for which intended, 
the Quantity of Land purchased, the Price by the 
English Acre, Amount of Purchase Money of Land, 
Cost of Building, Cost of Bedding, Furniture and 
other Contingencies, and Total Expenditure on each 
Asylum previous to its opening : —Of the Expense 
of each addition, including furnishing, &amp;c., to each 
Asylum, and of the Number which can be accom- 
modated by each addition; and of the additional 
Numbers that were accommodated in each Asylum 
without additions to the Buildings, and of the Ex- 

ense of the alterations, furnishing, &amp;c., and the 
otal Number which could be accommodated in each 
Asylum, on the 31st day of March 1839 :—Of the 
Names of the Counties, &amp;c., attached to each District 
Lunatic Asylum, with the Population of each in 
1831, and the Total Population of each District; 
and of the proportion which each County was to 
pay of the first Expense of each Asylum :—Of the 

xpense of each District Lunatic Asylum for each 
year since it was opened, showing the Total Annual 

xpense, the Average Annual Expense of each 
Patient, the Number of Patients from each County, 
and the Sum charged to each County in each year: 
— Of the Number of Patients in each, on the 5th 
day of January or ist ~~ of April in each year ; 
the Number admitted, the Number discharged, dis- 
Ggtmehing those discharged as cured, as relieved, 
and as harmless and incurable ; the Number who 
have died, and the Total discharged and died ; the 
Number to whom admission was refused, and the 
Average Number in each Asylum in each year :— 
Of the Total Expenditure in each Asylum in each 
year ; the Total Cost per head per annum; the Ex- 
enditure in Furniture, Bedding and Linen; the 
xpenditure in Fixtures, additions and alterations, 
Workmen’s Bills, &amp;c.; the Total Expenditure in 
Clothing ; the Expenditure per head per annum in 
Clothing ; the Total Expenditure in Salaries and 
Servants’ Wages ; the saa per head per 
annum in Salaries and Servants’ Wages ; the Total 
Expenditure in Food only; the Cost per head per 
annum in Food et the Cost per head per week 
in food only; the Cost per head per day in food 
ouly ; all calculated from the Average Number of 
Patients for each year :—Of the particulars of each 
Salary and Servants’ Wages, and the Total Amount 
of the same for each year :—Of the Number of Pa- 
tients admitted into each Asylum between the 
opening of the Asylum, and the 31st of March 1830, 
the Number discharged recovered, the Number dis- 
charged or taken away by their Friends as relieved 
or incurable within that period, the Number of re- 
lapsed cases, and the Number who died within that 
period, and the Total Number remaining in each 
Asylum onthe 31st day of March 1839 :—and, Similar 
Returns from the Richmond District Lunatic Asylum 
from 1830, and from the Cork Lunatic Asylum, from 
the 1st @ay of April 1833. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee 


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A. 1889. 


An Amendment was proposéd to be made to the Bank of 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to England. 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words “a 
“ Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the 
“ pecuniary transactions of the Bank of England 
“ since the resumption of Cash Payments; and 
particularly to ascertain how far these transactions 
produced the alarming crisis of the manufacturing, 
commercial and financial affairs of the Country 
“ in 1825-6, and in 1836-7; and, also, to inquire 
“ whether, as the Bank of England is at present 
constituted, there ever can be stability in the cur- 
rency, or confidence in the commercial transactions 
of the country,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question; 

he House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John pam 93. 


Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hume, 29 
Noes, Mr. Wallace: } ; 


So it was resulved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply be now read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Income and Account 
Expenditure of the British Museum, for the year respecting 
1838; of the estimated Charges and Expenses for SH la 
the year ending the 25th day of March 1840, and P 

of the sums necessary to discharge the same ; and 

also, an Account of the Number of Persons admitted 

to visit the Museum from Christmas 1832 to Christ- 

mas 1838, which was presented upon the 4th day of 

March last, be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not excceding Twenty- pyitish 
eight thousand eight hundred and thirty nine pounds, Museum. 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 

of the British Museum, for the year ending Lady 

day 1840. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- Salaries and 
seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, a. 
to defray the Charge of Salaries and Expenses of Nedtenean’ 
the two Houses of Parliament and of Allowances 

to retired Officers of the two Houses, to the 31st 

day of March 1840. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- De - (Trea- 
eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, *""y-) 

to pay the Salaries, Contingent and other Expenses 

of the Department of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to 

the 31st day of March 1840. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nineteen De - (Home 
thousand five hundred and eighty pounds, be granted Ofice-) 

to Her Majesty, to pay the Seliries and Expenses 

of the Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State 

for the Home Department, to the 31st day of March 

1840. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty-six De - (Foreign 
thousand one hundred and seventeen pounds, be Offce:) 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Se- 
cretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; also, of the 
Foreign Messengers attached to the Department, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 

6. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding Seventeen pe - (Colonial 
thousand six hundred and seventy-eight pounds, be Offce.) 

ranted to Her Majesty, to oy one Salaries and 
RRietiads in the Department of Her Majesty’s Se- 
cretary of State for the Colonies, to the 31st day 
of March 1840. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- De - (Privy 
four thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, a + ied 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses inthe Department ~ 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council 
and Committee of Privy Council for Trade, to the 





of Supply, be now read ; 





Sist day of March 1840. 
| 8. Resolved, 





Dy 


Salaries and 


Expenses five thousand seven hundred and fifty-five pounds, 


Paymaster 


eneral’s be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
Office.) of the Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster General, 


D° - (Cowp- 
troller-General 
of the Exche- 


Comptroller General of the Exchequer, the Pay- 
master of mse» ward Bills, and the Paymaster of 
Civil Services, to t 


Professors 


(Oxford and ~— thousand and six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries and Al- 


Cambridge.) 


versities of Oxford and Cambridge, to the 31st day 
of March 1840. 


Insolvent 


Debtors Court. thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries of 
the Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors Court, 
of their Clerks, and the Contingent Expenses of 
the Court and Office, to the 31st day of March 


Penitentiary 
(Milbank. ) 


Prison (Isle of 
Wight. ) 


State Paper 
Office. 


Criminal Law 
Commission. 


Hand-loom 
Weavers 
Commission. 


Consuls, &amp;c. 


Compeusaticns, 


3 VicroRIz. 


thousand five hundred and twenty pounds, be 
quer, &amp;c.) Grented to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 


teen thousand hae be granted to Her Majesty, 





8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 


to the 31st day of March 1840. 
9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventeen 


ntingent Expenses in the Departments of the 


e 3ist day of March 1840. 
10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 


owances nted to certain Professors in the Uni- 


11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve 


1840; also, of the Expenses attendant upon the 
Circuit. 
12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven- 


to defray the Expense of the General Penitentiary 
at Milbank, to the 31st day of March 1840. 


13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the probable Expense of 
oer for the Prison for Juvenile Offenders at 

arkhurst, in the Isle of Wight, to the 31st day 
of March 1840. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand one hundred and thirty-seven pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Salaries and Expenses of the State Paper Office, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 


15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand and one hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Commission 
for digesting the several Statutes relating to Criminal 
and other Law. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
thousand four hundred and sixty-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the Commission for inquiring into the condition of 
the unemployed Hand-loom Weavers to its final 
close. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and three thousand six hundred and 
eighteen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray to the 31st day of March 1840, the Charge 
of the Salaries of Her Majesty’s Consuls General, 
Consuls and Vice Consuls abroad, and of the Su- 
perintansants .of Trade at Canton; also, of the 

ontingent Expenses connected with the Public 
duties of such Consuls General, Consu!s and Vice 
Consuls, and Superintendents of Trade. 

18, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
seven thousand seven hundred and eighty-five 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Allowances and Compensations to persons 
formerly employed in the Public Offices or Depart. 
ments, or in the Public Service, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Martis, 9° die Julii, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 
Vou. 94. 


8°—9° Juliz. 419 


Mr. Berna] also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Jurisdiction for Election Peti- 
the Trial of Election Petitions was, according to tions’ Mal Bill. 
Order, read the third time; and an ingrossed Clause 

was added, by way of rider; and Amendments were 

made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Peel do carry the Biil 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Municipal Corporations ytunicipal 
(Ireland) Bill :-—And the Bill was re-committed to a Corporations 
Committee of the whole House :—And the House (!reland) Bill. 
immediately resolved itself into the said Committee ; 

and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 

sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 

the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 

the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second payment of 
reading of the Payment of Rates Bill; Rates Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Parochial Cure 
into a Committee upon the Parochial Cure of Souls of Souls Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 

resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 

the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 

made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself turnpike Acts 

into a Committee upon the Turnpike Acts Con- Continuance 
tinuance Bill; and, after some time spent therein, ®#!'- 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert 
Steuart reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The ingrossed Bill to make further Provision for stannaries 
the Administration of Justice, and for improving Courts (Corn- 
the Practice and Proceedings in the Courts of “#!) Bul. 
the Stannaries of Cornwall, and for the prevention 
of Frauds by Workmen employed in Mines within 
the County of Cornwall, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Lemon do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Loan Fund 
mittee on the Loan Fund (Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Registers of 
reading of the Registers of Births, &amp;c., Bill; Births, &amp;c., Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Town Councils 
reading of the Town Councils Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Pdeadings in Pleadings in 
Courts (India) Bill; and the Amendments were Cow's (India) 
read, and agreed to. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 

3H 2 The 


































































—— Fa a a a I 9 ER EES PTT 


Registration 
(Court of 
Appeal) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Indemnity Bill. 


Copyright Bill, 


Public Works 
(Treland) Bill. 


Shannon 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Sale of Beer 
Bill. 


Assessed Taxes 
Composition 
Bill. 


Soap Duties 
Drawback Bill, 


Timber Ships. 





420 


The: Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration (Court of Appeal) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Indemnity Bill ; 

Resolved, That this eons will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Copyright Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public Works (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Shannon Navigation Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sale of Beer Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Assessed Taxes Composition Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


The Soap Duties Drawback Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed toa 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The House was moved, That the Report which, 
upon the 18th day of June last, was made from the 
Select Committee appointed to inquire into Ship- 
wrecks of ‘limber Ships and the Loss of Life attendant 
thereon, and to report to the House whether any or 
what measure can be adopted to reduce the amount 
thereof in future, might be read ; and the same be- 
ing read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 


’ solve itself into a Committee to consider of the said 


Iscoed Manor. 


Report. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Hodgson 
Hinde reported, That he was directed by the Com- 
mittee to make a Motion. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Hodgson Hinde accordingly reported, That he 
was directed by the Committee to move, That leave 
be given to bring in a Bill to prevent, for a limited 
time, Ships clearing out from a British North Ame- 
rican Port, loadmg any part of their Cargo of 
Timber upon Deck: And he moved the House 
accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Hodgson Hinde and Mr. George 
Palner do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Certificate of the Conveyance 
from the Crown, to James Watt, Esquire, of the 
Manor of Jscoed, in the County of Radnor, and of 
all Schedules and other Documents annexed thereto 
or grounded thereon, with the Dates or Periods at 
which such Certificates, Schedules and Documents 
were respectively made ; also, a Copy or Return 


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A. 1839. 


of all the Surveys and Valuations of the said Manor 
made on behalf of the Crown, previous or subse- 
quent to the sale thereof. 

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


Mr. George Palmer presented a Bill to prevent, Timber Ships 
for a limited time, Ships clearing out from a British Bil’. 
North American Port, loading any part of their No.389. 
Cargo of Timber upon Deck: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed, 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till two of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 9° die Julii; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


HE Order for committing the Chesterfield Chesterfield 
Small Debts Bill to Mr. William Evans, and = Debts 
the North Derby List, was read, and discharged. : 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in res 
of the Petition for the Chesterfield Small Debts 
which, upon the 21st day of February last, was made 
from the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
Debts within the borough and parish of Chesterfield, 
and other parishes and places adjacent or near 
thereto, in the county of Derby: And that Mr. 
George Cavendish and Mr. William Evans do pre- 
pare, and bring it in: And that leave be given to 
present the Bill on or before Monday next. 


t Chesterfield 
il] Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


The Order for committing the Glossop Small Glossop 
Debts Bill to Mr. William Evans, and the North — Debts 
Derby List, was read, and discharged. - 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Glossop 
of the Petition for the Glossop Small Debts Bill a “4 
which, upon the 14th day of March last, was made wee 
from the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts 
within the town and manor of Glossop, and other 
places, in the parish of Glossop, in the county of 
Derby: And that Mr. William Evans and Mr. 

George Cavendish do prepare, and bring it in: And 
that ove be given to present the Bill on or before 
Monday next. 


The Order for committing the Rochdale Small Rochdule 
Debts (No. 2.) Billto Mr. Fenton, and the South Lan- _— oe 
caster List, was read, and discharged. “uae 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Rochdale 
of the Petition for the Rochdale Small Debts (No. 2.) 9g oe 
Bill which, upon the 4th day of March last, was made nitiiea ts 0 
from the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts 
within the town of Rochdale, and other places, in 
the county palatine of Lancaster: And that Mr. 

Fenton and Mr. Brotherton do prepare, and bring 
it in: And that leave be given to present the Bill 
on or before Monday next. 


The Order for committing the Oldham Small oldham 
Debts Bill to Mr. Bootle Wilbraham, and the South Small Debts 
Lancaster List, was read, and discharged. = 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 














The 














Oldham 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill 


Warrington 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Warrington 
Small Debts 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Newark 
Small Debts 
Bill, 


Newark 
Small Debts 


(No, 2.) Bill, 


Weguelin’s 
Divorce Bill, 


Mellin’s 


Divorce Bill. 


Marshall’s 
Estate Bill. 








3:VicToRIZ. 


The House was moved, That the Rapers in respect 
of the Petition for the Oldham Small Debts Bill which, 
upon the 19th day of February last, was made from 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be yn to bring in a Bill for 
the more easy Recovery of Small Debts within the 
parishes of \Prestwich-cum-Oldham and Middleton, 
in‘ the county of Lancaster; And that Mr. Bootle 
Wilbraham and Mr. Wilson Patten do prepare, and 
bring it in: And that leave be given to present the 
Bill on or before Monday next. 


The Order for committing the Warrington Small 
Debts Bill to Mr. Blackburn, and the South Lancas- 
ter List, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Warringtcn Small Debts Bill, 
which, upon the 6th day of March last, was made 
from the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
Debts within the town of Warrington, and several 
other places adjacent thereto, in the counties of 
Lancaster and Chester: And that Mr. Blackburn 
and Mr. Wilson Patten do prepare, and bring it in: 
And that leave be given to present the Bill on or 
before Monday next. 


The Order for committing the Newark Small 
Debts Bill to Mr. Gladstone, and the South Notting- 
ham List, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Newark Small Debts Bill, 
which, upon the 19th day of February last, was made 
from the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
Debts, within the borough of Newark, and other 
places, in the counties of MVottingham and Lincoln: 
And that Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Serjeant Wilde 
do prepare, and bring it in: And that leave be given 
to present the Bill on or before Monday next. 


Weguelin’s Divorce Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed to Lord Arthur Lennox, and the 
West Sussex List. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do hear counsel and examine 
witnesses for the said Bill; and also, that they do 
hear counsel and examine witnesses against the 
Bill, if the Parties concerned think fit to be heard 
by counsel or produce witnesses. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
dissolve the Marriage of Richard John Sutcliffe 
Mellin, Esquire, with Jane Mellin, his now Wife, 
and to, enable him to marry again, and for other 
Purposes therein mentioned, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lascelles do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


The Order for committing Marshall’s Estate Bill 
to Sir Charles Douglas, and the North Warwick 
List, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to Sir 
Charles Douglas, and the South Northampton List. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, To-morrow. 

Vou. 94. 


0° Julie. 





421 


Petitions from Grocers of Thomastown, Innis- Spirit Dealers 


reland.) 


tiogue and Ballyhale ;—and, Grague ; praying that ( 
Grocers in Ireland, may be permitted to sell § irits 
and hs 


by retail,—were presented, and read ; 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Attornies of Her Majesty’s Courts County Courts 
at Westminster, practising in the county of Corn- Bill. 
wall, praying that the County Courts Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Mary, Whitechapel;—Christ- Collection of 
church, Spitalfields ; — and, Whitechapel Union ®**t«s Bil. 
(Chairman and Vice Chairman) ; praying that the 
Collection of Rates Bill may not pass into a law, 

—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Bankers piack Sea 
and others, of Glasgow, complaining of the inter- Trade. 
ference of the Government of Russia with British 
Commerce, by blockading the coasts of Circassia ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures for esta- 
blishing the right of British Merchants to trade in 
security with abel and all friendly ports on the 
Black Sea, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Petitions from Proprietors of Stage Coaches, and Stage Coach, 
Persons connected therewith, of Stamford, Oundle, &amp;¢+ Duties. 
Saint Neot's, Biggleswade, &amp;c. ;—and, Brighton ; 
complaining of the depression of their business by 
competition with Inland Steam Communication and 
Railroads ; and praying for the repeal of the Duties 
affecting their trade,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Barnsley ;—Sedgef ord ;— Ongar ; Postage. 
—and, Bocking ; praying for the adoption of a low 
and uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Elgin, praying the Church of 
House not to sanction any additional endowment to Se»tland. 
the Church of Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sunderland ;— Cressing ; — and, Fducation. 
Great Leighs ; praying the House not to sanction 
the proposed scheme of National Education recently 
laid before Parliament as approved by the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Huddersfield ;— Hammersmith ;— 
and, Members of the Presbyterian Association of 
Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire, 
held at Chesterfield; praying the House to sanction 
the proposed scheme of National Education,—were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Fort William 
Copy of the Rules and Orders that have eee the jo mony 
Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William, in°*"" 
Bengal, on the 15th day of June 1837; and the 
Rules that have passed the Supreme Court of Judi- 
cature at Madras, on the 22d day of February 


1837. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and Ship- Sicilian Sulphur. 
owners of Barnsley, complaining of injury inflicted Tr4e. 
upon the commerce of this country by the grant by 
the Neapolitan government of a monopoly of the Sicz- 
lian Sulphur trade to a Company of French adven- 
turers ; and praying for the adoption of measures to 
secure to the commerce and shipping of Great Bri- 
tain, the privileges secured to them by the Treaty 
with that government of 1816, was presented, and 





3H3 





read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition 


429 


A Petition of Manufacturers, Merchants and 
others of Kighley and Bingley, interested in the 
woollen, cotton and stuff trades, complaining of 
injury inflicted upon the trade and manafactures of 
this country by the regulations of the Germanic 
Commercial League; and praying for the adoption 
of measures to secure the attendance of some duly 
authorized and competent Representative of the 
British Government at the approaching sitting of 
the Commission at Berlin to negociate a Commercial 
Treaty between this country and the States compris- 
ing the German Commercial League, on the principles 
of a free and unrestricted intercourse, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Ship- 
owners of Conception Bay, complaining of the 
violent and unconstitutional proceedings of the 
House of Assembly of Newfoundland ; and praying 
for the abolition of the present Colonial Legislature, 
and the substitution of a system of government 
better suited to the character and condition of the 
country, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guardians 
of the Shipston-on-Stour Union, praying for the 
amendment of the Poor Law Act, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Factory In- 
spectors, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


9° Juli. 


A. 1839. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty by such Members of this House 


as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a sugar. 


Return of the Quantities of British Refined Sugar, 
of the several sorts entitled to Drawback, exported 
from the United Kingdom in each year, from 1834 
to 1838, both inclusive, and in the half year ended 
the 5th day of July 1839; distinguishing the Coun- 
tries to which the said Sugar was exported, and 
specifying the Rates and Amount of Drawback paid 
thereon; together with the Quantities of Foreign 
Sugar refined, in Bond, and exported, in Sugar, 
Bastards and Melasses, during the same periods. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Emigration. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any General Report, since the 
last laid before this House, from the Agent General 
for Emigration :—Of any Report from the Agent for 
Emigration in Canada :—And, Copies or Extracts 
of any Correspondence between the Secretary of 
State for the Colonies and the Governors of the 
Australian Colonies, respecting Emigration, since 
the Papers presented to this House on the 14th day 
of May 1838. 

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


District Lunatic 
Asylums 
(Ireland.) 


No. 391. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to District 
Lunatic ee (Ireland), which were presented 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Jamaica Laws 
yesterday, be printed. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 


House, a Return, stating the Name and Tonnage, 
according to the old mode of admeasurement, of 
each Ship taken up by Government, or by any Per- 
sons acting under its authority, for the Conveyance 


of Emigrants from any Port or Ports in the United 
Kingdom to Van Diemen’s Land and New South 
Wales, in the year 1837; showing the Dates when, 
and the Port at which, each Vessel was taken up, 
her Age and Place where built, where the Emi- 
grants by each Ship were embarked, the Name of 
the Owner, and of the Broker or Agent making the 
contract, and the Rate of Hire, per old ton, paid 
in each case ; the Number of Individuals embarked 
in each Ship, specifying how many were Infants 
under One year old, how many from One to Seven 
years old, how many from Seven to Fourteen years 
old, and how many, of each Sex, above that Age, 
and the Aggregate Number of Deaths, distinguish- 
ing Adults from Children, which took place on 
board each Vessel during the Voyage; the Name 
of the Surgeon Superintendent of each Vessel, and 
the Aggregate Amount paid to him for his entire 
Services, specifying in each case the Particulars 
constituting such Amount; also the Aggregate Cost 
of the Victualling, Equipment, Contingencies, and en- 
tire Expenditure as respects each Ship, independent 
of the Hire or Freight thereof:—A similar Sate. 
so far as the same can be made out, as respects all 
th: Vessels taken up by Government for the same 
Service in 1838 :—A similar Return, so far as the 
same can be made out, as respects the Ships which 
have been taken up by Government for the same 
Service, during the present year :—And, a Return of 
the Names of all Persons acting in the United 
Kingdom under the authority of Government as 
Agents in respect of Emigration, and of their Clerks, 
and their respective Locations, together with the 
Salaries and Expenses for Offices, Travelling and 
all other Contingencies allowed to them, in each 
year. 








intituled, An Act to provide for the enactment of 
certain Laws in the Island of Jamaica; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1.1. Leave out from “the” to “‘ House,” 
in |. 6. 

Pr. 1. 1. 17. After “ creditor” insert “ until 
they shall be left to the free exercise of their in- 
herent rights as British subjects.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 28. Leave out “ Eighth,” and insert 
said Third,” and in the same line leave out “ the 
month of.” 

Pr. 1. 1.24. Leave out “ aforesaid.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 6. After “ Assembly” insert “ where- 
upon the Governor of the said Island prorogued 
the said House of General Assembly, and has 
“ continued the same under prorogation;” and, in 
the same line, leave out from “ whereas”’ :to «“ se- 
“ veral,” in 1. 8. 

Pr. 2. 1. 11. Leave out from “ re-enacted ”’ to 
“ And,” in 1. 33. 

Pr. 2. 1. 35. Leave out “ purposes” and insert 
“ purpose ;” and in the same line, and in 1. 36. leave 
out from “ aforesaid” to “ Be,” in 1. penult. 

Pr. 3. 1. 6. Leave out from the second “ the” 
to “ it,” in Pr. 4. 1. 16. and insert “ expiration of 
“ Two calendar months from the time of the said 
“ House of General Assembly being assembled by 
“¢ the Governor ;” and in the same line leave out 
“¢ said.” 

Pr. 4. 1.17. After “ Governor” insert “ of the 
“ said Island of Jamaica.” 

Pr. 4. 1.18. Leave out “ such,” and insert 
“ the.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 24. 
“ Second.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 25. 
“ November.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 27. 
“before then.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 7. Leave out from “for” to “ the,” 
in 1.8., and in 1. 8. leave out “ purposes,” and in- 
sert “ purpose.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 13. Leave out “ every,” and insert 


“ any.” 
, The 


“ 


“cc 
“ 


Leave out “ Thirtieth,” and insert 


Leave out “ October,” and insert 


? 


Leave out “ since,” and insert 








Foreign Timber, 


Foreign 
and Colonial 
Timber. 


Public Records. 


Eckington 
Small Debts 
Bill, 


Eckington 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 





3. VicTroriz. 


The first Amendment, Pr. 1. 1. 1. which Amend- 
ment was, to leave out from “ the” to “ House,” 
being the words following: “ the altered state of 
“ society consequent on the total abolition by law 
* of slavery in the Island of Jamaica requires the 
“ enactment of further laws to take effect within 
“ the said Island: And whereas the),” being read a 
second time, was agreed to, with the following 
Amendments: viz. 

Instead of the words “ the altered state of society 
“ consequent upon the total abolition by law of 
“« slavery in,” insert the words “ it is expedient to 
“ take measures for the good government of.” 

Leave out of the Amendment, the words “ the 
“ Island of Jamaica,” in order that those words 
may remain in the Bill; and also leave out of the 
Amendment the words, “ And whereas the,” in 
order that those words may remain in the Bill. 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Then the residue of the said Amendments, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 





A Petition of Timber Merchants, Carpenters and 
Builders of Wolverhampton, praying for the repeal 
of the duty on Foreign Timber, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House will immediately resolve 
itself into a Committee, to consider the present 
Duties levied on Foreign and Colonial Timber :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of any Appointments made, and Rules, 
Orders and Regulations established, by the Master 
of the Rolls, for the custody and preservation of 
the Public Records, under the Act 1 and 2 Vic. 
c. 94; with a Detailed Statement of Expense under 
the several heads of Sorting and Repairs, Calendars, 
Transcribing, Printing and Salaries. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present; and it being 
then after four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 10° die Julii ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


T HE Order for committing the Eckington Small 

Debts Bill to Mr. George Cavendish, and the 

North Derby List, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Eckington Small Debts Bill, 
which, upon the 19th day of February last, was made 
from the Select Committee cn Petitions for Private 
Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
Debts within the parish of Eckington, and other 
places, in the county of Derby: And that Mr. 
George Cavendish and Mr. Brotherton do prepare, 
and bring it in: And that leave be given to present 
the Bill on or before Monday next. 

VoL. 94, 


9°—10° Juliz. 423 


The House was moved, That the Report which, Grantham 
upon the 24th day of June last, was made from the Sal Debts 
Committee on the Grantham Small Debts Bill, ®" 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Grantham 
of the Petition for the Grantham Small Debts Bill, Sma!! Debts 
which, upon the 19th day of February last, was (N* *) Bill 
made from the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
Debts within the town or borough of Grantham, 
in the county of Lincoln, and other places, in the 
counties of Lincoln and Leicester: And that Mr. 

Welby and Mr. Handley do prepare, and bring it 
in: And that leave be given to present the Bill on 
or before Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Belfast Belfast Water 
Water (No. 1.) Bill, have leave to sit this day till (No 1.) Bill. 
five of the clock during the sitting of the House, 


The Marquis of Cholmondeley’s Estate Bill was Marquis of 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Chute, on , 
and the East Norfolk List. é 


Petitions from Stage Coach Proprietors of Bath, Stage Coach 

Reading, Bristol and Newbury ;—and, the County Pes 

of Essex; stating that since the establishment of 
Railways and Steam Vessels the trade and business 

of Coach Proprietors has been very seriously injured 

and diminished, and that the duty now levied on 

Stage Coaches is partial and oppressive ; and pray- 

ing for the repeal of the duty on Stage Coaches,— 

were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Petitions from Winkfield ;—Trellich ;—and, Pe- Education. 
nalt; praying the House not to sanction the proposed 
scheme of National Education recently laid before 
Parliament, as approved by the Committee of Privy 
Council,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Moderator of the Exeter As- 
sembly of Ministers, praying the House to sanction 
the said proposed scheme of National Education, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered ‘to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Blyton;—Grimsby;— West Cowes; postage. 
—Caistor ;—Beckhingham ;-—Morton ;-- Barton-upon- 
Humber ; — Owston ;— Marton ; — Berean, 
Finsbury and neighbourhood (three Petitions) ;— 
Members of the Council of the British Medical As- 
sociation ;— London and suburbs ;—Saint Ives ( Hun- 
tingdon) ;— Wexford ;—Roscrea ;— Bridge ;—Isle- 
worth ; — Establishment of Sir Henry Meuzx, and 
Co., Brewers, London ;—John Whitehouse and Sons, 
Regent’s Canal Basin, City Road, London, &amp;c. ;— 
Pickford and Co., City Basin, Wood-street and Re- 
gent-street, London;—and, Pearce and Countze, Long 
Acre, London ; praying for the adoption of a low and 
uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


2 ee 
‘? 


Petitions from Congleton ;—and, Northampton ; 
praying that the proposed Plan relative to Postage 
a pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Winkfield, praying prisons Bill. 
that the Prisons Bill may not pass into a law, as.it 
now stands, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Manufacturers, Merchantsand others Germanic 
of Bradford, in the county of York, interested in the Commercial 
Woollen and Stuff Trades, complaining of injury “*6"* 
inflicted upon the trade and manufactures of this 
country by the regulations of the Germanic Com- 





mercial League, and praying for the adoption of 
3H4 measures 


Bank of Ire- 
land Charter. 


Church 
Establishment 
(Canada, &amp;v.) 


Shannon 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Ludlow 
Borough 
Election. 


Richard 
McCormick. 


Medical 
Profession 
(lreland.) 


424 


measures to secure the attendance of some duly 
authorized and competent Representative of the Br- 
tish Government at the approaching sitting of the 
Commission at Berlin, to negociate a Commercial 
Treaty between this country and the states compri- 
sing the German Commercial League, on the prin- 
ciples of a free and unrestricted intercourse, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of New Ross, praying 
the House not to sanction the renewal of the Charter 
of the Bank of Ireland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ragland ;—and, Landenny ; pray- 
ing the House to continue their protection and en- 
couragement to the Bishops and Clergy in Canada, 
and the other British colonies, and make provision 
for increasing their number,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Charles Wye Williams, Esquire, 
the managing Director of the City of Dublin Steam 
Packet Company, praying the House not to sanction 
the introduction into the Shannon Navigation Bill 
of any clause annulling the agreement made by the 
Grand Canal Company with him, in regard to tolls 
and other rates to be levied by the said Grand 
Canal Company, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Hooper, of the Borough of 
Ludlow, in the county of Salop, Surgeon, John 
Nash, of the same Mg Butcher, and William 
Downes, of the same place, Gentleman, was deli- 
vered in, and read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners are Electors of the Ricask of Ludlow, and 
have and claim to have had a right to vote at the 
last Election of a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough, and voted thereat accord- 
ingly; that the Petitioners have been informed 
and believe that a Petition has been presented to 
the House, from John Thomas and Richard 
Marston, Electors of the said Borough, complaining 
of the Return, at the last Election thereat, of 
Thomas Alcock, Esquire, as a Member for the said 
Borough, and praying, amongst other things, that it 
may be declared that Henry Clive, Esquire, the 
unsuccessful candidate at the said last Election, was 
elected and ought to have been returned at the said 
Election ; and praying that they may be admitted 
as Parties to oppose the prayer of the said Petition, 
and to defend the Election and Return of the said 
Thomas Alcock, by en a that the said Thomas 
Alcock had the majority of good and legal votes 
given and tendered at the said Election, and was 
duly elected and entitled to be returned thereat. 

he House was moved, That the twelfth section 
of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, to consolidate and amend 
the Laws relating to the Trial of Controverted 
Elections or Returns of Members to serve in Par- 
liament, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Petitioners be admitted Parties 
in the room of the said Thomas Alcock, Esquire, 
according to the prayer of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Richard M’Cormick, formerly a 
Private in the 17th Lancers, complaining of being 
discharged from the regiment for exposing extor- 
tions alleged to be practised in the Army ; and 
praying for relief, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Medical Practitioners of Nenagh, 
in the county of Tipperary, complaining of the in- 
adequate compensation allowed to Medical Practi- 
tioners in Jre/and, for their attendance when required 
at coroners’ inquests or other court or tribunal, and 
praying the House to adopt measures for increasing 
the same, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


10° Julie. 


A. 1859. 


Petitions from the Chairman of a Meeting of the Metropolis 
Vestry of Woolwich;—and, the Chairman of the Vlice; and, 
Lambeth Political Union; praying that the Metro- Pole’ Can 
polis Police ; and, Metropolitan Police Courts Bills, Bills. 
may not pass into law,—were presented, and read; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor of Mewcastle-upon-Tyne, Universal 
praying for the adoption of Universal Suffrage, Suttage, &amp;. 
Annual Parliaments and Vote by Ballot, was pre- 
ag and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Muirkirk;—and, Kirkintilloch ; Church of 
praying the House to adopt measures for relieving Scotland. 
the religious destitution which prevails in Scotland, 
by extending the efficiency of the Established 
Church,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wigan ;—Kirriemuir ;— Alloa ;— Maynooth 
Ershine;—and, Uttoxeter; praying the House not ©!!*s 
to sanction any further grant of public money to 
the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth,—were 
ag and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Throwsters and Manufacturers of Factories Bill, 
Silk, interested in Silk Mills and Factories in Man- 
chester, praying that the Factories Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners, Masters and Mates of Redcar Harbour 

Vessels trading between London and the north-‘%%*) bill 
ern and eastern ports of England and Scotland, 
taking notice of the Redcar Harbour (No. 2.) 
Bill, and stating their conviction, that the form- 
ation of a Harbour at Redcar wovld be the 
means of protecting their own lives and those of 
the crews and passengers under their charge, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


of the Poor Law 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting 
Vestry of Saint Leonard’s, Shoreditch, praying that Commission 


Continuance 


the Poor Law Commission Continuance Bill may ,;;, 


not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the Collection of 
Vestry of Saint Leonard's, Shoreditch, praying that Rete il. 
the Collection of Rates Bill may not pass into a 
law, was — and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Asser, praying that Foreign Bonded Cor. 
Corn in Bond may be permitted to be manufactured 
into flour for exportation, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Canada. 
Command,—Copies or Extracts of Correspondence No. 392. 
relative to the affairs of Canada. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Slave Trade 
for the suppression of the Portuguese Slave Trade: (Por) 
And that Lord Viscount Palmerston and Lord John ~ 
Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Cathedral and Ecclesiastical Cathedral and 
Preferments Bill be read a second time To-morrow.  eoescmtng 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of Supply ; 
Supply be now received. , 
. Bernal accordingly reported from the Com- 
mittee several Resolutions ; which were read, as 





follow : 
1. Resolved, 











British 
Museum. 


Salaries ond 
Expenses 
(Houses of 
Parliament. ) 


po - (Trea- 
sury. ) 


D° - (Home 
Office.) 


D° - (Foreign 
Office. ) 


N° - (Colonial 
Ollice.) 


ur 


Dp? - (Privy 
Council Office, 
&amp;c.) 


D° - (Paymas- 
ter General’s 
Office.) 


D° - (Comp- 
woller General 
of the Exche- 


quer, &amp;c.) 


Professors 
(Oxford and 
Cambridge.) 


lnsolvent 
Debtors Court. 


Penitentiary 
(Milbank, ) 


Prison (Isle of 
Wight.) 


State Paper 
Office. 





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1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
eight thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the British Museum, for the year ending Lady 
day 1840. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of Salaries and Expenses of 
the two Houses of Parliament and of Allowances 
to retired Officers of the two Houses, to the 31st 
day of March 1840. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- 
eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay the Salaries, Contingent and other Expenses 
of the Department of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to 
the 31st day of March 1840. 

4, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nineteen 
thousand five hundred and eighty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses 
of the Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State 
for the Home Department, to the 31st day of March 
1840. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty-six 
thousand one hundred and seventeen pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Se- 
cretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; also, of the 
Foreign Messengers attached to the Department, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventeen 
thousand six hundred and seventy-eight pounds, be 
eranted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Se- 
cretary of State for the Colonies, to the 31st day 
of March 1840. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
four thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Department 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council 
and Committee of Privy Council for Trade, to the 
31st day of March 1840. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
five thousand seven hundred and fifty-five pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
of the office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster General, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventeen 
thousand five hundred and twenty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Bateces and 
Contingent Expenses in the Departments of the 
Comptroller General of the Exchequer, the Pay- 
master of Exchequer Bills, and the Paymaster ot 
Civil Services, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand and six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries and Al- 
lowances granted to certain Professors in the Uni- 
versities of Oxford and Cambridge, to the 31st day 
of March 1840. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries of 
the Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors Court, 
of their Clerks, and the Contingent Expenses of 
the Court and Office, to the 31st day of March 
1840; also, of the Expenses attendant upon the 
Circuit. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven- 
teen thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Expense of the General Penitentiary 
at Milbank, to the 3ist day of March 1840. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the probable Expense of pro- 
viding for the Prison for Juvenile Offenders at 
Parkhurst, in the Isle of Wight, to the 31st day 
of March 1840. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand one hundred and thirty-seven pounds, be 


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425 


the Salaries and Expenses of the State Paper Office, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceéding Five Criminal Law 
thousand and one hundred pounds, be granted to Commission, 
HerMajesty, to defray the Expenses of the Commis- 
sion for digesting the several Statutes relating to 
Criminal and other Law. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Hand-loom 
thousand four hundred and sixty-five pounds, be ae, 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Seeeien ° Perea 
the Commission for inquiring into the condition of 
the unemployed Hand-loom Weavers to its final 
close. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Consuls. 

hundred and three thousand six hundred and 
eighteen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray to the 3ist day of March 1840, the Charge 
of the Salaries of Her Majesty's Consuls General, 
Consuls and Vice Consuls abroad, and of the Su- 
perintendents of Trade at Canton; also, of the 
Contingent Expenses connected with the Public 
duties of such Consuls General, Consuls and Vice 
Consuls, and Superintendents of Trade. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- Compensations. 
seven thousand seven hundred and eighty-five 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Allowances and Compensations to persons 
formerly employed in the Public Offices or Depart- 
ments, or in the Public Service, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee on Parochial Cure 
the Parochial Cure of Souls Bill be received To- of Souls Bill. 
morrow. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee on Turnpike Acts 
the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill be now received, Continuance 
Mr. For Maule accordingly reported the Bill; ®“"- 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill to confirm cer- Pleadings in 
tain Rules and Orders of the Supreme Courts of Court (India) 
Judicature at Fort William and Madras, and to ®"" 
empower the same Courts, and the Supreme Court 
of Judicature of Bombay, to make Rules and Orders 
concerning Pleadings, be now read the third time :— 

The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Indemnity 
Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Assessed Taxes 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Assessed Composition 
Taxes Composition Bill. ill, 


Indemnity Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- goap Dutics 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Soap Duties Drawbuck Bill. 
Drawback Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Metropolis Police Bill : Metropolis 
—And the Bill was re-committed to a Committee of Police Bill. 
the whole House. 

The House was moved, That the Resolutions 
which, upon the 24th day of June last, were reported 
from the Committee, to whom it was referred to 
consider of authorizing advances out of the Conso- 
lidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, for the purposes of any Act of the 
present Session relating to the Police of the Metro- 
polis; and which Resolutions were then agreed to 
by the House, might be read; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That, in aid of the charge of main- 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of | taining the Metropolitan Police, there shall be 
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_ out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
ingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, an addi- 
tional yearly Sum, not exceeding the rate of Two 
pence in the Pound upon the additional rental 
which may be assessed in any place which may here- 
after become part of theMetropolitan Police District. 

2. Resolved, That an Annual Salary, not exceed- 
ing £.1,200, shall be paid out of the said Consoli- 
dated Fund, to each of the Commissioners of Police 
appointed to execute the Act for improving the 
Police of the Metropolis. 

3. Resolved, That an Annual Sum, not exceeding 
£.20,000, be paid out of the said Consolidated 
Fund, towards defraying the charge of the Metro- 
politan Police Force, on account of the Horse Patrol 
and the Thames Police; and also such further Sum 
as may be necessary for the payment of Superannua- 
tion Allowances to certain Officers of the Police. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Commit- 
tee on the said Bill, That they have Power to make 
provision therein, pursuant to the said Resolutions. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 
_ Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Causes, N° 1 to N° 10, disagreed to. 

Cuavuse, N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 12 to N° 15, agreed to. 

Criausz, N° 16, amended, and agreed to. 

‘Cravuszes, N° 17 to N° 19, agreed to. 


Cravuses, N° 20 and N® 21, amended, and 
agreed to. 


Ciauses, N° 22 to N° 26, agreed to. 

Cuiavuse, N° 27, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuavses, N° 28 and N° 29, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 30, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuauszs, N°31 to N° 33, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 34, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N* 35 to N° 38, agreed to. 

Cravses, N° 39 to N° 42, agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 43, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravusss, N° 44 to N° 49, agreed to. 

Cxiavuse [Pursuant to Instruction]j—(An addi- 
tional yearly Sum not greater than Two pence in the 
— upon the additional rental assessed to the 


etropolitan Police, to be issued out of the Con- 
solidated Fund)——brought up, and read 1°, 2°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be added to the Bill; 

The Committee divided: 

Tellers for the { Sir George Grey, 


Yeas, Mr. Solicitor General : } ws 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hume, 25 
Noes, Mr. William O’ Brien : } : 


Cxiavse [Pursuant to Instruction] —(Provision 
for Horse Patrol) ——read 1°, 2°; and added. 


Cuiavse [Pursuant to Instruction]—(That a Sa- 
lary not exceeding the rate of £.1,200 a year, shall 
be paid quarterly to each of the Commissioners, out 
of the Consolidated Fund)——read 1°, 2°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be added to the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. John Parker, 

Yeas, Sir Thomas Troubridge : } 87. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Wakley, 

Noes, (Mr. William Williams: J ™ 


Cuause, N° 50, (Regulations as to Coffee Shops, 
&amp;c.)——read. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill——put, and Negatived. 





Cuavuses, N° 51 and N° 52, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Cuauss, N° 53 (Publicans prohibited from sup- 
plying liquors to persons under sixteen years .of 
age) read. 

Several Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question _. That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee Sivided : 

Tellers for the { Sir George Grey, } 29. 





Yeas, Mr. Charles Wood : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Thomas Duncombe, ws 
Noes, UMr. Wakley: ‘ 
Cuavse, N° 54 (Licensed Victuallers and persons 
keeping Cook Shops rere thieves or prostitutes 
to assemble)——read. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. For Maule, } 23. 





Mr. Pryme: 
Mr. Hawes 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. ‘Mice } 34, 
Ciauses, N° 55 to N° 58, amended, and agreed 
to. 
CriauseE, N° 59 (To prevent gaming in the streets) 
read. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas, _ ; samt aule, 27 


Colonel Sibthorp 
Tellers for the Noes, { Mr. Wakley : , } 36. 
Crausss, N°60 and N° 61, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Cravusss, N° 63 to N° 65, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 66 (Prohibition of Nuisances)—— 
read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 22.1.1. After the 
word “ within” to insert the words “ the weekly 
“ Bills of Mortality, or in the streets of any town 
“ within.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Thomas Wood, 

Yeas, Colonel Sibthorp : } - 

Tellers for the { Mr. Robert Gordon, 

Noes, \ Mr. Alderman Hum sig) - 

First Section,—Amendment selmi : P, 22.1.4. 
To leave out the words “ or feed or fodder.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Section; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas, i othe } 62. 


Tellers for the Noes, { = 7 i , p32. 
Another Amendment made. 


Crausg, N° 66, as amended, agreed to. 


Ciause, N° 67 (Drunkards guilty of indecent 
behaviour may be imprisoned)——read. 
Amendment proposed: P. 24. 1.32. At the be- 
ginning of the Clause to insert the following words : 
“ And for the purpose of good example, and the 
“ better prevention of the vice of drunkenness, Be 
“ it Enacted, That every person belonging to and 
“ moving in what are commonly called the higher 
rades and walks of society, who shall be found 
drek in any street or public thoroughfare, may 
be committed to the house of correction, with or 
without hard labour, for any time not more than 
“ Seven days, if the Magistrate before whom such 
‘ person shall be convicted shall so think fit, in- 
“ stead of inflicting on him any pecuniary penalty.” 
Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and Negatived. 
Several Amendments made. 





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Motion 








Admiralty 
Courts Biil. 


Metropolitan 
Police Courts 
Bill. 


Patterns and 
Inventions Bill. 


Military 
Pensions Bill. 


Small Tene- 
ments Bill, 


Supply. 


Payment of 
Rates Bill, 


Registers of 
Births, &amp;c., Bill. 


Registration 
(Court of 
Appeal) Bill, 


Ways and 


Means. 


Public Works 
(Ireland) Bill. 


3 VicTorRiZ. 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Rill; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Fox Maule, \ 57 


Yeas, The Lord Advocate : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Thomas Duncombe, } 10 
Noes, Mr. Alderman Thompson : 


Crauses, N°68 to N°76, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausgs, N° 77 to N° 83, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 84, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 85 to N° 87, agreed to. 

Cuavse offered, (Dog carts prohibited)——read 
1°, 2°; and added. 


Cravsz offered (Regulation respecting Street Mu- 
sicians)——read 1°, 2°; and added. i 

CuavseE offered (Annual Returns to Parliament) 
—-read 1°, 2°; and added. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


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


Jovis, 11° die Julii, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr, Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Admiralty Courts Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Patterns and Inventions Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Military Pinsione Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Small Tenements Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, What this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Payment of Rates Bill; 

Ordered, That theBill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Registers of Births, &amp;c., Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration (Court of Appeal) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— . the Public Works (Jreland) Bill ; 
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427 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Shannon 
mittee on the Shannon Navigation Bill; , —— 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, as 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being 
mittee on the Sale of Beer Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


read, for the Com- Sete of Beer 
ul 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ecclesiastical 
Copy of any Correspondence between the Lords of amy 
the Treasury and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners “*!"*) 
in Ireland, relative to the Repayment of the Loan 
of £.100,000 advanced to the Ecclesiastical Board 
by the Commissioners of Public Works, in the year 
1835 ; the Amount of which Loan appears, by the 
Reports of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, to be 
invested in the 3 per cent. Consols. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Constabulery 
for the better regulation of the Constabulary Force (lnelen 4) Bill 
in Ireland: And that Lord Viscount Morpeth and P 
Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this County Courts 
day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of —— of 
authorizing any advance out of the Consolidated =" ‘ 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, which may hereafter be required for supply- 


jing eet in the Fund primarily applicable 


to the Expenses of County Courts, as regulated b 
any Act to be passed in the present Session of Par- 
liament ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject- 
matter of this Motion, recommends it to the consi- 
deration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Corporation of 

Accounts of all Sums raised by the Corporation of Lendon. 
London, under the Acts 10 Geo. 4, c. 136,11 Geo. 4, 
c. 64and 1 and 2 Vic., c. 100, showing the appli- 
cation thereof, and the Charges granted for the same ; 
specifying the nature and subjects of the security, 
the Persons to whom granted, and by whom now 
held, and the Interest payable in respect of éach 
Loan :—And, of the yearly produce of the Revenues 
constituting the security Fund for such Loans ; dis- 
tinguishing the several Branches thereof, and the 
application of such Revenues respectively. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Order, pre-Slave Trade 
sented a Bill for the Suppression of the Portuguese (Portegal) Bill. 
Slave Trade: And the same was read the first time; No. 393. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Belfast Belfast Water 
Water (No. 1.) Bill have leave to make a special (N% +) Bill. 
Report. 

Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
Committee on the said Bill; That the Parties pro- 
moting the Bill had stated, that, in consequence of 
two persons, viz., James M‘Cleery and William 
Radcliffe, of Belfast, whose evidence they consi- 
dered essential, having refused to attend unless or- 
dered to do so by the House, they were unable to 
proceed with their case, and oo to the Com- 
mittee to issue a summons for the attendance of the 
said James M‘Cleery and William Radcliffe. 


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That the Committee having taken the application 
into consideration, and being satisfied of its propriety, 
had directed him to report the circumstances to the 
House. ; and to request that Power should be granted 
to the Committee to send for the Parties above 
mentioned. 

Ordered, That James M‘Cleery and William 
Radcliffe do attend this House upon Tuesday next. 

Ordered, That the Plan, Section, List of Owners, 
&amp;e., together with the Petition for the Belfast Water- 
works(No. 1.) Bill ; and, the Petition for the Belfast 
Waterworks (No.2.) Bill in Session 1837; also, the 
Plan, Section, &amp;c., and the Petition for the Belfast 
Waterworks (No. 1.) Bill, with the Petitions of 
Adam John Macrory for enlarging the time to pre- 
sent the said Bill; the transverse and longitudinal 
Section of Reservoir; also, the Petition of Adam 
John Macrory, for leave to substitute a subscription 
contract deed in lieu of a declaration deposited in 
the Private Bill Office; also, the Plans, Sections 
&amp;c., List of Owners; Petition for Bill and Petition 
of the Charitable Society of Belfast, against the 
said Bill in Session 1837-8, be referred to the Com- 
n.ittee on the Belfast Water (No. 1.) Bill of the 
present Session. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after two of the clock 
on Thursday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Jovis, 11° die Juli; 


Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 





PRAYERS. 


R. Grote, from the Select Committee appointed 
i to try and determine the merits of the Petition 
of Thomas Gisborne the younger, of Horwich House, 
of Derbyshire, in England, Esquire, a Candidate at 
the last Election for a Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Carlow in Ireland; and 
also, the Petition of the there-undersigned Electors 
of the Borough of Carlow in Ireland, who claimed 
a right to vote, and did vote, at the last Election of 
a Member to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough of Curlow, held on the twenty-fifth day of 
February last past, severally complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said Borough ; 
and to defend which Return, Henry Cary and 
others; Nicholas Byrn and others; and, William 
Cary and others, Electors of the Borough of Carlow, 
had, by several Orders of the House, been admitted 
Parties in the room of Francis Bruen, Esquire, in- 
formed the House, That the Committee had deter- 
mined, 

That Francis Bruen, Esquire, is not duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Carlow. 

That Thomas Gisborne, Esquire, the younger, is 
duly elected, and ought to have been returned, a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Carlow. 

That the Petitions of Thomas Gisborne the younger ; 
and, of George O’Farraill and others, Electors, did 
not appear to the Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious. 

That the opposition of Henry Cary and others ; 
of Nicholas Byrn and others ; and, of William Cary 
and others, Electors, severally admitted as Parties 
to defend the Return, did not appear to the Com- 
mittee to be frivolous or vexatious. 

That the Committee have altered the Poll taken 
at the said Election, by striking ‘off the names of 
William Moorehead, William Robert Lecky, Thomas 
Quinlan, Philip Deighton, John Walsh, of Graigue, 
Robert Ivers, Daniel O’ Brien, Thomas Greene, John 
Murphy, Andrew Caulfield, Pierce Kelly, Robert 
M*‘ Dowell, and John Hewitt Burgess, as not having 


had a right to vote at the said Election; and by | to present the Bill on or before Monday next. 


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A. 1839. 


adding the name of Patrick Barry, as having had 
a right to vote at the said Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend Clerk of the 
this House To-morrow, with the last Return for the Crown to 
Borough of Carlow, and amend the same, by rasing “"*"4 Retom, 
out the name of Francis Bruen, Esquire, and insert- 
ing the name of Thomas Gisborne, Esquire, the 
younger, instead thereof. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- Wirksworth 

spect the Journals of the House of Lords, with re- Small Debis 
lation to any Proceedings upon the Wirksworth ®"\ 
Small Debts Bill, and to make Report thereof to the 
House :—And a Committee was appointed of Mr. 
William Evans, Mr. George Cavendish, Mr. Hurt, 
Mr. Strutt, Mr. Freshfield, Mr. George Ponsonby, 
and, Mr. Finch. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- Belper Small 
spect the Journals of the House of com with re- Debts Bill. 
lation to any Proceedings upon the Belper Small 
Debts Bill, and to make Report thereof to the House: 
—And a Committee was appointed of Mr. William 
Evans, Mr. George Cavendish, Mr. Hurt, Mr. Strutt, 
Mr. Freshfield, Mr. George Ponsonby, and Mr. 
Finch. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Mr. William O’ Brien reported from the Committee Rathkeale 
on the Rathkeale Inclosure Bill; That they had Inclosure Bill, 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction 
of the Committee; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The Order for taking into further consideration, Aberfort, &amp;c, 
To-morrow, the Report on the Aberford, &amp;c., Smal] Sm! Debts 
Debts Bill, was read, and discharged. - 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Aberford, &amp;., 
of the Petition for the Aberford, &amp;c., Small Debts Sm#!! &lt;4 
Bill, which, upon the 5th day of March last, was aca c 
made from the Select Committee on Petitions for 
ge Bills, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
Debts within the Town of Aberford and other places, 
in the West Riding of the County of York, and 
Ainsty of the City of York: And that Mr. Lascelles 
and Lord Viscount Morpeth do prepare, and bring it 
in: And that leave be given to present the Bill on 
or before Monday next.  « 


The Order for taking into further consideration, Rotherham 
To-morrow, the Report on the Rotherham Small Small Debts 
Debts Bill, was read, and discharged. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Rotherham 
of the Petition for the Rotherham Small Debts Bill, Small a 
‘i: (No. 2.) Bi L 
which, upon the 22d day of March last, was made 
from the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
Debts within the Town of Rotherham, and other 
places, in the West Riding of the County of York: 
And that Mr. Lascelles and Lord Viscount Morpeth 
do prepare, and bring it in: And that leave be given 


The 








3 Vicrori. 


London City The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Police Bill. the adjourned Proceeding upon the third reading of 
the London City Police Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Proceeding on the third read- 
ing of the said Bill be further adjourned till To- 
morrow. 

Spirits Petitions from Urlingford, Johnstown and Fresh- 
(Ireland-) = ford; Callan, Kells and Stoneyford ;— Castlecomer, 


Durrow and Ballyraggett ;—New Ross ;—and, Kil- 
kenny ; praying that Spirits may be permitted to be 
sold by Grocers in Jreland,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners and Farmers of the 
county of Kent, praying for the amendment of the 
Tithe Commutation Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the T able. 


Tithe Commu- 
tation Act. 


Poor Law Act. A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens and 
Overseers of Southover, complaining of the inability 
of the Poor Law Commissioners to consent to the 
discharge of a debt incurred by that parish in pro- 
secuting a suit in Chancery, for the better adminis- 
tration of a charity estate, and praying for relief, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 

Postage. Petitions from Falkland ;—Strathmiglo ;—Aber- 
chirder ;—.James Young, of Dunfermline ;—~ Flisk ; 
— Harwich;— Bathgate ;— Burntisland;— Dunkeld; 
—-Harwell;-- Haddington (Provost) ;--Inverkeithing ; 
—Charmouth ;— Ditcheling ;—Minchinhampton ;— 
Brinscombe Port;—Shipwrights in the employ of 
Messrs. Green, Wigram and Green, Blackwall ;— 
Shipwrights of the River Thames ;— and, Maroon 
Town, Jamaica; praying for the adoption of a low 
and uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Selkirk ;— Dunfermline ;— Cupar 
(two Petitions) ;—Zanark;— Hamilton (Provost) ;— 
Linlithgow ; — Bolton ; —Edinburgh ;— Kirkcaldy 
(two Petitions) ;—Conway (Mayor and Bailiff) ;— 
Plymouth ;— Dundee (two Petitions) ;—and, Jnver- 
heithing; praying that the proposed measure relative 
to Postage may pass into a law,—were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ballymena ;—-Buncrana ;— and, 
Armagh; praying that Presbyterian soldiers may be 
allowed to attend the services of the Presbyterian 
Church, in the same manner as Episcopalian and 
Roman Catholic soldiers are permitted to attend 
their respective places of worship,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Army ( Presby- 
terian Church 
Service). 


Bank of Ireland 


Charter. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Enniscorthy, praying 
the House not to sanction the renewal of the Charter 
of the Bank of Ireland, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Church of 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Blairingone, in the 
Scotland, 


county of Perth, praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for relieving the religious destitution which 
prevails in Scotland, by extending the efficiency of 
the Established Church, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Collection of 


Petitions from Suint Botolph, Bishopsgate, Lon- 


Rates Bill. — don;--Saint Andrew-the- Less, Cambridge(Chairman 
of Vestry) ;—and, Southwark (Chairman and Clerk 
of the Board of Guardians) ; praying that the Collec- 
tion of Rates Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Poor Luw Petitions from the Chairman of the Board of 

— Guardians of the Cambridge Union ;—Saint Andrew- 

Bill, the--Less, Cambridge (Chairman of Vestry) ;-~ and, 


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429 
Addingham; praying that the Poor Law Commis- 
sion Continuance Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Stepney ;—and, Saint James, West- Tippting 
minster ; praying for an alteration of the law with Houses. 
regard to the opening and closing of Tippling-houses, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Poor Poor Law 
of Great Boughton Union, praying for the amend- Amendment 
ment of the Poor Law Act, was presented, and read; ss 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Sir Robert Emigration. 
Wilmot Horton, Baronet, detailing certain statements 
respecting Emigration and Colonization, and pray- 
ing for the appointment of a Select Committee at 
the commencement of the next Session of Parliament, 
to take into consideration the said subjects, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Parochial Schoolmasters of the Schools 
Presbytery of Auchterarder, praying the House to (Scotland.) 
take into consideration the state of the Parochial 
Schools in Scotland, and make provision for in- 
creasing the Salaries of Schoolmasters, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President of the Worcester Severn 
Chamber of Commerce, complaining of the defective Navigation 
state of the Navigation of the River Severn, and 
praying the House to take the same into considera- 
tion, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Honourable William De Blaquiere, Lunatics. 
of Hill House, in the county of Sussex, a Lieutenant- 
General in Her Majesty’s service, stating that the 
Petitioner’s sister has been confined as a lunatic 
by virute of a commission of lunacy issued against 
her in February 1836; that he has made innu- 
merable applications to see her, but has always been 
refused ; and praying the House to take into con- 
sideration the present state of the law respecting 
lunacy, more particularly with regard to the ap- 
pointment of a committee of the person and estate 
of the lunatic, and that the near relatives should, 
have all reasonable means of ascertaining the state 
of mind, condition and treatment of the lunatic, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Barnabas, Education. 
Openshaw, Manchester, praying the House not to 
sanction the proposed scheme of National Education 
recently laid before Parliament, as approved by the 
Committee of Privy Council, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Minister and Inhabitants of Scalby, 
praying the House to address Her Majesty to revoke 
the Order in Council appointing a Committee to 
superintend any Grants for National Education, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Registrars and Deputy Regis- Ecclesiastical 
trars of the archdioceses of Armagh and Dublin, Cours 
and dioceses of Meath, Kildare, Clogher, &amp;c., pray- Pe oe, 
ing that the Ecclesiastical Courts (Jreland) Bill | 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Society for pro- Church 
moting Christian Knowledge, praying the House to ae ag 
adopt measures for providing more effectually for (C™" » 
the religious instruction of the Colonies, for an in- 
crease in the number of Bishops and Clergy, wherever 

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430 


they are required, for the protection of the existing 
property and lands of the Church, and for the erection 
of new churches and chapels, and that no new Co- 
lonies may be founded, without provision being made 
for the instruction of the mhabitants according to 
the principles of the Church of England, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Bonding A Petition of the Town Council of the borough of 

Warehouses. Bolton, praying for the establishment of Inland 
Bonding Warehouses, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Inland Ware- = Petitions from the Corporation of the London 

housing Bill. ~~ Dock Company ;—the East and West India Dock 


Company ;— and, the Deputy Chairman of the 
Gloucester Chamber of Commerce ; praying that the 
Inland Warehousing Bill may not pass into a law,-- 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Queen’s Printer 


Petitions from Crieff ;—Leslie (two Petitions) ;— 
(Scotland. ) 


Urr ;—and, Crail; praying the House not to sanc- 
tion the renewal of the Patent now held by Her 
Majesty’s Printer in Scotland, of exclusively printing 
the Bible,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of Stage Coaches and 
Persons connected therewith, of Dover, complaining 
of competition from inland Steam and Railroads, 
and praying for the repeal of the Duty on Stage 
Bln Gig was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Stage Coach 
Duties, 


Church of 


Petitions from Forgan;—and, Ferry Port-on- 
Scotland. 


Craig; praying the House not to sanction any addi- 

tional endowment to the Church of Scotland,—were 
resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request, that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Evidence 
taken before their Lordships on the Bill, intituled, 
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of the Reverend 
William Andrew Weguelin, Clerk, with Emma We- 
guelin, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry 
again, and for other Purposes therein mentioned : 


And that Mr. Freshfield do carry the said Message. 


Weguelin’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Nottingham 
and Mansfield 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


The Order for committing the Nottingham and 
Mansfield Small Debts Bill to Sir Ronald Ferguson, 
and the North Nottingham List, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Nottingham and Mansfield 
Small Debts Bill, which, upon the 27th day of March 
last, was made from the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small 
Debts within the town and county of the town of 
Nottingham and other places therein mentioned, in 
the counties of Nottingham and Derby: And that 
the Earl of Lincoln and Colonel Rolleston do pre- 
pare, and bring it in: And that leave be given to 
present the Bill on or before Monday next. 


Nottingham 
and Mansfield 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
Fiats. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Fiats in Bankruptcy 
issued from the 11th day of January 1838 to the 
11th dav of January 1839 ; distinguishing how 
many Town Fiats, and how many Country Fiats were 
issued ; also, distinguishing the Lists to which the 
Country Fiats were issued, by the Name of the 
Town or District to which such List belongs. 





11° Juliz. 








A. 1839. 


The Cathedral and Ecclesiastical Preferments Cathedral ana 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; Rocbesinstical 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, ,°°™"" 


L 
for To-morrow. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham Message from 

and Mr. Senior : . the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more equally assessing Borough Watch 
and levying Watch Rates in certain Boroughs: Rates Bill, 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for better lighting with Over Darwen 
Gas the Village of Over Darwen, in the County Pa- 6s Bil. 
latine of Lancaster: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for extending and en- Black Quarry 
larging an Act passed in the seventh year of the (or Anuiesiad) 
Reign of His late Majesty, King William the Fourth, seems 
for making and maintaining a Turnpike-road, from 
Anniesland Toll Bar in the County of Lanark, and 
for making and maintaining another Branch Road, 
to be called Saint George’s Road, in connection with 
the said Road: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Jamaica Laws 
by this House to the Amendments made by their ¥"- 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to provide 
for the Enactmeut of certain Laws in the Island of 
Jamaica, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Mellin’s 

by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to dis- Divorce Bill, 
solve the Marriage of Richard John Sutcliffe Mellin, 
Esquire, with Jane Mellin his now Wife, and to 
enable him to marry again, and for other Purposes 
—e mentioned, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Filtration 
Act for forming and regulating a Company to be Company Bill 
called “‘ The General Filtration and Dye Extract 
Company,” and to enable the said Company to pur- 
chase certain Letters Patent, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Liverpool 
Act for altering, amending, consolidating and en- Buildings Bill, 
larging the Provisions of certain Acts relating to the 
Regulation of Buildings in the Borough of Liverpool, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Highways 
Act to amend an Act of the fifth and sixth years (No 2.) Bill. 
of the Reign of His late Majesty, King William 
the Fourth, relating to Highways; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The J.ords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Ecclesiastical 
to make better Provision for the assignment of Districts Bill 
Ecclesiastical Districts to Churches or Chapels 
augmented by the Governors of the Bounty of 
Queen Anne, and for other Purposes; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bligh’s 
for vesting the Undivided Sixth Share, of Ann Camp- Estate Bill. 
bell Bligh, Spinster, a Lunatic, as one of the six 
Daughters and Coheiresses of William Bligh, Es- 
quire, deceased, in certain Lands and Hereditaments 
in New South Wales, of which the said William 
Bligh died seised, in Trustees, in whom the other 
five Undivided Sixth Shares are now vested, upon 
Trust, for Sale ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House the Mi- weguelin’s 
nutes of Evidence taken on the second reading of Divorce Bill 
the Bill, intituled, An Act to dissolve the Marriage 
of the Reverend William Andrew Weguelin, Clerk, 
with Emma Weguelin his now Wife, and to enable 
him to marry again, and for other Purposes therein 
mentioned, as desired by this House; and the Lords 
do request, that the said Minutes of Evidence may 
be 





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Lower Canada 
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3 VicToRiz. 


be returned to them:—-And then the Messengers 
withdrew, 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lower Canada Government Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ it is the opinion of this House, that every con- 
“ sideration of | humanity, justice and policy demands 
“ that Parliament should ay ae: 4 apply itself, with- 
“ out delay, to legislating for the permament Go- 
“ vernment of Her Majesty’s Provinces of Upper 
“ and Lower Canada,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
he House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby. 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, 
Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart: 
Tellers for the f Sir William Molesworth, 28 
Noes, Mr. Leader: : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


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431 


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


Veneris, 12° die Julit, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Duties and 
Bill ; Revenues Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 

26th day of this instant July, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law 


reading of the Poor Law Commission Continuance Commission 
Bill ; Continuance 
&gt; 


Bill. 
. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
ay. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Collection of 
reading of the Collection of Rates Bill ; Rates Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Inland Ware- 
mittee on the Inland Warehousing Bill; housing Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 





Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


CrauseE N°1,(The Number of Councillors forming 
the Special Council, shall not be less than Twenty) 
——read. 

An Amendment made. 

Motion made and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John one) 272. 


Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, } - 
Noes, Mr. Leader : : 


Criause N° 2. (Repeal of Provision 1 and 2 Vic. 
c. 9, prohibiting Taxation &amp;c.)——read. 

Several Amendments made. 

Motion made and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Robert Steuart, \ 174 

Yeas, Mr. Edward John Stanley: : 

Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, } — 

Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : : 

CiausE N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Criause N° 4 (Repeal of Provision of 1 and 2 
Vic. c. 9, prohibiting the alteration of Acts of Par- 
liament, &amp;c.)——read. 

Several Amendments made. 

Amendment proposed, P. 3. At the end of the 
Clause to add the following words “ or altering or 
“ affecting the tenure of land except for the en- 
“ franchisement of the Island of Montreal, and the 
“ seigneuries belonging to the seminary of Saint 
“ Sulpice of Montreal.” 

Question, That those words be there added——put 
and negatived. 

Cause, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauseg, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 6, and N° 7, agreed to. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





was, according to Order, read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Factories Bill. 
mittee on the Factories Bill : 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Highway Rates 
mittee on the Highway Rates Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Loan Fund 

mittee on the Loan Fund (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Timber Ships 
reading of the Timber Ships Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Mr. Freshfield reported the Parochial Cure of Parochial Cure 
Souls Bill; and the Amendment was read, as fol- of Seuls Bil. 
loweth : 

At the end of the Bill add “ Provided also, 
“ That in any case in which an appeal shall be 
“ interposed by any spiritual person, notice thereof 
“« shall forthwith be given by or on behalf of the 
“ bishop by whom the order appealed from shall 
“ have been made to the churchwardens of the 
“ parish and to the spiritual persons having the Cure 
“ of Souls in such parish, and all persons interested 
“ in such order shall be entitled to be heard before 
“ the archbishop to oppose the revocation or vari- 
“ ation sought to be obtained by the original ap- 
“ pellant from such order.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to; and the Amendment following was 
made to the Bill: viz. 

Pr. 3. 1.35. After “ Person” insert “ or church- 
“ warden, chapelwarden or inhabitant.” 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


nx 


The ingrossed Bill to continue for a limited time Tumpike Acts 
the Local Turnpike Acts for Great Britain which Continuance 
expire with this or the ensuing Session of Parliament," * 





Von, 94. 


314 Resolved, 





Indemnity Bill. 


Assessed Taxes 
Composition 
Bill. 


Soap Duties 
Drawback Bill. 


Admiralty 
Court Bill. 


Registers of 
Births,&amp;c., Bill. 








County Courts 
[Advance of 
Money.] 

















































































































Registration 
(Court of 
Appeal) Bill, 
































Payment of 
Rates Bill. 























New South 
Wales Bill. 

























































432 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue, until the first day of 
June One thousand eight hundred and Forty-one, 
and to the end of the then Session of Parliament, 
the Local Turnpike Acts in England and Wales, 
which expire with this or the ensuing Session of 
Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Indemnity Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bin, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Assessed Taxes Composition Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Soap Duties Drawback 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 

orted, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Admiralty Court Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Registers of Births, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Saturday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee, to consider of authorizig any ad- 
vance out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which may 


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hereafter be required for supplying any deficiency 
in the Fund primarily applicable to the expenses of 
County Courts, as regulated by any Act to be passed 
in the present Session of Parliament. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That there shall be issued out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, such sums as may be 
necessary to make good any deficiency in the Ge- 
neral Fee Fund of the County Courts, which may 
be established by virtue of any Act of the present 
Session, for improving County Courts. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration (Court of Appeal) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, the 
Payment of Rates Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The House was moved, That the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 83, to provide for the Administration of Justice 
in New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, and 
for the more effectual Government thereof, and for 
other Purposes relating thereto, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 





A. 1839. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue and amend the said Act: And that Mr. 
Labouchere and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Bligh’s Estate Bill was read the first time ; and Bligt’s 
ordered to be read a second time. Estate Bill, 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- Hatfield (York) 
spect the Journals of the House of Lords, with Small Debis 
relation to any Proceedings upon the Hatfield _— 
(York) Small Debts Bill, and to make Report thereof 
to the House:—And a Committee was appointed of 
Lord Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Lascelles, Mr. Broad- 
ley, Mr. Evans, Mr. Hurt, Mr. Cavendish and Mr. 


Bi ae 
rdered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill for the Constabulary 
better Regulation of the Constabulary Force in Force (Ireland) 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; 3! 
and ordered to be read a second time Upon Tuesday Ne. 395. 
next ; and to be printed. : 


The Ecclesiastical Districts Bill was read the Ecclesiastical 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time Districts Bil, 
upon Wednesday next. No. 396. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 12° die Juli ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


' i ‘HE Clerk of the Crown attending, according Carlow Borough 
- to Order, amended the Return for the Borough Retwn 
of Carlow. amended. 


The House being informed, that one of the Sheriffs County Courts 
of the City of London, attended at the door ; om. 
And a Member present having acquainted the 
House, that Mr. Sheriff Wood, the other Sheriff, 

was absent: in Jreland, on indispensable business ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Sheriff Johnsun be now called 
in; and he was called in accordingly; and at the 
bar presented,—A Petition of the Lord Mayor, 
Aldermen and Commons of the City of London, in 
Common Council assembled :—And then he with- 
drew. 

And the said Petition, praying that the County 
Courts Bill may not pass into a law, was read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House being informed that one of the Sheriffs pustage. 
of the City of London attended at the door ; 

And a Member present having acquainted the 
House that Mr. Sheriff Wood, the other Sheriff, was 
absent in Ireland, on indispensable business; 

Ordered, That Mr. Sheriff Johnson be now called 
in; and he was called in accordingly, and at the 
bar presented,— A Petition of the Lord Mayor, 
Aldermen and Commons of the City of London, in 
Common Council assembled :—And then he with- 
drew. 

And the said Petition, praying that the proposed 
measure relative to Postage may pass into a law, 
was read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Berthon, from the Trinity House, was called Pilotage. 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of the 
Pilots’ Fund of the Corporation of Trinity House of 
Deptford Strond, in the year ending 31st December 
1838 :—And then he withdrew. 

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





Mr. 


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East India 
Company. 


Wirksworth 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


“ Wirksworth 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


3 VicToRI2Z£. 


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company, was called in; and at 
the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—Accounts 
of all Monies supplied from the Revenues of India 
since the Return made to the Order of the House 
of the 12th day of December 1837, towards the 
payment of Expenses in England chargeable on 
those Revenues, particularizing, as before, monthly 
and annually:—1. The Amount of Bills drawn by 
the Court of Directors on the several Governments 
of India, in separate Accounts of each Presidency, 
for Monies paid into the London Treasury of the 
East India Company, with the Rates of Exchange 
at which such Bills were issued :—-2. The Amount 
of Remittances, in separate Accounts, made by the 
several Governments of India, and by the East 
India Company’s Agents in China to the Court 
of Directors; specifying the Dates of Remittances 
as advised in the Registers received from India, 
and the Dates when the same were received into the 
London Treasury; whether the due payment of 
those Remittances were protected by the hypothe- 
cation of Goods, or by any other Security, with the 
Rates of Exchange at which such Remittances were 
made:—3. Amount of Bills drawn by the East 
India Company’s Agents in China, on the several 
Governments of India, with the Rates of Exchange 
at which such Bills were issued at Canton:—4. Also, 
an Account of Remittances received from India or 
China, since the last Return, in Silk, or any other 
description of Goods, specifying the Invoice Cost 
in Indian Currency, and in British Sterling Money, 
with a Statement, if sold, of the Net Proceeds 
realized in London :—Also, an Account of any Re- 
mittances received into the London Treasury of the 
East India Company, in re-payment of Advances 
made in India on account of Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment; and also, made applicable evant the pay- 
ment of Expenses in England, chargeable on the 
Revenues in India :—And then he withdrew. 


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


Mr. William Evans reported from the Com- 
mittee appointed to inspect the Journals of the 
House of Lords with relation to any Proceedings 
upon the Wirksworth Small Debts Bill; and to 
make Report thereof te the House; That they had 
inspected the said Journals accordingly; and had 
taken Copies of the Proceedings of the Lords there- 
upon: And the Report was read, as followeth : 


“ Die Jovis, 11° Julij, 1839: 


“ The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the 
Lords’ Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, ‘ An 
Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of 
Small Debts within the Parish of Wirksworth and 
other Parishes and Places adjacent or near thereto, 
in the several Counties of Derby and Stafford,’ was 
committed ; That they had considered the said Bill, 
and examined the allegations thereof, which were 
found to be true; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made one Amendmert 
thereto : 


“ Which Amendment was read by the Clerk, as 
follows ; viz. 


“ Pr. 71. 1. 26. Leave out from ‘ soever’ to 
‘ And,’ in Pr. 74. 1. 30. and insert Clause (A.) 


“ Ciause(A.)‘ And be it further Enacted, That 
the several fees to be taken by the barrister, 
clerk or his deputy, serjeants and other officers 
of the said Court of Requests shall not exceed the 
several fees hereinafter limited and expressed, and 
shall be taken by the barrister, clerk or his de- 
puty serjeants and criers of the said Court of 

equests for their several and respective services 


i  .  .  .  o 


12° Julie. 


433 


‘ sums not exceeding Fifteen pounds, (that is to 
* say); 





“ JUDGE’S FEES. 


For every Debt 
exceeding 5/. and not 


For every Debt 

+1 &amp; 1 Ra| not exceeding 5/. 
exceeding 10/. 

exceeding 101. 


For every Debt 








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For every hearing or trial without a jury 
For every hearing or trial with ajury - 
For every order, decree or judgment - 


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“ CLERK’S FEES. 


On Debts 
exceeding 51., 


On Debts 
o © QAI QAR] and not exceeding 101. 


exceeding 40s., 
and not exceeding 5/. 


On Debts 
not exceeding 40 s. 
On Debts 
exceeding 10/. 








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Issuing every summons or subpena - | — 
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Entering and giving notice of set-off or 
special defence - - - - 
Swearing any plaintiff, defendant or 
witness = - - - 
Entering and drawing up every judg- 
ment, decree or order - - - 
Copy of every judgment, decree or order | — 
Every nonsuit 
Paying money into court, and entering 
same in books, and receipt - -|- 
Every search, including payment of 
money into and out of court, and 
entering same - - -|- 
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an insult or misbehaviour in the court 
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On Debts 
exceeding 40 s., 
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On Debts 
exceeding 51., 
and not exceeding 101. 
On Debts 


On Debts 
not exceeding 40s. 
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For serving every summons, order or 
subpeena, or any notice or particulars 
of set-off or defence, or application 
for jury, within one mile of the court- 
house . = $$ ,© .,aejum 2)- 6) = 1011 -— 
If above one mile, then extra for every 
mile not exceeding seven miles -{- 2]/- 3)- 
For summoning every juror within one 
mile of the court-house - - -|- -|- 
If above one mile, then extra for every 
mile not exceeding seven miles -“|- -|- 
For any execution against goods or body | 1 —- | 1 
If above one mile, then extra for every 
mile not exceeding seven miles -|- 2/- 
For any assistant bailiff - - -|- 6)1 
If above one mile, then extra for every 
mile not exceeding seven miles -|- 2/- 
The carrying every plaintiff, defendant 
or delinquent to prison (including 
all expenses and assistants) for every 
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in the execution of this Act for the recovery of all 
Vo. 94, 


“ Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into further consideration on this day three months.” 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
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434. 

The House was moved, That the Report in mies 
of the Petition for the Wirksworth Small Debts Bill, 
which, upon the 19th day of February last, was 
made from the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to — a Bill for 
the more easy and speedy recovery of Small Debts 
within the parish of Wirksworth, and other parishes 
and places adjacent or near thereto, in the several 
counties of Derby and Stafford: And that Mr. 
William Evans and Mr. Hurt do prepare, and bring 
it in: And that leave be given to present the Bill 
forthwith. 


Wirksworth 
Small Debts 
(No 2.) Bill, 


Belper Small 


Debts Bill, Mr. William Evans reported from the Com- 


mittee appointed to inspect the Journals of the 
House of Lords, with relation to any Proceedings 
upon the =a val Small Debts Bill, and to make 
Report thereof to the House; That they had in- 
spected the said Journals weir Aatitay fe and had 
taken Copies of the Proceedings of the Lords 
thereupon, and the Report was read, as followeth : 


“ Die, Jovis 11° Julij, 1839. 


“The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the 
Lords’ Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, ‘ An 
Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of 
Small Debts within the Town of Belper, and other 
Places, in the County of Derby,’ was committed ; 
That they had considered the said Bill; and exa- 
mined the allegations thereof which were found 
to be true; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made one Amendment thereto : 

“ Which Amendment was read by the Clerk, as 
follows ; viz. 

“ Pr, 61. 1. 1. Leave out from ‘ causes’ to ‘ and,’ 
in Pr. 64. 1. 1., and insert Clause (A.) 

“ Ciause (A.) ‘ And be it Enacted, That the 
‘ fees to be taken by the barrister, clerk, bailiffs 
‘ and crier of the said court, for their several and 
‘ respective services, shall not at any time exceed 
* the several sums following (that is to say); 


“ Belper Small 
Debts Bill, 




















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On Debts 


On Debts 
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exceeding 408, 
@ &amp; | and not exceeding 52, 
On Debts 
exceeding 52 
@ &amp; | and not exceeding 101. 
On Debts _ 
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On Debts 
exceeding 40 s. 
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On Debts 
exceeding 51. 


On Debts 
@ &amp; | and not exceeding 107. 


not exceeding 40s. 


On Debts 


exceeding 107. 





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For serving every summons, order or 
subpeena, or any notice or particulars 
of set-off or defence, or application for 
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house - - 
If above one mile, then extra for every 
mile not exceeding seven miles 
For summoning every juror within one 
mile of the court-house - 
If above one mile, then extra for every 
mile not exceeding seven miles 
For any execution against goods or body 
If above one mile, then extra for every 
mile not exceeding seven miles 
For any assistant bailiff 
If above one mile, then extra for every 
mile not exceeding seven miles 
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_ “ Ordered, That the said Amendment be taken 
into further consideration on this day three months.” 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Belper Smalt 
of the Petition for the Belper Small Debts Bill, Debts (No. 2) 
which, upon the 19th day of February last, was - 
made from the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
Debts within the town of Belper, and several other 
places, in the county of Derhy: And that Mr. Wil- 
liam Evans and Mr. Hurt do prepare,and bring it in : 
te that leave be given to present the Bill forth- 
with, 








Mr. William Evans reported from the Com- Hatfield (York) 
mittee appointed to inspect the Journals of the Small Debis 
House of Lords, with relation to any Proceedings ®"” 
upon the Hatfield (York) Small Debts Bill; and to 
make Report thereof to the House ; That they had 
inspected the said Journals accordingly ; and had 
taken Copies of the Proceedings of the Lords there- 
upon ; and the Report was read, as followeth : 


“ Die, Jovis 11° Julij, 1839. 


“The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the « Hatfield 
Lords’ Committees appointed to consider of the Bill, S™l! Debts 
intituled, ‘ An Act for the more speedy Recovery of 8! 
Smali Debts within the Manor of Hatfield, and 
other Places, in the West Riding of the County of - 

York; That the Committee had met, and had been 
attended 














3 VicrorRiz. 12° Jule. 435 


attended by the Solicitor and Agent for the Bill,| Mr. Lascelles presented a Bill for the more easy paces by 
who stated to the Committee, that the Parties pro-| and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the (Neca) Bil 
moting the Bill do not intend to proceed further | Town of Aberford, and other Places, in the West 
therewith ; the Committee therefore had not pro- Riding of the County of York and Ainsty of the 
ceeded further with the consideration of the said Bill. | City of York: And the same was read the first 
“« Which Report being read by the Clerk. time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
“ Ordered, That the said Report do lie on the 
Table.” rye — presented +4 Bill i hl 1 peed Rathore 
and spee ecovery of Small Debts within the Small Debts 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | Town Tf Rotherham, Ae other Places, in the West po Spa 


Hatfield (York) ‘The House was moved, That the Report in respect | Riding of the County of York: And the same was 
Small Debts, of the Petition for the Hatfield (York) Small Debts | Tead the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
(No) Bill, which, upon the 5th day of March last, was | time. 

made from the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- ae 

vate Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; The Order for committing the Bury (Lancaster) Bury (Lan- 


j ; 8 Small 
Ordered, That leave ‘be giver’. to “brig Hew Ball Small Debts Bill to Mr. Richard Walker, and the caster) 





Debts Bill. 


k) 


London City 
Police Bill. 


Eckington 
Small Debts 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


Grantham 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Rochdale 
Small Debts 
(No. 3.) Bill. 


Oldham 


Small Debts © 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Warrington 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Nottingham 
and Mansfield 
Small Debts 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


Count de 
Saint George’s 
Nat. Bill. 


for the more speedy Recovery of Small Debts 
within the manor of Hatfield, and other places, in 





the West Riding of the county of York: And that 
Lord Viscount Morpeth and Sir George Strickland 
do prepare, and bring itin: And that leave be given 
to present the Bill forthwith. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding upon the third reading of the 
London City Police Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Proceeding upon the third read- 


ing of the said Bill be further adjourned till Monday 
next. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the more 
easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within 
the Parish of Eckington, and other Places, in the 
County of Derby: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the more 
easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within 
the Town or Borough of Grantham, in the County 
of Lincoln, and other Places, in the Counties of 
Lincoln and Leicester: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the more 
easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within 
the Town of Rochdale, and other Places, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster: And the same was 


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


Mr Bootle Wilbraham presented a Bill for the 
more easy Recovery of Small Debts within the 
Parishes of Prestwich-cum-Oldham and Middleton, 
in the County of Lancaster: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read asecond time. 


Mr. Bootle Wilbraham, by Order, presented a Biil 
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
Debts within the Town of Warrington, and several 
other Places adjacent thereto, in the Counties of 
Lancaster and Chester: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Bootle Wiibraham presented a Bill for the 
more easy and nares Recovery of Small Debts 
within the Town and County of the Town of Wot- 
tingham, and other Places therein mentioned, in 
the Counties of Nottingham and Derby: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Hayter reported from the Committee on the 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for naturaliz- 
ing Alexander Henry Augustus John, Count de Saint 
George; That they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and directed him to re- 
pore the same, without Amendment: — And the 

ill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hayter do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath aa the same, without Amendment. 

ou. 94. 


South Lancaster List, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Bill, which, upon the 19th day of February last 
was made from the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
Debts within the town of Bury, and other places 
therein mentioned, in the county of Lancaster: And 
that Mr. Richard Walker and Mr. Wilson Patten do 
prepare, and bring it in: And that leave be given to 
present the Bill on or before Wednesday next. 


posed, That the ingrossed Bill for inclosing 
within the Parish of Rathkeale, in the County of 
Limerick, be now read the third time; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 

osed Amendment and Motion were severally, with 
haeas of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


the Sale of certain Lands, Tenements and Heredi- 
taments in the Counties of Kent and Northampton, 
formerly belonging to William Marshall, of Clif- 
ford’s Inn, in the City of London, Gentleman, de- 
ceased, and for other Purposes incidental thereto ; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their consent to the 
Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; and that 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment :—And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Counties of Nottingham and Lincoln: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Places adjacent or near thereto, in the several 


Counties of Derby and Snafird: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 











second time. 
3k 2 Mr. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Bury (Lan- 


of the Petition for the Bury (Lancaster) Small Debts Dee (He 2) 
? Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question rire: PrO- Rathkeale 
ands Inclosure Bill, 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the ygarshalt’s 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to authorize Estate Bill. 


Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill for the more easy Newark Small 
and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Debts (Nv. 2.) 
Borough of Newark, and other Places, in the *i! 


Mr. William Evans presented a Bill for the more w;,isworth 


easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within Sinaii Debts 
the Parish of Wirksworth, and other Parishes and (X°- 2-) Bill. 





Glossop 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Belper Small 


Debts (No. 2.) 


Bill. 


Hatfield (York) 


Small! Debts 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


Filtration 
Company Bill, 





436 


Mr. William Evans presented a Bill for the more 
easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within 
the Town and Manor of Glossop,and other Places, 
in the Parish of Glossop, in the County of Derby: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr, William Evans presented a Bill for the more 
easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within 
the Town of Belper, and several other Places, in 
the County of Derby: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. William Evans, by Order, presented a Bill for 
the more speedy Recovery of Small Debts'within the 
Manor of Hatfield, and other Places, in the West 
Riding of the County of York: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for forming and regulating a Com- 
pany to be called ‘The General Filtration and Dye 

xtract Company,” and to enable the said Company 
to purchase certain Letters Patent ; and the same 
were read, as follow : 

Pr, 2.1, 32. Leave out from “ Scotland” to 
“ And” in Pr. 3.1. 4, and insert “ And whereas,.by 
“ letters patent under the Great Seal of Ireland, 
“ bearing date at Dublin, on or about the Twenty- 
“ seventh day of June, in the third year of the 
“ reign of Her present Majesty, Her said Majesty 
“ did give and grant unto the said George Price, 
“ his executors, administrators and assigns, the sole 
privilege that he the said George Price, his exe- 
cutors, administrators and assigns, or such other 
persons as he the said fens Price, his executors, 
administrators or assigns, should at any time agree 
with, and no others, during the term of Fourteen 
years from the date of the said letters patent, 
should, and lawfully might make, use, exercise 
and vend in Jre/and, an invention therein de- 
scribed, of improvements in clarifying waters and 
“* other liquids : And whereas the specifications re- 
quired by the said several letters patent granted 
to the said George Price have been duly en- 

“ rolled.” 
Pr. 4. 1. 14. 

“ others.” 

Pr, 4,.1. 30. After “ Scotland” insert “ And 
whereas, by letters patent under the Great Seal of 
Treland, bearing date at Dublin, on or about the 
“ Twentieth day of June in the third year of the 
“ reign of Her said praia Majesty, Her said Ma- 
“ jesty did give and grant unto the said William 
“ Pontifex, his. executors, administrators and as- 
“ signs, the sole privilege that he the said William 
Pontifex, his executors, administrators and assigns, 
“ or such other persons as he the said William 
Pontifex, his executors, administrators or assigns 
“ should at any time agree with, and no others, 
during the term of Fourteen years from the date 
* of the said letters patent, should and lawfully 
might make, use, exercise and vend in Jreland, 
“ an invention therein described, of improvements 
“ in apparatus and materials employed in filtering 
‘waters and other liquids: And whereas the spe- 
“ cifications required by the said several letters 
9 peter so granted to the said William Pontifex, 
ave been duly enrolled.” 

Pr. 7.1, 10, After “ extracts” insert “ And 
whereas the specifications required by the several 
“ letters patent so granted to the said Charles Ga- 
“ briel Suarce and William Pontifer, have been 
“ duly enrolled.” 

Pr. 12. Is. 17. and 18. After “ aforesaid” insert 
“ of. 

Pr. 13. I. 10. After “ aforesaid” insert “ had 
“ been inserted, expressed or contained in such 
letters patent, or in any or either of them,” 


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A; 1839. 
Pr. 13. 1, 29. After “ patent” insert “ or’ in 

any.or either of them.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 30. After “ thereof” insert “ respec- 

“ tively.” 

Pr. 13, 1. 36, After “ terms” insert “ and.” 

Pr. 25,1. 32. Leave out “two” and insert “one,” 

and in the same line after “ hundred” insert “ and 

“ fifty.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 38. Leave out “ five”) and insert 

“¢ three,” and in the same line after “ thousand ” 

insert ‘‘ seven hundred and fifty.” 

Pr. 26. 1. 12. Leave out “two” and insert “ one,” 

and in the same line after “ hundred” insert “ and 

“ fifty.” 

Pr. 26.1. 28. Leave out from “of” to “ thou-~ 

“ sand” in |. 29. and insert “ fifty.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Young do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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within the Borough and Parish 
other Parishes and Places adjacent or near thereto, 
in the County of Derby: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


to visit the Quarries, and to inquire into the Qualities 
of the Stone to be used in building the new Houses 
of Parliament. 


and to whom several Petitions were referred; have 
Power to report their Opinion thereupon to the 
House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. - 

Mr. John Parker reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred ; and had come to several Reso- 
lutions, which they had directed him to report, to- 
gether with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them; and the Resolutions of the Committee 
were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That on or before the 16th day of 
August 1838 the duty on Apples was 4s. a bushel, 
the duty on Pears 7s. 6d. a bushel, and the duty on 
Cherries 18s. 8d. the cwt. 

2. Resolved, That from and after the 16th day 
of August 1838 the aforesaid duties ceased, and a 
duty of 51. per centum ad valorem, was imposed in 
lieu thereof. 

3. Resolved, That after the abundant crop of 
1837 there were imported 337 bushels of Apples 
into the Port of London, and the average price for 
the season of 1837-8 was 2s. 3d. 

4. Resolved, That after the deficient crop of 1838, 
there were imported about 120,000 bushels of Apples 
into the Port of London, and the average price of 
Apples in London for the season 1838-9 was 4s, 9d. 

5. Resolved, That when the crop in this country 
is abundant, importation of Foreign Apples, from 
the numerous charges incident to it, to wit, original 
cost, price of cases, expense of packing and shipping 
abroad, freight, removal from quays to market, and 
commission on sale, cannot take place to any ma- 
terial extent; and when the crop is deficient, im- 
portation of Foreign Apples, from the same causes, 
as well as the higher cost of the Fruit abroad, 
cannot reduce the value of home-grown Apples 
below a reasonable price. 

6. Resolved, That it therefore follows that the 
natural impediments to the importation of Foreign 
Apples, in addition to the duty now payable, con- 
stitute a sufficient protection to the home-growers, 
regard being had to the adequate supply of the 





Public, 





Mr. George Cavendish presented a Bill for the Chesterfel 
more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts ag “o 
of Chesterfield, and (N® 2-) Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Houses of 
Copy of the Report of the Commissioners appointed Parliament. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to Fresh Fruit 
inquire into the state of the Fresh Fruit Trade ; Trade. 


No. 398. 





Postages 


Maynooth 
College. 


New South 
Wales Bill. 


No. 399. 


Newfoundland. 





3 Vicroriz. 


Public, and more’ especially of the middle and 
poorer classes of the Metropolis, in an important 
article of domestic consumption. 

7. Resolved, That the importation of Pears and 
Cherries is, and must continue, of so small an extent, 
as to’ produce little or no effect on the markets of 
this ‘country. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petitions from Lambeth ;— Kirkcudbright ;--May- 
bole ; — Mary-le-bone ; —Cannon-street, London ;— 
William Bestow and others ; — Printing Office, 
Kennington-lane, Lambeth ; — Westminster ;—Lime- 
house ; — Stockport ;-~- Members of the Northern 
Literary Club ;—_Deal;— Durham ;—Subscribers to 
the Jamaica Coffee House, London ; — Honiton ;— 
Subscribers to the European Coffee House, London; 
— Samuel Jones and others ;—Stockland ;—Subscri- 
bers to Jack’s Coffee House, London; -—29, Cheap- 
side ;— Newark ;— Hailsham ;— Dublin ; Members 
of the City of London Literary and Scientific Insti- 
tution; —Members of the London Mechanics’ Insti- 
tution ;— Newcastle-under-Lyme ;—Members of the 
Saint Pancras Literary and Scientific Institution ;— 
Warwick ;— Helston ; — Kensington ; —9, Crane- 
court, Fleet-street ;—-and, William Devonshire Saull 
and others ; praying for the adoption of a low and 
uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Old Aberdeen (two Petitions) ; — 
Exeter (three Petitions) ;—Pollokshaws;— Greenock 
(two Petitions) ;— Peebles ;— Aberdeen (two Peti- 
tions) ; — Kettle ; — Plymouth ; — Richmond, York 
(Chairman of the Council) ;—Liverpool (five Peti- 
tions) ;—- Auchtermuchty (two Petitions) ;—Vorth- 
ampton (Mayor) ;—Sunderland;— Swansea (Mayor); 
— Anstruther Easter ;—Saint Mawes ;—Convention 
of Royal Burghs of Scotland ;—Ayr;—Russell Mill 
and Hospital Mill;— Nottingham ;— Conway (Mayor 
and Bailiffs) ; —Shrewsbury (Mayor) ;—Paisley ;— 
Carlisle (Mayor) ;—-Kirkcaldy ;— Ceres ;— London ; 
— Manchester (four Petitions); —.Dingwall (two Pe- 
titions); —- .Dumfries;— and, Edinburgh; praying 
that the proposed, plan relative to Postage may pass 
into. a. law,--were also presented, and read; and 
ordered, to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Paper Manufacturers and Sta- 
tioners of the United Kingdom ;— Evesham ; —and, 
Gloucester; praying the House hot to sanction any 
measure with regard to, Postage, requiring stamped 
letter paper or envelopes,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of Ma- 
gherally, praying the House not to sanction any 
further grant of public money to the Roman Ca- 
tholic College of Maynooth, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


‘Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill to continue and 
amend an Act of the ninth year of King George the 
Fourth, to provide for the administration of Justice 
in New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, and 
for the more effectual Government thereof, and for 
other Purposes relating thereto: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Addresses received at the 
Colonial Office from the Legislative Council or As- 
sembly of Newfoundland, or from public bodies or 
individuals in that colony, relative to the state of 
affairs there. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this fibase as are 
of Her aa Most honourable Privy Council. 
Vou. 94, 


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437 


Mr. For Maule Dicey pursuant to: Order,— Militia. 


A Return of the Names of the Colonels and other 
Officers of the different Regiments of Militia in 
England and Wales; the Dates of their several 
Commissions ; distinguishing those who have served 
in the Household Brigade, the Line or Royal Navy, 
together with the Rank obtained by them in any/of 
the above Services, and whether on Half Pay at this 
time, or holding Commissions in any Yeomanry Re- 
giment, if so, the Date of such Commission. 

a ante That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


Sir George Arthur and Lord Glenelg, dated 20th 
November 1838, and 31st January 1839, relating 
to the Financial State of the Province of Upper 
Canada. 


ders, —A Return of the Revenues received in Lower 
Canada, in each of the years 1833, 1834, 1835, 
1836, 1837 and 1838, in respect of the Casual and 
Territorial Revenue, Duties and Licenses under the 
Imperial Act 14 Geo. 3; Duties and Licenses under 
the Provincial Act 41 Geo.3; Duties under the Pro- 
vincial Act 33 Geo. 3; also, under 35 Geo.3; under 
53 Geo. 3, amended by 55 Geo. 3, and continued by 
the Imperial Act 3 Geo. 4; also, under 55 Geo. 3 ; 
under fisperiel Acts of 6 Geo. 4, c. 114, and 3 and 
4 Will. 4, c. 59; and under 6 Geo. 3, ¢..52; Fines 
and Forfeitures; Tolls on Lochine Canals; Monies 
collected under 4 Geo. 4, c. 21; Duties on Ship- 
ping under 45 and 51 Geo. 3; and Duties on Pas- 
sengers ; distinguishing the Amount of Revenue 
received under each of the said Sources. 


bruary last, for Returns of the Public Revenue 
received in Upper Canada, in each of the years 
1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838, in respect 
of Casual and Territorial Revenue; Duties under 
the Imperial Act 14 Geo. 3, c. 88; under the Pro- 
vincial Act 33 Geo. 3; under the Provincial Act 
85 Geo. 3; under the Provincial Act 41 Geo. 3; 
under the Provincial Act 53 and 55 Geo. 8; in re- 
spect of Tolls at the Burlington Bay Canal and 
Kettle Creek Harbour, and from other Sources :— 
Also, a Statement of the Amount of the Public 
Debt of the Province in each year, and of what de- 
scription ,—Also, the Expenditure of the Province 
of Upper Canada, during the years 1833, 1834, 
1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838, made out under the 
same Heads of Expenditure as the Estimate of 
Public Expenditure annually submitted to the 
House of Assembly of Upper Canada :—And also, 
the Public Expenditure of the Province of Lower 
Canada, during the years 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 
1837 and 1838, made out under the usual general 
Heads of Expenditure; and the Amount and Na- 
ture of the Public Debt of the Province in each of 
those years. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Copies of | Despatches from Sir 
George Arthur and Lord Glenelg be printed. 


14th day of June last, praying that a law may be 
passed, granting to every male of lawful age, sane 
mind, and unconvicted of crime, the right of voting 
for Members of Parliament ; and directing all future 
elections of Members of Parliament to be in the 
way of secret ballot; and ordaining that the dura- 
tion of Parliaments so chosen shall in no case ex- 
ceed one year ; and abolishing all property qualifica- 
tions in the Members, and providing br their due re- 
muneration while in attendance on their Parliament- 
ary duties, might be read; and the same being read; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing put, That this House will immediately resolve 








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Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to an Ad- Canada. 
dress to Her Majesty,—Copies of Despatches from ' yo, 397, 


Mr, Labouchere also presented, pursuant to Or- Lower Canada. 


Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of Fe- Canada. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of the Universal 
there-undersigned, which was presented upon the Suffrage, &amp;e. . 








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438 12°—13° Juli. 


itself into a Committee, for the purpose of taking 
into consideration the said Petition ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Thomas Attwood, } 46, 


Yeas, Mr. Hume: 
Tellers for the § Sir Thomas Fremantle, }os 5 
Noes, Mr. Edward John Stanley: , 


So it passed in the Negative. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee to whom it was referred 
to consider of the several Acts relating tothe Duties 
of Postage ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing proposed, That the Report be now brought up ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ it appears from the Finance Accounts of the 
“ United Kingdom laid upon the Table of this 
“ House, that the excess of Expenditure over In- 
“ come for the year 1837, was £. 655,760, and for 
“ the year 1838, £.345,227 : 

“ That from a statement submitted to this House 
“ by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the excess 
&gt; of Expenditure over Income, for the year ending 
“ the sth day of April 1840, is Aussteet at not less 
“ than £.860,000, making a total excess of Expen- 
“ diture over Income in the three years ending 
“the 5th day of April 1840, of not less than 
“ £,1,860,987 : 

“ That the Select Committee appointed, ‘ to in- 
quire into the present rates and mode of charg- 
ing Postage, with a view to such a reduction 
thereof as may be made without injury to the 
“ Revenue,’ reported to this House on the 13th 
“ day of August 1838, as follows: 

“ ¢ That your Committee are of opinion that, so 
soon as the state of the Public Revenue will ad- 
mit of the risking a larger temporary reduction, 
“ it will be expedient to subject all inland letters 
to an uniform rate of One penny per half ounce, 
increasing at the rate of One penny for each ad- 
ditional half ounce.’ 

“ That the net Revenue of the Post Office, for 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1839, 
“ amounted to £.1,656,993. 15s. 3d.: 

“ That it is the Opinion of this House, That 
with a deficiency of Revenue during the three 
.years ending on the 5th day of April 1840, of 
not less than £.1,860,987, it is not expedient to 
adopt any measure for reducing the rates of Post- 
age on inland letters to an uniform rate of One 

nny (thereby incurring the risk of great present 
oss tothe Revenue), ata period of the Session so 
advanced, that it is scarcely possible to give to 
the details of such a measure, and to the important 
“ financial considerations connected with it, that 
“ deliberate attention which they ought to receive 
** from Parliament,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question ; 


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


Sabbati, 13° die Julii, 1839: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, \ 
Yeas, Mr, Robert Steuart: ats. 

Tellers for the! Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 
Noes, \ Sir George Clerk: sy 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Report be now brought up. 


A. 1839. 


Mr. Baring, by Order, accordingly reported a 
Resolution ot was read, as followeth A 

Resolved, That it is expedient to reduce the Post- 
age charged on letters to one uniform rate of One 
penny charged upon every letter of a weight to be 

ereafter fixed by law, Parliamentary privilege of 
Franking being abolished, and Official Franking 
strictly regulated, this House pledging itself at the 
same time to make good any deficiency of Revenue 
which may be occasioned by such an alteration in 
the rates of the existing Duties. 

The said Resolution being read a second time, 
an Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the words “ this House pledg- 
“ ing itself at the same time to make good any de- 
ficiency of Revenue which may be occasioned by 
“ such an alteration in the rates of the existing 
“ Duties.” 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the said Reso- 
lution ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, \ , 84 

Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : } , 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 125 

Noes, Sir George Clerk: ‘ 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the said Resolution was agreed to. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill pur- 
suant to the said Resolution: And that Mr. Baring, 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord John 
Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Shannon 
mittee on the Shannon Navigation Bill ; a 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday "* 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- public Works 
mittee on the Public Works (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Embankments 
reading of the Embankments (Zreland) Bill ; (Ireland ) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Municipal 
reading of the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Corporations 
Bill ; , (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second ‘rown Councils 
reading of the Town Councils Bill; * Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 

Mr. Foa Maule, by Order, reported the Metropolis Metropolis 
Police Bill ; and the Report was ordered to be taken Police Bill 
into further consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill ; — Com 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ~'” 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ways and 





mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, 








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Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





gale of Beer The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Sale of Beer Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Cathedral and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Ecclesiastical nittee on the Cathedral and Ecclesiastical Prefer- 
— ments Bill; 

, Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for the second 
enamel — of the Poor Law Commission Continuance 
Bill, =&gt; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Inland Ware- | The Order of the dav being read, for the Com- 


housing Bill. mittee on the Inland Warehousing Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Highway Rates The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Bill. mittee on the Highway Rates Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
apportioning the Spiritual Services of Parishes, in 
which two or more Spiritual Persons have Cure of 
Souls, generally throughout the Parish, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Parochial Cure 
of Souls Bill. 


Mr. Baring, by Order, reported the Indemnity Bill; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Assessed Taxes The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Composition mittee on the Assessed Taxes Composition Bill ; 

in Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Indemnity Bill. 


Soap Duties Mr. Baring, by Order, reported the Soap Duties 
Drawback Bille Drawback Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. , 


The Order of the day beimg read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee to whom it was re- 
ferred to consider of authorizing any advance out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, which may hereafter be 
required for supplying any deficiency in the Fund 
primarily applicable to the Expenses of County 
Courts, as regulated by any Act to be passed in the 
present Session of Parliament ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


County Courts 
@ [Advance of 
Money. ] 


Registersof The Order for reading the third time this day, the 
Births, &amp;c., Bill. Registers of Births, &amp;c., Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Monday next. 


Metropolis The House was moved, That the Report which, 
Bi’ upon the 27th day of March last, was made from 


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439 
the Select Committee appointed to take into their 
consideration the several Plans for the Improvement 
of the Metropolis, concerning which Reports were 
made to this House in the years 1836, 1837 and 
1838, together with any other Plans for the same 
object which they may deem deserving of consider- 
ation, and to report their Opinion as to the ex- 
pediency of adopting any of the said Improvements, 
and also as to the best means of carrying the same 
into effect; and to report their Observations there- 
upon from time to time to the House, might be read; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to. carry into effect certain Improvements in the 
Metropolis, under the direction of the Commis- 
sioners of Woods, Forests and Works: And that 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Edward 
John Stanley do prepare, and bring it in. 





Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Carlow Borough 
before the Select Committee on the Carlow Borough ection. 
Election Petitions, together with the Minutes of 

their Proceedings, be laid before this House. 


The fiome was wore That the Act 1 and 2 Vice. mae 
c. 99, for the more effectual levying of Fines, Pe- 77°)": p: 
nalties, Issues, Deodands and Ff (os, DoF, and eens 
of forfeited Recognizances estreated in Jreland, and 
for the application and distribution thereof, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain and amend the said Act, so far as relates to 
Fines and Penalties levied under the Revenue Laws in 
Ireland: And that Mr. Baring and Mr. John Parker 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 and 2 Assessed Taxes 
Will. 4, c. 32, to amend the Laws in England rela- (Sale of Game 
red to Game, might be read; and the same being Licenses.) 
read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
granting Licenses for the Sale of Game. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to explain and amend Fines and 
an Act of the first and second years of Her present fleclend) Bill 
Majesty, so far as relates to Fines and Penalties "3! 
levied under the Revenue Laws in Jreland: And N°-40- 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Tuesday next; and to be 
printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Tipton, praying the Education. 
House not to sanction the proposed scheme of Na- 
tional Education recently laid before Parliament as 
approved by the Committee of Privy Council, was 
poset and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after two of the clock on 


Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 











Luna, 15° die Julit ; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


LIGH’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Bligh’s 
and committed to Mr. Freshfield, and the West Estate Bilt. 
Cornwall List. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands within the ‘Rathkeale 
Parish of Rathkeale, in the County of Limerick, Inclosure Bill. 
was read the third time. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till To 
morrow. 





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440 15° Julz. 


Carlow Borough 
Election. 


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerk: attending Com- 
mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order, 
—Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Carlow Borough Election Peti- 
tions, together with the Minutes of their Proceed- 
ings. 

Tiilrad That the said Minutes do lie upon the 
Table. 


Prisons. Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—-A Copy of the Fourth Report of the 
Inspectors appointed under the Provisions of the 
Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different 
Prisons of Great Britain (Scotland, Northumber- 
land and Durham.) 
Municipal A Copy of the Analytical Index to the Reports 
Corporations. of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the 
No. 402. Municipal Corporations (England and Wales.) 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


Hand-loom Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
— dress to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Number 
of Convictions for the embezzlement of Yarns b 
Hand-loom Weavers and others in the Town of 
Forfar, in the years 1837 and 1838. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. ‘ 
Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 
the Lords, = Mr. Duckworth : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
Paper Duties A Bill, intituled, An Act to consolidate and 
Bill. amend the Laws for collecting and securing the 
Duties of Excise on Paper made in the United 
Kingdom : 
Glass Duties A Bill, intituled, An Act to remove Doubts as to 
aes = charging certain of the Duties of Excise on 
lass : 
Brick Duties A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal the Duties and 
. Drawbacks of Excise on Bricks, and to grant other 
Duties and Drawbacks in lieu thereof, and to con- 
solidate and amend the Laws for collecting and 
paying the said Duties and Drawbacks: 
Newport Docks A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Newport 
= Dock Company to raise a further Sum of Money: 
And also, 
‘jan Pier The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Ail. 


Act to alter and amend the Powers and Provisions 
of an Act of the fifth year of the reign of his Ma- 
jesty King William the Fourth, for making and 
maintaining a Pier and other Works at Deptford, 
in the County of Kent, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 


Boulton’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Estate Bill. for authorizing the sale of the real Estate devised 
by the Will of Henry Boulton, Esquire, deceased, 
and for the application of the Monies to arise 
thereby ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

Templer’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Estate Bill. 


for enabling the Trustees of the Will of the Re- 
verend John Templer, Clerk, deceased, to exchange 
certain of the Real Estates thereby devised, situate 
in the County of Devon, for certain other Estates 
situate in the same County; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


London City 


The House, according to Order, resumed the ad- 
Police Bill. 7 


journed Proceeding upon the third reading of the 
ingrossed Bill for regulating the Police in the City 
of London; and ingrossed Clauses were added to the 
Bill by way of Riders. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill by way of Rider, (Publicans prohibited 


from supplying liquors to persons under Sixteen 











A, 1839. 


-years of age):—And the said Clause was brought 


up, and twice read, with blanks; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House:—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair ; and Mr. John Parker reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Clause, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr.John Parkeraccordingly reported the Clause; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and agreed 
to, to be made part of the Bill by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill by way of Rider, (For the regulation of 
Coffee-houses, Cook-shops, &amp;c.):—And the said 
Clause was brought up, and twice read, with a 
blank ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House :— The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
John Parker reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Clause, and made an Amendment 


Y | thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. John Parker accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and agreed 
to, to be made part of the Bill by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill by way of Rider, (Persons keeping 
Cook-shops, &amp;c., and permitting internal commu- 
nication with an adjoining public house) :-~And the 
said Clause was brought up, and twice read, with a 
blank ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House :— The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee ; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
John Parker reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Clause, and made an Amendment 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. John Parker accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to ; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, atid agreed 
to, to be made part of the Bill by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be 
added to the Bill by way of Rider, (Power to enter 
unlicensed Theatres):—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and twice read, with blanks ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House :—The 
House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. John Parker 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Clause, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. John Parker accordingly reported the Clause; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and agreed 
to, to be made part of the Bill by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be 
added to the Bill by way of Rider, (Power to enter 
places used for bear-baiting, cock-fighting, &amp;c.) :— 
And the said Clause was brought up, and twice 
read, with blanks; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House:—The House accordingly re- 
solved itself into the Committee; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; 
and Mr. John Parker reported, That the Committee 
hadgone through the Clause, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. John Parker accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; 
and the said Clause was read the third time, and 
agreed to, to be made part of the Bill by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill by way of Rider, (Police to enter Gaming 

Houses) : 














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Houses):—And the said Clause was brought up, 
and twice read, with blanks; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House :—The House ac- 
cordingly resolved itself into the Committee; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. John Parker reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Clause, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. John Parker accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; 
and the said Clause was read the third time, and 
agreed to, to be made part of the Bill by way of 
Rider. : 

Then another ingrossed Clause was added to the 
Bill by way of Rider. 


Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill by way of Rider, (Pawnbrokers prohibited 
taking pledges from persons under the age of six- 
teen years): — And the said Clause was brought 
up, and twice read, with blanks; and committed 
toa Committee of the whole House:—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. John Parker reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Clause, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That. the Report be now received. 

Mr. John Parker accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; 
‘and the said Clause was read the third time, and 
agreed to, to be made part of the Bill by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill by way of Rider, (Prohibition of Nuisances 
in Streets and Thoroughfares) :—And the said Clause 
was brought up, and twice read, with a blank; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House :— 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. John Parker 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Clause, and made an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. John Parker accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to ; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and agreed 
to, to be made part of the Bill by way of Rider. 


Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill by way of Rider, (Drunkards guilty of 
riotous or indecent behaviour may be imprisoned) : 
—And the said Clause was brought up, and twice 
read, with a blank ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House :—The House accordingly re- 
solved itself into the Committee; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. John Parker reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Clause, and made an Amend- 
ment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. John Parker accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and agreed 
to, to be made part of the Bill by way of Rider. 


Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill by way of Rider, (Children and others 
riding behind Carriages.):—And the said Clause 
was brought up, and twice read, with a blank; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House :— 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. John Parker 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Clause, and made an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. John Parker accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and agreed 
to, to be made part of the Bill by way of Rider. 

Vor. 94, 


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441 


Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Biil by way of Rider, (Prohibition of Dog- 
carts) :—And the said Clause was brought up, and 
twice read, with a blank ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House:—The House accord- 
ingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. John Parker reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Clause, and made 
an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. John Parker accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and_agreed to ; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and agreed 
to, to be made part of the Bill by way of Rider. 

Another ingrosséd Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill by way of Rider, (Regulating Street 
Musicians) :—And the said Clause was brought up, 
and twice read, with a blank; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House :—The House ac- 
cordingly resolved itself into the Committee; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker reesumed 
the Chair; and Mr. John Parker reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Clause, and made 
an Amendment thereunto, 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. John Parker accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and agreed 
to, to be made part of the Bill by way of Rider, 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill by way of Rider, (Prohibition of other 
Nuisances): — And the said Clause was brought 
up, and twice read, with a blank; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House:—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. John Parker reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Clause, and made 
an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr, John Parker accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to ; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and agreed 
to to be made part of the Bill by way of Rider, 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill by way of Rider, (Empowering Police to 
destroy Mad Dogs, &amp;c.): ye | the said Clause 
was brought up, and twice read, with a blank ;, and 
committed toa Committee of the whole House :— 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the Com 
mittee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. John Parker 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Clause, and made an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. John Parker accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and agreed 
to, to be made part of the Bill by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill by way of Rider, (Compensation for 
hurt or damage not exceeding Ten pounds) :— 
And the said Clause was brought up, and twice 
read, with a blank ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House:—The House accordingly re- 
solved itself into the Committee ; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. John Parker reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Clause, and made an Amend- 
ment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. John Parker accordingly reported the Clause; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and agreed 
to, to be made part of the Bill by way of Rider. 

Then several other ingrossed Clauses were added 
to the Bill by way of Riders. 

Another inetossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill by way of Rider, (Penalty for Offences 

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442 


for which no penalty is appointed) :—And the said 
Clause was Lnweke up, and twice read, with a 
blank; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. John 
Parker reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Clause, and made an Amendment 
thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be now received. 


Mr. Jokn Parker accordingly reported the Clause ; 

and the Amendment was ad, and agreed to; and 

the said Clause was read the third time, and agreed 

to, to be made part of the Bill by way of Rider. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in Pr. 3. 1. 29. by leaving out the words, 
“ Court of Mayor and Aldermen,” and inserting 
the words “said Mayor, Aldermen and Commons 
in Common Council assembled,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being proposed, That the words 
roposed to be left out stand part of the Bill:— 
The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill in Pr. 6. 1.27. by inserting after the 
words “ House of Commons” the words “ for the 
“ city of London or for any city or borough with- 
“ mm the Metropolitan District.” 


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

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Mr. Mackinnon, 
Mr. Hume: 
Mr. Fox Maule, 
Mr. Charles Wood: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That in consideration that the several 
Clauses which have been added to this Bill by way 
o {Riders, are Copies of Clauses to the same effect 
which have been agreed to by the Committee on 
the Metropolis Police Bill, this House has permitted 
them to be added to the Police Bill for the City of 
London; but that a special entry be made in the 
Journals of this House of the Proceedings in this 
case, in order that the addition of so great a number 
of Clauses on the third reading of a Bill, many of 
them being Penalty Clauses, may not be drawn 
into a precedent in future. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Sir Matthew Wood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


} 32. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ } 108. 


Manchester and 
Birmingham 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
Ratunaties Manchester and Birmingham Extension (Stone and 
(Stone and Rugby) Railway Bill to make their Report, be further 


Rugby) Rail- eniarged till Monday next. 
way Bill. 


Boulton’s Boulton’s Estate Bill was read the first time; 

Estute Bill, and ordered to be read a second time. 

eee 4 Templer’s Estate Bill was read the first time; 
state ©". and ordered to be read a second time. 

Public Petitions Mr. William John Blake reported from the Se- 

te ag lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had 


examined the Petitions presented from the 8th to 
the 12th day of this instant July both inclusive ; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof, to 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
wud be printed. 


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A. 1839. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Members of the Postage, 
Council of the borough of Falmouth, praying for the 
adoption of a low and uniform rate of Postage, was 
ee, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Traders and 
Inhabitants of Barnstaple, praying that the proposed 
plan relative to Postage may pass into a law, was 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Poor Rates 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Lambeth. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Communication addressed to 
Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the 
Home Department by the Poor Law Guardians of 
Lambeth, relative to the refusal of the Church- 
wardens and Overseers to furnish means to the 
Guardians for administering Relief to the Poor under 
the Provisions of the Poor Law Amendment Act. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Michael, in Municipal 
the city of Limerick, praying that the Municipal Conpureaine 
Corporations (Jreland) Bill may pass into a law, (es¢) Bill. 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Municipal 
reading of the ingrossed Bill for the regulation of a ang 
Municipal Corporations in Ireland ; _——, 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 


The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 


And the Question being put, That the word “now,” 


stand part of the Question; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, } 97 
Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : ‘ 
Tellers for the f Sir Robert Harry Inglis, } 21 
Noes, \ Mr. Darby: ; 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third time ; 
and an ingrossed Clause was added to the Bill by 
way of Rider. . 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland 
do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their con- 
currence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Admiralty 
into a Committee upon the Admiralty Court Bill, Cou Bill 


(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cxiauses, N° 1, to N° 6, postponed. — 

Crause, N° 7, amended, and agreed ta. 

Ciause, N° 8, agreed to. 

CuauseE, N° 9, postponed. 

Cravuse, N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuavse, N° 11, agreed to. 

Criavusez, N° 12, postponed. 

Crauses, N° 13 to N° 16, agreed to. 


CLAUSE, 





Poor Law 
Commission 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Cathedral and 
Ecclesiastical 
Preferments 
Bill, 


$3 VicTorIZ. 


in the Court of Arches entitled to practise in the 
Court of Admiralty)——read. 
Amendment proposed, P. 7. 1.8. After the words 
“ Court of Avéles &gt; to insert the words “ and all 
‘“* barristers at law.” 
Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, } 28 
a 





Yeas, Mr. Wakley: 
Tellers for the { Mr. Charles Wood, 
Noes, Mr. Solicitor General: 

Crausz, N° 17, agreed to. 

Crausss, N° 18 and Ne 19, agreed to. 

CuiauseE, N° 20, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuseg, N° 21, (Appeals may be made to the 
Court of Admiralty on distributions)——read. 

Several Amendments made. 

Amendment proposed : At the end of the Clause, 
to imsert the words “ save and except the crews of 
“ fishing vessels receiving wages, and where express 
“ aoreement shall have been made as to their re- 
* spective proportions.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
——put and Negatived. 

Criausz, N° 21, as amended, agreed to. 

Crauses, Ne 22 to N° 28, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 29, amended, and agreed to. 

Cxausss, N° 30 to N° 37, agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 38, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 39, and Ne 40, agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That. the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again, 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Poor Law Commission Continuance 
Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 


The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley,) 55, 
Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart: } , 
Tellers for the f Mr. Grimsditch, \ 35 
Noes, Mr. Tatton Egerton : ' 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Cathedral and Eccle- 
siastical Preferments Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cuause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 


Cuavses, N° 2 to N 4, agreed to. 
Vou. 94. 


15°—16° Julai. 


Ciausz, N° 17, (All persons entitled to practise 





443 


Cuause, N° 5, (Power to grant leases in certain 
cases of vacant Prebends)——read. 

Motion made and Question, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill, put and Negatived. 

Ciause offered, (A Prebend or Canonry may be 
filled up to qualify for a Deanery, &amp;c. &amp;c.)—— 
brought up; read 1°, 2°; and added. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr, Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 
nesday next. 


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


Martis, 16° die Julii, 1839: 


Mr. Bernal reported the Lower Canada Govern- Lower Canada 
ment Bili; and the Amendments were read, and Gurernment 
agreed to; and Amendments were made to the Bill.” 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thurs- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Metropolis 

take into further consideration the Ps on the Police Bill. 

Metropolis Police Bill; and the Amendments were 

read, and several were agreed to, and others were dis- 

agreed to; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

be ingrossed; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into County Courts 
further consideration the Report on the County Bill. 
Courts Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Slave Trade Portugal Bill was, according to Slave Trade 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Portugal) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- factories Biil. 
mittee on the Factories Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration 
mittee on the Registration (Court of Appeal) Bill; (Court of | 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 4PPe*!) Bill. 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day bemg read, for the second E,hankments 
reading of the Embankments (Zreland) Biil ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill ; Police Courts 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 2!" 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
of Supply; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- we and 
mittee of Ways and Means; — 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being 
mittee on the Sale of Beer Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 
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read, for the Com- Sele of Beer 
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4A 4 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Inland Warehousing Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Inlana Ware- 
housing Bill, 


Highway Rates 
_ mittee on the Highway Rates Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
23d day of this instant July, resolve itself into the 


said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to indemnify such Persons in 
the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify 
themselves for Offices and Employments, and for 
extending the Time limited for those Purposes re- 
spectively, and for the relief of Clerks to Attornies 
and Solicitors, in certain cases, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to indemnify such Persons in the 
United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify them- 
selves for Offices and Employments, and for ex- 
tending the Time limited for those Purposes respec- 
tively until the Twenty-fifth day of March One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Forty; and for the relief of 
Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors in certain cases. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Indemnity Bill. 


Soap Duties The ingrossed Bill to continue certain of the Allow- 
Drawback Bill. ances of the Duty of Excise on Soap used in Manu- 
factures, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue until the end of the 
Session of Parliament next after the Thirty-first day 
of May One thousand eight hundred and Forty-one, 
certain of the Allowances of the Duty of Excise on 
Soap used in Manufactures. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


County Courts 
[Advance of 
Money.] 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee to whom it was 
referred to consider of authorizing any advance out 
of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, which may hereafter be 
required for supplying any deficiency in the Fund 
primarily applicable to the Expenses of County 
Courts, as regulated by any Act to be passed in the 
present Session of Parliament ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Registers of The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Births, &amp;c., Bill. reading of the Registers of Births, &amp;c., Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Assessed Taxes 
(Sale of Game 
Licenses.) 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of grant- 
ing Licenses for the Sale of Game ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Unluwfw Oaths The House was moved, That the Act 4 Geo. 4, 
(Ireland) Bill. ¢, 87, to amend and render more effectual the pro- 
visions of an Act made in the fiftieth year of his 
late Majesty’s Reign for preventing the administer- 
ing and taking unlawful Oaths in Jreland, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
extend and render more effectual the said Act: 
And that Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland and Lord 
Viscount Morpeth do prepare, and bring it in. 


Leave of Ordered, That Mr. Serjeant Talfourd ; and, Mr. 
Absence. Thomas Hobhouse have leave to go the circuit.. 
Public Works Lord Viscount Morpeth presented,—Return to 
(Trejand.) ~ 


an Order dated the 18th day of March last, for 


15°— 16° Julie. 


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The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 





A. 1839. 


Returns of all Sums of Money, from whatever 
Sources and under whatever descriptions, voted 
or applied, either by way of Grant or Loan, in aid 
of Public Works in Jreland, since the Union; in- 
cluding the Expenses of all Commissions and Sur- 
veys, and other preliminary Inquiries, and all Sums 
advanced for caning Roads, and the Employment 
of the Poor in Jreland, in Fisheries or otherwise :— 
Of all Sums of Money voted, obtained or applied 
for Public Works in the City and Liberties of Lime- 
rick since the year 1829; together with the Names 
of the Parties to whom the same or any portion 
thereof, to the Amount of £.100, has been paid or 
allowed :—And, of all Applications made to Govern- 
ment for any Grants or Loans of Money for or to- 
wards the Improvement of the Navigations of the 
South of Ireland; together with a Return of all 
Sums of Money, whether by way of Grant or Loan, 
specifically voted by Parliament, or obtained under 
or by virtue of any general Grant or Loan voted by 
Parliament, in aid of Public Works in Ireland, for, 
or on account of, or connected with, the Improve- 
ment of the Navigation of the River Shannon, or 
any other River in the South of Jreland, since the 
Union; together with a detailed Account of the 
Application of the same, and the Names of the Per- 
sons to whom the same or any portion thereof, 
amounting to £.100, has been paid. 

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


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- Ade-iralty 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to consider Court [Advance 
of making provision out of the Consolidated Fund % ™"*}) 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, for the Salaries and Retiring Pension of the 
Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and of 
making good any deficiency in the Fee Fund of the 
said Court ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Solicitor General, for Jre/and, presented a Bill Unlaw{ul Oaths 
to extend and render more effectual the Provisions of (Ireland) Bill. 
an Act made in the fourth year of the reign of his No. 403. 
late Majesty George the Fourth, to amend and ren- 
der more effectual the Provisions of an Act made in 
the fiftieth year of his late Majesty’s Reign, for pre- 
venting the administering and taking Unlawful 
Oaths in Jreland: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Glass. 
a Return of the Quantities of Glass retained for 
Home Use, and of the Quantities exported, for each 
year, ending the 5th day of January, from 1814 to 
1839, both inclusive. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Malt. 
Return of the Number of Bushels of Malt charged 
with Duty in the United Kingdom, from the 5th day 
of July 1837 to the 5th day of July 1838, and from 
the Sth day of July 1838 to the 5th day of July 
1839 :—And of the Number of Bushels of Malt con- 
sumed by common Brewers, by Victuallers, and 
by Beer-house Keepers respectively, for the same 
periods. 











| The House was moved, That the Act 6 Geo. 4, Excise Licenses 
¢. 81, to repeal several Duties payable on Excise ig 
Licenses in Great Britain and Ireland, and to im- ~*~ 

| pose other Duties in lieu thereof, and to amend the 

| Laws for granting Excise Licenses, might be read ; 

,and the same being read ; 


Resolved, 


























































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Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider of allowing 
Dealers in Spirits to retail Foreign Spirits, on taking 
out a License for the purpose. 


Constabulary 
Force ( [reiaud) 
Bill. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, 
the Constabulary Force (Jreland) Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


Railways. A Petition of Common Carriers, praying for the 
adoption of measures for securing a fair and free 
competition on Railways, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Railways. 

Stage Coach A Petition of Stage Coach Proprietors of Chatham, 

— Gravesend, Maidstone and Rochester, complaining 
of injury to their trade by the establishment of Rail- 
ways and Steam Vessels ; and praying for the repeal 
of the Duties on Stage Coaches, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Church of A Petition of the Minister, Elders, Congregation 

Scotland. 


and Parishioners of Trinity College Church, Edin- 
burgh, praying the House to adopt measures for 
relieving the religious destitution which prevails in 
Scotland, by extending the efficiency of the Esta- 
blished Church, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered ,to lie upon the Table. 


Queen’s Printer 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the burgh of Peter- 
(Scotland.) ; 


head, praying the House to adopt measures for print- 
’ ing the Bible in Scotland which shall secure to the 
public the sacred volume at a cheap rate, and not 
give a preference to one religious party over another, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 
Poor Law Two Petitions from Lambeth, praying that the 
Commission A oe s praying 
Continuance; oor Law Commission Continuance; and, Collec- 


and, Collection tion of Rates Bills, may not pass into law,—were |: 


of Rates Bills. presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Masters in 
Chancery. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Abstract of the Returns made in last Michaelmas 
Term, in pursuance of the 17th section of the Statute 
3 and 4 Will. 4, c.94; showing the Number of Days 
on which each of the Masters of the High Court 
of Chancery attended at his Office during the Twelve 
months preceding such Returns, and the average 
Number of Hours occupied in One day’s attendance ; 
and also, showing the Number of Causes, Petitions 
and matters of every description, pending in each of 
the Offices of the Masters at the time of making 
such Returns; and showing how many of such 
Causes, Petitions and matters have been pending 
upon the same reference for more than Five years ; 
how many for more than Four years; how many 
for more than Three years; how many for more than 
Two years; and how many for more than One year, 
so far as appears by such Returns. 


Highways 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


No. 404. 


The Highways (No. 2.) Bill was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time To- 
morrow. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 

East Incia, Sir John Hobhouse presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of Papers 
received from India with reference to sec. 54 of the 
Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 85. 

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

Tron, &amp;c, Mr. Baring presented, pursuant to Orders,—Ac- 
counts. of the Geantity of Foreign Iron imported 
into, and exported from the United Kingdom, in the 
years - 1836, 1837 and 1838, distinguishing the 
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445 


several sorts of Iron, and the Countries from which 
imported, and to which exported :—Of the Quantity 
of British Iron (including unwrought Steel) exported 
in the same years; distinguishing the Countries to 
which exported :—And, of the Quantity of British 
Hardware and Cutlery exported in the same years ; 
distinguishing the Countries to which the same were 
exported, and the declared Value thereof, 

A Return of all Foreign Sugar refined in Bond suger. 
in the Port of Zondon and the Outports, and to 
what Places, with the respective Quantities, the 
same has been exported, from the 1st day of January 
1859 to the latest period. 

A Return, in detail and columns, of the whole Ex- Printed Papers. 
penses incurred in the Trial of Stockdale v. Hansard, 
with the Names of the Recipients of each Sum, and 
the Sum Total expended, and to be paid by the 
Public. 

A Copy of the Correspondence between the Lords fcclesiastical 
of the Treasury and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Commission 
in Zreland, relative to the Repayment of the Loan (!teland-) 
of £.100,000 advanced to the Ecclesiastical Board 
by the Commissioners of Public Works, in the year 
1835; the Amount of which Loan appears, by the 
Reports of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, to ke 
invested in the Three per cent. Consols. 

A Return of the Quantities of Glass retained for Glass. 
Home Use, and of the Quantities exported, for each 
year, ending the 5th day of January, from 1814 to 
1839, both inclusive. 

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


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the East Fast India 
India Company, which were presented upon Friday Company. 
last, be printed. No. 405. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till near two of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 16° die Julit ; 
Anno 3° Victoria Regine, 18 39. 


PRAYERS. 


IR Francis Palgrave, Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. 


Public Records, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to Order,—A Return of any 
Appointments made, and Rules, Orders and Regu- 
lations established, by the Master of the Rolls for 
the Custody and Preservation of the Public Records, 
under the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 94, with a detailed 
Statement of Expense, under the several heads of 
Sorting, and Repairs, Calendars, Transcribing, Print- 
ing and Salaries :—And then he withdrew. 

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


The Belper Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill was read a Belper Swall 
second time; and committed to Mr. William Evans, D«bis (No. 2.) 
and the South Derby List. Bill, 


The Wirksworth Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill was Wirksworth 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Wiiliam sat mee’ 
Evans, and the South Derby List. ip.) Bi 


The Glossop Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill was read Glossop 
a second time; and committed to Mr. William Evans, vag “+ 
and the North Derby List. (No. 2 ) Bill, 


The Chesterfield Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill was Chesterfield 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. William Small Debis 
Evans, and the North Derby List. (No. 2.) Bill. 


The Eckington Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill was read Eckington 
a second time; and committed to Mr. George Ca- (Ne- 2.) Bill 
vendish, and the North Derhy List. one ee 


The Oldham Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill was read Oldham 
a second time ; and committed ‘to Mr. Bootle Wil- Co. 2.) bat 
braham, and the South Lancaster List. mes Sg ee 





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Warrington 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Rochdale 
Small Debts 
(No. 3.) Biil. 


Aberford, &amp;c., 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Rotherham 
Small Debts 
(No 2.) Bill, 


Rochdale 
Small Debts 
(No. 3.) Bill. 


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The Warrington Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill was 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Bootle 
Wilbraham, and the South Lancaster List. 


The Rochdale Small Debts (No. 3.) Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed to Mr. Fenton, and 
the South Lancaster List. 


The Aberford, &amp;c. Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill was 
read a second time; and committed to Sir George 
Strickland, and the West Riding of York List. 


The Rotherham Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill was 
read a second time; and committed to Sir George 
Strickland, and the West Riding of York List. 


A Petition of James Dearden, Esquire, Lord of 
the Manor of Rochdale, praying that he may be 
heard, by his counsel or agent, against certain parts 
of the Rochdale Small Debts (No. 3.) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Hatfield (York) The Hatfield (York) Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill 


Sma:! Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Grantham 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Nottingham 
and Mansfield 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Newark Sinall 
Debts (No, 2.) 
Bill. 


Small Debt 
Bills, 


Liverpool 


Building» Bill, . 


was read a second time; and committed to Mr. 
Baines, and the West Riding of York List. 


The Grantham Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed to Mr. Welby, 
and the South Linco/n List. 


The Nottingham and Mansfield Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted to the Ear] of Lincoln, and the South Not- 
tingham List, 


The Newark Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill was read 
a second time; and committed to the Earl of Lin- 
coln, and the South Nottingham List. 


Ordered, That the Committees on the Small Debt 
Bills which have been read a second time this 
day, have leave to sit, and proceed, and report on 
Friday next; and that the Rridenca taken before 
the Committees on the former Bills be referred to 
the Committees on the said Bills respectively.. 

Ordered, That the Regulations with regard to the 
drawing up.and delivering Breviates of Private Bills 
be dispensed with, in respect to the Small Debt Bills 
now in progress. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for altering, amending, consoli- 
dating and enlarging the Provisions of certain Acts 
relating to the Regulation of Buildings in the Bo- 
rough of Liverpool; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 26. 1. 1. Leave out “ directions,” and insert 
“ direction,”’ 

Pr. 26. 1. 38. Leave out “ thereof,’ and insert 
‘“* hereof.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 30. After “ side” insert “ or end.” 

Pr. 69. 1. 34. Leave out from “ land ”’ to “ to” 


- in 1, 35, and insert “ fronting or abutting thereon.” 


Pr, 71. 1. 36. Leave out “ yard,” and in the 
same line leave out “ garden,” and insert “ cur- 
“ tilage.” 

Pr.,76. 1. 18. Leave out “ curtilage,” and insert 
“ eurtilages.” 

Pr. 76. 1. 31. Leave out “ yard, garden.” 

Pr. 76. 1. 32. Leave out “ land,” and insert 
“ curtilage.” 


Pr. 79. 1. 25. Leave out “ not.” 
In the Schedule to the Bill: 
Pr. 100. 1. 24, In the tenth column, before 
“ ditto”’ insert “ 1.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bootle Hi ilbraham do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. ; 


The House, according to Order, resumed the ad- Rathkeale 
journed Proceeding upon the third reading of the Inclosure Bill, 
ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands within the Parish 
of Rathkeale, in the County of Limerick; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for inclosing Lands within the 
Parishes of Rathkeale and Croagh, in the County 
of Limerick. 

Ordered, That Mr. William O’ Brien do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Deptford Pier 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Bill. 
intituled, An Act to alter and amend the Powers 
and Provisions of an Act of the fifth year of the 
reign of his Majesty King William the Fourth, for 
making and maintaining a Pier and other Works 
at Deptford, in the County of Kent; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 10. 1. 37. Leave out from “ of wl 
to “ And” in Pr. 13. 1. 32. 

Pr. 14. 1. 4. After “ Act” insert “ Provided 
always, That the compulsory powers of sale shall 
not be exercised by the said Company against 
the owner of any property scheduled in the said 
recited Act, and not also comprised in the second 
“ Schedule to this Act annexed.” 

Pr. 14. ls. 29. and 30. After “ hereditaments ” 
insert “ which may be used in the permanent works 
“ of the said Undertaking.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 18. After “ the” insert “ first,” and 
in the same line leave out “ hereunto,” and insert 
“ to this Act.” 

Pr. 25. 1.21, After ‘‘ Act” insert “ Provided 
always, That no such consent or approbation of 
the said Commissioners shall be given to alter, 
vary or stop up any such road, street, square, 
court, alley, yard, way, passage or other place, 
unless the said Company shall have given Ten 
days’ previous notice in writing, under the hand 
of the Secretary for the time being of the said 
Company, specifying the intended alteration, varia- 
tion or stopping up; such notice to be given to 
the owners, if such owners can be found, and also 
to the occupiers of the houses in the said road, 
street, square, court, alley, yard, way, passage or 
other place; or in the event of their being unoc- 
cupied, such notice shall, instead of being given 
to the occupiers, be affixed to the door or some 
conspicuous part of such unoccupied house or 
houses.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 30. Leave out “ an Act of Parliament 
made and passed in,” and insert “ the said Act 
* of.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 33. Leave out from “ third ” to “ Pro- 

vided ” in Pr. 38. 1. 2. 


In the heading of the Schedule to the Bill: 
Pr. 41. 1. 1. After “ the ” insert “ first.” 


At the end of the first Schedule insert a second 
Schedule : 


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Owners. Lessees. Occupiers. Pp ription of 
roperty. 
Thames-street : 
— | Richard Hughes - | Empty - - | Vacant land. 
Lower Watergate : 
Mrs. Graham - —_ Henry Bear - - | House, yard and shed. 
Ditto - - _ Charles Bates -|- = ditto. 
Thomas Marchant —_ — - - ditto. 
Clara Townsend and —_— Clara Townsend - | Warehouse. 
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The Seconp Scuepu te in the foregoing Act referred to—continued. The Srconn Scurpute in the foregoing Act referred to—continued. 
; Description of . Description of 
Owners. Lessees. Occupiers. Property. Owners. | Lessees. eras preen Property. 
‘buther-vee: Old King-street (East side)—continued. 
Thomas Farrey - &lt;_ Henry Grove - | House and yard. Mrs. Frances Jordan eek John Doyle - ~ | House. 
Ditto - - — Peter Marr - -|- - ditto. Ditto - - _ William Riddall - | - ditto. 
= oo Elizabeth Gilbert - | - - ditto. MI 
— — John Fowles - - | - - ditto, Passage: | 
st ' Empty _-  -| House. Mrs. Frances Jord _ John Doyle - _- | = ditto. | 
Joseph Wood - — Mary Ann Burney - | House and yard. sy a = a + Empty wnt “ mg Stee 
Ditto 4 - Robert Wood -|- + ditto. Ditto - " sai William Wood - | - ditto. : 
Henry A. Noble - - Empty = -  - | Vacant ground, William Smith - -~ William Smith  - | + ditto, 
Ditto - cd iw ~ ditto ? -| &gt; - ditto, Mrs. Frances Jordan _ Empty - - | - ditto. 
Ditto - ia — - ditto - =| - = ditto, William Smith - ae William Smith — - | House, shed and yard. 4 
— Row —_ - ditto - -|- = ditto. R. Woodman - —_ Edward Gilbert -j|- - ditto, | 
arker. - Ditto - e ket Robert Woodman - | - - © ditto. 
Ditto - - _ William Hughesdon | - - Blacksmith’sshop, || John Slade - - — John Slade + -|- - ditte. 
: yard and shed. Bragger = -— John Storer - =| -\.= ditto, t 
— #8 dni Empty - - | House. Ditto - - ~ Empty -|- - ditto. i 
Ditto - i at ~ ditto 4 - | House and yard. Captain W. Limbrey _ William Martin - | House and yard. 
Ditto- - wae Mary Burgess Tb os James Gale- —- — Mary Gribble - | House, shed and yard. 
Robert Charsley - ee) Empty - _ - | Yard and premises. William Evans - ane John Davis - -|- - ditto, . 
Susannah Barnet - — Susannah Barnet - | - - House, shed and || T. B. Knott : we Jane Macdonald -|- - ditto. 
ie garden. Gideon Slous - —_ Jonathan Matthews | - - ditto. 
“oon &amp; James = John Cox - - | House, yard and shed. William Alwin - woe Harriet Ford; widow | - = ditto. 
aylor. John Grout « ity H Frank - 
Ditto. Thomas Woodfield - | - - ditto. sal “a okce Cited eoeeiene deen. 



































Tho Good - | 
_—_ Empty - - | House and yard. iss William Byfield - een dana a 
Thomas L, Fisk - | C. b. Collyer - | C. W. Collyer - | Vacant ground. John Davison = - — Vacant land. 
Ditto - -|- ditto - -|- - ditto - - | House. T. B. Knott . Timothy M -|H 
Rev. A.E. Shetchley &gt; Empty - = | House and yard. John Wild = Richard Blay at i va ae ARE: 
Ditto _ - ditto - - | House. tk — Vacant ground. I 
Ditto - = - ditto ° - | - ditto. Robert Salmon - Robert Salmon -/]- = House, black- 
Ditto - _— - ditto ‘ - | - ditto. smith’s shop, sheds 
Ditto - - - ditto - «| = ditto. and yard. Hq 
Ditto a - ul &lt; ditto m aale ditto. William Smith - iad William Buckworth | House and yard. 
a - - = - res - -|- ny Mrs. Frances Jordan} T. B. Knott  - | William Till - - | - - House, bakehouse 
- - oe - ditto - = ditto. d T. B. Knott. " 
Ditto - é oak Cc. W. Collier - | - ditto. “ Ditto - ie bee William Wiseman - Hee ond yard. 
_ - - a me = 4 aan and shed. Ditto - : pet Andrew Fletcher - | - - ditto. 
i - - — - ditto - . ouse. . R. k iis Mary Conla = fes yard 
Ditto - - | Richard Hughes- | Thomas Vaughan - | House and yard. ; Beh ro ig: wea fd _ 
Ditto - - _ Empty - = | House, yard and shed. |! Mrs. Frances Jordan — Empty - | House and yard 
Ditto - - -— - ditto - =| House and yard. Elizabeth Rabbeth, | William Butch - } William Batch  - | . = Freemasoné’ Arms 
Ditto - - - ditto ° - | House, shed and yard. widow. public-house, yard and 
os, .« _ - ditto -  -|-~ Yard and carpen- shed. ; 
: ter’s shop. Hen. Knight ‘oan nis Joseph Phillips - | House and yard. 
~~ - - _ - o~ - ” “re Ditto - bats Timothy Hurst - | House, yard and shed. 
i - - —_ = ditto - - | - ditto. 
Ditto - » yaa - ditt 4 _lt ’ Captain William San- John Brooks - - - ditto. 
i . — = ditto o (he His ae dom, John San- Esther Gardner, widow] House and yard. 
i a. 4 pes ~ ditto -  ~ | ++ House, sheds, yard dom and others. — Catharine Mackie, | House, shed and yard. 
oes widow. 
and garden, \ Ri . 
san — Elizabeth Howlett, | - - House, shed and chard Francis - | House and yard. 
widow. garden. Mrs Mary Reinam ee a eee *'| =, = ditto, 
~_ ons Martha Knight -|- - ditto. William Riddall  - ~ Ellis Smith - = | House, shed and yard. 
Mrs. Hannah Pike _ Edward Pearce -|- - ditto. Joseph Clark = Th Joseph Clark ~| + = ditto, 
oe — Andrew Lowe -|- - ditto. | Elizabeth Curling 3 eS Wiliam re ~ | House and yard. 
Godfrey Hill . _— Mary Luke, widow - | House. | Mrs. Catharine Hunt or Francis Hailey -| &gt; &gt; ditto. 
Ditto - - — Robert Hammond - | - ditto. Ditto - &gt; — John Wintinad ~ | + &gt; ditto, 
Ditto - - _ George Hockleshoe - | - ditto. Patrick Lyons =~ _ Patrick Lyons ~| + = ditto, 
— = Mary Ann Gould - | - ditto. Mrs. Amelia Dry - tine James Hareden -|- - ditto. 
aoe a Empty - - | House, shed and yard. William Warrington — Thomas Howlett - | - - ditto. 
Mrs. Hannah Pike — John Jenkins -|- - ditto, Charles Ingall - = William Staples - | House, shed and yard. 
—— Peppercorn - _ Sarah Townsend - | House, yard and sheds. Miss Sarah West, | | 
T. Bennett - — William Sanders -|- - ditto. Elizabeth West, _ James Bollen -|-+ + ditto. 
John Culley ~ — George Richardson- | - - ditto. William West. 
The Misses Powell Thomas Grosvenor - | - - ditto. Thomas West, 
A. J. Kempe - | James Goddard - | James Goddard -|- - ditto. Mary West, Peter — Thomas Prattent - | - ~- ditto, 
George King = - i: George King - | Tenements and yards. Woodhead West 
John S. Barber - Tae i ‘ John S. Barber - | House, yard and shed. and John West. 
= ichard Hughes - | Clara Townsend - | - - ditto. Isaac Par: and _—_ Hugh Steele - ele - &amp; 
T. P. Poussett - | William Knott - | Mary Ann Burney - | Shed and stable. dl visi "6 ‘ ditto. 
Messrs. Gordon - _ Messrs. Gordon - | Iron foundry, &amp;c. Ditto - - — William Gibson - | - - ditto. 
Thomas Courthope _ - - ditto - -|- - ditto. . ; 
Elizabeth Harris, _ Empty ~ - | Vacant ground. 
Old King-street (East side) : — Bay 
Samuel ; Edward: rds, _ Samuel Edwards - | --~- Red Lion public + Harris, - 
— ‘ae: house, and house and Will. Henry — — John Syms - - | House, yard and shed. 
re yard. Ditto - _ Charles Vorledge - House, shed and yard. 
Mrs. E. Watkins ane James Baggett - | House and yard. Timothy Riorden - | Timothy Riorden | Samuel Rainsbury - _ House and yard. 
and another. Ditto - -|- = ditto - | Timothy Riorden - | - - Kishing Smack 
Richard Hughes - | James Archer ~- | James Archer - | House and bakehouse. public-house, yard and 
— ~ John Foster - - | - - Beer shop, Water- : . sheds. 
man’s Arms, shed and Ditto - -| + - ditto - | John Edmonds Miller | House and yard. 
yard. Ditto - - | - - ditto - | William Robinson - | Shed. 
George and Mary | - - Jacob Kennett | Jacob Kennett Phil- | ~- Red Cow public- || Jeremiah Selmes - | John Scrutton - | John Scrutton - | Warehouse. 
vans, Philpott. pott. house and yard. i - - — ‘ 
ce ete - _— William Lash - | House, shed and yard. ba - - —_— Tobe oe e + lbw ie] 
ouse - — — Vacant ground. i ° - _ i - |s- ; 
Richard — - _ Johnston Barry - | House, shed poe yard, —_ es Bot a nrg ine 
=. ~ — William Hyman -/|- - ditto. papas : _ 
Son Ne te pele -  -1. s mom Old King-street (West side) : ond gavden. 
irs. Frances Jordan — John Field - -|- - ditto, Thomas Bowditch _— i 
Mid Hogi =| | Bey Baek = |&gt; 2 i ey ee oe 
— — - | House. John Pickeri - _ Mary Wheeler 
John Spicer : = Willis a me Wh - | House and yard, 
om =] ape | Moment mt, PRB =] stn) Rene geen | 
8 
stable. Ditto - - —_ Elias Wise - ~ | House and garden. | 
Von. 94, 





31L4 (continued. ) 


sag em TS 


16° Julie 











The Szeconp Scuepute in the foregoing Act referred to—cuntinued. 





Owners. 


Lessees. 


Occupiers. 





Old King-street (West side )—continued. 


Charles Bushee - 
John Ashford, sen. 
Morgan Jones - 

T. Crookenden - 

Elizabeth Savage - 

Thomas Wells’ - 

T. Crookenden and 
another. 

Stephen Robert 
Prowse, Ann Has- 
ser Reid, William 
and George Ed- 
ward Pettitt. 

Ditto - 3 

William Evans = - 

Miss Sarah West 
and others. 


Gill - - ° 


Gill - - - 


New-street (West sic e): 


George Waters - 
Ditto - - 
Jonas Rowley - 
Ditto - 
Isaac Linnell 
Jonas Rowley 
Jane Cole - 
James Franks 
Richard Addis 
Jonas Rowley 
Richard Trott 


—— Haswell - 
—— Wiche - 
-—— Vowsley - 
John Sedger - 
Vowsley = - 
Jane Cole - - 
Binks - - 








Benjamin Gale 
Ditto - 
Ditto - 

George Peart - 

John Ashford, senior 
Ditto - - 
Ditto - - 
Ditto - - 
Ditto - - 

Richard —* - 
Ditto - 
Ditto - - 
Ditto « - 

Elizabeth Rabbeth 


John Spicer 
Ditto - wy 
Ditto . - = 
Ditto - . 


Ditto = 
Thomas Fitzy . 
Joseph Taylor and 

Ann his wife. 


Thomas Fairey - 





Ditto - - 





Phillie 


Thomas Wiljam 
Parker. 


Joseph Taylor and 
Ann his wife. 


Ditto - - 
John Floyd and an- 
other. 


Ditto - - 


John Floyd- —- | 


James Kemble and 
W. J. Williams. 





Richard Hughes - 


Thomas Batch - 


PI dtd 


PEPE d Ebr ddbaidddl 





| George. Eagles 

Marsden, Harry 
Nicoll and Vin- 
eent Nicholl. 


Charles Busbee - 
Alexander M‘Craw - 
Joseph Davis 
John Edwards 
William Woodhead 
John Moody - 
‘John Gill - 


Catharine Anty - 


John Dyer - - 





Evan Evans - - 
John Watson - - 
Samuel Morell - 
Weekly Tenants - 
Empty - - - 
- ditto - - - 
William Watson - 
Empty - - - 


William Branoly - 
Alice Granswell - 
Thomas Downward - 
Mary Russell - - 


Empty - - - 
William Hodson - 
Thomas Stains - 


George Liddell - 
George Waters - 
Elizabeth Gordon - 
Robert Watson - 
Jane Cole - - 
John Chapman - 
Mary Robertson - 
John Wright - - 
Sarah James - - 
Daniel Young - 
William Bowstead - 
Nancy Withers - 
James Kennedy - 
William Stuart Smith 
William Mills - 
Mary Harradine - 
Thomas Pearce - 
Samuel Melvill - 
Mary Ann Randall - 
William Blake - 
William Bennett - 


John Flight - - 
Benjamin Twin ~ 
Jeremiah Johnson - 
Thomas Flight = - 
Thomas Harbord - 
Edward David ~ 
Michael Shay - 


Thomas Scott 

James Money - 
James Brown - 
James Cheeseman - 


Empty - - . 


Probert Minton - 


William Burney - 
James Lacey - - 


Ralph Wardle - 

James Davis and 
others. 

Mary Willis, widow, 
and others. 

Wood, widow, 
and others. 

John Floyd - - 

Mary Hunter, widow 























Empty - - -| 


Description of 
er 


House, yard and shed. 
- - ditto. 
ditto. 
ditto. 
ditto. 
ditto. 
- House, yard, sheds 
and garden. 
House, shed and yard. 


House and yard. 
- ditto. 
- ditto. 


Warehouse. 

House, yard and shed. 
ditto. 

House and yard. 


House, shed and yard. 


House and yard. 


- - ditto. 

- - ditto. 

House, yard and shed. 
- - ditto. 

- - ditto. 

House. 

House, yard and shed. 
- - ditto. 


- ditto, and sheds, 
- ditto. 
- ditto. 

- ditto. 

ouse, yard and shed. 
- ditto. 

ditto. 

ditto. 

ditto. 

ditto. 

ditto. 

- ditto. 

ditto. 

- ditto. 

- ditto. 

ditto. 

- ditto. 

ditto. 

House and yard. 

- - House, yard shed 

and fore-court. 


oe net 
. a: 33 


- ditto. 
ditto. 

- ditto. 
ditto. 
House and yard. 
- - ditto. 
House. 


- ditto. 
- ditto. 
- ditto. 
- ditto. 


- ditto. 


- - Crown Public-house, 
sheds and yard, 


House, shed and yard. 
ditto. 


- - ditto, 
ditto. 


ditto. 
ditto. 


ditto. 
House and yard. 


House, yard and shed. 














oe. 


The Seconp Scuepvte in the foregoing Acr referred to—continued. 





Owners. 


Lessees. 


Occupiers. 


Description of 
Property. 





New-street (West side)—continued. 


Robert T. Hum- 
phreys. 

Charles R. Parker 
and another. 
Ditto - - 
Ditto - 

Charles R. Parker 
and another. 
Ditto - - 

Mrs. Graham - 
Ditto - 
Ditto - 
Ditto 
Ditto 
Ditto 
Ditto 


oy Warrington 


ditto 
- ditto 
- ditto 
_ ditto 
ditto 
- — ditto 


New-street (East side) : 


Rev. A. J. Kempe 

Thomas Joslyn - 

T. B. Knott - 

Mrs. Elizabeth Hop- 
kins. 


J. Hoppe - ws 
Pilcher - 
Joseph Makins - 





Elizabeth Smith - 
William Knott - 

Ditto - - 
J. Hoppe - i 


Thomas Floyd - 


Richard Edmonds 
Rev. Hunt - 
Daniel Nash_ - 
Rev. A. E. Sketchley 
William Clark - 
Farthing - 
Frances Mitchell - 
Mrs. Graham - 
Ditto + 
Mrs. Sarah Gold- 
smith. 
James Franks - 
Joseph Wickens - 
Rebecca Ann Orkney 
Thomas Palmer - 
St. Bennett’s Parish 
Ditto - - 








Ditto - - 
Ditto - - 
William Davis - 
Ditto - 
Elizabeth ititiesais 
Ditto - - 
Ditto - - 
Ditto - - 


Ditto - - 

Ditto - 
Robert Hatful - 
Mrs. Isaac Parry 

and another. 
Mrs. Andrew - 
William Knott - 
William Starling - 
William Crafter - 


William Smith - 


William Smith - 





Langman - 


T. B. Knott - 


William John Mug- 


geridge. 


PT EALTUEUL EEE SES Te 


Mrs. Browne - 


- ditto - 

- ditto - - 

- ditto - - 
George Eagles Mars- 


den, Henry Ni- 
choll and Vin- 
cent Nicholl. 


— 


New Court : 


G. Shove - - 
Ditto - - 

Mary Ann —n- - 
Ditto - 


Charles Monger - 

Ditto - - 
Joseph Booth ~ 
Thomas Wilson - 


( New-street East side—continued. ) 


John Griffiths - 
T. F. Atkins - 
W. Warrington, sen 
Sarah Murray, widow 


John Holloway = | 








b1tddl 


Evan Lloyd - - 
John Bushell - - 
Weekly Tenants - 


ditto - - 
Thomas Newnham - 


George Bobin 
Thomas Callahan 
William Oxbury 
John Major - 
Sophia Fisher 
Richard Matthews - 
Catharine Rees - 
Thomas Faggeter - 


Elizabeth Andrews - 

Sarah Farley, widow 

Empty - - 

William John Mug- 
geridge. 


- ditto - - a 
Empty - - = 
Joseph Makins - 


Margaret Fry, widow 
William Davis - 
Weekly Lodgers - 
Empty - - - 


- ditto- - ‘ 
Weekly Lodgers - 
Empty - - - 


- ditto - - 
- ditto - - 
Daniel Nash - 
- ditto - 
William Clark 
Henry Lloyd - 
Frances Mitchell 
Empty - - 
« ditto - - 
James Lord - 


Weekly Lodgers  - 
Thomas Marshall - 
Henry Booker - 
Joseph Brown - 
James Craften - 
Mary Thompson, 
widow. 
Thomas Webber 
Robert Frisby 
Cavender 
Empty - - 
John Taylor - 
Empty - - 
Richard Fowles - 
John Thomas Hay- 
man. 
James Gathercole - 
Elizabeth Jackman - 
Weekly Tenants - 
James Smith - - 





John Howlett - 
Weekly Lodgers - 
- - ditto - - 
Samuel Burrows - 


Weekly Lodgers  - 
Ann Chappell - 
John Trott - - 


Charles Legg - - 
James Macartney - 


Empty - - 
- ditto - - 

Maria Howlett, tion 
James Hutton - 
Empty - - - 


- ditto - Ps « 


James Mason 

Edward Dunn 
William Watts 
William Mears 


George T hompson 





Sarah Murray, widow 





| 


House, yard and shed, 


- - ditto, 
ditto. 
ditto. 
ditto. 


- - ditto, 
House. 
- ditto, 
- ditto. 
- ditto. 
- ditto. 
- ditto. 
- ditto. 


- ditto. 

House, yard and shed, 

- - ditto, 

- - Duke of Sussex 
Public-house, shed 
and yard. 

House, shed and yard, 

- - ditto, 

House, bakelouse and 

yard. 

House and yard, 

ditto. 

ditto. 

House, yard and shed, 

House and yard. 

House, sheds and yard, 

House and yard. 

Vacant ground. 

- ditto. 

House, shed and yard, 

Garden ground. 

House, shed and yard, 

- - ditto. 

dittr. 

House and yard 

House, shed and yard. 

House and yard. 


House, she: and yard. 
ditto 
- dittu. 
ditto. 
- ditto. 
- ditto. 


ditto. 
— 


Ho 
i f one yard. 
House and yard, 


House, yard and shed. 
- - ditto. 
- - ditto. 
- - ditto. 
- - ditto. 
House, shed and yard. 


House and yard. 


ditto. 

House, shed and yard: 
House and yard. 

-- Crown and Anchor 
Public-house, yards, 
sheds and skittle- 
ground. 

House and yard. 
House, yard and shed. 
ditto. 


House and yard. 
ditto. 

House, yard and shed. 
ditto. 

ditto. 

ditto. 

ditto. 

ditto. 


ditto. 

-!« ditto. 

-; = Gitte. 

House and yard. 
House, shed and yards 
ditto. 


A, 183y. 





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3 VicTORIZ. 


16° Julie. 


449 





The Szconpv Scuxepute in the foregoing Act referred to—continued. 








The Srconp Scuepu ce in the foregoing Act referred to—continued. 














Description of Description of 
Owners. Lessees. Occupiers. Property. Owners. Lessees. Occupiers. Property. 
New-street (East side)—continued. ‘French's Fields : 7 
. ™ men Richard Hughes ~- | House, shed and yard. cr — - Empty - - | House and 2 
— _ Fi poy Hannah Clayton -/| - - ditto. _ - ditto - ele - ditto. 
Tite = ~ on Catharine Hunt -j| - - ditto. “an - _ —) els rm 

George “ Ses Henry Maybee - | -- Rope-makers’ Arms — - itto = -|- - ditto. 

bi Public-house and Capt. W. Sandom, —_ - ditto - -|- - ditto, 

yard. John Sandom, —_ - ditto - of» © ditto. 

a. = Samuel Meadows - | House, shed and yard. and others - _ - ditto - -|- - ditto. 
Mrs. Ann Moore - a John Stagg - - | House and yard. — James Lawrence -|- =&lt; in. 
Godfrey Hill 8 ee Richard Freak -|- - ditto. — David Inward -|- - ditto, 
Date - Z bal, Robert Cattersides - | - - ditto. —_ William Hall - -l- - ditto. 

William Smith - i David Maclean -|- - ditto. L _ Isaac Carver - -|- - ditto. 

i hes - Archer - - | Sheds and yard. Mary Ann Taylor - - Adam Taylor - | House and shed. 
aa pes Empty - - - | Coal-shed. Ditto - - — Mary Ann Taylor - | House. 

Richard Hughes - ones Sophia Irwin - - | House and yard. Ditto - : a John Butler - - | House, shed and yard. 

Wm. Hughesdon - _ Thomas Barrett ~- | House and yard. 
: Thos. M. Parker - _ John Chew - -| &gt; - ditto. 
Rope Walk (West side) : ee. _ Mary Batt - -j|- - ditto. 
: W. T. Palmer - _ John Veronally ~ | House. 
id 2 fi - Empty - -| Skittle-ground. J. J. Farrell - _— Sarah Burgess = | - ditto and yard. 
— — - ditto - - Open ground. Mrs. Graham os -_. “i Empty * ” House. 
— Wm. Hughesdon - Thomas Hawkes Ses House and yard. William Raymond ok 4 ditto &gt; - | « ditto. 
_ - ditto - - | Wm. Hughesdon,jun.| - - ditto. Wislien. 

Willian Browning = Thomas Chappell - | - - ditto. Bie, Guan... &lt; me James Miller-  - | House, shed aind yard. 
mes) _ oy nell bellies Ditto - - — William Andrews -|- - ditto. 
a aa a... 1 illi _ Evans- -|- - ditto. 
me. aie Robert Thacker -|- ~ ditto. oo aia 
Ditto -  - = Do bl a ae - Margaret Nightingale| - - ditto. 

Ditto 2 a aa Jonathan Buttler - | - - ditto. ne ba J. "CG Wale” a: House. 
a) — - Empty - -|- - ditto. e _ John Botten - - | - ditto. 
= a William Warren -|- - ditto. Bes. pa 9 ge in 
ee eas William Bilbin -|- - ditto. Mrs. Ann Moore - — James Barker - | House and yard. 
at = -, iaey - -] &gt; &gt; ditto. _ _ - Empty - -|- .- House, sheds, 
— — - ditto - -|- - ditto. yards and garden. 
_ oie - ditto - -|- ~- ditto. 
. : ; John Walters = - —= Charles Barrett ~- | House, yard and shed. 

Wm. Hughesdon - _ Richard Hill- -|- - ditto, “Sete” = hw tl. eee 
Ditto - - = Robert Drake = - |&lt; - ditto, Mis oe Joseph Birckbeck -|- - ditto. 

Ditto - ‘ = John Cooper - —-|- - ditto Ditto - - —= Alexander Millen -|- - ditto. 

9 — Mary Ann Farthing |~ - ditto. Richard Hughes - — William Terry -|- - ditto. 

Ditto - - _ - Empty - - | House, yard and shed. Tins .&lt; . pao Jane Monk - _ | House and shed. 
ee ts eS hod - ditto - -|- - ditto, Ditto - - _ Charles Culliver - | House, yard andsheds. 

Richard Hughes - —_ Edward M‘Cartie - | House and yard. gach 2 pet John Spriggs - | House and yard. 

J. ©. Cutler - — John Watkins - | House, yard and sheds, Ditto - i Pek Henry Johnson - | House, shed and yard. 

William Evans - — John Dalton - -|- = ditto. Ditto - be ashe William Hobbs i &lt;a-in oe 

Mrs, E. S. Ledgould — John Morgan - | House and yard. sl =e William Edwards ~ | House and yard. 

William Smith - een Samuel Morgan -]|- - ditto. me rob ~-Sarah Nightingale, - - ditto. 

Ditto - - _ Elizabeth Carron -|- - ditto. shin. 

time - on oT one ie oe ditto. Richard Hughes - — Robert Frisbey | - | Garden ground. 

AOS ~ Thomas Museett - | - - ditto. Ditto and glebe _ Thomas Webber -|- - ditto. 

Ditto - - sii William Kemsley - |} - - ditto. Die eo —_ Mary Thompson -|- - ditto. 

Ditto - - _— William Arthur - - ditto. Ditto a &gt; ak James Crafte: n a al So ditto. 

——-. _ George Matson -|- - ditto. Ditto - « — Richard Francis - | House and yard. 
Ditto - ° ae - Empty = - | + Gitte Se 6, 9 _ William Carew = | House, shed and yard. 

H. Leggett - - —_ Charles Aries -|- - ditto. Ditto - ss 2 Michael Levy | House and shed. 

John Walters - — - Empty - -|- - ditto. Ditto - - _ Jenten Ticharts cel = itis: 

FF ses: _at = = James Stephenson - | - - ditto. Ditto - - omg John Redman - | House, yard and sheds. 

Richard Neal = — William White - &lt;n shed, and Ditto - ie — John Johnson ele - ditto. 

‘ —. Ditto - - = John McCann -|- - ditto. 
Ditto Sia = George Andrews -|- - ditto. Ditto - - =o Matthew Swain -|- - ditto. 

Sobers BenGitch - — William Sherwood - | House and yard Bridge-House  - | William Pembroke| Benjamin Wallis - | House and garden. 
Ditto - ~ an - Empty - - - - ditto. Ditto = . bd ditto e - John Ford me i House, shed and yard. 

J Hoppe + ‘ae Stephen Epsom  - House. Ditto - het dite .&lt; «ian lai. © beh tere 
Ditto 2 . saa James Ashford “= ditto one yard Ditto - -|- ditto - - | Robert Frisbey  - | Gardeu ground. 

Ditto - a a William Moss - ditto Richard Hughes - sath ae \@ilie o . | Yard and shed. 

Wm. Hughesdon - _ Thomas Clough ~- | House. Glebe Baek er: of ne 3 _ | Field. 
mess - ee John Baker - = | - ditto and yard. Thomas Palmer - _ Jonathan Taylor - | House, yard and shed. 
Ditto - es eo Mary Cotter - °)* Wm. Tyrrell Palmer — James Taylor -|- - ditto. 

Ditto - - _ George Fraser -|- - ditto. Ditto - e ae James Perry - |=), oie 

”. B. J. Brandon mii: - Empty - - | House. George Slous - _ George Slous - | House and yard. 
es Ree: co PEE. appears Sen = =| Seetegineys. Gideon Slous and _— Wm. Hughesdon, sen.| - - Garden and twine- 
Ditto - - al - Empty - - | House and yard. pastes ground. 

Elizabeth Rabbeth | William Batch -|- ditto -  ~- | House ‘ a —_ . . | - = House, yard, shed 
es ole tee % - | Thomas Aldridge - | - ditto one yard. J. S. W. Slous Frederick Bear ia ma shed 

Ditto - - _ Henry Ham - - | - + House, yard and 
Elliott-square : garden. 
A. J. Kem ~ cae - Empty - - | House. Fer &lt;u 
William Smith ~ oie Frances Davis, widow | - - House, yard, shed, Hughes’ Fields (West side) : 
| and fore court. 

Mrs, Mills- =~ | — James Healey -|- - ditto. J. 8. Barber = | o Coe: tees ‘ Hoa, Pe and shed. 

George Fletcher - | cna Gilbert - - | House, shed and yard. Ditto ° = = Joh Wer wr 2? ee ass dns: 

John Cleverley - | it John Hunt Ward -|- - ditto. Ditto - = = Willan Weeds ~ | -  - : 

Ditto = -| _ Joseph Ewen- -|- - ditto. Py Oy on William Harris - | - - House, garden and 

James Banks - ne Thomas Tuckey -|- - ditto. William Harris - | flee a g 

_ ee s ee oo | Ht on use ee | Richard Hughes- | - Empty - eles ditto. 

we - be gr Sane * aia meg r a | - ditto - - | Susannah Francis - | - - House, garden, 
. : : y fore court and sheds, 
Elizabeth Watkins - Judith Wassell, widow | House and yard. . . 
— Crouch and — Robert Crouch - | House, shed and yard. — | - ditto - - | John Driver - 7 2 a shed and 
Ty - . - ditto - - | John Gibson - -|- = ditto. 
aed ll a Td pee il ‘eat ‘ate | = ditto - + | William Willson - | House and yard. 
: y ; ae - ditto - - | William Colebrook - | - - ditto. 

Gahard Edmonds - is ok se Vacant ground. - | = ditto - -| Nathaniel Tanner - | House, yard and shed. 
rge King ° —_ Richard Williams - | House, shed and yard. } H Whitewood Fiten 
Ditto - - ~ Anthony Fisher - | House and yard = Oe. 3? Ee oe 
Ditto icin 1. ae a - ditto - -|- Empty - -| Yard and sheds 
Ditto - J we James Joyce - ~ | Heuse aes he ditto - - | George Bobin - | House. 

Vox. 94. 3M (continued) 








































































450 


16° Juliz. 








A. 1839, 
































William Knott 
































William Brooks - | 


House, yard and sheds. 








James Fuller 





George Cowthard 


The Szconp Scuxpute in the foregoing Act referred to—continued. The Szconp Scuepute in the foregoing Act referred to—continued. 
: Description of : Description of 
Owners. Lessees. Occupiers. Property. Owners. Lessees. Occupiers. Property, 
i F a 
Hughes’ Fields (West side)——continued. : Hughes’ Fields (East side )—continued. 
nnn Richard Hughes - | - - Margaret Tipple | House and yard. part Rarity, _ —— Moss - - | House and yard, 
d others, &amp; Chris- widow. ii 
tian Tetnatin So- George Offer . a Robert William Olyett | House, shel and yard, 
ciety. Captain Taylor « — Thomas — . i. - a. 
oe - ditto - -| George Bobin -|- - ditto, Ditto - - — Edward Wele ~ | sZouse and yard, 
- _ date - -|- Empty - - | Chapel and fore court. = ers = jog ae - | House, = and yard, 
— - 1 - - Stable, cart-shed itto' - —_ nn tomlinson -j|- - ditto, 
Robert Mussett Thomas Gathercole nt'cntl » ca T.T. Poussett - | William Knott - Empty = _ an d yard, 
az - ditto - - | David White - ~ | House and yard. Ditto - - | Mrs. Graham -|- ditto - - - - ditto, 
ane - ditto - - {John Lapraick -|- - ditto. Ditto - -|- - ditto. sae = oles ame 
ae - ditto - - | James Brockley -|- - ditto. Ditto - ~ | William Knott - | - ditto * i “7 ditto, 
— - ditto - - | Sarah Thorne - - ditto. Ditto - ° Mrs. Graham - | ~ ditto - - -|- - ditto. 
ie | &lt; tie 7S eg Charles Howlett ets? a? Ditto ~ - | William Knott - | - ditto - - -|- - — 
_ - ditto - - | John Davidson -|~ - ditto. Den | Me Graham -]-ditto- == |= - dite 
— - ditto - + | Thomas Hudson -|- - ditto. Ditto &gt; - | William Knott - | - ditto 4 i ee ky Adstto, 
—~ William Mead ~- | Thomas Callaghan- | - - ditto. Ditto * = Mrs. Graham = - | - ditto ‘“ . me Pa mg 
— - ditto - - | William Thompson} - - ditto. Ditto - ~ | William Knott - | - ditto - ; a Si 
er ite" a ~lSiemnee Senith - sta Teil i P - Mrs. Hughes - | Thomas Woledge -|- - ditto. 
_ - ditto - Nathaniel Norman - | House _ &gt; 7 ditto- = | John Crew ~~ | House, yard and she, 
— - ditto - - | Samuel Me‘Analy - | - ditto ] Ghetiend oe ig ot ditto i ~ | George ia z H 3 — 
_— - ditto - ~ | James Williams ~~ | - ditto ¢ anne ithe ~ = Gin — se y 7 ro di _ 
— - ditto - ~ | Joseph Turner - | - ditto J = - - ditto - John 7 _ &lt; ne yr 
-- - ditto - - | William Mead - | House and yard. = Soa ditto . ~ | Mary Gar a oe Bi he di to, 
At Richard Hughes- | Jesse Hill - | - - Earl of Chatham iia - - ditto- - | George Whitcomb -| - - ditto, 
ublic-house, sheds 4 
pi garden. Deptford Green (West side): 
Mrs. Porter - ones Weekly tenants. House and yard. Adam Gordon ~- — Adam Gordon - | Oven space, 
-; an p ort cee ~ | House, giet ae yard, ote — John Dickinson - Earl of Ro 
Jesse Hill - - a amuel Jones ~ | House and yard. ublic- house 
Ditto - - a John Edward Hart - House, shed and yard. — and pre- 
Captain Brooks - -— John Layson - ~ | House and yard. Mrs. Bruce - - —— A. Gordon ~ - | Open space. 
Ditto - - _ Luke Feeney- -/. . ditto. - — - ditto - -~|- ditto, 
Miss Powell - — William Abethell “|- + ditto. — John Johnson ~- | John Johnson - | House, shed and yard, 
Ditto - . —_ John Williams ~|- = ditto, George Offer ~ | -- Robert William | - - Robert William | - - ditto, 
este Richard Hughes - } William Whiffin -|- _ ditto, Olyett. Olyett. 
are - - ditto -|- = ditto - -| Vacant ground, Miss Powell- = - _— Jane Cardno, widow | - ~ ditto, 
James Hughes - _ William Howell - | House, shed and yard. |} Mrs. E. Watkins - _ William Brooks -|- - ditto, 
Ditto - -| Mrs. Payne - — Ramsa -|- = ditte T. B. Knott- = _ _ Vacant ground. 
Ditto - -|- - ditto- - | William Newnham - | _. Stable wood-shed Richard Hughes - — Ann Taylor, widow House, yard and sheds, 
and yard. Dites . a --Mary Ann Archer, | - - ditto, 
Ditto - ~|- = ditto- - William Hall House, shed and yard. widow. 
Ditto - -|- -ditto- - | William Newnham - Wood-shed. Ditto - - _ James Little -  - | House and yard. 
Ditto - - | Robert Blackburne| - - - - | Vacant ground. William Warrington — John Kinipple - | House, yard and shed, 
Ditto - -|- = ditto - - | Empty - ~ | House and yard. William Taylor - —_— William Taylor -|- .- ditto, 
Ditto - -/|- -ditto-. -| - ae ~ = | Vacant ground. Ambrose Chatfield - a David Barber - | House, and yard, 
Ditto - -|- - ditto- - | + ditto “ ~ | House and yard. William Warrington _— George Beacon - | House, yard and shed, 
Ditto - - | - - ditto- - | James Dyer - ~ | House Messrs. Reid &amp; Co. — John Hawkins - | ~~ White Hart public- 
Ditto - -|- - ditto- - | Charles Follett - | . ditto] one yard house sheds and yard. 
Ditto = -/- -ditto- -| John Pennell- =~ | - ditto and Mrs. Porter- —- _ _ Vacant ground, 
Ditto - =-|/- ~- ditto- - | Jonas Hutchins - | - ditto | two sheds, Ditto - .- _— Empty~ - | House,yard andheds, 
Ditto - -{- -ditto- -/| JoshuaLee - -| - ditto Samuel C. Steward - William Geo. Steward] - - ditto. 
Ditto - -|- ~ditto- — - | Robert Blackburne - | Stable. , i Se wale John Jeeves - -|- - ditto, 
Ditto - -|- = ditto - - | John Hardy - ~ | House, shedsand yard, Ditto ~ - — Edward Fox - -|- - ditto, 
Ditto - -|- = ditto- - | Edward Randall - |. _ ditto. ——- Grout - - _ Empty - - | Vacant ground. 
— Edward Lynnell - | Edward Lynnell - Garden and shed. Ditto ~- - ~— - ditto - - -|- = ditto. 
_— John Hardy - =~ | Blacksmith’s shop. Mrs. Catherine Hunt — -ditto-  - ~~] House and yard. 
_— Richard Hughes - | Empty 4 ~ | House, shed and yard, Ditto « .« — James Halfpenny -|- - ditto, 
Ditto - - ~~ George William King} - ~ ditto, 
Hughes’ Fields (East side): William Knott ~ _— Empty . ~ | House, yard and shed, 
: Richard Hugh Ch ri W. Sto i 
peak ° of a itto. ichar ughes - _— aries W, wers | - = ditto, 
a, Soe : “ om, oem » Aas om William Warrington — John Syms - -|- = ditto. 
William Harris - Thomas Howlett -|- - Ditto, — “a See ts aie 
- William Newnham - | Yard and shed, ern - ‘toe iie aoc 
James Hailes Shir- ~ Thomas Hawkes - | Blacksmith’s shop. Sey Bip wills ai 
reff, M.p., Jane Absalom Davies - pe William Jones “| = ditto. 
Collins, Captain ss ~ 0m Doran + | -)- dite 
Joseph Dudman Lieut. E. Lawson - si James Richards -|- ~ ditto, 
and Catharine Mrs. Graham - — Weekly tenants - | House and yard. 
Welladvice, his J. H. Shirreff, a. p , _ Richard Preston - House, yard and shed. 
Wife, and others. and others. ei . 
T. T. Poussett - | William Knott - Dennis Murphy ~- | House and yard, Ditto - cs aa William Murphy - |. - ditto. 
. . ry , . Ditto - ~ | Mrs. Hawkes - | Thomas Hawkes - |. ditto. 
Ditto - -|- = ditto- - | William Watts - = ditto. : ‘ Willi snes 
Ditto - - «+ ditto - ~ | Jeremiah Murphy - | House, yard and shed. Die - +) AumGriz- illiam Newnham - | - - Lin @ rd 
Ditto + -|Mrs.Graham - | Ephraim Weedon -|- - ditto, — ya 
Ditto -|- = ditto- - | Ann Skinner, widow | House and yard. ; = a 
Ditto - ~ | William Knott - | George Green - | House, shed and yard. Ditto - ” es William Malcolm ~ | Houre, -_ — yon 
Ditto - - | Mrs.Graham- Joseph Silvet -|- - ditto, J. C. Morgan t ined Thomas Martin ~ | House and yard. ” 
Ditto - + Re &lt;li - | Ana Petterson ols» Mie Mrs. Andrews - oo Robert Frier - - | House, shed and yard. 
Ditto - ~-| William Knott - Empty - - | House and yard. William Knott - os — Earl ~ | House and yard. 
John Williams ~ William Michael - | - ~ ditto. aR ie. = as Set enaiey - | el. inate) 
Elizabeth Wilkins - on Elizabeth Wilkins - | - - ditto. Mrs. Graham - ~ Bartholomew Read - | House, yard and s 
T. T. Poussett ~ De, 


Ditto - - 
Ditto - - 
Messrs Reid and Co, 
Ditto - . 
Ditto - - 
J.H. Shirreff, m. v., 
and others. 
Richard Hughes - 
Ditto - . 
Ditto - - 
Mrs. Emily Rarity, 
widow. 
Ditto - - 
Ditto - - 





Mrs. Graham 
- ditto - 


CEGL LEG 


John Garne - - 
Joseph Rogers - 


- ditto - - - 
- ditto - - - 
Thomas Black - 


Ann Medhurst - 
John Worwood - 
Joseph Goddard - 
John Downs - - 





| House, yard and shed. 


Empty - - | 


House and yard, 
ditto. 
ditto, 
ditto. 


House, shed and yard. 


- = ditto. 
House and yard. 
House, shed and yard. 


House and yard, 


William Mulligan - | - - ditto. 
John Beason - | 


| 


ditto, 








Mrs. Graham 


Flagon Row (North side) : 


—_ - 





Richard Hughes - 
- ditto - - 


Edward Lynnell - 


- ~ Richard Parry 
and George Thomp- 


son. 








Kinipple - 


Rebecca Dobbins 


Robert Blackburn - 
Empty - ~ 
- ditto - - is 
John Adams - - 
Edward Lynnell  - 


Richard Parry - 





House, yard and shed. 
-- Feathers _ public- 
house, yard and sheds. 


House, yard and sheds. 
ditto. 

Vacant ground. 
ditto. 

House and yard. 

- - House, sheds and 


garden. 
House, shed and yard. 





3 Vicroriz. 








——— 


The Secoxn Scuevute in the foregoing Act referred to—continued. 








‘ Description of 
Owners. Lessees. Occupiers. Property. 
Flagon Row (North side )—continued. 
idge H - | George Thompson | -- Eliza Ann Prit- | -- Beehive _ public- 
a m ee chard, widow. house, house, sheds, 
skittle-ground and 
yard. 
Glebe-  - - | Richard Hughes - Gathercole - | Wood-yard and shed. 
A. J. Kempe - _ John Skelton - | House 
Ditto - - — John Brown - - | - ditto &gt; one yard. 
Ditto - - _ William Watson - | - ditto 
Mrs. Graham - —_ George Monk -| H and yard. 
Ditto - - | Mary Warrington | Mary Warrington - | Stable. 
Mary Warrington - — - - ditto - - | -- House, yard, shop, 
green-house, and shed. 
Ditto ~- - “= James Jones - - | House and yard. 
Ditto - - -- James Beard - -]- - ditto. 
Ditto - - _ Sarah Truseler, widow] - - ditto. 
John Johnson - — John Boniface - | House, yard and shed. 
C. R. Parker - — Thomas Roots -|- - ditto. 
Ditto - . — William Sloman -|- - ditto. 
John Walters - —_ John Walters -| - - ditto. 
J.Selmes = - _ John Roper - - | House and yard. 
Ditto - - _ Empty - -|- - ditto. 
Ditto - - _ AnnDean - -]- - ditto. 
Ditto - - — Empty - ~ -|- - ditto, 
Ditto - - -- Robert Town - | House, shed and yard. 
Ditto - - -- Andrew Treays - | House and yard. 
Ditto - - -_- Elisha White - | -- House, bake-house 
and yard. 
Ditto - a Isaac Sandford = | House and yard.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Barnard do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

Church A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens and 


Establishment 
(Canada, &amp;c.) 


Postage. 


Iuland Ware- 
housing Bill, 


Maynooth 
College. 


Stage Coach 
Duties, 


Foreign Coffee. 














Inhabitants of Newport, in the Isle of Wight, pray- 
ing the House to continue their —— and en- 
couragement to the Bishops and Clergy in Canada, 
and the other British colonies, and make provision 
for increasing their number, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Aberdeen; — Irvine ;— and, Be- 
verley; praying that the proposed plan relative to 
Postage may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Stationers of Scarborough; —and, 
Great Yarmouth; praying the House not to sanc- 
tion any measure respecting Postage requiring the 
use of stamped letter paper or envelopes, — were 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the Kingston-upon-Hull Dock 
Company ; — and, Bristol (two Petitions) ; praying 
that the Inland Warehousing Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Donaghadee, praying 
the House not to sanction any further grant of 
public money to the Roman Catholic College of 
Maynooth, was ppreentes, and read; and ordered 
to le upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stage Coach Proprietors of Wot- 
tingham, Leicester and Northampton ;—and, Can- 
terbury, Margate and Ramsgate; complaining of 
competition in their trade, by railways and steam 
vessels, and praying for the repeal of the Duties on 
Stage Coaches-——were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Grocers and Dealers in Coffee of 
Coldstream, praying for a reduction of the Duty 
on Foreign Coffee, was presented, and read ;. and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vou, 94. 





16° Julie. 451 


A Petition of Merchants and Dealers in Sugar of Foreign Sugar. 


Coldstream, praying for a reduction of the Duty 
on Foreign Sugar, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


additional endowment to the Church of Scotland, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of East Kilbride, pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for relieving the 
religious destitution which prevails in Scotland, b 
extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


authorizing the Impressment of Seamen to serve in 
the British Navy, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


to the Bank of Jreland,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


14th day of March last, requiring from the Royal 
Academy a Return of the Receipts and Expenditure 
of that Institution; and also that the House will 
take into consideration the importance of a full and 
complete explanation of the management of the 
Fine Arts in this country, in continuation of the 
Returns and Evidence already printed, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


the House not to sanction the altered plan relative 
to National Education, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


praying for the amendment of the Tithe Commuta- 
tion Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


&amp;e., the united parishes of Saint Andrew Holborn- 


and, Collection of Rates Bills, may not pass into 
law, was — and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


day evening, the 4th day of this instant July, the 
inhabitants of Birmingham assembled in the Bull- 
ring of that town, were, without warning or summons 
to disperse, attacked by an armed body of police 
from London, under the direction of the Mayor of 
Birmingham, and praying the House to cause in- 
quiry to be made into the conduct of the parties 
who directed the said attack, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


pass mto a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





3M 2 A Petition 





A Petition of Inhabitants of Kirknewton and Church of 
East Calder, praying the House not to grant any S¢otlend. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Impressment 
Council of Leith, praying for the repeal of the Laws °f Seamen. 


Petitions from Slane ;—and, Collon; praying the Bank of Ireland 
House not to sanction the renewal of the Charter Charter. 


A Petition of George Rennie, and others, Artists, Royal 
raying the House to enforce their Order of the A°#¢e™y- 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Hollesley, praying Education. 


A Petition of Land-owners of the county of Kent, Tithe Commu- 


A Petition of Commissioners for paving, lighting, Poor Law 


above-the-bars, and Saint George-the-Martyr, pray- 2 
ing that the Poor Law Commission Continuance ; of Rates Bills. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Working Birmingham 
Men’s Association of London, stating that on Thurs- i 


A Petition of Surveyors of the Highways of Sal- Highway Rates 
ford, praying that the Highway Rates Bill may not Bill. 


A Petition of Surveyors of the Highways of Sal- Small Tene- 
ford, praying that the Small Tenements Bill may ™®"s Bill. 








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4 
| 
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FeO AAEM ORE TEL TET I TOT 








— 


Payment of 
Rates Bill. 


Lord’s Day. 


Shannon 
Navigation. 


Licensed 
Victuallers 
(Ireland.) 


Lower Canada, 


No. 401. 


Aylesbury 
Writ. 


Bath Union 
Workhouse, 


Totnes Writ. 


Library of the 
House. 


No. 406, 


Small Tene- 
ments Bill. 


Weguelin’s 
Divorce Bil. 


452 16°—17° Juliz. 


A. Petition of Surveyors of the Highways of Sal- 
ford, praying that the Payment of Rates Bill, may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of North and South 
Erpingham, praying the House to re measures 
for securing the better observance of the Lord’s Day, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of James Perry, of the city of Dublin, 
Merchant, praying for the Improvement of the Na- 
vigation of the River Shannon, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Spirit Retailers of the city 
of Dublin, praying for the amendment of the Law 
with regard to the opening and closing the houses 
of Licensed Victuallers in Ireland, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Lower 
Canada, which were presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament, for the Borough of Aylesbury in the 
room of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Esquire, de- 
ceased. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Proceedings in the investigation into 
the conduct of the Master of the Bath Union Work- 
house, held before the Assistant Commissioner, 
Mr. Adey, in the course of the Spring 1839 ; together 
with the decision of the Board of Guardians and 
Poor Law Commissioners thereon. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Totnes in the room 
of Jasper Parrott, Esquire, who, since his Election 
for the said Borough, hath accepted the Office of 
Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s three Chiltern 
Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonenham, in 
the County of Buckingham. 


Sir Robert Harry Inglis reported from the 
Standing Committee appointed to assist Mr. Speaker 
in the direction of the ieee That they had con- 
sidered the matters to them referred, and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


The Order for reading a second time To-morrow, 
the Small Tenements Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present; and it being 
then after four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 17° die Juli ;. 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 183 9. 
PRAYERS. 
R. Freshfield reported from the Commnttee on 
the Bill from the Lords,. intituled, An Act to 


dissolve the Marriage of the Reverend William An- 
drew Weguelin, Clerk, with Emma, his now Wife, 





A. 1839. 


and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
Purposes therein mentioned; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill as to the marriage 
of the Parties, the adultery charged as the ground 
for dissolving the marriage, the verdict at law, and 
the sentence of divorce in the Ecclesiastical Court ; 
and, upon evidence satisfactory to the Committee, 
found the same, and the other allegations, to be 
true; and they saw no reason to suspect collusion 
between the Parties ; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered,,That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow: 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Belfast Belfast Water 
Water (No. 1.) Bill, have leave to make a Special (Ne. 1.) Bill, 


Report. 

Ir. George William Wood reported from the 
Committee on the said Bill; That the Parties ap- 
pearing on behalf of the Petition of the Belfast 
Charitable Society, which had been referred by the 
House to the Committee on the said Bill, having 
stated to the Committee that William Chaine, whose 
evidence they considered essential to their case, had 
declined to attend, the Committee resolved to re- 
port the circumstance to the House, and to re- 
quest that the House would take such steps as they 
might think fit to enforce his attendance. 

Ordered, That William Chaine do attend this 
House upon Monday next. 


Petitions from Billy ;— Templemichael ; —and, M 
Eastwood; praying the House not to sanction any Col 


further grant of public money to the Roman Ca- 
tholic College of Maynooth,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of Education. 


Wesleyan Methodists of Islington Chapel, Birming- 
ham, praying the House not to sanction the proposed 
scheme of National Education recently laid before 
Parliament, as approved by the Committee of Privy 
Council, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ardee; — Duanleer 3;— Navan ;— Bank of Ireland 
Castlebellingham ;—and, Balbriggan; praying the Cherter. 


House not to sanction the renewal of the Charter to 
the Bank of Jreland,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Grocers and Spirit Dealers of Drog- Spirit Dealers 
heda, praying for the repeal of so much of the Act (Ireland.) 


6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 38, as prohibits the Sale of Spi- 
rits by Grocers in Jreland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stage Coach Proprietors of Exeter stage Coach, 
and other places ;—and, Devon and Somerset ; com- &amp;€ » Duties. 


— of the competition they are exposed to by 
ailways and Steam-boats ; and praying for the re- 
peal of the duty on Stage Coaches,—were presented 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rotherhithe, &amp;c.;— Persons in Postage. 


the employ of Messrs. Pitcher, Blackwall;—and, 
in the employ of Messrs. Nasmyths, Gaskell, and 
Co., Patricroft; praying for the adoption of a low 
and uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Montrose ;— Auchmithie ; — Stir- 
ling ;— Kilmarnock ;— Taunton ( Bailiffs);— Dundee; 
— Forfar ;—and, Burneside; praying that the pro- 
posed plan relative to Postage may pass into a law, 
—were' also presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Stationers,gf Taunton, praying the 
House not to sanction any measure respecting Post- 
age requiring the use of stamped letter paper, or 
envelopes, was also presented and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition 





Chu 
Pati 
(See 


Gr 





Queen’s Printer 
(Scotland.) 


Church 
Patronage 
(Scotland. ) 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Grievances. 


Gaelic 
Language. 


Collection of 
Rates Bill. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Foreign Timber. 


Bonding 
Warehouses. 


Church of 
Scotland, 


Religious 
Ceremonies 
Abroad, 


Harbours of 
Refuge. 


3 VicrorRIz&amp;. 


A Petition of Ministers of Congregational Churches 
in the counties of Perth, Angus and Mearns, con- 
vened at Forfar, praying the House not to sanction 
the renewal of the Patent at present held me. Her 
Majesty’s Printer in Scotland, of printing the Bible, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Kilbrandon;—and, Edinburgh ; 
praying for an alteration of the law relative to 
Church Patronage in Scotland,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Radcliffe ;—Guestling, &amp;c.;— 
Llandyssul, &amp;c. ;—Seal ;— Aldershott ;—Saint Mary 
Newington (Chairman of a Meeting) ; — Cadogan 
Williams ;-— Carmarthen Union ; — Barnstaple ;— 
and William Roweliffe ;—praying for the repeal or 
amendment of the Poor Law Act,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Hannah Ingrey, complaining of 
oppressive conduct towards herself, her husband and 
family, by the Chairman and Board of Guardians of 
the Caxton and Arrington Union; and praying that 
strict inquiry may be made into her case, was also 
er and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Oldham, stating several Grievances 
under which the Inhabitants of Oldham conceive they 
labour; and praying the House to adopt measures 
for their redress, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Members of the Club of True High- 
landers of London, meeting at the British Coflee- 
house, Cockspur-street, praying for the establishment 
of a Professorship of the Gaelic language in one of 
the northern colleges, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Churchwardens, Overseers and In- 
habitants of Saint George-in-the-East, in the county 
of Middlesex, praying that the Collection of Rates 
Bill may not bie into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of Billy, 
praying that the present system of National Educa- 
tion in Ireland may not be persisted in, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the President, Vice-President and 
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Manu- 


factures at Manchester, praying for a reduction of 


duty on Foreign Timber, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Manchester, 
praying for the establishment of Inland Bonding 

arehouses, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Little Dunkeld ;—and, Crail; 
praying the House to adopt measures for relieving 


the religious destitution which prevails in Scot- 


land, by extending the efficiency of the Established 
Church,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
he upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of Billy, 


17° Juli. 





453 


praying for an investigation into the same, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cheltenham ;—and, Dumbarton Lord’s Day. 
(Moderator of the Presbytery); praying the House 

to adopt measures for securing the better observance 

of the Lord’s Day,—were presented, and read ; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Benjamin Robert Haydon, Histo- Royal 
rical Painter, of Burwood-place, Connaught Terrace, Academy. 
praying that the Order of the House of the 14th day 

of March last, requiring a Return from the ay 
Academy of the Receipt and Expenditure of that 
Institution, may be enforced, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Oldham, prayin that poor Law 
the Poor Law Commission Continuance Bill may Commission 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and — 
ordered to lie upon the Table. ; 


Petitions from Portadown ;—and, Armagh; pray- army 

ing that Presbyterian soldiers may be permitted to (Presbyterian 
attend the services of the Presbyterian Church, in ChurchService.) 
the same manner as Episcopalian and Roman Ca- 

tholic soldiers are permitted to attend their re- 

spective places of Worship,—were presented, and * 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Richard Walker presented a Bill for the Bury (Lan- 
more easy and speedy Revove of Small Debts — Ne.) 
within the Town of Bury, and other Places therein jy, epsitiaies 
mentioned, in the County of Lancaster: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Magistrates 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased : Birmingham, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this “* 
House, a List of Magistrates in the Commission of 

the Peace for the Towns of Birmingham, Manchester 

and Bolton. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 

of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ Newspaper 
Return of the Number of Stamps issued to each Stamps. 
Newspaper in England and Wales during each of 
the Three years ending the 5th day of January 
1839; specifying also the Amount of Advertisement 
Duty paid by each Paper in each of the above Three 
years:—And, similar Returns for Scotland and 
Ireland. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Joint Stock 
to Her Majesty that She will be graciously pleased Banks. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Joint Stock Banks existing 
in England and Wales, in each of the Three years 
ending with the 5th day of January 1839; specify- 
ing the Date of the establishment of each Bank, 
the Number and Situation of its Branches (if it 
have any), and the Number of Partners in each 
Bank, during each of the above-mentioned years: 
—And, similar Returns for Scotland and Ireland. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, wheat and 


complaining of the compulsory attendance of British | Returns of the Average Prices of Wheat and Oats Oats (Ireland.) 


functionaries at religious ceremonies abroad ; and 


er Barrel, calculated upon the Returns advertised 


praying that they may be relieved therefrom, was pre- |! the Dublin Gazette, for the year ending the ist 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | day of May 1838 :—The like for the year ending 


the 1st day of May 1839 :—Of the Average Prices 


A Petition of Henry Barrett, late of Great Yar-|of Wheat and Oats per Barrel, calculated on the 
mouth, and now of Arundel-street, Strand, com-|same Returns, for the period of Ten years imme- 


plaining of the want of Harbours of Refuge; and 


diately preceding the Ist day of May 1838; viz. 


stating that he has devised a plan for the removal of | from the Ist day of May 1828 to the ist day of 
bars or shoals at the entrance of harbours, thereby May 1838 :—And, the like for the period of Ten 
years immediately preceding the 1st day of May 


securing access in all winds and weathers; and 





Vor. 94. 





3M3 


1839 ; 















$ 
it 


pesrreemcnnnet ene —— 


(ove ert a ee | 


a 














Drainage of 
Lands Bill. 


No. 407. 


Jobn 
Thorogood. 


Military 
Pensions Bill. 


No 408. 


Loan Fund 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Timber Ships 
Bill. 


Payment of 
Rates Bill. 


Kcclesiastical 


Districts Bill. 


Shannon 
Navigation 


. Bill. 


454 


1839; viz. from the ist day of May 1829 to the 
1st day of May 1839. 


Mr. More O’ Ferrall reported from the Select 
Committee on the Drainage of Lands Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Memorandums of the Visit- 
ing Justices and Governor of the Gaol of Chelms- 
ford, transmitted to the Secretary of State, with 
reference to the Treatment of John Thorogood, a 
Prisoner in that Gaol. 

Ordered, That the said Address be 
Her Majesty by such Members of this 
of Her Majesty 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Military Pensions Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
CuiauseE, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 


Cuause, N° 2, (Poor Law Guardians may require 
the payment of pensions to be made to them for 
relief given by admission into the workhouse) 
read. 

Several Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, \ 59 

Yeas, Mr. Robert Gordon : ae 

Tellers for the f Mr. Wakley, } 7 

Noes, Captain Boldero: : 

Crauses, N° 3 to N° 9, agreed to. 

ScHEDULEs agreed to. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


resented to 
ouse as are 
s Most honourable Privy Council. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow ; and the Bill, as amended, 
to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Loan Fund (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Payment of Rates Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday, next. 


The Ecclesiastical Districts Bill was, according 
to Order, reada second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Shannon Navigation Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 


17°—18° Juliz. 





A. 1839. 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
he House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 4 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ My" y Satc J oer, } 64. 
Mr. Finch 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. William Withinins:? 25. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :--The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Criavuss, N° 1, agreed to. 
CiausE, N° 2, (Commissioners of the Treasury 


to appoint or more Commissioners for the 
execution of the Act) read. 


Proposed, to fill the blank with the word 
“ Three.” 


(Afterwards proposed, That the Commissioners of 
Public Works in Jreland should execute the Act, 
instead of Commissioners appointed by the Trea- 
sury.) 

Question put, That the blank be filled with the 
word “ Three ;” 


The Committee divided : 


§ Mr. More O’ Ferrall, \ 
Tellers forthe Yeas, Lil: Soke Mover: s 58. 


Mr. John Ellis, 
Tellers forthe Noes, Colonel Sibthorp : } 18. 


Cause, N° 2, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciausgs, N° 4 to N° 6, agreed to. 

Cuiavuses, N* 7 to N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausss, N° 10 to N° 55, agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 56, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciauses, N°57 to N° 75, agreed to. 


Cause offered : (Power to collectors to weigh, 
measure, &amp;c.)——-brought up, read 1°; 2°, and added. 


Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








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


Jovis, 18° die Julii, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- public Works 

mittee on the Public Works (Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Assessed Taxes 
a Committee upon the Assessed Taxes Composition Composition 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Aimiraly 
mittee on the Admiralty Court Bill; Court Bill. 
Resolved, That this ~ Booms will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. 





Cath 
Feel 
Pref 
Bill. 


Metr 
Polic 


Sla 
(P 


Fi 


na tet to 





Cathedral and 
Ecclesiastical 
Preferments 
Bill. 


Metropolis 
Police Bill. 


Slave Trade 


(Portugal) Bill. 


Factories Bill, 


Registration 
(Court of 
Appeal) Bill. 


Embankments 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Metropolitan 
Police Courts 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
eans, 





3 VicTorRiz. 


Mr. Vernon Smith, by Order, reported the Cathe- 
dral and Ecclesiastical Preferments Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the ingrossed Bill for further improving 
the Police in and near the Metropolis ;” 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas{ 5 Fog Hote. . 42. 
Tellers for the Noes, { 


Mr. Thomas Wood, 2 
Colonel Sibthorp : } : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The Bill was accordingly read the third time; 
and an ingrossed Clause was added to the Bill by 
way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill by way of Rider, (To prevent persons 
riding behind Carriages) :—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and twice read, with a blank ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House :—The 
House accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Fox Maule reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Clause, 
and made an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Fox Maule accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to ; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and agreed 
to, to be made part of the Bill by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Slave Trade (Portugal) Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Factories Bill : 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Saturday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration (Court of Appeal) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. : 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Embankments (/reland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


17°—18° Jultz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bale of Beer 
Bill. 





45 


mittee on the Sale of Beer Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


authorizing any advance out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, which may hereafter be required for supplying 
any deficiency in the Fund primarily a viicale to 
the expenses of County Courts, as regulated by any 
Act to be passed in the present Session of Parlia- 
ment, a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth: 
Resolved, That there shall be issued out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britainxand Ireland, such sums as may be 
necessary to make good any deficiency in the Ge- 
neral Fee Fund of the County Courts, which may 
be established by virtue of any Act of the present 
Session, for improving County Courts. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


into a Committee, to consider of making provision 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Salaries 
and retiring Pension of the Judge of the High 
Court of Admiralty, and of making good any defi- 
ciency in the Fee Fand of the said Court. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That there shall be issued and paid out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, such sum for the 
Salary and retired Allowance of the Judge of the 
High Court of Admiralty, and to make good the 
deficiency of the Fee Fund of the said Court, as 
shall be directed by an Act to be passed in the 
present Session of Parliament. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


into a Committee, to consider of allowing Dealers (Sal 
in Spirits to retail Foreign Spirits, on taking out a 
License for the purpose. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That an Excise Duty of Five pounds 
shall be paid by every Licensed Dealer in Spirits, 
for an additional License to sell by Retail, in a 
tities not less than One reputed quart bottle, Fo- 
reign Spirits and Liqueurs, not to be drunk on the 
premises. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr, Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 





reading of the Constabulary Force (Ireland) Bill ; Bi 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


reading of the Highways (No. 2.) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the Purchase or Building of Lodgings 
for the Judges of Assize on their Circuits: And 





Vou. 94. 





3M4 that 


Mr. Solicitor General, by Order, reported from the County Courts 


Committee to whom it was referred to consider of ont of 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Admiralty 
Court [Advance 
of Money. ] 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Excise Licenses 


Spirits.) 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Coustabulary 


The Order of the day being read, for the second ne 


| 
| 
| 
. 
| 


i 


Grand Jury 
Cess (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Turnpike Tolls 
Bill. 


Sale of Spirits 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Metropolis 
Improvements 
Bill. 


No. 409. 


Judges’ 
Lodgings Bill. 


No. 410. 


Grand Jury 
Cess (Ireland) 
Bill. 


No. 411. 


Turnpike Tolls 
Bill. 


No. 412. 


Bpirit Licenses 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 413. 


Glass, 


No. 419, 


456 


that Mr. Solicitor General and Sir William Heath- 
cote do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
provide for the applotment and levy of Grand Jury 
Cess, in certain cases, in Ireland: And that Mr. 
Solicitor General for Ireland and Lord Viscount 
Morpeth do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the Trustees of Turnpike Roads to re- 
duce the scale of Tolls payable for overweight : 
And that Captain Pechell and the Earl of Surrey 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to repeal so much of an Act of the sixth and seventh 
year of King William the Fourth, as prohibits the 
holding of Licenses for the Sale of Spirits by retail 
by Grocers in Ireland: And that Mr. O’ Connell 
and Mr. Emerson Tennent do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a 
Bill to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Build- 
ings, to raise a Sum of Money for making additional 
Thoroughfares in the Metropolis: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to autho- 
rize the Purchase or Building of Lodgings for the 
Judges of Assize on their Circuits: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland presented a Bill 
to provide for the applotment and levy of Grand 
Jury Cess, in certain cases, in Ireland: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Captain Pechell presented a Bill to authorize the 
Trustees of Tumpik 

Tolls payable for Overweight: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Mr. O’Connell presented a Bill to repeal so 


17°—18° Julie. 


e Roads to reduce the Scale of | 


A. 1839. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Chureh: Rates, 
Annual Account of the Receipt and Expenditure &amp;c.,(Lambeth.) 
of all Rates made, and of all Fees and etek 
received and charged in the Parish of Lambeth, 
and in each District of the Parish respectively, for 
Ecclesiastical Purposes, from 1828 to the present 
time ; the Return to distinguish the Gross and Net 
Amount of each Rate and of the Pew-rents ; and, 
also, the nature of the Fees, and their application. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Carlow Borough 
before the Select Committee on the Carlow Borough Election Com- 
Election Petitions, together with the Minutes of their "''°* 
Proceedings, which were presented upon Monday No. 414, 
last, be printed. 


The House being informed, That James M‘Cleery Belfast Water 
and William Radcliffe, who were ordered to attend (No 1.) Bill, 
this House yesterday, had this morning attended the 
Committee on the Belfast Water (No. 1.) Bill; 

Ordered, That they be discharged from any 
further attendance on this House. 


Ordered, That the Fines and Penalties (Ireland) Fines und 


; A . Penalties 
Bill be read a second time upon Friday next. (Irelau 4) Bil, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hand-loom fand-loom 
Weavers, which was presented upon Monday last, Weavers. 
be printed. No. 415, 

_ Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Iron, &amp;c., Iron, &amp;e. 
which were presented upon Monday last, be printed, No. 416. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, Sugar. 
which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. No, 417, 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Printed Printed Papers, 
Papers, which was presented upon Monday last, be No. 418. 
| printed. 
| Ordered, That the Return relative to Glass, Glass. 
which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. No, 419, 





| 


| And then the House, having continued to sit 
| till a quarter of an hour after one of the 
clock on Thursday morning, adjourned till 


| this day. 








| Jovis, 18° die Julii ; 
Anno 3° Victoria Regine, 1839. 


| PRAYERS. 


} 


much of an Act of the sixth and seventh yore of | M*® Campbell, from the Court of Directors of Steam C.m- 


King William the Fourth, as prohibits the holding 


the East India Company, was called in ; munication 


of Licenses for the Sale of Spirits by retail by and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—A ('™!*) 
Grocers in Ireland: And the same was read the! Return to an Order dated the 1st day of August, 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return 
upon Wednesday next ; and to be printed. | showing the Number of the Mails dispatched to 
| India, vid Egypt and the Red Sea, in consequence 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a| of the arrangements entered into between Her Ma- 
Return of the Amount of Duty charged and Draw- |jesty’s Government and the Court of Directors of 
back paid on each description of Glass in England, \the East India Company, under the Resolution of 
distinguishing the Quantities and the Weight, Rate the Parliamentary Committee, the 14th July 1834, 
of Duty and of Drawback, and the Amount in each , and the Date of their arrival at their respective Pre- 
year, ending the 5th day of January, from 1814 to | sidencies : — A similar Return of the Steamers sent 
1839, both inclusive :—A Similar Return for Scot- | from India, vid the Red Sea, the Port or Ports from 
land:—A similar Return for Jreland :—Returns of ; whence they commenced their voyage in India, the 
the Amount of Drawback or Allowance on Glass ' Dates of the several Letters or Despatches received 
for building Churches, &amp;c., in each year, ending the by the Court of Directors from the respective 
5th day of January, from 1814 to 1839, inclusive: Governments abroad, distinguishing any of those 
—Ard,; of the Amount of Drawback, and the | Despatches which may have been received by the 
weight of each kind of Glass, except Bottles, ex-' way of Marseilles, or otherwise tnrough France :— 
por to Ireland, from 1813 to the time the Draw- | Return, showing the Dates of the Arrivals of the 
ack ceased, distinguishing the Amount in each India Mails at and from Fa/mouth, Gibraltar, 
year ending the 5th day of January, the Rate of Malta, Alexandria, Suez, Mocha and Bombay, re- 
rawback allowed on each kind, and, in Crown spectively: — Return «of the Expense, so far as the 
Glass, the Quantities exported in whole or half same can be made out, of the Charge which has 
tables, from those cut into panes or squares. been incurred on account of such conveyance :— 
Mr. Baring accordingly presented the said Re- Return, specifyig the number, size, description and 
turns. steam power, of the several sea-going Steamers, 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the vessels belonging to the Indian Governments, when 
Table; and be printed. and where built, and how generally employed :— And, 
Copies 





Fort \ 
and WV 
Judice 


Wegt 
Divo 


Ear! 
ford 
Bill. 


o~ ~~ 








Fort William 
and Madras 
Judicature. 


Weguelin’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Earl of Stam- 
ford’s Estate 
Bill. 


Manchester and 


Birmingham 
Extension 
(Stone and 
Rugby) Rail. 
way Bill. 


Warwick Gaol. 


Crown Teinds 
(Scotland. ) 


3 VicToriz. 


Copies of any Representations, with their Dates, 
received by the Court of Directors from any or all 
of the Presidencies in India, or any portion of the 
Indian community, expressive of a desire that Steam 
Communication should be extended to such Presi- 
dencies or Communities, with the Replies thereto, or 
Decisions thereon. 

A Copy of the Rules and Orders that have passed 
the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William 
in Bengal, on the 15th day of June 1837; and the 
Rules that have passed the Supreme Court of Ju- 
dicature at Madras, on the 22d day of February 
1837 :—And then he withdrew. 

- — That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
dissolve the Marriage of the Reverend William 
Andrew Weguelin, Clerk, with Emma his now Wife, 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
Purposes therein mentioned, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before their Lordships upon the said Bill be returned 
to the Lords :—And that Mr. Freshfield do carry 
the same. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Committee 
on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
authorize Conveyances in fee farm or demises for 
long terms of years, under Reserved Rents, of certain 
parts of the settled Estates of the Right honourable 
George Harry, Earl of Stamford and Warrington ; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and that the parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the 
satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment:—And the 
Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Tatton Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Manchester 
and Birmingham Extension (Stone and Rugby) 
Railway Bill have leave to sit this day, till half an 
hour after four of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


A Petition of William Lovett, of Upper North- 
place, Gray’s Inn-road, and John Collins, of Bread- 
street, Birmingham, stating that on the 6th day 
of the present month, the Petitioners were appre- 
hended at Birmingham by the constables of that 
place, charged with having published a seditious 
and malicious libel, tending to excite disaffection 
and discontent towards Her Majesty’s Person and 
Government, and to cause a breach of the peace, 
and complaining of the amount of Bail demanded 
for their appearance at the Assizes to take their 
trial, and of the treatment they received whilst under 
confinement in Warwick Gaol, and praying for 
inquiry into the same, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to several 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—Further Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dee the 6th day of June 
last, for a Return, showing the Proceedings which 
have been taken by the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Woods and Forests, in order to make the 
Crown Teinds in Scotland available for the public 
service. 


18° Juliz. 





457 


year 1830 to the year 1838 inclusive; the several 
objects of such Commissions, with the Number of 
Commissioners, Secretaries, Clerks or other Persons 
employed in each ; the Number of Days each Com- 
mission has sat; the Amount each Commission has 
cost ; distinguishing the Funds from which such 
Amount has been paid, with the Names of the Par- 
ties tv whom such Payments have been made, and 
the several Amounts paid to each. 

A Copy 


Department by the Poor Law Guardians of Lambeth, 

relative to the refusal of the Churchwardens and 

Overseers to furnish means to the Guardians for ad- 

ministering Relief to the Poor under the Provisions 

of the Poor Law Amendment Act. 

i dont, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Deptford (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— Brighton ;— Ra 
and, Saint Clement Danes (Chairman of a Meeting); 
praying that the Collection of Rates Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Clogher ;—and, Dromod; praying the House to 
identify the Elective Franchise in England and Ire- 
land, countries in which the tenures of lands and 
houses are similar, and to give to Ireland, as com- 
plete Municipal Reform as England has obtained, 
and to give also to Ireland her adequate proportion 
in the Representation, and, finally, to place Tpeland 
upon a footing of equality in religious freedom with 
England, by allocating the temporalities of the 
church of the minority in that country to purposes 
of charity, education and public utility,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Headfort ; —and, Trim; praying the House not to 
sanction the renewal of the Charter to the Bank 
of Ireland, — were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


ziel; praying the House to adopt measures for re- 
lieving the religious destitution which prevails in 
Scotland, by extending the efficiency of the Esta- 
blished Church,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Lord Provost, Chairman of a 
Meeting of Inhabitants of Glasgow, praying for the 
abolition of the system of Church Patronage in 
Scotland, was also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


tioners of Truro;—Bath (Chairman of a Meeting); 
—Exeter ;—and, Ludlow ; praying the House not 
to sanction any measure respecting Postage requiring 
the use of stamped letter-paper or envelopes,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


the House not to sanction the proposed scheme of 
National Education recently laid before Parliament, 
as approved by the Committee of Privy Council, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the ‘lable. 

Petitions from Banff; —and, Colyton ; praying 
the House to sanction the proposed plan of National 
Education,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


lic money to the Roman Catholic College of May- 





Vou. 94. 


3.N nooth,— 





A Return of all Commissions issued by the Crown, Commissions 
or by Parliament, in relation to Scotland, from the (Scotland.) 


of a Communication addressed to Her Poor Rates 
Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Home (Lambeth. ) 


Petitions from Saint Mary-le-bone;--Saint Paul's, Collection of 


Petitions from Finglass ; — Walshistown and Elective 
Franchise 
(Ireland. ) 


Petitions from Athlone ;— Gorey ; — Kells and Bank of Ireland 


Petitions from Saddell and Skipness ;—and, Dal- Church of 


Petitions from Paper Manufacturers and Sta~ Postage. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Abbots Leigh, praying Education, 


Petitions from Rolvenden ;—and, Bath, praying Maynooth 
the House not to sanction any further grant of pub- College. 





458 18° Juliz. 


nooth,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
he upon the Table. 


Poor Law Act. Petitions from Church Stanton;—and Board of 
Guardians of the Leicester Union ; praying for the 
amendment of the Poor Law Act,— were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


of England and Wales, 
complaining of the exaction of the First Fruits and 
Tenths of their cures, and praying for the repeal of 
all the Acts which legalize the same, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


First Froitsand A Petition of Clergy 
Tenths. 


Postage. Petitions from Abergele ; — Harrogate; — and, 
John Epps, M.D. and others; praying for the adop- 
tion of a low and uniform rate of Postage,—were 

resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 

Petitions from Balbriggan ; — Dunbar ; — and, 
Neath; praying that the proposed plan relative to 
Postage may pass into a law,—were also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Stage Coach, 


— Petitions from Stage Coach Proprietors in the 


county of are ABI. nat daar towns of Has- 
tings and Tunbridge Wells, complaining of com- 
— with their trade by the establishment of 
ailways and Steam-boats, and prayiny for the re- 
peal or reduction of the Duties upon Stage Coaches, 
— were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 
Inn-keepers. A Petition of Inn, Hotel and Tavern-keepers, 
Postmasters and Licensed Victuallers in the counties 
of Surrey and Middlesex, complaining of the depres- 
sion of their trade, and praying the House to impose 
a tax upon railroad travelling; to repeal the tax 
upon inns, hotels and taverns, and all taxes affecting 
their trade; and that in legislating upon the Sale of 
Beer Bill, no further restrictions be placed upon the 
trade of Licensed Victuallers, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Limerick A Petition of Robert Adams, of Old Barge-house- 
a - oe near Blackfriars Bridge, Stone and Marble 
: Merchant, and Agent for Limerick Marble and 
Stone, alleging the superiority of the Limerick Mar- 
ble and Stone, as being the cheapest and most du- 
rable that can be used in the construction of the 
New Houses of Parliament, and praying for inquiry, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Poor Law A Petition of Randall Gossip, praying for the 
moeaay repeal of the Act relative to the formation of Poor 
“Law Unions, commonly called Gilbert’s Act, was 


= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Hops. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Acres of Hops in each 
and every Parish of England and Wales, during each 
of the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834 
and 1835; together with the Total Amount of the 
Quantity of Hops grown, and of the Duty paid 
thereon in each Parish in each of the above years : 
—And, of the Average Number of Acres of Hops 
in each Parish during the above period of Seven 
years ; together with the Average Amount of the 
Quantity grown, and of the Duty paid thereon by 
each Parish during the same period. 


Tithe on Hops. _ Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Parishes in England and Wales, in 
which any Agreements for extraordinary Tithe on 
Hops shall have been transmitted to the Tithe Com- 
missioners, stating the respective Amounts of such 
extraordinary Tithe; specifying the Parishes in 
which such Agreements have been approved by the 
Commissioners, and in which they may have been 
refused, and the grounds of such refusal; stating 


A. 1839, 


also the Parishes from which such Agreements are 
still under consideration. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Jamaica, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of the further Commu- 
nications transmitted to the Marquess of Normanby 
by the Agent of Jamaica on the 13th day of June 
last, and the 12th day of this instant July, relative 
to the Agricultural State of that Colony. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior and Message from 

Mr. Duckworth : the Levis, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Borovgh Courts 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for re- (Ne. 2.) Bilt 
7am. the Proceedings in the Borough Courts of 

— and Wales, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Parochial Cure 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for ap- of Souls Bill. 
portioning the Spiritual Services of Parishes, in which 
two or more Spiritual Persons have Cure of Souls, 
remy throughout the Parish, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Pontefract 
Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Honor Court 
Debts and Damages within the Honor of Ponte-~'* 
fract, Parcel of Her Majesty’s Duchy of Lancaster, 
in the West Riding of the Coun of York ; and for 
altering the Practice and extending the Jurisdiction 
of the Court Baron of the said Honor, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ship Propeller 
Act for forming and regulating a Company to be ©ompary Bil. 
called “The Ship Propeller Company,” and to en 
able the said Company to purchase certain Letters 
Patent, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 

And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Lower Canala 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the — 
last Session of Parliament for making Temporary — 
Provision for the Government.of Lower Canada ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Bill a now read the third time; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John 0 11 


Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : * 
Tellers for the { Mr. Leader, } 10 
Noes, Mr. Hume: ; 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The Bill 
was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for safel keeping and authen- Registers .. 
ticating certain Registers of Births or Baptisms, Bittle *™ 
Deaths or Burials and Marriages, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 
An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill by way of Rider (Registers, &amp;c., in Sche- 
dule (P.) to be returned to the registering officer 
of the Society of Friends):—And the said Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 
Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill by way of Rider (That every book con- 





taining any register or record deposited by — 
this 








Sume 
Juris 


Bill. 


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P~ 








Summary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Commission 
Continuance 


Bill. 


Collection of 
Rates Bill. 


New South 
Wales Bill. 


Inland Ware- 


housing Bill. 


Unlawful Oaths 


3 VictorizZ. 


this Act, be kept entire in the General Register Of- 
fice):—And the said Clause was brought up, and 
read the first time; and, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Summary Jurisdiction 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Ciausz, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 2, postponed. 

Crausz, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 4, postponed. 

Cuiause, N®* 5, agreed to, 

Ciause, N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 7, postponed. 

Ciausss, N° 8 to N° 10, amended, and agreed to, 

Crauses, N° 11 and N° 12, agreed to. 

Cravsss, N°13 to N° 16, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauszs, N° 17 and N° 18, agreed to. 

Crausez, N° 19, amended, and agreed to. 

Cause, N° 20, agreed to, 

Ciavuszs, N° 21 to N° 23, postponed. 

Craust, N° 24, amended, and agreed to. 


18°—19° Julie. 





To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Veneris, 19° die Julii, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Commission Continuance 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Saturday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Collection of Rates Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 26th day of this instant July. 


The New South Wales Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Inland Warehousing Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Unlawful Oaths (Zreland) Bill was, accord- 


(Ireland) Bill. ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed 


Military 


to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


Feusions Bill. further consideration the Report on the Military 


Timber Ships 
Bill, 


Pensions Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


The House, accordin 
into a Committee upon the Timber Ships Bill; and, 
Vo, 94. 








to Order, resolved itself 





459 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Sir Thomas Fremantle reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 





Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Order, re- Assessed Taxes 
ported the Assessed Taxes Composition Bill; and Composition 


the Amendments were tead, and agreed to; and a 
Clause was added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston, b 


Ale 


Order, reported Siave Trade 


the Slave Trade (Portugal) Bill: —And .the Bill (Portugal) Bill. 


was re-committed to a Committee of the whole 
House :—The House immediately resolved itself 
into the Committee; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Baring reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Baring reported. the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Monday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


No. 420. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration 


mittee on the Registration (Court of Appeal) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Saturday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


(Court of 
Appeal) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Embankments 


reading of the Embankments (Jredand) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, for the Salaries and Retiring Pension of the 
Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and of 
making good any deficiency in the Fee Fund of the 
said Court, a Resolution; which was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

Resolved, That there shall be issued and paid out 
of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, such sum for the 
Salary and Retired Allowance of the Judge of the 
High Court of Admiralty, and to make good the 
deficiency of the Fee Fund of the said Court, as 
shall be directed by an Act to be passed in the pre- 
sent Session of Parliament. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
time, was agreed to. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Admiralty Court Bill, that they have 
Power to make provision therein, pursuant to the 
said Resolution. 


allowing Dealers in Spirits to retail Foreign Spirits, 
on taking out a License for the purpose, a Resolu- 
tion ; which was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That an Excise Duty of Five pounds, 
shall be paid by every Licensed Dealer in Spirits, 
for an additional License to sell by Retail, in ag 
tities not less than One reputed quart bottle, Foreign 
Spirits and Liqueurs, not to be drunk on the pre- 
mises. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Baring and Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it 

3N2 


in, 


The 





(Ireland) Bill. 


Mr. Charles Wood, by Order, reported from the Admiralty 
Committee, to whom it was referred to consider Court [Advance 
of making provision out of the Consolidated Fund oF aaay.) 


Mr. Baring, by Order, reported from the Com- Excise Licenses 
mittee, to whom it was referred to consider of (Sale of Spirits) 


eS 


Sees: 





460 18°—19° Juliz. 


Constabulary © The Order of the day being read, for the second 
oo (Ireland) reading of the Constabulary Force (Zreland) Bill; 
’ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 
Highways The Highways (No. 2.) Bill was, according to 


(No.2.) Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Saturday next. 





Dublin Police | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

Bill, make further provisions relating to the Police in the 
district of the Dublin Metropolis: And that Lord 
Viscount Morpeth and Mr. Solicitor General for 
Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 

Assaults Ordered, That leave be given to bringin a Bill 

(Ireland) Bill. for the better Prevention and Punishment of As- 
saults in Ireland: And that Lord Viscount Morpeth 
and Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

Sale of Spirits Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


(Ireland) Bill. for the better Prevention of the Sale of Spirits by 


unlicensed persons in Jreland: And that Mr. So- 
licitor General for Ireland and Lord Viscount Mor- 
peth do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sheep Stealing | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
(Ireland) Bill. for the better Preservation of Sheep, and the more 
speedy detection of Sheep Stealers in Ireland: 
And that Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland and 
Lord Viscount Morpeth do prepare, and bring it in. 


Jurors and The House was moved, That the Act 3 and 4 

— (Ireland) WJ]. 4,c. 91, for consolidating and amending the 

g Laws relative to Jurors and Juries in Ireland, might 
be read, and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 4 and 5 

Will. 4, c. 8, to amend an Act passed in the last 

Session, for consolidating and amending the Laws 

relative to Jurors and Juries in Ireland, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

to amend the said Acts: And that Mr. Solicitor 

General for Ireland and Lord Viscount Morpeth 

do prepare, and bring it in. ' 


Postage Duties Mr. Baring presented a Bill for the further Re- 
Bill, gulation of the Duties of Postage: And the same 
No. 421. was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Assaults Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland presented a Bill 
(Ireland) Bill. forthe better Prevention and Punishment of Assaults 
No. 422. in Jreiand: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Saturday 

next ; and to be printed. 


Sheep Stealing § Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland presented a Bill 
(Ireland) Bill. for the better preservation of Sheep, and the more 
No. 423. speedy Detection of Sheep Stealers in Ireland: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Saturday next ; and to be 

printed. 


Sale of Spirits | Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland presented a Bill 


(Ireland) Bill. for the better Prevention of the Sale of Spirits by 
No. 424, Unlicensed Persons in Jreland: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 

time upon Saturday next ; and to be printed. 
Jurors and Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland presented a Bill 


Juries (Ireland) to amend an Act passed in the third and fourth 

oes year of the reign of his late Majesty King William 

No. 425. the Fourth, intituled, An Act for consolidating and 
amending the Laws relative to Jurors and Juries in 
Treland, and another Act passed for amending the 
said Act, in the fourth and fifth year of his said late 
Majesty’s reign: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Saturday next ; and to be printed. 





A. 1839. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Excise Licenses 
Bill to allow Dealers in Spirits to retail Foreign (Sale of Spirits) 
Spirits and Liqueurs, not to be drunk on the Pre- _ 

mises, on taking out an additional License for that No. 426. 
purpose, and to give further Power for grantin 

Permits to Dealers and Retailers of Spirits: An 

the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 

read a second time upon Saturday next; and to be 

printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Court of 
Returns of the Total Amount of the Fees received Chancery. 
by or on Account of the Six Clerks of the High 
Court of Chancery during the year 1838; distin- 
guishing how much of such Fees were received on 
account of their Office of Six Clerks, and how 
much as Clerks of the Inrolments and Comptrollers 
of the Hanaper respectively :—Of the Total Amount 
of the Fees and Sums of Money which were received 
by or became payable to each of the sworn Clerks 
of the High Court of Chancery during the year 1838 ; 
distinguishing how much of such Fees were ac- 
counted for to the Six Clerks of the said Court, or 
to any other and what Persons :-—Of the Number 
of Term Fees which were received by or became 
payable to each of the said sworn Clerks during the 
year 1838, and the Number of Causes in respect of 
which such Term Fees accrued :—Of the Amount 
of the Fees which were received by or became pay- 
able to each of such sworn Clerks during the year 
1838, on account of the taxation of Costs and in re- 
spect of how many Bills of Costs such Fees became 
pnts specifying the ten largest Amounts received 
y each of the said sworn Clerks for any one Bill of 
Costs :—And, of the Total Amount which was re- 
ceived by or became payable to each of the said 
sworn Clerks for Office Copies during the year 1838. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Masters in 
Return of the Number of Warrants on leaving Bills ©"): 
of Costs, and the Number of Warrants for taxing 
Bills of Costs, issued by each of the Masters of 
the Court of Chancery during the year 1838. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Militia, Militia. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. —_ No. 427. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till near one of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 











Veneris, 19° die Juli ; 
Anno 3° Victoria Regine, 1839. 





PRAYERS. 
MESSAGE by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gen- Royal Assent 
tleman Usher of the Black Rod: to Bills. 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring ier Royal Assent to seve- 
ral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :— And memng, netenpae 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal was 
read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent 
to the several Public and Private Bills therein men- 
tioned; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had 
declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills: —Which 
Bills are as follow: 

An Act to remove Doubts as to the charging cer- Glass Duties 
tain of the Duties of Excise on Glass: wil. 

An Act to repeal the Duties. and Drawbacks of Brick Duties 
Excise on Bricks, and to grant other Duties and Bill. 





Drawbacks 


Pat 
Bil 


Jan 
Bil 


Pai 
of | 


on” TP 


ale ae) a ae eee 





3 VicToRIz. 


Drawbracks in lieu thereof, and to consolidate and 
amend the Laws for collecting and paying the said 
Duties and Drawbacks : 

An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for 
collecting and securing the Duties of Excise on 
Paper made in the United Kingdom: 

n Act to provide for the Enactment of certain 
Laws in the Island of Jamaica: 


An Act for apportioning the Spiritual Services of 


Paper Duties 
Bill. 


Jamaica Laws 
Bill. 


Parochial Cure 


of Souls Bill. Parishes in which two or more Spiritual Persons 
have Cure of Souls, generally throughout the 
Parish : 

Borough Courts An Act for regulating the Proceedings in the 


(No. 2.) Bill. Borough Courts of England and Wales: 


Bankrupt An Act for the better Protection of Parties 
Liability Bill. dealing with Persons liable to the Bankrupt Laws: 


Borough Watch An Act for more equally assessing and levying 


Rates Bill. = Watch Rates in certain Boroughs : 
Newport Dock An Act to enable the Newport Dock Company 
Bill. to raise a further Sum of Money : 
Deptford Pier | An Act to alter and amend the Powers and Pro- 
Bill. visions of an Act of the fifth year of the reign of 
his Majesty King William the Fourth, for making 
and maintaining a Pier and other Works at Dept- 
ford, in the County of Kent: 
South Eastern An Act to alter and divert the line of the South 
Railway Eastern Railway from a point thereon, in the Parish 
(No. 2.) Bill OF Chiddingstone, in the County of Kent, so as to 
join the London and Brighton Railway at or near 
Redstone Hill, in the Pesish of Reigate, in the 
County of Surrey: 
Northern and An Act to amend and extend the Powers of the 
Eastern Rail- Northern and Eastern Railway Act: 
(No. 1.) 
Northern and An Act to enable the Northern and Eastern Rail- 
Eastern Rail- way Company to alter the line of their Railway, by 
Bil. (No.2) forming a Junction with the Eastern Counties Rail- 
/ way, and to provide a Station and other Works at 
Shoreditch, and to amend the Act relating to the 
Northern and Eastern Railway : 
Deptford Pier | An Act toalter and amend the Powers and Pro- 
Junction Rail- visions of an Act for making a Railway from the 
— London and Greenwich Railway to the Deptford 
. Pier, to be called “ The Deptford Pier Junction 


Railway :” 
An Act for better lighting with Gas the Village 


Over Darwen 


Gas Bill. of Over Darwen, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster : 

Sidmouth Im- An Act for maintaining and regulating the Market 

provement and in the Parish of Sidmouth, in the County of Devon: 

Market Bill. 

Patent White | An Act for forming and establishing “ ‘Bhe Lon- 

a don Patent White Lead Company,” and to enable 
the said Company to purchase certain Letters 
Patent : 

Filtration An Act for forming and regulating a Company to 

Company Bill. be called “ The General Filtration and Dye Ex- 
tract Company,” and to enable the said Company 
to purchase certain Letters Patent: 

Black Quarry An Act for extending and enlarging an Act 

( Anniesland) passed in the seventh year of his late Majesty King 

‘* William the Fourth, for making and maintaining a 

Turnpike Road from Anniesland Toll Bar, in the 
County of Lanark, and for making and maintaining 
another Branch Road to be called Saint George’s 
Road, in connection with said Road : 

Earl of Gallo An Act to enable Randolph Earl of Galloway, 

ba’ =s8"* or the Heir in possession of the entailed Estates of 
Garlies Baldoon, Newton Stewart, and others in the 
County of Wigton and Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, 
to reclaim certain Sleechy Ground on the Shores of 
the said Estates, and to drain and improve the Moss 
of Cree part thereof, and to burden the said Estates 
partially, and the reclaimed and improved Land, 
with the Expense, and also to burden the said Es- 
tates with certain Expenses incurred by the said 
Earl in improving the same : 

Davie’ ‘ An Act for vesting parts of the Estates of Sir 

staie Bill. 


John Davie, Baronet, deceased, in Trustees, upon 
Vou. 94. 


19° Juliz. 





461 


Trust, to be sold, and for laying out the Purchase 
Money, under the direction of the Court of Chancery, 
in the purchase of other Estates to be settled to 
the same Uses: 

An Act for effecting an Exchange of Mines and Hall’s 
Lands between Sir Radede Hall, Baronet, and Estate Bill. 
others, and Capel Hanbury Leigh, Esquire, and 
others : 

An Act to authorize the Sale of certain Lands, Marshall’s 
Tenements and Hereditaments in the Counties of Estate Bill. 
Kent and Northampton, formerly belonging to Wii- 
liam Marshall, of Clifford’s Inn, in the City of 
London, Gentleman, deceased, and for other Pur- 
poses incidental thereto : 

An Act to authorize Conveyances in Fee Farm far of Stam. 
or Demises for long terms of years under Reserved ford’s Estate 
Rents of certain parts of the settled Estates of Bi!" 
the Right honourable George Harry Earl of Stam- 
ford and Warrington: 

An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Reading 
Burgesses of the Borough of Reading, in the Corporation 
County of Berks, to sell certain real Estate dis- ®**e Bill. 
charged from certain Liabilities, and to invest the 
Purchase Monies arising from such Sales in the 
Purchase of other real Estate to be charged with 
such Liabilities : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Edward Pembertou’s 
Leigh Pemberton, with Charlotte, his now Wife, Divorce Bill. 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
Purposes therein mentioned : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Richard John Meliin’s 
ei Mellin, Esquire, with Jane Mellin, his Divorce Bill. 
now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and 
for other Purposes therein mentioned : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of the Reverend Weguelin’s 
William Andrew Weguelin, Clerk, with Emma, his Pivorce Bill. 
now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and 
for other Purposes therein mentioned : 

An Act for naturalizing Alexander Henry Augustus Count de 


John Count de Saint George. Saint George’s 
Nat. Bill. 





Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; Woollen Gods. 

and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—A 
Return of the Amount of Duties paid on the export 
of manufactured Woollen Goods to the United 
States of America, since the year 1815 :—And, 
Copies of the several Petitions and Memorials on 
the subject of such Duties presented to the Lords 
of the Treasury, the Board of Trade, and the Board 
of Customs: — And of the several Minutes and 
Orders made by their Lordships or the said Boards, 
respecting such Petitions and Memorials. 

tm. toan Order dated the 4th day of this instant Unstamped 
July, for a Return showing the average Amount of Promissory 
the circulation of Unstamped Promissory Notes on Netes(ireland.) 
which Composition in lieu of Stamp has been paid 
(pursuant to the 9th Geo. 4, c. 80) by the several 

anking Establishments in Jreland, for each half 
year, from the 1st day of January 1837 to the 30th 
day of June 1839. 

Tetules of the Expenses incurred in the Papers Printed Papers. 
printed by Order of the House of Commons, for 
each year since 1830 :—And, of the Sums poms into 
the Treasury or accounted for by Messrs. Hansard, 
for each year, —e from the Sale of Printed 
Papers, in pursuance of the Resolutions passed on 
the 13th day of August 1835. 

A Return under separate heads, of the manner Coronation 
in which £.69,421, was paid for Her Majesty’s Co- ©*Peuses- 
ronation, stating the Amounts paid in each Depart- 
ment of the Royal Household, separate from the 
Expenses of Buildings and Materials. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the direc- Court of Session 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—A Copy of a War- Scotland) 
rant granting a Compensation Allowance of £.205 
per annum to John Parker as one of the Assistant 
Clerks in the Inner House of the Court of Session in 
Scotland:—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 





Table. 


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wears 


Justices of the 
Peace. 


Bankruptcy 
Fiats. 


Boulton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Oldham 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Answer to 
Addresses, 


Qu ‘en’s Printer 


(Scotland.) 


John Thoro- 
good. 


Warrington 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 








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Mr. Walton, one of the Masters of the Court of 
Exchequer, was called in; and at the bar presented, 
—Further Return to an Order dated the 3d day of 
June last, for Returns of all applications made in 
the Court of Queen’s Bench, for leave to file Criminal 
Informations against Justices of the Peace in Eng- 
land and Wales, in which the Rule Jisi, or to Shew 
Cause, has been granted, from the 1st day of January 
1834 to the 31st day of December 1838, both inclu- 
sive, detailing the Dates when each Application was 
made, the Name or Names of the Parties making 
the same, and against whom, with the Dates when 
and how the same was disposed of, whether dis- 
missed with or without Costs, or rendered absolute : 
—And, of the Number of Cases, and of the Verdicts 
and Judgments, in all Actions commenced in the 
Superior Courts at Westminster against Magistrates 
to try the Validity of Summary Convictions by Ma- 
gistrates, from the 1st day of January 1836 to the 
31st day of December 1838, both inclusive :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Miller, from the Bankrupt Office, was called 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,— 
A Return of the Namber of Fiats in Bankruptcy 
issued from the 11th day of January 1838 to the 
lith day of January 1839; distinguishing how 
many Town Fiats, and how many Country Fiats 
were issued ; also, distinguishing the Lists to which 
the Country Fiats were issued, by the Name of the 
Town or District to which such List belongs :— 
And then he withdrew. 

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


Boulton’s Estate Bill was read a second time; 
and committed to Captain Alsager, and the East 
Surrey List. 


Mr. Gisborne reported from the Committee on 
the Oldham Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill; That the 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto ; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the 
House, that their several Addresses of the 8th, 9th, 
12th, 15th, 17th and 18th days of this instant July, 
(that Her Majesty, would be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that the Papers therein mentioned 
_— be laid before this House), had been presented 
to Her Majesty; and that Her Majesty had com- 
manded him to acquaint this House, that She will 
give directions accordingly. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—A Copy of the Warrant for the Ap- 
ointment of Her Majesty’s sole and only Master 
rinters in Scotland; also, Copy of Instructions 
for Her Majesty’s sole and only Master Printers in 
Scotland. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address 
to Her Majesty,—A Copy of the Memorandums 
of the Visiting Justices and Governor of the Gaol 
of Chelmsford, transmitted to the Secretary of 
State, with reference to the treatment of John Tho- 
rogood, a Prisoner in that Gaol. 

. rare That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Gisborne reported from the Committee on 
the Warrington Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 





found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

And the Amendments, as far as the Amendment 
in P. 3, 1. 12, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

P. 3.1.12, the next Amendment, which was, to 
leave out the words “ six weeks” and insert the 


words “ two months,” being read a second time; ° 
And a Motion veamy * made, and the Question ( 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 


Committee in the said Amendment ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the New Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, = — \ 79. 
’ : 
Tellers for the Noes, or Harey ‘ } 9. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Gisborne reported from the Committee on Rochdale 
the Rochdale Small Debts (No. 3.) Bill; and to Small Debts 
whom a Petition against the said Bill was referred : (N® 3» Bill. 
That they had considered the said Petition, and had 
subaiinnd the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration ship Propeller 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Company Bill, 
tituled, An Act for forming and regulating a Com- 
pany to be called “ The Ship Propeller Company,” 
and to enable the said Company to purchase certain 
Letters Patent; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 6. 1. 28. After “ patent” insert “ and any 


Y | “ such ships or vessels.” 


Pr. 7. |. 8. Leave out “ inventions” and insert 
* invention.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Law Hodges do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and acquaint them; that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Welby reported from the Committee on the Grantham 
Grantham Smal Debts (No. 2.) Bill; That they Small “ 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found (N* 2+) i 
the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. William Evans reported from the Committee Wirksworth 
on the Wirksworth Small Debts (No 2.) Bill; That — — 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and oe 
found the same to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. William Evans reported from the Committee Eckington 
on the Eckington Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill; That No 2.) Bill 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, —- 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. William Evans reported from the Committee Belper 


on the Belper Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill; That they No. 2.) Bil 





Chesterfield 
Small Debts 
(No. 2+) Bill. 


Glossop 
Smal] Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Nottingham 
and Mansfield 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Newark 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Pontefract 
Honor Court 
Bill. 


3 Victroriz. 


had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and bad gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bil, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. William Evans reported from the Committee 
on the Chesterfield Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. William Evans reported from the Committee 
on the Glossop Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The Earl of Lincoln reported from the Committee 
on the Nottingham and Mansfield Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill: That they had examined the alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The Earl of Lincoln reported from the Committee 
on the Newark Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for the more easy and speedy Re- 
covery of Small Debts and Damages within the 
Honor of Pontefract, Parcel of Her Majesty’s 
Duchy of Lancaster, in the West Riding of the 
County of York ; and for altering the Practice and 
extending the Jurisdiction of the Court Baron of 
the said Honor, and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 3. 1.16. Leave out from “ debt” to “ were” 
in 1. 17. 

Pr. 6. 1. 22. After “‘ debt” insert “ where the 
“ debt sought to be recovered shall not exceed the 
“ sum of Fifteen pounds.” 

Pr. 6, 1. 25. Leave out “ debtor.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 27. Leave out “ fifteen” and insert 
“ five.” 

Pr. 7. 1s. 22 and 23. Leave out “ or damages.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 26, After “ pounds” insert “ or any 
cause or action for the recovery of any damages 
exceeding the sum of Five pounds.” 

Pr. 8. 1.14. After “pounds” insert “ in actions 
of debt and of Five pounds in other personal 
actions.” 

Pr. 8.1. 17. After “ be” insert “ respectively.” 

Pr. 9.1. penult. Leave out from “debt” to “ ex- 
ceeding” in I. ult.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 3. Leave out “ or other claim.” 

Pr. 16.1s.17. and 18. Leave out “ or damages” 
and insert “ claimed.” 

Pr, 26. 1.26. After “ notice” insert “in writing.” 
Pr. 26. 1. 35. After “ trial” insert “ of any 
“ action of debt,” and in the same line leave out 
from “debt” to “exceed” in 1. 36. and insert 
“ claimed.” 
Pr. 27. 1. 8. Leave out “ or damages.” 
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463 

Pr. 30. 1. 26. After “ pounds” insert “ in the 
“ discretion of the Steward of the Court or his 
- deputy. 
“ 


r. 47. 1. 38. Leave out “ second” and insert 
” 


The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Templer’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Templer’s 
and committed to Sir John Yarde Buller, and the Ete Bill. 
South Devon List. 


Mr. Lascelles reported from the Committee on the Aberford, &amp;e., 
Aberford, &amp;c. Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill; That the rome &lt;4 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found = 
the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Lascelles reported from the Committee on the Rotherham 
Rotherham Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill; That they Small Debts 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found (N® 2») Bill. 
the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 

and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 

ments were read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth reported from the Com- Hatfeld (York) 
mittee on the Hatfield (York) Small Debts (No. 2.) a De oe 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations of the “%” “a 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cleish, praying for Church 
the abolition of the present system of Gherck Pa- (Seotlanes) 
tronage in Scotland, was presented, and read ; and ; 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Abersychan, praying Postage. 
for the adoption of a low and uniform rate of Postage, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Aborigines 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased A™"*!™) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of Despatches relative to 
the Massacre of various Aborigines of Australia in 
the year 1838, and respecting the Trial of their 
Murderers. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Alexander 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Humphreys 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in detail and columns, of the Total 
Expenses of the Actions and Proceedings in the 
Courts of Session and Justiciary in Scotland, at the 
instance of the Officers of the "death respecting the 
Claims of Alexander Humphreys to the Title of 
Earl of Stirling, including all Sums paid previous 
to or in consequence of the said Actions, whether 
these were incurred abroad or at home, in procuring 
evidence or otherwise ; the Return to show the re- 
spective Names and Sums paid to counsel, law 
agents, and other professional men, with the Dates 
of Payment, and the Total Amount paid to each ; 
also, the Time when the said Actions commenced 

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and ended ; also, the authority under which these 
suits were instituted, and the fund or funds from 
which the Expenses were paid; the Return to be 
made up to the 12th day of this instant July, and 
to show at one view the Total Expense charged on 
the country in consequence of the aforesaid Actions. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Courts of Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Request. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Courts of Request, Courts 
of Conscience, and all other Courts in England and 
Wales having Jurisdiction in personal Actions, ex- 
cept the Superior Courts at Westminster and in the 
Counties Palatine, and of the extent of their Ju- 
risdiction, with the following particulars of such 
Courts respectively :—Names of the Assistant Bar- 
rister, Chairman, and other presiding Officer, Clerk, 
Registrar and other Officers of such Courts; the 
Date of their Establishment; their Constitution and 
Jurisdiction ; the Number and description of Officers, 
and their Duties, by whom appointed, how paid, 
and to what Amount annually; the Number of their 
sittings and of their suits, during the last three years; 
the various stages of their Proceedings, and the Fees 
payable thereon; and the Number of Executions 
within the last three years, specifying whether 
against person or against goods. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Dean Forest Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Commission, Accounts of the Number of Days on which each 
of the Dean Forest Commissioners under the Act 
1 and 2 Vic. c. 48, attended in the execution of 
their Duties: —Of the Amount of Salary paid to 
each Commissioner :—Of all Sums paid as Salaries 
or Allowances to other Individuals, distinguishing 
their Names, holding Situations under the Commis- 
sion ; specifying the Duties which they have per- 
formed :—Of all Sums expended in defraying the 
Contingent Expenses of the Commission :—And, of 
any Expenses attending any Awards which have 
been made, and of the Dates of the several Meet- 
ings held by the Commissioners; these Accounts to 
extend from the appointment of the Commission to 
the 25th day of June 1839. 


Warwick Gaol. | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Persons confined in War- 
wick Gaol, before Trial, for the last Five years, and 
who have been acquitted; specifying the length of 
time each Person was Caheed and the Offence 
with which such Person was charged. 


Unlawful Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Meetings. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Letter from Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 
ment, to Colonel Rolleston, m.p., dated Whitehall, 
8d June 1839, on the subject of Unlawful Meetings. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
He~ Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Warwick Gaol. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 





» A. 1889, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Small Tene. 
reading of the Small Tenements Bill; y ments Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


Petitions from Liverpool ;—and, Kingston-upon- Inland Ware. 
Hull (four Petitions); praying that the Inland Ware- housing Bill, 
housing Bill may not pass mto a law,—were pre- 
ae and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Jniang Ware. 
mittee on the Inland Warehousing Bill ; housing Bill, 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
hair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
he House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, } 102 


Yeas, Mr. John Parker: 
Tellers for the f Lord Viscount Sandon, 39 
Noes, Mr. Hodgson Hinde : } ’ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed ; and read 
the third time upon Monday next. 


The ingrossed Bill for further suspending certain Cathedral and 
Cathedral and other Ecclesiastical Preferments, and Ecclesiastical 
the operation of the new Arrangement of Dioceses Preferments 

er . . ill. 
upon the existing Ecclesiastical Courts, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill by way of Rider (That the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners for England shall, upon the appli- 
cation of the lessee of any messuages, lands, trilies 
or other hereditaments, being the separate property 
of or belonging to any vacant canon, prebend or 
dignity, if in the case of lease for lives one or 
more of the persons for whose lives the same was 
held on the be dead, or if 
in the case of a lease for years the period shall 
have elapsed at which it would have been lawful for 
the holder of such canon, preberd or dignity, if the 
same had not been vacant, to insert a life or lives, 
or renew such lease, to insert a life or lives, or grant 
a renewal of such lease in like manner, and on the 
payment of fines to be calculated on the same prin- 
ciple, and subject to the same terms and conditions, 
as have been heretofore used in each instance, on the 
insertion of a life or lives, or on the renewal of such 
leases, as the case may be):—And the said Clause 
was brought up, and twice read with a blank; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House :— 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 





Copy of the Rules and Regulations adopted in the 
County Gaol of Warwick. 


Highway Rates The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
_ Committee, upon Tuesday next, upon the Highway 
Rates Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





NewClause(That the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 
for England shall, upon the &gt; sane of the lessee 
of any messuages, lands, tithes or other heredita- 


ments, being the separate property of or belonging 
to any vacant canon, prebend or dignity, if in the 
case of lease for lives one or more of the persons 
for whose lives the same was held on the 

be dead, or if in the case of a lease 





for 





3 Vicroriz. 


for years the period shall have elapsed at which it 
would have been lawful for the holder of such canon, 
prebend or dignity, if the same had not been vacant, 
to insert a life or lives, or renew such lease, to in- 
sert a life or lives, or grant a renewal of such lease 
in like manner, and on the payment of fines to be 
calculated on the same principle, and subject to the 
same terms and conditions, as have been heretofore 
used in each instance, on the insertion of a life or 
lives, or on the renewal of such leases, as the case 
may be)——read. 

Amendment proposed : To fill the blank with the 
words “ Fourth day of February One thousand 
“ eight hundred and thirty-five.” 

fterwards proposed: To fill the blank with the 
words -“ First day of January One thousand eight 
“ hundred and thirty-nine.” 
Question put, “ That the blank be filled with 
“‘ the words “ Fourth day of February One thou- 
“ sand eight hundred and thirty-five ;” 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. George William Wood, 
Yeas, { Mr. Aglionby : 
Tellers for the ¢ Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 38 
Noes, Sir Thomas Troubridge: : 
Question proposed, That the blank be filled up 
with the words, “ First day of January One thou- 
sand eight hundred and thirty-nine.” 

Afterwards proposed: To fill the blank with the 
words “ Fifth day of February One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-five.” 

Question put, That the blank be filled up with 
the words “ First day of January One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-nine ;” 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the se Thomas Dyke Acland, 

Yeas , Lord Dalmeny : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, 40 
Noes, Mr. Aglionby : ; 

Question, That the words “ Fifth day of February 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five” be 
inserted ——agreed to. 


Clause, as amended, to be reported. 


33. 


37. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fox 
Maule reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Clause; and made an Amendment there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. For Maule accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to ; and 
the said Clause was read the third time. 

And: a Motion being made, and the Question 


being put, That the Clause be added to the Bill by 
ay of Rider; 


he House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { a sol ‘ } 39. 
Tellers for the Noes, { ae rede ! } 45. 


So it passed in the Negative. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to suspend, until the First day of 
August One thousand eight hundred and Forty, cer- 
tain Cathedral and other Ecclesiastical Preferments, 
and the Operation of the new Arrangement of Dio- 
ceses upon the existing Ecclesiastical Courts. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
ees proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

alr ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
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465 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words" 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, 
“ resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
Lak apg to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


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


Sabbati, 19° die Julii, 1839: 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cravuss, N° 1 (Continuance of the Police Courts 
and Police Magistrates)——read. 
Amendment proposed: P. 1. 1. 9. To leave out 


the word “ Courts” in order to insert the word 
“ offices.” 


Question, That the word “ Courts” stand part of 
the Clause——-put, and agreed to. 


Cause, N° 1, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit ‘again. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing proposed, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ this day,” 
and inserting the words “ upon Monday next,” in- 
stead thereof, 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ this day ” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the New ag 3 

Tellers for the Yeas, = a ae } 50. 

Mr. Law, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Gojonel Sib thorp : } 18. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into County Courts 
further consideration the Report on the County Bill.° 
Courts Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Payment of 
reading of the Payment of Rates Bill; Rates Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Wednesday the 31st day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Admiralt 
mittee on the Admiralty Court Bill; Court Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upgn Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Ceinatenébs 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply, 
mittee of Su 


ly ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Messe. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. er 
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466 


The Judges’ Lodgings Bill was, according to 


Judges’ 
Lodgings Bill. Order, read a second timé; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Grand Jury The Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) Bill was, accord- 
= Celend) ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed 


to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 
Tornpike Tolls The Turnpike Tolls Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill. read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Fines and Penalties ¢Zreland) Bill yer ac- 

ny cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
a mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


Unlawful Oaths The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(Ireland) Bill. into a Committee upon the Unlawful Oaths (Jre- 
land) Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Timber Ships Mr. George Palmer reported the Timber Ships 
= Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 
Assessed Taxes The ingrossed Bill to continue Compositions for 
— Assessed Taxes, and to alter the period for the ex- 


piration of Game Certificates, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue for one year Composi- 
tions for Assessed Taxes, and to alter the period for 
the expiration of ‘Game Certificates, and for granting 
Licenses to deal in Game. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal ‘do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ewmbankments The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) Bill. reading of the Embankments (Ireland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 


Constabulary ‘The Constabulary Force (Zreland) Bill was, ac- 
— cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
: mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension Bi 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Bill. ¢ suspend for a limited time the making of Lists, 
and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of 
the United Kingdom: And that Mr. Fox Maule 
and Lord Viscount Howick do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Militia 
Estimates. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
wine re Estimates of the Charge of the Disem- 
ied Militia of Great Britain and Jreland for a 
year, to the 31st day of March 1840:—And a Com- 
mittee was appoitited of Lord Viscount Howick, 
‘Lord Viscount Morpeth, Sir Henry Hardinge, Mr. 
Fox Maule, Mr. Hume, Mr. Gore Langton, Colonel 
Perceval, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Robert Gordon, Mr. 
Eaton, Mr. More:O’ Ferrall, Mr. Hawes, Mr. John 
Parker, Sir George Grey, Sir Henry Parnell, and 
all Colonels of Militia. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


19°—20° Juliz. 


A, 1889. 
and praying for the repeal or reduction of the Duties 


upon Stage Coaches,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


gesting several alterations therein, and praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law, with the proposed 
Amendments, was presented, and read ; ae ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Stonehouse, praying the House not to sanction any 


‘| measure respecting Postage requiring the use of 


stamped letter paper or envelopes, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


and Enrolments for the Militia of the United King- 
dom: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next, 


day, 


Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, of the Sums required for the Salaries of 
the Officers and Men, and the other Expenses of a 
Reserve Constabulary Force in Jreland, and also 
of the Salary'of the present Senior Deputy Inspector- 
General of the Constabulary Force in Ireland ; 
Lord Viscount Morpeth, by Her Majesty’s com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


command,—A Copy of the Fourth Report of the 
Inspectors appointed to visit the different Prisons of 
Great Britain (111. Southern and Western District.) 


Table. 


20th day of June last, and yesterday, be printed. 


this imstant July, be printed. 


Records, which was presented upon Tuesday last, 
be printed. 


munication (India), which was 
be printed. 


printed. 


printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after one of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





Stage Coach, 
&amp;c., Duties, 


Petitions from Stage Coach Proprietors of Cam- 
bridge and Saint Ives;—and, Gloucester and other 
age ; complaining of competition with their trade 





y 





the establishment of Railways and Steam-boats, 





A Petition of the Ulster Canal Company, taking Embankments 
notice of the Embankments (Jreland) Bill; sug- (Ireland) Bill, 


A Petition of Stationers of Devonport and East Postage. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill to suspend for Militia Ballots 
a limited time the making of Lists, and the Ballots SuspensionBill. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Constabulary 
resolve itself into a Committee -to consider of rg ws (Ireland) 
authorizing the advance out of the Consolidated jy, 


vance of 
ney.] 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Prisons. 


A Copy of Reports relating to Parkhurst Prison. Parkhurst 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Pris 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Crown Crown Teinds 
Teinds (Scotland) which were presented upon the (Setland.) 


No. 428. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education Education 
(Jreland), which was presented upon the 8th day of (Ireland. ) 


No. 429. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Public Public Records. 


No. 430. 


Ordered, That the Return relative toSteam Com- Steam __ 
presented yesterday, Communication 
(Indi 


a.) 
No. 431. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Commis- Commissions 
sions (Scotland) which was presented yesterday, be (Scotland). 


No. 432. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Rates Poor Rates 
(Lambeth), which was presented yesterday, be (Lambeth.) 


No. 433. 











Message from 
the Lords. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Pills of Ex- 


change (No. 2.) 


Bill. 


Boulton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Templer’s 
Estate Bill. 


Marquis of 
Cholmondeley’s 
Estate Bill. 


Stage Coach 
Duties, 


Maynooth 
College. 


Factories Bill, 


Postage. 


Collection of 
Rates Biil. 


3 Vicroriz. 


Sabbati, 20° die Julii; a: 
Anno 3° Victoria Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


MESSAGE from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer 
and Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to continue, until the First day of June One 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-one, and to the 
end of the then Session of Parliament, the Local 
Turnpike Acts in England and Wales, which expire 
with this or the ensuing Session of Parliament, with 
an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend and extend until the First day of 
January One thousand eight hundred and forty-two, 
the Provisions of an Act of the first year of Her 
present Majesty for exempting certain Bills of Ex- 
change and Promissory Notes from the operation of 
the Laws relating to Usury, with an Amendment ; to 
which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House:—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Boulton’s Estate 


Bill have leave to sit and proceed upon Wednesday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Templer’s Estate 


Bill have leave to sit and proceed upon Wednesday 
next. 


Mr. Benjamin Smith, by Order, reported from 
the Committee on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An Act for exchanging Freehold and Copyhold 
Estates belonging to John Motteux, Esquire, in 
West Rudham and East Rudham, in the County of 
Norfolk, for Freehold, Copyhold and Leasehold 
Estates in Darsingham, in the same County, settled 
under the Will of Horatio Earl of Orford; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the 
satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment :—And the 
Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Benjamin Smith do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Petition of Stage Coach Proprietors of Godal- 
ming, Guildford and Dorking, complaining of com- 
petiteen with their trade by the establishment of 

ailways and Steam-boats ; and praying for the re- 
peal or reduction of the Duties upon Stage Coaches, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Little Eaton, pray- 
ing the House not to sanction any further grant of 
public money to the Roman Catholic College of 
Maynooth, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Taunton ;— Macclesfield ;— and, 
Congleton; praying that the Factories Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Directors of the Home Missionary 
Society ;—and, Chairman and Secretary of the Kent 
Association of Congregational Churches; praying 
that the proposed measure relative to Postage, may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parish Officers and Rate-payers of 
— Paul, Covent Garden, praying that the Col- 
OL, 94, 


20° Juliz. 











467 


lection of Rates Bill may. not. pass into a law, was 


peneanted, and read; and ordered. to lie upon the 
able. 


The House proceeded. to take into consideration Turnpike Acts 

the Amendment made by the Lords to. the Bill, Continuance 
intituled, An Act to continue, until, the First day of Bill. 
June One thousand eight hundred and Forty-one, 
and to the end of the then Session of Parliament, 
the Local Turnpike Acts in England and Wales, 
which expire with this or the ensuing Session of 
Parliament; and the same was read, as followeth : 

L. 17. After “on” insert “ or. before.” 

‘The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment niade by: their Lordships. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Poor Law 
That. the Order of the day, for the Committee on pr rere 
the Poor Law Commission Continuance. Bill, be pii), 
now read ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. More O’ Ferrail, 86 
Yeas, Lord Seymour : , 
Tellers for the { Mr. Wolverley Attwood; } “i 
Noes, Mr. Liddell: ) 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the said Order being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That it be an Instruction to the Committee, That 
they have Power to introduce a Clause authorizing 
the Boards of Guardians to administer relief in cer- 
tain cases ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Darby, } 60 
Yeas, Mr. Pakington : iit 
Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, | 44 
Noes, Mr. Fox Maule: } . 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Factories Bit, 
into a Committee upon the Factories Bill; and, No. 434. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next ; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration 
mittee on the Registration (Court of Appeal) Bill; (Court of — 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 4ppee!) Bill. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Highways 
into a Committee upon the Highways (No. 2.) Bill ; (N% 2.) Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- . 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Constabulary 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the Ho ({reland) 
Advance out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Money.) % 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the Sums 
required for the Salaries of the Officers and Men, 
and the other Expenses of a Reserve Constabulary 
Force in Jreland, and also of the Salary uf the pre- 

302 sent 





Assaults 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Sheep:Stealing 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Sale of Spirits 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Jurors and 
Juries (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Excise Licenses 
(Sale of Spirits) 
Bill, 


Metropolitan 
Police Courts 
Bill. 


Unlawful Oaths 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Timber Ships 
Bill. 


Poor Rates 
Collection Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


468 


sent, Senior noe Inspector General of. the Con- 


stabulary Force in Ireland. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Salaries of the Officers and 
Men, and the other Expenses of the Constabulary 
Reserve Force in Ireland, shall be advanced out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland. 

2. Resolved, That the Lord Lieutenant of Zreland 
be empowered to grant an annual Salary of One 
thousand two hundred pounds, (in lieu of the Salary 
now fixed by law) to the prevent Senior. Deputy 
Inspector General of the Constabulary Force in 
Ireland. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Assaults (Zreland) Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Sheep Stealing (Jreland) Bill was, according 
to, Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Sale of Spirits (Jreland) Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Jurors and Juries (Zreland) Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 


to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


The Excise Licenses (Sale of Spirits) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth, by Order, reported the 
Unlawful Oaths Jreland Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The ingrossed Bill to prevent for a limited time 
Ships clearing out from a British North American 
Port loading any part of their Cargo of Timber 
upon Deck was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Dill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to prevent, until the end of the 
next Session of Parliament, Ships clearing out from 
a British. North American Port loading any part of 
their Cargo of Timber upon Deck. 

Ordered, That Mr. George Palmer. do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide for the more effectual Collection of Rates 
for the Relief of the Poor: And that Lord John 


Russell and Mr. For Maule do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Petitions from Sampford Arundell ;—and, West 
Riding of the county of York (Justices); praying 
for the amendment of the Poor Law Act,—were 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upan the 
Table. 





20° Juliz. 















































A. 1839. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to make Dublin Police 
furthér Provisions relating to the Police in the Dis- 5". 


trict of Dublin Metropolis: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Act of the Par- —_ of 
liament of Ireland, 21 and 22 Geo. 3. c. 16, for es- 


tablishing a Bank by the name of “ The Governors 
and Company of the Bank of Jreland,” might be 
read ; and the same was read. 


The House was also moved, That the Act of the 
Parliament of Jreland, 31 Geo, 3, c. 22, to extend 
the Provisions of an Act passed in the twenty-first 
and twenty-second years of His Majesty’s reign, 
intituled, An Act for establishing a Bank by the 
name of “ The Governor and Company of the Bank 
of Ireland,” might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act of the 
Parliament of Ireland, 36 Geo. 3, c. 1, for securing 
the payment of the annuities, and of the interest 
upon the principal sums therein provided for, and 
towards the discharge of such principal sums, in 
such manner as therein is directed, and for enabling 
the officers of His Majesty’s Treasury to receive 
certain sums for a limited time in manner therein 
mentioned, and for granting to His M ajesty a certain 
sum of money out of the Consolidated Fund, and 
for applying a certain sum of money therein, for 
the service of the year One thousand seven hundred 
and ninety-six, and for other Purposes, might be 
read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act of the 
Parliament of Ireland, 37 Geo. 3, c. 50, for further 
extending the Provisions of an Act passed in the 
twenty-first and twenty-second years of His Ma- 
jesty’s reign, intituled, An Act for establishing a 
Bank by the name of “The Governor and Company 
of the Bank of Ireland,” might be read; and the 


same was read. 


The House was also moved, That the Act 48 Geo. 
3, c. 103, for further extending the Provisions of 
several Acts for establishing the Bank of Ireland, 
and for empowering the Governor and Company of 
the said Bank to advance the Sum of One Million 
two hundred and fifty thousand pounds Jrish Cur- 
rency, towards the service of the year One thousand 
eight hundred and eight, might be read; and the 
same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 and 2 
Geo. 4, c. 72, to establish an Agreement with the 
Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, 
for advancing the Sum of Five hundred thousand 
pounds Jrish Currency, and to empower the said 
Governor and Company to enlarge the Capital Stock 
or fund of the said Bank to Three millions, might 
be read; and the same was read. 


The House was also moved, That the Act 3 Geo. 
4, c. 26, to reduce the rate of interest payable on 
the Sum of One million two hundred and fifty thou- 
sand pounds, advanced by the Governor and Com- 
pany of the Bank of Ireland for the Public service, 
under an Act made in the forty-eighth year of His 
ws Majesty, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of 
the said Acts. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 











Manet 
Birmir 
Extens 
(Stone 
Rugby 
way F 


Newa 
Debts 
Bill. 


Bury 
caste 
Debt 
Bill. 


Ches 
Smal 
(No 


Wir 
Sm: 
(N 


S™ No 





Manchester and 
Birmingham 
Extension 
(Stone and 
Rugby) Rail- 
way Bill. 


Newark Small 
Debts (No. 2+) 
Bill. 


Bury (Lan- 
caster) Small 
Debts (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Chesterfield 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Wirksworth 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


3 VicTroriz. 


Luna, 22° die Julii ; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


QRDER ED, That the time for the Committee 
on the Manchester and Birmingham Extension 
(Stone.and Rugby) Railway Bill to make their, Re- 
port be further enlarged till Wednesday the 31st 
day of this instant July. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Borough of 
Newark, and other Places, in the Counties of Not- 
tingham and Lincoln, was read the third time. 

esolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Serjeant Wilde do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bury (Lancaster) Small Debts (No, 2.) Bill 
was read a second time; and committed to Mr. 
Richard Walker, and the South Lancaster List. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Borough and 
Parish of Chesterfield, and other Parishes and 
Places adjacent, or near thereto, in the County of 
Derby, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Evans do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Parish of 
Wirksworth, and other Parishes and Places adjacent 
or near thereto, in the several Counties of Derby 
and Stafford, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Evans do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Belper Small 
Debts (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Glossop 
Small Debts 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


Eckington 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Grantham 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Oldham 
Small Debts 
(No, 2.) Bill, 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Town of 
Belper and several other Places, in the County of 
Derby, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Evans do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Town and 
Manor of Glossop, and other Places, in the Parish 
of Glossop, in the County of Derby, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Evans do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Parish of 
Eckington, and other Places, in the County of 
Derby, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Evans do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy 
Recovery of Small Debis within the Town or Bo- 
rough of Grantham, in the County of Lincoln, and 
other Places, in the Counties of Lincoln and Lei- 
cester, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Welby do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy Recovery of 
Small Debts within the Parishes of Prestwich-cum- 
Oldham and Middleton, in the County of Lancaster, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Tatton Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Vou. 94. 


29° Sulit. 


469 
An ingrossed. Bill forthe more easy «ind speedy warrington 


| Recovery of Small Debts within the Town of War- Small Debts 


rington, and several other Places adjacent thereto, (N® 2.) Bill. 
in the Counties of Lancaster and Chester, was read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Tatton Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


An ingrossed Bill for the more speedy Recovery Hatfield (York) 
of Small Debts within the Manor of Hat eld, and Small Debts 
other Places, in the West Riding of the County of (N* 2) Bill. 
York, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy Nottingham 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Town and and Mansfield 
County of the Town of Nottingham, and other (Ne. 2.) Bill 
Places therein: mentioned, ‘in the Counties of Not-* ©” — 
tingham and Derby, was read the third time: 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass, 

Ordered, That the Earl of, Lincoln do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy Rochdale 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Town of Roch- Small Debts 
dale, and other Places, in the County Palatine of Pages 
Lancaster, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy Aterford, &amp;o., 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Town of Aber- Small Debts 
ford, and other Places, in the West Riding of the (N* 2-) Bilt 
County of York, and Ainsty of the City of York, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the more easy and speedy Re- 
covery of Small Debts within the Town of Aberford, 
and other Places, in the West Riding of the County 
of York. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lascelles do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy Rotherham 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Town of Small Debts 
Rotherham, and other Places, in the West Riding -peaiae aes 
of the County of York, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lascelles do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Stage Coach Proprietors of Shrews- stage Coach 
bury, &amp;e.; — Bedford, &amp;c. ; — Middlesex ; — Leeds Duties. 
and Sheffield ;— Norwich, &amp;c.;—and, Devon, &amp;c. ; 
complaining of competition with their trade by the 
establishment of Railways and Steam-boats, and 
praying for the repeal or reduction of the Duties on 

tage Coaches,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Strathaven ;— Twickenham ;— Saint Postage. 
James, Westminster ;— Dublin ;— Old Brentford ;— 

New Brentford ;—Errol;—and, Birmingham; pray- 
ing for the adoption of a low and uniform rate of 
Postage,--were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Birmingham ;— Taunton ;—Aber- 
deen ;— Totnes ;—John Britton ;—and, Manchester ; 
praying that the progeeee measure relative to Post- 
age may pass into a law,—-were also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Paper Manufacturers and Stationers 
of Dublin, praying the House not to sanction any 
measure respecting Postage requiring the use of 
stamped letter paper or envelopes, was also pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 








303 A Petition 





470 92° Sulit. 


Employment A Petition of Inhabitants of Birmingham, pray- 

of the Poor. ing the House to appoint a Committee to examine 
Robert Owen, and others, on the measures which 
they have devised for the improvement of the popu- 
lation of the British Empire, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

ame Petitions from Brighton (Chairman of a Meeting); 

101s. 


—and, Glasgow (Chairman of a Meeting) ; praying 
for an inquiry into an attack made upon a meeting 
of inhabitants of Birmingham by a party of London 

lice,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Bank of Ireland 


Petitions from Kingscourt ;—Carrickmacross ;— 
Charter. 


and, Dublin (Chairman and Secretary of a Meeting); 
praying the House not to sanction the renewal of 
the Charter to the Bank of Ireland,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Public Petitions, Mr. Yates reported from the Select Committee 
a 4 sama on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
= Petitions presented from the 15th to the 20th day 
of this instant July, both inclusive, and had directed 

him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and._be printed. 

Small Debts. A Petition of Gentlemen, Yeomen, Tradesmen 
and Householders residing within the Westbury- 
upon-Severn Union, praying for the adoption of a 
measure for the more easy recovery of Small Debts, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Maynooth 


A. Petition of Inhabitants of Gosport and Alver- 
College, &amp;c. 


stoke; praying the House to discontinue the annual 
grant to the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, 
and to the Board of Education in Ireland, was pre- 
‘sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


RomanCathulic A Petition of the Minister and Congregation of 
Relief Act, ke. Saint Saviour’s Church, and Inhabitants of Liver- 
ool, praying for the repeal of the Roman Catholic 
elief Act ; and that the grant to the Roman Ca- 
tholic College of Maynooth may be forthwith dis- 
continued, was presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


Church A Petition of Inhabitants of Bishop Middleham, 

Establishment praying the House to continue their protection and 

(Canada, Sc.) encouragement to the Bishops and Clergy in Canada, 
and the other British colonies, and make provision 
for increasing their number, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Education 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of 
(Ireland. ) 


Harolds Cross Episcopal Church in the vicinity of 
the city of Dublin, praying that the present system 
of National Education in Ireland may not be per- 
sisted in, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Education. A Petition of Ministers and Laymen, Members 
of the Southern Unitarian Society held at Wareham, 
praying the House to sanction the proposed scheme 
of National Education, was also presented, and read; 
aud ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Army (Presby: Petitions from Belfast ;—and, Anahilt ; praying 

oh gag that Presbyterian Soldiers may be permitted to attend 


the Presbyterian Church, in the same manner as 
Episcopalian and Roman Catholic soldiers are per- 
mitted to attend their respective places of worship, 


—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Collection of 


Petitions from the Chairman and Clerk of the 
Rates Bill. 


Vestry of Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green ;—and, 
Churchwardens, Overseers and Trustees of the: Poor 








A. 1839. 


of All Saints, Poplar, praying that the Collection 
of Rates Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Elders, Parishioners Church of 
and Congregation of the Church of New North, in Scotland. 
the city of Edinburgh, praying the House to adopt 
measures for relieving the religious destitution which 
prevails in Scotland, by extending the efficiency of 
the Established Church, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bradford, in the Church of 
county of York, stating that the population of the England. 
country has outgrown the resources of the National 
Church, and praying the House to adopt measures 
for increasing its epee 4 was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Auswer to 
House, That their several Addresses of the 19th Adresses. 
day of this instant July (that Her Majesty would 
be graciously pleased to give directions, that the 
Papers therein mentioned might be laid before this 
House), had been presented to Her Majesty and 
that Her Majesty had commanded him to acquaint 
this House, that She will give directions accordingly 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to the direc- Turmpike 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Abstract of the Trsts. 
General Annual Statement of the Turnpike Trusts 
in England and Wales, for the year 1837. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to several Alexander 


Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return, in detail] Humphreys. 


and columns, of the Total Expense attending the 
Trial of Alexander Humphreys, claiming the title of 
the Earl of Stirling, before the High Court of 
Justiciary in Scotland, mcluding the Sums expended 
previously to the Trial, in investigations in France 
and elsewhere, in procuring Evidence in precogni- 
tions and otherwise; the Fees paid to Crown and 
other Counsel, Payments to, or on account of Law 
Agents, and other professional Persons, &amp;c. ; dis- 
tinguishing their Names, Professions or Employ- 
ments; the Sums paid to each Person respectively, 
with the Dates of each Payment; and also those 
of the commencement and termination of the trial; 
and showing the Sum Total expended. 

A Copy of a Letter from Her Majesty’s Principal Unlawful 
Secretary of State for the Home Department to Meetings. 
Colonel Rolleston, m. p., dated Whitehall, 3d June 
1839, on the subject of Unlawful Meetings. 

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


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, state of 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to Irelav¢. 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Report 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee appointed by their 
Lordships on the State of Ireland: And that Mr. 
Bernal do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Newspaper 
Returns of the Number of Newspaper Stamps at St#™P* 
One Penny and a Halfpenny issued to the several 
Newspapers in England, Scotland and Wales, from 
the 1st day of ve to the 29th day of June 1839, 
inclusive; specifying each Newapaper by Name, 
and the Number of Stamps issued each month during 
that period to each Newspaper :—And, of the Num- 
ber of Stamps issued to each Newspaper in Jreland 
in the three months ended the 30th day of June 1839. 

Mr. Baring accordingly presented the said Re- 
turns. 

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


A Petition of Students of the Royal Academy, Royal 
praying that the Order of the House, of the 14th day Academy. 


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Police 

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22° Julia. 


of March last, requiring a Return relative to the 
Receipt and Expenditure of that Institution, be 


3 VicroRIZ. 


471 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Internal Com- 
Question, by ‘leaving out from the word “ That” to a" 


discharged, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


the end cf the Question, in order to add the words, 
‘ this House do resolve itself into a Committee 


“to take into consideration the Duties affecting 


Birmingham A Motion being made, That this House will, To-|“ the different means of Internal Communication in 
Police =, morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider“ Great Britain, with a view of proposing the fol- 

al of enabling the Lords Commissioners of Her Ma-|“ lowing Resolutions: 
" jesty’s Treasury to advance a sum of money cut of| “ That, from and after the first Monday of Oc- 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of|“ tober next, the Duty imposed by the 2d and 3d 
Great Britain and Ireland, for the purposes of |“ Will. 4, c. 120, upon Licenses to keep and .use 
establishing a Police at Birmingham, the same to |“ oremploy stage carriages, also, the Mileage Du- 
be repaid out of the Borough Rate ; “ ties on stage carriages, and the Duties on horses 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s‘command, |“ let to hire, be repealed. 

acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having “ That, from and after the 6th day of April next, 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, | “‘ the Duties imposed by the Act 52 Geo. 3, c."93, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. |“ and 4 Geo. 4,-c. 11, of Five pounds five shillings 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- |“ per annum upon four-wheeled carriages,-and Three 
solve itself into the said Committee. “ pounds five shillings per annum upon two-wheeled 
“ carriages, let for hire,and also the Duties on coach- 
Constabulary Mr. More O’ Ferrall reported from the Committee | ‘‘ men and guards employed on or about stage car- 


Force (Ireland) tg whom it was referred to consider of authorizing 


| Advance of 


riages, be repealed ; and that there be granted in 


Money. ] the advance out of the Consolidated Fund of ‘the | “ lieu thereof, a License Duty on stage carriages df 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of |“ Seven shillings and sixpence. 
the Sums required for the Salaries of the Officers “‘-Also for and in respect of every mile which 
and Men, and the other Expenses of a Reserve Con- |“ any stage carriage may be licensed to travel, the 
stabulary Force in Ireland, and also of the Salary |“ several sums followin ~ ‘ 
of the present Senior Deputy Inspector General of “ If such carriage shall be licensed to carry not 
the Constabulary Force in Jreland, several Resolu- | “‘ more than six passengers, one halfpenny. 
tions; which were read, as follow: “ And for every four additional passengers 

1. Resolved, That the Salaries of the Officers and |“ which such dian shall be rer. to me are 
Men, and the other Expenses of the Constabulary |“ one halfpenny. : 
Reserve Force in Ireland, shall be advanced out of “ And if the number of additional passengers 
™ se te aw * the United Kingdom of a = carriage —— licensed to carry shall 

reat Britain and Ireland. not be four, or a multiple of four, then, for an 
m 2. rey rays er Lord ceca of yrs Me eae bp a less than four, in éildition 
tonsehd fe hundsch pound, (in lew of tho Balaty | fodr, un addisicoal’Dety of one belégaiiys 
now fixed by Law) tothe present Senior Deputy In-| “ And also the Duties on horses let to hire, that 
spector General of the Constabulary Force in Zredand. |“ is to say, for and in respect of every horse let 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, | “ for hire, for every mile such horse shall be hired 
were agreed to. “ or used to travel or go, one halfpenny. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- “ And for and in respect of sam horse let for 
mittee on the Constabulary Force (Jreland) Bill,|“ hire to go no greater distance than eight miles 
that they have Power to make provision therein, |“ from the place of leting, one fourteenth part of 
pursuant to the said Resolutions. “ the sum charged for such letting; or, in lieu 

és M4 4 
Ria The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| ¢, ree aie ig of the person letting the 
mi . . . . . 5] &gt; . ‘ 
oo. war’ on the Poor Law Commission Continuance « And for and in respect of every horse let for 
Bill, ? ‘ , , “ hire to go no greater distance than eight miles 
seine cei ov er oka Friday next, | « from the place of letting, where such horse shall 

: “ not bring back any person, and shall not deviate 

Registration The Order of the day being read, for the Com-|“ from the usual line of road between the place of 
eg y g ai Pp 


Appeal) Bill. 


Postage Duties 
Bill. 


Supply ; 


Fire Insurance. 


mittee on the Registration (Court of Appeal) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Postage Duties Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day, for the Committee 
of Supply, be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words, “ from and after the 5th day of April 1840, 
“ the Duties already payable on Policies of Fire 
“ Insurance shall in part cease, and that in lieu 
“ thereof the said Duties shall be reduced to one 
“ half the amount now levied,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the 
Committee of Supply, be now read; and the same 
being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair : 

Vou, 94. 











letting and the place to which such horse shall be 
hired to travel or go, four-pence. 

“ And for and in respect of every horse let for 
hire, or used for any period of time less than 
twenty-eight successive days, or in any other 
manner than as aforesaid ; and also for and in 
respect of every horse let for hire for twenty-eight 
successive days, or for any longer period of time, 
where such horse shall be returned in a less pe- 
tiod of time than twenty-eight days, and shall 
not be exchanged for another horse, in continua- 
tion of the same hiring, one fourteenth part of the 
sum charged or received, or agreed to be received, 
on every such letting for hire, or using. 

“ Or, in lieu of such last-mentioned one four- 
teenth part of such sum (at the option of the 
person letting the horse), the following Duties 
for every day such horse shall be let for hire or 
used, or shall by virtue of any such letting have 
been under the direction of the person by whom 
the same shall be hired, that is to say, for every 
day not exceeding three days, ten-pence. 

“ For every day exceeding three days, and not 
exceeding thirteen days, seven-pence. 

“ And for every day exceeding thirteen days, 
and less than twenty-eight days, five-pence,” in- 
stead thereof. 


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304 And 





472 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John Stanley, \, 9 
Yeas, . Mr. Robert Steuart : ; ah 
Tellers for thes Mr. Gillon, } 48 
Noes, Mr. Handley : . 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Public 1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
buildings. = four thousand and sixty-six pounds, be granted to 
Her Majestys to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1840, the Expense of Works and Repairs of Public 
Buildings, and for Furniture, and for certain charges 
for LighGog and Watching, and for Rates and 
Taxes ; also, for the Maintenance and Repairs of 
Royal Palaces and Works in the Royal Gardens, 
heretofore charged upon the Civil List. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of Works and Repairs at the 
Harbour of Kingstown, to the 31st day of March 
1840. 
Holyhead 3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen 
und Liverpool thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
— Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Improvement 
of the Holyhead and Liverpool Roads, Holyhead 
Harbour, and of: Repairs to the Menai Bridge, to 
the 31st day of March 1840. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven 


Kingstown 
Harbour. 


British Museum 


(New Build- thousand-two hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 

—_ to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Works 
and Fittings at the New Buildings at the British 
Museum, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

Houses of Lords 


5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six thou- 
and Commons. sand nine hundred and thirty-eight pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of providing 
Temporary Accommodation for the Houses of Par- 
liament, Committee Rooms, Offices and tempora 
Official Residences for the Speaker of the House of 
Commons and other Officers of that House, to the 
31st day of March 1840. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st dey of March 
1840, the Expense of the Works at the New Houses 
of Parliament. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 


New Houses of 
Parliament. 


Penitentiary 


(Milbank) = thousand one hundred and ten pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the ; mere of Altera- 
tions of the General. Penitentiary, Milbank, to pre- 

are the Building for the reception of an additional 
Seeleshee of Prisoners. 

Prison (Isle of . 8.-Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 

Wight.) thousand one hundred and eighty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Building, Altera- 
tion and Fitting of the Prison for Juvenile Offenders 
at Parkhurst, in the Isle of Wight. 

Post Office 9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 

(Glasgow.) — thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Expense of the New Post Office at Glasgow. 

Exvlesiastical 


10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses incurred 
by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
four thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be 

nted to Her Majesty,to defray, in the year 1839, 
the Charge of Salaries and Expenses of the Com- 
missioners for carrying into execution the Act for 
the Amendment of the Laws relating to the Poor in 
England and Wales, and the Act for the Relief of 


Commission, 


Poor Law 
Cummission, 


the Destitute Poor in Jreland. 


22°_93° Julit. 








A. 1839. 


12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four- Slave Trade 
teen thousand and seven hundred pounds, be granted Commissions, 
to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 
1840, the Salaries and Incidental Expenses of the 
Commissions appointed on the part of Her Ma- 
jesty, under the Treaties with Foreign Powers for 
preventing the illegal Traffic in Slaves. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight Inspectors of 
thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Factories. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Inspectors and Superintendents of 
Factories, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five Inspectors of 
thousand and six hundred pounds, be granted to Her Prisons. 
Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses 
of the Inspectors of Prisons, to the 3ist day of 
March 1840. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- mint. 
one thousand one hundred and seventy-five pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expendi- 
ture of the several Branches of the Mint, to the 31st 
day of March 1840. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight Toulonese, &amp;c., 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Emigraus. 
Majesty, to enable Her to grant Relief, to the 
31st day of March 1840, to Toulonese and Corsican 
Emigrants, Dutch Naval Officers, Saint Domingo 
Sufferers, American Loyalists, and others who have 
heretofore received Allowances from Her Majesty, 
and who, for services performed, or losses sustained 
in the British Service, have special claims on Her 
Majesty’s justice and liberality. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Vaccine 
thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Establishment. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Na- 
tional Vaccine Establishment, for the year 1839. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Refuge for the 
thousand pounds, be granted. to Her Majesty, to- Destitute. 
wards the support of the Institution called “ The 
Refuge for the Destitute,” for the year 1839. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Criminal 
thousand and seventy-three pounds, be granted to Lunatics. 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of confining 
and maintaining Criminal Lunatics in the Buildings 


ry | attached to Bethlem Hospital, to the 31st day of 


March 1840. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Protestant 
thousand and two hundred pounds, be granted to Disseming 
Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March Mint 
1840, the usual Allowances to Protestant Dissent- 
ing Ministers in England, Poor French Refugee 
Clergy, Poor French Refugee Laity, and sundry 
small Charitable and other Allowances to the Poor 
of Saint Martin’s-in-the-Fields and others. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Martis, 23° die Julii, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernai 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the atten- 
dance of William Chaine; 

And the House being informed that the said Wil- Belfast Water 
liam Chaine had attended the Committee on the (X% -) Bi 
Belfast Water (No. 1) Bill; 

rdered, That he be discharged from any further 
attendance on this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving shannon 
the Report on the Shannon Navigation Bill ; 


Navigation 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 3! 
The 








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Sale 
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Met 
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Public Works 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


Sale of Beer 
Bill. 


Metropolis 
Improvements 


Bill. 


New South 
Wales Bill. 


Slave Trade 
(Portugal) Bill, 


No. 436. 


Inland Ware. 
housing Bill. 


County Courts 
Bill, 


Admiralty 
Court Bill, 


Ways and 
Means. 


indges’ 
Lodgings Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Cess (Ireland) 
Bill, 


Turnpike Tolls 
Bill, 


Fines and 


Penalties 


(Ireland) Bill, 


3 VicTorRiz. 


_ The Order of the day heing read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public Works Jreland Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sale of Beer Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Metropolis Improvements Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the New South Wales Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair, and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into further consideration the Report on the 
Slave Trade (Portugal) Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The ingrossed Bill for the Warehousing of Fo- 
reign Goods at Inland Towns was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the County 
Courts Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Admiralty Court Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Judges’ Lodgings Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported,. That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed, and read the 
third time upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Grand Jury Cess (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Turnpike Tolls Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therem, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Aglionby reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee upon the Fines and Penalties 
Vat, 94. 


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473 


(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed, and read the 


third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Embankments 
reading of the Embankments (Ireland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bil 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a’second time 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Constabulary 
mittee on the Constabulary Force Ireland Bill; ar’ (treed 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was, accord- Militia Ballots 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed to Suspension Bill. 
a Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Mr. Fox Maule teported the Highways (No. 2.) Highways | 
Bill ; and the Amendments were read, as follow: Cie. 9-9, Pa. 
Pr. 1.1.1. After “ passed” insert“ in the Ses- 
“ sion of Parliament holden.” 
Pr. 2..1. 26. After “ highway,” insert “ or sta- 
“ tute labour road.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 27. Leave out from “ in” to “ great” 
in |, 28. 

Pr. 2. 1. 28. 
“ the” in l. 29. 

Pr. 2. 1. 29. After “:Proprietors” insert “ or 
“ directors of the Company of Proprietors.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 32. Leave out “ the said Railroad” and 
insert “ each end of such Turnpike or. other road 
“ as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 5. After “ one” insert “ calendar.” 

Pr. 3.1. 6. After “ peace” insert “or if in Scot- 
“ land, to the Sheriffs of the county.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 9. Leave out from the beginning of the 
line to “ to” in}. 10. and insert “ them or him at 
“ the next petty Session or Court.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 14. After “ proprietor” insert “or 
“ director.” 

Pr. 3.1. 19. After “ Justices” insert “ or She- 
riff Depute aforesaid.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 25. After “ shall” insert “ in Eng- 
land.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 28. After “ Act” insert “ and in Scot- 
land shall be recovered and applied to the main- 
tenance of the statute labour roads, within the dis- 
trict where the offence is committed.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


Leave out from “ Britain” to 


“cc 
“cc 


“ 
“ 
“ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Assaults 
mittee on the Assaults (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, ‘re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sheep Stealing 
mittee on the Sheep Stealing (Jreland). Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sele of Spirits 
mittee on the Sale of Spirits (Zreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House -will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Jurors and 
into a Committee upon the Jurors and Juries (Jre- “raed 
land) Bill ; and, after some time spent therem, Mr. ~ 
Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

. Ordered, That the Report be received this a 
3P The 





474, 


Excise Licenses 
(Sale of Spirits) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Excise Licenses (Sale of Spirits) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Unlawful Oaths 


(Ireland) Bill The ingrossed Bill to extend and render more 


effectual the provisions of an Act made in the 
fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty George 
the Fourth, to amend and render more effectual the 
pe of an Act made in the fiftieth year of his 
ate Majesty’s reign, for preventing the administer- 
ing and taking Unlawful Oaths in Jreland, was ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to extend and render more effectual 
for Five years, an Act passed in the fourth year of 
His late Majesty George the Fourth, to amend an Act 
passed in the fiftieth year of His Majesty George 
the Third for preventing the administering and taking 
Unlawful Oaths in Ireland. 

Ordered, That Mr, Bernal do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Bastardy Bill, | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable Justices of the Peace in Petty dosti to 
make Orders for the support of Bastard Children : 
And that Lord John Russell and Mr. Attorney 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Stage Carriages 
Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to reduce certain of the Duties now payable on Stage 
Carriages: And that Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer and Mr. Baring do prepare, and bring it in. 


Poor Rates 
Collection Bill. 


No. 437. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill to amend the 
Laws relating to the Assessment and Collection of 
Rates for the Relief of the Poor: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Bills of 
Exchange 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to amend and extend until the 
First day of January One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-two, the Pisesstna of an Act of the first 

ear of Her present Majesty, for exempting certain 
Bills of es and Promissory Notes from the 
operation of the Laws relating to Usury; and the 
same was read, as followeth: 

Pr. 3. 1. 3. After “ therein” insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained 
shall be construed to enable any person or persons 
to claim, in any court of law or equity, more than 
five per cent interest, on any account or on any 
contract or engagement, notwithstanding they 
may be relieved from the penalties against Usury, 
unless it shall appear to the court, that any dif- 
ferent rate of interest was agreed to between the 
“ parties.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and. acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 


ships. 


o 


‘ 


. 


‘ 
“ 


“ 


- 


‘ 
“ 
“ 
“ 


Bills of 


Tae House proceeded to take into consideration 
Exchange Bill. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to amend, and make perpetual, an 
Act of the first year of Her present Mevesty, for 
exempting certain Bills of Exchange and Promis- 
sory Notes from the operation of the Laws relating 
to Usury ; and the same were read, as follow : 

L. 17. Leave out from “ amended” in the inter- 
lineation to “ Be” in lL. 19, 

L. ult. In the interlineation, |. 22. After “ ad- 
vancing”’ insert ‘ or forbearing.” 

L. 26. After “ Loan” insert “ or forbearance.” 


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A, 1839. 


L. 27. After “ note” insert ‘ or upon the secu- 
rity of any Exchequer Bills or of any Public 
annuities, transferable at the Bank of England, 
or at the South Sea House or upon any India 
Stock or India Bonds or Bank Stock or South 
Sea Stock, or upon any goods and merchandize 
or Warrants or Bills of Lading.” 


At the end of ‘the Bill add Clause (A.) 
Cravuse (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That (S 
“ this Act shall continue in force until the first day 
“ of January One thousand eight hundred and forty- 
“ two.” 
In the Title of the Bill: : 
L. 1. Leave out “ and make perpetual.” 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into further consideration upon this day three months. 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented ‘a Bill Stage Carriages 
to reduce certain of the Duties now Payable on Bill. 
Stage Carriages: And the same was read the first No. 438, 
time; and ordered to be read a second time To- 
morrow ; and to be printed. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Unstamped Unstamped 
Promissory Notes (Ireland), which was presented waar 
“ be otes(Ireland.) 
upon Friday last, be printed. Sanh 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Printed Printed Papers. 
Papers, which was presented upon Friday last, be No. 440. : 
rinted. 
r Ordered, That the Return relative to Coronation Coronation ; 
Expenses, which was presented upon Friday last, be Expenses. 
printed. No. 441, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Bankruptcy Bankruptcy 
Fiats, which was presented upon Friday last, be Fits. 
printed. No. 442. 


Ordered That the Paper relative to the Queen’s Queen’s Printer 
Printer (Scotland), which was presented upon Friday aang i 
last, be printed. No, 443. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to John Thoro- John 
good, which was presented upon Friday last, be Thorogood. 
printed. No. 444, 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 23° die Julii ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


S! R Eardley Wilmot presented, pursuant to Warwick Gaol. 
Order,—A Copy of the Rules and Regulations 
actoniten in the County Gaol of Warwick. 


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


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bury (Lan- Bury (Lan- 
caster) Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill, have leave to sit, es ied) 
and proceed, and to make their Report To-morrow. piu. : 

Petitions from Halifaz;—and, Northampton ; song 
praying the House not to sanction any further grant —— 
of public money to the Roman Catholic College 
of Maynooth,—were prccnirt and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Derby, praying that the Factories Bill. 
Factories Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Laurencekirk ;—and, Edinburgh Postage. 
(Chairman of a Meeting) ; praying for the adoption 
of a low and uniform, rate of Postage,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions 





Church 
Patronage 
(Scotland. ) 


Collection of 


Rates Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Birmingham 
Riots. 


Registration 
of Electors 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Rank of Ireland 
Charter, 


Belfast Water 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


3 Vicroriz. 


Petitions from Paper Manufacturers and Sta- 
tioners of Ipswich :—and, Sunderland ; praying the 
House not to sanction any measure respecting Post- 
age, requiring the use of stamped letter paper or 
envelopes,—were also 4 orga and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Thurso, praying for 
an alteration of the law respecting Church Patronage 
in Scotland, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Barwich-in-Elmet (two Petitions); 
—Newton Kyme ; — Alwoodley ;— Long Marston ; 
— Purston Jaglin; — Acaster ; — Featherstone ;— 
Acton ;—-Catterton ;— Pontefract Park;—Norman- 
ton;— Hutton Wansley ;-- Walton;— Kirk Deighton; 
— Steeton;— Cattall ;--Whitwood ;—Askam Bryan; 
—~ Shadwell ; —Wilstrop ; — Tochwith ; — Wigton ; 
— Seacroft ;—Bilbrough ;— Ryther-cum-Ozendyhke ; 
—East Keswick ; — Bilton ;— leton Roebuck ; 
— Thornville ; —Wike ;—Ferry Frystone ;—Sutton 
(York) ;—Bolton Percy ;—Kirby Wharfe ;— Bram- 
ham ;—and, Clifford-with-Boston ; praying that the 
Collection of Rates Bill may not pass into.a law,— 


were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of William Taylor, alleging certain 
acts of cruelty practised toward him by the Chair- 
man of the Board of Guardians of the Camberwell 
Union, and praying for redress, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Raxworthy, of Bermondsey- 
street, in the County of Surrey, complaining of the 
high rate of fees to which suitors in the Court of 
Chancery are subjected ; and of the great arrear of 
causes in that court, and praying the House to take 
the same into consideration, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Inhabitants of Edinburgh, complaining of an at- 
tack made by a party of the London Police upon 
certain Inhabitants of Birmingham, and praying 
for an inquiry, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Royal Burghs of Scotland in 
General Convention assembled, praying that the 
Registration of Electors (Scotland) Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the 
Union of Newport, in the County of Monmouth, 
praying for the repeal of the Sale of Beer Act, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and Traders of Dundalk, 
praying the House not to sanction the renewal of 
the Charter to the Bank of Jreland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Belfast Water 
(No. 1.) Bill have leave to make a Special Report. 

Mr. George William Wood reported from the said 
Committee, That the Parties appearing on behalf of 
the Charitable Society, Petitioners against the said 
Bill, had stated that James Boyle, Esquire, an Officer 
of Engineers now employed in the Ordnance Survey 
of Ireland, was an important witness to their case, 
and that it appeared from a letter received from him, 
that the instructions issued to those employed on the 
Ordnance Survey of Ireland quite preclude the pos- 
sibility of their communicating for the benefit of 
individuals any information which they may have 
collected in connexion with their duty; the Com- 

Vor. 94, 


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475 


mittee therefore resolved to report these circum- 
stances to the House, and to request that they will 
take such steps as they shall deem fit to enable the 
Committee to obtain the Evidence stated to be ne- 
cessary. 

Ordered, That James Boyle, Esquire, do attend 
this House, To-morrow. 


A Petition of Charles Hibble, of Lisson Grove, Excise Licenses 
Licensed. Victualler, praying that the Excise Li- og eae) 
censes (Sale of Spirits) Bill may not pass intoa — 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Herring 
Return of all Sums of Public Money paid, during Fistery- 
the last Ten years, to the British White Herring 
Fishery Board ; distinguishing all Salaries and other 
Allowances paid to the said Board and its Officers. 


A Petition of Members of the West Relief Church, Queen’s Printer 
Strathaven, praying the House not to sanction the (SUe"¢. 
renewa! of the Patent now held by Her Majesty’s 
Printer in Scotland, of- exclusively printing the 
Bible, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of Carriages let for hire, Stage Coach 
in Chichester, complaining of competition with their &amp; Puties. 
trade, by the establishment of Railways and Steam- 
boats, and praying for the repeal or equalization of 
the Duties thereon, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Boroughbridge, Poor Law 
praying the House not to sanction any measure for pera Act.) 
the repeal of the Poor Law Unions Act 22 Geo. 3, ‘ ; 
commonly called Gilbert’s Act, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Birmingham 
That the Order of the day, for the House to resolve Police 
itself into a Committee to consider of enabling the Licey i 
Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to 
advance a sum of money out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, for the purposes of establishing a Police at 
Birmingham, the same to be repaid out of the Bo- 
rough Rate, be now read ; 

he House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Mr. Edward John Stanley, , ,, 
Yeas, \ Mr. John Parker: ) rath a 

Tellers for the Mr. Leader, ls 
Noes, Mr. Thomas Duncombe: Jf “" . 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


And the said Order being read :—The House re- 
solved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 


jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the Sum of 


£.10,000 to be advanced out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, for a Police Force in the Town of Bir- 
mingham, the same to be charged upon and repaid 
out of the rates to be levied in the said Town. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported the Resolution ; 
and the same was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the Sum of 
£.10,000 to be advanced: out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, for a Police Force in the Town of Bir- 


3P2 mingham, 





476 


mingham, the same to be charged upon and repaid 
out of the Rates to be levied in the said Town. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bernal, Lord John 
Russell, Mr. Attorney General and Mr. For Maule 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior and 
the Lords. 


Mr. Russell : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to indemnify such Per- 
sons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to 
qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, 
and for extending the time limited for those Pur- 

oses santesinity, until the twenty-fifth day of 
March One thousand eight hundred and Forty, and 
for the Relief of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors, 
in certain cases : 
Supreme Courts A Bill, intituled, An Act to regulate the Duties 
(Scotland) Bill. t4 be performed by the Judges in the Supreme 
Courts of Scotland, and to increase the Salaries of 
certain of the said Judges : 
Soap Duties A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the 
Drawback Bill. end of the Session of Parliament next after the 
thirty-first day of May One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-one certain of the Allowances of the 
Duty of Excise on Soap used in Manufactures : 
And also, 


Indemnity Bill. 


Highways and = The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Pie amy 5 for procuring Returns relative to the Highways and 
pre * Turnpike-roads in England and Wales ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 
Russell’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Estate Bill. to enable William Russell, Esquire, to grant Leases 
of Coal Mines under the Lands within the Manor 
or Lordship of Brancepeth, and other Lands, in the 
County of Durham, devised by or subject to the 
Uses and Trusts of the Will and Codicil of William 
Russell, Esquire, deceased, and the Will and Co- 
dicil of Matthew Russell, Esquire, deceased; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 
Birmingham Lard John Russell presented a Bill to authorize 
P 9 Bill, an Advance out of the Consolidated Fund, for the 
No, 445. 


Purposes of the Police of the Borough of Bir- 
mingham: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow ; 
and to be printed. 


Bastardy Bill, _ Lord John Russell presented a Bill to enable 
No. 446, Justices of the Peace in Petty Sessions to make 
Orders for the Support of Bastard Children: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 

printed. 


a Ordered, That the Abstract of the Returns rela- 
“9 447 tive to Turnpike Trusts, which were presented yes- 

wibanes terday, be printed. 

——— Ordered, That the Paper relative to Unlawful 
vt Meetings, which was presented yesterday, be 
No.448. printed: , 

zs — Ordered, That the Returns relative to Newspaper 
No, 449, Stamps, which were presented yesterday, be printed. 

Coffee. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

a Copy. of the Correspondence on the subject of 
admitting Coffee, the produce of Free Labour, from 
within the British Possessions on the Western 
Coast of Africa, between Messrs. Foster and Smith 
and the Treasury. 

Railway 


Bis 3) A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
ae sed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, praying that She wili be graciously 


25°—94° Juli. 





_ A. 1839, 


pleased to direct such measures to be taken as will 
secure to the different Provinces in Zreland the ad- 
vantages of Railway Communication ; 


And Notice being taken that Forty Members 
were not present, the House was told by Mr. 
Speaker ; and Forty Members not being present; 
and it being then after four of the clock:—The 
House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a 
Question first put, till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 24° die Julii ; 
Anno 38° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Scott, from the Office of the Chamberlain Corporation of 
of the City of London, was called in; and at London. 
the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Accounts of 
all Sums raised by the Corporation of London, under 
the Acts 10 Geo. 4, c.136, 11 Geo. 4, c. 64, and 1 and 
2 Vic. c. 100, showing the Application thereof, and 
the Charges granted for the same; specifying the 
Nature and Subjects of the Security, the Persons 
to whom granted, and by whom now held, and the 
Interest payable in respect of each Loan :—And, of 
the Yearly Produce of the Revenues constituting 
the Security Fund for such Loans; distinguishing 
the several Branches thereof, and the Application of 
_— Revenues respectively :—And then he with- 
rew. 
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hale repented from the Committee on the Manchester and 
Manchester and Birmingham Extension (Stone and Birmingham 
Rugby) Railway Bill; Vhat the Committee met, ac- eee 
° ) 7 (stone and 

cording to Adjournment, at twelve of the clock this Rugby) Rail- 
day ; that at the expiration of the hour a Quorum vay Bill. 
of selected Members not being present, and the 
Chairman (who was one of the selected Members), 
having sent a Letter to the Committee, stating his 
inability to attend this day, the Committee pro- 
ceeded to elect a temporary Chairman for the pur- 
pose of adjourning the Committee till twelve of the 
clock To-morrow, and directed him to report to the 
House the circumstances of the case. 

Ordered, That the Committee do sit and proceed 
To-morrow, pursuant to the said Adjournment. 


Mr. Richard Walker reported from the Committee Bury (Lav- 
on the Bury (Lancaster) Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill ; easter) Small 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill; &lt;7" N° *) 
and found the same to be true; and had gonethrough =~ 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- Halifax, Hud- 
spect the Journals of the House of Lords, with rela- — al 
tion to any Proceedings upon the Halifax, Hud- evs Bill. 
dersfield and Bradford Small Debts Bill; and to 
make Report thereof to the House: And a Con- 
mittee was appointed of Mr. Charles Wood, Mr. 
Protheroe, Lord Viscount Morpeth, Sir George 
— Mr. Lascelles, Mr. Preshfield and Mr. 

inch. 


Ordered, That three be the Quorum. 


Petitions from Southwold ;—and, James O’ Con- Postage. 
nor, of Limerick ; praying for the adoption of a low 
and uniform rate of Postage,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Paper Manufacturers and Stationers 
of the city of Limerick, praying the House not to 
sanction any measure respecting Postage requiring 
the use of stamped letter paper or envelopes, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition 








Exci: 
(Sale 
Bill. 


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Colle 
Rate 


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Tun 
Ret 


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3 VictToRiz. 


Excise Licenses A Petition of the Chairman of a Committee of 

(Sale of Spirits) the Licensed Retail Wine and Spirit Dealers of the 

om Metropolis, praying that the Excise Licenses (Sale 
of Spirits) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Russell's 


Russell’s Estate Bill was read the first time; and 
Estate Biil. 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Collection of 


A Petition of the Incumbent, Churchwardens, 
Rates Bill. 


Overseer and Vestrymen of the parish of Holy 
Trinity, Minories, in the liberty of the Tower of 
Landon, praying that the Collection of Rates Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Highways and 
Turnpike-roads 
Returns Bill. 


No, 450. 
Warwick Geol. 


The Highways and Turnpike-roads Returns Bill 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Report of the Visiting Magistrates of 
Warwick Gaol, on the allegations in the Petition 
of Messrs. Lovett and Collins; and also the Evi- 
dence on which the Report was founded. 

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


Birmingham 
Rivts. 


A Petition of the President of the Aberdeen Ar- 
tizans’ Association, complaining of an attack made by 
the London Police on certain Inhabitants of Birming- 
ham; and praying for inquiry into the same, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Slave Trade. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts from the Papers taken on board 
the Veloz, as to the Slave Trade. 

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


Universal 


A Petition of Special Constables of Colne, in the 
Suff:age, &amp;c. 


parish of Whalley, and county of Lancaster, praying 
for the adoption of Universal Suffrage, Annual Par- 
liaments, Vote by Ballot, and the Abolition of the 
Property Qualification of Members to serve in Par- 
liament, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Unlawful 
Meetings. 


Resolved,That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Letter addressed by Colonel Rolles- 
ton, M.P., to the Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, dated the 29th day of May 1839, re- 
specting Unlawful Meetings. 

Ordered, That the said Address be 
Her Majesty by such Members of this 
of Her 


resented to 
ouse as are 
ajesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Soap Duties 
gulation 
Bill, 


The House was moved, That the Act 10 Anne, 
c. 19, for laying several Duties upon all Soap’and 
Paper made in Great Britain, or imported into the 
same, and upon chequered and striped linens im- 
ported, and upon certain silks, calicoes, linens and 
stuffs printed, painted or stained, and upon several 
kinds of stamped vellum, parchment and paper, and 
upon certain printed ar pamphlets and adver- 
tisements, for raising the sum of Eighteen hun- 
dred thousand pounds, by way of lottery, towards 
Her Majesty’s Supply, and for licensing an addi- 
tional number of hackney chairs, and for charging 
certain stocks of cards and dice, and for better 

Vor. 94, 


Q4° Julie. 





477 


securing Her Majesty’s Duties to arise in the Office 
for the Stamp Duties by licenses for marriages and 
otherwise, and for relief of persons who have not 
claimed their lottery tickets in due time, or have 
lost exchequer bills or lottery tickets, and for 
borrowing money upon stock (part of the capital 
of the South Sea Company), for the use of the 
Public, might be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 24 Geo. 3, 
sess. 2, c. 48, for better securing the Duties on Starch 
ma Soap, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to remove Doubts as to charging the Duty of Excise 
on Hard Soap: And that Mr. Chancellor of the 


Exchequer and Mr. Baring do prepare, ‘and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of Supp!y ; 
Supply be now received. ! 

r. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Order, ac- 
cordingly reported from the Committee, several Re- 
solutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- Public 
four thousand and sixty-six pounds, be granted to Buildings. 
Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1840, the Expense of Works and Repairs of Public 
Buildings, and for Furniture, and for certain Charges 
for Lighting and Watching, and for Rates and Taxes; 
also, for the Maintenance and Repairs of Royal 
Palaces and Works in the Royal Gardens, heretofore 
charged upon the Civil List. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten thou- Kingstown 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Harbour. 
the Expense of Works and Repairs at the Harbour 
of Kingstown, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen Holyhead 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 2nd Liverpool 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Improvement °°" ** 
of the Holyhead and Liverpool Roads, Holyhead 
Harbour, and of Repairs to the Menai Bridge, to 
the 31st day of March 1840. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven British Museum 
thousand two hundred and fifty pounds, be granted (New Build- 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Works and '"8*? 
Fittings at the New Buildings at the British Mu- 
seu, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six thou- Hoausesof Lords 
sand nine hundred and thirty-eight pounds, he and Commons, 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
providing temporary accommodation for the Houses 
of Parliament, Committee Rooms, Offices, and tem- 

orary Official Residences for the Speaker of the 
Saas of Commons and other Officers of that 
House, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty New Houses of 
thousand and three htindred pounds, be granted to Parliament. 
Her Majesty, to defray to the 31st day of March 
1840, the Expense of the Works at the New Houses 
of Parliament. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Penitentiary 
thousand one hundred and ten pounds, be granted (Milbank. ) 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of alterations 
at the General Penitentiary, Milbank, to prepare 
the Building for. the reception of an additional num- 
ber of _ Prisoners. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Prison (Isle 
thousand one hundred and eighty pounds, be granted Wie!) 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Building, Alter- 
ation and Fitting of the Prison for Juvenile Offen- 
ders at Parkhurst, in the Isle of Wight. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight Post Office 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to (G!*sow.) 
defray the Expense of the New Post Office at 
Glasgow. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Ecclesiastical 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Commission. 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses incurred 
by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. NDE i 


3P3 11. Resolved, 





Poor Law 
Commission, 


Slave Trade 
Commission. 


Inspectors 
of Factories. 


Inspectors of 
Prisons. 


Mint. 


Toulonese 
Emigrants, &amp;c. 


Vaccine 
Establishment. 


Refuge for the 
Destitute. 


Criminal 


Lunatics. 


Protestant 
Dissenting 
Ministers, &amp;c. 


New South 
Wales Bill. 


Jurors and 


478 24° Julie. 


11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
four thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray in the year 1839, 
the Charge of Salaries and Expenses of the Com- 
missioners for carrying into execution the Act for 
the amendment of the Laws relating to the Poor in 
England and Wales, and the Act for the Relief of 
the Destitute Poor in Ireland. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fourteen 
thousand and seven hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay to the 31st day of March 1840, 
the Salaries and Incidental Expenses of the Com- 
missions anpotntes on the part of Her Majesty, 
under the Treaties with Foreign Powers for pre- 
venting the illegal Traffic in Slaves. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses 
of the Inspectors and Superintendents of Factories, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand and six hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Inspectors of Prisons, to the 31st day of March 
1840. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
one thousand one hundred and seventy-five pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expen- 
diture of the several branches of the Mint, to the 
31st day of March 1840. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to enable Her to grant Relief, to the 31st 
day of, March 1840, to Toulonese and Corsican 
Emigrants, Dutch Naval Officers, Saint Domingo 
Sufferers, American Loyalists, and others who have 
heretofore received Allowances from Her Majesty, 
and who for services performed or losses sustained 
in the British Service, have special claims on Her 
Majesty’s justice and liberality. 

17 Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty,. to defray the Expense of the Na- 
tional Vaccine Establishment, for the year 1839. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 
the support of the institution called “The Refuge 
for the Destitute,” for the year 1839. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand and seventy-three pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of confining 
and maintaining Criminal Lunatics in the buildings 
attached to Bethlem Hospital, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand and two hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay, to the 3st day of March 1840, 
the usual Allowances to Protestant Dissenting Mi- 
nisters in England, Poor French Refugee Clergy, 
Poor French Refugee Laity, and sundry small cha- 
ritable and other Allowances to the Poor of Saint 
Martin’s-in-the-Fields and others. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee 
on the New South Wales Bil be now received. 
My, Bernal accordingly reported the Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Jurors and Ju- 


— (Ireland) pies (Jreland) Bill be received ‘I'o-morrow. 


Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Private Bills presented during the 
present Session, showing the Progress they have 
made, and the manner in which the Committees, to 
which they have been severally referred, have been 
constituted. 





A. 1839. ° 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ecclesiastical 
into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Districts Districts Bill, 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 

Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 

ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Spirit License, 
reading of the Spirit Licenses (Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Military 
into further consideration the Report on the Military Pensions Bill, 
Pensions Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed, and read the third time To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Highway Rates 
into a Committee upon the Highway Rates Bill ; 8" 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert Palmer reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto, _ 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Fri- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bank of 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of the !reland. 
several Acts relating to the Bank of Ireland; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Postage Duties 
into a Committee upon the Postage Duties Bill ; Bil. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Shannon Navigation Bill; Shannon 
and several of the Amendments were read, and uaata 
agreed to; and others were disagreed to; and - 
Clauses were added, and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public Works 
into a Committee upon the Public Works (Zreland) (teland) Bill 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sale of Beer 
mittee on the Sale of Beer Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Metropolis Improvements Bill was, according Metropolis 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a ee 
Select Committee. ™ 
Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That, this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolye itself into the said Committee. 


The 





Grand 
Cess ( 
Bill. 


Turnp 
Bill. 


Fines 
Penal 
(Irele 


Milit 
Susp 


Higl 
(No. 


Ass 
(Lre 


Sh 
(ir 


— 





3. VicrortzZ. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Grand Jury Cess (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. : 


Grand Jary 
Cess (Irelan 
Bill. 


Turnpike Tolls 


bn Mr. Fox Maule, by Order, reported the Turnpike 


Tolls Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Fines and 
Penalties 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to explain and amend an Act 
of the first and second years of Her present Ma- 
jesty, so far as relates to Fines and Penalties levied 
under the Revenue Laws in Ireland, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Militia Ballots 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Suspension Bill. 


into a Committee upon the Militia Ballots Suspen- 
sion Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Highways 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


amend an Act of the fifth and sixth years of the 
reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, 
relating to Highways, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Assaults 
(lreland) Bill. 


into a Committee upon the Assaults (Ireland) Bill ; 
No. 451. 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Comunittee upon the Sheep Stealing (Jreland) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr, 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


Sheep Stealing 
(Ireland) Bill, 


No. 452. 


Sale of Spirits The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Sale of Spirits (Jreland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this Mower will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Excise Licenses The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
_ of Spirits) mittee on the Excise Licenses (Sale of Spirits) Bill; 
- Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Stage Carriages © The Stage Carriages Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Belfast Water 


The Order of the day being read, for the attend- 
(No. 1.) Bill, jaf 


ance of James Boyle, Esquire ; 
VoL. 94. 


24° —95° Jule. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself | P 





‘479 


And the House being informed That the said 
James Boyle had attended the Committee on the 
sat ms Water (No. 1.) Bill this day ; 

rdered, That the Order for his attendance on 
this House, be discharged. 


The Birmingham Police Bill was, according to Birmingham 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Pvlice Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- County and 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the poser 
establishment of County and District Constables ; 


by authority of Justices of the Peace for England 
and Wales ; 


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


Jovis, 25° die Julit, 1839: 


And the Question being put ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Lord John Russell, Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer and Sir John Hobhouse do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Port Patrick 
Copy of the Letter from the Post Office Commis- 42rbour. 
sioners to the Lords of the Treasury, dated the 9th 
day of February 1836, with the Treasury Minute 
thereon, respecting the discontinuance of further 
outlay at Port Patrick. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Soap Duties _ 
Bill to remove Doubts as to charging the Duty of Regulation Bill. 
Excise on Hard Soap: And the same was read the No. 453. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Woollen Woollen Goods. 
Goods, which was presented upon Friday last, be Nov. 454. 
rinted. 

Ordered, That the Copy of Rules and Regulations Warwick Gaol, 
adopted in the Gaol of Warwick, which was pre- No, 455. 
sented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
tilla quarter of an hour after twelve of the 
clock on Thursday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 














Jovis, 25° die Juli ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


M*® Charles Wood reported from the Com- yalifax, Hud- 
mittee appointed to inspect the Journals of dersfield, and 
the House of Goods, with relation to any Proceed- Pradterd Smalt 
ings upon the Halifax, Huddersfield and Bradford “*™’* 
Small Debts Bill, and to make Report thereo 

to the House; That they had inspected the said 

Journals accordingly, aa had taken Copies of the 
Proceedings of the Lords thereupon; and the Re- 

port was read, as followeth: 


“ Die Lune, 22° Julij, 1839: 


“ Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, An Act for « Halifax, Hud- 
the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts dersfield, &amp;c., 
within the Parishes of Halifax, Bradford, Kighley, — een 
Bingley, Guiseley, Calverley, Batley, Birstal, Mir- ~ 
field, Hartishead-cum-Clifton, Almondbury, Kirk- 
heaton, Kirkburton and Huddersfield, and the Lord- 
ship or Liberty of Tong, in the County of York, be 
read a second time on this day three months.” 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Halifax, Hud- 
of the Petition for the Halifar, Huddersfield and dersfeld, and 
Bradford Small Debts Bill, which, upon the 5th Debts (No.2) 
day of’ March last, was made from thé’ Select ‘Comi- pi), 


3P4 mittee 





Army. 
No. 456. 


Militia 
Estimates. 


No. 457. 


Railway Bills. 


Church 
Patronage 


(Scotland.) 


Factories Bill. 


Postage. 


Lieutenant 
Colonel Fair- 
man. 


480 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bills, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
Debts within the parishes of Halifax, Bradford, 
Keighley, Bingley, Guiseley, Calverley, Batley, 
Birstal, Mirfield, Hartishead-cum- Clifton, Almond- 
bury, Kirkheaton, Kirkburton and Huddersfield, 
and the lordship or liberty of Tong, in the county 
of York: And that Mr. Charles Wood and Mr. 
Protheroe do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord Viscount Howick presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command,—Supplemental Estimate of the 
Charge which will probably be incurred, to the 31st 
March 1840, for the Levy Money, Maintenance, 
Clothing, &amp;c., of Men to be raised for the Service 
of Her Majesty, for the purpose of augmenting 
the several Regiments of Infantry of the Line em- 
ployed at Home and on Foreign Stations, exclusive 
of India, from 739 to 800 Rank and File each. 

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


Lord Viscount Howick reported from the Select 
Committee appointed to prepare Estimates of the 
Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great Britain 
and Ireland, for a year, to the 31st day of March 
1840; That they had prepared the said Estimates 
accordingly ; and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That tle Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Promoters of an intended Railway 
from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Edinburgh, praying 
the House to revise the Standing Order of last 
Session, requiring a deposit of 101. per cent. to be 
paid before Bills for the Construction of Railways 
are brought in, so as to require a less deposit,—was 
pga and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of the Minister and other Members of 
the Kirk Session of the middle parish of Greenock, 
praying for an alteration of the law respecting the 
system of Church Patronage in Scotland, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Bungay and Ditchingham ;— 
John Josiah Buttress ;—John Woollam;— Great 
Yarmouth, &amp;c. ;-— Norwich; — and, Tring and 
Aylesbury ; praying that the Factories Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petition from Wark ;— Alnwick ;— Wooler ;— 
Persons in the employ of James Jury, Coleman- 
street, London;—Persons in the employ of George 
Coryndon Begbie, Coleman-street, London ;-- and, 
Persons in the employ of the York and London As- 
surance Company, King William-street, London ; 
praying for the adoption of a low and uniform rate 
of Postage,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Lieutenant Colonel William Blen- 
nerhassett Fairman, Captain in the late 4th Ceylon 
Regiment, with the colonial rank of Lieutenant Colo- 
nel in the Army, complaining of the publication of 
certain Letters in an unstamped paper called the 
Weekly Times, on the 8th day of May 1836, relative 
to himself as Deputy Grand Secretary to the Orange 
Institution of Great Britain, whereby he has suf- 
fered injury in his character; also stating that he 
has not been remunerated for his attendance as a 
witness before the Select Committee appointed in 
1835, to inquire into the affairs of the said institution ; 


25° Juli. 





A. 1839. 


and praying for redress, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The ingrossed Bill to regulate the Payment and Military 
Assignment in certain Cases of Pensions granted for Pensions Bilt, 
Service in Her Majesty’s Army, Navy, Royal Ma- 
rines and Ordnance, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Highways and Turnpike-roads Returns Bill Highways and 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and Tempike-roads 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, ®t Sil 
for To-morrow. , 


The ingrossed Bill to authorize the purchase or Judges’ 
building of Lodgings for the Judges of Assize on their Lodgings Bill 
Circuits, was, according to Order, read the third 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Turnpike Tolls 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to authorize the Trus- ° 
tees of Turnpike-roads to reduce the Scale of Tolls 
payable for Overweight ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Captain Pechell, 
Yeas, Mr. Aglionby : } 7 
Tellers for thee Lord Granville Somerset, 
Noes, Sir Thomas Fremantle: } ao. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The Bill 
was accordingly read the third time. 
Resolved, 'That the Bil) do pass. 
Ordered, That Captain Pechell do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Bank of 
a Committee to consider of the several Acts relating lre!n'. 
to the Bank of Treland. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That it is 
expedient to continue, for a limited period, to the 
Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, 
certain of the privileges now vested by Law in that 
Corporation, subject to such conditions as may be 
provided by an Act to be passed for the purpose in 
the present Session of Parliament. 

Amendment proposed: To leave out from the 
word “ That” to the end of the Question, in order 
to add the words “ it is the Opinion of this Com- 
“ mittee, that the exclusive privileges enjoyed by 
“ the Bank of Jreland, shall cease so soon as the 
“ notice required by law can be given,” instead 
thereof. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Question ; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. O’Conznell, 35 
Yeas, Sir William Somerville: } : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Robert Steuart, 115 
Noes, Mr. Clay: ; 


Original Question, and Amendment, again stated. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
he Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Robert Steuart : 
Yeas, { Mr. Clay: 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hume, 
Noes, Mr. William O’Brien : 


a] 
J 112. 


} 36. 


Original 








Fac 


Me 
Bil 


&gt; 








Factories Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Police Courts 
Bill. 


Dublin Police 
Bill, 


Slave Trade 
(Portugal) Bill. 


Admiralty 
Court Bill, 


Constabulary 
oy (Ireland) 
ill. 


New South 
Wales Bill, 


Jurors and 
Juries (Ireland) 
Bill, 


3 VicToRIz. 


Original Question again stated : 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again: 

The Committee divided : oe 

Mr. O’ Connell, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Toha Eliz: } 33. 
“ Jf Mr. John Parker 

Tellers for the Noes, l Mr. Robert Steuart 102. 

Original Question again stated : 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 

’ The Committee divided : ' 
Tellers for the Yeas, { i sole Tithe } $2. 
; Lord Seymour. 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Robert (eT } 93. 

Original Question again stated : 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again———put, and agreed to. 





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


Veneris, 26° die Julit, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matters to them referred; and that he was 
directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Factories 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Dublin Police Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for this day. 


The ingrossed Bill for the Suppression of the 
Portuguese Slave Trade was, according to Order, 
read the third time ; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the better Suppression of the 
Slave Trade. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Admiralty Court Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Constabulary Force (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the New South Wales Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland reported the 
Jurors and Juries (Ireland) Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to, 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 
Vou. 94. 


Q5°—DA° Sulit. 


Mr. Charles Wood reported the Ecclesiastical Ecclesiastical 
Districts Bill; and the Amendments were read, as Districts Bill 

















48 1 


follow : 


Pr. 12. 1.35. Leave out from “ church” to 
And,” 1. 39. and insert “ without the consent in 
writing under the hands of the patron or patrons, 
and of the incumbent or minister of any such 
church or chapel herein mentioned.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 13. Leave out “ of Canterbury.” 

Pr. 21. 1.14. After “being” insert “ of the 
“ province in which such benefice is situated.” 


ua a 21. 1. 25. After “aforesaid” insert Clause 
Cuause (A.) “ And whereas it is expedient that 
the power which by the said Act of the first and 
second years of the reign of Her present Majesty 
is given to the incumbent of a benefice, with the 
consent and approbation of the ordinary and 
patron thereof, and of the archbishop of the 
province, to sell the residence-house, garden, or- 
chard and appurtenances belonging to his bene- 
fice, with et contiguous thereto, not exceeding 
twelve acres, should be extended and made ap- 
plicable to other houses and buildings belonging 
to any benefice under the circumstances herein- 
after mentioned ; Be it therefore Enacted, That 
in any case in which any dwelling-house, shop, 
warehouse or other erection or building (other 
than the house of residence), belonging to any 
benefice, shall be so old and ruinous as that it 
would be useless or inexpedient to expend 
money in repairing and maintaining the same, or 
for other good and sufficient reasons it shall be 
thought advisable to sell and dispose of the 
same, it shall and may be lawful for the incum- 
bent of such benefice, and he is hereby autho- 
rized and empowered with the consent and ap- 
probation .of the ordinary and patron thereof, 
and of the archbishop of the province, to be sig- 
nified in the manner prescribed by the last men- 
tioned Act, absolutely to sell and dispose of such 
dwelling-house, shop, warehouse or other erection 
or building with the yards, gardens, orchard, 
croft and appurtenances thereto belonging, or 
any of them, to any person or persons whom- 
soever, either altogether or in parcels, and for 
such sum or sums of money as to such ordinary, 
patron and archbishop shall appear fair and rea- 
sonable, and upon payment of the purchase- 
money for the same, as hereinafter mentioned 
by deed indented, or in the case of copyhold or 
customary hereditaments. by surrender or other 
customary mode of assurance, to convey and 
assure the hereditaments which shall be so sold 
unto and to the use of the purchaser or purchasers 
thereof, his or their heirs or assigns, or as he or 
they shall direct or appoint.” 


Pr. 21. 1.27. Leave out “ such” and also 
as aforesaid,” and insert ‘‘ which shall be made 
under any of the provisions of this Act.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 6. After “ circumstances” insert 
or reason or reasons,” and leave out from “ exist ” 
to “ of,’ in 1. 7., and insert “ an account.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 9. After “ advantageous” insert “ or 
“ advisable.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 10. After “ circumstances ” 
or reason or reasons.” 

Pr. 22. 1.15. After “ nevertheless” insert “ in 
the case of any lands or hereditaments which 
shall have been appropriated or annexed to any 
benefice by or with the concurrence of the said 
governors of the bounty of Queen Anne.” 

Pr. 23, 1.34. Leave out “an Act passed in,” 
and insert “ the said Act of.” 

Pr. 23. 1.26. Leave out from “ Majesty” to 
“ are” in]. 29. 
Pr. 24,1. 8. After “ and” insert “ other.” 
Pr. 24. 1.11. Leave out “include” and insert 
“ extend to and comprise.” 
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Pr, 24, 1.12. After “ rectories” insert “ with 
“ cure of souls.” 
Pr, 24. 1.13. Leave out from “ chapelries” to 
“ and,” in 1. 17. and insert “ the incumbents of 
“ which respectively shall in right thereof be cor- 
“ porations sole.” ; 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. : 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Postage Duties The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
Bill. the Report on the Postage Duties Bill; _ 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Public Works | The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
(Ireland) Bill. the Report on the Public Works (Ireland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Metropolis The Order of the day being read, for nominating 
Improvements the Select Committee on the Metropolis Improve- 
_ ments Bill; 
A Committee was nominated of Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, Sir Mutthew Wood, Sir Robert Peel, 
Lord Viscount Lewther, Mr. Herries, Sir Edward 
Codrington, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
George Palmer, Sir De Lacy Evans, Mr. Pendarves, 
Mr. Barnard, Sir Benjamin Hall, and Mr. Wakley. 
Ordered, That five be the Quorum. 


Grand Jury The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
= ccamaaaa mittee on the Grand J wy Cess (Ireland) Bill; 
sa Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Militia Ballots Mr. Fox Maule reported the Militia Ballots Sus- 
Suspension Bill. pension Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Sale of Spirits. The Order of the day beimg read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill, mittee on the Sale of Spirits (Ireland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Stage Carriages (The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Stage Carriages Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Birmingham The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Police Bill. mittee on the Birmingham Police Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Slave Trade 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 and 2 Vic., 
c. 102, to revive and continue until six months after 
the commencement of the next Session of Parlia- 

' ment, and to amend, an Act for authorizing Her 
Majesty to carry into immediate execution by 
Orders in Council, any Treaties made for the Sup- 
pression of the Slave Trade, might be read ; and 
the same being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to continue the said Act: And that Lord Viscount 
Palmerston and Lord John Russell do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Treaties Bill. 


TithesCommu- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

tation. Return of all Agreements for the Commutation of 
Tithes which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners, from the 1st day of January 1839 
to the 1st day of July 1839. 


Birmingham Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Election. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Letter from Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 
ment to certain Gentlemen resident at Birmingham, 





A, 1839. 


dated 2d October 1837, with reference to an Inquiry 
which was held there in the autumn of that year. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill to Slave Trade 
continue an Act of the last Session of Parliament Treaties Bill 
for authorizing Her Majesty to carry into immediate No. 458. 
execution, by Orders in Seen any Treaties for 
the Suppression of the Slave Trade: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented a Bill for the more Halifax, Hua. 
easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within ee and 
the Parishes of Halifax, Bradford, Keighley, Debits (Ne. 2) 
Bingley, Guiseley, Calverley, Batley, Birstal, Mir- Bill, ~~ * 
field, Hartishead-cum-Clifton, Almondbury, Kirk- 
heaton, Kirkburton and Huddersfield, and the Lord- 
ship or Liberty of Tong, in the County of York: 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Answer to 
House, That their several Addresses of yesterday Addresses, 
(that Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that the Papers therein mentioned 
might be laid before this House) had been pre- 
sented to Her Majesty, and that Her Majesty had 
commanded him to acquaint this House, that She 
will give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to several Warwick Gaol 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Copy of the Report of No, 462. 
the Visiting Magistrates of Warwick Gaol, on the 
allegations in the Petition of Messrs. Lovett and 
Collins ; and also the Evidence on which the Re- 
port was founded. 

A Copy of a Letter addressed by Colonel Rolles- Unlawful 
ton, M. P., to the Secretary of State for the Home Meetings. 
Department, dated the 29th day of May 1839, 
relative to unlawful Meetings. 








Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Paper relative to Warwick 
Gaol, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return rela- Justices of 

tive to Justices of the Peace (Lanarkshire), which the Peace, 
(Lanarkshire. ) 

was presented upon the 6th day of February last, No. 439 
be printed. 0. 400. 

Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return rela- Jury Causes 
tive to Jury Causes (Scotland), which was presented (Seotland.) 
upon the 12th day of February last, be printed. No, 460. 

Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Cor- Corporation 
poration of London, which were presented yester- a 
day, be printed. No. 461. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till near two of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 26° die Julii ; 
Anno 3° Victoria Regine, 1839, 
PRAYERS. 


AX ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy Bury (Lan- 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Town of caster) Small 

Bury, and other Places therein mentioned, in the a aati 
County of Lancaster, was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Walker do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Belfast Water 
Committee on the Belfast Water (No. 1.) Bill; and (No. 1.) Bill 
to whom two Petitions against the said Bill were 
referred ; That they had considered the said Peti- 
tions, and had heard counsel in support of one of 








them, 


Templer’s 
Estate Bill. 


Boulton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Bligh’s 
Estate Bill, 


3 VicToriz. 


them, and had also heard counsel in favour of the 
Bill; and that the Committee had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, which merely stated that 
the Town of Belfast had of late years become very 
populous and greatly increased in houses and build- 
ings, and is likely to increase, and the poor and other 
inhabitants of the said Town are not at present 
sufficiently supplied with water; and it is expedient 
that a further and additional supply should be 
procured, and that the Most honourable George 
Augustus, Marquis of Donegall, and the Right hon- 
ourable George Hamilton Chichester, commonly 
called the Earl of Belfast, the eldest son of the 
said Marquis, together with several other persons, 
are willing and desirous at their own expense to 
effect the purposes aforesaid, and to be incorporated 
for such purpose with the powers, and subject to 
the conditions hereinafter contained : And that the 
same cannot be effectually done without the aid 
and authority of Parliament; and that the Com- 
mittee had found the allegations above recited to be 
true ; but that they did not consider that sufficient 
Evidence had been submitted to them, to justify 
them in agreeing to the first Clause, incorporating 
the Parties aforesaid into a Company for the pur- 
poses therein mentioned ; it also appeared to the 
Committee from the statement of the Parties soli- 
citing the Bill, that the omission of the first Clause, 
would render the remaining ones inoperative, and the 
Committee therefore resolved to reject them, and to 
report the circumstances specially to the House. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Bill be re-committed :—It passed in 
the Negative. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Committee on 
the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for enabling 
the Trustees of the Will of the Reverend John 
Templer, Clerk, deceased, to exchange certain of 
the Real Estates thereby devised, situate in the 
County of Devon, for certain other Estates situate 
in the same County; That they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee, and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment :—And the Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Committee on 
the Bill from the ahi intituled, An Act for au- 
thorizing the Sale of the Real Estate devised by the 
Will of Henry Boulton, Esquire, deceased, and for 
the oN of the Monies to arise thereby; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to 
the satisfaction of the Committee; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment:—And 
the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Committee on 
the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for vesting 
the Undivided Sixth Share of Ann Campbell Bligh, 
Spinster, a Lunatic, as one of the six Daughters and 
Coheiresses of William Bligh, Esquire, deceased, 
in certain Lands and Hereditaments in New South 
Wales, of which the said William Bligh died seised, 
in Trustees, in whom the other five Undivided Sixth 

Vox. 94. 


26° Julie. 








483 


Shares are now vested upon Trust for Sale; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the 
satisfaction of the Committee, and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment :—And the 
Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Petitions from Kent;—Hereford ;—and, Bedling- Ecclesiastical 
ton; praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and Re- Duties and 
. ; Revenues Bill. 
venues Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chertsey ; -— Goldsmith-street, and Postage. 
Wood-street, London ;— Belper ;—and, Pudsey ; 
praying for the adoption of a low and uniform rate 
of Postage,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Huntly, praying 
that the proposed measure relative to Postage may 
pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Stationers of Blackburn; — and, 
Chester ; praying the House not to sanction any 
measure respecting Postage, requiring the use of 
stamped letter-paper or envelopes,—were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Metropolis ;— and, Saint Poor Law 
Luke’s, Chelsea (Chairman of a-Meeting) ; praying Commission © 
that the Poor Law Commission Continuance; and, pear Sl 
Collection of Rates Bills, may not pass into law,— of Rates Bills. 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Aldborough ; — Milby ;—Stavely ; poor Law 
—Ferrensby ;— Low Dunsforth ; -—— Tadcaster and Unions | 
Oxton ; — Barwich-in-Elmet Union ;—Otley, &amp;c. ; (Gilbert's Act.) 
—and, Great Ouseburn Union; praying that the 
Poor Law Unions Act (commonly called Gilbert’s 
Act) may not be repealed,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from John Ballance ;—Great Cogges- Factories Bill. 
hall;—and, Manchester; praying that the Factories 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Hookey, complaining gate of Beer 
of the facility afforded to labourers by the Sale of Act. 
Beer Act to spend their money in drink, and pray- 
ing for an alteration of the said Act, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Catholics of London, praying the Education. 
House to sanction the proposed scheme of National 
Education, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Newtownards; pray- Maynooth 
ing the House not to sanction any further grant of College. 
public money to the Roman Catholic College of 
Maynooth, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. ° 


A Petition of the Minister and Elders of the Army (Pres. 
Presbyterian Synod of Ireland, Seceders assembled ween Church 
in Belfast; praying that Presbyterian soldiers may ci 
be permitted to attend the Presbyterian Church in 
the same manner as Episcopalian and Roman Ca- 
tholic soldiers are permitted to attend their respec- 
tive places of worship, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Mimisters, Bankers, Lord’s Day. 
Lawyers, Merchants-and others of Edinburgh, com- 
3Q2 plaining 





Refined Sugar. 


Spirit Dealers 
(Ireland,) 


Charch of 
Scotland. 


Indians 
( Canada. ) 


Railway Bills. 


Church 
Patronage 
(Scotland. ) 


New South 
Wales, 


Slavery in 
Ceylon. 


British Guiana. 
No. 463. 


Lady Mico’s 
Charity. 


484, 
plaining of the practice of the Post Office in run- 
ning the Mails on the Lord’s Day, and praying the 
House to adopt measures for securing the better 


observance of that Day, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of G. H. Rickards, Attorney to John 
Henry Wagentrieber, \ate of Muswell-hill, in the 
county of Middlesex, Sugar Refiner, stating that in 
February 1831, Mr. Wagentrieber disclosed to the 
then Chancellor of the Exchequer, and also to the 
then Vice President of the Board of Trade, certain 
particulars relative to the Drawbacks paid to the 
exporters of Refined Sugars and the frauds used in 
obtaining the said Drawbacks; that these disclosures 
and proffers were made on the express terms of in- 
demnification from all loss on his part, and on the 
implied condition of reward proportioned to the 
pecuniary benefit which might result therefrom ; 
that he assiduously, and for some months employed | 
himself in collecting particulars, and in drawing.up 
a brief summary of the whole case, and of the plans 
by which the system of Drawbacks on Refined Sugar 
might be at once corrected, and equitably adjusted ; 
that, in the services herein detailed, he incurred ex- 
penses and subjected himself to losses exceeding 
One thousand pounds, and praying the House to 
institute an inquiry into his case, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of John Denneky, of Fermoy, praying 
that Grocers in Jreland may be permitted to sell 
Spirits by retail, was — and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Eccles ; —and, Drumblade; pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for relieving the 
religious destitution which prevails in Scotland, by 
extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Aborigines Pro- 
tection Society, praying for the adoption of measures 
for suspending or controlling the further disposses- 
sion or removal of ,the Indian Tribes inhabiting 
Upper Canada, was —- and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Promoters of an intended Railway 
from Chester to Holyhead, praying for an alteration 
of the Standing Order requiring a deposit of £.106 
per cent., before the introduction of Railway Bills, | 
so as to require a less deposit, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Abbey Saint Bathans ;— and, 
Rosskeen ; praying for an alteration of the law re- 
specting Church Patronage in Scotland,—were pre- | 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—- Copies of the Laws 
and Ordinances passed by the Governor and Coun- 


26° Julie. 





A. 1839. 


Mr. Loch presented, pursuant to the directions of Caledonian. 
an Act of Parliament,—The Thirty-fourth Report of ©224l. 


the Commissioners for making and maintaining the 

Caledonian Canal. 

Fe Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Prisons. 


command,—A Copy of the Fourth Report (Part 2.) 
of the Inspectors appointed under the Provisions of 
the Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different 
Prisons of Great Britain (Northern and Eastern 
District). 

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


The House, according to Order, again resolved Bank ot 
itself into a Committee to consider the several Acts I*eland. 


relating to the Bank of Ireland. 


(Iu the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question again proposed, That 
it is expedient to continue, for a limited period, to 
the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, 
certain of the privileges now vested by law in that 
Corporation, subject to such conditions as may be 
provided, by an Act to be passed for the purpose, 
m the present Session of Parliament ; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided : 

Mr. O’ Connell, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Charles Villiers + 24, 
Tellers for the Noes, { ree ‘Siamnoes 7 } 80. 
Original Question put ; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ ae Benaoes . } 79. 
Tellers for the Noes, = omer, } 24. 


1. Resolved, That it is expedient to continue, for 
a limited period, to the Governor and Company of 
the Bank of Ireland, certain of the privileges now 
vested by law in that Corporation, subject to such 
conditions as may be provided, by an Act to be 
es for the purpose, in the present Session of 
arliament. 


2. Resolved, That the Governor and Company of 
the Bank of Ireland shall be entitled for all Exche-- 
quer Bills (being Bills issued in pursuance of two 
Acts for the relief of the owners of Tithes, and for 
abolishing Compositions for Tithes in Zreland, and 
not exceeding in the whole Nine hundred thou- 
sand pounds), which shall be delivered up by them 
to be cancelled, to receive for the same, and for the 
interest due thereon, such an amount of Three 
Pounds per centum Consolidated or Reduced An- 
nuities, as the said Exchequer Bills and interest 
would have purchased, if the same had been applied 
in the purchase of such Annuities, estimated at the 
quarterly average price at which the said Annuities 





cil of the Colony of New South Wales, 7 and 8 Will. | 
4, 1837. 

Mr. Labouchere also presented, by Her Majesty’s | 
Command, — A Copy of a Despatch from the Go- 
vernor of Ceylon, dated the 13th day of August 
1838, on the subject of Slavery in that Island, to- 
gether with a Copy of the Reply to that Despatch. | 

A Copy of Correspondence relative to the con- | 
dition of the Hill Coolies in British Guiana. 

Mr. Labouchere also presented,— A Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 2vth day of 
June last, for a Return of the Amount of Money 
received at the Colonial or other Government Office 
under the name of Lady Mico’s Charity, and the 
application thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Paper relative to British Guiana 
be printed. 





might have been purchased in the quarter in which 
the said Exchequer Bills shall be delivered up to be 
cancelled. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, again resolved Metropolitar 
etropolitan '. Courts 


itself into a Committee upon the 
Police Courts Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

CrausE, N°? 2, (Power to alter the number of 


Police Courts, and the number of Magistrates) 
read. 





Amendment 




















3 Victoriz. 


Amendment proposed: In line 8, to leave out 
the words “ Twenty-seven” and insert the word 
“ Twenty.” 

Question, That the words “ ier erie 4 
stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be postponed ; 

The ommittee divided : 

Mr. Law, 04 
Mr. Thomas Wood : _ 
Tellers for the Noes, oo } 68. 

Amendment again proposed : 

Question, That the words “Twenty-seven” stand 
part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

CuiauseE, N° 2, as amended, agreed to. 

Ciausg, N° 3, agreed to. 

Cuausz, N° 4, (Vacancies to be supplied by 
Her Majesty from Barristers)——read. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
postponed,——put, and Negatived. 

Amendment proposed: In 1. 12. to leave out the 
words “ who shall have practised as Barristers.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause put and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed: To leave out 
“Seven” and insert “ Ten.” 

Question, That the word “Seven” stand part of 
the Clause—— put, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 4, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N°5, (Magistrates exempt from serving 
on juries in Middlesex, or Surrey, or in the city of 
London)—— read. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 








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Amendment proposed : To add at the end of the 
Clause, the words “ Provided that the Magistrates 
“* so to be appointed shall hold their offices during 
“* their good Webaviows.” 


Question put, That those words be there added ; | 


The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas, ir Fp able : } 25. 
Tellers for the Noes, a Se dopey 84. 


Cravuse, N° 5, agreed to. 
Cuauses, N°6é and N°7, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuavuse, N° 8, agreed to. 
Cuause, N°9, amended, and agreed to. 
Cr.auseE, N° 10, (Salaries of Magistrates, Receiver, 
Clerks and Officers) read. 
Amendment proposed : To fill the blank in 1. 27. 
with “ Fourteen hundred pounds.” 
Afterwards proposed, to fill the blank with 
** Twelve hundred pounds.” 
Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“‘ Fourteen hundred pounds.” 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas, wi pe sub alg } ms, 
i 


. f Mr. Hume: 
Tellers for the Noes,; Colonel Sibthorp : 
Amendment proposed: To fill the blank in 1. 28. 
with “ Twelve hundred pounds.” 
Afterwards proposed, to fill the blank with 
“ One thousand pounds.” 


Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“ Twelve hundred pounds ;” 
1 sr 





The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Charles Buller, 


Yeas, Mr. Hawes: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, \ iM 
Noes, Mr. Thomas Duncombe : y 


Several Amendments made. 

Cravuse, N° 10, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuiavuses, N° 11 and N° 12, agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. — 
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485 


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


Sabbati, 27° die Julii, 1839 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Mr. Baring, by Order, reported the Postage Postage Duties 
Duties Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Bill. 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third New South 
reading of the New South Wales Bill; Wales Bilt. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Factories Bill. 
further consideration the Report on the Factories 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues D"tics and_ 
Bill ; Revenues Bill, 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Collection of 
reading of the Collection of Rates Bill; Rates Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Commission Continuance Commission 
Bill ; —— 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday — 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Rates _ 
reading of the Poor Rates Collection Bill ; Collection Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon W ednesday next. 


The Bastardy Bill was, according to Order, read Bastardy Bill. 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Spirit Licenses (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


—_ Licenses 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Highway Rates 
the Report on the Highway Rates Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 
nesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill for the Improvement of the Shannon 
Navigation of the River Shannon, was, according to oy ae 
Order, read the third time. : 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 





the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
38Q3 The 





———E 


— — ween wee 


ee 


—— 


Ways and 
Means. 


Assaults 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Sheep Stealing 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Soap Duties 
Regulation 
Bill. 


Highways and 
Turnpike-roads 
Returns Bill, 


Dublin 
Police Bill, 


Admiralty 
Court Bill, 


Constabulary 
Force (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Jurors and 
Juries (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Public Works 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Cess (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension Bill. 


Sale of Spirits 
(Ireland) Bill. 


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The Order of the day being ‘read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Assaults 
(Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Sheep 
Stealing (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 





consideration upon Monday next. 


The Soap Duties Regulation Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Highways and Turnpike-roads Re- 
turns Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Dublin Police Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Admiralty Court Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Constabulary Force (Zreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act passed in the 
third and fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty 
King William the Fourth, intituled, An Act for con- 
solidating and amending the Laws relative to Jurors 
and Juries in Jreland, and another Act passed for 
amending said Act, in the fourth and fifth year of 
his said late Majesty’s reign, was, according to 
Order, read the third time ; and an Amendment was 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. prea do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Baring reported the Public Works (Ireland) 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to; and Clauses were added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this on will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to suspend for a limited time 
the making of Lists, and the Ballots and Enrol- 
ments, for the Militia of the United Kingdom, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

_ Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to suspend until the end of the 
next Session of Parliament the making of Lists, 
and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of 
the United Kingdom. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sale of Spirits (Zreland) Bill ; 








Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Birmingham 
mittee on the Birmingham Police Bill ; Police Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a New Zealana, 
Copy of a Minute of the Board of Treasury, dated 
the 19th day of July 1839, sanctioning an Advance 
from the Revenues of Vew South Wales, on account 
of the Expenses of the Officer about to proceed to 
New Zealand as Consul, &amp;c. 
Mr. Baring accordingly presented the said Paper. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Public 
Return showing the Number of Persons on the Departments, 
Redundant List of the several Public Departments, 
in the years 1837 and 1838. 

Mr. Baring accordingly presented the said Re- 


turn. 


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


Mr. Baring presented, pursuant to Orders,—Ac- gavings Banks, 
counts of the Amount of Exchequer Bills in the 
hands of the Commissioners for Savings Banks on 
the 20th day of November 1836; the Amount of 
such Bills purchased in the year ending the 20th 
day of November 1837; the Price and the Dates 
at which these Bills were purchased, the Rate at 
which they were converted into 3 per cent. or other 
Stock, the Amount and the Stock purchased, and 
Dates of such conversion:—Of the Amount of 
Exchequer Bills in the hands of the Commissioners 
for Savings Banks, on the 20th day of November 
1837, uninvested ; the Amount of Exchequer Bills 
purchased by them in the year ending the 20th day 
of November 1838, the rate at which purchased, 
and the Dates of the purchase; also, an Account 
of the Amount of Exchequer Bills converted or 
exchanged into 3 per cent. or other Stock, the Rate 
at which the Stock was converted, and the Dates of 
such conversion; stating also, the Amount of Ex- 
chequer Bills remaining in the hands of the Com- 
missioners of Savings Banks, on the 20th day of 
November 1838 :—Of the Amount of Exchequer 
Bills in hand on the 20th day of November 1838, 
and the Amount purchased by the Commissioners 
of Savings Banks since that Date, stating whether 
any and what Amount has been converted into Stock 
since that Date; the Amount of Stock converted, 
and the Date of such conversion, and the Rate at 
which the said Bills were exchanged into 3 per cent, 
or other Stock ; stating also the Amount of Exche- 

uer Bills in the hands of the Commissioners on 
the 21st June 1839. 

An Account of the Quantities of British Refined sugar. 
Sugar, of the several sorts entitled to Drawback, 
exported from the United Kingdom in each year, 
from 1834 to 1838, both inclusive, and in the half 
year ended the 5th day of July 1839; distinguish- 
ing the Countries to which the said Sugar was ex- 

rted, and specifying the Rates and Amount of 
ne hy paid thereon ; together with the Quanti- 
ties of Foreign Sugar refined in bond, and exported 
in Sugar, Bastards and Melasses, during the same 

eriods. 
‘i Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of James Flynn, Graduate of Medicine Tullamoor 
in the University of Dublin, complaining of the 6 
constitution of the Board for the management of 
Tullamoor Gaol, and praying that the members 
thereof may be impartially chosen from persons 
possessing property, was presented, and read; and 

i 


Ordered, 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 








Unlaw 
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Unlawful Ordered, That the Paper relative to Unlawful 
Meetings Meetings, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
scores And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before two of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 
Luna, 29° die Julit ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 
Royal Assent A MESSAGE by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher 
to Bills. of the Black Rod: 


Mr. Speaker, 

The “os authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to se- 
veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission 
read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at thedesire 
of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, had been at the House of Peers, where 
a Commission under the Great Seal was read ; 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Public and Private Bills therein men- 
tioned; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills; 
Which Bills are as follow : 


Assessed Taxes An Act to continue for One year Compositions for 


Composition Assessed Taxes, and to alter the Period for the ex- 

- piration of Game Certificates and for granting 
Licenses to deal in Game : 

Soap Duties An Act to continue until the end of the Session 

Drawback Bill. 


of Parliament next after the thirty-first day of May 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-one, certain 
of the Allowances of the Duty of Excise on Soap 
used in Manufactures : 

An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United 
Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for 
Offices and Employments, and for extending the 
Time limited for those purposes respectively, until 
the twenty-fifth day of March One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty, and for the Relief of Clerks to 
Attornies and Solicitors, in certain cases : 

An Act to regulate the Duties to be performed 
(Scotland) Bill. }» the Judges in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, 
and to increase the Salaries of certain of the said 


Judges : 


Indemnity Bill. 


Supreme Courts 


Pleadings in An Act to confirm certain Rules and Orders of 
_ (india) the Supreme Courts of Judicature at Fort William 
ill. 

and Madras, and to empower the same Courts and 
the Supreme Court of Judicature of Bombay, tomake 
Rules and Orders concerning Pleadings : 

Bills of An Act to amend and extend until the first day 

agen, of January One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 

(No2) Blk two the Provisions of an Act of the first year of 
Her present Majesty, for exempting certain Bills of 
Exchange and Promissory Notes from the operation 
of the Laws relating to Usury : 

Tumpike Acts An Act to continue until the first day of June 

eo One thousand eight hundred and Forty-one, and to 


the end of the then Session of Parliament, the 
Local Turnpike Acts in England and Wales, which 


expire with this or the ensuing Session of Parlia- 


ment: 
Pontefract An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery 
— Court of Small Debts and Damages within the Honor of 


Pontefract, Parcel of Her Majesty’s Duchy of 
Lancaster, in the West Riding of the County of 
York, and for altering the Practice, and extending 


the Jurisdiction of the Court Baron of the said 
Honor: 


Aberford, &amp;. An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery 
ey of Small Debts within the Town of Aberford, and 


Vou. 24. 


26°—27°—29° Juli. 


487 
on Places, in the West Riding of the County of 

ork: 

An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery Glosso 
of Small Debts within the Town and Manor of Small Rebs, 
Glossop, and other Places, in the Parish of Glossop, at a 
in the County of Derby: 

An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery Grantham 
of Small Debts within the Town or Borough of Small “oo 
Grantham, in the County of Lincoln, and other N%*) Bil 
Places, in the Counties of Lincoln and Leicester : 

An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery Rochdale 
of Small Debts within the Town of Rochdale, and a Bil 
other Places, in the County Palatine of Lancaster : a 

An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery Rotherham 
of Small Debts within the Town of Rotherham, and Small Debts 


other Places, in the West Riding of the County of Gs epee. 
York: 


An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery Warrington 
of Small Debts within the Town of Warrington, Small a 
and several other Places adjacent thereto, in the GS. A 
Counties of Lancaster and Chester : 


An Act for altering, amending, consolidating and Liverpool 
enlarging the Provisions of certain Acts relating to Buildings Bill. 























the Regulation of Buildings in the Borough of 
Liverpool : 

An Act for forming and regulating a Company to Ship Propeller 
be called “ The Ship Propeller Company,” and to Company Bill. 
enable the said Company to purchase certain Letters 
Patent : 

An Act for exchanging Freehold and Copyhold Marquis of 
Estates belonging to John Motteux, Esquire, in Chelmondtley’s 
West Rudham and East Rudham, in the County of 
Norfolk, for Freehold, Copyhold and Leasehold 
Estates in Darsingham, in the same County, settled 
under the Will of Horatio Earl of Orford, de- 
ceased : 

An Act for authorizing the Sale of the Real Es- Boulton’s 
tate devised by the Will of Henry Boulton, Esquire, ®t Bil. 
deceased, and for the application of the Monies to 
arise thereby : 

An Act for vesting the Undivided Sixth Share of Bligh’s _ 
Ann Campbell Bligh, Spinster, a Lunatic, as one Estate Bill. 
of the six Daughters and Co-heiresses of William 
Bligh, Esquire, deceased, in certain Lands and Here- 
ditaments in New South Wales, of which the said 
William Bligh died seised, in Trustees, in whom the 
other five Undivided Sixth Shares are now vested, 
upon Trust for Sale: 

An Act for enabling the Trustees of the Will of Templer’s 
the Reverend John Templer, Clerk, deceased, to Bill. 
exchange certain of the Real Estates thereby de- 
vised, situate in the County of Devon, for certain 
other Estates situate in the same County. 


Mr. Wailer, from the Commissioners of Her Ma- Woods and 
jesty’s Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, was Forests, &amp;e» 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—The Sixteenth 
Report of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Build- 
ings, being the Tenth Annual Report of the said 
Commissioners :—And then he withdrew. 


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


Russell’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and Russell’s 


committed to Mr. Pease, and the South Durham ™tate Bill. 
List. 


The Halifax, Huddersfield and Bradford Small Halifax, Hud- 
Debts (No. 2.) Bill was read a second time; and —- - “s 
committed to Mr. Charles Wood, and the West pents (No, : 


Riding of York List. = (No, 2.) 


A Petition of the Marquis of Salisbury, praying Metropolis 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or — 
agent, against certain parts of the Metropolis Im-~ 
provements Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill, and the Petitioner 


3Q4 heard, 





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488 29° Juli. 


heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit. 


Excise Licenses. A Petition. of Wholesale Spirit and Liqueur 


ony ao Dealers carrying on business in the Cities of London 
and Westminster, praying that the Excise Licenses 
(Sale of Spirits) Bin may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented,and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


ye Law Petitions from Minchinhampton ; — and, Saint 
Amendment — Mary-le-bone, praying for the repeal or amendment 


of the Poor Law Act,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


arse A Petition of Clergy of the Archdeaconry of 
— Sudbury, praying the _ a not to sanction the 
proposed measure respecting Church Discipline, was 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the, Vestry of 


Collection of 


Rates Bill, = Greenwich, praying that the Collection of Rates 
Bill may not re into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Window Tax. 


A Petition of William Barrett, of Sidmouth, 
praying that unoccupied houses although furnished 
may not be charged with the Window Tax, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Factories Bill. 


A Petition of Silk Throwsters of Taunton, pray- 
ing that the Factories Bill may not pass into a law, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


—_ Petitions from Barr ;— Comrie; — Cargill ;— 
(Scotland.)  Auchterarder;—and, Tomintoul; praying for an 


alteration of the law respecting Church Patronage 
in Scotland,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Lunatics. A Petition of John Thomas Perceval, of Kensing- 
ton, Gentleman, complaining of the treatment he 
received while in confinement as a lunatic, and 
suggesting certain alterations in the law for the 
better protection of lunatics, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the-parish 
— of Camberwell, denying the allegations of the Peti- 


tion of William Taylor (presented upon Tuesday 
last), complaining of the treatment he received in the 
workhouse from the Chairman of the Board of 
Guardians ; and stating that the Petitioners believing 
the continuance of the Poor Law Amendment Act 
to involve the best interests of the country, pray 
that the House in renewing its provision will pre- 
serve entire the principle upon which its efficiency 
depends, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 
Public Petitions 


(Thitty-cighth Mr. Yates reported from the Select Committee 
Report.) on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented from the 22d to the 26th day 
of this instant July, both inclusive; and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 


Message from 


the Lords. = and Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 
Pleadings in A Bill, intituled, An Act to confirm certain Rules 


Courts (India) and Orders of the Supreme Courts of Judicature at 
F Fort William and Madras; and to empower the 
same Courts, and the Supreme Court of Judicature 
at Bombay, to make Rules and Orders concerning 
Pleadings: 

Assessed Taxes A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue for One 
— year Compositions for Assessed Taxes, and to alter 
7 the Period for the expiration of Game Certificates, 

and fer granting Licenses to deal in Game : 








A, 1889. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for the more easy and Aberford, &amp;., 
speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the ‘Town Small Debts 
of Aberford, and other Places, in the West Riding ‘  %) a 
of the County of York: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the more easy and Glossop 
speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Town Small Debts 
and Manor of Glossop, and other Places, in the Pa- (N® 2.) Bill. 
rish of Glossop, in the County of Derby: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the more easy and Grantham 
speedy Berovery of Small Debts within the Town Small Debts 
or Borough of Grantham, in the County of Lincoln, (X® *) Bill 
and other Places, in the Counties of Zincoln and Cana 
Leicester : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the more easy and Rochdale 
speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Town Small Debts 
of Rochdale, and other Places, in the County Pala-‘N*- 3+ Bilt. 
tine of Lancaster : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the more easy and Rotherham 
speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Town of Small Debts 

otherham, and other Places, in the West Riding (N° -) Bill. 
of the County of York : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the more easy and Warrington 
speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Town Small Debts 
of Warrington, ‘and several other Places adjacent ‘X* 2) Bill 
thereto, in the Counties of Lancaster and Chester : 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Prisons 
Act to improve for Ten years, and from thence to (Scotland) Bill. 
the end of the then next Session of Parliament, Det 
Prisons and Prison Discipline in Scotland, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Stannaries 
Act to make further Provision for the Administration Courts (Come 
of Justice, and for improving the Practice and Pro- "*?~"* 
ceedings in the Courts of the Stannaries of Corn- 
wall, and for the prevention of Frauds by Workmen 
employed in Mines within the County of Cornwall, 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Oldham 
Act for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts Small Debts 
within the Parishes of Prestwich-cum-Oldham and (8% 2) Bi Hi 
Middleton, in the County of Lancaster, with an 
Amendment ; to which Amendment the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Newark 
Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Small Debts, 

Debts within the Borough of Newark, and other a 
Places in the Counties of Mottingham and Lincoln, 

with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 

desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Belper 
Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Small Dells 
Debts within the Town of Belper, and several other (N° ?-) #" 

Places, in the County of Derby, with Amendments; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Church 
for the more effectually enforcing Church Discipline ; Discipline Bill. 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to Tithe Commu- 
explain and amend an Act for the Commutation of — =, 

Tithes in England and Wales; to which the Lords 5. 
desire the concurrence of this House:—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Slave Vessels. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of Slave Vessels brought before the several 
Courts of Mixed Commission for adjudication since 
the 1st day of January 1838 to the latest date for 
which the same can be prepared ; distinguishing 
the Flag under which each Vessei was seized, the 


Name of the capturing Ship, and the Commander 
thereof, the Amount of the registered Tonnage of 
each Vessel, as well as the Amount by British Ad- 
measurement, and if Slaves on board, stating the 





Number 





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the Decretal Part of the Sentence, whether Forfei- 
ture or Restitution, with the Amount of the Proceeds 
of Sale, or of Costs awarded; and distinguishing 
the Expenses of Condemnation and breaking up of 
each Vessel, and the Moiety remaining for distri- 
bution to the Captors. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House Copies or Extracts of Despatches from the 
Secretary of State for the Colonies and Sir George 
Arthur, relative to the Clergy Reserves in Upper 
Canada :—An Account of the Clergy Reserves sold 
in Upper and Lower Canada, from the year 1827, 
and the application thereof:—And, an Account of 
the Total Amount of the Proceeds of the Clergy 
Reserves sold in Upper and Lower Canada, and at 
present invested in the Three per Cent. Consolidated 
Annuities. 

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


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Number 
of Persons confined for Debt at this time in the 
Prisons in London, Middlesex and Surrey, stating 
in classes the years in which they were imprisoned : 
—A similar Return from all other Prisons for Debt 
in England and Wales :—A similar Return from all 
other Prisons for Debt in Scotland :—And, a simi- 
lar Return from all other Prisons for Debt in Jre- 
land. 


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


A Petition of Thomas Milner Gibson, Esquire, 
of Eaton-square, in the county of Middlesex, was 
delivered in, and read; setting forth, That at the 
last Election of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of IJpswich, in the 
county of Suffolk, Sir Thomas John Cochrane, 
Knight Companion of the Most honourable Milita 
Order of the Bath, and the Petitioner, were Candi- 
dates to represent the said Borough, and that a poll 
being demanded, the same was granted and pro- 
ceeded in by the Mayor and Returning Officer of 
the said Borough, after which the said Sir Thomas 
John Cochrane was by the said Returning Officer 
declared to be duly elected and returned a Burgess 
_to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough ; that, at the said Election, divers persons 
were admitted to vote, and did vote, for the said 
Sir Thomas John Cochrane, who were not qualified 
in respect of property, occupation or residence, or 
otherwise, to be registered as electors for the said 
Borough, and who were unduly registered, and not 
entitled to vote at the said Election, and whose 
votes ought to be struck off the poll accordingly ; 
that divers persons were admitted to vote, and did 
vote at the said Election, for the said Sir Thomas 
John Cochrane, who had not at the time they so 


voted the same qualifications in respect of property, | 


occupation or residence, for which their names had 
been originally mserted in the Register of Voters 
then in force for the said Borough, and whose votes 
ought to be struck off the poll accordingly; that 
divers persons were admitted to vote, and did vote, 
at such Election, for the said Sir Thomas John 
Cochrane, who were registered as electors of the 
said Borough, but had become disqualified to vote 
at such Election subsequently to the time of their 
being so registered, and previously to their so voting, 
by receiving parochial relief, or other disqualifying 
alm 


s; that divers persons were admitted to vote, 
Vor. 94. 


29° Julit. 


Number at the time of Seizure, also the Date of| 


489 


and did vote, at such Election, for the said Sir Tho- 
mas John Cochrane, who did not reside or had 
ceased to reside within the said Borough, or within 
seven statute miles thereof, or of any part thereof, 
or within seven statute miles frum the place where 
the poll for the said Borough hath heretofore been 
taken ; that divers persons were admitted to vote 
and did vote for the said Sir Thomas John Cochrane, 
who, by legal or personal disqualifications and in- 
capacities, were not entitled to vote, and whose 
votes ought to be struck off the poll accordingly ; 
that other persons, who were not registered, and 
were not electors qualified or entitled to vote as 
electors of the said Borough, and others who were 
not entitled to vote, being aliens or personating 
voters, did nevertheless vote at the said Election 
for the said Sir Thomas John Cochrane ; that divers 
persons were admitted to vote and did vote at the 
said Election for the said Sir Thomas John Cochrane, 
who were or had been, either during such Election, 
or within Six calendar months previous to such 
Election, or within Fourteen days after it was com- 
pleted, employed at such Election as counsel, agent, 





attorney, poll-clerk, cheque-clerk, flag-man, or in 
some other capacity for the purposes of such Elec- 
tion, and had either before, during, or after such 
Election, accepted or taken from the said Sir Tho- 
mas John Cochrane, or from some other person, for 
or in consideration of or with reference to such em- 
ployment, a sum or sums of money, or a retaining 
fee, office, place or employment, or a promise or se- 
curity for a sum or sums of money, retaining fee, 
office, place or employment, and Wiitiie votes were 





therefore utterly void, and ought to be struck off 
the poll accordingly ; that divers persons were ad- 
mitted to vote and did vote at the said Election, for 
the said Sir Thomas John Cochrane, who had asked 
for or received and taken money or other reward by 
way of gift, loan or other device, or had agreed or 
contracted for money, gift, office, employment or 
other reward, and had been bribed to give their 
votes to the said Sir Thomas John Cochrane, or to 





refuse or forbear to give their votes to the Petitioner ; 
that divers persons were admitted to vote and did 
vote for the said Sir Thomas John Cochrane at the 
said Election, who by themselves, or persons em- 
ployed by them, did, by gifts or rewards, or by 
promises, agreements or securities for gifts or re- 
wards, corrupt, procure and bribe, or attempt to 
corrupt, procure and bribe persons to give their votes 
for the said Sir Thomas John Cochrane, or to refuse 
or forbear to give them to the Petitioner ; that 
divers persons who were duly registered as electors 
at the said Election, and who were entitled to vote 
at such Election, claimed to vote, and tendered their 
votes thereat for the Petitioner, but were illegally 
and improperly rejected and excluded from voting, 
and whose votes ought to be inserted on the poll 
| accordingly ; that divers persons were admitted to 
|vote and did vote at the said Election for the said 
Sir Thomas John Cochrane,:at booths which were 
allotted and provided for other and different pa- 
rishes or districts than those wherein their property 
| was situate, in respect of which they claimed to 
vote, and that such persons did not vote at the 
booths which were allotted and provided for the pa~ 
rishes or districts wherein such property was situate ; 
that the votes of divers electors of the said Borough, 
duly registered and qualified to vote at the said 
Election, were tendered and given in favour of ‘the 
Petitioner, and were nevertheless incorrectly and 
erroneously entered upon the poll, and improperly 
and unduly reckoned thereon in favour of the said 
Sir Thomas John Cochrane, whereas such votes 
ought to be struck off the poll of the said last men- 
tioned Candidate and added to that of the Peti- 
tioner ; that the said Sir Thomas John Cochrane 
was, by himself, his friends, agents and managers, 
and others on his behalf, guilty of acts of bribery, 
treating, intimidation, and other corruption, at a“ 
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490 


Postage. 


Postage Duties 
Bill. 


Public Works 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Birmingham 
Police Bill. 


said Election, and with reference to the same, in 
order to be elected, and for being elected as Member 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, and 
that bribery, treating, intimidation, and other cor- 
rupt practices were systematically carried on at the 
said Election, in order to procure the Return of the 
said Sir Thomas John Cochrane thereat; that by the 
improper admission of the said bad and imvalid 
votes, and the several illegal ways, and by the other 

corrupt and unlawful means aforesaid, the said Sir 
Thomas John Cochrane obtained a colourable and 
fictitious majority of votes over the Petitioner, and 
procured himself to be returned, and was returned 
to serve for the said Borough in this present Par- 
liament, whereas the Petitioner had a majority of 
legal votes at the said Election over the said Sir 

omas John Cochrane, and was duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned in his stead; and 
praying the House to take the premises into con- 
sideration, and to declare that the said Sir Thomas 
John Cochrane was not duly elected a Member 
to serve in the present Parliament for the said 
Borough of Ipswich, and that the name of the said 
Sir Thomas John Cochrane may be erased from 
the said Return, and that the Potties may be 
declared duly elected to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough, and that his name may 
be substituted in the said Return instead of that of 
the said Sir Thomas John Cochrane, or that the 
House will declare the said Election and Return to 
be null and void, and will grant to the Petitioner 
such further and other relief as to the House shall 
seem meet. 

Ordered, 'That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Thursday the 22d day of August 
next, at a quarter of an hour after three of the clock 
in the afternoon. 

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


A Petition of Members of the Dublin Mechanics 
Institution, praying for the adoption of a low and 
uniform rate of Postage, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Paper-makers and Stationers of 
Edinburgh ;—and, Ripon; praying the House not 
to sanction any measure respecting Postage requiring 
the use of stamped letter-paper or envelopes,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


The ingrossed Bill for the further Regulation of 
the Duties of Postage was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the further Regulation of the 
Duties on Postage until the Fifth day of October 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to extend and amend the Pro- 
visions of the Acts for the Extension and Promo- 
tion of Public Works in Jreland, and for the Reco- 
very of Public Monies advanced for the use of 
Counties, Parishes and other Districts in Jreland, 
on the faith of Grand Jury Presentments and Paro- 
chial Assessments, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Birmingham Police Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 








29° Julit. A. 1839. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Commission Continuance — 
Bill ; — 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 

being put, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 

mittee that they have Power to introduce a Clause, 

to abolish the plurality and proxy system of voting 

in the election of Guardians ; 

The House divided: 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for ther Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 


Yeas, Mr. Ewart: = 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Edward John Stanley, | 112 
Noes, | Mr. John Parker : aa 


So it passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was 
roposed, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to make provision 
to prevent the improper separation of man from 
wife, and parents from children in the Union work- 
houses :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question bemg pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Questicn, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Baring, h 27 
Yeas, Mr. Edward John Stanley :}"~"* 
Tellers for thef General Johnson, a. ‘ 
Noes, Mr. Thomas Attwood: J 7° 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 





(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Criavuse, N° 1, (Poor Law Commission con- 
tinued) read. 
Amendment proposed: To leave out the words 
“ Expiration of the period of One year from and 
“* after the * 
Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause put, and Negatived. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the blank 
in 1. 21. be filled with the words “ Fourteenth day 
“ of August, in the year One thousand eight hun- 
“« dred and forty, and thenceforth until the end of 
“ the then next Session of Parliament.” 
The Committee divided : 
Mr. Baring, 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. John , ae . } 110. 

{ Mr. Grimsditch, \ 
*\ Mr. Halford : 


Crause, N°1, as amended, agreed to. 


Cravuse (And be it Enacted, That in the case 
of any widow or able-bodied man who shall respec- 
tively have been married before the Fourteenth day 
of August, in the year One thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-four, and who shall be unable by his or 
her industry to maintain his or her children, the 
issue of such marriage, it shall be lawful for the 
guardians of the union or parish to which such 
widow or able-bodied man is chargeable, if they 
shall think fit, to give relief to such widow out of 
the workhouse, or to give relief to such widow or 
able-bodied man by admitting one or more of such 



























1 
Tellers for the Noes 42. 


a 





















children 






“‘ who shall respectively have been married before 
“ the Fourteenth day of August, im the year One 
“ thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, and.” 


out stand part of the Clause ; 


words “ by admitting One or more of such children 
“ into the workhouse of such union or parish.” 


left out stand part of the Clause ; 


Excise Licenses 


oy of Spirits) mittee on the Excise Licenses (Sale of Spirits) Bill ; 


Stage Carriages 
Bill, “ 


Slave Trade 
Treaties Bill, 


Bank of 
Treland, 


3 VicToRIz. 


children into the workhouse of such union or parish, 
without requiring such widow or able-bodied man to 
receive relief in such workhouse) 
read a first and second time. 





brought up, and 


Amendment proposed : To leave out the words 


Question put, That the words proposed to be left 


The Committee divided : 


Tellers for thef Mr. John Parker, } 48 
Yeas, Mr. Robert Gordon: ; 

Tellers for the Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 78 
Noes, Mr. Darby: ; 


Several Amendments made. 
Another Amendment proposed: To leave out the 


Question put, That the words proposed to be 


The Committee divided: 


Tellers for they Mr. John Parker, } 90 
Yeas, Mr. Robert Gordon: i 
Tellers for thef General Johnson, 36 
Noes, Mr. Thomas Attwood: } . 


Several other Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause, as amended, be added to the Bill; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the Yeas, (wr oe A } 
Mr. Baring, 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. ‘fen 4 102. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do now leave the Chair :—Motion, by 
leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, That the Clause, as 
amended, be added to the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Lord Granville Somerset, } a7 

Yeas, Colonel Sibthorp: ' 
Tellers for the J Lord Seymour, 
Noes, Mr. Briscoe: 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


15. 


} 64. 





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


Martis, 30° die Juli, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Stage Carriages Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Slave Trade Treaties Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee to whom it was re-| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sale of Spirits 
ferred to consider the several Acts relative to the 
Bank of Ireland ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 





29°—30° Julie. 491 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill ; Police Courts 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third New South 
reading of the New South Wales Bill ; Wales Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 

Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bastardy Bili. 
mittee on the Bastardy Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, hot this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Waysana 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into sheep Stealing 
further consideration the Report on the ee (Ireland) Bill. 
Stealing (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- soap Duties 
mittee on the Soap Duties Regulation Bill ; Regulation Bitl. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolvé 

itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Highways and 
into a Committee upon the Highways and Turnpike- Turnpike-roads 
roads Returns Bill; and, after some time spent ®¢t™s Bill 

therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Robert Gordon reported, That the Committee had 

gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 

thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Dublin Police 
into a Committee upon the Dublin Police Bill ; Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- No. 465. 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Solicitor General for 
Ireland reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be now received. 
Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland reported the 
Bill accordingly ; and the Report was ordered to be 
taken into further consideration To-morrow; and 
the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Admiralty 

mittee on the Admiralty Court Bill ; Court Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Constabulary 
mittee on the Constabulary Force (Zreland) Bill; —_ (Ireland) 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re-~ 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to. Order, resolved itself Grand Jury 
into a Committee upon the Grand Jury Cess (Jre- bone (Ireland) 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. _ 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. For Maule 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


mittee on the Sale of , (Ireland) Bill ; (ireland) Bil. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 








Vou. 94. 





3R2 | Ordered, 


Poor. Rates, 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Lambeth 
Parish, 


Public Offices 
(Downing 
Street.) 


No. 466. 





492 29°—30° Suliz. A. 1839. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a List of all the Parishes and Unions to’ which 
Orders for the i ute Tocang of paid Officers to col- 


lect Poor Rates have been issued by the Poor Law 
Commissioners, with a Statement of the Amount 
or manner of Remuneration in each case:—A 
Specimen Copy of each variety of Order for such 
Officers which has been issued by the Poor Law 
Commissioners :—Copy of the Circular of the Poor 
Law Commissioners to the Boards of Guardians, 
dated the 31st day of May 1839, RL the 
said Orders:—And, Copies of Answers of the 
Boards of Guardians to the said Circular. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the granting of Superannuation Allow- 
ances to Officers of the Court of Chancery in Jre- 
land: And that Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland 
and Lord Viscount Morpeth do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Correspondence between the Poor Law 
Commissioners and the Board of Guardians of the 
Parish of Lambeth, for the years 1838 and 1839, 
in reference to the dismissal of the Clerk of the 
Board and the Schoolmaster of the House of In- 
dustry at Norwood, in the same Parish. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to consider Plans for certain Public Offices proposed 
to be erected in Downing-street, have Power to re- 
port their Opinion thereupon to the House, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

Mr. Robert Gordon reported from the said Select 
Committee; That they had considered the matters 
referred to them, and had come to several Resolu- 
tions; which they had directed him to report to the 
House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them; and the Resolutions of the 
Committee were read, as follow: 


1. Resolved, That it appears to this Committee 
from the Evidence they have taken, and also from 
their own personal inspection, that the buildings 
now occupied by the Foreign Office and the Colonial 
Office, consisting originally of eight private houses, 
are inadequate to the present extent of public busi- 
ness, in parts unsafe, and generally in such a state 
of dilapidation as to render it inexpedient to expend 
any large sum in their substantial repair. 


2. Resolved, That it is expedient to build a new 
Foreign Office and a new Colonial Office ; and that 
such building ought to provide adequate Fire-proof 
Depositories for the Public Papers of the said de- 
partments. 


3. Resolved,That subject to the consent and appro- 
bation of Her Majesty, an area may now be obtained 
from the Park, consisting in great part of an in- 
closed space to which the public have at present 
no admission, which area would afford an adequate 
site for the erection of a new Foreign Office and a 
new Colonial Office. 


of accompanying this Report and the Evidence 
taken before the Committee. 

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


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Sale of Beer 
Committee, To-morrow, upon the Sale of Beer Bill, Bill. 
was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 


three months, resolve itself into the said Commitiee. Post 


Steal 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Slavery in Slavery in 





Ceylon, which was presented upon Friday last, be Ceylon. 
printed. No. 467. 
Ordered, That the Thirty-fourth Report of the Caledonian 
Commissioners of the Caledonian Canal, which was Canal. 
presented upon er! last, be printed. No. 468, 
Ordered, Tnat the Paper relative to Wew Zealand, New Zealand. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. —_ No. 469. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Savings Savings Banks, 
Banks, which were presented upon Friday last, be No. 470. 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, which Sugar. 
was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 471. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after two of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 


this day. Sw 








Martis, 30° die Julii ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Waller, from. the Commissioners of Her Dean Fores 
Majesty’s Woods, Forests and Land Reve- Commission. 

nues, was called in; and at the bar presented, pur- 
suant to Order,—Accounts of the Number of Days 
on which each of the Dean Forest Commissioners 
under the Act 1 and 2 Vic., c. 43, attended in the 
|execution of their Duties: —Of the Amount of 
Salary paid to each Commissioner :—Of all Sums 
paid as Salaries or Allowances to other individuals, 
distinguishing their Names, holding situations under 
the Commission ; specifying the Duties which they 
have performed :--Of all Sums expended in defray- 
the Contingent Expenses of the Commission :— 
And, of any Expenses attending any Awards which 
have been made, and of the Dates of the several 
Meetings held by the Commissioners from the Ap- 
pointment of the Commission to the 25th day of 
June 1839 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; Public Works 
and at the bar presented,—Further Return to an (Ireland.) 
Order dated the 13th day of March last, for Re- 
turns of all Sums of Money, from whatever sources 
and under whatever descriptions, voted or applied, 
either by way of Grant or Loan, in aid of Public 
Works in Jreland, since the Union; including the 














4. Resolved, That it is expedient that any building | Expenses of all Commissions and Surveys, and 
to be erected for the Foreign Office and the Colonial | other preliminary inquiries, and all Sums advanced 


Office shall form part of a general Plan for the oc- 
cupation of the whole area comprehended in Down- 
ing-street, Fludyer-street and the said portion of 
the Park, with a view to the propriety of providing 
for the future accommodation of other Public Offices 
at present occupying apartments inadequate to 
their wants, located at am inconvenient distance, and 
for which rent is now paid. 

5. Resolved, That the Committee have also directed 
that the Ground Plans prepared by Mr. Decimus 
Burton, and severally marked (A.), (H.) and (I.), 
together with a sketch of the proposed elevation 
towards the Park, be lithographed, for the purpose 





| for making Roads, and the Employment of the 


Poor in Ireland, in Fisheries or otherwise :—Of all , 
Sums of Money voted, obtained or applied for | 
Public Works in the City and Liberties of Limerick 


| since the year 1829; together with the Names of 
| 


the Parties to whom the same or any portion thereof, 
| to the Amount of £.100, has been paid or allowed : 
| And, of all Applications made to Government forany 
Grants or Loans of Money for or towards the Im- 
provement of the Navigations of the South of Ire- 
land ; together with a Return of all Sums of Money, 
whether by way of Grant or Loan, specifically 
voted by Parliament, or obtained under or by ~~ 

to) 











3: VicToriz. 


of any general Grant or Loan voted by Parliament, 
in aid of Public Works in Jreland, for,.or on ac- 
count of, or connected with, the Improvement: of 
the Navigation of the River Shannon or any other 
River in the South of Jreland, since the Union; 
together with a detailed Account of the application 
of the same, and the Names of the Persons to 
whom the same or any portion thereof, amounting 
to £.100, has been paid. 

Post Office Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of April 

Steam Packets. Jast, for a Return, in columns, showing, first, the 
Hours of Arrival and Departure of the Post Office 
Steam Packets at and from the Port of Falmouth, 
for the years 1837 and 1838 respectively, and to 
the 25th March in the present year ;—second, the 
Hours at which the several Mail Coaches, convey- 
ing the Foreign Letter Bags, have arrived at Fal- 
mouth, the Hours the Mails were put on board, and 
the Time the Steam Packets departed from Fal- 
mouth in the above-named respective years and period ; 
—third, the Time which has elapsed in the afore- 
named years and period, between the arrival of the 
Mail Coaches at. Falmouth, and the Departure of 
the Post Office Steam Packets from that Port ;— 
also, the Time which has elapsed before the Foreign 
Mails brought by Steam Packets have been landed 
at, and forwarded from Falmouth, in the years and 
period aforenamed. 

‘Sweets, oF Returns to an Order dated the 1st day of this in- 

Made Wines. stant July, for Returns of all Sweets or made Wines 
imported from Scotland and Ireland mto England, 
under the provisions of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c.72, 
stating the Port or Place imported from, and the Port 
or Place imported into, from the 1st day of September 
1836 to the 31st day of December 1836, both dates 
inclusive ; from the 1st day of January 1837 to the 
31st day of December 1837, both days inclusive ; 
from the 1st day of January 1838 to the 31st day, of 
December 1838, both days inclusive; from the 1st 
day of January 1839 to the 24th day of June 1839, 
both days inclusive ; stating the denomination, sort 
or kind of all such Sweets or made Wines and 
sweetened compounded Spirits so imported, and the 
Amount per Gallon of Duty charged and paid upon 
all the above-mentioned articles so imported :—Of 
all Seizures that have been made by the Excise and 
Customs of any of such Sweets or made Wines 
and sweetened compounded Spirits so imported, 
and the reason of such Seizures :—Of all Sweets 
or made Wines, and sweetened compounded Spirits 
seized inland, being brought from Scotland into 
England, contrary to the Provisions of the Act 
6 and 7 Will. 4,c. 72, since the passmg of the said 
Act to the present period :—Stating how all Seizures 
of the above-mentioned Sweets or made Wines, 
and sweetened compounded Spirits, within the 
period of the dates specified, have been dealt with, 
if any, and what Amount of Penalty has been en- 
forced against the Parties from whom any such 
Seizures have been made :—And, of the Quantity, 
stating the denomination, sort or kind, of all such 
Sweets or made Wines and sweetened compounded 
Spirits remaining in bond on the 24th day of June 
18389, and where bonded :—And then he with- 








30° Julie. 493 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newark 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Yo “ 
intituled, An Act for the more easy and speedy — 
covery of Small Debts within the Borough of 
Newark, and other Places, in the Counties of Wot- 
tingham and Lincoln; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 1. 1.11. Leave out “ Bilsthorpe.” 

Pr, 1. 1. 18. Leave out “ Epperstone,” and in 
the same line leave out “ Edingley.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 20. Leave out “ Farnsfield.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 22, Leave out “ Gonalston.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 25. Leave out “ Halam.” 

Pr. . 27. Leave out “ Kirklington.” 

Pr. . 28. Leave out “ Lowdham.” 

Pr. 10. Leave out “ Thurgarton.” 

Pr. 20. Leave out “ Caythorpe.” 

Pr, 2. 1. 21. Leave out “ Trieston.” 

Pr. 22. Leave out “ Toston Hougham.” 

Pr. 2. 1.23. Leave out “ Marston.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


ee et ee 
. 


pI pe 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Belper 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Svall Debis 
intituled, An Act for the more easy and speed — 
covery of Small Debts within the Town of Belper, 
and several other Places, in the County of Derby; 
and the same were read, as follow : 
Pr. 1. 1. 6. Leave out “ Crich Codnor and 
** Loscoe.” 
Pr. 1. 1.12. Leave out “ Ripley.” 
Pr. 2. 1. 34. Leave out from ‘‘ Breadsall” to 
“ Dale,” inl, 35. 
Pr. 3. 1. 1, Leave out “ Ripley.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration ojdham 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, Small Debts 
intituled, An Act for the more easy Recovery of (Ne 2+) Bill. 
Small Debts within the Parishes of Prestwich-cum- 

Oldham and Middleton, in the County of La caster; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 53. 1. 38. After “ Ainsworth”’ insert ‘ Ash- 
“ worth.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of Colchester and Gos- Charch 
field ;—Ernest Town and Amherst Island ;—Saint Establishment 
George and Paris ;— Georgina; — Norwich and (Canada, &amp;c. ) 
Durham ;— Saint Thomas ; — Etobicoke ;— New- 
market ;— Nelson and Trafalgar; — Nelson ; — 


Port Burwell ;—Murray;—Ameliasburgh;—Rich- 


mond;— Whitby ;--Camden ; — Darlington ;—New 
Dublin ; — Hillier; — Adolphustown; — Haldi- 


Cemetery for the Interment of the Dead, in the | mand; — Hope; —Marysburgh ;— Fredericksburgh ; 


Parish of Brighton, in the County of Sussex, was |— Clarke; — Indian Lands; — Marche, Huntley, 


&amp;e. ; — Hamilton ; —Cavan;—and, Woodhouse, all 
within the Province of Upper Canada ;—- praying 


Ordered, That Captain Pechell do carry the Bill | the House not to permit the provision set apart 


drew. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 
Brighton An ingrossed Bill for establishing a General 
Cemetery Biil. r 
read the third time. | 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Halifax, Hud- 
dersfield, and 


for the support of a Protestant Clergy in Upper 


Canada, to be diverted from its original purpose, 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Halifar,|but that it may be applied to the maintenance 


Bradtord Swat ~2UCdersfield and Bradford Small Debts (No. 2.) |of such Clergy, and of a Bishop to superintend 


Bill, their Report To-morrow. 


Vou. 94. 


Debts .No, 2.) Bill, have leave to sit, and proceed, and to make |the same, so that the ministrations of our holy 


| 


religion may be afforded without charge to the in- 
3R3 habitants 





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Postage. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts, 


Maynooth 
College. 


Church 
Patronage 
(Scotland.) 


Newgate Gaol 
(Dublin. ) 


Rational 
Religion. 


Russell’s 
Estate Bill, 


Writs of 
Ejectment 
(Ireland.) 


Prisons 


(Scotland) Bill, 


494. 30° Juliz.. 


habitants of every township of the province, accord- 
ing to the spirit and meaning of the Constitutional 
Act,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens and In- 
habitants of Great Dunmow, praying the House to 
continue their protection and encouragement to the 
Bishops and Clergy throughout the British colo- 
nies, and make provision for increasing their number 
to such an amount as may be required by the cir- 
cumstances of the different provinces, and that 
measures may be devised for rendering the clergy re- 
serves and other church lands in British America 
available for the sacred pu to which they 
were originally destined, and that the House will 
refuse to pass or sanction any law depriving the 
colonial church of endowments solemnly conveyed 
to her by the Parliament of Great Britain, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Paper Manufacturers and Stationers 
of Birmingham, praying the House not to sanction 
any measure respecting Postage requiring the use 
of stamped letter paper or envelopes, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Draughtsmen and Engravers of 
Wood in London ;—and, Inhabitants of Ross ; 
praying for the adoption of a low and uniform rate 
of Postage,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Maximilian Webb, and Apsley 
Pellatt, of the parish of Christchurch, Surrey, com- 
plaining of citations from the Arches Court of 
Canterbury, on request from the Commissary Court 
of Surrey, having been issued against them for 
non-payment of Church Rates; and praying the 
House to institute inquiries into the practice of the 
said Ecclesiastical Court, with a view to its abolition, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the t able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Rutherglen by Glas- 
gow, praying the House not to sanction any further 
grant of public money to the Roman Catholic Col- 
lege of Maynooth, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Buckie;—Baldernock ;—and, Kin- 
ross; praying for an alteration of the law respecting 
Church Patronage in Scotland, —were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Michan, 
Dublin, praying the House to interfere to prevent 
the re-building the Gaol of Newgate, in the city of 
Dublin, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Universal 
Community Society of Rational Religionists, pray- 
ing for an inquiry into the information acquired by 
the said Society, on the causes of the extreme ig- 
norance, poverty and misery, which they conceive 
pervade a large mass of the population, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Russell's Estate 
Bill, have leave to sit, and proceed, and to make 
their Report upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all applications made this year to the 
Government, for any Military Force to assist the 
Civil Power in the execution of Writs of Ejectment 
in Ireland, stating the Amount and Nature of the 
Force required, and the Places in which it is required 
to act. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to improve for Ten years and from 











A. 1839. 


thence to the end of the then next Session of Par- 
liament, Prisons and Prison Discipline in Scotland: 
And the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 15. 1. 14. Leave out “ thirty-nine” and in- 
sert “forty,” and in the same line leave out “an- 
“ nually.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 15. Leave out from “ thereafter” to 
appoint” in 1], 16. and insert “ at their annual 
“ Meetings usually holden on the thirtieth day of 
“ April in each year.” 

r. 15.1. 29. Leave out “* October” and insert 
* a, 

r. 16.1.7. Leave out from “ at” to “the” in 
1. 8. and insert “ each new Election.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 20. Leave out from “ at” to “ of” in 
1, 21. and insert “such place within the county as 
“ may be fixed by the Sheriff Depute.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 23. Leave out “ October” and insert 
“ May” and in the same line leave out from “ an- 
nually” to “ and” in 1. 27. 

Pr. 19. 1. 14. After “Board” insert “ Provided 
always, That the Chaplains to be so appointed to 
the General Prison and Prisons aforesaid, shall be 
Ministers or Licentiates of the Established Church 
“ of Scotland.” 

Pr. 20.1. 9. Leave out the first “ and.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 7. After “ Trustees” insert “ but no 
Title to be completed thereto, by the said Board 
or the Trustees, shall alter the tenure of any 
property conveyed as aforesaid, in regard to the 
crown or any subject superior.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 36. After “ required” insert “ for the 
“ said General Prison at Perth.” 

Pr. 31. 1. 18. After “ convenient” insert “ in- 
cluding a Prison at every town in which Circuit 
“ Courts are held by the Court of Justiciary, and 

at every town in which any Sheriff is in use to 
hold Courts for the exercise of his ordinary cri- 
minal Jurisdiction.” 

Pr. 31. 1. 27. Leave out from “ labour’ to 
“ And” in}. 35. 

Pr. 33.1. 30. Leave out from “ with” to “ suit- 
able” in 1. 36. 

Pr. 34, ls. 3.and 4. After “ employment’ insert 
and all prisoners shall be furnished with the means 
of moral and religious instruction, and it is hereby 
provided that no books or printed papers shall be 
admitted into the General Prison or County Pri- 
sons, but those which shall be chosen by the 
Chaplain for the use of Prisoners, belonging to 
the Established Church, and by the General and 
County Boards for the use of other prisoners, and 
the keeper shall keep a catalogue of all books 
and printed papers allowed to be admitted into 
the Prison : Provided always, That in case there 
shall be a difference of opinion between the Chap- 
lain and the Prison Board, with respect to the 
“ books or printed papers proper to be admitted for 

the use of. prisoners belonging to the Established 
Church, reference shall be had to the Presbytery 
of the Bounds, whose decision shall be final.” 


Pr. 63. 1. 32. After “ Session” insert “ or 
“ during the vacation of the said Court, to the Lord 
“ Ordinary on the Bills,” and in the same line 
leave out “is” and insert “and Lord Ordinary are.” 

Pr. 63. 1. 34. After “ court” insert “ or Lord 
“ Ordinary.” 

Pr. 64. 1. 6. Leave out “ shall’ and insert 
“ may.” 

Pr. 64. 1. 36. After “ contribute” insert “‘ as 
“ Burghs.” 


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In the Title of the Bill: 

L. 1. Leave out from “ improve” to “ Prisons” 
in |. 3. 

The Amendments, as far as the Amendment in 
Pr, 64. 1. 6, being read a second time, were agreed 
to. 

Pr. 64. 1. 6. The next Amendment, which was, 
to leave out “ shall” and insert “may” being read 

a second 








Tith 
tatio 
Ame 
Bill. 


Chu 
Dis 


Sta 
Trel 





Tithe Commu- 
tation Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


No. 473. 


Church 
Discipline Bill. 
No. 474. 


State of 
Treland. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Election Peti- 


tions’ Trial Bill. 


Hatfield (York) 


Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Timber Ships 
Bill. 


Chesterfield 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Wirksworth 
Small Debts 


(No, 2,) Bill. 


Eckington 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 





3 Vicroriz. 


a second time ; (and it appearing that the same was 
only to render that part of the Bill consistent with 
the former part thereof ) 

The said Amendment was agreed to. 

The next Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

The Amendment in the Title of the Bill, being 
read a second time ; 

The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of this House relative to Temporary Laws, might be 
read ; and the same was read, as followeth: 

“ Resolved, That the precise duration of every Tem- 
porary Law be expressed in the Title of the Bill; 
and also in a distinct Clause at the end of the Bill, 
and no where else.” 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be dis- 
pensed with, in respect to the said Amendment. 

And the said Amendment was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fox Maule do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Tithe Commutation Acts Amendment Bill 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


The Church Discipline Bill was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. O’ Connell reported, Thathe had carried to the 
Lords the Message of this House of the 22d day of 
this, instant July, requesting that their Lordships 
would be pleased to communicate to this House a 
Copy of the Report and Minutes of Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee appointed by their 
Lordships on the state of Ireland: And that their 
Lordships had been pleased to communicate a printed 
Copy of the same, as desired by this House :—And 
he delivered the same in at the Table. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdesweil 

and Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Jurisdic- 
tion for the Trial of Election Petitions : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the more speedy Re- 
covery of Small Debts within the Manor of Hatfield, 
and other Places, in the West Riding of the County 
of York: And also, 





The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An | I. 


30° Juliz. 


495 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Annual 


; ; ; Meetings of 
put, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for esta- the P. ao. 


blishing throughout England Annual Meetings of 
the People in their salen, and for securing to the 
industrious classes a regular influence in the Elec- 
tion of Members of Parliament :—It passed in the 
Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- John Thoro- 


posed, That it appears by certain Papers laid be- 8d 


fore this House, That John Thorogood, a Protest- 
ant Dissenter, has been confined in Her Majesty’s 
County Gaol of Essex, since the 16th day of January 
last, for neglecting to appear in the Consistorial 
Court of the Bishop of London, for the non-pay- 
ment of 5s. 6d., being the amount of Church Rate 
assessed upon him for the parish of Chelmsford ; 
and whereas, during this period, the said John Tho- 
rogood has been treated with uncalled-for severity, 
it is the Opinion of this House, that the imprison- 
ment of the said John Thorogood is not only cruel 
and unjust, but reflects great discredit upon those 
at whose instigation these proceedings were insti- 
tuted, and under whose sanction they are so perti- 
naciously and vindictively continued; and while 
this House laments that it has not the power of 
affording immediate relief to the said John Thoro- 
good, yet it is of Opinion that it will be the duty of 
the Legislature, at the earliest possible period of 
the next Session of Parliament, to make such al- 
terations im the existing Laws for levying Church 
Rates, as shall prevent the recurrence of a like vio- 
lence being ever again inflicted upon the religious 
scruples of that portion of Her Majesty’s subjects 
who conscientiously dissent from the rites or doc- 
trines of the Established Church ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ Chelms- 
“ ford; and” in ls. 9 and 10. tothe words “ it isof 
“ Opinion,” in lL. 20. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question; 
he House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for thef Sir Rohert Harry Inglis, \ a9 
j ™* 


Yeas, Mr. Bramston : 
Tellers for thef Mr. Thomas Duncombe, - 
Noes, Mr. Hawes : } , 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out the word “ of,” in 
20, and inserting the word “ the” instead 


Act to prevent, until the end of the next Session | thereof. 


of Parliament, Ships clearing out from a British 


And the Question being put, That the word “ of” 


North American Port loading any part of their| stand part of the Question:—It passed in the Ne- 


Cargo of Timber upon Deck, with Amendments ; 


to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 


currence of this House: And also, 


gative. 
And the Question being put, That the word “ the” 
be inserted instead thereof :—It was resolved in the 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An | Affirmative. 


Act for the more —— and speedy Recovery of Small 


Debts within the 


Another Amendment was pro osed to be made to 


orough and Parish of Chester- | the Question by inserting after the|word “ Opinion,” 


field, and other Parishes and Places adjacent or | in 1. 20, the words “ of this House.” 


near thereto, in the County of Derby, with an Amend- 


And the Question being put, That those words be 


ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the | there inserted :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 


concurrence of this House: And also, 


Then the main Question, so amended, being pre- 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An | posed, That it appears by certain Papers laid before 
Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small | this House, That John Thorogood, a Protestant 
Debts within the Parish of Wirksworth, and other | Dissenter, has been confined in Her Majesty’s 
Parishes and Places adjacent or near thereto, inthe | County Gaol of Essex, since the 16th day of Ja- 
several Counties of Derby and Stafford, with | nuary last, for neglecting to appear in the Con- 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords de-| sistorial Court of the Bishop of London, for the 


sire the concurrence of this House: And also; 


non-payment of 5s. 6d., being the amount of 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An | Church Rate assessed upon him for the parish of 


Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small | Chelmsford ; and it is the Opinion of this House, 
Debts within the Parish of Eckington, and other | that it will be the duty of the Legislature, at the 


Places, in the County of tag oman an Amendment; | earliest possible period of the next Session of Par- 


to which Amendment the 


ords desire the con-|liament, to make such alterations in the existing 


currence of this House :—And then the Messengers | Laws for levying Church Rates, as shall prevent the 


withdrew. 


VoL. 94. 


recurrence of a like violence being ever again in- 
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Royal 
Academy. 


Royal 
Academy, 


496 


flicted upon the religious scruples of that portion of 
Her Majesty’s subjects who conscientiously dissent 
from the rites or doctrines of the Established 
Church ; 

And the previous Question being put, That that 
Question be now put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 


Yeas, Mr. Hawes: J a% 
Tellers for the ( Sir Robert Harry Inglis, | ,) 
Noes, Mr. Bramston : frotre 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That it appears by certain Papers laid 
before this House, That John Thorogood, a Protest- 
ant Dissenter, has been confined in Her Majesty’s 
County Gaol of Essex, since the 16th day of Ja- 
nuary last, for neglecting to appear in the Con- 
sistorial Court of the Bishop of London, for the 
non-payment of 5s. 6d., being the amount of 
Church Rate assessed upon bim for the parish of 


Chelmsford; and it isthe Opinion of this House, | 


that it will be the duty of the Legislature, at the 
earliest possible period of the next Session of Par- 
liament, to make such alterations in the existing 
Laws for levying Church Rates, as shall prevent 
the recurrence of a like violence being ever again 
inflicted upon the religious scruples of that portion 
of Her Majesty’s subjects who conscientiously dis- 
sent from the rites or doctrines of the Established 
Church. 


A Petition of Curators and Members of the In- 


30°—31° Julie. 


‘A. 1889. 


And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 


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


Mercurii, 31° die Julii, 1839: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hume, 1 33 
. Yeas, ag ney : ng 
ellers for the (Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
Noes, {Mr Hawes: ie } - 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words “ the 
“ said Order be discharged,” be added instead 
thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 





Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of Sir sir John Milley 
John Milley Doyle, k.c. 8., complaining of his im- Yey!e. 
prisonment by the Government of | Portugal in 1828; 
and praying the House to take his case into con- 
sideration, which was presented upon the 25th day of 
March last, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty may be 
graciously pleased to give such instruction to Her 
Minister at Lisbon as may procure the immediate 
satisfaction of the “‘ Award” made by the British 
Government, and “ demanded” from that of Por- 
tugal on the 13th day of April 1832, as compensa- 








dependent Society for the Study of the Living | tion for personal injuries and losses sustained by the 
Models, and of other Practising Artists; praying | Petitioner, during the de facto Government of Por- 
that the Order of the House, of the 14th day | tugal, in the year 1828, under Don Miguel :—And 
of March last, requiring a Return from the Royal | the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 


Academy, of the Receipt and Expenditure of that 
Institution may be discharged, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Friends and Promoters of the 
Diffusion of Knowledge among the people ;—and, 
Members of the Society of British Artists; pray- 
ing the House not to discharge the said Order,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Thomas Doo, Historical En- 
graver, complaining that engravers are excluded 
from the privileges afforded by the Royal Academy ; 
and praying the House to redress this grievance, 
and afford relief to the professors of so useful and 
difficult an art, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the 14th day of March last, That there be 
laid before this House, a Return of the Amount of 
Money received for Admission, and of the Number 
of Persons who visited the Exhibition of the Royal 
Academy of Arts in each of the years 1836, 1837 
and 1838 ; distinguishing the Entrance-money from 
the Proceeds by the Sale of Catalogues ; together 
with the Amount paid in Salaries and Perquisites 
to each Person employed in that Establishment in 
each of those years; also, the Miscellaneous Ex- 
penses, under separate heads, in each of these years ; 
and the Average Number of Students who have at- 
tended the Life School, and that of the Antique, in 
each of these years, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question bein 

roposed, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
belies this House forthwith; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“« the said Order be discharged,” instead thereof. 


| drawn. 
| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Rudkin’s 
| Copies of all Treasury Minutes of Mr. Rudhkin’s Apparatus. 
| Invention for the Distillation of Spirits, from 1828 
to 1839, both years inclusive :—Of all Official Re- 
| ports upon the same subject, from 1828 to 1839, 
, both years inclusive, to the Lords of the Treasury 
or the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Professors 
Brande and Lubbock, Dr. Birkbeck and Mr. Rud- 
kin : — Of all Official Correspondence upon the 
|same subject, ana during the last-mentioned pe 
_ riod, between the Lords of the T reasury or the Chan- 
| cellor, on the one hand, and Professors Brande and 
Lubbock, Dr. Birkbeck and Mr. Rudkin upon the 
other :—Also, Returns of the Costs incurred in the 
fittings-up of Distilleries, the Construction of Ma- 
chines, and of all other Expenses incidental to the 
various trials made of Mr. Rudkin’s Invention. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stage Carriages 

mittee on the Stage Carriages Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Siave Trade 
into a Committee upon the Slave Trade Treaties Treaties Bill. 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair, and Mr. Robert Steuart re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Bank of 
the Report from the Committee to whom it was re- Ireland. 
ferred to consider of the several Acts relative to the 
Bank of Ireland; 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bastardy Bill. 
mittee on the Bastardy Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 





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Soap Duties The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
Regulation Bills a Committee upon the Soap Duties Regulation Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bull, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Highways and 
Turnpike-roads 
Returns bill. 


Mr. Fox Maule, by Order, reported the Highways 
and Turnpike-roads Returns Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read, as follow : 

Pr. 11. 1. 12. After “ England” insert “ and 
“ Wales.” 

Pr. 15. 1.9. After “ England” insert “ and 
“ Wales.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 8. Leave out “ 2 and 3,” and insert 
“ 3 and 4.” 

Pr. 20. 1.15. After “ England” insert “ and 
“ Wales.” 

Pr. 21. 1.23. After “ England, insert “ and 
“ Wales.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 32. After “ chapter,” insert— 

“ Ninth. What was the total amount of the 
Bonded or Mortgage Debt on your trust on the 
“ 31st December 1838 ? 

“ Tenth. At what period or periods was the 
““ Money borrowed ? 

“‘ Eleventh. How much of the Bonded or Mort- 
gage Debt consists of unpaid Interest converted 
‘“&lt; into Principal; and when and by what authority 
“« did such conversion take place ? 

“ Twelfth. What was the total amount of In- 
terest paid to the holders of Bonds or Mortgages 
in each of the years 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 
“ 1836, 1837 and 1838 respectively ? 

“ Thirteenth. At what rate per Cent. was In- 
terest due on such Securities; and at what rate 
“* per Cent. was Interest actually paid in each of 
“ those years respectively ?” 

Pr. 23. 1. 34. Leave out “ Ninth,” and insert 
“ Fourteenth.” 

The said Amendments, heing read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


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Grand Jury 


Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland reported the 
y (Ireland) 
i. 


Grand Jury Cess (Jreland) Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed and read the third time this day. 


Sale of Spirits 


i The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. w 


mittee on the Sale of Spirits (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


ew 5 and Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill for the Esta- 
mune Con-  blishment of County and District Constables by the 
No.475, Authority of Justices of the Peace: And the same 

=" was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 

— * Ordered, That the Sixteenth Report of the Com- 
ig a missioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, 


which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before two of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 


Vor. 94. 


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497 


Mercuri, 31° die Julii.; 
Anno 38° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


QEDER ED, That all Committees on Private Committees on 
Bills have leave to sit this day till four of the Private Bills. 
clock during the sitting of the House. 


A Petition of Parish Officers and Rate-payers of Metropolis 
Saint Martin’s-in-the-Fields, Saint Paul, Covent — 
Garden and Saint Ann’s, Soho, praying that pro-~' 

vision may be made in the Metropolis Improvements 

Bill for an improved and direct communication from 

Leicester- square through Bear-street, Saint Martin’s 

Court and New-street to Covent Garden Market, 

the Theatres Royal, Drury-lane and Covent Garden, 

and the Inns of Court, was presented, and read; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir Eardley Wilmot presented, pursuant to Order, Warwick Gao! 
—A Return of the Number of Persons committed 
to Warwick Gaol, from the Midsummer Sessions 
1834 to the Midsummer Sessions 1839, including 
the Assizes in the same time, and who have been 
acquitted, the charge preferred against them, and 
the Number of Days in Confinement. 


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


A Petition of Thomas Potter, and others, pray- Metropolitan 
ing that the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill may Felice Courts 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- - 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, again resolved Metropolitan 


itself into a Committee upon the Metropolitan Police Police Courts 
Courts Bill. wm 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 13, (One Magistrate to attend at 
each of the Police Courts within the Metropolitan 
District, from of the clock in the morning 
till of the clock in the afternoon)——read. 

Proposed to fill the first blank with the word 
“ ten,” 

Afterwards proposed, to fill the blank with the 
word “ nine.” 

Question put, That the blank be filled with the 
word ‘ ten;” 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Fox Maule, 


Yeas, L Mr. Solicitor General : } “0 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Law, } 8 
Noes, Mr. Thomas Duncombe : ’ 


Ciavse, N° 13, as amended, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 14, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 


Crauss, N° 16, (None but appointed Magistrates 
to sit at the court) read. 

Question, That the Clause stand part. of the Bill 
put, and Negatived. 


Cuavuses, N° 17 and N° 18, amended, and agreed 








to. 

Crause, N° 19, (Process in respect of matters 
arising within the Metropolitan Police District, 
need not be indorsed)——read. 

An Amendment made. 

Amendment proposed : After the word “ served” 
in ]. 20. to insert the words “ or executed out of 
“ the Metropolitan district.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided : 


Mr. Fox Maule 1. 
Byers for toe Yong, Mr. Solicitor General :J AG 
Tellers for the Noes, om Hod) wish’ } 17. 


Crause, N° 19, as amended, agreed to. 


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Metropolis 
Improvements 
Bill. 


No. 476. 


Halifax, Hud- 
dersfield, and 
Bradford Small 
Debts (No. 2.) 
Bill, 


Chestertield 
Small Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Eckington 
Sinall Debts 
(No. 2 ) Bill. 


498 


Cravuses, N° 20 and N° 21, amended, and agreed 


to. 
Crause, N° 22, agreed to. 


Crause, Ne 23, (Warrant for apprehension may 
be issued without summons) read. 

An Amendment made. 

Question put, That the Clause as amended, stand 
part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas,} Mr. Fox Maule, 





Mr. Solicitor General: #1. 


Mr. Law, 
Sir Charles Douglas : 


Cuiauses, N° 24 and N° 25, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Cuavuse, N° 26, (Petty thieves and receivers of 
stolen goods may be summarily convicted) 
read. 

Amendment proposed: To leave out in 1. 36. the 
words “ steal any chattel, money or valuable secu- 


Tellers for the Noes, { 





“ rity or.” 
Guestion, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause put, and agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had make further 
Progress in the Bill, and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself to the said Committee. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Order, re- 
orted from the Select Committee on the Metropolis 
mprovements Bill; and to whom a Petition of the 

Marquis of Salisbury, against the said Bill, was re- 
ferred ; That they had considered the said Petition ; 
and had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 

consideration upon om next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Mr. Charles Wood reported from the Committee 
on the Halifax, Huddersfield and Bradford Small 
Debts (No. 2.) Bill; That a-sufficient number of 
Members to form a Committee assembled at the 
hour appointed, but that at the expiration of half 
an hour no selected Member had appeared. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, without a selected Member. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for the more easy and speedy Re- 
covery of Small Debts within the Borough and 
Parish of Chesterfield, and other Parishes and 
Places adjacent or near thereto, in the County of 
Derby ; and the same was read, as followeth: 

Pr, 53. 1.31. After “ court” insert Clause (A.) 

Cravse (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That the jurisdiction of the court hereby 
‘ established shall not be held to extend over 
“ the townships or places of Dethich, Lea or 
Holloway, in the parish of Ashover and hundred 
‘ of Wirksworth.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 


Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for the more easy and speedy Re- 
covery of Small Debts within the Parish of Ecking- 


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A. 1839. 


ton, and other Places, in the County of Derby; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 1. 1. 8. Leave out “ Staveley Whittington.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


Totne 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wirksworth 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- $™!! Debts 
tituled, An Act for the more easy and speedy Re- ae, 
covery of Small Debts within the Parish of Wirks- 
worth, and other Parishes and Places adjacent or 
near thereto, in the several Counties of Derby and 
Stafford ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 1. 1.6. Leave out “ Ashover.” 

Pr.1. 1.11. Leave out “ of Shottle, Turnditch 
“ and Windley,” and insert “ or places of Dethick, 
“ Lea and Holloway.” 

Pr. 1. 1.12. Leave out ‘ Duffield,” and insert 
“ Ashover.” 

Pr. 1. 1.14, Leave out “ Heage.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 16. Leave out “ Northwingfield.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Hall 
ders 
Bra 
Del 
Bill 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Glencorse, praying Church of 
the House to adopt measures for relieving the re- Scotland. 
ligious destitution which prevails in Scotland, b 
extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Pri 
A Petition of John Murray, iate Surveyor of Sohn Murray. 

Taxes for the county and city of Edinburgh, com- 

plaining of the inadequate amount of his super- 

annuation allowance, and praying for inquiry, was 


oe and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Churchstanton, Church 
praying the House to continue their protection and fs\#blishment 
encouragement to the Bishops and Clergy in Canada ial. 
and other British colonies, and make provision for 
increasing their number, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kinmarton and Education. 
Great Alne, praying the House not to sanction the 
proposed scheme of National Education recently 
laid before Parliament, as approved by the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Hampton Lovett, Church Leoses. 
praying that all increase of Revenue arising from 
ecclesiastical property may be left at the disposal 
of the Church to supply the deficiency of spiritual 
instruction for the people, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wotton-under-Edge, Rinployment 
praying the House to take into consideration the of the Poor. 
plans for the amelioration of the condition of the 
Poor, by securing constant beneficial employment 
and a sound practical education for them, as sug- 
gested by Mr. Robert Owen, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 
Copy of the Form of Order issued to certain Amendment 
Unions, under the Poor Law Amendment Act, *™ 
dated the 9th day of July 1839, respecting Relief 
to Able-bodied Persons. 


roe 


Lord 





Totnes Election. 


Halifax, Hud- 
dersfield, and 
Bradford Small 
Debts (No. 2.) 
Biil. 


Printed Papers. 


Birmingham 
Police Bill. 


3 VicroriZ. 
Lord John Russell accordingly presented the 


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


Notice being taken, that Edward Blount, Esquire, 
had been sworn at the Table yesterday, as Member 
for the Borough of Totnes ; and it appearing by the 
certificates sent from the Crown Office, that Charles 
Barry Baldwin, Esquire, had also been returned as 
Member for that Borough ; 

The House was moved, That the Sessional Order 
relating to double Returns, might be read; and the 
same was read, as followeth : ' 

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


Mr. Charles Wood reported from the Committee 
on the Halifax, Huddersfield and Bradford Small 
Debts (No. 2.) Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill,and found the same to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto ; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of James Hansard, Luke Graves Han- 
sard, and Luke James Hansard, Printers to the 
House, was presented, and read; setting forth; That 
a Report and Minutes of Evidence on the present 
state of the Islands of New Zealand was communi- 
cated by the House of Lords to this House, on the 
7th of August 1838, which was ordered to be printed 
by the House on the following day ; that the Peti- 
tioners, in pursuance and in obedience of such Order, 
printed the said Report and Evidence; that the Pe- 
titioners have received notice from Charles Shaw, 
47, Fish-street-Hill, Attorney, of the commencement 
of an Action against them, for libellous matter al- 
leged to be contained in the said Report and Evi- 
dence, reflecting on the character of Mr. Joel Sa- 
muel Poluck. A Copy of the letter or notice is as 
follows : 

47, Fish-street-Hill, 29th July 1839. 
Gentlemen, 

1 am instructed by Mr. Joel Samuel Poluck, to 
commence an action against you, for having printed 
and published the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
a Select Committee of the House of Lords, respect- 
ing the Islands of Wew Zealand, in the months of 
April and May 1838, and which Evidence contains 
a false, scandalous and malicious libel on his (Mr. 
Poluch’s) character. In order, therefore, to save you 
the inconvenience of personal service, 1 request you 
will furnish me with the name of your attorney, to 
whom I may send process on your behalf. I am, 
Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 


Charles Shaw. 


The Petitioners therefore humbly prav the Instruc- 
tions of the House, in the matter of this their Peti- 
tion, and in the course they should pursue, in resist- 
ing or defending the said Action. 

Ordered, That the Petition be taken into consider- 
ation To-morrow. 

Ordered, 'That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Birmingham, pray- 
ing that Clauses may be inserted in the Birmingham 
Police Bill, appointing specially a Commissioner of 
Police, who should select, organize, and have the 

Von. 94, 


31° Juliz. 





499 


control over the Police, was et and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Sg of 


reading of the Payment of Rates Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to make Ecclesiastical 
better Provision for the assignment of Ecclesiastical Districts Bill. 


Districts to Churches or Chapels augmented by the 
Governors of the Bourty of Queen Anne, and for 
other Purposes, was, according to Order, read the 
third time; and the Amendments following were 
made to the Bill: 
Pr. 6.1.15. Leave out “ the consents,’’ and in- 
sert “ such consent as is.” 
Pr. 23.1, 26. After “ Majesty” insert “ Chap- 

“ ter 23.” 

Pr. 24.1. 17. After “ sole” insert Clause (B.) 

Cravuse (B.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in any case under the hereinbefore recited Acts, 
(except the Act passed in the first and second 
years of Her present Majesty’s reign, chapter 106) 
or of this Act, where the patronage of any rec- 
tory, vicarage, perpetual curacy, district parish, 
chapelry, district chapelry or place, shall be in 
the Crown, or the advowson and right of patron- 
age thereof shall be part of the possessions of 
the Duchy of Cornwall, or where the patron 
thereof shall be a minor, idiot, lunatic or feme 
covert, then and in every such case, the consent 
required by such Acts on the part of the patron 
of any such rectory, vicarage, perpetual curacy, 
district parish, chapelry, district chapelry, or 
place, shall and may be testified in writing under 
the hands of such and the same persons as by 
the said Act passed in the first nih second years 
of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter 23, 
are in like cases directed or authorized to testify 
the consent of the patron to the exercise of the 
several powers given by the said Act, or by certain 
other Acts therein mentioned or referred to; and 
that in all other cases the consent required by the 
said recited Acts, (except as aforesaid) and this 
Act, on the part of the patron of any rectory, 
vicarage, perpetual curacy, district parish, cha- 
pelry, district chapelry or place, shall be given by 
the person or persons who would be entitled to 
present or nominate, or to collate thereto, in case 
the same were actually vacant at the time of giving 
such consent, except so far asit is by any. of such 
recited Acts or this Act otherwise expressly pro- 
vided. for.’ 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


do pass. 

Ordered, That Dr. Lushington do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Rates 


reading of the Poor Rates Collection Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And -the Question being put, That the word 

“now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

Tellers for the { ur Edward John Stanley, 86 
Yeas, Mr. Fox Maule: } ‘ 
Noes, Mr. Grimsditch : } i 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 














The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Wakley, 
382 Ordered, 





500 $1° Juliz. 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Monday next. 


Spirit Licenses The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) Bill. peading of the Spirit Licenses (Jreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


To-morrow. 


Highway Rates Mr. Charles Wood reported the Highway Rates 


Bill, Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 
Assaults The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


(Ireland) Bill. further consideration the Report on the Assaults 


Treland Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House:—And the House im- 
mediately resolved itself into the Committee; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
pe nen mittee on the Poor Law Commission Continuance 
ontinuance ° 
Bill. Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Sheep Stealing The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Ireland) Bill. fyrther consideration the Report on the Sheep Steal- 
ing (Jreland) Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to 
a Committee of the whole House :—-And the House 
immediately resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 

ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Dublia Police 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Bill. : j 


further consideration the Report on the Dublin 
Police Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


Admiralty The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Court Bill, = mittee on the Admiralty Court Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Constabulary The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Force (Ireland) into a Committee upon the Constabulary Force (Jre- 
_ land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 

Bil’, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Slave Trade Mr. Bernal reported the Slave Trade Treaties 
Treaties Bill. Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday 

next. 
Soup Duties Mr. Fox Maule reported the Soap Duties Regu- 


Regulation Bill, Jation Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 











A, 1839; 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday 
next. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Highways and 
procuring Returns relative to the Highways and Tampike-roads 
urnpike-roads in England and Wales, was, ac- ~°™™s Bill 

cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal,do, carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships, 


The Order of the day being read, for the third » sped 
reading of the Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) Bill ; Bill, acata 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sle of Spirits 
into a Committee upon the Sale of Spirits (Ireland) “*°"4) Bill 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to the Order made this day, i 
again resolved itself into a Committee upon the py" 
Metropolitan Police Courts Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cravsz, N° 26, Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the f Mr. Fox Maule, 36 
Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart: } : 
Tellers for the} Mr. Thomas Wood, 14 
Noes, Sir Thomas Fremantle « } ; 


Cause, N° 27, agreed to. 

Cravuses, N* 28, N° 29 and N° 30, amended, 
and agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 31, agreed to. 

Ciauses, N°32 to N°36,amended, and agreed to. 


Cravuse, N° 37, (Power to lessen the share of 
Informers) read. 


Question put, That the Clause stand part of 
the Bill; 


The Committee divided : 





Tellers for the f Mr. Solicitor General, 39 
Yeas, Mr. Robert Gorden: } es 
Tellers for the f Mr. Kemble, 
Noes, Mr. Hodgson: } on 


Crause, N° 38, agreed to. 


CravuseE, N° 39, (Power to give certificate as to 
probability of charge) read. 
Question, That the Clause stand part of the Bill 
put, and Negatived. 
Crause, N° 40, agreed to. 
Crausg, N° 41, (Prisoners may be tried on In- 
dictment by a Magistrate) read. 
Question, That the Clause stand part of the Bill 
put, and Negatived. 
CrausE, N° 42, amended, and agreed to. Pp 


CriausE, N° 43, (Power to order compensation 
for wilful damage by tenants) read. 

An Amendment made. 

Question, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill put, and agreed to. 


Crauses, N° 44 and N° 45, amended, and 




















agreed to. 
Crause, N° 46, (No other Justice shall take fees 
within the police district)——read. 


Amendment proposed: To leave out from the 
word “ that” in 1. 36, to the word “ but,” in p. 17, 











3 VicroRiz. 


1. 3, and insert the words. “ that no Justice of the | 


31° Julit.—1° Augusti. 501 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


“ Peace within the Metropolitan Police District, or Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
“ his clerk, or any person on his behalf, elsewhere | of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


“ than at the Public Offices to be appointed under 
*‘ this Act, shall directly or indirectly, upon any pre- 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Rogue Money 


“tence whatever, take or receive any fee, reward, | amend the mode of assessing the Rogue Money in Assessment 


““ gratuity or recompense, for any act by him or them 


Scotland, and to extend the purposes of such Assess- 


(Scotland) Bill. 


“ done in the execution of his or their office or em-| ment: And that the Lord Advocate, Mr. For 


“« ploy as Justice of the Peace, or clerk, as aforesaid, 


Maule and Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and 


‘‘ within the limits of the Metropolitan Police Dis- bring it in. 


“ trict, upon pain of forfeiting the sum of One hun- 
“ dred pounds for every such offence, one moiety 


with the full costs of suit, to the person who shall 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Factories. 


thereof to the said receiver, to be applied to the) command,—A Copy of the Reports of the Inspectors 
purposes of this Act, and the other moiety thereof, | of Factories to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of 


State for the Home Department, for the half year 


“ sue for the same in any of Her Majesty’s Courts | ending 30th June 1839. 


“ of Record at Westminster.” 
Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause ; 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Question, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill put, and Negatived. 
Crause, N° 47, agreed to. ‘ 


Crauses, N° 48 and N° 49, amended, and 
agreed to. 

Cravsess, N° 50 and N° 51, agreed to. 

Cxiause, N° 52, amended, and agreed to. 

Criause, N° 53, agreed to. 

Crausr, N° 54, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 55 and‘ N° 56, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 57. and, N° 58, amended, and 
agreed to. 

Ciausg, N° 59, agreed to, 

Crause, (Act to be construed with former Act, 
and Metropolis Police Act)——brought up, read 1°, 
2°; and added. 

Curause, (To limit proceedings so as not to inter- 
fere with Stamps, Excise, Customs, &amp;c.) brought 

. up, read 1°, 2°; and added. 

Crause offered, (Giving Treasury compensation 
to certain Justices’ clerks); but no such Instruction 
having been given to the Committee, the Clause | 
was not brought up. 

Craust, (Justices’ clerks to be entitled to fees 
until Police Court established ; and if appointed to | 

















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| 


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


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to amend the Rogue Money 
mode of assessing the Rogue Money in Scotland, Ass™e"\ 
and to extend the Purposes of such Assessment: ue +a 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered N° 477 
to be read a second time upon Monday next ; and 
to be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns rela- Debtors. 


tive to Debtors, which were presented upon Monday No. 478. 
last, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 

_ till half an hour after twelve of the clock 

rs Thursday morning, adjourned till this 
ay. 








Jovis, 1° die Augusti ; 
Anno 3° Victoria Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Moore, fromthe Office of the Poor Law Bath Union 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the Workhouse. 
bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A Copy of the 
Proceedings in the investigation into the conduct of 
the Master of the Bath Union Workhouse, held 
before the Assistant Commissioner, Mr. Adey, in 
the course of the Spring, 1839, together with the 


chief clerkship of Police Courts to give up claim | decision of the Board of Guardians and Poor 





to compensation) 
and added. 
Cravse offered, (A Magistrate to be at the office 
during the night), and, by leave, withdrawn. 
Schedule (A.) agreed to; .(B.) and (C.) amended, 
and agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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


Jovis, 1° die Augusti, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be receiyed To-morrow. 


Pablic Records. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of a Letter dated the 7th day of January 
1839, addressed by the Master of the Rolls to the 
Secretary of State tor the Home Department, re- 
specting the custody of the Public Records :—Of 
a Letter, dated the 10th day of June 1839, ad- 
dressed by Sir Francis Palgrave to the Master of 


brought up, and read 1°, 2°; | Law Commissioners thereon :—And then he with- 


drew. 


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


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Manchester and 
Manchester and Birmingham Extension (Stone and ee 
Rugby) Railway Bill to make their Report be snail 
| further enlarged till Monday the 12th day of this Rugby) Rail- 
| instant August. way Bill. 


| A Petition of the Midland Counties Railway 
Company, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the said Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel. heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 





An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy Halifax, Hud 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Parishes of {¢isield, and 
| Halifax, Bradford, Keighley, Bingley, Guiseley, Debts (Ne. 2.) 
| Calverley, Batley, Birstal, Mirfield, Hartishead- Bit. 
_cum-Clifton, Almondbury, Kirkheaton, Kirkburton 
and Huddersfield, and the Lordship or Liberty of 


Tong, in the County of York, was read the third 





the Rolls, and by him transmitted to the Lords of! time. 


the Treasury :—And, of the Treasury Minute of the 
sth day of April 1839, on the subject of the above 
Letters. 

Vou. 94, 


Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill, be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 





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Russeli’s 
Estate Bill. 


Small Debts, 


Postage. 


Birmingham 
Riots. 


Tithe Com- 
mutation Acts 
Amendment 


Bi!l. 


Copyholds’ 
Entranchise- 
ment Bill. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Timber Ships 
Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Highways 


(No, 2.) Bill. 


502 


The House being informed by a Member, that the 
Committee on Russeil’s Estate Bill was appointed to 
meet this day, but five Members not being present, 
the Committee were unable to proceed with the Bill; 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, this day, during the sitting of the 
House ; and that Three be a Quorum. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Chepping Wy- 
combe, praying ‘the House to adopt measures to 
facilitate the recovery of Small Debts by a sum- 
mary process, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Treasurer and Secretaries of 
the Congregational Union of England and Wales, 
praying for the adoption of a low and uniform rate 
of Postage, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Paper Manufacturers of High Wy- 
comb, praying the House not to sanction any mea- 
sure regarding: Postage, requiring the use of stamped 
letter paper or envelopes, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Watson, and other Members 
of the Saint Luke’s Charter Association, meeting 
at the Hall of Science, Commercial-place, City Road, 
complaining of the employment of the London 
Police Force at the late Riots in Birmingham, and 
of the proceedings on the part of the authorities, 
and praying for inquiry, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Maidstone;—Gillingham ;— Dart- 
fordand Sevenoaks ;—and, Hoo ; praying that the 
Tithe Commutation Acts Amendment Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Marden ;—and, Goudhurst ; pray- 
ing that the said Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Fletcher, late of the Lower- 
street, Islington, complaining of certain proceedings 
relative to a copyhold estate at Islington, of which 
he is heir in immediate reversion, and praying the 
House to adopt measures to meet the circumstances 
of his case, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Petty, praying the 
House to adopt measures for relieving the religious 
destitution which prevails in Scotland, by extending 
the efficiency of the Established Church, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to prevent for a limited time Ships 
clearing out from a British North American Port 
loading any part of their Cargo of Timber upon 
Deck ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1. 25. Leave out “ after,’ and insert 
“« between,” and in the same line leave out “ time,” 
and insert ‘ days.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. George Palmer do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 


House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 
and Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to 
amend an Act of the fifth and sixth years of the reign 


1° Auguste. 




















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A. 1839. 


of his late Majesty King William the Fourth re- 
lating to Highways, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Bankrupty 
Act for regulating the Sequestration of the Estates Estates 
of Bankrupts in Scotland, with Amendments ; to S*t!#4) Bill 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence Bank 
of this House: And also, _ 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Imprisonment 
Act to amend an Act passed in the last Session of rs Debt Act 
Parliament, intituled, An Act for abolishing Arrest 3," 
on Mesne Process in Civil Actions, except in cer- 
tain cases, for extending the Remedies of Creditors 
against the Property of Debtors, and for amending 
the Laws for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in 
England, in as far as the said Act respects the in- 
sertion of Advertisements in Newspapers, with an 
Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Nottingham 
Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Smal] and Mansfield 
Debts within the Town and County of the Town es 
of Nottingham, and other Places therein mentioned,» ~~ ~~ 
in the Counties of Nottingham and Derby, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Printed Papers, 
consideration the Petition of James Hansard, Luke 
Graves Hansard and Luke James Hansard, Printers 
to the House, stating that notice of an Action for 
Libel, in reference to certain matters contained in 
a Report on the State of New Zealand, communi- 
cated from the House of Lords, and printed by 
Order of this House in the year 1838, has been 
served upon them ; and praying for the Instructions 
of the House:—The House proceeded to take the 
said Petition into consideration :—And the same was 
again read. 


The House was moved, That the Entries in the 
Journal of this House, of the Resolutions of the 
House of the 30th day of May 1837, relative to 
the publication of Printed Papers, might be read ; 
and the same were read, as follow : 

“ 1. Resolved, That the power of publishing 
such of its Reports, Votes and Proceedings as it 
shall deem necessary or conducive to the public 
interests, is an essential incident to the constitutional 
functions of Parliament, more especially of this 
House, as the representative portion of it. 

“ 2. Resolved, That by the law and privilege of 
Parliament, this House has the sole and exclusive 
jurisdiction to determine upon the existence and 
extent of its privileges, and that the institution or 
prosecution of any action, suit or other proceeding, 
for the purpose of bringing them into discussion or 
decision before any court or tribunal elsewhere than 
in Parliament, is a high breach. of such privilege, 
and renders all parties concerned therein amenable 
to its just displeasure, and to the punishment con- 
sequent thereon.” 

- Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That Messrs. Hansard, in printing and publish- 
ing a Report and Minutes of Evidence on the pre- 
sent State of the Islands of New Zealand, commu- 
nicated by the House of Lords to this House on 
the 7th of August 1838, acted under the Orders of 
this House ; and that to bring or assist in bringing 
any action against them for such publication, would 
be a breach of the Privileges of this House ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Fox Maule, x 

Yeas, \ Mr. Baring : J 390. 

Tellers for the { Sir Robert Harry Inglis, } 4 

Noes, { Lord Eliot: ' 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Resolred, 











3 Vicroriz. 


Resolved, ‘That Messrs. Hansard be directed not 
to answer the letter of Charles Shaw, mentioned in 
their Petition, and not to take any step towards 
defending the Action with which they are threatened 
in the said letter. 


Mr. Baring reported from the Committee, to 
whom it was referred to consider the several Acts 
relating to the Bank of Ireland, several Resolutions : 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Report be now read ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Mr. Robert Steuart, 


Tellers for the Yeas, ep aa ae eat 61. 
Mr. O’ Connell, 
Tellers for the Noes, Per sca \ 20. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The said Resolutions were accordingly read, as 
follow : 

1 Resolved, That itis expedient to continue, for a 
limited period, to the Governor and Company of the 
Bank of Jreland, certain of the privileges now vested 
by law in that Corporation, subject to such condi- 
tions as may be provided, by an Act to be passed 
for the purpose in the present Session of Parliament. 

2. Resolved, That the Governor and Company of 
the Bank of Jreland shall be entitled for all Ex- 
chequer Bills—(being Bills issued in pursuance of 
two Acts for the relief of the owners of Tithes, and 
for abolishing Compositions for Tithes in Jreland, 
and not exceeding in the whole £.900,000),—which 
shall be delivered up by them to be cancelled, to 
receive for the same and for the interest due thereon, 
such an amount of Three pounds per Centum Con- 
solidated or Reduced Annuities, as the said Ex- 
chequer Bills and Interest would have purchased 
if the same had been applied in the purchase of 
such Annuities estimated at the quarterly average 
price at which the said Annuities might have been 
purchased in the quarter in which the said Exche- 
quer Bills shall be delivered up to be cancelled. 


1°—-2° Auguste. 


“ 
“ 





“ 





503 
after the present Parliament, shall, during his 
“ being elected or sitting asa Member of the House 
“ of Commons.” 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hume, y . 
51. 

Tellers for the J Mr. Fox Maule, 71 
Noes, Sir Charles Adam: 

Crausz, N° 2, (Repeal of Act 50 Geo. 3, c. 118, 

Registrar to be paid by Salary) read. 

Provided always, That in time of war or other 

extraordinary circumstances, causing a great in- 

the Court, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, on 
the recommendation of the Judge of the High 
lary of the said Registrar be increased to such 
sum, not exceeding Two thousand pounds, as Her 
creased salary shall thenceforward continue to 
be paid to the said Registrar, instead of his sa- 
provisions respecting the same, until Her Majesty 
shall be pleased to direct that such increased sa- 

Question put, That the words proposed tobe left 

out, stand part of the Clause ; 

Tellers for the f Mr. Charles Wood, } "5 
Yeas, Mr. Solicitor General : . 
Noes, \ Mr. Hume: 

Crause, N° 2, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 5, (Retiring Pension to Judge) 

read. 

Motion made, aud Question put, That the Clause, 

as amended, stand part of the Bill; 





The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That a Bill be brought in upon the said Resolutions ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Nees to the new Lobby. 
Mr. Baring, 
Mr. Charles Wood : 
Mr. O’ Connell, 
Mr. Gisborne : 


68. 


116, 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ 


Tellers for the Noes, 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 
Mr. Baring, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and 


Mr. Poulett Thomson do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee upon the Admiralty Court Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cxaussz, N° 1, (Judge to be paid by Salary) 
read. 

Amendment proposed : To fill the blank 1. 13 
with “ Four thousand pounds.” 


Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with “‘ Three 


“ thousand pounds.” 


Question put, That the blank be filled with “ Four 


thousand pounds ;” 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Charles Wood, 
Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : j 
Tellers for the f Mr. William Williams, } 
Noes, Mr. Wallace: 





\ 80. 


35. 


Amendment proposed : At the end of the Clause, 








continuance in office as Judge, be incapable of 
Question put, That the Proviso be there added ; 
Yeas, Mr. William Williams: 
} 61. 

Crause, N° 1, as amended, agreed to. 

Amendment proposed: To leave out the words, 
crease of business in the office of Registrar of 
Court of Admiralty, to direct that the yearly sa- 
Majesty, shall be pleased to direct, and such in- 
lary as fixed by this Act, and subject to all the 
lary be again reduced.” 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Mr. William Williams, } 5. 
Crausss, N° 3 and N° 4, agreed to. 

An Amendment made. 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the ¢ Sir Charles Adam, Les 
Yeas, Mr. Baring: | Pees 
Tellers for the { Mr. William Williams, \ , 
Noes, Mr. Hector : | Psy 


Cuiauses, N° 6 to N° 12, agreed to. 
CriavuseE, (To prevent assignment of Salvage mo- 
ney) brought up, read 1°; 2°, and added. 


Criavusg, (That the degree of Doctor of Laws 
ranted by the University of London shall qualif 
for admission to practise as an Advocate in the Hig 
Court of Admiralty, in the same manner as the de- 
rees of Doctor of Laws granted by the Universities 
of Oxford and Cambridge do qualify, and the per- 
sons having taken such degrees may, upon applica- 
tion to the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, be 
admitted to practise)——brought up, and read 1°; 2°: 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be added to the Bill ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hume, 
oe \ Mr. Yates : 
Tellers for the { Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 


Noes, \ Colonel Perceval : 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





67. 


}none. 





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


Veneris, 2° die Augusti, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 





to add “ Provided always, That any such Judge, 


Vo, 94. 





354 The 





——— 


Birmingham 
Police Bill, 


Tithe Com- 
mutation Acts 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Stage Carriages 


Bill. 


Bastardy Bill. 


Spirit Licenses 
(ireland) Bill, 


Highway Rates 
Bill. 


Assaults 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Commission 
Continuance 


Bill, 


Sheep Stealing 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Dublin Police 
Bill. 


Constabulary 


Force (Ireland) 


Bill. 


Sale of Spirits 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Canada, 


No. 479. 


Metropolitan 
Sewers Bill. 


No. 480. 


504 1°—9° Augusti. A. 1839. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Birmingham Police Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
tself into the said Committee. 


The Tithe Commutation Acts Amendment Bill, 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Thursday next. ; 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Stage Carriages Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bastardy Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Spirit Licenses (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The ingrossed Bill to authorize the application of 
a portion of the Highway Rates to Turnpike-roads, 
in certain cases, was, according to Order, read the 
third time; and an Amendment was made to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to authorize for One year, and from 
thence to the end of the then next Session of Par- 
liament, the application of a Portion of the High- 
way Rates to Turnpike-roads, in certain cases. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Burrell do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland, by Order, re- 
ported the Assaults (Jreland) Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Commission Continuance 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland, by Order, re- 
ported the Sheep Stealing (Ireland) Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be | 


ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Dublin 
Police Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Constabulary Force Jreland Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Sale of Spirits (Jre/and) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be received this day. 


Mr.\Baring presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—An Estimate of the Amount that will pro- 
bably be required to defray the Expenses of the 
Service in the Canadas, consequent upon the Insur- 
rection in those Provinces. 

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


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill for the better regula- 
tion of Metropolitan Sewers : And the same was 


read the first time; and ordered to be read asecond | 


time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon Metropolis 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to Tmprovements 
consider of authorizing the Commissioners of Her Money - 
Majesty’s Treasury to issue out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, certain sums to be borrowed on the secu- 
rity of the Coal Duties and other Funds provided 
for the rebuilding Zondon Bridge, and making the 
Approaches thereunto, such sums being applied for 
the purpose of making additional thoroughfares in 
the Metropolis ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Mr. Freshfield reported from the Committee on Russell's 
the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable Estate Bill, 
William Russell, Esquire, to grant Leases of Coal 
Mines under the Lands within the Manor or Lord- 
ship of Brancepeth, and other Lands, in the County 
of Duriam, devised by or subject to the Uses and 
Trusts of the Will and Codicil of William Russell, 
Esquire, deceased, and the Will and Codicil of 
Matthew Russell, Esquire, deceased ; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction 
of the Committee, and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment :—And the Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Justices of Justices of the 
the Peace, which were presented upon the 14th day Peace. 
of June last, and 19th day of July last, be printed. No. 481. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Post Office Post Office 
Steam Packets, which was presented upon Tues- Steam Packets. 
day last, be printed. No. 482. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Poor Law Poor Law 
Amendment Act, which was presented upon Wednes- — 
day last, be printed. ct. 


¢ _ . No. 483. 
And then the House having continued to sit till 


a quarter of an hour after two of the clock 
on Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 














Veneris, 2° die August? ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


iM R. Mudge, from the Office of Woods and London and 
sented, pursuant to the directions of several Acts of one 
Parliament,—The Sixteenth Report of the Com- 
missioners for the Improvement of the Road from 
London to Holyhead, and from London to Liverpool. 

Mr. Mudge also presented,—Return to an Ad- Jscoed Manor. 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of July 
‘last, for a Copy of the Certificate of the Convey- 
ance from the Crown, to James Watt, Esquire, of 
the Manor of Jscoed, in the County of Radnor, 
and of all Schedules and other Documents annexed 
thereto or grounded thereon, with the Dates or 
Periods at which such Certificates, Schedules and 
Documents were respectively made; also, for a 
Copy or Return of all the Surveys and Valuations 
of the said Manor made on behalf of the Crown, 
previous or subsequent to the Sale thereof:—And . 
then he withdrew. 

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











Mr. 


Forests, was called in; and at the bar pre- Holyhead, &amp;c.. 





Army | 
Money 


Halifa 
dersfie 
Bradf 
Debts 
Bill. 


Soap 
Regu 
Bill. 


Post 


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Army Prize Mr. Moorhead, from the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 
somey- was called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,-- An Ac- 
count of Unclaimed Army Prize Money (formerly 
made by the Deputy Treasurer of the Royal Hos- 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Yeovil, praying the 
House not to sanction any measure for establishing 
a Rural Police, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 





pital at Chelsea) from the 18th January 1809 to the 
31st December 1838 :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, Thatthe said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


Halifax, Hud- = The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
dersfeld; ent’, the adjourned Proceeding upon the third reading 
Debts (Ne. 2.) of the ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy 
Bill. Recovery of Small Debts within the Parishes 
of ae, Bradford, Keighley, Bingley, Guiseley, 
Calverley, Batley, Birstal, Mirfield, Hartishead- 
cum-Clifton, Almondbury, Kirkheaton, Kirkburton 
and Huddersfield, and the Lordship or Liberty of 
Tong, in the County of York :—The House resumed 
the said adjourned Proceeding; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Charles Wood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Soap Duties A Petition of Soap Manufacturers of Kingston- 

Regulation = ynon-Hull, praying that the Soap Duties Regula- 

_ tion Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to he upon the Table. 


Postage. A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council 
of the royal burgh of Queensferry, praying that the 
proposed plan relative to Postage may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 

Maynooth A Petition of Inhabitants of West Kilbride, pray- 

College. ing the House not to sanction any further grant 
of public money to the Roman Catholic College of 
Maynooth, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Education. Petitions from Edinburgh ;— Dowlish Wake;— 


and, Bishops Stortford; praying the House not to 
sanction the proposed scheme of National Education 
recently laid before Parliament, as approved by the 
Committee of Privy Council,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord’s Day. Petitions from Bishops Stortford;—and, Honley; | 


praying the House to adopt measures for securing 
the better observance of the Lord’s Day,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Church A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens and 
(Canada, fee.) other Inhabitants of Worfield, praying the House 
“to continue their protection and encouragement to 
the Bishops and Clergy in Canada and the other 
British Colonies, and make provision for increasing 
their number, was presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


Excise Licenses A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee of 
oon of Spirits) the Licensed Victuallers’ Protection Society, pray- 
j ing that the Excise Licenses (Sale of Spirits) Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law A Petition of Inhabitants of Yeovil, praying for the 
Amendment repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act, was pre- 


sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Governors, Directors and Overseers 
of the parish of Saint Andrew, Holborn and Saint 
George-the-Martyr, Middlesex, complaining of the 
treatment of female paupers in the workhouse of the 
Holborn Union ; and praying the House while legis- 
lating to continue the Poor Law Commission, to in- 
serta Clause to compel the Commissioners and Guar- 
dians to discontinue the said treatment towards the 
aged and infirm female Poor, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vor. 94. 


the spiritual destitution of the Church of England 
and Wales, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Dowlish Wake, in 
the county of Somerset, praying the House to adopt 
measures for extending Church accommodation 
wherever it may be wanted in England, without re- 
ference to places of worship dissenting from the 
Church, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


tion in Jreland may notbe persisted in, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


ment Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill 





Recovery of Small Debts within the Town and 
County of the Town of Nottingham, and other 
Places therein mentioned, in the Counties of Wot- 
tingham and Derby; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 1. 1. 22. Leave out “ East Bridgford.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 24. Leave out “ Eakring.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 15. Leave out “ Pleasley.” 

Pr. 7. 1.19. After “aforesaid” insert “provided 
also, that notice of the time and place for making 
every such appointment, either in general or petty 
sessions, shall be published in one of the news- 
papers usually circulated in the said county of 
Nottingham Ten days at least previous to the 
holding of any such meeting.” 

Pr. 8. 1.14. After “‘ always” insert “ that no- 
tice of the time and place fcr making every such 
appointment shall in like manner be published in 
one of the newspapers usually circulated in the 
said county of Nottingham Ten days at least 
before the holding of any such meeting, and.” 

Pr. 60. 1.35. After “ Act” insert “ the words 
‘Justices of the Peace of the town and county 
of the town of Nottingham,’ shall comprise and 
include the Justices of the Peace of the county of 
Nottingham, who by virtue of an Act passed in 
the Forty-third year of the reign of his Majesty 
King George the Third, intituled, ‘ An Act for 
the more effectually preserving the Peace, and 
securing the Freedom of Election in the Town of 
Nottingham, and County of the said Town,’ are 
authorized and empowered to act as Justices of 
the Peace in and for the said town and county of 
the town of Nottingham, as well as in and for the 
said county of Nottingham, and that.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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Northern Colonies in the years 1836, 1837 and 1838, 
for the several Ports of the United Kingdom; show- 
ing the Names, Tonnage, Number of Men, when 
and where built, Length, Breadth and Depth, and 
the Port at which arrived. 


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Rural Police. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of London and its vici- Church of 
nity, praying the House to take into consideration Ps!snd. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Mayo, Education 
praying that the present system of National Educa- (Ireland. j 


Petitions from Northiam;—and, Hawkhurst; tithe Com- 
praying that the Tithe Commutation Acts Amend- mutation Acts 


Amendment 


Nottingham 
and Mansfield 


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Vessels 


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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Salary, Establishment and all 
Contingent Charges of the Land Commissioner ap- 
pointed by the Governor General of India for Prince 
of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca, from the 
time of his appointment until the discontinuance of 
his Office, in so far as the same can be complied 
with; and showing the total extent of Land, in Acres, 
Orlongs or other denomination of Land Measure, 
with the Annual Value thereof, let to lease in the 
several Settlements of Prince of Wales Island, Sin- 
gapore and Malacca, respectively, under the Instruc- 
tions given to the Land Commissioner, in so far as 
the same can be complied with. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for regulating the Sequestration of 
the Estates of Bankrupts in Scotland; and the 
same were read, as follow: 


Pr. 1. 1.22. After “ Act” insert “ and the said 
recited Act, so far as not altered or repealed, shall 
for such purpose, and in all other respects except 
applying for, awarding, proceeding with and bring- 
ing to a conclusion sequestrations as hereinafter 
provided for, and in as far as not at variance or 
mconsistent with this Act, remain and continue 
in force.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 24. Leave out from “ effect” to “all,” 
in ]. 27. and insert “ from and after the end of the 
“ present Session of Parliament, and thereafter.” 


Pr. 3. 1. 35, Leave out from “ intended” to 
“ And,” in Pr. 4. 1. 13. 


Pr. 4. 1.35. Leave out from “ sanctuary” to 
or,” in 1. 36. and insert “ for Sixty days (either 
continuously or not) within the space of Twelve 
months immediately preceding his death.” 


Pr. 5. 1.29. After “ sequestrated” insert “ with 
“ the consent of such debtor, provided that he debtor 
shall petition for sequestration with the concurrence 
of one or more creditors qualified as hereinafter 
mentioned, and if the Petition is not signed by 
such debtor, a mandate by him, authorizing such 
Petition, shall be therewith produced, or.” 

Pr. 6. 1.4. Leave out from “ debtor” to “ as,” 
in I. 5. 

Pr. 6. 1. 24. After “ sequestrated” insert “ with 
the consent of such Company, provided that the 
Company shall petition for sequestration with the 
concurrence of One or more creditors qualified as 
hereinafter mentioned ; and if the Petition is not 
signed by such Company, a mandate, signed by 
such Company, or those entitled to act for it, 
authorizing such Petition, shall be therewith pro- 
duced, or.” 

Pr. 6. l. ult. Leave out from “ directed” to 
“ And,” in Pr. 7. 1. 18. and insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
“ debtor subject to the laws of Scotland, and 
“ falling within any of the said descriptions, and 
not within any of the said exceptions, shall retire 
to the sanctuary, and remain therein for Sixty 
days (either continuously or not) within the space 
of Twelve months, the estate of such debtor, 
although he be not notour bankrupt, may be se- 
questrated, without the consent of such debtor, 
orovided a Petition be presented by one or more 
creditors, as hereinafter directed.” 


Pr. 10, 1. 35. Leave out “ or agent,” and, in 
the same line, leave out from “ the” to “ division,” 
in 1. 37. 

Pr. 10. 1. penult. After “ appropriated ” insert 
‘“* may be murked thereon.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 23. After “ Scotland” insert “ and 
“* was notour bankrupt, or had retired to, and re- 
“ mained in sanctuary, as hereinbefore mentioned.” 

Pr.18. 1.18. Leave out from “ debtor” to 
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Pr. 31. 1. 36. After “ security” insert “ at the 
expense of the estate.” 

Pr. 73. 34. Leave out “ proceed ” and insert 
“ proceeds,” 


Pr. 97. 1.24. Leave out “ thereof” and insert 
of the said deliverance.” ; 
Pr. 111. 1. 2. Leave out “ be” and insert 
“ they.” 
_ Pr. 113. 1. 26. Leave out ‘ sequestration” and 
insert “ sequestrations.” 
Pr 116. 1. 23. Leave out “clerk” and msert 
“ clerks.” 
In Schedule (A.) to the Bill: 
Pr. 120. 1. 3. Leave out “ referred to in sec- 
“ tion 20.” 
Inthe 9th column: Leave out “ factor,” and in- 
sert “ factors.” 


; Inthe 14th column: Leave out “ in that” and 
insert “ without.” 


In the last column: Before “ trustees” insert 
“ date of.” 


In Schedule (B.) to the Bill: 


Pr. 121. 1. 4. Leave out “ referred to in sec- 
“ tion 21.” 


, Pr. 121. ls. 11 and 12. Leave out “ referred to 
in section 21.” 


Pr. 121. 1, 20. Leave out “ referred to in sec- 
“ tion 89.” 


In Schedule (C.) to the Bill: 
Pr. 122. ls. 2. and 3. Leave out “ referred to in 
section 21.” 
In Schedule (D.) to the Bill: 
Pr. 123. Is. 2. and 3. Leave out “ referred to in 
section 49.” 
In Schedule (E.) to the Bill: 
Pr. 124. 1.10. Leave out “ referred to in sec- 
“ tion 50.” 
In Schedule (F.) to the Bill: 
Pr. 124, l. 27. Leave out “ referred to in sec- 
tion 50.” 
In Schedule (G.) to the Bill: 


Pr. 125. 1. 25. Leave out “ referred to in sec- 
“ tion 61.” 


Pr. 126. 1. 9. Leave out “ referred to in sec- 
“ tion 61.” 


Pr. 126. 1. 18. Leave out “ referred to in sec- 
“ tion 89.” 
In Schedule (H.) to the Bill: 
Pr. 127. 1. 9. Leave out “ referred to in sec- 
“ tion 66.” 
In Schedule (I.) to the Bill : 
Pr. 128. 1. 1. Leave out “ referred to in sec- 
tion 134.” 
In Schedule (K.) to the Bill: 
Pr. 129. 1. 3. Leave out “ referred to in sec- 
* tion 140.” 
In Schedule (L.) to the Bill: 


Pr. 132. ls.4. and 5. Leave out “ referred to in 
“ section 143.” 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Lord Advocate do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


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and Mr. Brougham: 
Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to suspend, until the Militia Ballo's 
End of the next Session of Parliament, the making Suspession !'ll 


of Lists, and the Ballots and Enrolments for the 
Militia of the United Kingdom : 


A Bill, 








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Bury (Lan- A Bill, intituled, An Act for the more easy and 

caster) gel speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Town 

_" *” of Bury, and other Places therein mentioned, in the 
County of Lancaster : 

Rathkeale A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands 


Inclosure Bill within the Parishes of Rathkeale and Croagh, in 
the County of Limerick: Andalso, 


Sheriffs’ The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Exemption Bill. f» taking away the Exemption, except in certain 
cases, of Officers of the Militia to serve as Sheriffs, 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 


Patents for The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Inventions Bill. +4 amend an Act of the fifth and sixth years of the 
reign of King William the Fourth, intituled, “ An 
Act to amend the Law touching Letters Patent for 
Inventions ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 


The Lords request that this House will be pleased 

to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of a 
Report made from the Select Committee appointed 
by this House in the present Session of Parlia- 
ment, to inquire into Shipwrecks of Timber Ships 
and the Loss of Life attendant thereon, and to 
report whether any or what Means can be adopted 
to reduce the Amount thereof in future; together 
with the Minutes of Evidenee taken before the said 
Committee, and the Appendix and Index thereto: 
And also, 
Turnpike The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
_— to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of a 
Report made from the Select Committee appointed 
by this House in the present Session of Parliament, 
for the purpose of ascertaining how far the formation 
of Railroads may affect the interests of Turnpike 
Trusts, and the Creditors of such Trusts; together 
with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the said 
Committee, and the Appendix and Index thereto: 
—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the last parts of the said Message. 

Resolved, That this House will send to the Lords 
printed Copies of the said Reports, as desired by 
their Lordships. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith; and printed 
Copies of the said Reports were delivered to them, 
to be communicated to the Lords :—And then they 
again withdrew. 


Shipwrecks of 
Timber Ships. 


Supply ; A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
mittee of Supply, be now read ; 

NavyHalf-Pay. An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into 

the allegations contained in the Petition of Mr. 

Rowland Milner, preseuted the 1st day of March 

last, relative to Navy Half-pay,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


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Yeas, Sir Charles Adam: a 
Tellers for the he Edward Codrington, \ 16 
Noes, Mr. Bryan: 4.07 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day for the Com- 

Estimates, &amp;c, Mittee of Supply,be now read ; and the same being 

referred : read ; 

Ordnance. Ordered, That the Supplementary Estimate of 
the Oftice of Ordnance, for the year 1839-40, be 
referred to the Committee. 

Army, Ordered, That the Supplemental Estimate of 


the Charge which will probably be incurred, to the 
Vou. 94. 


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31st day of March 1840, for the Levy Money, Main- 
tenance, Clothing, &amp;c., of Men to be raised for the 
Service of Her Majesty, for the purpose of augmenting 
the several Regiments of Infantry of the Line em- 
ployed at Home and on Foreign Stations, exclusive 
of India, from 739 to 800 Rank and File each, be 
referred to the Committee. 


A Motion being made, That the Report which, Militia 
upon the 25th day of July last, was made from the Estimates. 
Select Committee appointed to prepare Estimates 

of the Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for a year, to the 31st day of 
March 1840, be referred to the Committee ; 

Lord Viscount Howick, by Her Majesty’s com- 
mand, acquainted the House, that Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 


Ordered, That the said Report be referred to the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Comparative Abstract of the Commissariat. 
Estimate of Sums required for the Pay, Allowances 
and Contingent Expenses of the Commissariat 
Department at Home and Abroad, and for Land 
and Inland Water Transport, Freight of Specie and 
Miscellaneous Purchases, provided by the Commis- 
sariat Abroad, for the year ending the 31st March 
1840; with a Statement of the Amount required for 
similar Services in the year ending the 31st March 
1839; and the Estimate of Sums required for the 
Half Pay of Commissariat Officers, and for Retired 
Full Pay, Compensation and Superannuation Allow- 
ances; also for the Pensions of Widows of Com- 
missariat Officers, and Compassionate Allowances 
to their Children, for One year from the 1st April 
1839 to the 31st March 1840, be referred to the 
Committee. . 
Ordered, That the Estimate of the amount that Canada. 
will probably be required to defray the Expenses 
of the Service in the Canadas, consequent upon the 
Insurrection in those Provinces, be referred to' the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the several Estimates for Charitable Charitable 
Institutions and Miscellaneous Services in Ireland, Institutions and 


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be referred to the Committee. — 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being _—— 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Representation 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 2n4 Taxation. 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ while this House agrees to take into consideration 
“ the proposal of an increase of the Military Force 
“ of the country, it is of opinion that it is proper 
“ to accompany it with the following declaration : 

—That it appears from Petitions which have been 
presented to this House in the present Session, 





that great dissatisfaction prevails among large 
masses Gf the people, by reason of their inade- 
quate representation in the Commons House of 
Parliament; to which, and to the other defects 
they find in our representative system, they at- 
tribute the other grievance of which they prin- 
cipally complain, Taxation, pressing partially on 
the manufacturing and working classes, and 
thereby producing privations and sufferings to a 
great extent :—That it is incumbent on this House 
to apply itself, with the utmost seriousness, and 
with the least possible delay, to removing the 
foregoing causes of dissatisfaction on the part of 
the people; and this House is of opinion, that 
such course is the best calculated to preserve the 
public peace,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
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Bill, that they have Power te make provision therein, 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray to the 31st day of March 1840, the 
Charge for the Levy Money, Maintenance, Clothing, 
&amp;c., of Men, to be raised for the Service of Her 
Majesty, for augmenting the Regiments of Infantry 
of the Line employed at Home and on Foreign 
Stations (exclusive of India). , 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray to the 31st day of March 1840, Law Ex- 
penses, Grants to Scotch Universities, and other 
charges formerly defrayed from the Hereditary Re- 
venues, and not provided for in Her Majesty’s Civil 
List, nor out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


Sabbati, 3° die Augusti, 1839: 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Birmingham Police Bill ; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Bill be withdrawn ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, f = Fox Maule, 1 80. 

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Mr. Hume, 1 14 
Mr. Warburton: J ~~ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill for improving 
the Police in Birmingham ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Fox Maule, \ a7 

Yeas, \ Mr. Robert Steuart : ( Mode 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hume, Ls 

Noes, \UMr. Thomas Duncombe: f ” 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative: And that 
Lord John Russell, Mr. Poulett Thomson and Mr. 
Fox Maule do prepare, and bring it in. 

The House was moved, That the Resolution which, 
upon the 23d day of July last, was reported from 
the Committee to whom it was referred to consider 
of enabling the Lords Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury to advance a Sum of Money out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, for the purposes of 
establishing a Police at Birmingham, the same to 
be repaid out of the Borough Rate, and which 
Resolution, was then agreed to, might be read; and 
the same was read, as followeth : 

“ Resolved, That the Lords Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s ‘Treasury be authorized to direct the Sum 
of £.10,000 to be advanced out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, tor a Police Force in the Town of Bir- 
mingham, the same to be charged upon and repaid 
out of the rates to be levied in the said Town.” 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- 
men who are appointed to prepare, and bring in the 





A. 1839. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- Ecclesiastical 
tee on the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill ; — and — 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day three» ““°""** Bill. 
months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third New South 
reading of the New South Wales Bill; Wales Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Church Discipline Bill was, according to Church 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Discipline Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
12th day of this instant August. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to continue an Act of the last Slave Trade 
Session of Parliament for authorizing Her Majesty T*e#tes Bill. 
to carry into immediate execution, by Orders in 
Council, any Treaties for the Suppression of the 
Slave Trade, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue until six months after 
the commencement of the next Session of Parlia- 
ment, An Act of the last Session of Parliament, for 
authorizing Her Majesty to carry ito immediate 
execution by Orders in Council, any Treaties for the 
Suppression of the Slave Trade. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Soap Duties 
reading of the Soap Duties Regulation Bill ; Regulation Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Grand Jury 
reading of the Grand Jury Cess (Jreland) Bill ; — (Ireland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time” 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Metropolitan 
the Report on the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill i Cone 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- * 
day next. 


Mr. Charles Wood reported the Admiralty Court Admiralty 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. ©ou't Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bastardy Bill 
mittee on the Bastardy Bill: 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill for the better Prevention and Assauits __ 
Punishment of Assaults in Jreland was, according (Heland) Bill. 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the better Fosciinabiin and Pu- 
nishment of Assaults in Ireland, for Five years. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for the better Preservation of Sheep Stealing 
Sheep, and the more speedy Detection of Sheep (ireland) Bill 
Stealers, in Ireland, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 

Title be, An Act for the better Preservation of ~— 
an 











Dublin 
Bill. 


Const 
Force 
Bill. 








Dublin Police 
Bill. 


Constabulary 


Force (Ireland) 


Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Sale of Spirits 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Birmingham 


3 Victoriz. 9°_3°__5° dugustt. 509 


and the more speedy Detection of Sheep Stealers in 
Ireland, for Five years. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report ou the Dublin Police 
Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a Committee 
of the whole House :—And the House immediately 
resolved itself into the Committee; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, reported the 
Constabulary Force (Ireland) Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Regulating the Expense of the Conveyance of 
Prisoners) :—And the said Clause was brought up, 
and twice read with a blank; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House:—The House ac- 
cordingly resolved itself into the Committee; and 
and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Clause, and 
made an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported the Clause; and 
the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and the 
Clause was added to the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Empowering Inspectors to issue Warrants): 
—And the said Ciause was brought up, and twice 
read with a blank; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House :—The House accordingly re- 
solved itself into the Committee; and after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Clause, and made an Amendment 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported the Clause; and 
the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and the 
Clause was added to the Bill. 

Then other Clauses were added; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth reported the Sale of Spi- 
rits (Jrelund) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to; and a Clause was added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill for improving the 


pote (No. 2) Police in Birmingham: And the same was read the 


No. 484, 


Slave Trade 


(Portugal) Bill, 


first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That a Committee be aeons to in- 
spect the Journals of the House of Lords, with re- 
lation to any Proceedings upon the Slave Trade 
(Portugal) Bill, and to make Report thereof to the 
House :— And a Committee was appointed of Dr. 
Lushington, Mr. Hawes, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
Sir Thomas Acland, Sir George Grey, Mr. Vernon 
Smith, Lord Elliot, Lord Ashley and Mr. Villiers. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 
Vox. 94. 





























Mr. Baring presented a Bill to continue to the Bank of 
Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland !eland Bill. 
certain of the Privileges now enjoyed by that Cor- No. 485. 
poration, subject to certain conditions: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Thursday next ; and to be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Report and Evi- State of 
dence taken before the Select Committee of the 'la"* 
House of Lords on the State of Zreland, which was No. 486. 
communicated from the Lords upon Tuesday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Warwick Gaol. 
to Warwick Gaol, which was presented upon Wed- No. 487. 
nesday last, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before three of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 








Luna, 5° die Augusti ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Coode, from the Poor Law Commissioners, Poor Rates. 

was called in; and at the bar presented, pur- 
suant to Orders,— A List of all the Parishes and 
Unions to which Orders for the appointment of paid 
Officers to collect Poor Rates have been issued by 
the Poor Law Commissioners, with a statement of 
the Amount or manner of Remuneration in each 
case :-—A Specimen Copy of each variety of Order 
for such Officers which ch been issued by the Poor 
Law Commissioners:—A Copy of the Circular of 
the Poor Law Commissioners to the Boards of 
Guardians, dated the 31st day of May 1839, re- 
specting the said Orders:—And, Copies of Answers 
of the Boards of Guardians to the said Circular. 

A Copy of Correspondence between the Poor Lambeth 
Law Commissioners and the Board of Guardians of Paris. 
the Parish of Lambeth for the years 1838 and 1839, 
in reference to the dismissal of the Clerk of the 
Board and the Schoolmaster of the House of In- 
dustry at Norwood, in the same Parish:—And then 
he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


The ingrossed Bill to continue and amend an Act New South 
of the ninth year of King George the Fourth, to Wales Bill. 
provide for the Administration of Justice in ew 
South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, and for the 
more effectual Government thereof, and for other 
Purposes relating thereto, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, Tnat the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend an Act of the ninth year 


‘of King George the Fourth, to provide for the Ad- 
;ministration of Justice in New South Wales and 


Van Diemen’s Land, and for the more effectual Go- 
vernment thereof, and for other Purposes relating 
thereto, and to continue the same until the thirty- 
first day of December One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty, and thenceforward to the end of the then 
next Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Fox Maule reported the Metropolitan Police Metropolitan 
Courts Bill; and the Amendments, as far as the Police Courts 
Forty-sixth Clause, were read, and agreed to. oe 

The next Amendment, which was, to leave out 
the Forty-sixth Clause, being read a second time ; 

373 And 


see 


Sa 


aE SS as SER 





pea aes 





Lord’s Day. 


Church 
Patronage 


(Scotland.) 


Metropolis 
Improvements 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Faducation 


(Ireland. ) 


Sheriffs, &amp;c., 
(Scot!and.) 


510 5° August. A. 1839. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House doth agree with the Committee 
in the said Amendment:—It passed in the Negative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time; were agreed to:—And Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in the Forty-third Clause. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed in respect 
to the said Amendment. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Edward 
John Stanley reported, That the Committee had 
made another Amendment to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Edward John Stanley reported the Bill ac- 
cordingly; and the Amendment was read, and 
agreed to. 

Then several other Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in the fifty-fourth Clause, page 19. 1. 39, 
by leaving out from the words “ said Magistrates,” 
to the words “ any person” in I. 42. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Fox Maule, 1 a0 
Yeas, Mr. John Parker : I Gary 
Tellers for the f Mr. Law Hodges, 6 
Noes, Mr. Pryme : ; 


So it was resolved in the Athrmative. 

Then several other Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stoke Potteries, in 
the county of Stafford, complaining of the practice 
of the Post Office in running the Mails on the Lord’s 
Day, and praying the House to adopt measures for 
securing the better observance of that day, was 
os ae and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Gargunnock ;—and, Ardchattan ; 
praying for an alteration of the law respecting 
Church Patronage in Scotland, —were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the boroughs of South- 
wark, and Lambeth, taking notice of the Metropolis 
Improvements Bill, and praying that the said bo- 
roughs may participate in the improvements pro- 
posed in the said Bill, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guar- 
dians, of the Nuneaton Union, praying for the amend- 
ment of the Poor Law Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregations of 
Kilmessan parish, and of the Union of Tara and 
Dunsany, praying that the present system of Na- 
tional Education in Jreland, may not be persisted 
in, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in detail and columns, showing 
the appropriation of the sums voted in the Miscel- 
laneous Estimates to discharge the Accounts of the 
several Sheriffs and Stewards in Scotland, from the 
15th day of May 1838 to the 15th day of May 








1839 ; showing the Sum paid for each County :— 
Similar Return of the Expenses of Criminal Prose- 
cutions in Scotland for the last year for which the 
Accounts are made up :—Return of the Sum paid 
for the same period to each Sheriff or Steward, and 
to each Sheriff Substitute, for Salary, Emoluments, 
or for any Purpose other than the above Expenses, 
stating from what fund the payments are made, and 
the Sum Total received by each :-—And, a Statement 
of the Dates of the Appointment of each Sheriff 
Substitute in each County, and by whom appointed. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The ingrossed Bill for the better regulation of the Constabulary 
Constabulary Force in Ireland was, according to oo. (Ireland) 
Order, read the third time. in 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Charles Wood reported the Dublin Police Dublin Police 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, — Further Return to Poor Rates 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of (Lambeth.) 
July last, for a Copy of a Communication addressed 
to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for 
the Home Department by the Poor Law Guardians 
of Lambeth, relative to the refusal of the Church- 
wardens and Overseers to furnish means to the 
Guardians for administering relief to the Poor under 
the Provisions of the Poor Law Amendment Act. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to Order, Wheat and 
—-Returns of the average Prices of Wheat and Oats 2s (Ireland. 
per Barrel, calculated upon the Returns advertised 
in the Dublin Gazette, for the year ending the 1st 
day of May 1838 :—'The like for the year ending 
the 1st day of May 1839 :—Of the average Prices 
of Wheat and Oats per Barrel, calculated on the 
same Returns, for the period of ten years immedi- 
ately preceding the 1st day of May 1838, viz. From 
the ist day of May 1828 to the 1st day of May 
1838 :—-And, the like for the period of ten years im- 
mediately preceding the 1st day of May 1839, viz. 

From the 1st day of May 1829 to the Ist day of 
May 1839. 

Godned, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- supply ; 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee 
of Supply, be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Taxation. 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“ the Taxes imposed on the necessaries of life in 
this country, render them so dear that the working 
people cannot command a sufficiency to supply 
their daily wants; that the Taxes imposed on raw 
material are an obstruction to the productive in- 
dustry of the country ; and that the inability of 
the people to purchase a sufficiency of the things 
which their labour would produce, acts injuriously 
upon those who employ the people, and compels 
them, from want of a market at remunerating 
prices, ‘to limit the employment of many, and re- 
fuse employment altogether to others, who are 
anxious to earn their bread by the labour of their 
hands, and who, from being denied employment, 
are compelled to accept relief from the parish in 
any way that they can obtain it, or starve; that 
such a state of things is detrimental to the pro- 
ductive classes, and dangerous to all other classes ; 
“ That, according to a Return ordered to be printed 
“ by this House on the 10th day of June last, the 
“ Taxes raised by Excise and Customs on the fol- 

“ lowing 











Mes 
the ] 


Mur 
Cor 
(Ire 


Met 
Pol: 


Cu: 
Inf 


Su 











Message from 
the Lords. 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Metropolis 
Police Bill. 


Custody of 
Infants Bill. 


Lower Canada 


Government 
Bill, 


Supply. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Foundling 
Hospital 
(Dublin,) 


House of 
d ustry. 


3 VicroRiz. 


“ lowing articles amounted, in the year ending 
“ the 5th day of January 1839, to the sum of 
£.17,614,543; viz. on malt, £. 4,932,080 ; hops, 
£. 302,906 ; soap, £. 810,813 ; candles and tallow, 
£. 183,669 ; sugar and molasses, £. 4,893,684 ; 
tea, £. 3,362,035 ; coffee, £. 684,979; butter, 
£. 251,665; cheese, £.113,907; currants and 
raisins, £. 300,828; corn, £. 186,760 ; cotton wool 
and sheep’s imported, £.725,445 ; silk, £.254,874 ; 
hides and skins, £. 61,478; and on paper, 
£.541,788 ; That justice, sound policy and hu- 
manity requirethat the Laws imposing these Taxes 
should be repealed, the Corn Laws abolished, and 
that the Revenue should in future be raised by 
an equitable assessment on property,” imstead 
thereof : 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 

he House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Mr. Baring, 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr. Robert Steuart: } 58, 


JS Mr. John Fielden, 
Tellers for the Noes,) in Meee Rita 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Order of the day for the Commit- 
tee of Supply be now read; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That the several Estimates for Miscel- 
laneous Services, which were presented upon the 
5th day of July last, be referred to the Committee. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 


being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
hair ; 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 

Sir Gif Wilson : 
r. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations 
in Ireland, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for further improving the Police in and near the 
Metropolis, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act.to amend the Law relating to the Custody of 
Infants, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Parlia- 
ment for making Temporary Provision for the Go- 
vernment of Lower Canada, with Amendments : 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


wn 


“ 
“ 


15. 





And the Question being put, That Mr. Speaker 
do now leave the Chair :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
enable the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland to issue 
Money for the advancement of Education in Jre- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven 
thousand and one hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Foundling 
Hospital in Dubin, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the House of es - in 
Dublin, the Lunatic Department, and the Four 

Von, 94. 


5° Auguste. 





511 


General Hospitals attached, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Hibernian 
dred and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Marine Society. 
in aid of the Funds of the Hibernian Marine Society 
in Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Female Orphan 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to House. 
defray the Expense of the Female Orphan House, 

Circular Road, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
1840. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two thou- Westmoreland 
sand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Lock Hospital. 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Westmoreland 
Lock Hospital, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Lying-in 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Hospital. 
defray the Expense of the Lying-in Hospital in Bub- 
lin, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Dr. Steven's 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Hosite!. 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Doctor 
Steven’s Hospital in Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Fever Hospital 
thousand and eight hundred pounds, be granted to ee ” 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Fever e 
Hospital and House of Recovery, Cork-street, 

Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five Hospital for 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Incurables. 
defray the Expense of the Hospital for Incurables, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 

11. Motion made, and Question put, That a sum, RomanCathclic 
not exceeding Eight thousand nine hundred and ©*llese- 
twenty-eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Roman Catholic College, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 

The Committee — : pone eae 

f Mr. More O’ Ferrail, 

Tellers for the Yeas, li Ret lias 

Lord Viscount Cole, 9 
Mr. John Round : : 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Rvyal Irish 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Academy. 
defray the Expense of the Royal Irish Academy, to 
the 31st day of March 1840. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Royal | 
hundred. pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- ee 
fray the see i of the Royal Hibernian Academy, ” 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 

14. Motion made, and Question proposed, That Royal Dublin 
a sum, not exceeding Five thousand and three hun- 5*!'y- 
dred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the icine of the Royal Dublin Society, to the 
31st day of March 1840. 

Amendment proposed, to leave out “ Five thou- 

“ sand and three hundred pounds,” and insert 
“ Three thousand pounds :’—-Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Original Motion put, and agreed to. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven Charitable 
hundred pounds, be ted to Her Majesty, to de- aneotny and 
fray the Salaries and Expenses of the Commissioners ~“!"°* 
of Charitable Donations and Bequests in Ireland, to 
31st day of March 1840. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Royal Belfast 
thousand nine hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Academical 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses ““""""°™ 
of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, to the 
3ist day of March 1840, 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven- Public Build- 
teen thousand one hundred and eighty pounds, be ings &amp;c- 

ranted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses of 
Public Buildings, &amp;c., m the Department of the 
Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, to the 
3ist day of March 1840. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- Chief Secretary 
two thousand three hundred and twenty-eight to the Lord 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the [cutenant. 

3T4 + Salaries 


53. 
Tellers for the Noes, 








Household 
of Lord Lieu- 


tenant, 


Paymaster of 
Civil Services. 


Proclamations, 
&amp;c. 


Protestant 
Dissenting 
Ministers. 


Criminal 
Prosecutions. 


Police 
(Dublin.) 


Public Works. 


Townland 
Survey. 


Railways 
Commission. 


Secret Services, 


Stationery, &amp;c. 


Law Charges, 


Convicts. 


512 5° Augusti. 


Salaries and Expenses of the Chief Secretary to 
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in Dublin and 
London, and Her Majesty’s Privy Council Office in 
Ireland, and of Printing for the Public Offices in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand three hundred and eighty-nine pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to Slefray the Charge of 
Salaries for the Officers and Attendants of the 
Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and 
certain other Officers and Services formerly charged 
on the Civil List in Zreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand four hundred and thirty-six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Office of the Paymaster of Civil Services in Lreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 

21. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand one hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for publishing 
Proclamations and Printing the Statutes in Ireland, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 

22. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
one thousand six hundred and sixty-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
Non-conforming, Seceding and Protestant Dissent- 
ing Ministers in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 
1840. 

23. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Criminal Prosecutions and 
other Law Charges in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

24. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
three thousand nine hundred and sixty-three pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of the Public Offices and Metropolitan 
Police of Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

25. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand one hundred and forty-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Board of Public Works in Ireland, to the 31st 
day of March 1840. 

26. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Townland Survey of Jre- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

27. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand one hundred and forty-two pounds and 
eleven shillings, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Expense of the Commission for reporting upon 
the best System of Railways for Ireland, to the 31st 
day of March 1840. 

28. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
nine thousand_and nine hundred pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Foreign and other Secret Services, to the 
31st day of March 1840. 

29. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and eight thousand five hundred and 
seventeen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the ome of providing Stationery, Print- 
ing and Binding for the several Departments of 
Government in England, Scotland and Ireland, and 
in the Colonies, and for providing Stationery, Bind- 
ing, Printing and Paper for Printing, for the two 
Houses of Parliament, including the Expense of the 
Stationery Office, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

30. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of Law Charges in the year 
1839-40. 

31. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
six thousand six hundred and sixty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 

roviding for the Convict Hulk Establishment at 

ome and at Bermuda, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

32. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and thirty-five thousand pounds, be granted 





A. 1839. 


to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of maintain- 
ing Convicts at New South Wales and Van Diemen’s 
Land, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

33. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- Captured 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Nesrees- 
to defray Expenses for the Support of Captured 
Negroes and liberated Africans, under the Acts for 
the Abolition of the Slave Trade, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

34. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten Public Records, 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of Binding, Cleaning, Repairing 
and Indexing the Public Records, and to pay the 
Salaries of the Persons employed upon Services con- 
nected with the Public Records, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

35. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- Revising 
one thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Barristers. 
to pay, to the 31st day of March 1840, the Allow- 
ances and Expenses of the Barristers employed in 
revising Lists of Voters, under the Act to amend 
the Representation of the People in England and 
Wales. 

36. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven Sheriffs 
thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted to Expenses. 
Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1840, the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, formerly 
paid from Civil Contingencies, also to make good 
the Deficiency of the Fees in the Office of the Queen’s 
Remembrancer in the Exchequer, and to pay the 
Salaries and ancient Allowances of certain Officers 
of the Court of Exchequer. 

37. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty County Rates, 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1839, certain Charges heretofore 
paid out of County Rates. 

38. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen Polish 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for Refugees. 
the payment of the ‘Subsistence of the Polish Re- 
fugees, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

39. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five British Museum 
thousand eight hundred and twelve pounds, be (r- Mantell’s, 
granted to Her Majesty, to enable the Trustees of — 
the British Museum, to purchase for that Institution 
Dr. Mantell’s Collection of Geology, &amp;c., and Signor 
D’ Anasiasis’ Collection of Egyptian Antiquities. 

40. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven National 
thousand three hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Gallery. 
to Her Majesty, for the purchase, in the year 1839, 
of Pictures for the National Gallery. 

41. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- Danish Claims. 
seven thousand four hundred and eighty-one pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay Compensation to 
individual Subjects of Her Majesty, for Losses 
sustained by confiscation of their Goods on Shore 
by the act of the Danish Government, in 1807. 

42. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty steam Com- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- munication 
wards defraying the Expense of Steam Communi- ("*? 
cation to India by way of the Red Sea, to the 31st 
day of March 1840. 

43. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight Bahama 
thousand five hundred and twenty pounds, be Islands. 
granted to Her Majesty, to detray the Charge of 
the Civil Establishment of the Bahama Islands, and 
of the Lighthouses there, to the 31st day of March 
1840. 

44, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Bermudas. 
thousand and forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of the Bermudas, to the 31st day of March 
1840. 

45. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Prince Ed- 
thousand and seventy pounds, be granted to Her watd’s Island. 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of Prince Edward’s Island, to the 31st 
day of March 1840. 

46. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine Western Coast 
thousand nine hundred and eighty pounds, be ° Affics- 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge “ 

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Africa, to the 31st day of March 1840. 
Western 
Australia, 


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61. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four University of 


thousand and seven hundred pounds, be granted to London. 


47. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five Her Majesty, to defray the 
thousand pai hundred and. seven pounds, be | Versity of London, to the 31st day of March 1840. 


xpenses of the Uni- 


62. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One School of 


the Settlement of Western dustralia, to the 31st | thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted to Devise. 


day of March 1840. 
Ecclesiastical 


— thousand seven hundred and ninety pounds, be 
or 


America.) yranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Chargejof the | thousand and five hundred pounds, be Granted ip Sonne, 
Jcclesiastical Establishment of the British North | Her Majesty, for the Expense of the Poor Law 
American Provinces, to the 31st day of March 1840. | Commission, to the 31st day of March 1840, in con- 

Indian 49. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighteen | Sequence of the appointment of additional Officers 

Department —_ thousand eight hundred and ninety-five pounds, be | !2 Ireland. 

ame granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the | 64. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten Metropolitan 
Establishment and Pensions of the Indian Depart-| thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Police Officers. 
ment in Lower and Upper Canada, to the 31st day | defray, in the year 1839, the SP hang of Metropo- 
of March 1840. litan Police Officers sent to different parts of the 

Governors 50. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighteen Country. 


of West India thousand six hundred and sixty-seven pounds, be 

—_— granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Salaries of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors 
and others, in Her Majesty’s West India Colonies, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 


51. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand one hundred and sixty-three poate, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Civil Establishment of Heligoland, to the 31st 
day of March 1840. 


52. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
eight thousand and seven hundred pounds, be 
ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Balaries and Allowances, and Contingencies, of the 
Stipendiary Justices in the West Indies, Mauritius 
pee Cape of Good Hope, to the 31st day of March 
1840. 
Negro 53. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty 
Education. thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1839, such Expenses as Her 
Majesty may incur in aiding the Local Legislatures 
in providing for the Religious and Moral Instruc- 
tion of the Emancipated Negro Population. 


54. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand five hundred and forty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Relanies 
of the Agents for Emigration, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 


55. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Civil Establishment at 
Saint Helena, and of Pensions and Allowances to 
the Civil and Military Officers and Soldiers of the 
East India Company’s late Establishments in that 
Island, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

56. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand and four hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Civil 
Government of Nova Scotia, to the 31st day of 


Heligoland. 


Stipendiary 
Justices 
(Slavery Abo- 
lition Act.) 


Emigration. 


Saint Helena. 


Nova Scotia. 


Her Majesty, to a, 
48. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven | of Design at Somerset 


xpenses of the School 
ouse, for one year. 


63. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight Poor Law 


65. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- Liberated 
three thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted American 
to Her Majesty, to enable Her to pay the Compen- *"""™ 
sation awarded to Subjects of the United States of 
America for Slaves wrecked in the American Ships 

Comet and Encomium, and liberated at Nassau, in 

the Buhamas. 


66. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven Law Charges 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to (S-tland.) 
Her Majesty, to defray Law Expenses and other 

Charges in Scotland, in the year 1839. 


67. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Commissariat. 
hundred and thirteen thousand seven hundred and 
seventy-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 

defray the Charge of the Commissariat Department, 

to the 31st day of March 1840. 

68. Resolved, That'a sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
three thousand four hundred and eighty-seven 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Half Pay, Pensions and Allowances in 
the Commissariat Department, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

69. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- Barracks, 
two thousand two hundred and forty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for the erection of Barracks 
in Great Britain, and Works of Defence in the 
Colonies. 

70. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Canada. 
Million, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Expenses of the Services in the Chhadas, conse- 
quent upon the Insurrection in those Provinces. 

71. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Disembodied 
hundred and seventy-six thousand nine hundred and Militia. 
thirty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Disembodied Militia of the 
United Kingdom, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 




















March 1840. 

57. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand and sixty-three pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Repair and 
Maintenance of the Rideau Canal, in Canada, in 
the year 1839. 


58. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand two hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of New Build- 
ings at the British Museum, in the year 1839. 


59. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand and nine hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of pepairing the 
Damage sustained by Port Patrick Harbour in the 
Storm of the 6th and 7th days of January 1839. 


60. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
towards defraying the Expense of erecting a Model 
Prison, in the year 1839. 

Vou. 94. 


Rideau Canal 
(Canada. ) 


New Buildings 
(British Mu- 
seum.) 


Port Patrick 
arbour, 


Model Prison. 





twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 6° die Augusti, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to make Provision for the Admiralty 
Judge, Registrar and Marshal of the High Court Court Bill. 
of Admiralty, and to extend the Jurisdiction and 
improve the Practice of the Court, was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time; and an in- 
meray Clause was added to the Bill by way of 

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Spirit Dealers 
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Sale of Spirits 
(Ireland) Bill. 


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An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Pr. 1. 1. 26. by leaving out the word 
“ four,” and inserting the word “ three,” imstead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“four” stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, {Sir ses Sa } 4%. 

Tellers for the Noes, = a cl 16. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in Pr. 2. 1. 2. by mserting after the 
word “ Jreland,” the words “ Provided, that any 
“ such Judge, after the present Parliament, shall, 
“ during his continuance in Office as Judge, be in- 
“ capable of being elected or sitting as a Member 
“ of the House of Commons.” 

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

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thes Mr. Hume, 1 20 

Yeas, Mr. Wallace : oe 

Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John Stanley, 41 

Noes, Mr. John Parker : } 7 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to issue 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, certain sums 
to be borrowed on the security of the Coal Duties 
and other Funds provided for the rebuilding Lon- 
don Bridge, and making the Approaches there- 
unto, such sums being applied for the a er of 
making additional thoroughfares in the Metropolis. 


(In the Committee.) 
Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 


the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, a sum, not exceeding 
‘Two hundred thousand pounds, on the security of} 
the Coal Duties and other Funds provided for the | 
rebuilding London Bridge, and making Approaches 
thereto, or to secure the repayment of any sum 
borrowed on the credit of the said Duties and the 


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And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now brought up ; 
The House divided : 


The Yeas to the old Lobby ; as 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thes Mr. O’ Connell, 36 A 
Yeas, Mr. Hume : } [ " 


Tellers for the fMr.'Shaw, lig 
Noes, Mr. Frederick Hodgson: Jf ~ 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
The said Clause was accordingly brought up, and 
read the first time. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 


being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time ; 


The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 


The Noes to the new Lobby. ~ 
Tellers for thes Mr. O’ Connell, 33 (S 
Yeas, Mr. ftedington : } : 
Tellers for they Mr. Shaw, 
Noes, ‘ Mr. Frederick Hodgson : } 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
The said Clause was accordingly read a second 
time. 

Then Amendments were made to the Clause ; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and agreed L 
to, to be made part of the Bill by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the better Prevention of the 
Sale of Spirits by Unlicensed Persons in Ireland, 
and for repealing parts of an Act of the sixth and 
seventh years of his late Majesty ‘ for amending an 
Act of the third and fourth years of his said Ma- 
jesty, for amending the Laws relating to Excise 
Licenses, and the Sale of Wine, Spirits, Beer and 
Cider by Retail in Ireland,’ 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- gycise Licenses 
mittee on the Excise Licenses (Sale of Spirits) Bill ; (Sale of Spirits) 








interest thereof, upon the said Consolidated Fund ; 
such Sums of Money to be applied for the purpose 
of making additional thoroughfares in the Metro- 
polis. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernai 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Petitions from Thurles ;—and, Carrick-on-Suir ; 
praying for the repeal of so much of the Act, as 
prohibits the Sale of Spirits by Grocers in Ireland, 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve B#!!- 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second County and 
reading of the County and District Constables Bill ; proce 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Metropolis 
further consideration the Report on the Metropolis Improvements 
Improvements Bill ; — 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Rates 
mittee on the Poor Rates Collection Bill; Collection Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Rogue Money Assessment (Scot/and) Bill Rogue Money 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and (Section) Bill 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for @oot™ : 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stage Carriages 
mittee on the Stage Carriages Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into.the said Committee. 








—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The ingrossed Bill for the better Prevention of 
the Sale of Spirits by Unlicensed Persons in Jreland, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill by way of Rider (To repeal so much of Act 
6 and 7 Will. 4, as prohibits the Sale of Spirits by 
Grocers in Ireland.) 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Spirit Licenses 
reading of the Spirit Licenses (Ireland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Commission Continuance Commission 
Bill ; — 





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Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Baring reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge which will probably be 
incurred to the 31st day of March 1840, for the 
Levy Money, Maintenance and Clothing of Men, to 
be raised for the Service of Her Majesty, for the 
purpose of augmenting the several Regiments of 
Infantry of the Line employed at Home and on 
Foreign Stations, exclusive of India, from Seven 
hundred and thirty-nine to Eight hundred Rank 
and File each. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray, to the 31st day of March 1840, Law 
Expenses, Grants to Scottish Universities, and other 
Charges formerly paid out of the Hereditary Re- 
venues, and not provided for out of Her Majesty’s 
Civil List, nor out of the Consolidated Fund. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Resolutions be now 
read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ a Commission be appointed to inquire into the 
“ following :— 

“1. In how far it is requisite to continue the 
Services of Thirteen Judges in the Supreme 
Courts of Scotland at the high Salaries latel 
conferred, which Judges have Vacations whith 
preclude their sitting in Court during Seven 
months of the year, thereby enhancing enor- 
mously the cost of litigation, by restricting their 
services to about five months out of the twelve. 
“ 2. Whether Thirty Stipendiary County Judges, 
which Judges nominate and appoint Fifty-two 
Stipendiary Deputy Judges, making together 
Eighty-two Judges paid out of the Exchequer, 
for administering justice in the Thirty-three Coun- 
ties into which Scoéland is divided, are really re- 
quired for a population of about Two and a half 
millions, which population has Borough Courts 
in every Town, and Justice of Peace Courts and 
Quarter Sessions in every County, besides the 
Ninety-five Stipendiary Judges officiating in the 
Supreme and County Courts. 
“ 3. As to the best means of improving Jury 
“ Trial in Scotland. 
“ 4. As to the expediency of extending Circuits 
by the Judges of the Supreme Court, who al- 
though Thirteen in number, hold Circuit Courts 
in Nine Towns only in all Scotland. 
“« 5. As to the expediency of Circuits being made 
by a certain number of the Thirty nearly Sine- 
cure Stipendiary County Judges, unhappily still 
“ inflicted on Scotland. 
“ 6, As to the present practice in Police, and 
similar summary convictions for small offences. 
“ 7, As to the present procedure in Criminal 
P Justiciary and Sheriff 


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cases before the Court o 
Courts. 

“ g,. Whether the Law of Scotland requires or 
enjoins the present irrational practice, in all Scotch 
Courts, of conducting legal proceedings in writing, 
instead of viva voce,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be now read a 
second time:—The said Resolutions were accord- 
ingly read a second time, and agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 
Vou. 94. 


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515 


_ Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Soap Duties 
reading of the Soap Duties Regulation Bill ; Regulation 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time - 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Grand Jury 
reading of the Grand Jury Cess (Zreland) Bill ; Cess (Ireland) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time B# 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bastardy Bill. 
mittee on the Bastardy Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Collection of 
Copies of all Orders and a List of all Officers (with Rates Bill. 
the Amount of their Salaries, and the period for 
which they have been appointed), to which the 
Collection of Rates Bill will apply :--Of the Pro- 
ceedings in the Court of Queen’s Bench, deciding 
the illegality of the Orders of the Poor Law Com- 
missioners, which direct the Guardians of Unions 
to appoint Collecting Officers:—Of the Circular 
issued by the Poor Law Commissioners (dated 31st 
May last) to the Guardians of Unions, disavowing 
their intention to defend such Orders, and offering 
to revoke them :—Of all Applications made to the 
Commissioners to issue such revocation:—And, of 
the Answers given to such applications, and of the 


Instructions given to the Boards of Guardians in 
relation thereto. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- pubic Petitions 
lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had (Thirty-ninth 
examined the Petitions presented from the 29th eport.) 
day of July last to the 2d day of this instant 
August, both inclusive; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a panish Claims. 
Copy of the Minute of Treasury of the 5th day of 
July 1839, on the subject of the Danish Claims. 

Mr. Baring accordingly presented the said Paper. 


Ordered, ‘That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Dean pean Forest 
Forest Commission, which were presented upon Commission. 
Tuesday last, be printed. No. 488. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Bath Union gath Union 
Workhouse, which was presented upon Thursday Workhouse. 
last, be printed. No. 489. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Army Army Prise 


Prize Money, which was presented upon Friday Money. 
last, be printed. No. 490. 


Ordered, That the Sixteenth Report of the Com- Holyhead and 
missioners of the Holyhead and Liverpool Roads, Liverpool 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. eds. 


‘ ’ _ . No. 491. 
And then the House, having continued to sit 


till near two of the clock on Tuesday morn- 
ing, adjourned till this day. 





Martis, 6 die Augusti ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


MOTION was made, and the Question being Committees. 
proposed, That all Committees have leave to 


sit this day till five of the clock, during the sitting 
of the House. 


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An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question by leaving out the word “ five,” and in- 
serting the word “ four,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word “ five” | 
stand part of the Question; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,/ = Bovine a } 5 


Tellers for the Noes,| Major Chetwynd: } 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 

this day till five of the clock, during the sitting of 

the House. 


2. 


or 


6° Auguste. 





Supply ; Mr. Baring, by Order, reported from the Com- | 
mittee of Supply, several Resolutions; which were 
read, as follow: 

Education 1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty 

(Ireland.) thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
enable the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to issue 
Money for the advancement of Education in Jre- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

Foundling 2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven 

ae thousand and one hundred pounds, be granted to Her 

ee Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Foundling 
Hospital in Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

House of 3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty 

Industry. thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the House of Industry in 
Dublin, the Lunatic Department, and the Four | 
General Hospitals attached, tou the 31st day of, 
March 1840. 

Hibernian 


4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 





Marine Society. dyed and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
in aid of the Funds of the Hibernian Marine Society | 
in Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1840. | 


5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One | 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to| 
defray the Expense of the Female Orphan House, | 
Circular Road, Dublin, to the 31st day of March | 
1840. 
Westmorland 6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two thou- | 
Lock Hospital. sand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her | 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Westmorland | 
Lock Hospital, to the 31st day of March 1840. | 


Female Orphan 


House. 


Lying-in 7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One | 
Hospital. thousand Pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to) 
defray the Expense of the Lying-in Hospital in Dub- | 
lin, to the 31st day of March 1840. | 
Dr, Steven’s 8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
Hospital. | 


thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Doctor | 
Steven's Hospital in Dublin, to the 31st day of 

March 1840. | 
Fever Hospital 9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three | 
and House of thousand and eight hundred pounds, be granted to 
epee 3 Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Fever 
Hospital and House of Recovery, Cork-street, 
Dublin, to the 3ist day of March 1840. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Hespital for Incurables, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 

11., Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 





Hospital for 
Incurables. 


Roman Catholic 





College. thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of) 
the Roman Catholic College, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

Royal Trish 12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three | 

Academy. hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to’ 


defray the Expense of the Royal Jrish Academy, to! 

the 31st day of March 1840. 

Royal 13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
a hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
+ fray the Expense of the Royal Hibernian Academy, 

to the 31st day of March 1840. 





A. 1839. 


14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five Royal Dublin 
thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted to Society. 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Royal 


Dublin Society, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven Charitable 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- Donations and 
fray the Salary and Popieati of the Commissioners Beqests. 
of Charitable Donations and Bequests in Ireland, to 
the 31st day of March 1840. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Royal Belfast 
thousand nine hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Academical 


‘| to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses !*titution. 


of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, to the 
the 31st day of March 1840. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven- Pubiic Build. 
teen thousand one hundred and eighty pounds, be ings, &amp;c. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses of 
Public Buildings, &amp;c., in the Department of the 
Commissioners of Public Works in Jreland, to the 
31st day of March 1840. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- ¢,,; 
two thousand three hundred and wenhiy-cight “yt 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Lieutenant, 
Salaries and Expenses of the Chief Secretary to 
the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, in Dublin and 
London, and Her Majesty’s Privy Council Office in 
Ireland, and of printing for the Public Offices in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve House hold 
thousand three hundred and eighty-nine pounds, be of Lord Lieu- 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of ‘*™*"* 
Salaries for the Officers and Attendants of the 
Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and 
certain other Officers and Services formerly charged 
on the Civil List in Zreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Paymaster of 
thousand four hundred and thirty-six pounds, be Civil Services. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Office of the Paymaster of Civil Services in Ireland, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 

21. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four proclamations, 
thousand one hundred and fifty pounds, be granted &amp;c. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for publishing 
Proclamations and printing the Statutes in Ireland, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 

22. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- Protestant 
one thousand six hundred and sixty-one pounds, be a 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of — 
Non-conforming, Seceding and Protestant Dissent- 
ing Ministers in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 
1840. 

23. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty Criminal 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Prosecutions. 
defray the Charge of Criminal Prosecutions and 
other Law Charges in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

24. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- police 
three thousand nine hundred and sixty-three pounds, (Dublin.) 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of the Public Offices and Metropolitan 
Police of Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

25. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Public Works. 
thousand one hundred and forty-one pounds, ‘be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Board of Public Works in Jreland, to the 31st 
day of March 1840. 

26. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven Townland 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Survey- 
defray the Expense of the Townland Survey of Jre- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

27. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven Railways 
thousand one hundred and forty-two pounds and Commisswun. 
eleven shillings, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Expense of the Commission for reporting upon 
the best System of Railways for Ireland, to the 31st 
day of March 1840. 

28. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- Secret Services. 
nine thousand and nine hundred pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Her Ma- 

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jesty’s Foreign and other Secret Services, to the 
31st day of March 1840. 

Stationery, &amp;c. 29. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and eight thousand five hundred and 
seventeen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of providing Stationery, Print- 
ing and Binding for the several Departments of 
Government in England, Scotland and Ireland, and 
in the Colonies, and for providing Stationery, Bind- 
ing, Printing and Paper for Printing, for the two 
Houses of Parliament, including the Expense of 
the Stationery Office, to the 31st day of March 
1840. 

Law Charges 30. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of Law Charges in the year 
1839-40. 

Convicts. 31. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
six thousand six hundred and sixty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
spe. for the Convict Hulk Establishment at 

ome and at Bermuda, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

32. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and thirty-five thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of maintain- 
ing Convicts at New South Wales and Van Diemen’s 
Land, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

Captured 33. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 

Negroes. five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray Expenses for the Support of Captured 
Negroes and liberated Africans, under the Acts for 
the Abolition of the Slave Trade, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

PublicRecords: 34, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of Binding, Cleaning, Repairing 
and Indexing the Public Records, and to pay the 
Salaries of the Persons employed upon services con- 
nected with the Public Records, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

Revising 35. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 

_—— one thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay, to the 31st day of March 1840, the Allow- 
ances and Expenses of the Barristers employed in 
revising Lists of Voters, under the Act to amend 
the Representation of the People in England and 
Wales. 

Sheriffs’ 36. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven 

a. thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1840, the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, formerly 
paid from Civil Contingencies, also to make good 
the deficiency of the Fees in the Office of the Queen’s 
Remembrancer in the Exchequer, and to pay the 
Salaries and ancient Allowances of certain Officers 
of the Court of Exchequer. 

County Rates. 37. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1839, certain charges heretofore 
paid out of County Rates. 

Polish 38. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen 

pee. thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
the payment of the subsistence of the Polish Re- 
fugees, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

British Museum 39. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 

_ Ci" thousand eight hundred and twelve pounds, be 

tions.) granted to Her Majesty, to enable the Trustees of 
the British Museum, to purchase for that Institution 
Dr. Mantell’s Collection of Geology, &amp;c., and Signor 
D’ Anastasis’ Collection of Egyptian Antiquities. 

National 40. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 

mutes. thousand three hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for the purchase, in the year 1839, 
of Pictures for the National Gallery. 

Danish Claims. 41. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty 
seven thousand, four hundred and eighty-one pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay compensation to 
individuals Subjects of Her Majesty, for Losses 
sustained by confiscation of their Goods on Shore 
by the Act of the Danish Government, in 1807. 

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42. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty steam Com- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- munication 
wards defraying the Expense of Steam Communi- ("4i#-) 
cation to India 3 way of the Red Sea, to the 31st 
day of March 1840. 

43. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight Bahama 
thousand five hundred and twenty pounds, be Islands. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Civil Establishment of the Bahama Islands, and 
of the Lighthouses there, to the 31st day of March 
1840. 

44, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Bermudas. 
thousand and forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of the Bermudas, to the 31st dayof March 
1840. 

45. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three prince Ea- 
thousand and seventy pounds, be granted to Her ward’s Island. 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of Prince Edward’s Island, to the 31st 
day of March 1840. 

46. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine Western Coast 
thousand nine hundred and eighty pounds, be granted of Africa. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil 
Establishments on the Western Coast of Africa, to 
the 31st day of March 1840. 

47. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five wesem 
thousand seven hundred and seven ponnds, be Australia. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Settlement of Western Australia, to the 31st 
day of March 1840. 

48. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven geclesiastical 
thousand seven hundred and ninety pounds, be Establishment 
granted to Her Majesty. to defray the Charge of (Nort! 
the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British North 4™*"™ 
American Provinces, to the 31st day of March 1840. 

49. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighteen Indian 
thousand eight hundred and ninety-five pounds, be aa. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of aes 
the Establishment and Pensions of the Indian De- 
partment in Lower and Upper Canada, to the 31st 
day of March 1840. 

50. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighteen Governors of 
thousand six hundred and sixty-seven pounds, be [Vest India 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of ~°°""* 
the Salaries of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors 
and others, in Her Majesty’s West India Colonies, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 

51. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Heligoland. 
thousand one hundred and sixty-three pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Civil Establishment of Heligoland, to the 31st 
day of March 1840. 

52. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- stipendiary 
eight thousand and seven hundred pounds, be granted Justices 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Salaries file ae 
and Allowances and Contingencies, of the Stipen- ; 
diary Justices in the West Indies, Mauritius, and 
Cape of Goud Hope, to the 31st day of March 
1840. 

53. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty Negro 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Education, 
defray, in the year 1839, such Expenses as Her 
Majesty may incur in aiding the Local Legislatures 
in providing for the Religious and Moral Instruction 
of the Emancipated Negro Population. 

54. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Emigration. 
thousand five hundred and forty pounds, be granted 
to.Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries 
of the Agents for Emigration, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

55. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen Saint Helena. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Charge of the Civil Establishment at Saint 
Helena, and of Pensions and Allowances to the Civil 
and Military Officers and Soldiers of the East 
India Company’s late Establishments in that Island, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 

56. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Nova Scotia. 
thousand and four hundred pounds, be granted to 

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Rideau Canal 
(Canada.) 


New Buildings 
(British Mu- 
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Port Patrick 
Harbour. 


Model Prison. 


University of 
London. 


Schoo of 
Design. 


Poor Law 
Commission. 


Metropolitan 
olice Officers. 


Liberated 
American 
Slaves, 


Law Charges 
(Scotland. ) 


Commissariat. 


Barracks, 


Canada. 


Disembodied 
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Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Civil 
Government of Nova Scotia, to the 31st day of 
March 1840. 

57. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand and sixty-three pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Repair and 
Maintenance of the Rideau Canal, in Canada, in 
the year 1839. 

58. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand two hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of New 
Buildings at the British Museum, in the year 1839. 

59. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand and nine hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of repairing the 
damage sustained by Port Patrick Harbour in the 
storm of the 6th and 7th days of January 1839. 

60. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
towards defraying the Expense of erecting a Model 
Prison, in the year 1839. 

61. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand and seven hundred pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the 
University of London, to the 31st day of March 
1840. 

62. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the School 
of Design at Somerset House, for one year. 

63. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, for the Expense of the Poor Law 
Commission, to the 51st day of March 1840, in 
consequence of the appointment of additional Of- 
ficers in Ireland. 

64. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1839, the Expenses of Metropo- 
litan Police Officers sent to different parts of the 
ountry. 

65. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
three thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to enable Her to pay the compen- 
sation awarded to subjects of the United States of 
America for Slaves wrecked in the American Ships 
Comet and Encomium, and liberated at Nassau in 
the Bahamas. 

66. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray Law Expenses and other 
Charges in Scotland, in the year 1839. 

67. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and thirteen thousand seven hundred and 
seventy-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Commissariat Department, 
to the 31st day of March 1840. 

68. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
three thousand four hundred andeighty-seven pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
of Half Pay, Pensions and Allowances in the Com- 
missariat Department, to the 31st day of March 
1840. 

69. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
two thousand two hundred and forty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for the erection of Barracks 
in Great Britain, and Works of Defence in the 
Colonies. 

70. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
million, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Expenses of the Services in the Canadas, consequent 
upon the Insurrection in those Provinces. 

71. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and seventy-six thousand nine hundred and 
thirty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Disembodied Militia of 
the United Kingdom, to the 31st day of March 
1840. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


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A. 1839. 


Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the last 
of the said Resolutions: And that Mr. Baring, Lord 
Viscount Howick, and Mr. Bernal do prepare, and 


bring it in. 





_ Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom Metropolis 
it was referred to consider of authorizing the Com- Improvements 


missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to issue out fa 


of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, certain sums to be 
borrowed on the security of the Coal Duties and 
other Funds provided for the rebuilding London 
Bridge, and making the Approaches thereunto, such 
sums being applied for the purpose of making 
additional thoroughfares in the Metropolis, a Re- 
solution ; which was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to advance out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, a sum, not exceeding 
Two hundred thousand pounds, on the security of 
the Coal Duties and other Funds provided for the 
rebuilding London Bridge and making Approaches 
thereto, or to secure the repayment of any sum 
borrowed on the credit of the said Duties, and the 
interest thereof, upon the said Consolidated Fund ; 
such sums of Money to be applied for the purpose 
of making additional thoroughfares in the Metro- 
trepolis. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The wap and District Constables Bill was, County ana 
rder, read a second time; and com- District Con- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- *#"s Bill. 


according to 


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vance of 
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Dubli 
Bill. 


Milit 
Bill. 


_ Theingrossed Bili for regulating the Police Courts Metropolitan 
in the Metropolis was, according to Order, read the Police Courts 


third time; and an ingrossed Clause was added to 
the Bill by way of Rider. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Pr. 3. 1. 27. by leaving out the words 
“ who shall have practised as Barristers during at 
“ least seven years then last past.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill: 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Then several Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in Pr. 9. 1. 27. by leaving out the words 
“ twelve hundred,” and inserting the words “ one 
“ thousand,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ twelve hundred,” stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

‘Tellers for the { Mr. John Parker, 

Yeas, Mr. Fox Maule: - 

Tellers for thef Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 

Noes, Mr. Hodgson Hinde : } ai 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then several other Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Bill. 


Met 
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The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bastardy Bill. 


into a Committee upon the Bastardy Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Cravse, N° 1, (Powers of Quarter Sessions to 
make orders on putative fathers of bastard children 
transferred to special or Petty Sessions) read. 

An Amendment made. 





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Bill. 


Militia Pay 
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Metropolis 
Police Bill, 


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Amendment proposed : P. 1. 1. 10. after the word 
“ maintenance” to insert the words “ and when- 
‘“‘ ever any woman being pregnant of a bastard 
child, shall become chargeable to any parish, on 
declaring her pregnancy, and on sufficient proof 
that she will be unable to bear the expenses after 
delivery, and of the maintenance of the child 
when born.” 
Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and Negatived. 

Crause, N° 1, as amended, agreed to. 

Crausg, N° 2, agreed to. 


Ciavuse, (Interpretation of the word parish) 
——brought up, read 1°; 2°, and added. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


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Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committeee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Thursday next. 


The ingrossed Bill to make further Provisions 
relating to the Police in the District of Dublin 
Metropolis was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Bernal presented a Bill to defray the Charge 
of the Pay, Ejothing and Contingent and other 
Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great 
Britain and Ireland, and to grant Allowances in 
certain cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Pay- 
masters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Sur- 
geons, Surgeons’ Mates and Serjeants Major of the 
Militia: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for further improving the Police in 
and near the Metropolis; and the same were read, 
as follow : 

Pr. 2. 1.37. After “ London” insert “ and 
“ liberties thereof, and such places as are or may 
“ be included in any Act already passed or to be 
‘ passed in this Session of Parliament, intituled, 
‘ * An Act for regulating the Police in the city of 
«* London.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 8. Leave out “ said Commissioners of 
“ Police,” and insert “ Justices appointed and to 
“ be appointed under the said Act of the tenth year 
of the reign of King ah the Fourth.” 

Pr. 5. Is. 13. and 14. Leave out “ Commis- 
“‘ sioners,” and insert “ Justices.” 

Pr. 5. 1.19. After “ otherwise”’ insert “ and 
shall be styled the Commissioners of Police of 
“ the Metropolis.” 

Pr. 9.'1. 8. Leave out “ office,” and insert “ court.” 
Pr. 28. 1: 36. After “ house” insert “ within 
“ the Metropolitan Police District.” 

Pr. 28. 1. ult. After “ afternoon” insert “ ex- 
cept refreshment for travellers.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 3. After “ liquors” insert “ within 
“ the said district.” 

Pr. 29. 1.16. After “ pounds” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuausz (A.) “ And whereas it is expedient that 
the provision made by law for preventing dis- 
orderly conduct in the houses of licensed vic- 
“ tuallers, be extended to other houses of public 
resort; Be it Enacted, That every person who 
shall have or keep any house, shop, room or 
“ place of public resort within the Metropolitan 
olice District, wherein provisions, liquors or 
“ refreshments of any kind shall be sold or con- 
sumed (whether the same shall be kept or re- 

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tailed therein or procured elsewhere) and who 
shall wilfully or knowingly permit drunkenness 
or other disorderly conduct in such house, shop, 
room or place, or knowingly suffer any unlawful 
games or any gaming whatsoever therein, or 
knowingly permit or suffer prostitutes or persons 
of notoriously bad character to meet together 
and remain therein, shall for every such offence 
be liable to a penalty of not more than Five 
pounds: Provided always, That if the offender 
be a licensed victualler or licensed to sell beer 
by retail to be drunk on the premises, this en- 
actment shall not be construed to exempt him 
from the penalties or penal consequences to which 
he may be liable for committing an offence against 
the tenor of the license to him granted.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 23. After “ articles” insert “ within 
“ the said district.” 

Pr. 29. 1, 26. After “articles” insert “ or in 
which wine is sold by a free vintner.”’ 

Pr. 29. 1.38. After “used” insert “ within 
“ the said district.” 

Pr, 31. 1. 25, After “ shall” insert “ not.” 
Pr. 33. 1. 30. Leave out “acting as master or.” 
Pr. 34. 1.3, After “ house” insert “ under 
“ this Act.” 
Pr. 36.1.9. Leave out from “ police” to “and,” 
in 1. 10. 
Pr. 38. 1. 5. Leave out “ or.” 
Pr. 38. 1. 6. After “ carriage” insert “ sledge, 
“ truck or barrow.” 
Pr. 38. 1. 15. Leave out “ or,” and in the same 
line after “ carriage” insert “ sledge, truck or 
“ barrow.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 30. Leave out from “ shall” to 
“ roll,” in 1. 32. 

Pr. 39. 1. 4. Leave out from “ police” to “ for,” 
in]. 5. and insert “ shall have made.” 

Pr. 39. 1. 23. After “ building” insert “ wall.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 6. After ‘ obscene” insert “ book, 
“ paper.” 

Pr, 40. 1.38. After “obtaining ”’ insert “ money 
or.” 

- Pr. 41, 1. 28. After “ constable” insert Clause 
(B.) 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That no per- 
son other than persons acting in obedience to 
lawful authority, shall discharge any cannon or 
other fire-arm of greater calibre than a common 
fowling piece within three hundred yards of an 
“ dwelling house within the said district, to the 
“ annoyance of any inhabitant thereof, and every 
“ person who, after being warned of the annoyance 
“ by any inhabitant, shall discharge any such fire- 
“ arm, shall be liable to a penalty not more than 
“« Five pounds.” 

Pr. 41. ls. 31 and 32. After “ Metropolitan ” 
insert “ Police.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 4. Leave out from “his” to “ ser- 
“ vant,” inl. 5. 

Pr. 42. 1, 22. After “ thoroughfare” insert 
“ within the said district.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 38. In Clause (A.), added by way of 

Rider to the Bill: 

L. 2. Leave out from “ himself” to “ to,” 
1. 3. 
L. 6. After “ the” insert “ owner or.” 
L. 11. Leave out “ or her.” 
L. 14. Leave out “ or her. 
L. 17. Leave out “ office,” and insert “ court.’’ 
Pr, 46. 1. 32. Leave out “ leave open,” and 
insert “ not sufficiently fenced.” 
Pr. 46. 1.33. After “ sewer” insert “ left open.” 
Pr. 46. 1. 34. Leave out from “ thoroughfare r 
to “or,” in 1. 36. and in 1. 36. after “ or” insert 
““ who shall leave such open area, pit or sewer.” 
Pr. 47. 1.25. Leave out from “ forbidden” to 

“ within,” in 1. 29. 

Pr. 48. 1.2, Leave out from “constable” to 


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Pr, 48. 1. 4, Leave out ‘ reasonable,” 

Pr. 48, 1,5, After “ damage” insert ‘ to, the 
“' satisfaction of the person aggrieved, he.” ,, 

Pr. 48. 1. 6. Leave out “or delivered, to a,” 
and insert “ the.” od 
Pr. 46. 1. 8. After “ and” insert “ upon con- 
viction.” 

Pr. 52. 1. 2. Leave out “ offices” and insert 
courts.” «4 
Pr. 52. 1. 16. Leave out “offices,” and insert 
courts.” 

Pr. 54. 1. 3. Leave out “ offices,” and insert 
courts,” 

Pr. 54. 1. 7. Leave out “ office,” and. insert 
court,” and in the same line leave out, from 
established” to “and,” in |. 10. 

Pr. 54, 1. 22. Leave out “ offices,” and _ insert 
courts.” 

Pr. 54. 1. 24. Leave out “ offices,” and. ,insert 
“ courts.” 

Pr. 54. 1. 28. Leave out “ office,” and insert 
“ court.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by, their 
Lordships. 


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Poor Rates. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Rates, 
No. 492. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Poor Rates Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Rates 
(Lambeth.) “(Zambeth), which was presented yesterday, be 

No. 493. printed. i 
Wheatand Oats | Ordered, That the Return relative to Wheat and 
(Treland.) 


No. 494, Oats (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Danish 
No. 495. Claims, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Danish Claims. 


Crown Lands 


Mr. Waller, from the Commissioners. of Woods 
(Lreland.) 


and Forests, was called in; and at the bay pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Par- 
liament,---A Copy of a further Report of Richard 
Griffith, Esquire, dated 15th July 1839, to the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, &amp;c., on the Pro- 
gress of the Roads and Land Improvements, on the 
Crown Estate of King William’s. Town, County of 
Cork :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Army (Presby- Petitions from Ballymena ;— Connor ;—and Fin- 
terian Church 


Serview.) bows praying that Presbyterian Soldiers may be 
allowed to attend the Presbyterian Church in, like 
manneras Episcopalian and Roman Catholic Soldiers 
are permitted to attend their respective places of 
worship,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table, 


Education, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Roath, in the county 
of Glamorgan, praying the House not to sanction 
the proposed scheme of, National. Edueation § re- 
cently laid before Parliament, as approved by the 
Committee of Privy Council, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. » 


Poor Law 


Salons A Petition of the Visitor of the East Preston 

(Gilver’s Act.) Union, praying the House not to sanction any mea- 
sure for the repeal of the Poor Law Unions’ Act, 
commonly called Gilbert's Act, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Slave Trade 


Dr. Lushington reported from tl mmi 2 
(Portugal) Bill.’ ed P rom the Committee ap 


ointed to ere the Jourmals of the House of 
ords, with relation to any Proceedings upon the’ 








Slave Trade (Portugal) Bill, and to make Report 








thereof to the House; That they had inspected the 





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said Journals accordingly, and had taken Copies 
of the Proceedings of the Lords thereupon; and the Real. 
Report was read, as followeth: +t. Liabil 
“ Die Jovis, 1° Augusti, 1859s) © 
“ The Order of the day being read, for the second « Stave Trade 
reading of the Bill, intituled, ‘An Act for the better Bill.” 
fig Hamme of the Slave Trade,’ and for the Lords 
to be summoned ; 
* It was moved, That the said Bill be now read a 
second time ; 
“ Which being objected to, aie 
“ It was moved, To leave out ‘now’ and insert 
“this day three months.’ 
_ After long Debate ; | 
“ The Question was put, Whether the word ‘now’ - 
shall stand part of the Motion ; 
“* Tt was resolved in the Negative, 
“ Ordered, That the said Bill be read a second 
time on this day three months.” 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Clerk of the Poor Rates 
Vestry of the parish of Saint Matthew, Bethnal ©!e*tion Bill. 
Green, praying that the Poor Rates Collection Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Me 
the 


A Petition of Patrick O’ Hagan, of. Newtown- Magistrates 
limavady, for a thorough and speedy revision of the (Ielaui.) Lor 
magistracy in Jreland;, stating several cases of ’ Pe 
assaults which have been made upon him, and for 
which the magistrates of the town have refused him 
redress ; and praying for the appointment of a Sti- 
pendiary Magistrate in the district of Newtown- 
limavady, was presented, and read; and ordered to 


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lie upon the Table. 
A Message from the Lords, by,Mr. Farrer and Message from 
Sir Gipin Wilson : the Lords. 
r. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Turnpike Tulis 
Act to authorize the | sorta of Turnpike-roads to Bill. 
reduce the Scale of Tolls, payable for Overweight, 

without any Amendment : And also, hao} 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Ecclesiastical 
by this House. to the Bill, intituled, An Act;to make Districts Bil. 
better Provision for the Assignment of Ecclesiastical 
Districts to Churches or Chapels augmented by the 
Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne, and_ for 
other Purposes, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Cathedral and 
Act to suspend, until the first day of August One Ecclesiastical 
thousand eight hundred and Forty, certain Cathedral pc" 
and other Ecclesiastical Preferments, and the opera- 
tion of the new Arrangement of Dioceses upon the 
existing Ecclesiastical Courts, with an Amendment; 
to, which Amendment the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords haye agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Prisons Bill. 
Act for the better ordering of Prisons, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
éoneurrence of this House: And also, 

‘ The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Commercial 

Act for extending the Line of the Railway between er 
London and Blackwall, called “ The Commercial Raiiway Bill. 
Railway,” and for amending the Acts relating 

thereto, with Amendments; to which Amendments 

the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 

also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for Prisoners Trial 

declaring what Prisoners shall be tried at Courts of _ 
Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, P 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Cours iv 
; ; $ ote and Counties Bill. 
for enabling Justices of Assize and Nisi Prius, Oyer 
and Terminer, and Gaol Delivery, to hold Courts 
for Counties at large in adjoining Counties of Cities 
and 


—_— — 





Real Estates 
Liability Bill. 


Slave Trade. 


Mexico, and 
Buenos Ayres. 


Message frow 
tne Lords. 


Lordon City 
Pelice Bill. 


Turkey. 


Registration of 


8 Vicroriz. 


and Towns, and conversely ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
explain and extend the Provisions of an Act passed 
in the first year of his late Majesty King William 
the Fourth, intituled, “An Act for consolidating and 
amending the Laws for facilitating the Payment of 
Debts out of Real Estate;” to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House:—And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 24th day of 
July last, for Copies or Extracts from the Papers 
taken on board the Veloz, as to the Slave Trade. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
19th day of March last, for Copies of any Me- 
morials addressed to Her Majesty’s Secretary of 
State for Foreign Affairs by British Merchants 
trading with Mexico and Buenos Ayres, praying his 
interference to protect British Commerce against 
the effect of blockades established in the Ports of 
those Countries by the Government of France ; 
together with the Correspondence with the said 
Merchants arising thereout. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 

Sir Giffin Wilson : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for regulating the Police in the City of London, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Tariff agreed upon by the Commis- 
sioners appointed under the Seventh Article of the 
Convention of Commerce and Navigation between 
Turkey and England. 

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


The House was moved, That the Petition of Free- 


Electors (Slige.) holders, Householders and Inhabitants of the count 


New Churches. 


and borough of Sligo, complaining of the deci- 
sion of the Assistant Barrister with regard to the 
claims of persons applying to be registered as free- 
holders for that county, and praying for his re- 
moval from office, which was presented upon the 
8th day of July last, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
quire into the allegations contained in the said Pe- 
tition, and to report the same to the House:—-And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were not 
present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker; and 
Forty Members not being present; and it being 
then after four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 








Mercuri, 7° die August ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 
M R. Waple, from the Commissioners for building 
New Churches, was called in; and at the bar 


presented, pursuant to the directions of several Acts 


of Parliament, — An Account of Charges and Ex- 
Vou. 94. 


6°—7° Augusti. 








521 
penses paid by Her Majesty’s Commissioners in and 
about the execution of the Acts of Parliament 
passed for building New Churches, from the 25th 
of March 18%8 to the 25th of March 1839 :—And 
then he withdrew. 


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


Ordered, That the Committee on the Manchester 
and Birmingham Extension (Stone and Rugby) 
Railway Bill, have leave to sit this day, till five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for extending the Line of the Rail- 
way between London and Blackwall, called “ The 
“ Commercial Railway,” and for amending the Acts 
relating thereto; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 6.1.10. After “therewith” insert “in the 
manner and according to the plan and section 
deposited as hereinafter mentioned, subject to the 
powers of deviation hereinafter mentioned.”’ 

Pr. 6.1.17. After “ Middlesex” insert “ except 
as hereinafter excepted.” 

Pr. 7.1. 6. Leave out “ within” and insert “ in 
the City of London, except it be at least.” 

Pr. 7.1. 7. After “ feet” insert “ East” and in 
the same line after “from” insert “ the front of the 
“« Houses on.” 

Pr, 7. 1. 8. Leave out from “ use” to “ within” 
in |. 9.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 11. After “ engines” insert “ except 
“ as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 7.1.18. After “line” insert “ and section.” 

Pr. 7.1. 29. After “ peace” insert “as evidence 
of the manner, level and plan, in, at and by which 
the extension of the said Railway, shall be exe- 
cuted, subject to the powers of deviation herein- 
after contained.” 

Pr. 31. 1. 37. After “ houses” insert “ stables.” 

Pr, 32. 1. 1. After “ houses” insert “ stables.” 

Pr. 32. 1. 4. After ‘ house” insert “ stable.” 

Pr. 32.1. 9. After “ house” insert “ stable.” 

Pr, 32. 1.19. After “ house” insert “ stable. 

Pr, 32. 1, 25. Leave out “ good-will.” 

Pr. 32. 1. 31. After “ house” insert “ stable.” 

Pr. 32. 1. 34, Leave out “ good-will.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 32. After “ house” insert “ stable.” 

Pr. 55. 1. 28. After “ steam” insert “ loco- 
motive power.” 

Pr. 57. 1. 18. After “ mentioned” insert “ Pro- 
vided always, That it shall not be lawful for the 
said Railway Company, under the Provisions of 
this or the said recited Acts, to raise by mort- 
gage, or at interest or by the issue of new shares 
any greater sum than the sum of Two hundred 
thousand pounds, in addition to their capital of 
Six hundred thousand pounds.” 

Pr. 61. 1.18. After “ granted” insert Clause (A.) 

Crauss (A.) “ Provided always, and be it further 
Enacted, That notwithstanding any thing in the 
said recited Acts or either of them, or in this Act 
contained, it shall not be lawful for the said Com- 
pany to use the Extension of the said Railway 
hereby authorized to be made, in any manner 
whatever upon Sundays, Christmas Day or Good 
“ Friday.” 

Pr. 64. 1. 2. Leave out from “ law” to “ And” 
in Pr. 65.1. 16., and insert Clause (B.) 

CiavuseE(B.) “ And whereas the East and West 
India Dock Company are in possession of a cer- 
tain wharf and hereditaments, called Brunswick- 
Wharf adjoining to the River Thames, very com- 
modiously situated for the reception of steam- 
boats, and for the landing and embarkation of 
“« passengers : And whereas the said London and 
“ Blackwall Railway Company are about to contract 
“ with the said East and West India Dock Com- 
“ pany for the perpetual use and enjoyment of the 

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said wharf and hereditaments or a competent part 
thereof, for the landing and embarking of pas- 
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“ by the said Railway: Be it therefore Enacted, 
‘“‘ That it shall be lawful for the said East and West 
India Dock Company, to grant or assure unto 
the said London and Blackwall Railway Company, 
“ and for the said London and Blackwall Railway 
Company to accept from the said East and West 
India Dock Company, a grant or assurance of the 
perpetual use and occupation of the said wharf 
and hereditaments, or a competent part thereof, 
for the reception of passengers and goods landed 
and embarked thereat, and conveyed, or to be 
conveyed by the said Railway, and in the deed 
“ by which such hey or assurance shall be made, 

it shall be provided that all passengers conveyed, 
or to be conveyed by the said Railway shall be 
entitled to use and pass freely upon the said wharf 
and hereditaments, or a competent part thereof, 
upon payment of rates or wharfage dues not ex- 
ceeding the usual rates or dues which have been 
received for similar purposes at Brunswick- Wharf 
aforesaid, and other wharfs situate between the 
said Brunswick-Wharf and London Bridge, du- 
ring the Twelve months previous to the first day 
of July last past, and unless such grant or as- 
surance shall be made within One year from the 
passing of this Act, and the said Railway Com- 
pany and their passengers, by means of such 
grant or assurance shall be entitled to the per- 
petual and indefeasible use and enjoyment of the 
said wharf and hereditaments or a competent part 
thereof in manner aforesaid, none of the powers 
or provisions in this Act contained, shall have any 
force or effect.” 

Pr. 67. 1. 31. After “ east” insert “ and shall 
also provide an area for the like purpose, at the 
southern end of the said terminus, towards 
Crutchea Friars to the extent of the property 
scheduled, and the same shall be divided for the 
' passage of carriages and foot passengers.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreerl to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Duncombe do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for regulating the Police in the 
City of London; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 5. 1. 20. Leave out “ second” and insert 
‘ third,” 

Pr. 8. 1. 11. After “ the” insert “ said.” 


Pr. 13. 1. 36. After “ returned ” insert “ and 
it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace to 
issue his warrant to search for and seize all the 
clothing, accoutrements, appointments and other 
necessaries which shall not be so delivered over 
wherever the same may be found.” 


Pr. 14. 1. 13. After “month” insert Clause(A.) 


Cravuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
person not being a constable of the City Police, 
who shall have in his possession any article, being 
part of the clothing, accoutrements or appoint- 
ments supplied to any such constable, and who 
shall not be able satisfactorily to account for his 
possession thereof, or who shall put on the dress, 
or take the name, designation or character of 
any person appointed as such constable, for the 
purpose of thereby obtaining admission into any 
house or other place, or of doing ur procuring to 
be done any act which such person would not be 
entitled to do or procure to be done of his own 
authority, or for any other unlawful purpose, 
shall, in addition to any other punishment to which 


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A, 1839. 


“ he may be liable for such offence, be liable to 
“ a penalty not more than Ten pounds.” 

br. 14. 1. 35. Leave out from “ force”’ to “ all,” 
in line 37., and insert “ to take into custody with- 
“ out warrant.” 

Pr. 15. 1.1. Leave out “ just” and insert 
good.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 12. Leave out from “ themselves ” to 
“ And,” inl. 30. 

Pr. 16. ls. 7. and 8. Leave out from “ impri- 
soned” to “for” inl. 9. 

Pr. 19. 1. 14. After “ direct” imsert “ and 
every breach of any such order shall be deemed a 
“ separate offence.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 25. Leave out from “ given” to “as,” 
in 1, 26. 

Pr. 20. 1. 16. Leave out from “ obstructed” to 
« And,” in 1. 36. 


Pr. 21. 1. 29. In Clause (A.), added by way of 
Rider to the Bill: 
L. 4. After “emergency” insert “ at the re- 
“‘ quest of the Lord Mayor.” 
L. 28. After “may” insert “ at the request 
“ of the Secretary of State.” 


In Clause (C.), added by way of Rider to the Bill: 
L. ult. After “ afternoon” insert “ except for 
“ refreshment for travellers.” 


In Clause (E.), added by way of Rider to the Bill: 
L. 7. Leave out from “ person” to “ who,” 
in 1. 10. 
L. 27. After “ suffer” insert “ prostitutes, or.” 
L. 29. Leave out “ assemble and,” and in the 
same line after “ together” insert “and remain.” 
L. ult. After “ pounds” insert “ Provided 
“ always, That if the offender be a licensed vic- 
“ tualler, or licensed to sell beer by retail, to be 
“ drunk on the premises, this enactment shall 
“not be construed to exempt him from the pe- 
“ nalties or penal consequences to which he may 
“ be liable for committing an offence against the 
“ tenor of the license to him granted.” 


In Clause (F.), added by way of Rider to the Bill: 
L.13. After “ articles” insert “ or in which 
“ wine is sold by a free vintner.” 


In Clause (K.), added by way of Rider to the Bill: 
L. 7. After “ rh, Gana insert “ under 
“ this Act.” 


L.9. Leave out “ unlawful.” 


In Clause (M.), added by way of Rider to the Bill: 

Pr. 1. 1. 9. Leave out from “ carriages” to 
“ or,” in]. 12. 

Pr.1. 1.15. After “ shall” insert “ draw or 
“ drive any sledge, or truck or barrow upon any 
“ footway or curbstone, or.” 

Pr, 2. 1. 32. Leave out “ or.” 

Pr. 2. 1.23. After “ carriage” insert “sledge, 
“ truck or barrow.” 

Pr. 2. l. ult. Leave out “ or,” and in the same 
line after “ carriage” insert “ sledge, truck or 
“ barrow.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 6. Leave out “ to the annoyance of 
“the inhabitants or passengers.” 

Pr. 3. 1.16. Leave out ‘to the annoyance 
“ of the inhabitants or passengers.” 

Pr. 3. 1.26. Leave out from “ police ” to 
“ for,” in 1. 28., and insert “ with such consent 
“ as aforesaid shall have made.” 

Pr. 4. 1. penult. Leave out from “ book” to 
“ print,” in 1. ult., and insert “ paper.” 

Pr. 5. 1.32. Leave out “ or make any dis- 
“ turbance.” 

Pr. 5. 1.40. After “ obtaining” insert “ mo- 
“ ney or.” 

Pr. 7. l. ult. After “ constable” insert Clause 
(B.) 

Criause (B.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
“That no person other than persons acting in 
“ obedience to lawful authority shall discharge 

“ any 


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Patronage 
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3 Vicroriz. 


“ any cannon or other fire-arm, of greater calibre 
“than a common fowling-piece within Three 
“hundred yards of any dwelling-house within 
“ the city of London, or the liberties thereof, to 
“ the annoyance of any Inhabitant thereof ; and 
“every person who after being warned of the 
“ annoyance by any Inhabitant, shall discharge 
“ any such fire-arm, shall be liable to a penalty 
“ not more than Five pounds. 


In Clause (N.), added by way of Rider to the Bill: 


L. 18. Leave out “ with or without hard 
“ labour.” 


In Clause (O.), added by way of Rider to the Bill: 
L. 7. After “ the” insert “ owner or.” 


In Clause (U.), added by way of Rider to the Bill: 
L. 8. Leave out “ may,” and insert “ within 
“‘ view of any such constable, shall. 
L.10. Leave out “ and,” and insert “ or.” 
L. 12. Leave out from “ Justice” to “ to,” 
in |. 14. 
L. 24. Leave out from “ be” to “ discharged,” 
in |, ult. 


In Clause (R.), added by way of Rider to the Bill: 
Pr. 4. 1.5. After “ wall” insert “ or fence.” 
Pr. 5. 1.17. Leave out from “ shall” to “ any,” 
in 1. 18., and insert “ not sufficiently fence.” 
Pr. 5. 1.19. After “ sewer” insert “ left open.” 
Pr. 5. 1.20. Leave out from “ thoroughfare ”’ 
to “ without,” in 1. 22., and insert “ or who shall 
“ leave such open area, pit or sewer.” 


In Clause (T.), added by way of Rider to the Bill: 

Ls. 3. and 4. Leave out from “ forbidden” to 
“ within,” in 1. 6. 

L. 12. Leave out “and also by any person 
“ aoorieved.” 

L. 14. Leave out “ reasonable.” 

L.16. After “damage” insert “ to the satis- 
“&lt; faction of the person aggrieved, he.” 

L.17. Leave out “ or delivered to a,” and 
insert “ the.” 

L. 19. After “ and,” insert “ upon conviction.” 


Pr. 24. 1. penult. After “thereof” insert “ or 
“ adjoining thereto, and not included within the 
“ limits of the Metropolitan Police district.” 
Pr. 57. 1.8. Leave out “ then and there.” 
Pr. 67. 1. 29. After “‘ be” insert “ as.” 
Pr. 68. 1.13. Leave out “ Ten,” and insert 
“ Fourteen.” 
Pr. 71. 1.183. Leave out from “ case ” to “and,” 
in Pr. 72. 1. 21. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


A Petition of Hop Planters of Salehurst, praying 
that the Tithe Commutation Acts Amendment Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Island of Malta, 
praying the House to adopt measures granting them 
a Representative Legislative Council, and the esta- 
blishment of trial by jury, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the Island of Malta, 
praying the House not to sanction the introduction 
of any innovation upon the recommendation of the 
Commissioners for inquiring into the state of the 
said island, until the conclusion of their labours, 


was also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ardoch ;—and, Paisley (Mode- 
rator) ; praying for an alteration of the law relative 
to Church Patronage in Scot/and,—were presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Voi. 94, 














7° Auguste. 523 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Birmingham 
gesses of the borough of Birmingham, praying = (Bo. %.) 
that the Birmingham ‘Police (No. 2.) Bill may not ~ 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Wine and Spirit Merchants and Excise Licenses 
Licensed Victuallers of Birmingham, praying that — ottete) 
the Excise Licenses (Sale of Spirits) Bill may not 
pass into a law, was —— and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Thurles ;—Secretary of the Mining Bank of Ireland 
Company of Ireland ; — Thomas Dickens ant Bill. 
Tipperary; praying that the Bank of Jrelund Bill 

may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Mary’s Dublin (Chairman Newgate Gaol 
and Secretary of a Meeting) ;—-and, Saint Andeon’s, (P»lin.) 
Dublin; stating that the Petitioners have learned 
with astonishment, that a Resolution has passed 
the Grand Jury for the pulling down and rebuilding 
of the Gaol of Newgate, in the city of Dublin, on 
its present site, at an expense of more than Twenty- 
four thousand pounds, which sum it is proposed to 
raise by additional taxation on the inhabitants of 
the said city, and praying the House to interpose 
their authority, and discountenance the projected 
rebuilding of the said gaol,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Religious Society Indians 
of Friends, praying for the adoption of measures for (Canada.) 
suspending or controlling the further dispossession 
or removal of the Jndian tribes inhabiting Upper 
Canada, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Derrygrath and Tullemelem ;— Municipal 
Ballynahinch ;— Mullinahone ;—and, Gammonsfield ; Corporations 
, tn : (Ireland) Bill. 
praying that the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Nicholas, Elective 
Carrick-on-Suir, praying the House to identify ‘Ireland &amp;e. 
the Elective Franchise in England and Ireland, san. 
countries in which the tenures of lands and houses 
are similar, and to give to Ireland as complete Mu- 
nicipal Reform as England has obtained, and to 
give also to Treland her adequate proportion in the 
Representation ; and finally, to place Zreland upon 
a footing of equality in religious freedom with Eng- 
land, by allocating the temporalities of the church 
of the minority in that country to purposes of cha- 
rity, education and public utility, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Holborn Union, Poor Law 
denying the allegations of the Petition of the Go- Amendment 
vernors, Directors and Overseers of the Poor of the ° 
parish of Saint Andrew, Holborn and Saint George- 
the-Martyr (presented upon Friday last), and pray- 
ing for inquiry, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Guardians of the Faversham Union, 
praying the House not to sanction any alteration in 
the Poor Law Amendment Act, with reference to 
the granting out-door relief to able-bodied persons, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Deanery of Stone- Church 
house, praying that the Church Discipline Bill may Discipline Bill. 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stirling, praying Maynooth 
the House not to sanction any further grant of College. 
public money to the Roman Catholic College of 
Maynooth, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie uvon the Table. 


3x2 A Petition 


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vinren a ia ata ae ae 


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reba seltet 





Church of 
Scotland. 


University of 
Dublin. 


Spirit Dealers 
(ireland.) 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland.) 


Schools 
(Jamaica. ) 


East India. 


Orange Ledges 
( Canada.) 


the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Whitechurch, pray- 
ing the House to cause inquiry to be made into the 


524 7° Augustz. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stirling, praying | 
the House to adopt measures for relieving the re- 
ligious destitution which prevails in Scotland, by 
extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
was 8 mini and read; and ordered to lie upon 





income of the University of Dublin, with a view to 


throwing open its fellowships and scholarships to | 


persons of merit, without distinction of sect or creed, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Grocers and Spirit Dealers of 
Fethard, praying for the repeal of so much of the 
Act as prohibits the Sale of Spirits by Grocers in 


Treland, was presented, and read; and ordered to | 


lie upon the Table. 


' 
A Petition of Physiciansand Surgeons of Clonmel, | 


and other places, praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for the better regulation of Medical Charities 
in Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the t able. 


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














to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of National and other 
Schools in the Island of Jamaica, showing the in- | 
crease in Schools and Scholars, since the 1st day | 
of November 1837. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented te | 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | “ 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Statements showing the Number of Special Com- 
missioners and Deputy Collectors engaged in the 
resumption of Rent-free lands in Bengal, Bahar, 
Orissa and Benares,; together with the Amount of 
the annual Salaries of each Class of the above 
Officers respectively, and the yearly aggregate 
thereof in each year, from the period of the ap- 
pointment of the Officers in question to the latest 
period, in so far as the same can be complied with : 





—Of the Number of persons employed under the 
Name of Aumeens, Vakeels, Goendahs, or other 
appellation, constituting the Establishments respec- 
tively of the Special Commissioners and Deputy 
Collectors engaged in the resumption of lands; to- 
gether with the Amount of Salaries, Commissions 
and other Allowances, on account of such Esta- 
blishment, for each year, or portion of a year re- 
spectively, from the Date of the appointment of 
the said Special Commissioners and Deputy Col- 
lectors to the latest period, in so far as the same 
can be complied with:—And, showing the aggre- 
gate Number of Cases tried by the Deputy Col- 
lectors, the Sum Total of the estimated Jumma or 
Assessment of the same; the Total Number of 
Cases decided in favour of the Government, with 
the annual Assessment thereof; the Number of 
Cases decided against the Government, and the 
Sum Total of the annual Assessment of the same ; 
the Number of Cases appealed from the decision of 
the Deputy Collectors to the Special Commissioners 
by Government and by private individuals respec- 
tively ; the Number of Cases decided by the Special 
Commissioners for and against the Government, 
with the Amount or estimated Total Amount, in 
both cases, of the Jumma or Assessment, from the 
period of the 1S me Con of these Officers ; to- 





gether with the Number of Cases pending respec- 
tively before the Deputy Collectors and Special 
Commissioners, in so far as the same can be com- 


plied with. 


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





A. 1839. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Despatches from Sir George Ar- 
thur, relating to Orange Lodges in Canada, since 
the 17th day of May 1837. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker de issue his Warrant perth Town 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 


for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Town of Perth, in the 
room of the honourable Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 
who, since his election for the said Town, hath 
accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her 
he tf Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Des- 


borough and Bonenham, in the County of Bucking- 
ham. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Custody of 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- ttants Bill, 


tituled, An Act to amend the Law relating to the 
Custody of Infants; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 1. 1. 8. Leave out from “ that” to “ Pro- 
vided,” in Pr. 2. 1. 33. and insert “ after the 
. passing of this Act, it shall be lawful for the 

ord Chancellor and the Master of the Rolls in 

England, and for the Lord Chancellor and the 
Master of the Rolls in Zreland respectively, upon 
hearing the petition of the mother of any infant 
or infants, being in the sole custody or control of 
the father thereof, or of any person by his autho- 
rity or of any guardian, after the death of the 
father, if he shall see fit, to make order for the 
access of the petitioner to such infant or infants, 
at such times and subject to such regulations as 
he shall deem convenient and just; and if such 
infant or infants shall be within the age of Seven 
years, to make order that such infant or infants 
shall be delivered to and remain in the custody 
of the petitioner until attaining such age, subject 
to such regulation as he shall deem convenient 
and just;” and also insert Clauses (A.) and (B.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That on all 
complaints made under this Act, it shall be law- 
ful for the Lord Chancellor or the Master of 
the Rolls in England, and for the Lord Chancellor 
or the Master of the Rolls in Jreland, to receive 
affidavits sworn before any Master in Ordinary 
or Master Extraordinary of the Courtof Chancery, 
and that any person who shall depose falsely and 
corruptly in any affidavit so sworn, shall be deemed 
guilty of perjury, and incur the penalties thereof.” 

Ciause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That all 
orders which shall be made by virtue of this Act 
“ by the Lord Chancellor or the Master of the 
Rolls in England, and by the Lord Chancellor or 
the Master of the Rolls in Jre/and, shall be en- 
forced by process of contempt of the High 


Court of Chancery in England and Ireland re- 
spectively.” 


“ 


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6é 
“cc 


“cc 


“cc 


Pr. 3. 1. 2. Leave out “or in contravention of 
any covenant duly made by, between or on behalf 
of the parents of any infant,” interlined. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Vernon Smith do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquamt them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lower Canade 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Government 
tituled, An Act to amend an Act of the last Session 


of Parliament for making Temporary Provision for 

the Government of Lower Canada; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 4. 1. 1. After “ Parliament” insert “ or in 

“ case either House of Parliament shall, within the 

said 





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Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 497. 


County and 
District Con- 
stables Bill. 


No. 496. 


3 VictToriz. 


“ said Thirty days address Her Majesty to disallow | 
“ any such Law or Ordinance. 

Pr. 4.1, 34. After “also” insert “ that in every 
Law or Ordinance imposing or authorizing the 
“ imposition of any such new tax, duty, rate or 
impost, provision shall be made for the levying 
receipt and appropriation thereof, by such’ person 
“ or persons as shall be thereby appointed or desig- 
nated for that purpose, but.” 

Pr. 4.1. 38. After “ officer” insert “ employed 
in the receipt” and in the same line after “ Ma- 
yesty’s” insert “ Ordinary.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 11. After “ Majesty’s’”’ insert “¢ Ordi- 
nary.” 

Pr. 5. 1. ult. Leave out from “ Communion” to 
altering’ in Pr, 6. 1. 3. and insert “ or.” 


Pr. 6.1. 6. Leave out from “ thereof” to 
And” in 1. 10. and insert “ save so far as the 
tenure of land may be altered or affected by any 
Law or Ordinance which may be made by the 
said Governor, with such advice and consent as 
aforesaid, to provide for the extinction of any 
Seignorial rights and dues now vested in or 
claimed by the Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of 
“ Saint Sulpice of Montreal, within the said Pro- 
vince, or to provide for the extinction of any 
Seignorial rights and dues vested in, or claimed 
by any other person or persons, or body or bodies 
corporate or politic, within the Island of Montreal 
“or the Island called JZsle Jesus, within the said 
Province.” 


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7° Augusti. 


525 


reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration To-morrow; and the Bill, as amended, to 
be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Birmingham 
reading of the Birmingham Police (No. 2.) Bill; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made. to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words. “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The. Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers ior the f Mr. John Parker, 74 
Yeas, \ Sir George Grey: \ ‘ 
Tellers for the f Mr. Thomas Attwood, ) 90 


Noes, \ Mr. Scholefield : js 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :— The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for To-morrow. 





Pr. 6. 1. 16. Leave out from “ Canada” to 
&lt;"And” “‘m I.‘26. 


The first Amendment, being read a second time, | 


was agreed to. 

Pr. 4. 1.34. 
a second time:—And it appearing that the said 
Amendment was in furtherance of the original in- 
tention of this House, manifested by various parts of 
the Clause in which the Amendment was made :— 
The said Amendment was agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Municipal Corporations (freland) Bill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself poor Law 
into a Committee upon the Poor Law Commission Commission 
Continuance Bill; and, after some time spent therein, — 


The next Amendment being read | Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 


Police (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 











be taken into consideration upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, | 
be printed. | 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| 
| 


mittee on the County and District Constables Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That’’ to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 


And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Edward John Stanley,\ 85 
Yeas, Mr. Baring : ‘oes 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, 14 
Noes, U Mr. Thomas Attwood : : 


Se 


So it was reso ved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
me a resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 

OL, 94, 


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Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


A: Petition of George Wallis Brown, Assistant p,,,. Rates 


Overseer of the Poor of the parish of Saint Andrew- Collection Bill. 
the-less, Cambridge, praying that provision may be 
made in the Poor Rates Collection Bill, to compen- 


sate him for the loss he will sustain should the said 
Bill pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to' lie upon the Table. 


mittee on the Poor Rates Collection Bill ; 


The Order of the day being read, for the Come poo; Rates 
Collection Bill. 
And a Motion bemg made, and the Question 


being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
C 


hatr ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word ‘ That’ to 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words’ 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“‘ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : , 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Charles Wood, 
Yeas, U Mr. John Parker : 


} 1 
Tellers for the} Mr. Grimsditch, 1 
J 


6. 


or 


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Noes, l Mr. George Palmer : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph, 

Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N°1, (Guardians may distrain for Rates) 
read. 














An Amendment made. 


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Militia Pay 
Bill. 


Rogue Money 
Assessment 


(Scotland) Bill. 


Metropolis 
Improvements 
Bill. 





526 7° Augusti. 


Amendment proposed: P. 1. 1. 8. To leave out 
from the words “ required by” to the end of the 
Clause. 


Question, That the words proposed to be left out 


stand part of the Clause——-put, and negatived. 
CuavsE, as amended, agreed to. 





Cuiause, N° 2, (Order for appointing collectors | 


declared valid) read. 

An Amendment made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers forthe { Mr. Solicitor General, } ay 





Yeas, Mr. John Parker : 
Tellers forthe f Mr. Ewart, } 5 
Noes, Mr. Hodgson Hinde : , 


Cravses, N° 3 and N° 4, agreed to. 
Clause offered (Custody of Papers under Vestry 


Regulations Act) brought up; read 1°; 2°, and 
added. 


Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal | 


reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Rogue Money Assess- 
ment (Scot/and) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Metropolis 
Improvements Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to 
a Committee of the whole House. 

The House was moved, That the Resolution 
which was yesterday reported from the Comimittee 
to whom it was referred, to consider of authorizing 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to 
issue out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Zreland, certain 
sums to be borrowed on the security of the Coal 
Duties and other Funds provided for the rebuilding 


London Bridge, and making the Approaches there- | 


unto, such sums being applied for the purpose of 
making additional thoroughfares in the Metropolis, 
and which Resolution was then agreed to, might be 
read; and the same was read, as followeth : 

“« Resolved, Vhat the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to advance, out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, a sum not exceeding 
Two hundred thousand pounds, on the security of 
the Coal Duties and other Funds provided for the 
re-building London Bridge, and making Approaches 
thereto, or to secure the re-payment of any sum 
borrowed on the credit of the said Duties and the 
interest thereof, upon the said Consolidated Fund ; 
such sums of money to be applied for the purpose 
of A aking additional thoroughfares in the Metro- 

is.” 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the said Bill, That they have power to 
make Provision therein, pursuant to the said Re- 
solution. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 

orted, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunte. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


A. 1839. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Stage Carriages 
into a Committee upon the Stage Carriages Bill ; Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 





Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Excise Licenses 
mittee on the Excise Licenses (Sale of Spirits) Bill ; (Sale of Spirits) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, _ 





resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Soap Daties 
reading of the Soap Duties Regulation Bill ; ae 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time’ 
upon Friday next. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the third Grand Jury 

| reading of the Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) Bill; Cess (Ireland) 
Ordered, That Bill be read the third time To- *" 
morrow. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 and 2 Vic. Joint Stock 
c. 96., to amend, until the end of the next Session Banking Com- 
of Parliament, the Law relative to Legal Proceed- ?""* 
ings by certain Joint Stock Banking Companies 
against their own Members, and by such Members 
against the Companies, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue the said Act: And that Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Baring do prepare, and 
bring it in. 





The House was moved, That the Act of the Par- Poddle Rive: 
liament of Ireland, 36 Geo. 3, c. 44, for preventing (Dublin) Bill 
the Inundations of the Poddle River in Dublin, and 
for preserving the Cathedral Church of Saint Patrick, 
and the Houses of the adjoining Inhabitants, from 
the Damages arising therefrom, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the said Act: And that Lord Viscount Mor- 
peth and Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Manchester 
|for improving the Police in Manchester: And that Police Bill. 
Lord John Russell and Mr. Poulett Thomson do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Bolton Police 
for improving the Police in Bolton: And that Lord Bil. 
‘John Russell and Mr. Fox Maule do prepare, and 


| bring it in. 





Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to amend Poddle River 
an Act of the thirty-sixth year of King George the (Dublin) Bill. 
Third, relating tothe River Poddle: Andthe same No. 498. 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time on Friday next; and to be printed. 


| Lord John Russell presented a Bill for improving Manchester 
the Police in Manchester: And the same was read Police Bili. 
the first time; and ordered to be read asecond time No.499. 
To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill for improving Bolton Police 
the Police in Bolton: And the same was read the Bill. 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time No. 500. 
To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to Lighting of the 
superintend the experiment of Mr. Gurney, to light House: 
the House, and to report to the House their Opinion No. 501. 


thereon, have Power to report the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 








Mr. 











Courts i 
Counties 


No. 


Sheriffs’ 
Exempt 


No. 


Real E 
Liabilit 
No. 


Prisone 
Bill. 


No. 


Patent 
Invent 


No. 


Joint 5 
Banki 
panies 


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New 


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3 VicrorizZ. 


7°—8° Augustz. 527 


Mr. Hume reported from the said Select Com- the party witnessing such signature, and the date of 
mittee, That they had superintended the same ac- the same respectively ; and that it be proved to the 


cordingly ; and had directed him to make a Report 


satisfaction of the Committee on Petitions, that a 


thereof to the House ; together with the Minutes of| sum equal to one-tenth part of the amount sub- 


the Evidence taken before them. — 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Courts in The Courts in Counties Bill was read the first 
Counties Bill. time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
No.502. Friday next; and to be printed. 





Sheriffs’ The Sheriffs’ Exemption Bill was read the first 
Exemption Bill. time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
No. 503. Friday next; and to be printed. 


Real Estates The Real Estates Liability Bill was read the first | 
Liability Bill. time; and ordered to be read a second time upon | 


No. 504. Friday next; and to be printed. 


Prisoners’ Trial ©The Prisoners’ Trial Bill was read the first time ; 
Bill. and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
No. 505. next; and to be printed. 


Patents for The Patents for Inventions Bill was read the first 
Inventions Bill. time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
No. 506. Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Joint Stock Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
Banking Com- to continue an Act of the first and second years of 
panies Bill. the reign of Her present Majesty, relating to Legal 
No, 507. Proceedings by certain Joint Stock Banking Com- 
panies against their own Members, and by such 
Members against the Companies: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 

second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 





New Churches, 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, pur- 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— 
The Nineteenth Report of Her Majesty’s Commis- 
sioners for Building New Churches. 

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


scribed has been deposited with the Court of Ex- 
chequer in England, if the work is intended to be 
done in England, or with the Court of Exchequer 
either in England or Scotland, if such work is in- 
tended to be done in Scotland, and with the Court 
of Chancery in Ireland, if such work is intended 
to be done in Jreland; and that not less than 
three-fourths in number of the subscribers shall have 
paid up their shares of such deposit.” 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Standing Order be amended 
by leaving out the words “ one-tenth,” and insert- 
ing the words “ one-twentieth,” instead thereof; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Attorney General, } a5 

Yeas, {Mr Macaulay : ‘ 
Tellers for thee Mr. Freshfield, } 62 

Noes, {Mt Warburton : » 
So it passed in the Negative. 


A Petition of Mechanics, Artizans and Agricul- Poor Law 
tural Labourers, Members of a Friendly Benefit cea 
Society held at Puttenham, praying fur the repeal ““° 

of the Poor Law Amendment Act, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ash, Seal, &amp;c.;—and, Farnborough Poor Law 
Union ; praying the House not to sanction the repeal Gilbert’ Act.) 
of the Poor Law Unions Act, (commonly called 

Gilbert’s Act),— were presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Anthony Mackenrot, formerly of Shipwrecks. 
the island of Tortola, in the West Indies, now of 
Madrid, stating a plan he has invented for the pre- 





And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Jovis, 8° die August ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


Private Bills. M R. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Re- 

turn of the Private Bills presented during 

the present Session, showing the progress they have 

made, and the manner in which the Committees to 

which they have been severally referred have been 
constituted, was upon the Table. 


Committeeson Ordered, That all Committees on Private Bills 
Private Bills have leave to sit this day till five of the clock, 
during the sitting of the House. 


Birmingham 


ao (No.2.) the city of London attended at the door, they were 


The House being informed, That the Sheriffs of 


vention of Shipwrecks, by enabling vessels to pro- 
ceed against the wind, vastly increasing their speed 
and safety, and economically applicable to all sizes 
and rates of ships ; and praying for the appointment 
of a Select Committee to investigate the same, was 
presented, and read and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Governors and Directors and Over- Poor Rates 
seers of the parish of Saint Andrew Holborn-above- ©°"**tien Bil 
the-bars, and Saint George-the-Martyr, Middlesex, 

praying that the Poor Rates Collection Bill may not 

pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Uxbridge, praying Dogs. 
that the practice of employing Dogs in drawing 
carts may be suppressed, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clara ;— and, Tuam; praying Bank of Ireland 
that the Bank of Ireland Bill may not pass into a Bil! 


called in; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of| law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


the Lord Mayor, Aldermenand Commons of the City 
of London, in Common Council assembled :—And 


then they withdrew. 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lawkland and Settle, Education. 


And the said Petition, praying that the Birming- praying the House to sanction the proposed scheme 
ham Police (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law, |Of National Education, was presented, and read ; 


was read, and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


resin, The House was moved, That the 9th of the General 
rders, 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Juries 


Standing Orders relative to Private Bills of the county of Longford, complaining of Roman Ca- (Ireland.) 


second class, might be read ; and the same was read, | tholics being excluded from juries, and praying the 


as followeth: 


“ Resolved, That all Subscription Contracts shall 
contain the Christian and Surnames, description 
and place of abode of every Subscriber; his signa- 
ture to the amount of his subscription, with the 


House to adopt measures for preventing the em- 
pannelling of exclusive juries, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Marsh, of the city of London, ‘ohn Marsh. 


amount which he has paid up; and the name of| Merchant, complaining of losses he has sustained 


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Medical 
Profession, 


Church 
Discipline Bill. 


Eeclesiastica! 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Grand Jury 
Cess ¢Lreland) 
Bill. 


Ordnance 
Survey. 


Timber Duties. 


Cathedral and 
Ecclesiastical 
Preferments 
Bill. 


528 8° Auguste. 


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in exporting Sazony sheep from this country  to| 
Van Diemen’s Land, with the view of improving 
the value of their wools, for the benefit of the 
settlers, and praying relief, was presented, and | 
read ; and ordered to lie upon'the Table. 








A Petition of the President and Secretaries of | 
the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, | 
praying the House to adopt measures to establish in | 
each of the three divisions of the kmgdom one su- | 
pormsenting body to regulate admissions to the 

edical Profession, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Dioceseiof Durham, 
praying that the Church Discipline, Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Deanery of Dor- 
chester, praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and 
Revenues Bill may not. pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Feshford, praying 
the House not to sanction any further grant of 
public money to the Roman Catholic College of 
Maynooth, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of High Constables, and, Collectors of 
Grand Jury Cess in the county of Donegal, sug- 
gesting certain alterations in the Grand Jury Cess 
(Lreland) Bill, and praying for their adoption, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Geological and 
Polytechnic Society of the West Riditig of York- 
shire, praying that a scale of six inches to a mile 
may be adopted in the Ordnance Survey and Maps 
of the West Riding of the county of York, and in 





all counties where minerals abound, ‘was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Killelagh, praying 
the House to pass a Bill for enabling the Catholics 
of Ireland to purchase, duty free, all timber used 
in the erection of their places of worship, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon'the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to suspend, until the First day of 
August One thousand eight hundred ‘and Forty, 
certain Cathedral and other Ecclesiastical Prefer- 
ments, and tne Operation of the new Arrangement 
of Dioceses upon the existing Ecclesiastical Courts ; 
and the same was read, as followeth ; 

Pr. 7. 1.10. Leave out from “ Act” to the end 
of the Bill, and insert Clause (A.) 

Criause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That, in order 
to prevent any difficulty which, by reason of the 
“« restrictions contained in the said secondly-recited 
“ Act, might occur in any Cathedral Church in the 
“ filling up of the deanery thereof, or of a canonry 

residentiary therein, in consequence of the pro- 
visions of any statute, or of any usage or custom 
of such church, nothing in the said secondly-re- 
e-ted Act or in this Act contained shall, during 
the vacancy of the deanery of any Cathedral 
Church, prevent the appointment, presentation 
or coilation of any spiritual person to any canonry, 
prebend or dignity, or his appointment to any 
canonry residentiary in such church, to the intent 
and purpose that such spiritual person may be 
appointed, elected or otherwise admitted to the 
«« deanery of the same church, nor the appointment 
“ of any spiritual person already duly qualified ac- 
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Cathedral Church to any canonry residentiary 
therein, to the same intent and purpose, nor 
during the vacancy of any canonry residentiary 
in any Cathedral Church, which notwithstanding 
the restrictions aforesaid, may, according tothe 
provisions of the said secondly-recited Act. or 
of this Act, be filled up, shall. prevent the ap- 
pointment, presentation or collation of any spiri- 
tual person to any canonry, prebend or dignity 
in the same church, to the intent and purpose that 
such spiritual person may be appointed to such 
eanonry residentiary; but that every spiritual 
person who by virtue of this provision shall be 
admitted to any canonry, prebend or dignity, or 
to any canonry residentiary, to either of the in- 
tents and purposes aforesaid, shall hold and enjoy 
the same respectively with all the rights, privileges 
and emoluments to the same respectively belong- 
ing or appertaining, subject nevertheless to such 
measures and regulations as may hereafter be 
enacted respecting the same: Provided always, 
That if after the appointment, presentation or 
collation to any canonry, prebend or dignity, or 
the appointment to any canonry residentiary in 
any Cathedral Church, by virtue of this provision, 
of any spiritual person, to the intent and purpose 
of his being appointed, elected or otherwise ad- 
mitted to the deanery thereof, or to a vacant ca- 
nonry residentiary therein, any other than such 
spiritual person shall be appointed, elected, or 
otherwise admitted to such deanery or last-men- 
tioned canonry residentiary, as the case may be, 
every such canonry, prebend or dignity, or first- 
mentioned canonry residentiary, as the case may 
be, shall be and be held to be ipso facto vacant, 
and the appointment, presentation, collation, elec- 
tion, or other admission thereto absolutely void 
and of ‘no effect.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill.to the 

Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Prisons Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 


The Bank of Zreland Bill was, according to Order, Bank of Ireland 


read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield and Message ftom 


Sir Giffin Wilson : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for establishing a General Cemetery for the In- 
terment of the Dead, in the Parish of Brighton, in 
the County of Sussex, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Poor Law Commission 
Continuance Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(That it shall be lawful for the Guardians of any 
parish or union, if they shall think fit, to give relief 
in any parish or union to any widow having a family, 
or to any able-bodied person who shall have been 
married before the passing of the Act 4 and 5 
Will. 4, c. 76, and who shall be unable by his in- 
dustry to maintain his children, the issue of such 
marriage, notwithstanding any provision contained 
in this Act, or in the said recited Act, or any order 
or orders issued by virtue of this Act, or of the said 
recited Act, to the contrary: Provided always, that 
no part of such relief to such able-bodied labourer 
shall be in money). 


And 


Prisons Bill. 
No. 509. 


Bill. 


the Lords. 


Brighton 


Cemetery Bill. 


Poor Law 
Commission 
Continuance 
Bill. 














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Bastardy Bill. 


County and 
District Con- 
stables Bill, 


3 VicToRIz£. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing put, That the said Clause be now brought up; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Darby, 
Yeas, Mr. Burroughes : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, \ .. 
Noes, L Mr. John Parker: Yaa 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Another Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(That in the case of any widow, who shall be unable 
to maintain her child or children, being the issue of 
her marriage, it shall be lawful for the Guardians of 
the union or parish to which such widow is charge- 
able, if they shall think fit, to give relief in kind 
to such widow out of the workhouse, or to give 
relief to such widow by admitting one or more of 
such children into the workhouse of such union or 
pamh without requiring such widow to receive re- 
ief in such workhouse). 

And a Motion being being made, and the Ques- 
tion being put, That the said Clause be now brought 
up; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for thef Lord Granville Somerset, ) 4, 

Yeas, \ Mr. Darby : Sige. 
Tellers for thef Mr Edward John Stanley, } 64 

Noes, LMr. Fox Maule: ‘ 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (That no person having the management of the 
Poor in any union workhouse in England and Wales, 
shall have power or authority to set to work or la- 
bour any female pauper whose age shall exceed 
sixty-five years). 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing put, That the said Clause be now brought up :— 
It passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


42. 


Mr. Solicitor General, by Order, reported the 
Bastardy Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the County and 
District Constables Bill:—The Bill was re-com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House :—And 
the House immediately resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Crauss, N° 1 (Justices in Quarter Sessions may 
propose appointment of constables) read. 
Several Amendments made. 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause 
add “ Prosaddd: also, That previous to the levy- 
ing of any Police Rate for the purposes of this 
Act, or to the application of any county money 
for those purposes, the consent of a majority of 
the Rate-payers shall be obtained in each county, 
or division of county, at a general meeting of 
such Rate-payers, to be specially called by the 
said Justices, with not less than Ten days’ notice, 
for the express purpose of taking the subject 
into consideration.” 

Question, That those words be there added 
put, and Negatived. 

Ciause, N° 1, as amended, agreed to. 


Crauses, No2 and N° 3, agreed to. 
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Ciause, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuavuse, N° 5, (Chief Constable to appoint the 
petty constables)——-read. 

Amendment proposed: To leave out the words 
“ subject to the approval of Two or more of the 
Justices of the county.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be 

left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Solicitor General, j 

Yeas, Sir George Grey: } sta 
Tellers for the { Sir Harry Verney, 
Noes, Mr. Hume: } at 

Proviso offered : (Constables not to vote or inter- 
fere in any election of Members of Parliament)—— 
And, by leave, withdrawn. 

CrausE, N° 5, agreed to. 

Crausss, N° 6 and N° 7, agreed to. 
- Crauses, N°8 to N° 14, agreed to. 

Ciavuse, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 16 and N° 17, agreed to. 


Cxaust offered (Act to remain in force till the first 
day of August, and no longer)——brought up; 
read 1°; 2°: 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be added to the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 

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} 71. 


; Mr. Ewart, 

Tellers for the Yeas,f Mr. D’Israeli: 
Mr. Baring, 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 

reported, That the Committee had gone through 

the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Tellers for the Noes, Lord Seymour : 
Ordered,That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Poor Rates Collection poor Rates 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed Collection Bill. 
to. No. 510. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(That nothing contained in this Act shall be con- 
strued to repeal or to affect any Local Act or Acts 
now in force for the collection of rates for the relief 
of the poor): And the said Clause was brought up, 
and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thes Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 

Yeas, Mr. Grimsditch : vik 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, . 

Noes, Mr. Baring : } *f 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Manchester 
reading of the Manchester Police Bill ; Police Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second pojton 
reading of the Bolton Police Bill; Police Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- pg: Wincham 
mittee on the Birmingham Police (No. 2.) Bill ; Police (No. 2.) 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Bill. 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


3y¥ Mr. 





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Regue Money 
Assessment 


(Scotland) Bill. 
No. 508. 


Metropolis 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Banking Com- 
panies Bill. 


Stage Carriages 
Bill. 


Tithe Commu- 
tation Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Imprisonment 
for Debt Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Cess (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Adminlstration 
of Justice 
{Parts of Coun- 
ties) Bill. 


530 8°-—9° August. 


Mr. Fox Maule reported he Rogue Money As- 
sessment (Scotland) Bill; and‘ the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to; and an Amendment was 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


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


Veneris, 9° die Augusti, 1839: 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Order, re- 
ported the Metropolis Improvements Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Militia Pay Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Joint Stock Banking Companies Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


Mr. Baring, by Order, reported the Stage Car- 
riages Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Tithe Commutation Acts Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to amend an Act passed in the 
last Session of Parliament, for abolishing Arrest on 
Mesne Process in Civil Actions, except in certain 
cases; for extending the Remedies of Creditors 
against the Property of Debtors; and for amending 
the Laws for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in 
England, and the same was read, as followeth: 


At the end of the Bill add Clause (A.) 
Crause (A.) “And be it Enacted, That this Act 


** shall commence and come into operation on the 
“ First day of Uctober One thousand eight hundred 
“ and thirty-nine.” 

The said Amendment being read a second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by adding 
at the end thereof the words “except where an 
“ other commencement is specified in this Act.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships, 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment this 


House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 
this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better Administration of Justice in detached 
parts of Counties: And that Lord Viscount Howick 
and Mr. Fox Maule do prepare, and bring it in. 











A. 1839. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill Slave Trade 
for the Suppression of the Slave Trade: And that Suppression 
Lord Viscount Palmerston, Mr. Chancellor of the - 
Exchequer and Dr. Lushington do prepare, and 


bring it in. 





Brig 
Mr. Baring, by Order, presented a Bill for the Administration Cem 

better Administration of Justice in detached Parts °f Justice 

of Counties: And the same was read the first time ; ome Coun. 

and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday , - 

next; and to be printed. a 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill for Slave Trade 
the Suppression of the Slave Trade : And the same Suppression 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read _ =. 

second time this day; and to be printed. No. 512. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lscoed Ma- tscoed Manor, 
nor, which was presented upon Friday last, be No, 513 
printed. oe 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Parish of Lambeth 


Lambeth, which was presented upon Monday last, Parish. 
be printed. No. 514, 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to Crown Lands Crown Lands 
(Ireland,) which were presented upon Tuesday last, (Ireland.) 
be printed. No.515, 
Ordered, That the Nineteenth Report of the New Churches 
Commissioners of New Churches, which was pre- No.516. 
sented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Annual Account of the Com- New Churches. 
missioners of New Churches, which was presented No. 516, 
yesterday, be printed. 

And then the House having continued to sit till 


after two of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Veneris, 9° die Augusti ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Committee on the Man- Manchester and 
chester and Birmingham Extension (Stone and Birmingham 
Rugby) Railway Bill, have leave to sit this day till sage 
five of the clock during the sitting of the House. Rugby) Rail- 
Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the way Pill 
said Bill to make their Report be further enlarged 
till Monday the 19th day of this instant August. 


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; and Matt. 
at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—Returns 
of the Number of Bushels of Malt charged with 
Duty in the United Kingdom, from the 5th day of 
July 1837 to the 5th day of July 1838, and from 
the 5th day of July 1838 to the 5th day of July 
1839:--And, of the Number of Bushels of Malt 
consumed by common Brewers, by Victuallers, and 
by Beer-house Keepers respectively, for the same 
periods. 

A Copy of the Correspondence on the subject of coffee. 
admitting Coffee, the produce of Free Labour, from 
within the British Possessions on the Western Coast 


of Africa, between Messrs. Foster and Smith and 
the ‘Treasury. 


A Return of all Sums of Public Money paid sering 
during the last Ten years, to the British White Fishery. 
Herring Fishery Board; distinguishing all Salaries 

and other Allowances paid to the said Board and 

its Officers. 


Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to an Address Joint Stock 
to Her Majyesty,—A Return of the Joint Stock Banks Banks 
existing in England and Wales, in each of the Three 
years ending with the Sth day of January 1839 ; 
specifying the Date of the establishment of each 
Bank, the Number and Situation of its Branches (if 
it have any), and the Number of Partners in each 
Bank, during each of the above-mentioned years :— 

And, 





Brighton 
Cemetery Bill. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Education. 


Bank of Ireland 
Bill. 


Second Report 


on Railways. 


No.517. 


Danish Claims. 


$ VicToRIZ. 


And, Similar Returns for Scotland and Ireland: 
And then he withdrew. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bil, | 
intituled, An Act for establishing a General Ceme- 
tery for the Interment of the Dead in the Parish of 
Brighton, in the County of Sussex ;” and the same 
were read, as follow : 
Pr. 46. 1.9. Leave out “ Thirty,” and insert 
“ Fifteen.” 
Pr. 46. 1. 11. Leave out “ Three thousand,” and 
insert “ Fifteen hundred.” 
Pr. 46. 1. 13. Leave out “ Three thousand,” and | 
insert “ Fifteen hundred.” 
Pr. 46. 1. 16. Leave out “Three thousand,” and 
insert “ Fifteen hundred.” 
Pr. 52. 1. 21. Leave out “ Thirty,” and insert 
Fifteen.” 
Pr. 52. 1. 29. Leave out “ Thirty,” and insert 
‘ Fifteen.” 
Pr. 52. 1. 31. Leave out “ Ten,” 
Five.” 
Pr. 59. 1. 9. Leave out “ Ten,” and insert 
Five.” 
Pr. 59. |. penult. Leave out “ Ten,” and insert 
Five.” 
Pr. 60. 1. 6. Leave out “ Thirty,” and insert 
Fifteen.” 
Pr. 61. 1. 4: Leave out “ Ten,” and insert 
“ Five.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Captain Pechell do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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A Petition of Inhabitants of Riccarton, praying 
the House to adopt measures for relieving the re- 


9° Auguste. 





531 


Madrid, stating that the net proceeds of the Ship 
Sirius, amounting to 21,600/., captured by a private 
ship of war, belonging to the Petitioner, on the 24th 
of September 1808, was condemned to his Majesty 
as a Danish droit, prior to the declaration of war 
against Denmark, and retained by his Majesty’s 
Treasury, after granting the Petitioner three-eighths, 
amounting to 8,009/., subject to deductions, whereas 
the whole amount, on the sworn showing of the 
appellants, was French property, and, as such, liable 
to condemnation to the captors alone; and praying 
that he may be allowed to adduce proofs of the same 
at the bar of the House, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Accounts of the Average Annual Consumption for 
the Royal Navy of Riga and Petersburgh Hemp 
and Flax, and of Italian Hemp, from the 1st day of 
January 1833 to the 3ist day of December 1838: 
—Of the Quantities of each of the above Articles 
purchased in each year, from the 1st day of January 
1833 up to the 31st day of December 1838 ; distin- 
guishing the Price perTon paid, and the Quantity pur- 
chased in each year, with the Sum Total:—A Like 
Return of the Quantities of New Zealand Flax pur- 
chased within the same period :—A Like Return of 
the Quantities of Canvas teal Cloth purchased 
in the same period :—Account of Hemp and Flax, 
distinguished as Baltic or Italian Produce, sold by 
Public Auction from the several Dock Yards as unfit 
for manufacture, within the same period; showing 
the Amount per Ton, and Sum Total obtained :— 
Like Account of the Quantities of Canvas sold as 
unfit for Service :—And, Account of 800 Tons of 
New Zealand Flax, &amp;c., contracted for in March 
1831, by the late Navy Board; stating the Price 
per Ton, showing what Quantity thereof was manu- 
factured into Cordage in Her Majesty’s Yards; and 
also, what Quantity, if any, remains in store as unfit 
for Service. 








ligious destitution which prevails in Scotland by 
extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Ayr, 
praying the House not to sanction the proposed 
scheme of National Education recently laid before 
Parliament as approved by the Committee of Privy 
Council, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Merchants, Manufacturers, Traders and Inhabitants 
of Drogheda, Meath and Louth, assembled at Drog- 
heda, praying that they may be heard, by counsel, 
at the bar of the House, previous to any decision 
being come to on the subject of the Bank of Zreland 
Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Lord Seymour reported from the Select Committee 
appointed to inquire into the State of Communica- 
tion by Railways; and to whom several Petitions 
on the subject were referred; and who were em- 
powered to report their Opinion and Observations, 
together with the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
them from time to time, to the House; That they 
had further considered the matters to them referred ; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

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


A Petition of Anthony Mackenrot, late of the 
“— eae in the West Indies, and now of 
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Birmingham Extension (Stone and Rugby) Railway, f 


Birmingham Extension (Stone and Rugby) Railway 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tion, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


county of Middlesex, Esquire, was delivered in, and 
read ; setting forth, That at the last Election for 
a Member to serve in Parliament for the Borough of 
Totnes, in the county of Devon, the Petitioner and 
William Blount, Esquire, were Candidates to repre- 
sent the said Borough in Parliament; that a Writ 
for a new Election of one Burgess for the said Bo- 
rough, in the place of Jasper Parrott, Esquire, who 
had accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of the 
three Chiltern Hundreds, was, on the seventeenth 
day of July last, directed to the Sheriff of the said 
county of Devon, and a precept was, on the eighteenth 
day of July last, accordingly issued by the said 
Sheriff to the Mayor of the Roitnigh of Totnes, re- 
quiring the said Mayor to proceed to such Election, 
which precept was received by John Derry, Esquire, 
the Mayor of the said Borough, at seven o’clock in 
the evening of the said Eighteenth day of July; that 
the said Election was appointed to be held on the 
Twenty-third day of July last, but notice of the day 
so appointed was not given until the Nineteenth day 
of July; that the said Election was held on Tuesday 
the said Twenty-third and Wednesday the Twenty- 
fourth days of July last; that the nomination of 
Candidates took place on the Twenty-third, and a 

3Y¥2 poll 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Hemp, &amp;c. 


A Petition of Shareholders to the Manchester and Manchester and 


praying that they may be heard, by their counsel or (Stone and 


agents, against certain parts of the Manchester and —— 
a way ill. 


A Petition of Charles Barry Baldwin, of No. 6, Totnes 
Parliament-street, in the liberty of Westminster, and Election. 


TS EN eT 


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532 9° Augusti: 


poll having 
the said Twenty-fourth day. of July, without any and others of the said voters were not themselves 


other notice of the day appointed for such Election 
than the notice above described ; that the said John 
Derry, Esquire, acted as the Returning Officer at 
the said Election, and at the close thereof declared, 
that One hundred and forty-two persons had voted 
thereat for the said William Blount, and the like 
number of One hundred and forty-two persons had 
voted for the Petitioner; that suboush vecomeliia 
to the said poll and declaration One hundred and 
forty-two votes appeared to have been taken at the 
said Election in favour of the said William Blount, 
and the like number of One hundred and forty-two 
votes in favour of the Petitioner, the said John 
Derry did, by a certain indenture, bearing date the 
Twenty-sixth day of July last, and which said in- 
denture was delivered into the office of the Clerk of 
the Crown in Chancery on the Twenty-ninth day of 
July last, and is there now remainmg of record, 
return the said William Blount as a Burgess duly 
elected at the said last Election to represent the 
said Borough in Parliament; and did also, by a cer- 
tain other indenture, bearing date the same Twenty- 
sixth day of July last, and which last-mentioned 
indenture was also delivered into the office of the 
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, on the same 
Twenty-ninth day of July last, and is there now 
remaining of record, return the said Petitioner as 
a Burgess duly elected at the said last Election to 
represent the said Borough in Parliament; that a 
majority of persons legally entitled to vote at the 
said Election, polled and tendered their voices in 
favour of the Petitioner but the votes of several 
persons having a right to vote, and which were ten- 
dered in behalf of the Petitioner, were rejected, and 
the votes of many persons who were not qualified or 
entitled to vote were admitted and placed upon the 
poll in favour of the said William Blount; that 
many persons tendered their votes for the Petitioner 
at the said Election, whose names were omitted from 
the register in force at the said Election, in conse- 
quence of the decision of the Barrister who revised 
the Lists from which such register was formed ; but 
the votes of such persons were not reckoned upon 
the poll for the Petitioner ; that many persons also 
tendered their votes for the Petitioner who were 
duly registered, but whose votes were not received 
at the said Election, and many other persons duly 
tendered their votes for the Petitioner, whose votes 
were improperly and illegally rejected ; that many 
persons were admitted to vote for the said William 
Blount, who at the time of their voting had ceased 
to be qualified, or had become disqualified from 
voting at the said Election, and whose names ought 
therefore to be struck off the poll; that many persons 
were admitted to vote for the said William Blount 
whose names appeared upon the register of votes 
for the said Borough as occupiers of houses, ware- 
houses, counting-houses, shops and other buildings, 
or of such houses, warehouses, counting-houses, 
shops and other buildings, together with land in 
the said Borough, but who, at the time of their so 
voting had not the same qualifications for which 
their names were originally inserted in the said re- 
gister, inasmuch as since the time of their respective 
registrations, and previous to the time of their voting, 
they had ceased to occupy the whole or part of the 
premises for which they had been registered, and 
did not at the time of their so voting continue to 
occupy the same, or had ceased to occupy some 
part thereof, so that the residue was not of the 
yearly value required by law, or had ceased to be 
rated, or had not paid their rates in respect of such 
premises ; that many persons were admitted to vote 
for the said William Blount, as owners and occu- 
piers of certain premises within the said Borough, 
some of whom were not entitled to vote, inasmuch 
as before and at the time of their registration the 


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been demanded, the same was taken on | spectively of the. clear yearly value of ten pounds, 


the legal and actual owners or occupiers of the same, 
or were not duly rated or had not paid their rates 


In respect thereof, but the said voters were never- 














theless improperly inserted or retained in the register 
in consequence of the decision of the barrister re- 
vising the same; that the names of many voters 
ers on the poll in favour of the said Willian 

ount who did not in point of fact vote for him, 
but were personated and fraudulently represented 
by the persons who had themselves no titles to vote, 
but who fraudulently tendered their votes, and were 
improperly admitted to vote in the. names and cha- 
racter of the said first-mentioned voters ; that many 
persons were admitted to vote at the said Election 
for the said William Blount, who were not entitled 
to vote thereat, inasmuch as at the said Election, or 
previous to the said Election, they had ceased to be 
resident within the said Borough, or within seven 
statute miles thereof, or within seven statute miles 
of the place where the poll for the said Borough was 
taken for six months or more prior to the Election ; 
that many persons were admitted to vote at the said 
Election for the said William Blount, who were 
disabled and disqualified therefrom by the receipt 
of alms or parochial relief, some within twelve 
months before their registration, others within twelve 
months of the said Election, and others between 
the time of their registry and the said Election; 
that many persons were admitted to vote at the said 
Election for the said William Blount, who were dis- 
qualified and disabled from voting, inasmuch as 
since the time of their registration, and previous to 
the time of their voting, they had become bankrupts, 
or insolvents, and had thereby lost their qualifica- 
tion and right of voting; that many persons were 
admitted to vote at the said Election for the said 
William Blount who had bribed or treated others, 
or who were bribed or treated at or before the said 
Election, in order to induce them to give their votes 
thereat, and many others were so admitted to vote 
who were employed as agents, or n some other 
capacity, for the purposes of the said Election, and 
who were by law incapable of voting thereat; that 
certain persons were admitted to vote at the said 
Election for the said William Blount, who polled 
and gave their votes at the said Election after the 
hour of four o’clock in the afternoon, at which hour 
the poll ought by law to have been closed ; that 
diyers other persons were admitted to vote for the 
said William Blount, who from various other causes 
besides those above specified, were not qualified or 
entitled, or were disqualified from voting at the said 
Election, and whose names should be removed from 
the poll accordingly ; that by means of the poll 
being so improperly taken, as above set forth, there 
appeared thereon an equal number of votes in favour 
of the Petitioner and the said William Blount, 
whereas had the poll been duly taken, a majority of 
votes would have appeared thereon in favour of the 
Petitioner; that before and after the teste of the 
Writ for the said Election, the said William Blount, 
by himself, his agents and others, was guilty of 
bribery and corruption, and did, by gifts, rewards 
and promises, corrupt and procure, and attempt to 
corrupt and procure divers electors and persons 
claiming to be electors of the said Borough, to give 
their votes, or to refuse and forbear to give their 
votes at the said Election; that the said William 
Blount, by his agents and others, after the teste of 
the Writ for the said Election, and at and during 
the Election, did give, present and allow to divers 
persons having and claiming votes in such Election, 
money, meat, drink, presents, rewards and enter- 
tainments, to and for such persons, in order to be 
elected, and for being elected a Member to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough; that 
the said William Blount, by himself, his agents and 


premises in right of which they voted were not re-| others, before and at and during the time of the said 
Election, 














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Election, did procure certain bodies of men, by 
violence and menaces to coerce the electors of the 
said Borough, and create a disturbance at the said 
Election, in hindrance of the freedom of Election, 
and to the prejudice of the Petitioner and the electors 
desiring to support the Petitioner; that the said 
William Blount, by the said corrupt and illegal 
practices, was and is wholly disabled and incapaci- 
tated and ineligible to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough of Totnes; and the Return of the said 
William Blount was and is wholly null and void ; 
and praying the House to take the premises into 
consideration, and to declare the said Election, in 
the election of the said William Blount, to be null 
and void, or that the said William Blount was not 
duly elected and returned at the said Election, and 
that his Return be accordingly annulled, and de- 
clared to be null and void, and that the Petitioner 
was duly elected and returned, and ought to have 
been returned, or that such alteration or amendment 
be made in the said poll and Return as may be 
required hy law, or that such other and further 
relief be given in the premises as the circumstances 
of the case require, and as to the House shall 
seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 17th day of Septem- 
ber next, at three of the clock in the afternoon. 

A Petition of William Blount, of Cumberland- 
street, Portman-square, London, Esquire, was also 
delivered in, and read; setting forth, That a Writ 
having been duly issued for the Election of a Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Totnes, 
in the county of Devon, the poll was taken at the 
said Election, on the 24th day of July now last past; 
that, at. the said Election of a Member to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough, the Petitioner 
William Blount, Esquire, and Charles Barry Bald- 
win, Esquire, were Candidates to represent the said 
Borough in Parliament; that, before, at, and during 
the said Election, the said Charles Barry Baldwin 
was bv himself and by his agents guilty of divers 
acts of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt 
and procure, and did by himself and by his agents, 
‘friends and managers, and other persons employed 
in his behalf, by gifts, presents, money, rewards and 
promises, and agreements, and securities for money, 
gifts and rewards, and by threats, intimidation and 

promises and undue influence, and other corrupt, 


illegal and improper practices, acts and means, at- 
tempt to corrupt and procure, and did in fact corrupt 
and procure divers persons having or claiming to 
have votes at the said Election, to give their votes 
in favour of the said Charles Barry Baldwin, or to 
forbear to give their votes in favour of the said We/- 
liam Blount; that, after the place in Parliament to 
plied by such Election became vacant, and as 
efore as after the teste of the Writ for the 
said Election, and during the said Election, the said 

himself and his 
y divers ways and 
means, at his charge or in his behalf, directly and 
indirectly give, present and allow to persons having 
votes at such Election, money, meat, drink, lodging, 
entertainments, provision and rewards, and did make 


be su 
well 


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Charles Barry Baldwin did 


friends, agents and partisans, 


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presents, gifts, rewards and promises, agreements 


obligations and engagements to give money, meat, 


drink, provisions, presents, reward and entertainmen 


to and for persons having votes as aforesaid, and to 
and for the use, benefit, enjoyment, profit and pre- 
ferment of such persons, in order that he the said 


Charles Barry Baldwin might be elected and fo 


being elected to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough ; that, at the time of the said Election, 
many persons whose names were contained in the 
then existing Register of Voters for the said Bo- 


rough, had since their registration ceased to b 


qualified to vote at the said Election, by having 
ceased to occupy and removed from the occupation 
of the premises, or a portion of the premises, in re- 


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533 


| spect of which their names were respectively inserted 
in the said: register, but were nevertheless impro- 
| perly admitted to vote, and did vote thereat, for the 
said Charles Barry Baldwin; that many other per- 
sons whose ‘names appeared upon the register had 
| become disqualified at the time of the said Election, 
by. having within the same period received alms or 
parochial relief, but were nevertheless wrongfully 
admitted to vote, and did vote thereat, for the said 
Charles Barry Baldwin; that certain othe: per- 
sons were admitted to vote, and did vote for the said 
Charles Barry Baldwin, who were respectively aliens, 
or otherwise disqualified from voting thereat, by 
reason of legal incapacities ; that certain other per- 
sons were admitted to vote, and yoted at the said 
Election for the said Charles Barry Baldwin, who 
‘had received bribes or promises of money, or other 
advantage or reward for giving such votes, or who 
had wagered or bet sums of money upon or were 
pecuniarily interested in the result of the said Eiec- 
tion; that certain other persons were wrongfully 
admitted to vote and voted at such Election for the 
isaid Charles Barry Baldwin, who, during the said 
| Election, or within six months previous thereto, or 
|within Fourteen days after it was completed, were 
employed thereat as agents, attornies, poll-clerks, 
flag-men, or in some other capacity, for the purpose 
of such Election, and who either before, during or 
after such Election accepted or took frum the said 
Charles Barry Baldwin, or from some other person 
with reference to such employment, certain sums of 
money, retaining fees, offices, places or employments, 
or promises, or securities for sums of money, re- 
taining fees, offices, places or employments; that 
certain other persons were wrongfully admitted to 
vote, and did vote at the said Election for the said 
Charles Barry Baldwin, who falsely and fraudulently 
personated and voted in the name of other persons ; 
that the votes of many other persons who were not 
entitled to be registered, or whose names were impro- 
perly retamed upon the register of voters for the 
said Borough, or who were not entitled or were dis- 
qualified or incapacitated to vote at the said Election, 
were wrongfully accepted thereat, and recorded in 
favour of the said Charles Barry Baldwin; that 
divers other bad and illegal votes were recorded on 
the poll atthe said Election in favour of the said 
Charles Barry Baldwin; that the votes of divers 
persons who were well entitled to be registered and 
to vote at the said Election, and of divers other per- 
sons who were otherwise legally entitled to vote at 
the said Election, and who were ready and willing 
so to vote, and: tendered their votes in favour of the 
said William Blount, were improperly refused and 
rejected, and were not recorded on the poll at the 
said Election in favour of the said William Blount; 
that, by reason of the premises, the said Charles 
Barry Baldwin obtained an apparent equality of 
votes with the said William Blount, whereas, the 
majority of legal votes were given, or given and ten- 
dered, in ‘favour of the said William Blount ; that, 
by reason of the said apparent equality of votes, the 
Returning Officer of the said Borough did, by in- 
denture bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of July 
aforesaid, return the said Charles Barry Baldwin as 
a Burgess to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, and by another indenture, bearing even date 
with the said last-mentioned mdenture, did return 
the said William Blount as a Burgess to serve in 
Parliament forthe said Borough; that the said Re- 
turn of the said Charles Barry Baldwin was made 
in violation of the rights and privileges of the Peti- 
tioner, and of the electors of the said’ Borough; and 
that the said William Blount was legally entitled 
to be, and’ ought ‘to have been, singly returned as 
a Burgess to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough; and praying the House to take the pre- 
mises into consideration, and to declare the Election 
and Return of the said Charles Barry Baldwin to 
be wholly null and void, and that the Petitioner 
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534 


was duly elected as Member for the said Borough, 
and ought to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough, or that the House will afford such further | 
and other relief to the Petitioner as to the House 
shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Tuesday the 17th day of a, we 
next, at the same time that the preceding Petition 
is ordered to be taken into consideration. 

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


Ludlow 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Election, 


Thursday the 22d day of this instant August, the 
Petition of John Thomas and Richard Marston, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Ludlow, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 17th day of Sep- 
tember next, at a quarter of an hour after three of 
the clock in the afternoon. 


Tpswich 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Election. { 


Thursday the 22d day of this instant August, the 
Petition of Thomas Milner Gibson, Esquire, com- 

laining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Hoboush of Ipswich, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 17th day of Sep- 
tember next, at half an hour after three of the clock 
in the afternoon. 


Poor Law The ingrossed Bill to continue the Poor Law 
Commission Commission for one year was, according to Order, 
— read the third time. 
il. 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, by adding at the end thereof, the words “ Pro- 
“ vided always, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
““ Commissioners, by any rules or regulations not 
already made, to prohibit or limit the administra- 
tion of relief to able-bodied labourers or their fami- 
lies out of the workhouse of any parish or union. 
And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added :—It passed in the Negative. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue the Poor Law Com- 
mission until the Fourteenth day of August One 
thousand eight hundred and Forty, and thenceforth 
until the end of tle then next Session of Parliament. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Municipal Corporations (Zre/and) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next. 


Message from 


the Lords. and Mr. Duckworth : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 

ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

Public Works A Bill, intituled, An Act to extend and amend 
(Irelund) Bill. the Provisions of the Acts for the Extension and 


Promotion of Public Works in Jreland, and for the | ‘ 


Recovery of Public Monies advanced for the use of 
Couniies, Parishes and other Districts in Ireland, 
on the faith of Grand Jury Presentments and Pa- 
rochial Assessments : 
Jurors and A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend two Acts of 
Juries (Ireland) ¢he third and fourth, and fourth and fifth years of 


_ his late Majesty King William the Fourth, for con- 
solidating and amending the Laws relative to Jurors 
and Juries in Jreland: 

Military A Bill, intituled, An Act to regulate the Payment 


Pensions Bill. gnd Assignment, in certain cases, of Pensions 


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A. 1839. 


granted for Service in Her Majesty’s Army, Navy, 
Royal Marines and Ordnance : 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for the further Regula- Postage Duties 
tion of the Duties on Postage, until the fifth day of 8". 
October One thousand eight hundred and Forty : 
And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Highways ang 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for Rampike-roads 
procuring Returns relative to the Highways and“ Bil 
Turnpike-roads in England and Wales, without 
_ Amendment :—And then the Messengers with- 

rew. 


The Manchester Police Bill was, according to Monchester 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Pvlice Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday next. 


The Bolton Police Bill was, according to Order, ae ; 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee *°!'*¢ Bil: 
of the whole House, for Tuesday next. 


| 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Birmingham 
mittee on the Birmingham Police (No. 2.) Bill ; — (No,2,) 
And a Motion being made, and the Question ~ 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cuiause, N° 1, (That it shall be lawful for Her 
Majesty to establish a Police Office in the borough 
of Birmingham) read. 
Amendment proposed: To leave out the words 
“ Her Majesty,” and to insert “ the Town Council 
“ of the said borough,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the words “ Her Majesty,” 
stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 

Lord Seymour, , 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. More O’ Ferrall: }6s. 
SMr. Charles Buller, ) , . 
LMr. William Williams: { ~~’ 
CriausE, N° 1, agreed to. 
Crauseg, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 3, agreed to. 
Cuauses, N° 4 to N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 11, agreed to. 


Criavse, N¢ 12, (Continuance of Act)-——read. 

An Amendment made. 

Amendment proposed: P. 5. 1. 24. At the end 
of the Clause to add “ Provided always nevertheless, 
That whenever it shall have been determined in 





Tellers for the Noes, 





“ due course of law, that the Mayor, Aldermen 
and Burgesses of the Borough of Birmingham, 
“ possess the legal power of levying rates, by their 
“ council, under the authority of their Charter of 
“« Incorporation, then, and from thenceforth this 
“« Act, and all its provisions shall forthwith cease 
“ and determine, and be thenceforth altogether 
“ void.” 

Question, That those words be there added —— 
put, and Negatived. 


Cause, N° 12, as amended, agreed to. 











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Cuavse, N° 13, agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 





Mr. Solicitor General reported the County and 
District Constables Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(To disqualify Constables from voting at Election 
of Members of Parliament) :—And the said Clause 
was brought up, and twice read with a blank ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House :— 
The House accordingly resolved itself nto the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Robert Steuart 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Clause, and made an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Robert Steuart accordingly reported the 
Clause; and the Amendment was read, and agreed 
to; and the said Clause was agreed to, to be made 
part of the Bill. 

Then other Clauses were added, and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Wed- 
nesday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The ingrossed Bill to enable Justices of the Peace 
in Petty Sessions to make Orders for the support of 
Bastard Children was, according to Order, read the 
third time; and ingrossed Clauses were added by 
way of Riders; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill in Pr. 2. 1. 31. by inserting after the word 
“ heard” the words “ nor shall it be necessary 
for such Justices to require that the evidence 
of the mother of such bastard child shall be cor- 
roborated by other testimony, in cases in which 
such Justices shall be satisfied without corro- 
borative testimony.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 

be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 
Resolved, That the Bin do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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The ingrossed Bill to remove Doubts as to 
charging the Duty of Excise on Hard Soap was, 
according to Order, read the third time; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to remove Doubts as to the 
charging the Duty of Exise on Hard Soap, until 
the Eleventh day of October One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to empower the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, 
Works and Buildings, to raise a Sum of Money 
for making additional Thoroughfares in the Metro- 
polis, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Pr. 14. 1.2. by inserting after the word 
“ Church” the words “ and also to make and 
complete such streets or roads, and to make and 
open such new and convenient thoroughfares, in 
the boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth, as may 
be approved by the Commissioners of Her Ma- 


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535 
“ jesty’s Woods and Forests, under any of the di- 
“ rections, provisoes or enactments of this Act.” 
And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted ; 
The Hause divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hawes, 

Yeas, \ Mr. Alderman Humphery : 
Tellers for thes Mr. Hume, 

Noes, Mr. Baring: 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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The ingrossed Bill to reduce certain of the Duties Stage Carriages 
now payable on Stage Carriages was, according to Bill. 

Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Joint Stock 
into a Committee upon the Joint Stock Banking oe oy &gt; gn 
age se Bill; and, after some time spent therein, , ’ 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 

reported, That the Committee had gone through the 

Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 

day next. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Militia Pay 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day next. 


Bill; and Militia Pay 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Tithe Commu- 
into a Committee upon the Tithe Commutation Acts ‘atin Acts 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Bill. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Poor Rates 
reading of the Poor Rates Collection Bill; ee eee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Excise Licenses 
into a Committee upon the Excise Licenses (Sale of (Sale o! Spirits 
Spirits) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 

r. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


No. 519. 


The Slave Trade Suppression Bill was, according Slave Trade 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a —_— 
Committee of the whole House. ” 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill; and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed ; and read 
the third time upon Monday next. 


The Courts in Counties Bill was, according to Courts in 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Counties Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 





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Iuventions Bill. tg Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Sheriffs’ Exemption Bill was, according to 


Exemption Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


Real Estates 
Liability Bill. 


Prisoners’ Trial 


Bill. 


Ways and 
Mesns ; 


Grievances. 


Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Real Estates Liability Bill was, according to | 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a} 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Prisoners’ Trial Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day, for the Committee 
of Ways and Means, be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by jeaving out from the word ‘ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ in agreeing to provide the means for an increase 
of Her Majesty’s Military Forces, called for by 
the Executive Government at an unusual time, 
and under peculiar circumstances, it is the duty 
of this House to declare : 

“ First, That the troubled state of the country 
arises from causes which the application of re- 
pressive means against large classes of Her Ma- 
jesty’s subjects will not remove : 

“ Second, That the existing discontents are in 
no small degree to be attributed to the neglect of 
Parliament, in not taking measures for the im- 
provement of the social and political condition of 
“ the people : 

“ Third, That, in particular, in the present Ses- 
sion, Parliament has refused to remove restric- 
tions on the foreign trade of the country, espe- 
cially the trade in Corn, thereby limiting the de- 
mand for English labour, and diminishing its 
remuneration, while the cost of subsistence is in- 
creased ; and the new Poor Law is enforced with 
a view of teaching the people to rely on their own 
resources, by the same Legislature which prevents 
the poor from exchanging their labour for the 
cheaper food of foreign countries : 


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“ Fourth, That the measures promised at the 
commencement of this Session, for rendering 
justice cheap and accessible to all, have been 
abandoned, while the salaries of Judges and Ma- 
gistrates have been augmented : 

“ Fifth, That the grievance of Church Rates re- 
mains unredressed : 

“ Sixth, That for a National Education a very 
small and inadequate provision has been made, 
while the Military and Naval expenditure has 
been greatly augmented : 

“ Seventh, That any necessity for an increase 
of the Army is mainly occasioned by the dis- 
turbances in Canada, and that until a satisfactory 
arrangement of the affairs of that colony be ef- 
fected, the relief of the people of this country 
from the expense of its military occupation is not 
to be looked for ; notwithstanding which the Ses- 
sion has passed away without any attempt by 
Parliament to effect such settlement : 

“ Eighth, That the prayers of the people for 
further Reform have been disregarded : 

“ Ninth, That protection to the elector in the 
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“ Tenth, That this House has not only refused 
to grant any extension of electoral privileges, but 
even to take into consideration the prayers of 
upwards of a million of Her Majesty’s subjects, 
who solicited attention to their claim of Fran- 
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grievances : 

“ Twelfth, That, until the spirit and course of 
legislationin the Imperial Parliament be changed, 
and proper regard had to the welfare and wishes 
of the whole people, instead of the interests of 
predominant classes, no security from the recur- 
rence of such disturbances as the Government 
now demands the aid of Parliament to repress, 
can be reasonably expected,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 


words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 


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


Sabbati, 10° die Augusti, 1839 : 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby. 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, 

Yeas, Mr. John Parker : } 

Tellers for the f Mr. Thomas Duncombe,  \ 29 

Noes, Mr. Hume: | 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the 
Committee of Ways of Means, be now read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Unfunded Account 
Debt of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the De- — Un- 
mands outstanding, on the 5th January 1839, dis- met ae 
tinguished under the following heads; viz. Exche- 
quer Bills; Sums remaining unpaid, charged upon 
the Aids granted by Parliament; Advances out of 
the Consolidated Fund of Zreland, towards the Sup- 
plies, and Exchequer Bills to be issued on the Con- 
solidated Fund; and distinguishing also such part 
of the Unfunded Debt and Demands as has been 
provided for by Parliament; together with an Ac- 
count of the Ways and Means remaining in the Ex- 
chequer, or to be received, on the 5th January 1839, 
to defray such part of the Unfunded Debt, and De- 
mands outstanding, as have been provided for, 
which was presented upon the 25th day of March 
last, be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 


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1. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That towards raising the Supply Exchequer 
granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Twelve mil- Bills. 
lions twenty-six thousand and fifty pounds, be 
raised by Exchequer Bills, for the service of the year 
1839. 


2. Resolved, That towards making good the Sup- Consolidated 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Five mil- Fe"¢- 
lions seven hundred and ninety-six thousand pounds, 
be issued out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
the service of the year 1839. 

3. Resolved, That towards making good the Sup- Surplus 
ply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and a —_ 
applied the sum of One hundred and eight thou." ” 
sand and fifty-two pounds eleven shillings and nine- 
pence, being the surplus of Ways and Means granted 
for the service of any preceding year. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poddle eo 
reading of the Poddle River (Dublin) Bill ; ———o 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Resolved, 











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Commi 


Bills | 
ment. 


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Adjournment. 


Executions and 
Commitments. 


Council. 


Bills in Parlia- 
ment. 


Halifax, Hud 
dersfield, and 
Bradford Small 
Debts (No, 2.) 
Bill, 


Public 
Income and 
Expenditure, 


Second Report 
on Private 
Business, 


No. 520. 


Sweets, or 
Made Wines, 


No. 521. 





3 Vieroriz. 
Resolvéd, That this House will, at’ the Tising of 


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be ‘presented 
to Her Majesty; that She will ‘be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that'there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of ‘Executions which took 
place in England and’ Wales'in the Five'years end- 
ing the 31st'day of December 1833 ; and in the Five 


years ending the’ 81st day’ of) December 1838 ; to- |- 


gether with the Number of Commitments in each of 
those Periods respectively ‘for Offences which ‘were | 
Capital at the commencement of the former Period; 
viz. on the 1st day of January 1829. 

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


Ordered, That there. be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Names and Titles ‘of all Bills, 
Private as wellas Public, which, having passed the 
House of Commons in’ the present Session, have 
not been returned: from the other House of Parlia- 
ment; also, of all Bills during the same Period, 
which, having been returned from the other House 
of. Parliament with alterations, have been after- 
wards dissented from and: dropped in the House of 
Commons; with the Dates at which such’ Bills 
passed in this House. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- 
spect the Journals of the House ‘of Lords with 
relation ‘to any Proceedings upon ‘the Haltfaz, 
Huddersfield and Bradford Small’ Debts (No: 2.) 
Bill, and ‘to make Report’ thereof to the House :— 
And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Charles 
Wood, Mr. Protheroe, Lord Viscount Morpeth, Sir 
George Strickland,’ Mr. Lascelles,’ Mr.’ Freshfield 
and Mr. Finch :—And they are to withdraw imme- 
diately. dk 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Net Income and Expenditure of the 
United Kingdom, for the several years ending the 
5th day of April 1836, 1837, 1838 and 1839, respec- 
tively ; showing the exact Amount of Surplus or De- 
ficiency of Net Income in those years :—Estimate 
of the Net Income and Expenditure of the United 
Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th day of April 
1840 :—-and, a Return of the: Unfunded Debt as 
existing on the 5th day of April 1836, 1887, 1838 
and 1839, respectively ; distinguishing the Amount 
of Exchequer Bills out, for Public Works. 

Mr,. Baring accordingly. presented . the, said 
Paper. 

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


Ordered, ‘That the Select. Committee appointed 
to consider whether any and what Improvement, can 
be adopted in the mode of conducting Private Busi- 
ness; and who were empowered, to report their Opi- 
nions and Observations thereupon from time to time 


to the House, have Power to report the Minutes of 


the Evidence taken before them. 

Sir George Grey reported from the said Select 
Committee, That they had considered the matters 
referred to them; and had directed him.to make a 
Report thereof to the House, together with the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them ; with an 
Appendix. * 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sweets or 


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Ordered, That the Return relative to Private Private Bills. ' 


| Bills, which ‘was laid upon the Table yesterday, be No. 522. 


printed. 
And then the: ‘House, having continued ‘to sit 
till halfan hour after twelve of the’ clock 


on Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 





— 


Lune, 12° die August ; 
Anno 3° Victoria Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Charles Wood reported from the, Com- Halifax, Hud- 
dersfield, and 


YI ‘mittee appointed to inspect the Journals of na 
the House of = with ilehon to any proceed- Debts (No 5 
ings upon the Halifax, Huddersfield and Bradford Bil. 

Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill, and to make Report thereof 

to the House; That they had inspected the said 

Journals accordingly, and had taken Copies of the 
proceedings of the Lords thereupon; and, the Re- 

port was read, as followeth : 


“ Die Veneris, 9° die Augusti, 1839: 
“The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the Lords 
Committees) to whom the Bill itituled, “An Act gone: &lt;&gt; 
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Bill(No. 2.) ° 
Debts within the parishes of Halifax, Bradford, 
Keighley, Bingley, Guiseley, Calverley, Batley, 


‘ 


» “© Halifax, Hud- 


‘Birstal, Mirfield, Hartishead-cum-Clifton, Almond- 


bury, Kirkheaton, Kirkburton and Huddersfield, and 


‘the Lordship or Liberty of Tong, in the county of 


York,’ was committed; That they had considered 
the said Bill, and examined the allegations thereof, 
which were found to be true; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made some 
Amendments thereto ; 
“ Which Amendments were read by the clerk, as 
follow; viz., 

“In the Schedule, to the Bill: 
“Pr, 75, 1s. 15; 16.17,..18.19, 20. 21, 22. 23. and 
24: In the second Column, leave out , 


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“Ls. 15 and 16. In the third Column, leave out 
‘exceeding '40s., and.’ 
“L.19. Before ‘ for’ insert 
‘ For every Summons - -]1 -|2 -|3 -’ 
“ Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into further consideration on this day three months.” 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Halifax, Hud- 
of the Petition for the Halifax, Huddersfield and dersfeld, and 
Bradford Small Debts Bill, which, upon the 5th day Home (Ne 3.) 
of March last; was made from the Select Committee Bill. J 
on Petitions for Private Bills, might be read ; and 
the same being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small 
Debts within the parishes of Halifax, Bradford, 
Keighley, Bingley, Guiseley, Calverley, Batley, Birs- 
tal, Mirfield, Te tereeanters slaps: Almondbury, 
Kirkheaton, Kirkburton and Huddersfield, and the 
Lordship or Liberty of Tong, in the County of York: 
And that Mr. Charles Wood and Mr. Protheroe do 
prepare, and bring it in: And that leave be given to 
present the Bill forthwith. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented a Bill for the more Mobis, Hel 
easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within Sse; on 
the Parishes of Halifaz, Brad angen 





made Wines, which was presented upon the 30th 
day of July last, be printed. 


Vou 94. 








, ord, Keight , Bi = Debts (No. 3.) 
ley, Guiseley, Calverley, Batley, Birstal, Mirfield, Bill. 
8 Z 


Hartishead- 








Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Public Peti- 
tions (Fortieth 
Report.) 


Ordnance 
Survey. 


Excise Licenses 


oy of Spirits) for the Licensed Victuallers of Bolton, and other 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Bank of 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


British Guiana. 


No. 523. 


Canada. 


538 


Hartishead-cum-Clifton, Almondbury, Kirkheaton, 
Kirkburton and Huddersfield, and the Lordship or 
Liberty of Tong, in the County of York: And the 
same was dea the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow. 


A Petition of Clergy, Gentry and Inhabitants of 
Merton, praying for the repeal of the Sale of Beer 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Yates reported from the Select Committee on 
Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Pe- 
titions presented from the 5th to the 9th day of 
this instant August, both inclusive ; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of the President, Vice-Presidents, 
Officers and Members of the Literary and Philoso- 
phical Society of Manchester, praying that a scale of 
six inches per mile may be adopted in the Ordnance 
Survey of the six northern counties, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Oates, of Manchester, Agent 


towns in the north of England, praying that the 
Excise Licenses (Sale of Spirits) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Petitions from Ballysheehan ;—Bansha;—Seagoe; 
— Newcastle ( Tipperary) ;—Powerstown ;—Mullin- 
ahone ;—Desertmartin and Kilchonaghan ; — and, 
Carrich-on-Suir ; praying that the Municipal Corpo- 
rations (Ireland) Bill, may pass into a law,—were 
ees, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

Petitions from Galway ;—Armagh;—and, Kilcash 
and Temple-etney, praying the House not to adopt 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the said 
Bill,—were also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kingstown; — Drogheda (Presi- 
dent, Chairman and Secretary of the Mechanics’ 
Institution) ;— Dublin ;— Tanderagee ;—and, Tulla- 
more; praying that the Bank of Ireland Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Westruther, praymg 
the House to adopt measures for relieving the reli- 
gious destitution which prevails in Scotland, by 
extending the efficiency of the Established Church, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the 
House, That their several Addresses of the 25th, 
29th and 31st days of July last ; and the 5th, 6th, 7th 
and 9th days of this instant August (that Her Majesty 
would be graciously pleased to give directions, that 
the Papers therein mentioned might be laid before 
this, House), had been presented to Her Majesty; 
aud that Her Majesty had commanded him to ac- 
quaint this House, that She will give directions 
accordingly. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Further Correspondence relative to the 
condition of the Hill Coolies, in British Guiana. 

Mr. Labouchere also presented, pursuant to se- 
veral Addresses to Her Majesty,—Further Return 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day 
of February last, for a Return of the Names of Per- 
sons imprisoned in Lower Canada, charged with 


19° Augusti 


A. 1839. 


Treason or Offences of a Treasonable Nature, since 

the 1st day of November 1837, their Trade or Pro- 

fession, the Day of the commencement of their 
Imprisonment, the Date of their Discharge, the 

Amount of Bail or Personal Security demanded and 

given, and if tried, by what Tribunal tried, and 

the Sentence passed upon them, and if Sentence of 

Death passed, whether executed or commuted, and 

if commuted, the Commutation of the Punishment : 

—and, a Similar Return for Upper Canada:—[So far 

as relates to Lower Canada.]| 

Further Return to an Address to Her Majesty, New South 
dated the 27th day of February last, for Copies of W#les &amp;c. 
Despatches from the Lieutenant-Governor of Van No.524. 
Diemen’s Land, relative to Transportation and the 
Assignment of Convicts. 

A Copy of any Addresses received at the Colo- Newfoundland, 
nial Office, from the Legislative Council or Assembly No. 525. 
of Newfoundland, or from Public Bodies or Indivi- 

= in that Colony, relative to the state of Affairs 

there. 

Copies or Extracts of Despatches relative to the Aborigines 
Massacre of various Aborigines of Australia in the (Australia) 
year 1838, and respecting the trial of ther Mur- No. 526, 
derers. 

A Return of the Number of National and other Schools 
Schools in the island of Jamaica, showing the in- Jamaica.) 
crease in Schools and Scholars, since the 1st day of 
November 1837. 

Copies of Despatches from Sir George Arthur, Orange Lodges 
relating to Orange Lodges in Canada, since the 17th (Canada) 
day of May 1837. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table; and that the Papers relative to British 

Guiana, New South Wales, &amp;c., Newfoundland ;— 

and, Aborigines (Australia) be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint Newgate Gaol 
James, Dublin, praying for the insertion of a Clause (Dublin) 

in the Grand Jury Cess (Jreland) Bill, to prevent 

the re-building of the Gaol of Mewgate, in the 

said city, was presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of tire Cobbett Club, pray- Universal 
ing for Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments and Suffrage, &amp;c. 
Vote by Ballot, was brought up, and read. 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table :— 

It passed in the Negative. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cahir, praying for Postage. 
the adoption of a low and uniform Rate of Postage, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Culfeightrin and Salmon 
Ballintoy, praying the House not to sanction any (Trcland,) 
alteration of the law respecting Salmon Fisheries 
in Jreland, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Mullinahone ; — Borrisoleigh ; — '\ithes 
Kilcash and Temple-etney;— Ballynahinch ;— Toom- (senate 
avara ;— Gammonsfield :—Carrick-on-Suir ;— New- 
castle (Tipperary) ;—Shanrehen ;—Powerstown ;— 
Desertmartin and Kileronoghan; praying for the 
abolition of Tithes in Freland,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tramore and Corbally ;—Burriso- Government 
hane ;— Emly ;— Roscrea ;—and, Toomvara ; pray- of [reland. 
ing the House to support Her Majesty’s Ministers 
in their Government of Jreland,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Raxworthy, of Warminster, Local Courts. 
praying the House to adopt measures for establish- 
ing Local Courts of Law and Equity throughout the 
Kingdom, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 








Petitions 


42nd 





Ele 
(Ire 


Elective 
Franchise, Sc, 
(Ireland.) 


Newfoundland. 


Dublin and 
. Belfast Rail- 


way. 


Amy (Presby- 
terian Church 
Service.) 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 





3 VicToRIzZ. 


Petitions from Newport and Birdhill;—Cahir ;— 
Tipperary ;— Kilronan ;—and, Ardfinnan ; praying 
the House to identify the Elective Franchise in 
England and Ireland, countries in which the tenures 
of lands and houses are similar, and to give to Jre- 
land as complete Municipal Reform as England has 
obtained, and to give also to Ireland her adequate 
proportion in the Representation; and finally, to 
place Ireland 5 as a footing of equality in religious 
freedom with England, by allocating the temporali- 
ties of the church of the minority in that country 
to purposes of charity, education and public utility, 


—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
Table. 


A Petition of William Harding, a Prisoner in Her 
Majesty’s Gaol of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, 
complaining of his imprisonment for a riot, arising 
out of the late election of Representatives for the 
district of Conception Bay, in that Island; and 
praying the House to address Her Majesty, to give 
directions that the remainder of the punishment 


awarded to him may be remitted, was presented, and [ 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dunleer, praying the 
House to sanction a Railway from Dublin to Bel- 
fast, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


12° Auguste. 





Petitions from Markethill ;--Dundalk ;—Clare ; 
— Keady (two Petitions); — Drumbanagher ; — 
Belfast ; — Armagh (two Petitions) ;—Richhill ;— 
Lisslooney ;—Newtonhamilton;—and, Newry; pray- 
ing that Presbyterian soldiers may be permitted to 
attend the Presbyterian Church in the same manner 
as Episcopalian and Roman Catholic soldiers are 
permitted to attend their respective places of Wor- 
ship,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. : 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made b 
the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, “ An Act for the 
Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Zreland ;” 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2.1.10. Leave out “is,” and insert “ has 
“ been admitted.” 

Pr. 2. 1.11. Leave out “ entitled to become,” 
and insert “ admitted.” 

Pr. 2. 1.19. Leave out “ become,’ 
“ be admitted.” 

Pr. 4. 1.10. After the second “ was,” insert 
“ admitted.” 
Pr. 4, 1.11. After “ be,” insert “ admitted.” 
Pr. 7. 1. 2. Leave out from “ That,” to “ And” 
line penult., and insert “all persons now en- 
titled to vote at the Election of a Member or 
Members to serve in Parliament for any city, 
town or borough, shall continue to enjoy such 
right as fully as if this Act had not been passed, 
and that every person, who if this Act had not 
been passed, would have had a right to be ad- 
mitted a freeman or burgess, or to be placed on the 
roll of freemen or burgesses of any such borough 
as aforesaid, in order to be registered, and to vote 
in the election of a Member or Members to serve 
in Parliament, or might hereafter have been en- 
titled to acquire in respect of birth, or marriage, 
or servitude, or of any statute then in force, as a 
freeman or burgess, the right of voting in the 
election of a Member or Members to serve in 
Parliament for such borough, shall be entitled, if 
such borough be one of the boroughs named in 
the said Schedule (A.), or one of the boroughs to 
which a Charter of Incorporation shall have been 
granted, as hereinafter is mentioned, to be ad- 
mitted a freeman or burgess, and placed on the 
roll of freemen of such borough, and to acquire 
and enjoy such right of voting as fully as if this 


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539 


“ Act had not been passed; and if such borough 
“be one of the boroughs named in the said Sche- 
“ dule (B.), to which no such Charter of Incorpora- 
“ tion as aforesaid has been granted, to acquire and 
“ enjoy, without having been admitted a freeman or 
“ burgess, such right of voting as fully as if this 
“ Act had not been passed, and he had been ad- 
mitted a freeman or burgess, provided he shall be 
enrolled on the Freemen’s Roll in any such city, 
town or borough, according to the provisions 
hereinafter contained; and in every such borough 
as last aforesaid, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 
shall appoint a fit person to make out a List to 
be called the Freemen’s Roll, and whenever any 
person, who if this Act had not passed would 
have been entitled to be admitted to his freedom 
in such borough, by reason of birth, marriage or 
service, or of any statute now in force, shall claim 
to be enrolled upon such roll, the person so ap- 
pointed shall examine into such claim, and upon 
such claim being established shall enrol the name 
of such claimant upon the roll, and shall keep a 
true copy of such roll, to be perused by any per- 
son without payment of any fee at all reasonable 
times, and shall deliver a copy thereof or extract 
therefrom to any person requiring the same, on 
payment of a reasonable price for such copy.” 

Pr. 8. 1.8. Leave out “ who has, or.” 

Pr. 8. 1.9. Leave out “have a right,” and in- 
sert “be or thereafter become entitled.” 

Pr. 8. 1.13. Leave out from “ and” to “shall”’ 
in 1. 16. 

Pr. 8. 1.23. Leave out from 
“ shall” in 1. 32, 

Pr. 8. 1.35. After “claim” insert “ in respect 
of birth, servitude or marriage, or of any statute 
now in force.” 

Pr.11. 1.5. After “ Trusts” insert “and those.” 

Pr, 26. 1.3, Leave out “ during the first three 
“ years next.” 

Pr. 26. 1.9. Leave out from “shall” to “ pro- 
vided” in1.36., and insert “ be an inhabitant 
householder, and shall for six calendar months 
previous thereto, have been resident as such 
within such borough, or within seven statute miles 
of such borough, and who shall occupy within 
such borough, any house, warehouse, counting- 
house or shop, which either separately or jointly 
with any land within such borough occupied 
therewith by him as tenant, or occupied there- 
with by him as owner, shall be of the yearly value 
of not less than Ten pounds, to be ascertained 
and determined as hereinafter mentioned, shall, if 
duly enrolled according to the provisions herein- 
after contained, be a burgess of such borough, and 
a member of the body corporate of the mayor, 
aldermen and_ burgesses of such borough; and 
such yearly value shall be ascertained and deter- 
mined in manner following, and not otherwise, 
(that is to say,) such value shall be a sum com- 
posed of the net annual value at which the premises 
so occupied by such man shall then be rated (as 
they are hereby required to be) to the relief of 
of the poor, under an Act passed in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament, intituled ‘An Act for the 
more effectual relief of the destitute Poor in Jre- 
land,’ and of the amount of the sums at which 
the landlord’s repairs and the landlord’s insurance 
shall be estimated and stated in any rate to be 
made in pursuance of the said Act: Provided 
always, that no such occupier shall be admitted 
to be enrolled under this Act unless he shall have 
occupied such premises within the said borough, 
or other premises of the like nature, within the 
said borough, and rated as aforesaid, for the space 
of Twelve calendar months at the least next pre- 
ceding such last day of August, nor unless such 
occupier shall, on or before the last day of August 
in such year, have paid or discharged all rates for 
the relief of the poor, and all municipal or other 


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“ local cesses, and all rates and taxes which shall 
“ have become payable by him in respect of such 
“ premises, except such as shall have been imposed 
“‘ or become payable, within Three calendar months 
“ next before such last day of August.” 
Pr. 27. 1.8. Leave out from “ unions” to “ pro- 
“ vided” in Pr. 29. 1,15. 
Pr. 30. 1. 5. Leave out from “shall” to “ make”’ 
inl. 6, 
Pr. 30. 1. 8. Leave out from “same” to “ if” 
in |. 9. 
Pr. 30. 1. 35. Leave out “ office.” 
Pr. 32. 1. 8. Leave out from “ occupied” to 
“ in” in 1. 11. 
Pr. 32. 1. 26. Leave out “ office.” 
Pr. 32. 1. 36. Leave out “ office.” 
Pr. 34. 1. 1. Leave out from “ Act” to “ And,” 
in P. 36.1. 18. 
Pr, 36. 1. 30. Leave out “ One month” and in- 
sert “ Fourteen days.” 
Pr. 36.1. 31. After “ the” insert “ thirty” and 
in the same line after ‘‘ day” insert “ of August.” | 
Pr. 36.1.32. Leave out from “ year” to “open” 
in 1. 35. 
Pr. 37. |. 5. Leave out from “ afternoon” to 
“ and” in 1. 7. 
Pr. 38. 1. 22. After “ out” insert “ from the 
“ assessment to be made of hereditaments within 
“ such parish and borough under the said Act, 
“ passed in the last Session of Parliament.” 
Pr. 39. 1. 8. After “ out” insert “ in like man- 
* wi” 
Pr. 45. 1. 7. Leave out from “ cases” to “ pro- 
“ vided” in 1. 11. 
Pr. 48.1. 4. After “bench” insert “in Ireland.” 
Pr. 52. 1. 11. Leave out from “ be” to “ on” 
inl, 12. 
Pr. 52.1. 20. After “Twelve” insert “calendar.” 
Pr. 52. 1. 21. Leave out from “house” to ‘‘rated” 
in |, 22. 
Pr. 52. 1. 24. Leave out “ sum” and insert “ net 
“ annual value,” and in the same line after “twenty” 
insert “ five.” 
Pr. 52. 1. 25. After “ borough” insert “ nor 
“ shall any person be qualified to be elected, or to 
“ be a councillor or an alderman of any borough 
“ named in the said Schedule (B.) to which a 
“ Charter shall have been granted as hereinafter is 
“ mentioned, who shall not be on the Burgess List 
“ of the borough for which he is elected, nor unless 
“‘ he shall be seised or possessed of real or personal 
“ estate, or of both, of the clear value of Five hun- 
dred pounds above what will satisfy his debts, or 
shall occupy and shall for Twelve calendar months 
next previous have occupied a house rated as 
aforesaid, at the net annual value of Fifteen 
“ pounds or upwards, situate within the borough.” 
Pr. 65. 1. 3: Leave out “ or assessor.” 
Pr. 65. 1. 9. Leave out “ or assessor,” and in- 
sert “‘ and no assessor shall be eligible to be elected 
* alderman or councillor during the existence of the 
‘ Burgess Roll formed from the lists with respect 
‘ to which he sha!l have acted as such assessor, or 
“ appointed to be town-clerk or treasurer during 
‘ the time of his being such assessor.” 
Pr. 67. 1. 2. Leave out from “ time’ to “ this” 
in 1. 3. and insert “ when,” and in 1. 3. after “ Act” 
insert “ shall come into operation.” 
Pr. 67. 1. 5. Leave out “ of passing” and insert 
“ when.” 
Pr. 67. 1. 6. After “ Act” insert “‘ shall come 
* into operation.” 
Pr. 72. 1. 9. After “ pounds” insert “ or Five 
“ hundred pounds.” 
Pr. 72. 1. 17. After “Twelve” insert “calendar.” 


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Pr. 73. 1. 5. After “ accordingly” insert “ Pro- 


“ vided also, That nothing in this Act contained, 


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shall be construed to dispense with the obligation 
of any —_ to make and subscribe the oath 
rovided and enjoined by an Act made in the 
enth year of the reign of His late Majesty King 
“ George the Fourth, intituled, ’ An Act for the Re- 
“ lief of His Majesty’s Roman Catholic Subjects.’” 
Pr. 85. 1. 5. After “ person” insert Clause (A.) 
Ciause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
“ Enacted, That no appointment of any officer, 
“ other than such as shall usually have been ap- 
“ pointed in such borough, shall be made, until a 
“ statement in writing shail have been submitted 
“« by the council to the Lord Lieutenant, describing 
“ the nature and proposed tenure of the office about 
“ to be created, and the reasons for creating it, and 
“ also the salary proposed to be paid to the officer 
““ when appointed, nor until the consent of the Lord 
“ Lieutenant to the making of such appointment, 
“ shall,subsequently to the receiptof oad statement, 
“ have been signified by Warrant under his hand, 
“ which Warrant shall be entered upon the minute- 
“ book of the council.” 
Pr. 90.1. 7. After “ that” insert “ every char- 
“ tered magistrate acting by corporate appointment, 
“ whose duties and fees shall have been regulated 
« by any Act of Parliament now in force in Lreland, 
“ and.” 
Pr. 90. 1. 12. Leave out “ be in” and insert 
“ hold.” 
Pr. 90. 1. 13. Leave out “of the passing of” 
and insert “ when,” and in the same line after 
“ Act” insert “ shall come into operation.” 

Pr. 90. 1. 18. After “ Act” insert “ or deprived 
of fees or emoluments to which he would have 
been entitled if this Act had not been passed.” 

Pr. 90. 1. 29. After “ therein” insert “ whether 
such person shall have held his office for life, or 
the usage shall have been such as to raise a 
just expectation that the office should continue 
for life, although in compliance with some charter, 
custom, rule, bye-law or statute, such person may 
have been subjected to an annual or other pe- 
riodical election.” 

Pr. 93.1. 10. After “ thereto” insert “ Provided 
also, That it shall be lawful for any such town- 
clerk to include in the amount of compensation 
to be so claimed by him not only the salary and 
just emoluments of his office of town-clerk, but 
also the profits derived from the performance of 
legal business of the body corporate of the bo- 
rough in which he shall be such town-clerk, exe- 
cuted by him in his official capacity, and the just 
emoluments of any other corporate appointment 
held by such town-clerk and usually held in con- 
“ junction with, or attached or annexed to the office 
of town-clerk: Provided also, That in any case 
in which such town-clerk, or any other officer of 
“ any such borough, shall hold his office for life or 
during good behaviour, or where the usage has 
been such as to raise a just expectation that the 
“ office shall continue for the lite of the holder, a 
compensation of not less than Two-thirds of his 
profits may be granted to such officer calculated 
upon an average of his just emoluments or those 
of his predecessors for the Five years next before 
this Act shall come into operation in such bo- 
“ rough.” 

Pr. 99.1. 22. After “ whatsoever” insert “ or is 
“ or are empowered to direct the racer of the 
“ rents, profits or produce of any hereditaments or 
“any sum or sums of money, chattels, securities 
“ for money or other personal estate whatsoever, for 
any charitable purpose.” 


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Pr. 72.1. 20. Leave out “sum” and insert “net Pr. 100. 1. 2. Leave out “ May” and insert 


“ annual value.” 
Pr. 72. 1. 21. After “ twenty” insert “ five,” 


“ October.” 
Pr. 100. 1. 3. Leave out from “ year” to “ or” 


and in the same line after “‘ pounds” insert “ or|in 1. 5. and insert “ One thousand eight hundred 


“ fifteen pounds, as the case may require.” 


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Pr. 100. 1. 30. Leave out “ May” and insert 
October.” 

Pr. 102. 1. 6. After “ thereof” insert “ and if 
any person who shall be appointed such trustee 
shall at any time thereafter become a convert to 
or profess the Roman Catholic religion, he shall 
thereupon cease to be such trustee, and all his 
estate, right, title and interest, power and autho- 
rity, in, to, over and upon such real and personal 
estate shall cease and determine, and such real 
and personal estate, power and authority, shall 
thereupon vest in his co-trustees in like manner 





as if he had died: Provided also, That nothing 
herein contained shall extend or be construed to 
extend to any corporation of a house of industry, 
fever hospital or county infirmary in Ireland, or 
to the president and assistants of the Charitable 
Society of Belfast, or to the Hospital and Free- 
school of King Charles the Second, Dublin, com- 
monly called the Blue Coat Hospital, or any real 
or personal estate belonging thereto.” 

Pr. 102.1.11. After “ Enactment” insert Clauses 
(B.) and (C.) 

Cause (B.) “ And whereas by letters patent of 
King Charles the Second, bearing date the Fifth 
day of December in the Twenty-third year of his 
reign, the Lord Mayor, Sheritis, Commons and 
Citizens of the City of Dublin, and their suc- 
cessors, are constituted a body politic and corporate 
by the name of the Governors of the Hospital 
and Free-school of King Charles the Second, 
Dublin: And whereas the government, manage- 
ment and direction of the said Hospital and Free- 
school are now exercised by Sixty-one standing 
governors, (whereof four are the treasurer for the 
time being, and three other governors of the 
schools founded by Erasmus Smith, Esquire,) ap- 
pointed by the governors of the said school, in 
pursuance of an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, 
made in the tenth year of the reign of King 
George the First: Be it therefore Enacted, That 
from and immediately after this Act shall come 
into operation in the said City of Dublin, the 
persons who at that time shall be the governors of 
the said Hospital and the survivors of them and 
their successors, to be appointed in manner herein- 
after mentioned, shall be, and they are hereby 
constituted a body politic and corporate by the 
aforesaid name of ‘ The Governors of the Hospital 
and Free-school of King Charles the Second 
Dublin,’ in the place and stead of the said Lord 
Mayor, Sheriffs, Commons and Citizens of the 
said City of Dublin, who shall no longer be such 
body politic and corporate, in like manner to all 
intents and purposes as if the said Sixty-one per- 
sons and the survivors of them and their succes- 
sors had been the persons appointed by virtue of 
the said letters patent, instead of the said Lord 
Mayor, Sheriffs, Commons and Citizens, and all 
and singular, the hereditaments, sums of money, 
chattels, securities for money and other personal 
estate of the said body corporate, constituted by 
the said letters patent, and all the estate, right, 
‘interest and title, and all the rights, powers, pri- 
vileges and immunities of such body corporate, 
and all rights of action and suit vested in such 
body corporate shall be, and are hereby vested in 
the body corporate hereby constituted in the place 
and stead thereof; and the body corporate hereby 
constituted, shall be subject to the same liabilities 
and governed according to the same regulations 


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vided always, That the treasurer for the time 
being, and three other governors of the schools 
founded by the said Erasmus Smith, such as the 
governors of the said schools shall from time to 
time choose and appoint, shall, and they are 
hereby declared to be standing governors of the 
said Hospital in like manner as by the said Act 
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of the tenth year of the reign of King George the 

First, they were made governors of the said Hos- 

pital: Provided also, That the governors of the 

said Hospital hereby constituted shall never con- 

sist of less than Fifty, and that when and so often 
as any of the governors hereby appointed or to 
be appointed as hereinafter is mentioned, (other 
than the said treasurer and three other governors 
of the said schools founded by the said Erasmus 
Smith) shall depart this life, then it shall be 
lawful for the surviving governors for the time 
being, or the major part of them present at any 
meeting duly held for that purpose, and they are 
hereby empowered to elect one or more person or 
persons in the place or places, and as a successor 
or successors of the deceased governor or gover- 
nors, or any of them, so as to make up, with the 
surviving governors, the number at the least of 
Sixty governors, including the said treasurer and 
three other governors of the said schools founded 
by the said Erasmus Smith; and every person so 
elected a governor shall be a governor jointly with 
the surviving governors for the time being, and 
shall have the same powers and authorities as if 
he had been appointed a governor by this Act.” 


Cxravuse (C.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
from and immediately after this Act shall come 
into operation in the said City of Dublin, so much 
of the said Act of Parliament passed in the tenth 
year of the reign of King George the First, as 
prowées that the Lord Mayor and Recorder of 
the City of Dublin then and for the time being, 
and Two of the Aldermen of the said City, such 
as the governors of the schools founded by 
Erasmus Smith, Esquire, should, from time to time 
select and appoint, should for ever thereafter be 
standing governors of the said schools, shall be 
and the same is hereby repealed, and that Four 
of the governors for the time being of the said 
Hospital and Free-school of King Charles the 
Second, Dublin, such as the governors of the said 
Hospital and Free-school for the time being, or 
the major part of them shall from time to time 
select and appoint, shall for ever thereafter be 
standing governors of the said schools founded 
by the said Erasmus Smith.” 

Pr. 100. 1.20. After “ trusts” insert “or Acts 


‘ relating to profitable trusts for shareholders or 


proprietors with respect to which provision is here- 
inafter made,” 


Pr. 100. 1. 26. After “ Act’’ insert Clause (D.) 
Cuiause (D.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 


in every case in which any body corporate named 
in the Schedule (A.) to this Act annexed, or any 
person or persons elected by any such body cor- 
porate is or are trustee or trustees authorized to 
exercise any power or provisions of any Acts of 
Parliament for any purpose producing profits 
which, or part of which, are or is to be divided 
between shareholders or proprietors for their own 
benefit, then the powers and provisions of all such 
Acts shall, from and after the time when this Act 
shall come into operation until Parliament shall 
otherwise provide, be executed by such trustees 
as the Lord Chancellor of Zreland or Lords Com- 
missioners for the custody of the Great Seal for 
the time being shall, by Order to be from time to 
time made upon Petition in a summary way, ap- 
point and select, regard being had in such ap- 
pointment to the rights of the several parties 
interested.” 

Pr. 116. 1.29. After “bench” insert in Jreland.” 

Pr. 118. 1. 23. After “applied” insert “ to- 
wards the paving, cleansing and lighting the 
streets of the borough by or.” 

Pr. 118. 1. 24. After “ council” insert “ or by 
any trustees appointed by any Act or Acts of 
Parliament for paving, cleansing and lighting the 
streets or any of such purposes, where the powers 
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“ of such Acts shall not have been transferred to 
* the council and.” 

Pr. 118. 1. 27. Leave out from “ borough” to 
“ provided” in |. 37. i 


Pr.119.1.32. After “satisfied” insert “Provided 
“ always, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
“ be construed to affect any tolls or dues paid before 
the passing of this Act to any member or officer 
of any body corporate in his corporate capacity 
by permission of the true and real owner thereof.” 

Pr. 121. 1. 7. Leave out “and,” and insert 
“e.” 

Pr. 123. 1. 26. After “ thereto” insert “ either 
at law or in equity.” 

Pr. 145. 1. 37. Leave out from “ the” to 
which” in Pr. 146. 1. 8. and insert “ rectories 
and vicarages.” 

Pr. 146. 1. 15. Leave out “ the parcel,’ and 
insert “ all rent-charges in lieu.” 


Pr. 146. 1. 16. Leave out from “ tithes” to 
“ churches,” in 1.19. and insert “ or portions or 
“ parcels of such rent-charges,” and in 1. 19. leave 
out “ or.” 

Pr. 146. 1. 21. Leave out “ tithes.” 

P. 147. 1. 34. Leave out from “ the” to “ said” 
in |, 35. 

Pr. 147. 1. 36. Leave out from “ Commissioners” 
to “and,” in Pr. 148. 1. 1. 

Pr. 148. 1. 5, After “accordingly” insert “and 
“ the purchase-money shall be paid to the Com- 
“ missioners for the time being, acting under the 
Act of Parliament made and passed in the sixth 
and seventh years of the reign of his late Ma- 
jesty King William the Fourth, intituled, ‘ An 
Act for regulating and improving the town of 
Galway, in the county of the same town,” to be 
by them applied in the first place in or towards 
the paymert of the compensations, pensions, sti- 
pends and allowances to become payable to offi- 
cers of or other persons connected with the bo- 
rough of Galway, in the cases hereinafter provided 
for, and in the next place in or towards the 
payment of debts due from the body corporate of 
that borough, and if any residue shall then re- 
main of such purchase-money, it shall be applied 
by the said Commissioners in aid of the funds or 
rates vested in or which shall or may become 
payable to the said last-mentioned Commis- 
sioners.” 

Pr. 148. 1. 16. Leave out from “ Lieutenant” 

to “a,” in 1. 27. 

Pr. 149. 1. 16. Leave out from “ Galway” to 
“ before,” in |. 18. 
Pr. 149. 1. 25. Leave out “and,” and insert 
a Sheriff shall be appointed by,” and in the same 
line leave out from “ Lieutenant” to “ and,” in 


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Pr. 174. 1. 5. Leave out from “ notwithstand- 
“ ing” to “and” in Pr. 197. 1. 15. 

Pr. 197. 1.16. Leave out from “ Lieutenant ” 
to “ upon,” in |]. 18. 

Pr. 201 (a.) 1.16. Leave out from “ record” to 
and,” in 1.18. 

Pr. 201 (a.) 1. 22. Leave out “ courts respec- 
tively,” and insert “ court.” 

Pr. 206. 1. 2. After “summoned” insert “ and 
compelled.” 

Pr. 210. 1. 9. After “ suit” insert “ unless the 
Judge before whom any such case shall be tried 
shall certify upon the record under his hand, that 
the case was a proper case to be tried according 
to the course of the common law.” 

Pr. 211. 1.16. Leave out “ and until Parliament 
shall otherwise provide.” 

Pr. 211. 1. 24. Leave out from ‘ court” to 
for,” in 1, 33. and insert “ the Lord Lieutenant 
shall appoint a fit person being a barrister-at-law, 
of not less than six years’ standing, who shall be 
and be called the Judge of the Court of Con- 
science for such borough, and shall hold such 
office during good behaviour, and in the event of 
any vacancy in such office, the Lord Lievtenant 
shall appoint thereto another person qualified as 
aforesaid, and from and after the appointment of 
such judge in such borough a court shall be 
holden.” 

Pr. 211. 1. 36. Leave out from “ and” to 
“ the ” in 1. ult. 

Pr. 212. 1. 1. Leave out “ and.” 
Pr. 215. 1.15. Leave out from “ party” to 
“ and,” in Pr. 217. 1. 25. 
Pr. 217. 1.27. Leave out from “ conscience ” 
to “or,” inl. 29. 

Pr. 217. 1.30. Leave out from “ under” to 
“ shall,” in 1. 31. and insert “ his order.” 

Pr. 217. Ll. ult. Leave out “ them.” 

Pr. 218. 1.1. Leave out “ and recorder respec- 
“‘ tively.” 

Pr. 218. 1.5. Leave out “ them,” and insert 
“ him,” and in the same line leave out from “ as” 
to “in,” inl. 7. and insert “ judge.” 

Pr. 218. 1. 9. Leave out “ respectively.” 

Pr. 218. l.ult. Leave out from “ president” to 
“ if” in Pr. 219. 1. 2. 

Pr, 219. 1. 23. Leave out from “ president” to 
“ rendering,” in ls. 24 and 25. 

Pr. 219. |. ult. Leave out “ or recorder.” 

Pr. 220. 1. 8. Leave out “ or recorder.” 

Pr. 220. 1. 18. Leave out “ or recorder.” 

Pr. 233. 1.32. Leave out from “ cases” to 
and,” in Pr, 240. 1. 12. 

Pr. 240. 1.13. Leave out “ the,” and insert 
as soon as any rate for the relief of the destitute 
poor in Jreland shall have been made in any of 


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Pr. 150. 1.37. and insert “ in the same manner to 
“ all intents and purposes as the Sheriff of any 
county at large in Ireland is now by law nomi- 
nated and appointed.” 
Pr. 151. 1. 14. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or 
“ Sheriffs.” 
Pr. 151. 1.15. After “ he” insert “ or they.” 
Pr. 151. 1. 18. After “ his” insert “ or their.” 
Pr. 151. 1.28. After “be” insert “ appointed.” 
Pr. 151. 1. 30. Leave out from “ year” to 
“ and,” in |. 35. 
Pr. 158. 1. 23. Leave out “ and.” 
Pr. 162. 1. 30. Leave out from “ Dubdlin” to 
and,” in Pr. 163. 1. 15. 
Pr. 164, 1. 38. After “ aforesaid” insert “ and 


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“ said office.” 


acting in the performance of the duties of the 








the boroughs named in the said Schedule (A.), 
“ the Poor Law.” 

Pr. 240. 1. 15. Leave out ‘‘ hands,” and insert 
‘“‘ seal.” 

Pr. 240. 1. 16. Leave out from “ Lieutenant” 
to “and,” in lL. 18. and insert “ that such rate 
“ has been made, and shall state in such certificate 
“ the day on which such rate will become payable.” 

Pr. 240. 1.23. Leave out “ thenceforward,” and 
insert “ upon the day so be stated in such certifi- 
“ cate.” 

Pr. 240. 1. 26. Leave out “ publication,” and 
insert “ day.” 

Pr. 240. 1. 30. Leave out from “ certificate,” 
to “and,” in Pr. 248. 1.1. 

Pr. 244. 1. 29. After “ bench” insert “ in 
“ Jreland.” 


Pr. 165. 1.3. Leave out “ him,” and insert Pr. 248. 1. 20. Leave out from “ if” to “ Pro- 


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the Recorder.” 


“ vided,” in Pr. 250. Is. 16. and 17, and insert 


Pr. 165. 1.4. Leave out from “body” to “and,” |“ a Petition to grant a Charter of Incorporation to 


in |, 27. 


“ the inhabitants of such town shall be presented 


Pr. 169. 1. 27. Leave out from “ shall” to|‘“ signed bya majority of such of the inhabitants 


“ exercise,” in |. 32. 


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“ or in any other town in Jreland, in which the 


population according to the last census taken in 
the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
one by authority of Parliament, exceeded the 
number of Three thousand, as would be qualified 
(so far as such qualification can be ascertained 
from the assessment to the rate for the relief of 
the poor, to be made in pursuance of the said Act 

assed in the last Session of Parliament), to have 
Scat enrolled on the Burgess Roll of such town, if 
the same had been named in the said Schedule 
(A.), and such Burgess Roll had been made ac- 
cording to the provisions hereinbefore contained, 
then, and in every such case, it shall be lawful for 
Her Majesty by any such Charter, if she shall 
think fit, by advice of Her Privy Council, to 
grant the same, to extend to the inhabitants of 
any such town within the district to be set forth 
in such Charter, the powers and provisions in this 
“ Act contained.” 

Pr. 252. 1.26. After “ Aldermen ” insert “ and” 
and in the same line leave out from “ Councillors” 
to “which,” in 1. 27., and in |. 27. leave out from 
“ as” to “ hereinbefore,’ in |. 29., and in 1. 29. 
after “ hereinbefore” insert “ expressly.” 

Pr. 252. 1. 30. After “ provided” insert “ as 
“ to Boroughs in the said Schedule (B.)” 

Pr. 253. 1.14. After “ annexed” insert Clause 
(E.) 

Cuausz (E.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
“ acted, That in every case in which any Court of 
“ Quarter Sessions of the Peace for a county shall 
“ be holden in any Borough named in the said Sche- 
dule (B.) or within seven miles thereof, at the 
time of the incorporation of such Borough, in 
pursuance of such Petition as aforesaid, no grant 
of a separate Court of Quarter Sessions for such 
Borough shall be made, notwithstanding any Pe- 
tition for such grant so long as such Court of 
« Quarter Sessions for the county shall continue to 
“ be so holden as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 254. 1. 29. Leave out from “ Parliament” 
to “and,” in Pr. 257. 1. 21. and insert Clause (F.) 

Cuause (F.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
“ in every Borough named in the said Schedule 
“ (B.), to which no Charter of Incorporation in pur- 
suance of any Petition signed as aforesaid, shall 
be granted within Twelve calendar months next 
after the day on which this Act shall come into 
operation in any such Borough, except the said 
town of Galway, there shall be constituted, if the 
body corporate in such Borough shall appear 
from the Report of the Irish Corporation Com- 
missioners, presented to his late Majesty King 
William the Fourth in the year One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-five, to be seised or pos- 
sessed of or entitled to any property consisting 
of any real estate or of any personal estate ex- 
ceeding in annual amount or value the sum of 
One hundred pounds, but not otherwise, a Board 
of Commissioners for the disposition of such 
property, according to the provisions hereinafter 
contained, until such Charter may at any time 
afterwards be granted, and upon the grant of any 
such Charter, and the election of a council under 
its provisions, the Board of Commissioners shall 
cease, and all the said estate and any accumulation 
thereof shall forthwith, without any conveyance 
thereof, vest in the body so res gsr ol 

Pr. 258. 1. 1. After “‘ mentioned” insert Clauses 
(G.), (H.), (L), (K.), (L.), (ML), (N.), (O.) and (P.) 

Crause (G.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
“ the Mayor of every Borough in which a Board of 
“ Commissioners is hereinbefore directed to be con- 
“ stituted, shall appoint some day not less than 
“ Seven days nor more than Twenty-eight days, to 
“ be computed, where no such petition for incorpo- 
“ ration shall have been presented from such Bo- 
rough as aforesaid, from the day to be named by 
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such petition shall have been presented from such 
Borough from the expiration of Twelve calendar 
months next after the day to be named by the 
said Lord Lieutenant as aforesaid, for the election 
of the said Commissioners, and shall give Three 
clear days’ notice of such election by writing, 
to be fixed on or near to the door of the Town 
Hall, or in some public and conspicuous situation 
within the said Borough.” 

Crause (H.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
at the election of such Commissioners for any 
Borough, every man shall be entitled to vote who 
is of full age, and shall be an inhabitant house- 
holder resident within the Borough, according to 
the present limits thereof, by virtue of any charter 
or usage, and shall hold and occupy within the 
same any house, warehouse, counting-house or 
shop, either separately or jointly with any land 
within such Borough occupied therewith by him 
as tenant under the same landlord, or occupied 
therewith by him as owner, which premises shall 
be of the yearly value of not less than Ten Pounds, 
to be ascertained and determined in the manner 
hereinbefore provided with respect to the qualifi- 
cation of burgesses in Boroughs in the said Sche- 
dule (A.); and in case any premises shall be 
jointly occupied by two or more persons, each or 
every of such joint occupiers shall be entitled to 
vote, if the yearly value of such premises, ascer- 
tained and determined as aforesaid, shall be equal 
to the amount of as many sums of Ten Pounds 
as shall be equal to the number of such joint 
occupiers ; and the election shall be held before 
the Mayor, and the voting at every such election 
shall commence at nine of the clock in the fore- 
noon, and shall finally close at four of the clock 
in the afternoon of the same day, and shall be 
conducted in manner following ; (that is to say) 
every person entitled to vote in the election may 
vote for any number of persons, not exceeding 
the number of Commissioners then to be chosen, 
by delivering to the Mayor a voting paper, con- 
taining the christian names and surnames of the 
persons for whom he votes, with their respective 
places of abode and descriptions, such paper 
being previously signed with the name of the 
person voting, and with the name of the street, 
lane or other place in which the property in respect 
of which he is rated and votes is situated.” 

Cuause (I.) “ And be it Enacted, That at every 
election of Commissioners under this Act in any 
Borough, the Mayor, if it shall appear to him ex- 
pedient, for taking the poll at such election, may 
cause booths to be erected, or rooms to be hired 
and used as such booths for different parts of such 
Borough; and such booths or rooms may be 
situated either in one place or in several places, 
and shall be so divided and allotted into compart- 
ments as to the Mayor shall seem most convenient; 
and the Mayor shall appoint a clerk to take the 
poll at each compartment, and shall cause to be 
affixed on the most conspicuous part of each of 
the said booths the names of the parts of the Bo- 
rough for which such booth is respectively allotted ; 
and no person shall be admitted to vote at an 
such election, except at the booth allotted for the 
0 wherein the house, warehouse, counting- 

ouse, office or shop occupied by him, as described 
in the assessment to be made as aforesaid may 
be ; but in case no booth shall happen to be pro- 
vided for any particular part as aforesaid, the 
votes of the persons voting in respect of property 
situate in any part so omitted, may be taken at 
any of the said booths; and public notice of the 
situation, division and allotments of the different 
booths shall be given Two days before the com- 
mencement of the poll by the nape; and in case 
the booths shall be situated in different places, 
the Mayor may appoint a deputy to preside at 
each place; provided that no election shall be 
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“ holden. under.this'Aet ini any! Borough, in Jar 
“ church, chapel or other place of public: worship? 
Crause (K.) “ And be it Enacted, Thatino in- | 
“ quiry shall, be permitted ‘at amy:election as‘to'the 
“ right of any person to vote for thevelection: of 
“ Commissioners in. any) Borough, except: only’ as 
“ follows. ;, (that is to-say): that the| Mayor: or other | 
“ presiding, officer jshall,.if. required iby any Two 
“ persons entitled.to\vote!in the same Borough, put | 
“ to, any, voter at, the time of: his:delivering invhis | 
“ voting, paper, and) not. afterwards, the following | 
questions, or any of them, and no others): «| 
* 1—Are, you the person: whdse ‘name is signed 
“ as A. B. to the voting paper now de- 
off lineted Dy you? riod cf 1 205 2 
“ 2,-~Are you, the ‘person whdse name. appears 
| shin aA. B. on! thenassessment: for the |’ 
relief of ‘the poorof, the. parish: of 
im this Borough, ‘being 
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specify the street, &amp;c.,;as described 
“ ini the taterbook.}; «: 5 {ovis 
ave you already; voted at the present 
Election? AA ut A evs 19, 
And no person required to answer any of the said 
questions shall be permitted ot qualified: to. vote 
until he shall, have..answered the) sdine &gt; and: if 
any person, shall, wilfally imake a false! answer to 
any of the, questions aforesaid, he shall be deemed 
guilty ofa misdemeanor, and: 
punished, agcordingly.”.. « 
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elected, and so many.of such persons, being equal 
to, the number of persons:then tocbd chosen ‘as 
aba have the. greatest numberof votes,;shall ‘be 

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persons for, whom, the number /of . votes. ‘shall ‘be 
equal, so; many, as shall, benécessary'to complete 
the nequisite number of petsons to be chosen ;' ‘and 





calendar, months ‘at. the’ least after every suth 
election; and the Town (Clenk shall permit! any 
person who, was entitled; to vote/,orcany two sith 
persons, together, to inspect the same, on: payment 
of One. shilling for every search) andthe Mayor 
shall publish a list of the names of the persons 
so; elected, together with the/ number ‘of. votes 


later than two of the clock in the afternoom of 
the day,mext.,but one, followidg the day ‘of stich 
election, unless,;such day bei\Sunday, and-then dn 
the Monday; following|: ‘Provided ialways, ‘That 


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Mayor. shall. examine | the voting: papers: so deli- |’ 


which: of the several persons voted: for: are! duly |’ 
to. be elected,; atid in caseiof anequality |’ 


in the number of wotes;for any) two: or'more per- | 


the Mayor shall, cause the -yoting: papers tobe |’ 
kept in the office; of, the Town : Clerk: duting: Six |’ 


given.in favour; of each‘ penson:soyelected,:' not |’ 


if the..Mayor, of any, boroubh) shalliat ‘the tithe | 








when. it shall.be necessary tolexecute: the powers 
and duties herein provided with respect to electors, 
be dead, absent, or otherwise: incapable of acting, 
the Aldermen, and, Common Council, or other go- 
verning, officers, of, such borough; shall forthwith 
elect, one \of, the} Aldermen: or other »governing 


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his, place, whose acts shall be:as valid: as'any: act 
of the. person instead. of whomi he shall have been 
so elected,” J an0 


Crause.(M.)., “: And \be it 

Rereon being in holy orders,' or being the regular 

inister of, any dissenting congregation, shall be 
qualified to be elected, or to be a Commissioner 
of any, Borough ;, nor, shall any person be quali- 
“ fied to be elected, or to.be a Commissioner of any 
“ Borough, who shall not, for; Twelve months next 
“* previous have occupied a house of the clear yearly 
“ value. of Fifteen pounds or upwards, situate within 
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“&lt; peak or alcestate;'or of both, of the ‘lear 
value of: Five: hundred ‘poutids“above what will — 
satisfy his debts}: nor‘ shallany ‘person so quali 
‘fied to be:elected) or to-be a'\Commissionér df'any — 
Borough, who shall old! any’ office ‘or’ place’ of 
profit in the gift or: disposal of the Commissidnets _ 
or Charitable’Trustees of ‘such Borough, ‘or while | 
he is an unéertificdted bankrupt,’ or ‘during such 
time as’! he:shall ‘have, directly or indiréctly ‘by 
himself or: his-partner,’ any share or ititerest in- 
any contract or emplovment with, by or on’ behalf 
of such Commissioners or ‘Charitable’ Trustees: 
Provided, that:;no; person ‘shall’ be “disqualified 
from» being’ a Commissioner of any ‘Borough'‘as © 
aforesaid: by ‘reason’ of’ his being a proprietor or — 
shareholder ‘of or in any company which shall 
contract for lighting or supplying with water any 
part of the said Borough, or suring against fire 
any property therein.” © o03iS ml len 
Ltause(N.) “And be: it’ Enaeted, That no 
person elected: a Commissioner for any Borough 
under the provisions of this Act, shall be ‘capable 
of actmg as such except in ‘administerg the 
declaration’ hereinafter ‘contained, until he-shall — 
have made and~ subscribed’ before any Two' or 
more ‘of'such' ‘Commissioners ‘(who are hereby 
respectively authorized and required to administer 
the same), a declaration in the words, or to thé 
effect following (that is to say)5' ’ 1 tabs 
© ¢ |, A.B, having been’ elected Commissioner 
| for the Borough of , do hereby 
declare, That''I) take the ‘said office) upon 
myself) and will-duly ‘and’ faithfully’ fulfil 
the duties- thereof accordimg to ‘the best of 
my judgment and ‘ability; and I do ‘hereby _ 
declare, That’ I am seised’or possessed of 
-veal' or personal éstate [or both, asthe’ case 
may be], ‘to'the amount of Five hundred 
pounds, over and’ above what will’ satisfy mv 
‘debts; or that I now occupy, and have’ oc- 
cupied for Twelve months last’ past, a house 
situate within ‘the Borough of) O°" 
of the clear ‘yearly’ ‘value ‘of Fifteen ‘pounds, 
or upwards,” 2 '\-~! ae Ee 
And that every Commissioner who''shall’ have 
made:‘and ‘subscribed thé foregoing declaration, — 
in; respect of estate \or occupation, shallonce it 
every period of Three years, if required in ‘writing 
so to doby any Commissioner, make and subscribe 
a declaration that he is qualified’ in- real or per- 
sonal estate, or both, as the case may then be, or 
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Crass (O,): Provided “always,” ‘ahd’ be? it 


Enacted, That if any'person’ holditig the ‘office’ of 
Commissioner for any gens by be ‘déclaréd 
bankrapt; or shall apply to také the bevefit of any 
Act for the’Relief of Insélvent Debtors, ‘or ‘shall 
compound by deed with his creditors, then 'and’in 
every suth casé such person shall thereupon im- 
mediately become disqualified; ‘anid ‘shall cease to 
hold the office of such Commissioner.”~ '" © 
‘Cravuse (P.) “ And be it'Enacted, That' if an 
person 'shall'act as Commissioner for arly Boroug 
without having made the’ declaration’ hereinbefore 
required- in that ‘behalf, or without being duly 
qualified at the time of’ making such declaration, 
or after he‘shall have ceased‘ to be ‘qualified ‘ac-. 
cording’ to the provisions of this Act, ‘or after he 
shall have become disqualified to hold any such 
office, he ‘shall. for every such offence forfeit the 
sum of Fifty pounds, such sum ‘to be recovered, 
with fall costs of suit, by atiy person ‘who will 
sue for the same’ within Three calendar months 
after the commission of such offence, ‘by action 
of debt, or on the case, in any of Her Majesty’s 
Superior Courts of Record; ahd every person so 
sued by reason of not being so qualified in respect 
of estate, shall prove that he was at the time of 
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so acting qualified as aforesaid, or otherwise shall 
pay the said penalty, without any further evi- 
dence being given on the part of the plaintiff 
rson has acted as the Commis- 
sioner of such Borough: Provided always, That 
it shall be lawful for any defendant, by Judges’ 
order, or by the order of the Court, to be obtained 
within Fourteen days after he shall have been 
served with process in any such action, to require 
the plaintiff to give security for costs, and in such 
case all further proceedings in the said cause 
shall be stayed until the plaintiff shall give secu- 
rity to the satisfaction of the proper officer of the 
court for the costs of such action in case a ver- 
dict shall pass for the defendant, or the plaintiff 
shall become nonsuit, or discontinue such action, 
or if upon demurrer or otherwise, judgment shall 
iven against the plaintiff, and the defendant 
ther of such cases recover his full costs 
as between attorney and client: Provided also, 
That no such action shall be brought, except by 
a person qualified to vote for Commissioners for 
h, nor unless such person bringing 
the same shall, within Fourteen days after the 
commission of the offence, have served a notice in 
writing personally upon the party committing 
such offence of his intention to bring such ac- 
tion ; and in case the plaintiff in any such action 
shall obtain a verdict, the money so to be re- 
covered shall, after payment of the costs and ex- 
penses attending the recovery thereof, be paid 
and apportioned as follows (that is to say); one 
moiety thereof to the person so suing, and the 
other moiety thereof to the Treasurer to be ap- 
pointed by virtue of this Act, to be by him applied 
m aid of the town fund: Provided always, That 
all acts and proceedings of any person in posses- 
sion of the office, and acting as a Commissioner, 
shall, notwithstanding such disqualification, or 
want of qualification, or any other defect or want 
of title, be as valid and effectual as if such person 
had been duly qualified or entitled.” 

Pr, 258. |. 2. After “ that” insert “ from and 
immediately after the passing of this Act, the 
body or reputed body corporate named in the said 
Schedule (B.) to this Act annexed, in connexion 
with the Borough of Galway shall be dissolved, 


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Pr. 258. 1. 5. Leave out from “ (B.)” to “ the” 


Pr. 258. 1.19. After “ dissolved ” insert Clauses 
(Q.) and (R.) 

Cravse (Q.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
“¢ Galway Town Commissioners acting in the exe- 
cution of the said Act of Parliament for improving 
the Town of Galway, shail be also Commissioners 
under this Act for that town, until the grant of 
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Crause (R.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
if the body corporate in any Borough named in 
the said Schedule (B.) to which no charter, in 
pursuance of any petition signed as aforesaid, 
shall be granted within Twelve calendar months 
next after the day on which this Act shall come 
into operation, shall not be seised or possessed of, 
or entitled to any property consisting of any real 
estate, or of or to any personal property exceeding 
in annual amount and value the sum of One hun- 
dred pounds, then and in every such case the 
owers and duties of the body, or reputed or 
corporate named in the said Schedule 
, in connexion with such 
Borough, shall cease, except such as are necessa 
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: of ioe Act, shall, so far ag en. same are appli- 
cable, apply to every suc dy corporate as 
° aforesaid.” " : oe 

Pr. 264. 1. 3. After “ Commissioners” insert 
appointed or.” 

Pr. 264. 1. 7. After “ Lieutenant” insert “ Pro- 
vided always, That nothing herein contained shall 
extend to authorize the removal from his office of 
the Pilot of the town of Galway; and that on 
any vacancy which shall occur in that office, the 
Lord Lieutenant shall appoint a fit person to fill 
such vacancy.” 

Pr. 264. 1.14. After “ Schedule ” insert “ there 
“ shall be such.” 

Pr. 264. 1. 15. Leave out “ shall be appointed.” 

Pr. 265. 1. 6. After “ life” insert “ although in 
compliance with some charter, custom, rule, bye- 
law or statute, such person may have been sub- 
“« jected to an annual or other periodical election.” 
Pr. 265. ls. 10.and 11. After “ Commissioners ”’ 
insert “ appointed or.” 

Pr. 266. 1. 7. After “(B.)” insert “ there shall 
“ be such,” and in the same line leave out from 
“* Commissioners” to “ as ” in 1. 8. 

i Pr. 279. 1. 11. After “ cases” insert Clause 

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Crauss (S8.) “ Provided nevertheless, and be it 
Enacted, That the provisions hereinbefore con- 
tained, whereby the Lord Lieutenant or other 
chief Governor or Governors of Zreland for the 
time being, by the advice of the Privy Council, 
is or are empowered to order that certain special 
cases shall not be called in question, shall extend 
and be applicable to purchases, sales, leases, de- 
mises, contracts or appropriations made of any 
hereditaments and premises the property of an 
body corporate named in the said Schedule (B.)” 

Pr. 279. 1. 28. After “ persons” insert “ and 
with respect to trusts or powers for any purpose 
producing profit, to be divided in whole or in part 
between shareholders or proprietors for their own 
“ benefit.” 

Pr, 282. 1. 9. After “ Commissioners ” insert 
Provided always, That nothing herein contained 
shall extend to transfer to the Galway Town 
Commissioners the powers vested in the Commis- 
sioners for the Harbour of that town.” 

Pr. 283. 1. 19. After “ case” insert “ not here- 
inbefore specially provided for.” 

Pr. 287. 1. 5. After “account” insert “ which 
in the case of Galway shall include the purchase- 
monies of the advowsons hereinbefore directed to 
“ be sold.” 

Pr. 290. 1.13. After “ borough” insert “ other 
than and except the Pilot of the said Town of 
“ Galway.” 

Pr. 291. 1. 14. After “copy” insert Clause (T.) 

Cuause (T.) “And be it further Enacted, That in 
every Borough named in the said Schedule (B.) to 
which no Charter of Incorporation in pursuance of 
any Petition signed as aforesaid shall be granted 
within Twelve calendar months next after the day 
on which this Act shall come into operation in 
any such Borough, and in which Borough no Board 
of Commissioners shall be constituted by reason 
of the body corporate in such Borough not being 
seised or possessed of or entitled to any property, 
consisting of any real estate, or of or to any per- 
sonal estate, exceeding in annual amount or value 
the sum of One hundred pounds, the Mayor, 
Aldermen and Common Council, or other govern- 
ing officers of such body corporate, shall pay the 
surplus income and revenue (if any) of or to 
which such body corporate shall be possessed or 
entitled to the Commissioners appointed in such 
town respectively, by virtue of the said Act of the 


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as are hereinafter mentioned, in like manner as if|“ ninth year of the reign of King George the 
the said body corporate were dissolved ; and every 
rovision hereinafter contained with reference to 
odies corporate which shall be dissolved by virtue 





Fourth, in aid or diminution of the rates to be 
received by them, or to any local board or boards 
of Commissioners or Trustees in such town ap- 

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inted or to be appointed under any local Act Pr. 298. 1. 6. After “ provided” insert “ Pro- 
Acts of Parlinrsent, in such dither and in|“ vided always, That the Eneritt of the county of 
such proportion as the said Mayor, Aldermen and | “ the town of Galway, shall be the Returning 
Common Council or governing officers shall think | “ Officer at all such elections for the town and 
proper, and in case there shall be no such Com- | “ county of the town of Galway.’ af. 
missioners or such Board as atoresaid, the whole Pr. 300. 1. 14. After “ affidavit” insert Clause 
of such surplus income and revenue shall be | (X.) 
applied by the said Mayor, Aldermen and Common Cravse (X.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
Council or other governing officers, under the | “ acted, That nothing in this Act contained, shall 
direction of the Lord Lieutenant, for the public | “ extend to or comprise any property not derived 
benefit of the inhabitants of such town respec- |“ from the Crown or from Parliament, belonging to 





“ tively.” “ or in possession of any fraternity or guild within 
Pr. 292. 1.19. Leave out “ town,” and insert | “ or connected with any of the said bodies corporate, 
© | tenis”? “ but that it shall be lawful for the Members of 
Pr. 292. 1. 20. After “ Carrickfergus” insert |“ such fraternity or guild to dispose of and appro- 
“ and Galway.” “ priate such property in such manner and way, 
Pr. 292. 1. 21. Leave out “town,” and insert | “ (but subject to any charitable trust, lawful debt 


towns.” 


or engagement (if any), previously affecting the 
Pr. 292. 1. 26. Leave out “ town,” and insert 


same or contracted or undertaken in respect 
: “ . . “ thereof) as shall be agreed upon and determined 
Put tare yaad and im spe seme ys an by the aha of such fcatttity or guild, or a 
Carrickfergus” insert and Gabhoay ‘ A majority of such members present at any meeting 

Pr. 292. 1. 31. After “be” insert “or continue | « 5, meetings to be held at any time after the 
“ to be.” p i} ; passing of this Act, and to be specially convened 

Pr. 292. 1. 32. Leave out “ town, and insert | « for the purpose of determining as to the future 
towns respectively.’ 


“ disposition of such property.” 
Pr. 297. 1. 26. Leave out from “ annexed” to 


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Pr. 297. 1.34. After “ aforesaid” insert Clauses Pr. 301. Is, 22. 23. 24 and 25. Leave out 
(U.) and (W.) “ Galway - -| 3 6 18 | - - The Mayor, Sheriffs, Free-Burgesses 








Cravss (U.) “ And be it further Enacted, erga 
the accounts for the receipt and expenditure o , 
every corporation or of sich Ccaiteinsiohers as In Schedule (B.) to the Bill : 
aforesaid, shall, from and after the passing of this Pr. 303. 1. 38. After “ Fethard” insert 
Act, be referred by the Secretary of State to the|« Gaway- -  - 
Commissioners appointed or to be appointed for h 
auditing public accounts, under an Act passed in Town of Galway. 
the twenty-fifth year of the reign of his Majesty In Schedule (C.) to the Bill : 

King George the Third, intituled, ‘ An Act for Be oem, idle, Eeowncnt fem % dented” fo 
“ the better examining and auditing the Public|« 1» i, pr 359. 1. 12 
Accounts of this Kingdom,” also under an Act io yank oo 


passed in the forty-sixth year of the reign of his In Schedule (D.) to the Bill: 
said late Majesty King George the Third, inti- Pr. 372. 1. 14. Leave out from “ stiles” to 
tuled, ‘ An Act for making more effectual Pro-|« Ne” in 1. 19. 
vision for the more speedy and regular Examina- 
tion and Audit of the Public Accounts of this 
Kingdom ;’ and also, under an Act passed in the Pr. 375. At the end of the Schedule add 
first and second years of the reign of his late | « (signed) C. D. Collector.” 

: af j 
; Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, An Leave out Schedule (F.) to the Bill. 
* Act to alter and abolish certain Forms of Pro- ‘ 

ceedings in the Exchequer and Audit Office, re-| . Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
lative to Public Accountants, and for making |!mto further consideration upon this day three 
further Provisions for the purpose of facilitating months. 
and expediting the passing of Public Accounts 
in Great Britain; and to render perpetual and} A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson Message from 
amend an Act passed in the Fifty-fourth year of |and Mr. Wingfield : the Lords. 
his late Majesty, for the effectual Examination of Mr. Speaker, 
the Accounts of certain Colonial Revenues ;” and| The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Imprisonment 
all the powers and provisions now in force of the | by this House, to the Amendment made by their for Debt Act 
same Acts shall extend and be applicable to the | Lordships to the Bill, intituled, “ An Act to amend 44"""™ 
examination, audit and discharge of the accounts | an Act, passed in the last Session of Parliament for 
of the said Boroughs by the said Commissioners | abolishing Arrest on Mesne Process in Civil Actions, 
as far as their powers and provisions are applic-| except in certain cases, for extending the Remedies 
“ able thereto,” of Creditors against the Property of Debtors, and 

Crausse (W.) “ And be it further Enacted, That | for amending the Laws for the Relief of Insolvent 

it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her| Debtors in England,” without any Amendment: 
Majesty’s Treasury for the time being, or any | And also, 
three or more of them, from time to time, by war-| The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act nag 
rant under their hands, to direct such new ar-|for naturalizing Samuel Aspinwall Goddard; to %* -_ 
rangements in the office of the said Commissioners | which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
for auditing public accounts, and to assign to the | House: And also, 
Commissioners individually or collectively the| The Lords request that this House will be pleased Expiring Laws 
exercise of such duties, and to make such orders | to communicate to their Lordships a Copy of a 
and regulations with respect to the conduct of} Report, made from the Select Committee appointed 
the business of the office as the said Commis-| by this House in the present Session of Parliament, 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury shall deem|to inquire what Temporary Laws of a public and 
expedient and best calculated to insure the most| general nature, made by the Parliaments of Eng- 
prompt and speedy examination and audit of the | land, or Great Britain or Ireland, or of the United 
accounts of the receipt and expenditure of the| Kingdom, are now in force; and what laws of the 


said Boroughs.” like nature, passed by the English, British, Irish 


or 


and Commonalty of the Town and County 
of the Town of Galway.” 


























- - The Mayor, Sheriffs, Free-Burgesses and 
Commonalty of the Town and County of the 












































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“ notice.” 








































































































































































































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3 Vicroriz. 


Or United Parliaments, have expired, since the first 
day of the Session of Parliament holden in the 
first and second years of the reign of Her present 
Majesty Queen Victoria, and before the first day of 
the present Session; and also what Laws of the Whe 
nature are about to expire in the course or at the 
end of the present Session, or on or before the first 
day of August, 1840, or in the course or at the 
end of any Session referring to that period, or in 
consequence of any contingent public event :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer to 
the last part of the said Message by Messengers of 
their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :— And 
then they again withdrew. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, “ An Act for the better 
ordering of Prisons;” and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 4.1.3. After “imprisonment ” insert “ under 

“ the restrictions hereinafter provided,’ and in 
Pr. 4. 1.8. in Clause (A.) added by way of Rider 
to the Bill: 

Pr.1. 1.34. Leave out “such.” 

Pr. 1.1.35. Leave out from “books” to 

“and” in |. 38., and insert “ to be chosen as 

“‘ hereinafter provided.” 

Pr. 4. 1.5. Leave out “ Prison” and insert “ Gaol, 
House of Correction, Bridewell and Penitentiary.” 

Pr. 4.1.6. After “ Wales” insert “ which before 
the passing of this Act was not within the provi- 
“ sions of the said Act of the fourth year of the 
“ reign of King George the Fourth, as amended by 
“ the said Act of the fifth year of the same reign, 
“ and,” 

Pr. 4. 1.12. After “debtors” insert “in those 
“ prisons in which debtors may be lawfully con- 
“ fined.” 

Pr. 4. 1.14. Leave out from “prisoners” to 
“ fourth” in 1. 15., and insert “ convicted and sen- 
“ tenced to hard labour,” and in 1.15. leave out 
from “ prisoner” to “prisoners” in 1. 18., and in- 
sert “convicted and not sentenced to hard labour— 
“ fifth.” 

P, 4. 1. 20. After “that” insert “in every pri- 
“ son in England and Wales.” 

Pr. 4. 1.22. Leave out “ each of the said classes” 
and insert ‘‘ every class of prisoners in that prison.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 1. Leave out from “ keeper” to “ shall” 
inl. 3. 

Pr. 5. 1.12. After “ be” insert “locked by keys 
** in the custody of the matron, and.” 

Pr. 5. 1.26. After “debtor” insert “ in that part 
“ of the prison in which he or she may be lawfully,” 
and in the same line leave out from “ confined” to 
“ in” ini, 

Pr.5. 1.34. After “liquors” insert “ or tobacco.” 

Pr. 6. 1.1. Leave out from “be” to “the” in 
1. 3., and insert “ ordered by the surgeon and.” 

Pr.6. 1.9. Leave out “ full.” 

Pr. 6. 1.15. Leave out “ forty-eight ” and insert 
“ twenty-four.” 

Pr. 6. ]. 16. Leave out from “a” to “ visiting” 
inl.17., and in 1. 17, after “Justice” insert “ or 
“ visitor where there are no visiting justices.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 30. After “ or” insert “from.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 32. Leave out “governor” and insert 
“ keeper.” 

Pr. 7. 1.2. After “purpose” insert “ Eighth: 
No books or printed papers shall be admitted into 
“‘ any prison but those which shall be chosen by 
the chaplain, for the use of prisoners belonging to 
“« the Established Church, and by the visiting jus- 
“ tices for the use of the other prisoners ; and the 
keeper shall keep a catalogue of all books and 
“printed papers allowed to be admitted into the 


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e a difference of opinion between the chaplain 
and visiting justices with respect to the books or 
papers proper to be admitted for the use of the 
“ prisoners belonging to the Established Church, 
“ reference shall be had to the Bishop of the 
“‘ Diocese, whose decision shall be final;” and also 
insert Clause (A.) 


Crause(A.) And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the keeper of every prison, with the 
approval of the visiting justices, to appoimt an 
officer of the prison to act as deputy keeper when- 
ever the keeper shall be necessarily absent from 
the prison, and during such necessary absence 
of the keeper, the deputy keeper shall have all 
the powers and duties of the keeper of the prison, 
and the keeper shall be responsible for all acts 
and omissions of his deputy keeper.” 

Pr. 7. 1.7. After “any” insert “ convicted.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 22. Leave out from “ prisoner” to 
against” in 1. 5. of the interlineation, and insert 
and that the allowances which the visiting justices 
shall grant out of his or her earnings to any pri- 
soner committed for trial,” and also in the inter- 
lineation : 

L. 6. Leave out from “ shall” to “found” 
in 1. 7., and insert “ be.” 

on 9. Leave out “have been” and _ insert 
c kgs 

L. 11. After “charged” insert “shall be,” 
and in the same line leave out from “ such” 
to “as” in 1.13. 

At the end of the interlineation, after “ rea- 
“ sonable”’ insert “and shall not be given to 
“ such prisoner, until he or she shall be dis- 
“ charged from the prison.” 


Pr. 8. 1. 8. Leave out from “ by” to “ under” in 
1. 9., and insert “this Act, or to be made and sub- 
“ mitted to the Secretary of State.” 

Pr. 8. 1.33. After “ provided,” in the interli- 
neation, insert “ Provided always, that in every case 
“ in which the Secretary of State shall disapprove 
“ any such plan, he shall state in writing under his 
hand the grounds of his disapproval, and it shall 
not be lawful for him to disapprove the plan of 
any intended prison in which rules for the sepa- 
rate confinement of prisoners are not in force, on 
the sole ground that such plan does not allow the 
separate confinement of prisoners.” 


Pr. 9.1.1. Leave out “the” and insert “‘ Her 
“ Majesty’s Principal.” 

Pr. 9. 1.21. After “ regulations” insert Clause 
(B.) 

Cravse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, that in every 
borough gaol and house of correction, a clergy- 
“ man of the Church of England shall be appointed 
“ to be chaplain thereof, by the same weno a by 
“« which the keeper is appointed ; but no such chap- 
lain shall officiate m any prison until he shall 
have obtained a license from the Bishop of the 
Diocese, or for any longer time than while such 
license shall continue in force; and notice of every 
such appointment shall, within One month after 
it shall take place, be transmitted to the Bishop 
by the town-clerk.” 

Pr. 10. 1.10. Leave out from “ chaplaincies ” to 
and ” in Pr. 11. 1. 38., and insert “ Provided also, 
that nothing herein contained shall be construed 
to affect the appointment or the salary of the 
chaplain of the Royal Hospital of Bridewell.” 

Pr. 14. 1.23. After “ Act” insert “or Acts.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 26. After “ soldier” insert “ or 
marine.” 

Pr. 14. 1.27. After “sent” insert “in the case 
“ of a soldier.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 28. After “order”’ insert “in writing.” 
Pr. 14. 1.30. After “corps” insert “and in 
“ case of a marine, by order in writing of the Com- 


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“missioners for executing the office of Lord High 
“Admiral.” 
- Pr 15.1, 2. After “time” insert being.” 

Pr. 15. 1.7. After “ soldiers” insert “ or ma- 
“ vines.” ) (oO 

Pr. 15.1. 15. After “‘soldiers”’ insert ‘“ and 
“© marines.” 

Pr. 15. 1.26. Leave out “ the’ and insert “ Her 
« Majesty’s.” 

Pr. 15: 1.31. After ‘“ soldiers” insert “and 
“ marines.” 

Pr. 15. 1.34. After “ soldier” ‘insert “or ma- 
“ rine.” 

Pr, 15, 1. 38, In Clause (C.), added by way of 





Rider to the Bill: 

L. 8. Leave out “forbidden” and insert “ not 
“ allowed.” 

L. 10. Leave out from “for’’ to “to” inl. 12. 
and insert “ any person.” 

L.13. Leave out “or cause to be. appre- 
** hended.”’ 

L, 25. After “ one’”’ insert ‘ calendar.” 

L. 33. Leave out from “ paid” to “the” in | 
1, 34., and insert ‘‘ towards the expense of.” | 


Pr. 16. 1.19. After “law” insert “ and the | 
“ words ‘ visiting justices’ shall be taken to mean 
“ and comprise a visitor duly appointed in prisons 
“‘ where there are no visiting justices.” 


Pr. 16. 1. 15. After “authority ” insert Clause 
(C.) 
Crause(C.) “ And be it Enacted, That, if the 
rsons authorized by law to appoint the gaoler or 
dace of any prison shall appoimt such keeper by 
the style of governor, such governor shall have 
all the powers and duties of the gaoler or keeper 
of that prison, and all enactments made with re- 
gard to the gaoler or keeper shall apply to the 
governor so appointed.” 





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4s 1889. 


The ingrossed Bill for the ‘Suppression of the Slave Trade 
Slave Trade was, according to Order, read the third Suppression 
time. ws 

Resolved, That the Billdo pass. |... . 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Saint Mary, Lambeth ;—and, the Poor Rates 
Churchwarden and Vestry Clerk of Saint Pancras ; Collection Bin, 
praying that the Poor Rates Collection Bill: may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. Mg 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Laws _ relating Poor Rates 
to the Assessment and, Collection of Rates for the Collection Bill, 
Relief of the Poor was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill by way of Rider (to exemnpt perishes having 
local Acts from the operation of the Bill):—And 
the said Clause was brought up, and read the first 
time, 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second time; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for they Mr.. Thomas. Duncombe, 


To. 


Yeas, Captain Pechell: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John Stanley, } 45 
Noes, {Mr John Parker: _— ‘weg 


So it passed in the Negative. © 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill: 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Bill do pass ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the 


Mr. Robert Steuart, 
Yeas, }av. 


Mr. Edward John Stanley :§ 





The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do, carry the Bill to | 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Church 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Discipline Bill. 


mittee on the Church Discipline Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Rogue Money 
Assessment 


(Scotland) Bill, 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the mode of assessing 
the Rogue Money in Scotland, and to extend. the 
purposes of such Assessment, was, according to 
Order, read the third time ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the, Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Militia Pay 


The ingrossed Bill to defray the Charge of the 
Bill, 


Pay, Clothing and Contingent and other Expenses 
of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and 
Ireland, and to grant Allowances in certain cases to 
Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quarter- 
masters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ 
Mates, and Serjeants Major of the Militia, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, 
Clothing and Contingent and-other Expenses of the 
Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, 


and to grant Allowances in certain cases to Subaltern 
Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, 


Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ Mates and 


Serjeant Majors of the Militia, until the First day 


of July One thousand eight hundred and Forty. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Tellers for the { Mr. Thomas Duncombe, &lt;3 
Noes, Mr. Grimsditch: \ ; 

| So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 10 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 

‘the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

| 

| . The Administration of Justice (Parts of Counties) Administration 

Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; Samee 

and committed to a Committee of the whole House, ie) Bill aii 

for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Birmingham 
the Report or, the Birmingham Police (No. 2.) Bill ; Belice (No 2) 
And a Motion being made, and: the Question i 
being proposed, That the Report be now received ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 





{ Mr. Robert Steuart, 
Tellers for the Yeas,) Mr. Clavie Weed: ff 38. 
Tellers for the Noes, ee owe + apes 10. 


Mr. Schoiefield : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That'the Report be now received. 
Mr. Bernal accordingly reported the Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and a 
Clause was added to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the’ Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed } and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Tithe Commutation Acts Tithe Conwu- 


Amendment Bill ; and the Amendments: were read, ("10° 
as follow ; Bill. 
Pr. 3. }. 29. After “ thereon ”’ insert “‘ over and 














* above all other charges and incumbrances, if any, 
“ affecting the same.” 


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3 'Vicroriz. 


12° \dupusti. 549 


“ 


Tn Clause (A.), added to the Bill: | “ prevailed in other parishes of: a,similar descrip- 


Pr. 3. 1. 10.’ Leavé out “ assessed,” and’ insert | 


“ subject.” aa 

Pr, 3. 1. 12. Leave “out “ charged,” ‘and insert 
(a Se ee BO 

Pr. 5. 1.6. Leave out “declared and.” 

Pr, 6.1.:2.. Leave out, * declared and,” 

Pr..6, 1.14. Leave’ out, from “ fraud.” to “or” 

Pr. 6.; k..22,: After.‘ ought” insert “ or as the 
“ case may be, who ought not,” 

Pr. 6. |. 26. Leave out “ concealment.” 

Pr. 8. 1.1. Leave out “ or personal.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 30. Leave out from ‘ award”’ to the 
end of |. '3'7. and insert “in cases where the parties 
“ shall not have fixed the same, to fix such’ sum’as 
to them shall seem fit to be paid m consideration 
of the time (if atiy) which may intervene between 
the termination of any previous’ agreement’ or 
composition for the payment of tithe, and the 
time at which the rent-charge shall commence, 
“and also to fix ‘the period at which the rent-charge 
“to be paid under any such award shall commence 
in like manner and subject to the ‘like conditions 
as are provided in the secondly-recited Act enabling 
parties to agree to pay any such sum, or to fix 
the period at which any'rent-charge shall com- 
“ mence.” iS 

Pr. 8. 1.38. Leave out“ declared and.” 


Pr. 9. 1. 18. After “ award * insert “ with the 
“ consent of the respective owners of the said Jands 
“ and tithes.” — 


Pr. 12. 1. 24. After “ rent” insert “ ‘Provided 


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“ instead of tithes have been taken during the Seven 


and increase of such cattle or stock, at such 
open.” 


“ first.” 


Pr. 16. 1. 22. Leave out “ firstly,” and: insert | « 


“ first.” 


always, That nothing herein contained ,shall-ex- | « 
tend to Lammas lands where no tithes or payments | i¢ 


ears ending at Christmas, One thousand eight | « 
* Sinbad and. thirty-five, in respect of the cattle or | « 
stock received and fed thereon, or of the produce | « 


portion of. the year as the said lands are thrown | « 


tion, and not to the money-payments in the parish 
under consideration, or the value of the tithes in 
“kind therein’? ( eyihlon eo 
Causes (C.) “ And be it Enacted and Declared, 
| That ithe provisions of the said first-recited Act 
for distinguishing rent-charges apportioned upon 
lands, cultivated as hap-grounds into two parts, 
and for relieving lands from and subjecting) the 
same to an extrordinary charge when ceased.to be 
cultivated, and when newly cultivated as such re- 
spectively, shall be held to extend to parochial 
agreements already or hereafter made, and to the 
proceedings consequent thereupon, and to the 
lands: discharged ‘from ‘tithes ‘by virtue thereof; 
and that every such agreement ‘and proceeding 
“whereby any district has been or shall be assigned 
* for establishing or distinguishing into two parts 
any rent-charge in respect of lands cultivated as 
aforesaid, shall be deemed valid, ‘operative and 
effectual for all'the purposes of the said recited 
Acts and of this Act; and that every district as- 
“ signed by’ virtue thereof shall be deemed a dis- 
trict duty assigned, and every rent-charge created 
“ thereby, ‘a’ valid “renit+charge for the like pur- 
poses.” trsent “vai 
Cuavuse (D.y “| And be it Enacted, That in case 
“« there shall be any question between any parishes 
or townships: or lotus any Two er more land- 
owners touching, the boundaries of such parishes 
or townships,’ or the lands of such land-owners 
respectively, or if such parishes or townships, 
or land-owners shall be desirous ‘of having such 
boundaries ascertainéd, or a new boundary-line 
defined, it shall be lawful for the said Commis- 
Sioners, or any Assistant’ Commissioner, on the 
application in writing of a majority of not less 
than Two-thirds in number and value of the land- 
owners of such parishés or townships in the case 
of parochial or township ‘boundaries, or on the 
\ hike. application of such-Two or more land-owners 
in the case of boundaries between their lands, to 
deal with «any dispute ‘or question ‘concerning 











Pr. 16. 1. 5...Leave out. “ firstly,’ and insert |«..such boundaries; and:to ‘ascertain, adjust, set out 


“ and define the’ ancient :boundariés between such 
parishes or townships, or the lands of such land- 
owners respectively, or draw and define a. new 


Pr. 18. 1. 33. ‘Leave’ out “‘ firstly,” and insert |‘ Jine of boundary, as they may see fit; and in 


“ first.” 


every such case the powers and provisions of the 


Pr, 20. 1.2. Leave out “ firstly,” and insert)“ said recited Acts.and of this Act, so far as the 


“ first.” 





“ same may in the judgment of the said Commis- 


Pr. 20. 1.25. Leaye out “ firstly,” and insert)“ sioner or Assistant Commissioner respectively be 


“¢ first.” 


“applicable, shall‘extend ‘and may be applied by 


Pr. 22. 1. 2., Leave out “ firstly,” and insert |«' them ‘or him t6 such’ question ; and the boundary- 


“ first.” 


Pr. 22. 1,.12., Leave out “ firstly,” and insert | « Commissibner’ or‘ Assistant Comthissioner, shall 


“ first.” 


thenceforward be the boundary-line of and between 


Pr, 23. 1. 36. Leave out “ firstly,” and insert} « guch parishes, townships’ or ‘lands of such land 


“ first.” 


“owners respectively for’ all purposes whatsoever : 


Pr. 23. 1.37. Leave out from “ Act” to the end | « Provided always, That nothing in’ this provision 


of the Clause. 


“ contained shall extend to any boundary or part 


Pr. 28. 1. 4. Leave out from “ cultivation” to} of a boundary, bemg also! the boundary-line or 
“ And,” 1.26. and. insert Clauses (B.), (C.) and |“ part of the ‘boundary-line of any county, or to 


(D.) 


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“ said, the: Commissioners may, if they. see fit 


the boundary-line of any copyhold or ‘customary 


“Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That for the |“ land, unless the consent in writing of the lord of 
“ purpose of fixing any charge for the tithes of |“ the manor whereof such ‘laid is holden to. such 
oor or fruit, or of any mixed plantation as afore- |‘ application being dealt with by the said Com- 


, |“ missioners or Assistant Commissioner shall have 


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“ notice shall have been given requiring the tithes |“ Provided also; That every such’ boundary-line 


shall be duly sét out) and delineated ‘on the map 


“* the first-recited Act, or any part or parts of st | “ annexed to the Schedule of Apportionment, or 
parish or lands, as a district under the provisions |‘ upon a separaté'‘plan to be attached thereto, with 
of the said Act, and may fix a charge upon such | “' proper descriptions and references, showing in 
lands in respect of the tithes of hops or fruit as | “ what respects such map so annexed to the appor- 
“ the rent-charge to prevail and to be established |“ tionment is varied, and im what respect the several 

in respect of the same, without specific reference | ‘‘ closés whereon any! rent-charge is fixed, are af- 
in the award to any other parish or lands, but | “‘ fected thereby; and such map shall in every such 


“ having regard, nevertheless, to the general amount | “‘ case be deemed to be varied by such plan, and be 
“ of compositions which they shall find to have |“ as valid for all purposes as if the same’ had been 


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“ originally drawn, and sealed or certified by the 
“ said Commissioners with such variation.” 

The Amendments as far as the Amendment in 
Pr. 8. 1. 30. being read a second time were agreed 
to. 

Pr. 8, 1.30. The next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Amendment :—It passed in 
the Negative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to; and the Amendment 
following was made to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 8. 1. 30. Leave out from “ award” to the 
end of 1. 37. and insert “ in cases where the parties 
“ shall not have fixed the same by parochial assess- 
ment, as under the said secondly-recited Act is 
provided to fix, or where the Commissioners shall 
not have so fixed, for the land-owners and tithe- 
owners having such an interest in the land and 
tithes of any parish as is required for making a 
parochial agreement to enter into a supplementary 
agreement for fixing such sum as to them respec- 
tively shall seem fit to be paid in consideration 
of the time (if any) which may intervene between 
the termination of any previous agreement or 
composition for the payment of tithe, and the 
time at which the rent-charge shall commence either 
under such compulsory award or parochial agree- 
ment, where the same shall have been previously 
made, and also for the said Commissioners by 
their said award to fix, or for the landowners and 
tithe-owners having such interest in the lands and 
tithes of any parish as isrequired for the making 
a parochial agreement at any time after such 
award, and before the confirmation of the ap- 
portionment to enter into a supplementary agree- 
ment for fixing the period at which the rent- 
charge to be paid under such award shall com- 
mence, in like manner, and subject in both cases 
to the like conditions as are provided in the se- 
condly-recited Act, enabling parties to agree to 
pay any such sum, or to fix the period at which 
any rent-charge shall commence.” 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


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The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee of Ways and 
Means ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Report be now received ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“‘ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
“ praying that Her Majesty will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that proper persons be ap- 
. "on ge to examine forthwith and report upon the 

est means of communication between Dublin 
“ and London,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
at, wage to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported several Resolu- 
tions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Twelve million 
and twenty-six thousand and fifty pounds, be raised 
by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year 
1839. 

2. Resolved, That towards making good the 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Five 
million seven hundred and ninety-six thousand 
pounds be issued out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
for the Service of the year 1839. 


“ 





12° Augustz. 

















A. 1839. 


3. Resolwed, That towards making good the Surplus of 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and Ways and 
applied the sum of One hundred and eight thousand Me™ 
and fifty-two pounds eleven shillings and nine-pence, 
being the surplus of Ways and Means granted for 
the Service of any preceding years. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
first of the said Resolutions: And that Mr. Bernal, 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Baring 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
subsequent Resolutions: And that the same Gen- 
tlemen do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Joint Stock Banking joint stock 
Companies Bill; and the Amendments were read, Banking Com. 
and agreed to. panies Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take fxcise Licenses 
into further consideration the Report on the Excise (Sale of Spirits) 
Licenses (Sale of Spirits) Bill; and the Amendments Bll. 
were read, and agreed to. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in P. 1. 1. 18. by leaving out the words “ Fo- 

“ reign Spirits or.” 
And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Eng 28. 


Tellers for the Noes,f Dr. Lushington, } 19. 


Mr. Clay: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Patents for 
a Committee upon the Patents for Inventions Bill ; Inventions Bil, 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Real Estates 
into a Committee upon the Real Estates Liability Libility Bil: 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart reported, 

That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisoners’ Trial 

mittee on the Prisoners’ Trial Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Courts in _ 
mittee on the Courts in Counties Bill; Counties Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sheriffs’ - 
into a Committee upon the Sheriffs’ Exemption **™P%"*" 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart reported, 

That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poddle River 
reading of the Poddle River (Dublin) Bill ; (Dublin) Bill 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


Ordered, 





Stannaries 
Courts (Corn- 
wall) Bill. 


Royal Dublin 
Society. 


Duke of 
Marlborough’s 
Pension. 


Consolidated 
Fund Bill. 


Exchequer Bills ; ; 
(£.12.026,050.) Exchequer Bills for the Service of the 


Bill, 


Corporate 
Property 
(Ireland) Bill, 





3 VicToriz. 12°—13° 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Stannaries Courts (Cornwall) Bill be 
taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Statements of the Accounts of the Royal Dublin 
Society, in continuation, from April 1836 to April 
1839, distinguishing each year, and stating the entire 
Receipts, from whatever source derived, and the 
entire Expenditure, for whatever purpose, in detail: 
—Of the property of the Dublin Society on the 
6th day of April 1839 :—And, of how far the Re- 
commendations of the Committee which sat in 1836 
have been exactly complied with; which of them 
have been partially attended to; and which have 
been totally disregarded. 


The House was moved, That the Act 5 Anne, c. 4, 
for settling upon John Duke of Marlborough, and 
his Posterity,a Pension of Five thousand pounds per 
annum, for the more honourable support of their 
Dignities, in like manner as his Honours and Dig- 
nities, and the Honour and Manor of Woodstock and 
House of Blenheim, are already limited and settled, 
might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 49 
Geo. 3, c. 32, for continuing and making perpetual 
several Duties of One Shilling and Sixpence, repealed 
by an Act of the last Session of Parliament, on Offices 
and Employments of Profit, and on Annuities, Pen- 
sions and Stipends, and thereby granted for one 
year, to the Twenty-fifth day of March One thou- 
sand eight hundred and nine, might be read ; and 
the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Report 
which, upon the 2d day of June 1837, was made 
from the Select Committee appointed to inquire into 
the allegations of fact contained in the Petition of 
the Duke of Marlborough, praying the House to 
inquire into, and report to the House the circum- 
stances under which the Parliamentary Grant made 
to John Duke of Marlborough in 1706 has become 
subject to various deductions, from which similar 
Grants for eminent Services have been exempted, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
exempt the Parliamentary Grant to the Heirs of 
John Duke of Marlborough from the payment of 
the Duty of One Shilling and Sixpence in the Pound : 
—aAnd the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to apply a Sum out 
of the Consolidated Fund, and the Surplus of Ways 
and Means, to the Service of the year One thousand 
eight hundred and Thirty-nine: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time To-morrow. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill for raising a Sum by 
year One 
thousand eight hundred and Thirty-nine: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow. 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 and 7 
Will. 4, c. 100, to restrain the Alienation of Cor- 

orate Property in certain Towns in Jreland, might 
&amp; read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 Vic., 
c. 74, to restrain the Alienation of Corporate Pro- 
perty in certain Towns in Jreland, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to restrain the Alienation of Corporate Property in 
certain Towns in Jreland: And that Lord Viscount 


Morpeth and Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland do 


Augusti. 551 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented London and 
to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be a 
pleased to give directiohs; that an Engineer or En- : 
gineers may be appointed to inquire and report upon 
the relative merits and the preference which ought 
to be given to the respective already surveyed and 
projected Railways following namely, from Holy- 
head vid Bangor and Chester; Portdynllaen vid 
Caernarvon, Bangor and Chester ; Portdynllaen vid 
Barmouth, Bala and Shrewsbury ; Ormes Head vid 
Chester :—And also, that Her Majesty will be pleased 
to give directions, that proper persons may be ap- 
pointed to inquire and report upon the best means 
of Communication by Sea between Dublin and Lon- 
don, as connected with the said intended Railways. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this Bases as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to restrain Corporate 
the Alienation of Corporate Property in certain Towns a ae Bill 
in Ireland: And the same was read the first time , ( weedeee 
and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow. 


_ Goddard’s Naturalization Bill was read the first Goddard’s 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Nat. Bill, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Writs of 
Return of the Number of Persons upon whom Writs Ejectment 
of Ejectment have recently been executed, with the “"'""*? 
aid of Military Force, in the County of Carlow and 
in the County of Kilkenny; stating the Particulars 
given in the Application Seth the Sheriff, as to the 
grounds of the Ejectments; also, the Number of 
Persons ejected, the Military Force employed, and 
the Number of Houses destroyed on each Estate on 
which such Ejectments have Bete put in force. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt, which Malt. 
was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 527. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Coffee, which Coffee. 
was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 528. 
_Ordered, That the Return relative to the Herring Herring 
Fishery, which was presented upon Friday last, be Fishery. 
printed. No. 529. 
Ordered, That the Returns relative to Joint Stock Joint Stock 
Banks, which were presented upon Friday last, be P®"!* 
printed. No. 530. 
Ordered, That the Returns and Estimate relative Public Income 
to Public Income and apse which were pre- 2"4 Expendi- 


. . ture, 
sented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 531. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 13° die Augusti ; 
Anno 8° Victoria Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Halifax, Huddersfield and Bradford Small Halifax, Hud- 
. Debts (No. 3.) Bill, was, according to Order, —- and . 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Charles Debts (No. 3.) 
Wood, and the West Riding of York List. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, and to make their Report To-morrow. 
Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the Halifax, Huddersfield 
and Bradford Small Debts (No. 1.) Bill, in the pre- 
sent Session, be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That all Committees on Private Bills Committzes. 
have leave to sit this day till five of the clock, during 
the sitting of the House. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Clonoulty and Ross- Municipal 
more, praying that the Municipal Corporations Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, (!*e!#nd) Bill. 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








prepare, and bring it in, 
Vou. 94, 


4a4 A Petition 




















| 











Manchester 
Police Bill. 


Birmingham 
Police (No. 2.) 


Bill. 


Manchester 
Police Bill. 


552 


A Petition of Rate-payers of Manchester, pray- 
ing that the Manchester Police Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the ingrossed Bill for improving the 
Police in Birmingham ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 


being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 


13° Auguste. 


A. 1839. 


Crauses, N° 2 and N° 3, agreed to. 

Cuiausg, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 
Crass, N° 5, agreed to. 

CiauseE, N° 7 to N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 10, to N° 13, agreed to. 


Clause offered: (Provided always, and be it fur- 
ther Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained 
shall be deemed or construed in anywise to affect 
any question touching the legality of the said charter, 
but that all questions touching the validity of the 





The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 


; thi 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the ders Act had not passed) 


words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Baring, 1 38 

Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : — 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Scholefield, } 8 

Noes, Mr. Thomas Duncombe : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for improving the Police in Bir- 
mingham, for Two years, and from thence until the 
end of the then next Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Manchester Police Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
os proposed, That Mr, Speaker do now leave the 

alr ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, 
“ resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead | 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left ont stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 


said charter shall be heard and determined as if 
brought up, and read 





1°; and, by leave, withdrawn. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, tobe reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments there unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be rec 2ived To-morrow. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of Boicon, praying that Bolton 
the Bolton Police Bill may not pass into a law, was Police Bill 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bolton 
mittee on the Bolton Police Bill; Police Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 
_ An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“* this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
{t was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 


the Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 


Preamble postponed. 
Cravses, N° 1 to N° 3, agreed to. 
Cravuses, N°4 and N° 5, amended, and agreed 





The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for they Mr. Edward John Stanley, 63 
Yeas, Mr. John Parker: } : 
Tellers for the { Lord Granville Somerset, } 17 

Noes, \ Mr. Grimsditch : fe 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. | 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 

the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N°1. (That it shall be lawful for Her 
Majesty to establish a Police Office in the Borough 
of Manchester) read. 

Amendment proposed: To leave out the words 
“ Per Majesty,” and to insert the words, “the 
“ tcwn council of the said borough,” instead 
thereof : 

Question put, That the words “ Her Majesty,” 
stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 





Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Baring, Yes 
Yeas, Mr. John Parker: | Go 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hindley, \ 10 
Noes, Mr. Thomas Duncombe: $ *~* 


Crausz, N° 1, agreed to. 


to. 
Cuiauses, N° 6 to N° 8, agreed to. 
Crause, N°9, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravse, N° 10, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Administration 
mittee on the Administration of Justice (Parts of of Justice 
; ; ties) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to ex- Tithe Commu- 
— and amend the Acts for the Commutation of tation Acts 


ithes in England and Wales, was, according to ces 


Order, read the third time; and the Amendment 
following was proposed to be made to the Bill : 


Pr. 10. 








Counties) Bill ; (Parts of Coun- 





Joint Stock 
Banking Com. 
panies Bill. 


Excise Licenses The ingrossed Bill. to allow Dealers in Spirits. to 
my of Spirits) retail Foreign Spirits and Liqueurs, mot to, be drunk 


3'\Vicroriz. 


Pr. 10. 1. 7 After “ tithés ” insert Ciavs#'(A.) 
CuavuseE:(A,)::* And | whereas certain: Crown 
‘ lands, by reason of their heing of the tennre-of 
ancient demesne, or otherwise, are exempted from 
“ payment of ‘Tithes, whilst ‘in the tenure, océupa- 
tion or manarance of Her’Majesty, ‘Her tenants, 
farmers | or,,lessees, or (their under-tenants, as the 
case mayjbe, but become: subject to Tithes, when 
aliened oroceupied by subjects not, being tenants, 
farmers or lessees.of the Crown,,:and,doubts haye 
arisen, how far, the. provisions of, the said first-re- 
cited Act, relating, to, lands, heretofore, parcel of 
the possessions, of any privileged, order,, or in the 
nature of glebe, or otherwise, in like manner, pri- 
vileged and partially, exempt, are applicable.to 
such Crown lands; Be it declared and Enacted, 
that all and every the said‘ provisions’ of the ‘said 
first-recited Act do extend to such Crown lands ; 
‘“¢ and that’ the provision lastly in this Act cotitained, 
for substituting a’ fixed’ rent-charge’ instead of ‘a 
contingent rent-charge'on' lands’ partially exempt 
“from ‘Tithes; ‘shall extend and’ be applicable: 'to 
such Crown lands as aforesaid: Provided always, 
“ that no such fixed rént-charge shall be substituted 
instead of such. contingent | rent-charge. on ‘such: 
Crown lands, without; the consent; of the persons 
or officers who are by the said first-recited Act 
respectively required to be substituted in cases of 
commutation of Tithes,, where the ownership, of 
«Lands or Tithes is vested, imHer Majesty.” _, 
And the, Question being proposed, "That those 
words be there inserted; =~, ; 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the ‘contents of 
the said Amendment, gives Her consent as far ‘as 
Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, that the House 
may do therein as they shall think fit’ 
nd the said Amendment was agreed’ to by the 
House. ees —e % 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
ee ee eee “ne 
Ordered, That Mr: Bernal do’ carry ‘the’ Bill’ to 
the Lords ; and ‘acquaint ‘them, that this: House 
hath ‘agréed’ to ‘the’ same,° with’ Amendments 5 ' to’ 
which Amendments this House doth desire’ the ¢on- 
currence of their, Lordships.) ..;, 


a 
wn 


n 
n“ 


n 
n 


The ingtossed ‘Bill to continue an Act of the first 
and second years of the reign of Her present Majesty; 
relating to Legal Proceedings by’ certam Joint Stock 
Banking Companies: against ‘their own. Members, 
and by such Members against, the Companies, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. , 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass :.And that the 
Title be, An Act’ to’ Continue’ until the ‘Thirty-first 
day of August One ‘thousand ‘eight ‘hundredand 
Forty an Act of the first and. second-years. of Her 
present Majesty, relating, to Legal Proceedings by 
certain Joint Stock Banking Companies against 
their own Members, ‘and by ‘such Meribers against 
the Companies. Pot ,bobasare 26 hdl 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and. desire their; concurrence. ; 


on the Premises, on taking out an additional License 
for that .purpose,, and to. give further Power, for 
granting Permits to Dealers. and Retailers of Spirits, 
was, according to Order, read the third, time. 

An Amendment was, proposed, to be-made to. the 
Bill, in Pr. 2. 1. 25. by leaving out from the words 
“ accounted for,” to the end of 1. 33. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. ' 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


13° dugusti.| | 
_ Mr. Solicitor General reported the Patents for! In- Patents for: °. 
ventions Bill; and the Amendments'Wwere read,) ag Inventions Bill.” 


558. 


follow : (S251 a wal s 
Pr.4. 1.21. Leave out “ the”’.and insert. ‘fa,’ 
Pr. 4. 1,26. After “nor” insert “in case of 
“Petitions presented after the Thirtieth day of No- 
“vember One'thousand eight-hundred and) thirty- 
“ nine, unless such Petition shall\be presented Six 
“calendar months at the least before the expiration 
of such term, nor in any! case.” " , 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. e ' | 
‘Ordered, That ‘the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


in the first year of his late Majesty King Wiiliam 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An, Act for consolidating 
and amending the Laws for facilitating the Payment 
of Debts out of Real Estate,” was, according to, Or- 
der, read the third time; and the Amendments fol- 
lowing were made to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 1. 1. 2. After “-year’’ insert “ of the reign.” 

Pr. 4, 1.26. After “ costs”’ insert “and expenses 
“ shail.” . Hr 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do, pass, 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concur- 
rence of their Lordships. ) 


of Officers of the. Militia to serve as. Sheriffs, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr, Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords,; and acquaint them,, that this House hath 
agreed to\the same, without any, Amendment. 


The House; according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendment made by, the 
Lords: to the: Bill, intituled,; An Act to make further 
Provision for ‘the Administration of Justice,) and.for 
improving the Practice and Proceedings, | in), the 
Courts of the Stannaries.of Cornwall, and. for, tlie 
Prevention of Frauds, by. Workmen employed jin 
Mines within “the: County of; Cornwall; and| the 
same was read, as:followeth. |; ! gat 

Pr. 4. 1. 5.::Leave, out. to. the .service- of | Her 
“Majesty,” and insert.‘ in like manner as.all other 
“ fines for non-attendance. of jurors are-by.him now 
“« by law accounted for.” . 

, Lhe said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to; (it appearing that the same was in 
furtherance of the intention of this House, as 
evidenced by the context of ‘the Bill.) 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill; to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


Lordships. 


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


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


The Corporate Property (Ireland) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 





Vou. 94. 





4B Mr. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to ex- Real Estates 
lain and extend the Provisions of an Act passed Liability Bill. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Sheriffs’ 
taking away the Exemption, except in certain cases, Exemption Bill. 


Stannaries 
Courts (Corn- 
wall) Bill, 


hath agreed to the Amendment. made by, their 


Consolidated 
Fund Bill. 


The Exchequer Bills Bill was, according to Order, Exchequer Bills 
alma 


Bi 


Corporate 
Property 
(Ireland) Bill. 
No. 582, 




















i 














554 


13°—14° 


Mr. Smith, from the Commissioners of Richmond 
Bridge, was called in; and at the bar presented, 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
— Richmond Bridge Cash Account for the year 
1838 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Richmond 
Bridge. 


Expiring Laws. The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords, of Monday 
last, wherein their Lordships request that this House 
will be pleased to communicate to their Lordships, 
a Copy of the Report made from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House in the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament, to inquire what temporary Laws 
of a public and general nature made by the Parlia- 
ments of England, or Great Britain or Ireland, or 
of the United Kingdom, are now in force; and 
what Laws of the like nature passed by the English, 
British, Irish or United Parliaments, have expired, 
since the first day of the Session of Parliament, 
holden in the first and second years of the reign of 
Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, and before 
the first day of the present Session ; and also, what 
Laws of the like nature are about to expire, in the 
course or at the end of the present Session, or 
on or before first day of August 1840; or in the 
course or at the end of any Session referring to that 
period ; or in consequence of any contingent public 
event. 

Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Bernal do deliver the 
same. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 14° die August: ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That all Committees upon Private 
Bills have leave to sit this day till five of the 
clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Committees on 
Private Bills. 


Register of 
Electors 
(Hertford. ) 


A Petition of Henry Edwards, of Saint Albans, 
Gentleman, stating that the Petitioner is a registered 
Elector of the county of Hertford, that he has ap- 
plied to the Clerk of the Peace for the said county, 
for a copy of the Register of the Electors, and has 
been informed by him that the magistrates of the 
said county would not authorize him to have such 
Register printed, but that he is willing to furnish the 
Petitioner with a written copy of such Register, upon 
being paid a reasonable sum for making the same, 
which he considers will amount to twenty pounds 
or upwards ; and praying the House to take the 
case into consideration and afford him relief, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Consolidated 


The Order cf the day being read, for the Com- 
Fund Bill. 


mittee on the Consolidated Fund Bill; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Clause of 
Appropriation. 

‘Then the House resolved itself into the Commit- 
tee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Charles Wood re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Exchequer Bills 
(£ 12,026 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
°5°-) into a Committee upon the Exchequer Bills Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 








A. 1339. 


Sir George Grey, by Order, reported the Man- Manchester 
chester Police Bill; and the Amendments were read, Felice Bill, 
and agreed to; and a Clause was added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Augustz. 





Poor 


Mr. Solicitor General, by Order, reported the Bol- Bolton Bill. | 
ton Police Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Police Bill, 
agreed to; and a Clause was added to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time To-morrow. mill 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself Administration 
into a Committee upon the Administration of Justice = watice 
(Parts of Counties) Bill; and, after some time Ses) Ban _ 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and ; 
Mr. Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. Poo 
The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Patents for 
amend an Act of the fifth and sixth years of the Inventions Bill, 
Reign of King William the Fourth, intituled, “An 
Act to amend the Law touching Letters Patent for 
Inventions,” was, according to Order, read the third 

time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Tre 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Corporate 
into a Committee upon the Corporate Property i m 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, “e!an¢) Bill. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-Church __ 
mittee on the Church Discipline Bill; Discipline Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill for the establishment of County County and 
and District Constables by the authority of Justices a 
of the Peace, was, according to Order, read the ; 
third time; and ingrossed Clauses were added to 
the Bill by way of Riders. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Courts in_ 
into a Committee upon the Courts in Counties Bill; Counties Bill 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bull, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Petitions from Belfast; — and, Carrickfergus ; Linen and 
praying for the Amendment of the Law relating to ~ 
the Linen and Hempen Manufactures in Ireland,— ¢jretand.) 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Waterford; —and, Members of the Bank of _ 
National Trades Political Union of Zreland; praying Ireland Pill 
that the Bank of Jredand Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ministers, Elders and Congregation Church of 
of the parish of Saint Cuthbert, Edinburgh, and Scotland. 
Presbytery of Edinburgh, praying the House to 
adopt measures for relieving the religious —_— 

whic 





Poor Law 
Commission 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Sale of Beer 
Bill. 


Poor Rates. 


Bank of 
Ireland Bill. 





3 VicTroriz. 14°__15° 


which prevails in Scotland, by extending the effici- 
ency of the Established Church, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Nottingham Union, praying that the 
Poor Law Commission Continuance Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Retailers of Beer in the hundred 
of Bosmere and Claydon, in the county of Suffolk; 
~-Ramsgate, Margate and other places ;--and, Yeovil 
(Chairman and Secretary of a Meeting); praying 
that the Sale of Beer Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Amount of Money expended for 
the Relief of the Poor, in each County of England 
and Wales, during the year ending the 25th day of 
March 1839. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee 
on the Bank of Jreland Bill, be now read; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Committee 
“ on the Bank of Jreland,” in order to insert the 
words “ second reading of the Poddle River (Dub- 
“ lin),” instead thereof. 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. . 

Mr. More O’ Ferrall, ‘ 

Tellers for the Yeas, Me Seka Pable : } 55. 
{Mr. Hume, 
UMr. O’ Connell : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
mittee on the Bank of Jreland Bill be now read ; 
and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” 
to the end of the Question in order to add the 
words, “ this Housewill, upon this day three months, 
*« resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Mr. Robert Steuart, 57 
Mr. John Parker : } : 
Tellers for the Noes, yr" gy, connels 9 


Ve. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :--The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Bill be 
read the first time ; 
The Committee divided : 
} 49. 
bes 


Tellers for the Noes, } 17. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Mr. More O’ Ferrall, 
Tellers for the Yeas,| Mr Relive Srucast 


Mr. O’ Connell, 


Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Hume : 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 
Preamble postponed. 





Augustz. 555 


Cause, N° 1, (The Governor and Company of 
the Bank of Jreland and their successors for ever 
shall remain, continue, and be one body corporate 
and politic, by the name of the Governor and Com- 
pany of the Bank of Ireland aforesaid, and continue 
to hold and enjoy all and every the capacities, pri- 
vileges and advantages whatsoever to which the 
said Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland 
now are, or before the passing of this Act were, en- 
titled by the said several hereinbefore recited Acts 
or any of them)——read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 8. 1. 44. To leave out 
the words “ of them,” in order to insert the words 
“ other Act or Acts of Parliament,” instead thereof. 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left 


18. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. O'Connell, 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Baring : 42. 

“ mentioned in the Schedule to this Act annexed.” 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. O'Connell, 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Shaw : 39. 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Robert Steuart, } 39. 

stand part of the Bill——put, and agreed to. 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the Yeas, } 15. 
sSir George Grey, 

man do now leave the Chair. 


out stand part of the Clause ; 

Mr. Redington : 

Amendment proposed: After the words “ other 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

Mr. Redington : 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 

Tellers for the; Mr. John Ellis, 

Noes, Mr. Charles Wood : 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
(Mr. John O'Connell, 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Baring : } 39. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 


The Committee divided : 
Mr. Robert Gordon, 
“ Act or Acts of Parliament” to insert the words 
The Committee divided : 
Vis, 
Mr. Solicitor General, 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 
Yeas, Mr. Morgan JohnO’ Connell R — 
Motion made, and Question, That Clause N° 1, 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 
\Mr. Hume, 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Jovis, 15° die Augusti, 1839: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


reading of the Poddle River (Dublin) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


O’ Connell and Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell do pre-~ 
pare, and bring it in. 


commonly called and known as the Society of 
the King’s Inns, Dublin, and for enabling the same 
to make and ordain orders, rules and: regulations 
for the better government of the Profession of the 





Vou. 94, 





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The Order of the day being read, for the second Poddle River 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill A¢tornies and 
for the better Regulation of the Profession of At- Solicitors 
torney and Solicitor in Ireland: And that Mr, teland) Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill King’s Inns 
for the Incorporation of the Society or Association (Dublin) Bill. 





550 14°—15° 


Law in Jreland: And that Mr. O’Conneli and 
Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Duke of A Motion was made, and the Question being 
Marlborough’s proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
Pension Bill. 


exempt the Parliamentary Grant to the Heirs of 
John Duke of Marlborough from the payment of 
the Duty of One shilling and sixpence in the pound; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 





said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being put, That leave be given 
io bring in a Bill to exempt the Parliamentary Grant 
to the Heirs of John Duke of Marlborough from 
the payment of the Duty of One shilling and six- 
pence im the pound ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley,\ 

Yeas, Mr. Charles Wood: or 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, 

Noes, Mr. William Williams: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Granville 
Harcourt and Mr. Aglionby do prepare, and bring 
it in, 


} none. 


Steam Commu- 


A Motion was made, and. the Question being put, 
nication with 


That there be laid before this House, Copies of the 


— Correspondence which has taken place between the 
India Board and the Court of Directors of the 
East -India Company since January last, on the 
subject of Steam Communicatioa with India :—It 
passed in the Negative. 

London, Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 

Edinburgh, —_ to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be 

and Glasgow : : — 7, 

Railways, pleased to give directions, that an Engineer or En- 


gineers may be appointed to inquire and report upon 
the relative merits and the preference which ought 
to be given to the respective already surveyed and 
projected Railways between London and the Cities 
of Edinburgh and Glasgow, following: namely, 
vid York, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Berwick, via 
York, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Hexham, vid Lan- 
caster, Whitehaven and Carlisle and via Lancaster, 
Penrith and Carlisle; the said Inquiry and Report 
to include the relative merits of the two Lines from 
London to York by Derby and Rotherham, and by 
Cambridge and Lincoln. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Robert Haig. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Memorial of Mr. Robert Haig to the 
Lords of the Treasury, bearing date the 30th day 
of May 1822, and of the Answer thereto of the 
8th day of July 1822:— And, of all Treasury 
Minutes made upon the said Memorial. 


Schools of 


ae Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
esign. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Report or Reports made by 
Mr. Dyce, consequent to his Journey on an Inquiry 
into the state of Schools of Design in Prussia, 
Bavaria and France. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this cons as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Halifax, Hud- = Mr. Charles Wood reported from the Committee 
— te , on the Halifax, Huddersfield and Bradford Small 
Debts (No. 3.) Debts (No. 3.) Bill; That they had examined the 
Bill. allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 


Augusti. 


A. 1839. 


and the Amendments 


Amendments thereunto ; 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Lancashire Army 
Scottish Church Presbytery, praying that Presby- (Presbyterian 
terian soldiers may be permitted to attend the ChP&gt;ervice) 
Presbyterian Church, in like manner as Episcopalian 
and Roman Catholic soldiers are permitted to attend 
their respective places of worship, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell presented a Bill for Attornies 

the better regulation of the Profession of Attorney 2ré Solicitors 
and Solicitor in Ireland: And the same was read ‘"¢!#4) Bill 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time No. 533, 


upon this day six weeks; and to be printed. 


Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell presented a Bill for King’s Inns 
the Incorporation of the Society or Association Deblin) Bil, 
commonly called and known as the Society of the No 534, 
King’s Inns, Dublin, and for enabling the same to 

make and ordain Orders, Rules and Regulations for 

the better Government of the Profession of the Law 

in Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time upon this 

day six weeks ; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after one of the clock 
on Thursday morning, adjourned till this day. 











Jovis, 15° die Augusti ; 
Anno 38° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


M&amp;® Campbell, from the Court of iDirectors of East India, 
the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament,—Resolutions of the Court of 
Directors of the East India Company, being the 
Warrants or Instruments granting any Pension. 
Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East East India, 
India Company, being the Warrants or Instruments 
granting any Salary or Gratuity. 
A Statement of the Amount proposed to be trafis- East India. 
ferred from the Company’s Cash to the credit of the 
Fund for the benefit of the Widows and Families of 
Officers and Clerks of the Regular Home Establish- 
ment of the East India Company, and to the credit 
of the Fund for the benefit of the Widows and 
Families of extra Clerks and others of the said Esta- 
blishment, as Compensation, under an arrangement 





sanctioned by the Board of Commissioners for the 
Affairs of India, and laid before the Honourable the 
House of Commons on the 26th February 1835 :— 
And then he withdrew. 

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


The ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy Halifax, Hud- 
eee of Small Debts within the Parishes Otaentets, oot ‘ 
alifax, Bradford, Keighley, Bingley, Guiseley, OT... 
Calorie, Batley, Birstal, ‘Mirfield, "Hartishead. Bill.” ie: 
cum-Clifton, Almondbury, Kirkheaton, Kirkburton 
and Huddersfield, and the Lordship or Liberty of 
Tong, in the County of York, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Charles Wood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Labouchere S eaiaaagpe: by Her Majesty’s com- west Indies. 
mand,—Further Papers relative to the Labouring No, 593. 
Population in the West Indies. 


Copies of Correspondence relative to the Affairs Canada. 
of Canada. No. 535. 











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No. 


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3 Victoriz. 


Mr. Labouchere also presented, pursuant to seve- 
ral Addresses to Her Majesty,—Copies of any Ge- 
neral Report, since the last laid before this House, 
from the Agent General for Emigration :—Of any 
Report from the Agent for Emigration in Canada :— 
And, Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence 
between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and 
the Governors of the Australian Colonies, respecting 
Emigration, since the Papers presented to the House 
on the 14th day of May 1838. ; 

Canada. Copies or Extracts of Despatches from the Secre- 
No.537. tary of State for the Colonies and Sir George Arthur, 
relative to the Clergy Reserves in Upper Daseiile i- 
An Account of the Clergy Reserves sold in Upper 
and Lower Canada, from the year 1827, and the 
Application thereof:—And, an Account of the Total 
Amount of the Proceeds of the Clergy Reserves 
sold in Upper and Lower Canada, and at present 
invested in the Three per Cent. Consolidated An- 
nuities. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do. lie upon the 

Table; and be printed. 


Emigration . 
No. 536. 


Corporate Lord Viscount Morpeth reported the Corporate 
oo Property (Jreland) Bill ; and the Amendments were 
(Ireland) Bul vead, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Administration Lord Viscount Howick reported the Administra- 
of Justice tion of Justice (Parts of Counties) Bill; and the 
Bill Coun- Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Courts in Lord Viscount Howick reported the Courts in 


15° Auguste: 557 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham and Message from 
Mr. Wingfield C the Lords. 

Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue, until Six Slave Trade 
months after the commencement of the next Session Teties Bill. 
of Parliament, an Act of the last Session of Parlia- 
ment for authorizing Her Majesty to carry into im- 
mediate execution, by Orders in Council, any Treaties 
for the Suppression of the Slave Trade : 
A Bill, mtituled, An Act for the Improvement of Shannon __ 
the Navigation of the River Shannon: And also, Navigation Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Unlawful Oaths 
Act to extend and render more effectual, for Five ({elaud) Bill. 
— an Act passed in the fourth year of his late 

ajesty George the Fourth, to amend an Act passed 
in the fiftieth year of his Majesty George the Third 
“ for preventing the administering and taking Unlaw- 
ful Oaths in Ireland,” with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled; An Highway Rates 
Act to authorize for One year, and from thence to Bil. 
the end of the then next Session of Parliament, the 
application of a Portion of the Highway Rates to 
Turnpike-roads, in certain cases, withan Amendment; 
to which Amendment the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Judges’ 
Act to authorize the Purchase or Building of Lodgings 4°¢eiss Bill. 
for the Judges of Assize on their Circuits, with an 
Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House :—And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 


The House, according to Order, resumed the ad- County and 





Counties Bill. Counties Bill; and the Amendment was read, as 
followeth : 

Pr. 4. 1.2. After “ made” insert “ Provided 

“ always, That nothing herein contained shall au- 

‘ thorize the holding of any Court in any place more 

“ than Three miles distant from the county, city, 

“ town, borough or other jurisdiction for which such 
“ Court is holden.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

To-morrow. 


n 


Consolidated The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
Fund (Appro- the Report on the Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) 
priation) Bill, Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 

day next. 


Exchequer Bills The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
(F-18,006,050:) the Report on the Exchequer Bills Bill ; 
xg Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Manchester 


oo? The ingrossed Bill for improving the Police in 
olice Bill. 


Manchester, was, according to Order, read the third 
time; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for improving the Police in Man- 
chester, for Two years, and from thence until the 
End of the then next Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


gl The ingrossed Bill for improving the Police in 
once Bill, 


Bolton, was, according to Order, read the third time ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for improving the Police in Bolton, 
for Two years, and from thence until the End of the 
then next Session of Parliament. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to Noes, , 
So it passed in the Negative. 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


journed Proceeding upon the third reading of the in- District Con- 
pero Bill for Shai establishment of County and ee. 
District. Constables, by the authority of Justices of 

the Peace: —— And Amendments were made to the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 

the Billin Pr. 8. 1. 16. by leaving out the words 

“ or for any county adjoining thereto.” 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 

posed to be left out stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. John Parker, 39 

Yeas, Mr. More O’ Ferrall: } , 

Tellers for the { Mr. Richard Hodgson, } 19 

Noes, Sir Charles Douglas : ’ 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill in Pr. 8. 1.18. by leaving out the words 
“ or for any city or borough within any of the said 
“ counties.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill in Pr. 16. 1.5. by inserting after the word 
“ made” the words “ Provided always, That nothing 
“ herein contained shall prevent or invalidate the 
‘“‘ appointment of parochial constables, or interfere 
“‘ with their payments, so far as they may have 
‘“‘ claim thereto by any law now in force.” 

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

The House divided: 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 30 


Yeas, Mr. Darby : 
Tellers for the { Mr. John Parker, } 39 
Mr. More O’ Ferrall: 2 





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ay 




















——— 





Prisoners’ 
Trial Bill. 


Judges’ 
Lodgings Bill. 


Bank of 
Trelaud Bill. 


Adjournment 


558 


Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Bill do pass ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. John Parker, 
Yeas, Mr. More O’ Ferrall: 
Tellers for the { Mr. D’ Israeli, 
Noes; UMr. Thomas Duncombe : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Vas. 


13. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisoners’ Trial Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Judges’ Lodgings Bill be taken into 
consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bank of Jreland Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word ‘“ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“‘ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John rn 36 


Yeas, Mr. John Parker : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hume, “. + 
Noes, Mr. O’Connell : an 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 


Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cuiause, N° 2, (Interest on £.600,000 and 
£.500,000 due to the Bank reduced to Three and a 
half per Centum) read. 

Notice being taken that Forty Members were not 
present ; 


The Chairman left the Chair. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair:—And the House 
being told by Mr. Speaker; and Forty Members not 
being present; and it being then after four of the 
clock :—The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, 
without a Question first put, till To-morrow. 











Veneris, 16° die August ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 
: 4 HE House met; and being counted by Mr. 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 
not present; yetit being four of the clock, Mr.Speaker 
took the Chair, and again counted the House ; and 
Forty Members not being present:—The House was 


adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 


15°—16°—17° Augusti. 





A. 1839. 


Sabbati, 17° die August ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


MESSAGE from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham Message from 
and Mr. Russell: the Lords, 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Real Estates 

by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to explain Liability 

and extend the Provisions of an Act passed in the ™ 

first year of his late Majesty King William the 

Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for consolidating and 

amending the Laws for facilitating the Payment of 

Debts out of Real Estate,” without any Amendment: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Tithe Commo. 

by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to ex- tation Acts 

plain and amend the Acts for the Commutation of sion 

Tithes in England and Wales, without any Amend- ~* 

ment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Constabulary 
Act for the better Regulation of the Constabulary force (Ireland 
Force in Jreland, with Amendments; to which _ 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Sale of Spirits 
Act for the better Prevention of the Sale of Spirits (Ireland) Bill 
by Unlicensed Persons in Ireland, and for repealing 
parts of an Act of the sixth and seventh years of his 
late Majesty, for amending an Act of the third and 
fourth years of his said Majesty, for amending the 
Laws relating to Excise Licenses and the Sale of 
Wine, Spirits, Beer and Cider by retail in Zreland, 
with an Amendment; towhich Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Assaults 
Act for the better Prevention and Punishment of (!eland) Bil. 
Assaults in Ireland, for five years, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Metropolitan 
Act for regulating the Police Courts in the Metro- Police Courts 
polis, with Amendments; to which Amendments ” 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—- 

And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; Town Councils 

and at the bar presented, pursuant to several Ad- &amp;«- 
dresses to Her Majesty,—A Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of February 
last, for Copies of the Lists of Fees recommended 
by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 
to be adopted and sanctioned by Town Councils :— 
And, a Return of the Amount of Fees received by 
the Clerk of the Magistrates, Town Clerk, and the 
Clerk of the Peace in each City and Borough in 
re and Wales (except the City of London) in 
each of the years 1837 and 1838. 

Copies of a Letter (dated the 7th day of Ja- Public Records. 
nuary 1839), addressed by the Master of the Rolls 
to the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 
ment, respecting the custody of the Public Re- 
cords:—Of a Letter (dated the 10th day of June 
1839), addressed by Sir Francis Palgrave to the 
Master of the Rolls, and by him transmitted to the 
Lords of the Treasury :—And, of the Treasury Mi- 
nute of the 8th day of April 1839, on the subject of 
the above Letters. 

A Return of the Number of Executions which Executions and 
took place in England and Wales in the Five years C™™'™*"™ 
ending the 31st day of December 1833 ; and in the 
Five years ending the 31st day of December 1838 ; 
together with the Number of Commitments in each 
of those periods respectively for Offences which 
were capital at the commencement of the former 
period ; viz. on the 1st day of January 1829. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to Orders,— Writs of Eject- 
—A Return of all Applications made this year to ment (Ireland) 
the Government, for any Military Force to assist 





the 


































































Regist 
(Dublin 


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Registration of 
ot Office — 
(Dublin.) 


Newspaper 
Stamps, 


Dublin and 
Kingstown 
Railroad. 


Manchester and 


Birmingham 
Extension 
(Stone and 
Rugby) Rail- 


way Bill, 


Public Bills 
(Scotland.) 


3 Vicroriz. 


the Civil Power in the execution of Writs of Eject- 
ment in Jreland, stating the Amount and Nature of 
the Force required, and the Places in which it is 
required to act. 
Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of July 
last, for a Return, showing the Charge and Dis- 
charge of the Office for the Registration of Deeds 
in Dublin, in each year, from the 31st day of De- 
cember 1832 to the 31st day of December 1838 :— 
The Charge is to distinguish the several Sources 
from whence it has arisen, whether from Registra- 
tion of Deeds, Ejectment Decrees, Anonymous 
Partnerships, Negative Searches, Common Searches, 
Personal Searches, or from Miscellaneous Receipts 
of any kind; the Number and average Cost of each 
description of Search, or of Registry, is to be dis- 
tinctly set forth in each year:—The Discharge of 
each year is to be separated into Ordinary and Extra- 
ordinary Expenditure; distinguishing the Charge 
for Fixed Salaries from Payments to Extra Clerks, 
&amp;c.; also, to state the Amount paid for Parchment, 
Books, Binding, Stationery, Furniture, Fuel, Ser- 
vants, Repairs or Alterations of the Office, and 
Miscellaneous; and the Number of Clerks em- 
ployed in the Office at any period of the year be- 
yond those appointed by the Act 2 and 3 Will. 4, 
c. 87:—Annexed to the Return is to be a State- 
ment of the Number of Volumes of Day-books, In- 
dexes, Abstract-books, Transcript-books (distin- 
guishing Duplicates) and files of Memorials which 
have been completed since the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1832, with the average Number of Folios in 
each Class; also, the Number of Volumes of In- 
dexes which are now in progress, to be completed 
on the 31st day of December 1839; also, to state 
what progress has been made in forming the first 
series of Consolidated Indexes, and the Number of 
Volumes, or the Value of the Stock of Parchment 
which has been procured for the same, or which is 
now on hand ; and whether any and what progress 
has been made in copying the old Indexes and 
Abstract-books. 
A Return of the Number of Stamps issued to each 
Newspaper in England and Wales during each of the 
Three years ending the 5th day of January 1839; 
specifying also the Amount of Advertisement Duty 
paid by each Paper in each of the above Three years: 
And, similar Returns for Scotland and Ireland. 
A Return of the several Sums of Money (exceed- 
ng One hundred Pounds each) which have been 
awarded by way of Compensation to the different 
Claimants on the Dublin and Kingstown Railroad ; 
specifying the Name of each Claimant, and the 
Sum originally demanded, and the Amount awarded 
and paid :—And then he withdrew. 
- Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Manchester 
and Birmingham Extension (Stone and Rugby) Rail- 
way Bill have leave to sit this day till five of the 
clock during the sitting of the House. 


The Lord Advocate presented,—Return to an 
Order dated the 11th day of April last, for Returns 
of the Number of such Bills relating to Scotland as 
have been introduced into Parliament by the Law 
Officers of the Crown, o7 by any other Person hold- 
ing office under the Crown, during the years 1835, 
1836, 1837 and 1838; distinguishing those which 
have passed into Laws, and also those which passed 
through this House; and stating the Expense at- 
tending the preparation and further prosecution of 
such Bills into or through Parliament, with the 
Names of the Persons to whom such Expenses have 
been paid, with the Amount paid to each, and the 
Authority by which, and the Funds out of which, 
such Payments have been made. 
" a That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


17° Augustz. 


559 


Mr. Poulett Thomson presented, pursuant to an Turkey 
Address to Her Majesty,--A Copy of the Tariff 
agreed upon by the Commissioners appointed under 

the Seventh Article of the Convention of Commerce 

and Navigation between Turkey and England. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table, 


A Message by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Royal Assent 
Usher of the Black Rod : to Bills. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to se- 
veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in on House of Peers, to hear the Commission 
read. 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 
Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 
where a Commission under the Great Seal was read ; 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Public and Private Bills therein men- 
tioned; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills; 
Which Bills are as follow : 
An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Lower Canada 
Parliament, for making temporary Provision for the — 
Government of Lower Canada: , 
An Act to suspend, until the First day of August Cathedral and 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty, certain Ecclesiastical 
Cathedral and other Ecclesiastical Preferments, ce 9 

. ; pension 
and the Operation of the new Arrangement of Dio- piu, 
ceses upon the existing Ecclesiastical Courts : 
An Act to make better Provision for the Assign- Ecclesiastical 
ment of Ecclesiastical Districts to Churches or Cha- Districts Bill. 
pels augmented by the Governors of the Bounty of 
Queen Anne, and for other Purposes : 
An Act to amend the Jurisdiction for the Trial of Election Peti- 
Election Petitions : sac adhereeratean: 
An Act for the further Regulation of the Duties Postage Duties 
on Postage until the Fifth day of October One Bil. 
thousand eight hundred and Forty : 
An Act to continue until Six months after the Slave Trade 
commencement of the next Session of Parliament, Treties Bill. 
an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for au- 
thorizing Her Majesty to carry into immediate 
Execution, by Orders in Council, any Treaties for 
the Suppression of the Slave Trade : 


An Act for the better ordering of Prisons : Prisons Bill. 


An Act to regulate the Payment and Assignment, Military 
in certain cases, of Pensions granted for Service in Pensions Bill, 
Her Majesty’s Army, Navy, Royal Marines and 
Ordnance : 

An Act to make further Provision for the Admi- Stannaries 
nistration of Justice, and for improving the Practice wall 
and Proceedings in the Courts of the Stannaries of ‘ 
Cornwall, and for the Prevention of Frauds by 
Workmen employed in Mines within the County of 
Cornwall : 

An Act to amend the Law relating to the Custody Custody of 
of Infants : Infants Bill. 


An Act to amend an Act passed in the last Ses- Imprisonment 
sion of Parliament, for abolishing Arrest on Mesne ro Debt Act 
Process in Civil Actions, except in certain cases, for Ry 
extending the Remedies of Creditors against the 
Property of Debtors, and for amending the Laws 
for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England: 

An Act for further improving the Police in and Metropolis 
near the Metropolis : Police Bill. 


An Act to suspend until the End of the next Ses- Militia Ballots 
sion of Parliament, the making of Lists and the Suspension Bill. 
Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United 
Kingdom : 

An Act to explain and amend the Acts for the Tithe Commu- 





Vot. 94. 





Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales: ean aera 
ana An Bill 


560 
Sheriffs’ An Act for taking away the Exemption, except in 
Exemption Bill. certain cases, of Officers of the Militia to serve as 
Sheriff : iY 
Real Estates An Act to explain and extend the, Provisions of 
Liability Bill. 4 Act passed in the first year of ‘his late, Majesty 
King Witlliam the Fourth, mtituled, An Act for con- 
solidating and amending the Laws for facilitating 
the Payment of Debts out of Real’ Estate: 


Prisons An Act to improve Prisons and’ Prison Discipline 
(Scotland) Bill. in Scotland: 


Bankrupts’ An Act for reguiating the Sequestration of the 
Foro 4) Bill Estates of Bankrupts in Scotland : 
Jurors aud An Act to amend two Acts of the third and fourth 


Juries (freland) and fourth and fifth years of his late Majesty King 


me: William the Fourth, for consolidating and amending 
the Laws relative to Jurors and Juries in Jreland : 
Public Works An Act to extend and amend the Provisions of 


(Ireland) Bill. the Acts for the Extension and’ Promotion of Public 
Works in Ireland, and for the Recovery of Public 
Monies advanced for the use of Counties, Parishes 
and other Districts in Ireland, on the faith of Grand 
Jury Presentments and Parochial Assessments: 
Shannon An Act for the Improvement of the Navigation 
Navigation Bill. 1¢ the River Shannon : 
Highways An Act to amend an Act of the fifth and sixth 


17° Augustz. 


A. 1839. 


An Act to enable William Russell, Esquire, to Russet’s 
grant Leases of Coal Mines under the Lands within Estate Bil. 
the Manor or Lordship of Brancepeth and other 

Lands in the County of Durham, devised by, or sub- 

ject to the Uses and Trusts of the Will and Codicil 

of William Russell, Esquire, deceased, and the Will 

and Codicil of Matthew Russell, Esquire, deceased. 

An Act for inclosing Lands withm the Parishes Rathkeale 
of Rathkeale and Croagh, in the County of Limerick, 'closure Bil, 


A Petition of the Mayor, Alderman and Bur- Birmingham 
gesses of the city and borough of Exeter in council Police (No. 2,); 
assembled, praying that the Birmingham Police gg 
(No.2.); and, the Manchester Police, Bills, may not 
pass into law, as they now stand, was presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dewsbury ;— and, Birstall, taking Lord's Day, 
notice of certain alterations in contemplation by the 
Post Office authorities, for the transmission of 
country Letters through London on the Lord’s Day, 
and praying the House to adopt measures to prevent 
such a desecration of that day,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Westmeath ; — Hibernian Joint Bank of Ireland 
Stock Banking Company ;—Dublin County (Chair- Bill 

















(No. 2.) Bill. years of the reign of his late Majesty King William 
the Fourth relating to Highways: 

Highways and 

‘Turnpike-roads 

Returns Bill. 


Highways and Turnpike-roads ‘in’ England and 
Wales : 

An Act to authorize the Trustees of Turnpike- 
roads, to reduce the scale of Tolls payable for over- 
weight : 

An Act to prevent until the End of the next Ses- 
sion of Parliament, Ships clearing out from a British 
North American Port, loading any part of their 
Cargo of Timber upon Deck : 


Turnpike Tolls 
Bill. 


Timber Ships 
Bill. 


London City An Act for regulating the Police in the City of 

Police Bill. London: j 

Commercia! An Act for extending the Line of the Railway be- | 

(London and tween London and Blackwall called “ The Com- 

Blackwall) &gt; oi . 

Railway Bill. ‘‘ mercial Railway and for amending the Acts re- 
lating thereto: 

Brighton 


An Act for establishing a general Cemetery for 
Cemetery Bill. the Interment of the Dead in the Parish of Brighton, 
in the County of Sussex : 

An Act for the more speedy Recovery of Small 
Debts within the Manor of Haéfield and other Places, 
in the West Riding of the County of York: 


Hatfield 
Smal! Debts 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Belper Small An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of 

7" (No. 2.) Small Debts within the Town of Belper, and several 
: other Places in the County of Derby : 

Newark Small 


An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery 
Dds (No 2-) of Small Debts within the Borough of Wewark and 
; other Places, in the Counties of MWottingham and 
Lincoln : 


Oldham An Act for the more easy Recovery of Small 

a bi i. Debts within the Parishes of Prestwith-cum-Oldham 
and Middleton, im the County of Lancaster : 

Bury (Lan- 


: An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery 
Debus (Nev 2.) of Small Debts within the Town of Bury and other 


Bill. Places therein mentioned, in the County of Zan- 
caster : 

Wirksworth An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery 

one. 2.) mu, Of Small Debts within the Parish of Wirksworth 
and other Parishes and Places adjacent or near 
thereto, in the several Counties of Derby and Staf- 
‘ord : 

Eckington —~ An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery 

(Ne. bac A of Small Debts within the Parish of Eckington and 

es other Places, in the County of Derby : 

Chesterfield An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery 

ONoe 3.) Bill of Small Debts within the Botany and Parish of 

ryan Chesterfield and other Parishes and Places adjacent 
or near thereto, in the County of Derby: 

Nottingham An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery 

ae mn of Small Debts within the Town and County of the 

(No. 2.) Bill, Town of Nottingham and other Places there men- 


tioned, in the Counties of Nottingham and Derby: 





man of a Meeting) ; —Limerick ;—Duleek ;—and, 


| Drogheda ; praying that the Bank of Jreland Bill 
An Act for procuring Returns relative to the | ay not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 


_and ordered to lie upon the Tabie. 


A Petition of the Provost of the Royal Burgh of Caledonian ana 
Inveraray, praying the House to adopt measures for ©tinan Canals, 
securing the early completion of the Caledonian and 
Crinan Canals, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Caledonian Canal. 


A Petition of Sir John Milley Doyle, k.c.B., com- Sir John Milley 
plaining of not having received from the Government Pyle. 
of Portugal the sums awarded to him by the British 
Government, and claimed for him by the British 
Consul General at Lisbon in 1832, as compensation 
for personal ill treatment and losses sustained through 
his illegal imprisonment in Portugal in 1828, and 
praying the House to address Her Majesty, to adopt 
measures for securing him redress, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 and 2 Exchequer Bills 
‘ic. c. 93, for raising the sum, of Eleven millions Fe"4e- 
forty-four thousand and five hundred and_ fifty 
pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and Thirty-eight, 
might be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act of the 
present Session, c. 8. for raising the sum of Thirteen 
millions by Exchequer Bills, for the service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and Thirty-nine, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
the said Acts. 








A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Bauk of Ireland 
posed, That this House will, upon Monday next, Bill. 
again resolve itself into a Committee upon the Bank 
of Ireland Bill; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Monday next,” 
in order to insert the words “ this day three months,” 
instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Monday next,” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new mt 
Tellers for the Yeas, oo John Parker : } 
Tellers for the Noes, oo btn . } 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 








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3 Vicroriz. 17°—19° 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Poddle River (Dublin) Bill be 
read a second time upon Monday next. 


Poddle River 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill to restrain the 


rate 
ae _, Alienation of Corporate Property in certain Towns 
(Ireland) Bill. in Jreland be now read the third time :—The Bill 
was accordingly read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to restrain the Alienation of Cor- 
porate Property in certain Towns in Jreland, untii 
the First day of September One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Forty. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Administration Ordered, That the Administration of Justice (Parts 
of Justice 


of Counties) Bill be read the third time upon Mon- 


(Parts ot Coun- day atink 


ties) Bill. 


Courts in Ordered, That the Courts in Counties Bill be read 
Counties Bill. the third time upon Monday next. 


Prisoners’ Trial Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
Bill. resolve itself into a Committee upon the Prisoners’ 
Trial Bill. 


Judges’ The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Lodgings Bill, the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to authorize the Purchase or Building 
of Lodgings for the Judges of Assize on their Circuits ; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 
Pr, 3. 1. 26. After “ Assize” insert “ or Special 
“ Commission of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol De- 
“ livery.” 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


Duke of Mr. Baring presented a Bill to exempt the Parlia- 
wa mentary Grant to the Heirs of John Duke of Marl- 
No. 538 borough from the payment of the Duty of Une Shilling 
“and Sixpence in the Pound: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 
RoyalArtillery. Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Royal 
No. 539, Artillery, which were presented upon the 8th and 


19th days of April last, be printed. 


Public Works Ordered, That the Returns relative to Public 


(Ireland.) ‘Works (Ireland}, which were presented upon the 
No. 540. 15th and 30th days of July last, be printed. 

Schools Ordered, That the Return relative to Schools 

(Jamaica.) (Jamaica), which was presented upon Monday last, 
No.541. be printed. 

Orange Lodges Ordered, That the Paper relative to Orange 
Canada.) Lodges (Canada), which was presented upon Mon- 
No, 542. day last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 


next, 








Lune, 19° die Augusti ; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 18 39. 


PRAYERS. 


Manchester and O* DERED, That the Committee on the Man- 
Birmingham chester and Birmingham Extension (Stone and 
(Stone and rugby) Railway Bill, have leave to sit this day till 
Rugby) Rail five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 
way Bill. Ordered, That the time for the said Committee to 

make their Report, be further enlarged till Monday 

next. 


Bank of Ireland 


ill, 


Petitions from Ballymakenny ;—and, Drogheda ; 


561 


into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


August. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, House. 

That when notice is taken that Forty Members are 

not present in the House, the practice of ringing a 

bell by the Door-keeper, be discontinued ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the — Mr. O’Connell, } _ 
Yeas, Mr. Wakley : ” 

Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John Stanley, \ 87 
Noes, U Mr. Robert Steuart : : eee 

So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Bank of Ireland 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee Bill. 
on the Bank of Ireland Bill, be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Committee 

‘* on the Bank of Jreland,”’ in order to insert the 
words “ second reading of the Poddle River, Dub- 

“ lin,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pvt, 
That the Debate be adjourned till four of the clock 
this afternoon ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. O’ Connell, rr 
Yeas. Mr. Wakley : F nee 
Tellers for the f Mr. John Parker, } 55 
Noes. \ Mr. Edward John Stanley: 5 °° 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques- 
tion :— And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be adjourned till five of the clock 
this afternoon ; 

The House divided: 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. O’ Connell, \ 20 
Yeas, Mr. Wakley : ae 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Edward John Stanley, } 56 
Noes, \ Mr. John Parker : . 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques- 
tion :—The said proposed Amendment was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
mittee on the Bank of Jreland Bill be now read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, four the second Poddle River 
reading of the Poddle River (Dublin) Bill ; (Dublin) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- prisoners’ Trial 
mittee on the Prisoners’ Trial Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made ty the Metropolitan 
Lords to the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill, be Police Courts 
taken into consideration To-morrow. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Assaults _ 
Lords to the Assaults (Zreland) Bill, be taken into (*re!##4) Bill. 


consideration, To-morrow. No. 543. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 





praying that the Bank of Zreland Bill may not pass 
Vou, 94, 


be printed. 
4c Ordered, 





562 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 


Unlawful Oaths 
(Ireland) Bill. Lords to the Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill, be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


Constabulary Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
a (Ireland) Jords to the Constabulary Force (Jreland) Bill, be 
“9 taken into consideration To-morrow. 


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


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Sums of Money paid out of 
the Land Revenue of the Crown towards the Lich- 
field Free Grammar School, for the last Three years, 
the Number of Free Boys who have received their 
Education therein during the said period, and the 
Total Number of Scholars now in a course of Edu- 

resented to 


cation there. 

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

A Petition of Charles Miller, Incumbent of the 
Vicarage of Harlow, in the county of Esser, com- 
plaining of the injurious operation of the provisions 
of the Tithe Commutation Act, and praying the 
House to adopt measures to release him from the 
operation of the Act, and preserve to him all such 
rights and privileges as are attached to the clergy 
of this realm, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Highway Rates Bill be taken into 
consideration To-morrow. 


Tithe Commu. 
tation Act. 


Highway Rates 
Bill. 


Public Petitions 
(Forty-first 
Report.) 


Sir Robert Harry Inglis reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented from the 12th to 
the 19th days of this instant August, both inclu- 
sive ; and had directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House. 

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


Employment of | A Petition of Inhabitants of Liverpool, praying 


the Foor, the House to take into consideration the plans for 
the amelioration of the condition of the Poor, by 
securing constant beneficial Employment, and a 
sound practical Education for them, as suggested by 
Mr. Robert Owen, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

London, A Petition of the Chairman of the Provisional 

Edinburgh, Committee of the West Cumberland, Furness and 

and Glasgow ; 2 sia ae 

Railways. Morecambe Bay Railway, praying that the said line 


of Railway may be included in the proposed inquiry 


into the merits of the various lines of Railways be- | 


tween London and the Cities of Edinburgh and 
Glasgow, and also that inquiry may be made into 
the comparative facilities a 


tricts of Lancashire, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and 


the North of Ireland, by steam from Whitehaven, 
il and read ; and ordered to lie upon | 
a 


was 
the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Slave Vessels, 


19° Augustz. 


orded to the communi- 
cation by Railway between the manufacturing dis- 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, pursuant to 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return of 
Slave Vessels brought before the several Courts of 
Mixed Commission for adjudication, smce the 1st 
day of January 1838, to the latest date for which 
the same can be prepared ; distinguishing the Flag | 





A. 1839, 


and the moiety remaining for Distribution to the 
Captors, so far as the same can be made out at the 
Foreign Office. 

Copies of the Note from the Prussian Minister, Prussia, 
transmitted to the Lords of the Committee of Privy 
Council for Trade and Plantations, by the Secretary 
of State for Foreign Affairs, in 1825, and of the 
Minute upon the same, by that Board, of the 17th 
day of January 1826. 

Copies of, or Extracts from, all Letters or other Foreign Com 
Communications from Foreign Governments, or 4 Flour. 
from British Ambassadors and Consuls, or other 
Employés Abroad, received between the years 1815 
and 1838, containing any Complaint with reference 
to the Duties on the Importation into this country 
of Foreign Corn and Flour, or any Proposal for 
Interchange of Commercial Productions, founded 
upon the abolition or reduction of such Duties. 

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


Goddard’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Goddard’s 
time ; and committed to Mr. Scholefield, and the Nat. Bill. 
North Warwick List. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, and to make their Report To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Consolidated Fund (Ap- Consolidated 
propriation) Bill; and the Amendments were read, Ferd (Appro- 
and agreed to. en 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Bill - Exchequer Bills 
” (£.12,026,050.) 
Bi 


Mr. Bernal reported the Exchequer Bills 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. ‘ 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Courts in_ 
declaring what Prisoners shall be tried at Courts of Couns Pil. 
Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, was ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to 
which Amendment this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Duke of 
reading of the Duke of Marlborough’s Pension Bill ; ree 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being *“""" 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
| time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word “now,” 
stand part of the Question :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for To-morrow. 








The ingrossed Bill for the better Administration Administration 
of Justice in detached Parts of Counties was, ac- eet 
cording to Order, read the third time. ae Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 





under which each Vessel was seized, the Name of | the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
the Capturing Ship, and the Commander thereof, 


the Amount of the registered Tonnage of each Ves- | 
sel, as well as the Amount by British admeasure- | into a Committee, to consider of the Act 1 and 2Vie., 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Exchequer Bills 
Funding, 


ment, and, if Slaves on board, stating the Number | c. 93, for raising the sum of Eleven millions forty- 
at the time of Seizure; also the Date of the decretal four thousand five hundred and fifty pounds by Ex- 
part of the Sentence, whether Forfeiture or Restitu- | chequer Bills, for the Service of the year One thou- 


tion, with the Amount of the proceeds of Sale, or 
of Costs awarded ; and distinguishing the Expenses 
of Condemnation and breaking up of each Vessel, 





sand eight hundred and Thirty-eight; and also the 
Act of the present Session, c. 8, for raising the sum of 
Thirteen millions by Exchequer Bills, for the service 
of 





3 VicToRiz. 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and Thirty- 


nine. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the several persons who have 
engaged to subscribe the sum of £.500,000, in Ex- 
chequer Bills dated in March and June 1839, and 
charged on Aids or Supplies, and to make Deposits 
of £.20 per centum on the amount of their respective 
Subscriptions at the Bank of England on the 20th 
day of August 1839, shall be entitled upon the 
completion of their Subscriptions for every £.100 
so subscribed in Exchequer Bills, to £.109 5s. 10d. 
Capital Stock in Consolidated Annuities, bearing 
interest at the rate of £.3 per centum per annum, 
the said interest to commence from the 5th day of 
July 1839, and to be payable by half-yearly Divi- 
dends on the 5th day of January and the 5th day 
of July, in every year; that the several Subscribers 
shall complete their respective Subscriptions at the 
Bank of England by Instalments, in the proportions 
and at the times under mentioned ; that is to say, 
£.20 per centum on or before the 27th day of Sep- 
tember ; £. 20 per centum on or before the 8th day 
of November ; £.20 per centum on or before the 20th 
day of December; £.20 per centum on or before 
the 31st day of January 1840; that Interest shall 
be allowed upon all Exchequer Bills deposited in 
payment of each Instalment, up to the date of such 
Instalment ; that Subscribers shall be at liberty to 
pay the said Instalments in advance, and siall, in 
such case, be entitled to Interest thereupon, for the 
first Instalment from the date of the Bill up to the 
16th day of August instant, and upon the amount 
of the Bills for each subsequent Instalment from 
the date of the Bills up to the day the Instalment 
would have become due; that all the Exchequer 
Bills so to be deposited with the Governor and 
Company of the Bank of England, shall be deli- 
vered over to the Paymasters of Exchequer Bills to 
be cancelled. 

2. Resolved, That every person or persons who shall 
on or before the 23d day of this instant August, sub- 
scribe Exchequer Bills to an amount not exceeding 
in the whole £. 3,500,000 of Exchequer Bills dated 
in March and June 1839, and charged on Aids or 
Supplies, shall be entitled upon the completion of 
their respective Subscriptions, in manner before pro- 
vided, for every £.100 so subscribed in Exchequer 
Bills, to £.110 Capital Stock im Consolidated An- 
nuities, bearing Interest at the rate of £.3 per centum 
per annum upon the terms and conditions before 
mentioned. 

3. Resolved, That every person or persons who 
shall, after the 23d day of this instant August, de- 
liver in Exchequer Bills to be cancelled in sums of 
not less than £. 1,000, to an amount not exceeding in 
the whole a sum which, together with the Exchequer 
Bills subscribed in manner before provided, shall 
not exceed £.4,000,000 of Exchequer Bills dated 
in March and June 1839, and charged on Aids or 
Supplies, shall be entitled for every £.100 so 
delivered in to such an amount of Capital Stock in 
Consolidated Annuities, bearing interest at the rate 
of £.3 per centum per annum, as every £.100 of the 
said Exchequer Bills would have purchased if the 
same had been applied in the purchase of Consoli- 
dated Annuities, estimating the same at the quarterly 
average price thereof, for the quarter ending the 5th 
day of January, 5th day of April, 5th day of July 
or 10th day of October, as the case may be, imme- 
diately preceding the delivering m of such Exche- 
quer Bills, such average price to be ascertained ac- 
cording to the daily returns thereof made up pursuant 
to law at the Bank of England. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 
Vor. 94, 


19°—20° Augustz. 





563 
The Order made upon the 6th day of March last, Caledonian 
That Five be the Quorum of the Select Committee Canal. 


on the Caledonian Canal, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Sale of Spirits 
Lords to the Sale of Spirits (Zreland) Bill, be taken (Ireland) Bill. 
into consideration To-morrow. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Martis, 20° die Augusti ; 


Anno 3° Victoria Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 
ORD ERED, That the Committee on the Man- Manchester and 


chester and Birmingham Extension (Stone and Birmingham 

Rugby) Railway Bill have leave to sit this day till peers 
five of the clock during the sitting, and notwith- Rugby) Rail- 
standing any adjournment, of the House. way Bill. 

Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of East India 
the East India Company, was called in; and at Comp2"y- 
the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an 
Act of Parliament,—Accounts respecting the Annual 
Territorial Revenues and Disbursements of the East 
India Company, for three years 1834-35, 1835-36, 
1836-37, according to the latest advices; with an 
Estimate of the same for the succeeding year :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


A Petition of the President and Secretary of the Medical 
Medical Association of Jreland, stating that the Pe- Profession. 
titioners are persuaded that many of the evils under 
which the Medical Profession labours, and which 
seriously detract from the benefits it is capable of 
conferring on society, have their source in the mul- 
tiplicity of bodies, independent, irresponsible, guided 
by no common principles, sanctioned by the approval 
of the Legislature, or the Medical Profession, that at 
present possess the powers of regulating the educa- 
tion of medical students, and of granting medical 
degrees ; and praying the House to give to the Me- 
dical Profession a sound legal constitution, and that 
the necessary legislative enactments may be passed 
for establishing m each of the three divisions of the 
kingdom one superintending body, founded on the 
same principles, and governed by similar regulations, 
through whose examination and by whose license 
alone shall admission to the Profession be in future 
attained, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Associations. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Associations formed and 
armed for the Protection of Life and Property, under 
the authority of Letters from Lord John Russell to 
Lords Lieutenant of Counties, and to Magistrates, 
dated the 7th day of May 1839. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Highway Rates 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in-®#! 
tituled, An Act to authorize for One year, and from 
thence to the end of the then next Session of Par- 
liament, the Application of a Portion of the High- 
way Rates to Turnpike-roads, in certain cases; and 
the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 1. 1. ult. Leave out from “ That” to “it” 
in Pr. 2. 1. 6. 


4c2 The 





Ft te rr re ne amar mec a a 


—— 


Asst eee 


Consolidated 
Fund ( Appro- 
priation) Bill. 


Exchequer Bills 
(£.12,026,050.) 
Bill. 


Exchequer Bills 
Funding. 


564. 20° Augusti. 


The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to; and the Amendments following were 
made to the Bill ; viz. 

In the Preamble of the Bill, Pr. 1. 1. 12. Leave 
out “ with the intent that,” and insert “ and.” 

Pr. 1. 1, 13. Leave out ‘ should be,” and insert 
“&lt; was.” 

Pr. 1. 1]. 26. Leave out “ Declared and.” 

These Amendments being necessary, in order to 
render the Preamble and the enacting words of the 
Bill consistent with the Amendment made by the 
Lords. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships, 
with other Amendments to the Bill; to which Amend- 
ments this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


The ingrossed Bill to apply a Sum out of the 
Consolidated Fund, and the Surplus of Ways and 
Means, to the Service of the year One thousand 
eight hundred and Thirty-nine, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to apply a Sum out of the Conso- 
lidated Fund, and the Surplus of Ways and Means, 
to the Service of the year One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Thirty-nine, and to appropriate the Supplies 
granted in this Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for raising a Sum by Exchequer 
Bills, for the Service of the year One thousand eight 
hundred and Thirty-nine, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of Twelve mil- 
lions twenty-six thousand and Fifty pounds by Ex- 
chequer Bills, for the Service of the year One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Thirty-nine. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





A. 1839. 


Instalment ; that Subscribers shall be at liberty to 
pay the said Instalments in advance, and shall, in 
such case, be entitled to Interest thereupon, for the 
first Instalment from the date of the Bill up to the 
16th day of August instant, and upon the amount 
of the Bills for each subsequent Instalment from 
the date of the Bills up to the day the Instalment 
would have become due ; that all the Exchequer Bills 
so to be deposited with the Governor and Company 
of the Bank of England, shall be delivered over to 
the Paymasters of Exchequer Bills to be cancelled. 

2. Resolved, That every person or persons who 
shall, on or before the 23d day of this instant August, 
subscribe Exchequer Bills to an amount not ex- 
ceeding in the whole £.3,500,000 of Exchequer 
Bills, Sated in March and June 1839, and charged 
on Aids or Supplies, shall be entitled, upon the com- 
pletion of their respective Subscriptions in manner 
before provided, for every £.100 so subscribed in 
Exchequer Bills, tu £.110 Capital Stock in Conso- 
| lidated Annuities, bearing Interest at the rate of £.3 
| per centum per annum, upon the terms and conditions 
| before mentioned. 

3. Resolved, That every person or persons who 
shall, after the 23d day of this instant August, de- 
liver in Exchequer Bills to be cancelled, in sums of 
not less than £.1,000, to an amount not exceeding 
in the whole a sum which, together with the Ex- 
chequer Bills subscribed in manner before provided, 
shall not exceed £.4,000,000, of Exchequer Bills 
dated in March and June 1839, and charged on 
Aids or Supplies, shall be entitled for every £.100 
so delivered in to such an amount of Capital Stock 
in Consolidated Annuities, bearing interest at the 
rate of £.3 per centum per annum, as every £.100 of 
the said Exchequer Bills would have purchased if 
the same had been applied in the purchase of Con- 
solidated Annuities, estimating the same at the 
quarterly average price thereof, for the quarter end- 
ing the 5th day of January, 5th day of April, 5th 
day of July, or 10th day of October, as the case 
may be, immediately preceding the delivering in of 
; such Exchequer Bills, such average price to be ascer- 
tained according to the daily returns thereof, made 








Mr. Bernal, reported from the Committee, to | up pursuant to law, at the Bank of England. 


whom it was referred to consider of the Act 1 and 


he said Resolutions, being read a second time, 


2 Vic. c. 93, for raising the sum of Eleven millions | were agreed to. 


forty-four thousand five hundred and fifty pounds, by 
Exchequer Bills, for the service of the year One 


thousand eight hundred and Thirty-eight ; and also, 
the Act of the present Session, c. 8, for raising the 
sum of Thirteen millions, by Exchequer Bills, for the 
service of the year One thousand eight hundred and 


as follow : 
1. Resolved, That the several persons who have 


Ordered, That.a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions : And that Mr. Bernal, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Baring do prepare, and 
bring it in. 





| The House, according to Order, proceeded to Unlawful Oatlis 
Thirty-nine, several Resolutions; which were read, | take into consideration the Amendments made_ by (Ir¢!n4) a 


\the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to extend 
| and render more effectual for Five years, an Act 


engaged to subscribe the sum of £.500,000, in Ex-! passed in the fourth year of his late Majesty George 


chequer Bills dated in March and June 1839, and 
charged on Aid or Supplies, and to make Deposits 
of £.20 per centum on the amount of their respective 


Subscriptions at the Bank of England on the 20th 
day of August 1839, shall be entitled, upon the com- 


pletion of their Subscriptions for every £.100 so 
subscribed in Exchequer Bills, to £.109 5s. 10d. 


Capital Stock in Consolidated Annuities, bearing 


Interest at the rate of £.3 per centum per annum, 
the said Interest to commence from the 5th day of 
July 1839, and to be payable by half-yearly Divi- 
deads on the 5th day of January, and the 5th day 
of July, in every year; that the several Subscribers 
shall complete their respective Subscriptions at the 
Bank of England by Instalments, in the proportions 
and at the times under mentioned ; that is to say— 
£.20 per centum on or before the 27th day of Sep- 
tember; £.20 per centum on or before the 8th da 

of November; £.20 per centum on or before the 20th 
day of December; £.20 per centum on or before 
the 31st day of January 1840; that Interest shall 
be allowed upon all Exchequer Bills deposited in 
payment of each Instalment, up to the Date of such 


\the Fourth, to amend an Act passed in the fiftieth 
_year of his Majesty George the Third, for preventing 
the administering and taking Unlawful Oaths in 
Ireland ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1.31. After “ society ” insert “so con- 
“ stituted that.” ; 

Pr, 1. 1. penult. Leave out “ whereof,” and in- 
sert “ thereof may or.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 1. After “ or” insert “ may,” and in 





the same line leave out from “ use” to “ for” in 1. 2. 
Pr. 2. 1. 5. Leave out “ any.” 
Pr. 2. 1. 22. Leave out “* October,” and insert 
“« September.” 

Pr. 2. 1, 24. After “society” insert “ or act 
or assist in or at any meeting or proceeding of 
any such society.” 

Pr. 2. 1. ult. Leave out ‘ thereof,” and insert 
of any such society as hereinbefore mentioned or 
fitted to be used for or towards the forming of 
any such society or for any purpose of any such 
society whether actually formed or not.” 

Pr. 3. 1.15. After “ fourth” insert “and shall 
not be able satisfactorily to account for the same.” 

The 


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fale of 
{Irelanc 


Constal 
Force ( 


Bill, 


—— 





gale of Spirits 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Constabulary 
Force (Ireland) 
Bill, 


Assaults 


(Ireland) Bill. 





$ VicrorRIz. 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and, acquaint them, that this House 
hath. agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendment made by the Lords 
to the Sale of Spirits (Jre/and) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendment be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday next, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made, by 
the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the 
better Regulation of the Constabulary Force in Jre- 
land ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr, 2. 1. 29. Leave out from “ Ireland” 
‘¢ and,,’ in Pr..3. 1.9. 

Pr. 4, 1.28. After “ allowance” insert “ de- 
ductions for and contributions to the Police Su- 
perannuation Fund, and to the Police Reward 
Fund.” 

Pr. 4. 1, 32. Leave out “ forming part.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 36. Leave out from “force” to “ ex- 
cept” in 1. 37. 

Pr. 15. 
also.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 9, After “ and” insert “ also.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 10. After “ offenders” insert “ and 
also for the conveyance of prisoners.” 

Pr. 15.1]. i7. Leave out “and,” and insert “ or.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 23. Leave out “to repair to,” and 
insert “ or any prisoner so by the warrant of any 
“* justice directed to be conveyed (and whether they 
shall or shall not be lodged in such common 
station or barrack as hereinafter mentioned) to 
act in.” 

Pr. 15. J. 28. After “ offender” insert “ or the 
conveyance of such prisoner.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 33. Leave out “ the,’ and insert 
any.” 

Pr. 17. 1.2. Leave out “ half,” 

Pr. 17. 1. 7. After “ station” insert “ or bar- 
rack,” and in the same line after “ shall” insert 
in all places within a distance of a mile from 
such common station or barrack,” and aiso in 
the same line leave out “ the same,” and insert 
“ all such other.” 

Pr. 17. 1.9. Leave out “ the same,” and insert 

“ all such other.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 31. Leave out from “ respectively ” 
to “and” in Pr. 19. l. 35. 

The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment 
in Pr. 17. 1. 31., being read a second time, were 
agreed to, 

Pr, 17, 1. 31. The last Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

And it appearing that the Clause had been omitted 
in the Committee in this House, but by a clerical 
error had been inserted in the ingrossment :—The 
said Amendment was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments. made by their 
Lordships. 


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9? 


1.6. Leave out “or,” and insert “and 


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The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the better 
Prevention and Punishment of Assaults in Ireland 


20° Auguste. 





565 


|“ deem the offence to be so trifling as not to merit 


“ 


any punishment) where.” 
Pr. 5. 1.15. Leave out from “ sessions ” 
“ and” in 1. 28. 

Pr. 6,1. 6., Leave out from “labour’’ to “and” 
in lL. 8. | 

Pr. 6. 1. 10. Leave out from “peace” to “and” 
in Pr. 7. 1,13, 

Pr. 7. 1. 34. Leave out from “ Act” to “and” 
in Pr. 8. lL. 4. 

The Amendments, as far as the Amendment in 
Pr. 5.1. 15., being read a second time, were agreed to. 
Pr, 5. 1. 15..The next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; ' 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment :—lIt passed in the 
Negative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons to be offered to the Lords at a Confer- 
ence for disagreeing to the Amendment to which 
this House hath disagreed :—And a Committee was 
appointed of Lord Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Pryme, Mr. O’Connell, Mr. Darby, 
Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, the Lord Advocate 
and Mr. Berzal., 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


to 


to the Bill, intituled, An Act for regulating the Po- Bill. 
lice Courts in the Metropolis ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 

proposed, That the Amendments be now taken into 

consideration ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 

made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 

“ now” and at the end of the Question to add the 

words “ upon’ this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question: —It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be now taken 
into consideration. 

The House accordingly proceeded to take the 
Amendments into consideration; and the same were 
read, as. follow : 

Pr. 2. 1. 34. Leave out from ‘ magistrates” to 
“ And” in P. 3.1.20, 

Pr, 3. 1. penult. Leave out, “ liberty” and insert 
“ liberties.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 9. After ‘‘ division” imsert “ or special 
“ or petty session.” 

Pr. 5, 1s. 14.. and. 15. After “ whatsoever” in- 
sert “ except, any office or employment to which 
“ any such clerk, has been appointed before the 
“« passing of this Act, with the sanction of the Se- 
“ cretary of State.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 15., After “ Surrey’ insert “ or the Bo- 
rough of Greenwich, in the County of Kent.” 

Pr. 13. 1.36. Leave out “ liberty” and insert 
Liberties.” 

Pr, 13. ls.,.37. and 38. Leave out from “ as- 
sembled” to “ And” in Pr. 14, 1. 4, 

Pr. 15. ls. 26. and 27. Leave out “ recommen- 
dation” and insert “ regulation.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 15. Leave out from “ summons” to 
upon” in |, 16, and insert “ any one of the said 
magistrates.” 

Pr. 17. 1.. 20. After ‘“ nature” insert “ if no 


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for Five years; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 3. 1. 16. After “ imprisoned” insert “with 
“ or without hard labour.” 

Pr, 4. 1, 22. Leave out from “ dismiss” to 
“ proof” inl. 29. and insert “ any such complaint 
“ of the offence shall be proved and they shall not 
“ find the assualt or battery to have been justified, 
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ou. 94. 








sufficient cause shall be shown for the non-ap- 
pearance of the party.” 

Pr, 17. 1. 33. Leave out from “ party” to “ or” 
in 1. 38, 

Pr. 18. 1. 24. After “‘ information” insert “ or 
complaint.” ’ 

Pr. 19. 1.. 25. Leave out from “ perjury” to 
“ And” in Pr.:21. 1. 12.. and insert Clause (A.) 
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The Order of the day being read, for taking into Metropolitan 
consideration the. Amendments. made by the Lords Police Courts 


566 

Cravuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
person who shall be brought before any of the 
said magistrates, charged with having in his pos- 
session or conveying in any manner, any thing 
which may be reasonably suspected of being 
stolen or unlawfully obtained, and who shall not 
give an account, to the satisfaction of such ma- 
gistrate, how he came by the same, shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to a 
penalty of not more than Five pounds, or in the 
discretion of the magistrate may be imprisoned 
in any gaol or house of correction, within the 
Metropolitan Police District, with or without hard 
labour, for any time not exceeding Two calendar 
months.” 

Pr. 22.1. 13. Leave out from “ magistrate” to 
every” in |. 16. and in 1.16. leave out “ other.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 24. Leave out from “ obtained” to 
“ And” in Pr. 23. 1. 16. 

Pr. 24. 1. 38. Leave out “ pawnbroker.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 29. Leave out “ collusion” and insert 
compounding.” 

Pr. 32. 1.37. After “adjacent” insert “ not bemg 
in the City of London or the liberties thereof.” 

Pr. 36. |. 12. After “ made” insert Clause (B.) 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That if the 
guardians of the Poor of any union or parish, or 
the churchwardens and overseers of the Poor of 
any parish within the Metropolitan Police Dis- 
trict, together with the medical officer for any 
such parish or union, shall be of opinion and shall 
certify under the hands of Two or more of such 
guardians, churchwardens or overseers, and also 
of such medical officer, that any house or part of 
any house within such union or parish is in such 
filthy and unwholesome condition that the health 
of the inmates or of the public is thereby affected 
or endangered, it shall be lawful for any magis- 
trate acting within the district m which such 
union or parish is situate, if he shall think fit, to 
cause notice to be affixed on the door or other 
conspicuous part of such house requiring the oc- 
cupier or occupiers of such house or part thereof 
to appear before him to answer such complaint, or 
to cause the same to be cleansed within Seven 
days from the date of affixing such notice, and if 
within the said Seven days such house or part 
thereof shall not be cleansed to the satisfaction 
of such medical officer, and if such occupier or 
occupiers, being duly summoned, shall not appear 
before the magistrate and show sufficient cause to 
the contrary, such magistrate is hereby empow- 
ered, on proof thereof, to issue an order, under his 
hand ealk seal, to the guardians of the Poor or the 
churchwardens and overseers aforesaid, to cause 
such house or part thereof to be cleansed at the 
expense of such occupier or occupiers, and to 
cause the amount thereof to be levied, in case of 
non-payment, by distress and sale of the goods and 
chattels of such occupier or occupiers by warrant 
under the hand and seal of such magistrate.” 

Pr. 36. (a.) 1. penult. Leave out from “ parish” 
to “ and” in Pr. 38. 1. 1. 

Pr. 38. 1. 5. Leave out “ B.” and insert “ A.” 

Pr. 39. 1. 35. After “ that” insert “a note or 
memorandum in writing, according to a form to be 
approved by the Secretary of State, shall be made 
and kept in the court, of the substance of every 
charge for which a summons or warrant shall be 
issued, Provided also, That.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 10. Leave out from “ than” to “ And” 
in ]. 24. and insert “ One calendar month where 
the sum to be paid shall not exceed Five pounds, 
and not more than Three calendar months, in any 
case, the imprisonment to cease on payment of the 
sum due.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 30. Leave out from “ received” to 
together” in |]. 31. and insert “ thereat.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 36. Leave out from “ made” to “ or” 
in |. 37, and insert “ thereat.” 


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Pr. 42. 1. 38. Leave out “ from the same” and 
insert “ therefrom.” 

Pr. 44. 1.17. Leave out “ C.” and insert “ B.” 

Pr. 49. 1.19. Leave out “any” and insert “an,” 
and in the same line leave out “ which may be.” 

Pr. 49. 1. 20. After “ Parliament” insert “ in- 
“ tituled An Act.” 

Pr. 49. 1. 25. Leave out from “ That” to “any” 
in |. 26. and insert “ in.” 

Pr. 49. 1. 29. Leave out Clause (A.) added by 
way of Rider to the Bill, and insert “nothing herein 
“ contained, shall extend to prevent any penalties 
awarded by any one of the said magistrates from 
being recovered and adjudged to be paid as if this 
Act had not been passed, or to give any appeal 
from any conviction under any such Act or Acts, 
where such appeal is not given by the Act or Acts 
specially relating thereto.” 

Leave out Schedule (A.) to the Bill. 
In the heading of Schedule (B.) leave out “B.” 
and insert “ A.” 
In the heading of Schedule (C.) leave out “ C.” 
and insert “ B.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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The House, according to Order, resolved itself Duke of 


into a Committee upon the Duke of Marlborough’s Marlborough’s 
Pension Bill. 


Pension Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, — 


Return to an Order dated the 6th day of July last, Appar 


for Copies of the Report of the Commissioners of 
Excise to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or to 
the Lords of the Treasury, on the Experiment of 
Mr. Rudkin’s Apparatus at the Government Dis- 
tillery in Brown’s-lane, during its progress, from its 
commencement to the present time: —And of the 
Reports respecting the same from Dr. Birkbeck to 
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or to the Commissi- 
oners of Excise, during the same period ; and the 
Observations or Remarks of the Commissioners of 


Excise on the Reports made to them by Dr. Birkbeck. 


Return to an Order dated the 30th day of July 
last, for Copies of all Treasury Minutes of Mr. 
Rudhkin’s Invention for the Distillation of Spirits, 
from 1828'to 1839, both years inclusive : — Also, 
Copies of all Official Reports upon the same subject, 
from 1828 to 1839, both years inclusive, to the Lords 
of the Treasury or the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
by Professors Brande and Lubbock, Dr. Birkbeck 
and Mr. Rudkin :—Also, Copies of all Official Cor- 
respondence upon the same subject, and during the 
last-mentioned period, between the Lords of the 
Treasury or the Chancellor on the one hand, and 
Professors Brande and Lubbock, Dr. Birkbeck and 
Mr. Rudkin, upon the other :—Also, Returns of the 
Cost incurred in the fittings up of Distilleries, the 
construction of Machines, and of all other Expenses 
incidental to the various trials made of Mr. Rudkin’s 
invention. 

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


Mr. Baring presented a Bill for funding Four Exchequer Bills 
£ Funding Bill. 


read the first time ; and ordered to be read asecond No.544. 


Millions of Exchequer Bills: And the same was 


time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for na- 
turalizing Samuel Aspinwall Goddard; That they 


had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through _ 
ut, 


Rudkin’s 


Goddard’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Messa 
the Le 


Militi 
Bill. 


Stage 
Bill. 


Soap 
Reg 


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Message from 
the Lords. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


Stage Carriages 
Bill. 


Soap Duties 
Regulation Bill, 


New South 
Wales Bill. 


Rogue Money 
Assessment 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Banking Com- 
panies Bill. 


Halifax, Hud- 
dersfield, and 
Bradford Small 
Debts (No. 3.) 
Bill. 


Patents for 
Inventions Bill. 


Poor Law 
Commission 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Poor,Rates 
Collection Bill. 


Birmingham 
’olice (No, 2. 
Bill, ‘ ) 


— Police 


3 VicrorizZ. 20° Auguste. 567 


Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment :—And the Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Scholefield do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham 

and Mr. Russell: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to defray the Charge of 
the Pay, Clothing and Contingent and other Ex- 
penses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain 
and Jreland, and to grant Allowances, in certain 
cases, to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, 
Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Sur- 
geons’ Mates and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, 
until the First day of July One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Forty : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to reduce certain of the 
Duties now payable on Stage Carriages : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to remove Doubts as to 
the charging the Duty of Excise on Hard Soap until 
the Eleventh day of October One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the 
ninth year of King George the Fourth, to provide 
for the Administration of Justice in Mew South 
Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, and for the more 
effectual Government thereof, and for other Pur- 
poses relating thereto, and to continue the same 
until the Thirty-first day of December One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Forty, and thenceforward 
to the end of the then next Session of Parliament : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Mode of 
assessing the Rogue Money in Scotland, and to ex- 
tend the Purposes of such Assessment : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the 
Thirty-first day of August One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Forty, an Act of the first and second 
years of Her present Majesty, relating to Legal 
Proceedings by certain Joint Stock Banking Com- 
panies against their own Members, and by such 
Members against the Companies : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the more easy and 
speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Pa- 
rishes of Halifax, Bradford, Keighley, Bingley, 
Guiseley, Calverley, Batley, Birstal, Mirfield, 
Hartishead-cum-Clifton, Almondbury, Kirkheaton, 
Kirkburton and Huddersfield, and the Lordship or 
Liberty of Tong,inthe County of York: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to 
amend an Act of the fifth and sixth years of the 
Reign of King William the Fourth, intituled, An 
Act to amend the Law touching Letters Patent for 
Inventions, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to continue the Poor Law Commission until the 
Fourteenth day of August One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Forty, and thenceforth until the end of the 
then next Session of Parliament, with an Amend- 
ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend the Laws relating to the Assessment 
and Collection of Rates for the Relief of the Poor, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for improving the Police in Birmingham for 
Two Years, and from thence until the end of the 
then next Session of Parliament, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House : 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to make further Provisions relating to the Police 

Vou. 94. 








in the District of Dublin Metropolis, with an Amend- 
ment ; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Slave Trade 
Act for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, with Suppression 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House :— And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Coffee. 
an Account of all Coffee imported into the United 
Kingdom from the Cape of Good Hope, from the 
1st day of January 1838 to the 31st day of July 
1839, with the Dates of Importation, the Names of 
the Ships, the Description of Packages, and the 
Weight of each Importation ; specifying, further, 
the Description, or Place of Growth, as far as the 
same may be known; and distinguishing such Im- 
portations as have been entered for Home Consump- 
tion, and the Rate of Duty at which the same have 
been admitted. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Slave Trade. 
Return of the Proceeds paid into the Registry of 
the High Court of Admiralty of all Vessels taken 
under the late Spanish Treaty on Slave Trade; stating 
the Name of the Ship by which each Vessel was 


captured, and the portion paid or payable to the 
Captors. 


Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland reported from Assaults _ 
the Committee appointed to draw up Reasons, to be (Ireland) Bill. 
offered to the Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing 
to one of the Amendments made by the Lords to the 
Bill, intituled, An Act for the better Prevention and 
Punishment of Assaults in Ireland, for Five years; 

That the Committee had drawn up Reasons accord- 
ingly, which they had directed him to report; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

The Commons agree to the Amendments, as far 
as Pr. 5. 1. 15. 


The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
Pr. 5. 1. 15. for the following Reason : 

Because, in imposing a minimum penalty in 
certain cases of assaults which fall within the 
summary jurisdiction created by the statute 
10 Geo. 4, c. 34, s. 36, in Lreland, corre- 
sponding with the 9th Geo. 4, c. 31, in force 
in England (each of which statutes contains a 
proviso exactly similar to that which the Com- 
mons propose to restore), the Commons do 
not consider it expedient to change the cha- 
racter of that jurisdiction by removing the 
restriction contained in the proviso. 


The Commons agree to the rest of the Amend- 
ments made to the Bill. 

The said Reason, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Buill:—And 
that Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland do go to the 
Lords, and desire the said Conference. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Slave Trade 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Suppression 
tituled, An Act for the Suppression of the Slave !"'- 
Trade ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1. 26. After“ Trade” insert “And whereas 
“ Her Majesty has been pleased to issue’ orders to 
*“ Her Cruizers to capture Portuguese Vessels en- 
“ gaged in the Slave Trade, and other Vessels en- 
“‘ gaged in the Slave Trade, not being justly entitled 
“ to claim the protection of the Flag of any State 
“ or Nation.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 5. Leave out from “ That” to “ it” in 
1, 18. 

Pr. 2. 1. 20. After “ persons” insert “in Her 
“ Majesty’s Service.” 

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568 20° Auguste. A. 1839, 


Pr. 3. 1. 25. After “ person” insert “ acting 
“ under such order or authority.” 
Pr. 3. 1. 29. Leave out “ such.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Prisons. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty’s command,—A Copy of the Fourth 
Report of the Inspectors of Prisons (Home District.) 


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


Third Report Lord Viscount Howick reported from the Select 
a” Committee appointed to inquire into the Proceedings 
No, 546, 12 the Action of Stockdale v. Hansard, and to report 
*“~ "their Observations and Opinion thereupon to the 
House ; and who were empowered to report from 
time to time ; That they had made further Progress 
in the matters to them referred ; and had directed 

him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Assaults 


: Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland reported, That 
(Ireland) Bill. 


on the subject-matter of the Amendments made b 

their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
the better Prevention and Punishment of Assaults 
in Ireland for Five years, the Lords do agree to a 


Conference, and appoint the same immediately in| 


their Committee-room, No. 5. 
Ordered, That the Committee who were to draw 


for disagreeing to one of the said Amendments, do 
manage the Conference :—And the names of Sir 
John Hobhouse, Mr. Charles Wood, Mr. Labouchere, 
Mr. Edward John Stanley, Mr. More O’ Ferrall, 
Mr. Gisborne, Mr. Hume, and Mr. Aglionby, were 
added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over, and they went to the Conference : —And being 
returned ; j 

Lord Viscount Morpeth reported, That the Ma- 
nagers had been at the Conference, which was 


managed on the part of the Lords by the Earl of 


Shaftesbury; and that they had delivered the Rea- 
sons for disagreeing to the said Amendment, and 
had left the Bill, and Amendments, with their Lord- 
ships. 


Bank of Ireland 


Bill Petitions from Tullyallen ;—and, Kilkenny; pray- 


ing that the Bank of Ireland Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Rank of Ireland The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill, mittee on the Bank of Jreland Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

London, Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 

ry a to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be 

Railways. graciously pleased to direct that the Engineer or 
Engineers to be appointed in pursuance of the Ad- 
dress of this House on the 14th day of this instant 
August, do, in addition to the Report thereby re- 
quired to be made, report on the merits of the Cum- 
berland Railways as regards their connection with 
the Western parts of Scotland and the North of Ire- 
land ; and that he be required also to report on the 
whole of the Lines named in the said Address, as 
regards the relative merits of each, not only m respect 
to London, but also the comparative facilities afforded 
to the Communication by Railway between the Ma- 
nufacturing Districts of Lancashire and Edinburgh 
and Glasgow, and the North of Jreland. 


up Reasons to be offered to the Lords at a Conference | 


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


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns, in detail, showing the Date of the 
commencement of the Action before the Court of 
Session, respecting the right of Lord Dunglass to 
retain the office of Keeper of Etterick Forest, and 
the various steps and stages of the said Action, up 
to the present date, and the state it is now in:—Also, 
the Total Expense to the country of the said Action 
in each year, and the Names of the Counsel and 
others employed in the said Suit, with the Amount 
paid to each :—Also, the Sums paid to, or received 
yearly by Lord Dunglass or his Agents, since the 
commencement of the Action, with the source or 
sources from whence the Money to pay him was 
received, and the Sum Total to this date :—Also, 
the yearly Revenue derived by the Crown from the 
Etterick Forest, and how the same has been appro- 
priated. 

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





avi itl Lords to desi Conference | ; j : 
having been with the Lords to desire a Conference A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Count 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Councils. 


establish County Councils :—And a Debate arising 


| thereupon ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland for 

advancing the sum of Five hundred thousand pounds 

| Irish Currency, and to empower the said Governor 
and Company to enlarge the Capital Stock or Fund 
of the said Bank to Three Millions, might be read ; 
and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 3 Geo. 4, 

c. 26, to reduce the Rate of Interest payable on the 
sum of One million two hundred and fifty thousand 
pounds advanced by the Governor and Company of 
the Bank of Ireland for the Public Service, under 
/an Act made in the forty-eighth year of his late 
Majesty, might be read ; and the same was read. 
| The mM. was also moved, That the Act 7 Will. 4, 
and 1 Vic. c. 59, to postpone, until the First day of 
January One thousand eight hundred and Thirty- 
nine, the Repayment of certain Sums advanced by 
the Bank of Ireland for the Public Service, might 
be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 and 
2 Vic. c. 81, further to postpone, until the First day 
of January One thousand eight hundred and Forty, 
the Repayment of certain Sums advanced by the 
Bank of freland for the Public Service, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue the last-mentioned Act: And that Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Baring do 
prepare, and bring it in. 





in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, “ An Act 
to amend three Acts passed respectively in the fourth, 
fifth, and in the seventh and eighth years of the 
reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
providing for the establishing of Compositions for 
Tithes in Ireland, and to make such Compositions 
permanent, might be read ; and the same was read. 
The House was also moved, That the Act 1 and 

2 Vic. c. 109, to abolish Compositions for Tithes in 
Ireland, 














Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ettetick Forest, 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 and 2 Bank of 
Geo. 4, c. 72, to establish an Agreement with the Ireland Bill. 





The House was moved, That the Act 3 and 4 Exchequer Bills 
Will. 4, c. 100, for the relief of the Owners of Tithes = of Ire 
in Ireland, and for the amendment of an Act passed _ 


New South 
Wales, 


3 VicToriz. 


Ireland, and to: substitute Rent-charges in lieu | 
thereof, might be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Resolutions 
which, upon the 1st day of this instant August, were 
reported from the Committee to whom it was referred 
to consider of the several Acts, relating to the Bank 
of Ireland; and which Resolutions were then agreed 
to by the House, might be read ;, and the same were 
read, as follow: 

“1. Resolved, That it is expedient to continue, for 
a limited period, to the Governor and Company of 
the Bank of Jreland, certain of the privileges now 
vested by law in that Corporation, subject to such 
conditions as may be provided, by an Act to be 
posed for the purpose in the present Session of 

arliament. 


“ 2. Resolved, That the Governor and Company 


of the Bank of Jreland shall be entitled for all Ex- | ——-——= 


20°—21° Augustz. 





chequer Bills (being Bills issued in pursuance of 
two Acts for the relief of the Owners.of Tithes, and 
for abolishing Compositions for Tithes in Ireland, 
and not exceeding in the whole £.900,000), which 
shall be delivered up by them to be cancelled, to 
receive for the same and for the Interest due thereon, 
such an amount of Three pounds per centum Con- 
solidated or Reduced Annuities, as the said Ex- 
chequer Bills and Interest would have purchased 
if the same had been applied in the purchase of 
such Annuities estimated at the Rcsha average 
price at which the said Annuities might have been 
purchased in the quarter in which the said Exche- 
quer Bills shall be delivered up to be cancelled.” 
Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 








solve itself into a Committee, to consider of the said 
Acts :—-The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Governor and Company of 
the Bank of Jreland shall be entitled for all Ex- 
chequer Bills (being Bills issued in pursuance of 
two Acts for the relief of the Owners of Tithes, and 
for abolishing Compositions for Tithes in Jreland, 
and not exceeding in the whole £.900,000), which 
shall be delivered up by them to. be cancelled, to 
receive £.109. 5s. 10d. Capital Stock in Consolidated 
Annuities, bearing Interest at the rate of Three pounds 
per centum per annum for every £.100 so delivered 
in, in Exchequer Bills, or in Interest, computing the 
same up to the day when the said Exchequer Bills 
shall be delivered in to be cancelled, the Interest on 
the said Capital Stock to commence from the 5th 
day of July 1839. 

2. Resolved, That the said Governor and Company 
shall deliver up the said Exchequer Bills by In- 
stalments, in the proportions and at the times after 
mentioned ; (that is to say)—£.20 per centum on or 
before the 30th day of August; £.20 per centum on 
or before the 27th day of September; £.20 per centum 
on or before the 8th day of November; £.20 per 














centum on or before the 20th day of December; and 


£.20 per centum on or before the 31st day of January 
1840. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Baring 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Letters on the 
subject of the New South Wales Act in December 
1838 and January 1839, addressed to Sir George 





Gipps by the Judges in that Colony. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this ae as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Vou. 94. 


569 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to continue an Act Bank of Ireland 
of the last Session of Parliament relating to the Bank A¢t Continu- 
of Zreland: And the same was read the first time ; N ‘ 
and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow; “~~” oe. 
and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Executions name —ceengg 
and Commitments, which was presented upon Satur- ey 5 , 
day last, be printed. Nu. S43. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Newspaper Oe gad 
Stamps, which were presented upon Saturday last, ac * 
be printed. 0. 548. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Turkey, which Turkey. 
was presented upon Saturday last be printed. No. 549. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercuri, 21° die Augusti ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 


ff Exchequer Bills Funding Bill was, ac- Exchequer Bills 
cording to Order, read a second time; and Ferding Bill. 


committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
To-morrow. 


Mr. Robert Steuart, by Order, reported from Exchequer Bills 
the Committee to whom it was referred to consider — aheael 
of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c.100, for the Relief of “"* 
the Owners of Tithes in Ireland, and for the amend- 
ment of an Act passed in the last Session of Pariia- 
ment, intituled, “ An Act to amend three Acts passed 
respectively in the fourth, fifth, and in the seventh 
and eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, providing for the establishing of 
Compositions for Tithes in Jreland, and to make 
such Compositions permanent ;” and also of the Act 
1 and 2 Vic., c. 109, to abolish Compositions for 
Tithes in Jreland, and to substitute Rent-charges in 
lieu thereof, several Resolutions; which were read, 
as follow : 

1. Resolved, That the Governor and Company of 
the Bank of Jreland shall be entitled for all Exche- 
quer Bills (being Bills issued in pursuance of two 
Acts for the Relief of the Owners of Tithes, and 
for abolishing Compositions for Tithes in Ireland, 
and not exceeding in the whole £.900,000), which 
shall be delivered up by them to be cancelled, to 
receive £.109. 5s. 10d. Capital Stock in Consoli- 
dated Annuities, bearing Interest at the rate of £.3 
per centum per annum for every £.100 so delivered 
in, in Exchequer Bills or in Interest, computing the 
same up to the day when the said Exchequer Bills 
shall be delivered in to be cancelled, the Interest 
on the said Capital Stock to commence from the 
5th day of July 1839. 

2 Resolved, That the said Governor and Com- 
pany shall deliver up the said Exchequer Bills by 
Instalments in the proportions and at the times after 
mentioned, that is to say; £.20 per centum on or 
before the 30th day of August; £.20 per centum 
on or before the 27th day of September ; £.20 per 
centum on or before the 8th day of November ; 
£.20 per centum on or before the 20th day of De- 
cember and £.20 per centum on or before the 31st 
day of January 1840. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Exchequer Bills Funding Bill, that 
they have Power to make Provision therein, pursuant 
to the said Resolutions. 


ae 


The Bank of Jreland Act Continuance Bill was, Bank of Ireland 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 9 — 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- “"** ** 


| morrow. 


4D The 








Duke of 
Marlborough’s 
Pension Bill. 


County 
Councils. 


Mails Con- 
veyance, 


Exchequer Bills 
Funding, 


Church 
Patronage 
(Scotland.) 


570 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 

Report on the Duke of Marlborough’s Pension Bill ; 
nd a Motion being made, and the Question 

being proposed, That the Report be now received 3 

The Amendments following, were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Shies 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, | 


Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : 5 i 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Wakley, 5 
Noes, Mr. Hume: ; 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported the Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question prspoess 
yesterday, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
establish County Councils ; 

And the Question being again proposed : ~The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put:—It passed in the 
Negative. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of any Contract, Proposal or Agreement 
entered into by the Board of Admiralty, or any 
other Department of Her Majesty’s Government, 
respecting the Conveyance of the Mails to the West 
Indies and America; stating whether the same has 
been agreed to by Private Contract or Public Tender; 
and stating, also, the Terms or Offers made by 


Merchants of Bristol or other Parties for the said 
Contract. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the several Fundings of Exchequer Bills 
since the year 1797, stating the Amount of Exche- 
} Bills funded at each time, the terms on which 
the same were converted into Stock ; stating also, 
the Price or Premium at which the Exchequer Bills 
were in the Market on the day on which the Notice 
was issued by the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; 
stating also the Amount of Exchequer Bills then 
outstanding at the Time of the Notices being given, 


and the Rates of Interest which the Exchequer 
Bills bore. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, A Cop 
of the Veto Act of the General Assembly of Scot- 
land; or the Document which is commonly so 
called :—A Copy of the Roll of Persons in each Pa- 
rish of Scotland, entitled, under that Act, to exer- 
cise the Veto; or a Return, showing the Number 
of Persons in each Parish of Scotland, entitled 
under that Act to exercise the Veto:—A Return of 
the Names of Parishes in Scotland, which, since the 
introduction of, and under that Act, have success- 
fully resisted the Plantation of Ministers therein by 
ay-patrons ; with the Names of the Ministers so 
rejected :—A Return of the Names of Parishes in 
Scotland which have attempted, unsuccessfully, 
under that Act, to resist the Plantation of Ministers 
therein by Lay-patrons ; with the Names of the Mi- 
nisters thus intruded into these Parishes :—A Copy 
of the Rules under which the Government Church 
Patronage in Scot/and has been bestowed since the 
passing of, or under the aforesaid Veto Act; espe- 
cially the mode in which intimation is given to the 
Parishioners, that they shall be at liberty to reject 
the Government nominee, should such appointment 


21° Auguste. 








A. 1839. 


be contrary to their wishes, the Time allowed for 
expressing their dissent, the form prescribed or 
customary for —— it, the Party to whom it 
must be expressed or delivered ; also the Rule of 
Proceeding by Government after such dissent has 
been expressed, and a new Appointment has become 
necessary :—And the said Motion was, with leave 


of the House, withdrawn. 


Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland, presented a Imprisonment 


Bill for abolishing Arrest on Mesne Process in Civil for Debt 


Actions except in certain cases; for extending the ge Bill. 
0. 550, 


remedies of Creditorsagainst the Property of Debtors, 
and for amending the Laws for the Relief of Insol- 
vent Debtors in Ireland: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon this day six weeks ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to Caiedonian 


consider and report to this House what steps it is ad- ©a"l. 


visable to take with respect to the present state ofthe No. 551. 


Caledonian Canal, have Power to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Robert Steuart reported from the said Select 
Committee ; and to whom the annual Reports of the 
Commissioners, together with the Report of Mr. 
Walker to the Board of Treasury, on the subject of the 
said Canal, which was presented upon the 2d day of 
July in the last Session of Parliament, were referred ; 
and who were instructed to inquire into the state ofthe 
Crinan Canal ; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Mr.Chancellor of the Exchequer, reported to the 
House, That their several Addresses of the 14th, 
19th and 20th days of this instant August (that 
Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that the Papers therein mentioned might 
be laid before this House) had been presented to 
Her Maiesty, and that Her Majesty had commanded 


him to acquaint this House, that She will give di- 
rections accordingly. 


Mr. Robert Steuart presented, pursuant to Orders, Tithes Commu. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


—A Return of all Agreements for the Commutation “io. 


of Tithes which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners, from the 1st day of January 1839 
to the 1st day of July 1839. 


Further Return to an Order, dated the 18th day Tithes Comm- 


of February last,—That to the Return from the ti" 


Tithe Commissioners, ordered on the 5th day of 
February last, there be added a Return of the 
Number of Notices of Meetings that have been 


y |received by them, as well as of Agreements and 


Apportionments, whether confirmed or rejected, or 
still under the consideration of the Diocesan, or 
otherwise waiting confirmation, in each of the several 
Counties of England and Wales:—And that the 


said Returns be continued monthly during the pre- 
sent Session. 


A Return of the Names of all Persons appointed Tithes Commu 


under the Tithes Commutation Act, with the Dates tation. 


of their respective Appointments, distinguishing 
those who have received any temporary Appoint- 
ments; also, a Return of their respective Salaries, 
and Sums paid to each Person for contingent Ex- 
penses ; also, the Total Expense incurred in carry- 
ing the said Act into execution, to the Ist day of 
January 1839. 


Mr. Robert Steuart also presented, pursuant to Associations. 


an Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of all As- 
sociations formed and armed for the Protection of 
Life and Property, under the authority of Letters 
from Lord pars Russell to Lords Lieutenant of 
Counties and to Magistrates, dated the 7th day of 
May 1839. 


Ordered, 





West 
Bridg 


2 etme oS 





3 Vicroriz. 


Table. 


Dublin Police 
Bill. 


East India 
Company. 
No. 552. 


Westminster 
Bridge. 


Manchester and 
Birmingham 
Extension 
(Stone and 
Rugby) Rail- 
way Bill. 


Manchester and 
Birmingham 
Extension 
(Stone and 
Rugby) Rail- 
way Bill. 


Bank of Ireland 
Bill. 


Union with 
Ireland, 


Birmingham 
Election, 





Lords to the Dublin Police Bill be taken into con- 
sideration To-morrow. 


India Company, which were presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Treasurer to the Commissioners of Westminster 


Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the East 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 22° die Augusti; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Swinburne, from the Commissioners of 
Westminster Bridge, was called in; and at 

the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an 
Act of Parliament,—The Quarterly Accounts of the 


Bridge, from the 10th day of October 1837 to the 
5th day of April 1838 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Mildmay reported from the Committee on 
the Manchester and Birmingham Extension (Stone 
and Rugby) Railway Bill, and to whom several Pe- 
titions against the said Bill were referred; That 
they had considered several of the said Petitions; 
and had heard counsel in support of other of the 
said Petitions ; and that they had inquired into the 
several matters required by the Standing Orders re- 
lative to Railway Bills; that in pursuance of the 
Order of the House, of the 24th day of April last, 
the Committee had examined and found that such 
Order has been complied with, and that provision 
is made in the Bill accordingly; and that they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Petitions from John Baggaley, of Alrewas Cottage, 
in the county of Stafford, Esquire ;—the Grand 
Junction Railway Company ;—and, the London and 
Birmingham Railway Company; praying that the 
Manchester and Birmingham Extension (Stone and 
Rugby) Railway Bill may be re-committed, and 
the Petitioners heard by their counsel or agents 
against certain parts thereof,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table ; and the 
two last to be printed. 

Petitions from the Liverpool and Manchester 
Railway Company ;—and, the Bolton and Leigh 
Railway Company, complaining of the decision of 
the Committee in refusing to hear the Proprietors of 
existing Railways against the said Bill; and pray- 
ing that the decision of the said Committee may 
not be affirmed, but that on the contrary the Pro- 
prietors of Railways in existence, as well as of those 
in progress or contemplation, may be heard against 
Bills for establishing competing Lines,—were also 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Tarbert ;—and, Louth (Chairman 
of a Meeting); praying that the Bank of Ireland 
Bill may not pass into a law, —were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint John’s, Lime- 
rick, praying for the repeal of the Legislative Union 
of Great Britain with Ireland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of John Welchman Whateley, George 
Whateley, Edward Armfield, John Benbow Heb- 
Vou. 94, 


21°—22° August. 





571 


bert, and, John Morgan Knott, of Birmingham, 
Gentleman, taking notice of an Address of this 
House to Her Majesty, dated the 25th day of July 
last, for a Copy of a Letter from Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 
ment to certain gentlemen resident at Birmingham, 
dated the 2d of October 1837, with reference to an 
Inquiry which was held there in the autumn of that 
year, and stating that the notice above quoted has 
reference to a Letter addressed to the Petitioners by 
Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the 
Home Department, in reply to a Memorial previ- 
ously addressed to him, and accompanied by certain 
statements of various gentlemen, complaining of 
the conduct of the Civil and Military authorities of 
the town of Birmingham, during a very serious riot 
that occurred there on the 25th and 26th days of 
July 1837; and praying the House to order the pro- 
duction of the whole of the Correspondence which 
passed between the Petitioners and the Home Office, 
and of any other documents received by the Home 
Secretary on the subject of the said riots in 1837, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Bridge Road, Westminster, Surgeon, complaining of 

the verdict in the case of Frederick Nicholas Somers 

Thomas, for stealing; and praying for inquiry, was 

en and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Persons connected therewith, in 
places, complaining of competition with their trade 
by Railways and Steam-boats; and praying for 
the repeal or equalization of the Duties on Stage 
Coaches, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


buildings, Lambeth, Gentleman, praying for the 
amendment of the Act 39 and 40 Geo. 3, c. 99, by 
reducing the interest charged on deposits by Pawn- 
brokers, and making them liable to the owners for 
double the amount of the sums advanced on pro- 
perty placed in their hands that may be destroyed 
by fire, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


and John Dickenson, Prisoners in Monmouth Gaol, 
for having attended illegal meetings, complaining of 
the treatment to which they are subjected ; and pray- 
ing the House to adopt such measures as they may 
deem meet to effect their discharge from prison; or 
to abate the rigour of their confinement by allowing 
them the use of fire, pens, ink and paper, the free 
use of books, and the privilege of purchasing their 
own food, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


and, the Chairman of a Meeting of the Leeds Branch 
of the Universal Community Society of Rational 
Religionists, and other Inhabitants, stating that 
the Petitioners have heard with deep concern 
that George Connard, a prisoner for debt in Her 
Majesty’s gaol of Lancaster Castle, has had his 
order for hearing dismissed by the Commissioner, 
H. R. Reynolds, Esquire, on account of not an- 
swering certain questions to the satisfaction of the 
Commissioner, respecting the religious belief of the 
said George Connard, whereby he is deprived of the 
benefits of the statute passed for the relief of In- 
solvent Debtors, as, by his examination being re- 
fused, he has become subjected to the liability of 
perpetual imprisonment; and praying the House to 
institute full inquiries into the matter, and afford 

4p2 such 








A Petition of Henry Cornelius Thomas, of Vauxhall F.N.S.Thomas. 


A Petition of Proprietors of Stage Coaches, and Peg Me sry 
Stroud and other ©* 


A Petition of Anthony Marmion, of Paradise- Pawnbrokers. 


A Petition of Henry Vincent, William Edwards, Henry Vincent, 


and others, 


Petitions from Members and Friends of the Com- George 
munity Friendly Society, Tottenham Court Road ;— ©o"™*"4- 


ae ee 





Sir Isaac 
Newton. 


~ Hand-loom 


Weavers, 


Mehemet Ali, 


Fisheries 
(England and 
France. ) 


British Hard- 
ware and 


Cutlery. 


Weollen Cloths 
and Yarns, &amp;c. 


Private 
Business, 


Message from 
the Lurds, 


Metropolis 
Improvements 
Bill. 


Courts in 


Counties Bill. 


572 22° Augusti. 


such relief as the justice of the case may demand, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petitions be printed. 


A Petition of Thomas Steele, Esquire, praying 
that the house and observatory of Sir Thea Newton, 
situate on the south side of Leicester-square, may be 
purchased by the nation, and preserved from decay, 
and a statue of him placed therein as a monument 
to his memory, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Mable. 


A Petition of John Bennett, Hand-loom Weaver of 
Anderston, Glasgow, complaining of depression in 
the trade of Hand-loom Weaving ; and praying the 
House to adopt measures to remedy the same, was 
re a read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copies of Papers relating to the 
arrangement made between the Porte and Mehemet 
Ali in 1833. 

Copy of Communications with Mehemet Ali in 
1838. 

Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and 
the King of the French, defining and regulating the 
limits of the exclusive right of the Oyster and other 
Fishery, on the Coasts of Great Britain and of 
France, signed at Paris August 2d 1839. 

Lord Viscount Palmerston also presented, — Re- 
turns to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 5th 
day of March last, for a Return of the Duties levied 
and prohibitions imposed on British Hardware and 
Cutlery, by the Tariffs of France, Belgium, Russia, 
Prussia, Dewiath, Sweden, Spain and Portugal, 
and any change which has taken place in the said 
Tariffs since 1815. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
7th day of March last, for a Return of the Duties 
levied and Prohibitions imposed on Woollen Cloth 
and Woollen Yarns, Cotton Cloth and Cotton Yarns, 
Linen Cloth and Linen Yarns, Silk Goods and on 
Fabrics combining the mixture of any of these ma- 
terials, by the Tariffs of France, Belgium, Russia, 
Prussia, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, Portugal and 
the United States of America, since the year 1815, 
with any changes that have taken place in the said 
Tariffs, affecting these Manufactures, within that 

eriod. 

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


The House was moved, That the Report which, 
upon the 9th day of this instant August, was made 
from the Select Committee appointed to consider 
whether any, and what Improvement can be adopted 
in the mode of conducting Private Business, might 
be read ; and the same being read; 

1. Resolved, That an Officer be appointed under 
the direction cf Mr. Speaker, in conformity with the 
recommendation contained in the Second Report of 
the Select Committee on Private Business. 

2. Resolved, That Mr. Speaker be authorized to 
take the necessary steps for giving effect to the above 
Resolution. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham 

and Mr. Russell : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Build- 
ings, to raise a sum of Money for making additional 
Thoroughfares in the Metrcpolis, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for ena- 
bling Justices of Assize, and Nist Prius, Oyer and 


A. 1839. 


Terminer and Gaol Delivery, to hold Courts for 
Counties at large, in adjoining Counties of Cities 
and Towns, and conversely, without any Amendment: 
—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Commercial 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased waned ‘ 
to give directions, that there be laid before this at ee 
House, a Copy of a Report made to the President 
of the Board of Trade in 1839, by the Commissi- 
oners appointed to investigate the Commercial re- 
lations between Great Britain and France. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Writs of Writs of 
Ejectment (Zreland,) which was presented upon Sa- Ejectment 
turday last, be printed. — 

No. 553. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Slave Ves- Slave Vessels, 


sels, which was presented upon Monday last, be No, 554 
printed. ’ 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Agreements Tithes Commu 
for the Commutation of Tithes, which was presented tation, 
yesterday, be printed. No. 555. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Number Tithes Commu- 
of Notices of Meetings received by the Tithe Com- tation, 
missioners, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 555. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Appoint- Tithe Commu. 
ments under the Tithe Commutation Act, which was ‘tion Act. 
presented yesterday, be printed. No. 555. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Exchequer Bills 
into a Committee upon the Exchequer Bills Funding Funding Bill 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.Speaker 
resumed the Chair, and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto, 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bank of 


\into a Committee upon the Bank of Ireland Act Treland Act 


Continuance 


Continuance Bill; and, after some time spent therein, gj), 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Sale of Spirits 
consideration the Amendment made by the Lords, (Ireland) Bill, 
to the Sale of Spirits (Zreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendment be taken into 
consideration To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dublin Police 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Bil. 
tituled, An Act to make further Provisions relating 
to the Police in the District of Dublin Metropolis ; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 16. 1. 32. Leave out from “ suit” to “And” 
in Pr, 18. 1. 6. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were made thereunto; 
viz. 

Instead of leaving out all the words from “ suit” 
in Pr. 16. 1. 32. to “ And” in Pr. 18. 1. 32.;. after 
the word “ place” in Pr.17. 1. 29. to insert the words 
“ or places.” 

Pr. 17. ls. 31. and 32. To leave out of the Bill, the 
words “ parish or place.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 32. To leave out of the Bill, the word 
“&lt; situate” and insert instead thereof the words 
“on the south side of that portion of the River 
“ Anna Liffey, which is eastward of Her Majesty’s 
“ Castle of Dublin, or on the south side of the bay 
“ or harbour of Dublin, and shall be. 

Pr. 17. 1. 84. After “‘ Majesty’s” insert “ said.” 

Pr. 17.1. 34. After “ Dublin” insert “and within 
‘ four miles of the said river or bay, or harbour.” 


n~ 





Pr. 17. 





Duke of 
Marlbors 
Pension 


Canad 


Ha 


A 





Duke of , 
Marlborough’s 
Pension Bill. 


Canada. 


Harvest, 


Australia, 


3 Vicroria. 92°93? 


P. 17. 1. 40. After “ place” insert “ or places.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments this 


House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day for the third read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill to exempt the Parliamentary 
Grant to the heirs of John Duke of Marlborough 
from the payment of the Duty of One shilling and 
six-pence in the pound, be now read ; 


And Notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present; and it being 
then after four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 23° die August ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


M® Labouchere presented,—Further Return to 
an Order dated the 20th day of February 
last, for Returns of the Public Revenue received in 
Upper Canada, in each of the years 1833, 1834, 
1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838, in respect of Casual 
and Territorial Revenue ; Duties under the Imperial 
Act 14 Geo. 3, c. 88; under the Provincial Act 
33 Geo. 3; under the Provincial Act 35 Geo. 3; 
under the Provincial Act 41 Geo. 3; under the 
Provincial Act 53 and 55 Geo. 3; in respect of 
Tolls at the Burlington Bay Canal and Kettle Creek 
Harbour, and from other sources:— Also, a State- 
ment of the Amount of the Public Debt of the 
Province in each year, and of what description :— 
Also, the Expenditure of the Province of Upper 
Canada, during the years 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 
1837 and 1838, made out under the same heads of 
Expenditure as the Estimate of Public Expenditure 
annually submitted to the House of Assembly of 
Upper Canada:—Also, the Public Expenditure of 
the Province of Lower Canada, during the years 
1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838, made out 
under the usual general heads of Expenditure ; and 
the Amount and nature of the Public Debt of the 
Province in each of those years, so far as relates to 
Upper Canada. 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. | 





A Petition of Peter Bays, of Cambridge, School- | 
master, praying for the establishment of a day of | 
public thanksgiving in every year after harvest, was | 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the | 

able. 


A Petition of William Grant Broughton, Doctor 
in Divinity, Bishop and Ordinary Pastor of the 
diocese’ of Australia, praying the House not to 
pass any Act authorizing the sale of lands granted 
to a corporation for the Establishment within that 
colony of the Protestant Reformed Religion, or the 
application of the proceeds, without introducing such 
provisions into the said Act as may have the effect 
of fully securing the Establishment, and supporting 
within the said colony and its dependencies the Pro- 
testant Reformed Religion, as it is now by law esta- 
blished in England and Ireland; conformably with 
the declared intention with which the lands in ques- 
tion were originally granted, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vox, 94. 


August. 573 


A Petition of Clergymen resident in the diocese Church __ 
of Durham, praying that the Church Discipline Discipline Bil. 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition. of Householders and Inhabitants of Banagher 
the town of. Banagher, in the King’s County, stating 5“ 
that in the reign of Charles the first, 375 acres of 
land were granted by that monarch for the purpose 
of supporting a free school in the said town for the 
education of the children of the Inhabitants thereof 
forever; that not even one free scholar has ever been 
admitted or educated in that royal school within 
the memory. of the oldest inhabitant of that town, 
but is and has always been kept as the boarding 
school forthe education of the sons. of the aristo- 
eracy from various parts of Jreland, each paying 
from forty to sixty guineas annually, and no free 
scholars admitted ; and praying that the rents arising 
from these lands may in future be appropriated to 
the purpose for which they were originally intended, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Resolved, That.an humble Address be presented Burials. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all the Burials which have taken 
place within the Bills of Mortality from 1820 to 
the present time, distinguishing the Number in each 
Parish in each year, and showing the corresponding 
Population in 1820 and 1830. 

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


Ordered,. That there be laid before this House, a Wheat. 
Return of the Total Quantity of Wheat returned 
to the Inspector of Corn Returns, as having been 
sold in each year in the 150 Towns named in the 
Act 3 Geo..4, ¢. 60, from. the date of that Act to 
1838 inclusive ; together with the annual average 
price of the same. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Country Banks. 
Return of the Quarterly Accounts of the Circulation 
of the Country Banks, from the first date of such 
Account tothe present time, as published in the 
London Gazette. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Bank of 
Return of the Quarterly Accounts of the Circulation England. 
and Deposits, Securities and Bullion, rendered by 
the Bank of England to the Stamp Office, from the 
first date 'of such account to the present time, as 
published in the London Gazette. 


Mr. Charles Wood. presented,—Return to an Mails Con- 
Order dated the 21st day of this instant August, for a veyance. 
Copy of any Contract, Proposal or Agreement en- 
tered into by the Board of Admiralty, or any other 
Department of Her Majesty’s Government, respect- 
ing the Conveyance of the Mails to the West Indies 
and Americas stating whether the same has been 
agreed to by Private Contract or Public Tender ; 
and stating, also, the Terms or Offers made by 
Merchants of Bristol or other Parties for the said 
Contract. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question heing Duke of 
put, That the ingrossed Bill to exempt the Par- a 
liamentary Grant to the Heirs of John Duke of“ ™™ 
Marlborough from the payment of the Duty of One 
shilling and six-pence m the pound, be now read the 
third time ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the New Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, i gt haba, \ 49. 


Tellers for the Noes,| +f phayey p } 5. 


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574 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative:—The Bill 
was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Bank of Ire- 
land Act Con- 
tinuance Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Bank of Ireland Act 
Continuance Bill ; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Bank of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Ireland Bill. into a Committee upon the Bank of Ireland Bill; 
No. 557. 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee bad gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon this day three months ; and the 
Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


Exchequer Bills 


Mr. Bernal reported the Exchequer Bills Funding 
Funding Bill, 


Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to; and a Clause was added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Sale of Spirits The House proceeded to take into consideration 

(Ireland) Bill. the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for the better Prevention of the 
Sale of Spirits by Unlicensed Persons in Jreland, 
and for repealing parts of an Act of the sixth and 
seventh years of his late Majesty for amending an 
Act of the third and fourth years of his said Ma- 
jesty, for amending the Laws relating to Excise 
Licenses, and the Sale of Wine, Spirits, Beer and 
Cider by Retail in Zreland; and the same was read, 
as followeth: 

Pr. 10. 1. ult. Leave out Clause (A.) added by 
way of Rider to the Bill. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Then the Amendment following was made in the 
Title of the Bill ; viz. 

Leave out from “ Jreland” to the end of the 
Title, that part of the Title relating to the Clause 
left out by the Lords. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships, 
with an Amendment in the Title of the Bill; to 
which Amendment this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 

Poor Law A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
— Pateley Bridge Union, praying for an alteration of 
; the Poor Law Amendment Act, with respect to 
orders of affiliation, was presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Tipperary 
County. 


A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury of 
the county of Tipperary, assembled at Summer 
Assizes, stating that Clonmel, the polling place for 
the North Riding of the said county, is distant from 
most parts of the same, and praying that Venagh 
ray be made the polling place for the said North 
Riding, as it has already been made the assize town 


thereof, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Railroads 


A Petition of Members of the Grand Jury of the 
(Ireland. 


county of Cork, assembled at Spring Assizes, pray- 
ing the House to sanction the proposed measure for 
the formation of Railroads in Ireland, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Fisheries The House was moved, That the Convention 
(England and between Her Majesty and the King of the French, 
France) Bill, 


23° August. 








A. 1839. 


defining and regulating the limits of the exclusive 
right of the Oyster and other Fishery on the Coasts 
of Great Britain and of France, signed at Paris, 
August 2d 1839, which was presented yesterday, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to carry into effect the said Convention: And that 
Lord Viscount Palmerston and Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill to Fisheries 
carry into effect a Convention between Her Majesty (England and 
and the King of the French, relative to the Fisheries °°) Bil. 
on the Coasts of the British Islands and of France; No 556. 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee:—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to British British Hard- 
Hardware and Cutlery, which were presented yester- “*"e "4 
day, be printed. : ag 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Woollen Woollen Cloths 
Cloths and Yarns, &amp;c., which was presented yester- and Yarns, &amp;c, 
day, be printed. No. 558. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Austria, &amp;c., 
Majesty’s command,—A Copy of the Collective and the Porte. 
Note of the Representatives of Austria, France, 

Great Britain, Prussia and Russia, at Constanti- 
nople, to the Porte, dated July 27, 1839. 

Papers relative to the Affairs of Belgium, Class Belgium. 
(A.) Protocols and Documents, showing the course 
pursued by the Plenipotentiaries of the Five Powers 
assembled in Conference at London, May 1833 to 
June 1833; Class (B.), Copies and Extracts of 
Communications with Her Majesty’s Ministers 
Abroad, July 1833 to May 1839. 


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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Associations, Associations. 


which was presented upon Wednesday last, be Nv, 559. 
printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham Message from 
and Mr. Russell : the Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Corporate 
Act to restrain the Alienation of Corporate Property (indent) Bil. 
in certain Towns in Jreland, until the First day of a 
September One thousand eight hundred and Forty; 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Highway Rates 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to Bill. 
authorize for One Year, and from thence to the End 
of thethennext Session of Parliament, the Application 
of a Portion of the Highway Rates to Perrin 
roads, in certain cases; (the same being conse- 
quential upon the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships to the said Bill), without any Amendment: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Manchester 
Act for improving the Police in Manchester, for Two Police Bil. 
Years, and from thence until the End of the ar next 

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Session of Parliament, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to enable Justices of the Peace in Petty Ses- 
sions to make Orders for the Support of Bastard 
Children, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 


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Bastardy Bill. 


London Bridge The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Approaches = Act for further extending the Approaches to London 
- Bridge, and amending the Acts relating thereto, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Assaults The Lords do not insist on the Amendment made 


(Ireland) Bill. hy their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
the better Prevention and Punishment of Assaults 
in Ireland, for Five Years ; to which this House hath 
disagreed : And also, 

The Lords request, that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House, in the present Session of Parliament, to 
inquire into the state of the Fresh Fruit Trade, 
together with the Minutes of Evidence and Appen- 
dix thereto :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer to 
the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in, and 
Mz. Speaker acquainted them therewith:—And then 
they again withdrew. 


Fresh Fruit 
Trade. 


Mails Convey- A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
ance Contract. nosed, That it is inexpedient to make any Contract 
or Agreement for the Conveyance of the Mails to 
the West Indies and Continent of South America, 
for so long a period as Ten years, and involving an 
expenditure of £.2,400,000, until full information 
shall be obtained in that important department, 
and be laid before this House ; 


And Notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present; and it being 
then after four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till ‘To-morrow. 








Sabbati, 24° die August ; 


Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


HE ingrossed Bill for funding Four Millions 

of Exchequer Bills was, according to Order, 

read the third time; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for funding Exchequer Bills. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Exchequer Bills 
Funding Bill. 


Bank of 
Ireland Act 


Continuance 
Bill, 


The ingrossed Bill to continue an Act of the last 
Session of Parliament relating to the Bank of Jre- 
land, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue until the First day of 
January One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 


one, an Act of the last Session of Parliament re- 


lating to the Bank of Ireland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Fisheries 
(England and 
France) Bill, 


vention between Her Majesty and the Ki 
French, relative to the Fisheries on the 


Order, read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to authorize Her Majesty, until Six 


The ingrossed Bill to carry into effect a Con- 
"8 of the 

oasts of 
the British Islands and of France, was, according to 


575 


months after the commencement of the next Session 
of Parliament, to carry into effect a Convention be- 
tween Her Majesty and the King of the French, re- 
lative to the Fisheries on the Coasts of the British 
Islands and of France. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Augusti. 


A Message from the Lords, b 
and Mr. Russell : 

Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Sale of Spirits 
by this House to the Title of the Bill, intituled, An (*e!#n4) Bill. 
Act for the better Prevention of the Sale of Spirits 
by Unlicensed Persons in Jreland, and for repealing 
parts of an Act of the sixth and seventh years of 
his late Majesty, for amending an Act of the third 
and fourth years of his said Majesty, for amending 
the Laws relating to Excise Licenses, and the Sale 
of Wine, Spirits, Beer and Cider by Retail in Jre- 
land (the same being consequential upon the Amend- 
ment made by their Lordships to the said Bill), 
without any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Dublin Police 
by this House to the Amendment made by their _ 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to make 
further Provisions relating to the Police in the Dis- 
trict of Dublin Metropolis, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Bolton Police 
Act for improving the Police in Bolton, for Two 8" 
Years, and from thence until the End of the then 
next Session of Parliament, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An County and 
Act for the Establishment of County and District Disticl Con 
Constables, by the authority of Justices of the ; 
Peace, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Administration 
Act for the better Administration of Justice in de- &gt; tr 
tached Parts of Counties, with Amendments; to ties) Bill. 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House:—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


y Mr. Brougham Message from 
the Lords, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Poor Law 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- oat tn 
tituled, An Act to continue the Poor Law Com- pa.” 
mission until the Fourteenth day of August One 
thousand eifht hundred and Forty, and thenceforth 
until the End of the then next Session of Parliament; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 
Pr. 2. 1. 4. After “ empowered ” insert “ unless 
“he shall previously resign, or be removed by some 
“ competent authority.” 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
a agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London Bridge 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, + 
intituled, An Act for further extending the Ap- ~ 
proaches to London Bridge, and amending the Acts 
relating thereto ; and the same were read,as follow : 

Pr. 15. 1. 7. Leave out “it,” and insert “ they,” 
and in the same line leave out “ be deemed,” and 
insert “ deem.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 8. Leave out “and,” and insert “ or.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 22. Leave out “ good-will, or.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 25. Leave out from “ any” to “ im- 
“ provements,” in 1. 26. 

Pr. 27. 1. 15. Leave out “ good-will.” 

Pr. 90. 1. 11. Insert Proviso (A.) 

Proviso (A.) “ Provided always, That no sum 
“ or sums of money be raised, borrowed or applied 





Vor. 94. 





4p4 “ for 





Poor Rates 
Collection Bill. 


576 24° August. 


for the purposes of this Act, or the said recited 
Acts, other thau the sums hereinafter mentioned, 
(that is to say) the sum or sums to be produced 
by sale and dividends of the sum of Fifty thou- 
“sand pounds Three and a half per centum Bank 


“ 
“ 
““ 
“ 


“ Annuities, which has been purchased with part of 


the surplus of the fund arising under the herein- 
“ before-recited Acts of Parliament applicable to 
“« the London Bridge Approaches, and also the sum 
being the balance of such fund now in the hands 
“ of the Chamberlain of the City of London arising 
in the like manner, and applicable to the like pur- 
poses, and the sums to be produced by the sale of 
ground-rents and reversions not yet sold, and 
directed to be sold by the said Acts or any of 
them, and by this Act, and the sums to be re- 
ceived in respect of such ground-rents a 
tively until the same shall be sold.” 

Pr. 103. 1. 19. Leave out from “ the” to| 
“ bishop,” in I. 21. 

Pr. 103. 1.22. Leave out from “ under” to} 
first,” in 1. 23. and insert “ his hand.” 

Pr. 103. i. 28. Leave out “ Archbishop, and.” | 

Pr. 109. ls. 4. and 5. After “ Lothbury” insert | 
in such manner,” and in Is. 5. and 6. after “ ne- 


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writing under their hands.” 
Pr. 114. 1. 37. After “ to” insert “ any.” 
Pr. 125. 1.19. Leave out “ unsuited to,” and | 
msert. “ unfit for.” 
Pr. 125. 1. 28. After “ Lothbury” insert “ with 


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“ the consent in writing under the hand of the 


A. 1839. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Police Bill, 


tituled, An Act for improving the Police in Man- 
chester, for Two Years, and from thence until the 
end of the then next Session of Parliament; and 
the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 1. 1. 5. Leave out “ from “ rates” to 
under,” in I. 6. 

Pr. 3. 1.12. After “ Manchester” insert “ or 
of the county of Lancaster.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 30. In the Amendment, leave out “ in 
and for the hundred of”’ and insert “ at.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 11, After “ charter” insert “ or pre 
vent any person from voting at any election of a 
Member to serve in Parliament for any county, 
city, borough or place other than the county of 
Lancaster, and the boroughs and places therein,” 
and in the same line, in the Amendment, leave out 
“ always,” and insert “also,” and after “ passed,” 
at the end of the Amendment, insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be 
deemed to affect an Act passed in the second year 
of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, An Act 
for amending the Laws relating to the Appoint- 


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cessary” insert “ and shall be appointed and | “ ment of Special Constables, and for the better 
directed.” |“ Preservation of the Peace,” or any Act passed 
Pr. 100. 1. 10. After “ Lothbury” insert “ by |“ for enlarging the powers of Justices of the Peace 


“ce 


under the last-recited Act; but all the powers 
and authorities given by the said Acts or either of 
them may be exercised in the same manner as if 
this Act had not been passed.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 28. Leave out ‘ Salford.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 32. After “ That” insert ‘the words 


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“* Bishop of London for the time being.” |“ treasurer of the said borough’ shall be taken to 


Pr. 126. 1. 6. Leave out from “ the” to) 


“ Bishop,” in 1. 7. | 
Pr. 126. 1. 10. Leave out “ their hands,” and | 
insert “ his hand.” 
Pr. 127. 1.24. After “in” imsert “ the,” and 
in the same line leave out from “Three” to “ and,” | 
in |, 25. and insert “ pounds per centum consoli- | 


‘* dated or Three pounds per centum reduced Bank 
“ Annuities.” 


In the second Schedule to the Bill : 


Pr. 154. 1, 38. Leave out “ Archbishop of Can- 
“ terbury and the.” 

Pr. 154. 1. penult. Leave out “ respectively,” 
and in the same line leave out “ their hands” and 
insert “ his hand.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. ’ 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to amend the Laws relating to the 
Assessment and Collection of Rates for the Relief 
of the Poor; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 1. 1.16. After “ guardians” imsert “ or per- 
“ sons.” 

Pr. 1. 1.17. After “ acting” insert “ as guar- 
“ dians.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 27. Leave out “ of guardians.” 

Pr. 2. 1.5. Leave out “ of guardians,” and in 
the same line leave out “ they,” and also, in the 
same line leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 2. 1.6. After “ Justices” insert “ at such 
‘* sessions.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 21. Leave out “ guardians ” and insert 
“ board.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 





‘ mean the person for the time being so called within 


the borough of Manchester, and that.” 

Pr. 10. 1.34. After “ taken” insert “ to con- 
firm his appointment, or to sanction the creation 
of such officer as a corporate officer, or.” 

Pr. 10. 1.35. Leave out “any,” and insert 
“ the.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 36. Leave out “ heretofore.” 

Pr. 10. 1.37. Leave out “ to,” and insert “ by 
Her Majesty in the year One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Thirty-eight, upon the Petition of certain 
* ai 

Pr. 10. 1.38. Leave out “ Acts,” and insert 
ia 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Birmingham 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Police (No. 2) 
intituled, An Act for improving the Police in Bir- 8" 


mingham, for Two Years, and trom thence until the 
end of the then next Session of Parliament; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1. 5. Leave out from “ rates” to “ under ” 
in I. 6. 

Pr. 3. 1. 7. After “ Birmingham” insert “ or of 
“ any of the above-mentioned counties.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 1. After “ Birmingham”? insert “ or to 
*€ prevent any person from voting at any election of 
“ a Member or Members to serve in Parliament for 
“ any county, city, borough or place, other than the 
“ county of Warwick, and the boroughs and places 
“ therein, including the city of Coventry ;” and also 
insert Clauses (A ) and (B.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
“ Enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be 
“ deemed to affect an Act passed in the second 
“ year of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled,‘ An 
“ Act for amending the Laws relative to the appoint- 
“ ment of Special Constables, and for the einen 


“« Preservation of the Peace,’ or any Act passed for 
“ enlarging 





County 
District 
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“ enlarging the powers of Justices of the Peace under 
“ the last-recited Act, but all the powers and autho- 
“ rities given by the said Acts, or either of them, 
may be exercised in the same manner as if this 
Act had not been passed.” 

Cuiause (B.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That the words ‘ Treasurer of the said 
Borough,’ shall be taken to mean the ‘person for 
the time being so called within the Borough of 
Birmingham, and that nothing im this Act con- 
tained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to 
confirm the appointment of such person, or to 
sanction the creation of such an officer as a cor- 
porate officer, or to confirm or render valid, or in 
anywise to affect the Charter of Incorporation 
granted by Her Majesty in the year One thousand 
eight hundred and Thirty-eight, upon the petition 
of certain of the inhabitants of the Town of Bir- 
mingham.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


County and Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
District Lords to the County and District Constables Bill be 
we, taken into consideration upon Monday next; and be 
No. 560. = 

printed. 
Bolton Police Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Bill Lords to the Bolton Police Bill be taken into con- 


sideration upon Monday next. 


Administration The House proceeded to take into consideration 
of Justice 


24° Auguste. 


577 

A Petition of Merchants and Traders of Longford; Banking 
praying that the Laws relating to Banking in Ireland (e!"¢.) 
may be assimilated to those in Scotland, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Grocers and Spirit Dealers of Clon- Spirit Dealers 


mel, praying for the repeal of so much of the Act ‘!eand.) 
6and7 Will. 4, c. 38, as prohibits the Sale of Spirits 
by Grocers in Ireland, was presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Citizens and Inhabitants of the city Landlord 
of Kilkenny, praying for an alteration of the Law Cirelasds) 
relative to Landlord and Tenant in Jreland, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law 
Returns of the Unions in which Out-door Relief to a 
the Able-bodied Poor has been allowed, stating’ " 
whether such Relief has been given with the sanction 
of the Poor Law Commissioners, or by order of the 
Guardians solely :—And, of the Dietary for the Able- 
bodied Poor in use in each of the Union Workhouses 
in England and Wales, together with any changes 
in Diet which have been made in each Workhouse 
since its Establishment. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Literary, &amp;c., 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Institutions. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 

a Return of all Public Literary, Scientific and Me- 
chanic Institutions and Societies, for the acquire- 








the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 

Ce Bill Coun- intituled, An Act for the better Administation of 
Justice in detached Parts of Counties ; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1. 8. Leave out from “ dwell’ to “ be” 
in 1. 27. 

Pr. 2. 1.7. Leave out from “ which” to the 
second “the” in 1. 11. and insert “is surrounded in 
“* whole or in part by.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Portsmouth Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
vi to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Portsmouth, in the 
room of Francis Thornhill Baring, Esquire, who, 
since his election for the said Borough, hath accepted 
the offices of Chancellor and Under Treasurer of Her 
Majesty’s Exchequer. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account, showing the Amount of Exchequer Bills 
in the hands of the Commissioners for the Reduction 
of the National Debt on Account of Savings Banks, 
on the 20th day of November 1837; and the Amount 
purchased in the year ended the 20th day of No- 
vember 1838; also, the Amount of such Bills as 
were funded or paid off in the course of that year ; 
and the Bills remaining in the hands of the Commis- 
sioners on the 20th day of November 1838. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Receipts and Expenditure of the 
Office for the Sale of Parliamentary Papers, from 
its first establishment to the 1st day of January 
1839. 

Mr. John Parker accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Ordered, That the General Index to Seventeen 
Volumes of the Journals of this House [A.D. 1820 
to 1837] be printed. 

Vor. 94, 


Exchequer 
Bills, : 


Parliamentary 
apers, 


Journal Index. 





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ment and advancement of Useful Knowledge, in all 
Cities, Boroughs and elsewhere, in Great Britain 


and Ireland ; stating in each the Number of Mem- 


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bers, and the proportion of Mechanics and of other 
industrious classes that are attached thereto; the 
terms of individual Admission, and Annual Subscrip- 
tion; their Annual Income and Expenditure ; the 
extent and nature of their Museum, Models, Designs, 
Paintings, Drawings and Mathematical, Chemical, 
Mechanical and other Apparatus ; the Number and 
character of the Volumes in their Library; the 
objects they seek to promote, and whether they 
have Students divided or not into classes, and the 
chief Subjects of their study; whether they make 
an Annual Public Exhibition; with a Copy of 
their Prospectus, and a Summary of their Reales 
and Regulations; and making brief suggestions 
as to what the Institution requires to render it more 
efficient. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Minute of the Board of Treasury re- 
lative to carrying into effect the Act for establishing 
a reduced and uniform rate of Postage. 

Mr. Edward John Stanley accordingly presented 
the said Paper. 


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


Postage. 


Mr. Edward John Stanley presented, pursuant Hops. 
to Orders,—Returns of the Number of Acres of 
Hops in each and every Parish of England and 
Wales, during each of the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 
1832, 1833, 1834 and 1835 ; together with the Total 











Amount of the Quantity of Hops grown, and of the 
Duty paid thereon in each Parish in each of the 
above years :—And, of the average Number of Acres 
of Hops in each Parisl: during the above period of 
Seven years; together with the average Amount of 
the Quantity grown, and of the Duty paid thereon 
by each Parish during the same period. 

Copies of the Memorial of Mr. Robert Haig to Robert Haig. 
the Lords of the Treasury, bearing date the 30th 
45 day 














Rudkin’s 
Apparatus, 


Rudkin’s 
Apparatus. 


Bastardy Biil. 


578 


day of May 1822, and of the Answer thereto of the 
8th day of j uly 1822:—And, of all Treasury Minutes 
made upon the said Memorial. 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of 
July last, for Copies of the Report of the Commis- 
sioners of Excise to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
or to the Lords of the Treasury, on the experiment 
of Mr. Rudkin’s Apparatus at the Government 
Distillery in Brown’s-lane, during its progress, from 
its commencement to the present time:— Of the 
Reports respecting the same from Dr. Birkbeck to 
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or to the Com- 
missioners of Excise, during the same period ; and 
the Observations or Remarks of the Commissioners 
of Excise on the Reports made to them by Dr. 
Birkbeck. 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 30th day 
of July last, for Copies of all Treasury Minutes of 
Mr. Rudhin’s Invention for the Distillation of Spirits, 
from 1828 to 1839, both years inclusive :— Also, 
Copies of all Official Reports upon the same subject, 
from 1828 to 1839, both years inclusive, to the Lords 
of the Treasury or the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
by Professors Brande and Lubbock, Dr. Birkbeck 
and Mr. Rudkin :—Also, Copies of all Official Cor- 
respondence upon the same subject, and during the 
last mentioned period, between the Lords of the 
Treasury or the Chancellor on the one hand, and 
Professors Brande and Lubbock, Dr. Birkbeck and 
Mr. Rudkin, upon the other :—Also, Returns of the 
Cost incurred in the fittings up of Distilleries, the 
construction of Machines, and of all other Expenses 
incidental to the various trials made of Mr. Rudkin’s 
Invention. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable Justices of the Peace in 
Petty Sessions to make Orders for the Support of 
Bastard Children; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1. 13. Leave out from “ which” to “may” 
in 1, 14. 

Pr. 1. 1. 25. Leave out from “time” to “within” 
in 1. 27. 

Pr. 3. 1. 2. Leave out from “ application” to 
Clause (A.) added by way of Rider to the Bill, 
and insert Clause (A.) 

CrausE (A.) * And be it Enacted, That any 
Justice of the Peace upon the request of either 
party, may summon any witness to appear and 
give evidence upon the matter of any such charge, 
and by warrant under his hand and seal may re- 
quire any person to be brought before him who 
shall neglect or refuse to appear to give evidence 
at the time and place appointed in such summons, 
proof upon oath being first given of personal ser- 
vice of the summons upon the person against 
whom such warrant shall be granted, and that the 
reasonable expenses of attendance were paid or 
tendered to such person ; and the Justices before 
whom any such charge shall be heard, may com- 
mit any person coming or brought before them, 
who shall refuse to give evidence to any House of 
Correction within their jurisdiction, there to remain 
without bail or mainprize for any time not ex- 
ceeding Fourteen days, or until such person shall 
sooner submit himself to be examined, and in 
case of such submission, the order of any such 
Justice shall be a sufficient warrant for the dis- 
charge of such person.” 


24° Augustz. 


A. 1839. 


“ tituled, ‘An Act for the Amendment and better 


“ Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor 


in England and Wales, and with respect to 
which no application shall have been made to any 
Court of General Quarter Sessions under the pro- 
visions of the said Act.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 
Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


“ 
“ 
ifs 
“ 


that part of the Message from the Lords of yesterday, 
wherein their Lordships request, that this House 
will be pleased to communicate to their Lordships 
a Copy of the at from the Select Committee 
appointed by this House, in the present Session of 
Parliament, to inquire into the state of the Fresh 
Fruit Trade, together with the Minutes of Evidence 
and Appendix thereto. 

Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Bernal do deliver the 
same. 


Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to seve- 
ral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :— And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal was 
read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent 
to the several Public and one Private Bill therein 
mentioned; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills:— 
Which Bills are as follow: 


day of October, One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty : 


bodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, and 
to grant Allowances in certain cases, to Subaltern 
Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, 
Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ Mates and 
Serjeant Majors of the Militia, until the first day of 
July, One thousand eight hundred and Forty : 


Trade : 


nistration of Justice in New South Wales and Van 
Diemen’s Land, and for the more effectual Govern- 
ment thereof, and for other Purposes relating thereto, 
and to continue the same until the Thirty-first day 
of December, One thousand eight hundred and Forty, 


Leave out from Clause “ B.” added by way of and thenceforward to the End of the then next Ses- 


Rider to the Bill, to “ And” in 1. 13. 
The first Amendment being read a second time ; 
An Amendment was made thereunto by also leav- 
ing out the next words “ may hereafter be born a 


“« bastard” and inserting the words “ has been born a 


sion of Parliament : 


Metropolis : 





“« bastard since the passing of an Act passed in the 


“ fifth year of the reign of his late Majesty, in- | additional Thoroughfares in the Metropolis : 





and Buildings, to raise a sum of money for making 


An 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Fresh Frait 
Trade. 


A Message by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Royal Assent 
to Bills, 


An Act to remove Doubts as to the charging the soap Daties 
Duty of Excise on Hard Soap, until the Eleventh Regulation Bill 


An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing Militia Pay 
and Contingent and other Expenses of the Disem- Bill. 


An Act for the better Suppression of the Slave slave Trade 
Suppression 
Bill. 
An Act to amend an Act of the ninth year of New gouth 


King George the Fourth, to provide for the Admi- Wales Bill. 


An Act for regulating the Police Courts in the Metropolitan 
Police Courts 
Bill. 
An Act to empower the Commissioners of Her Metropulis 


Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works — 
ul. 





Court: 
Count 


Judg 
Lodg 
High 
Bill. 


Stage 
Bill. 

Patel 
Inve! 


Joint 
Banl 
pani 


























3 VictoRIf£. 


Courts in An Act for enabling Justices of Assize and Nisi 

Counties Bill. Prius, Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, to hold 
Courts for Counties at large in adjoiming Counties 
of Cities and Towns, and conversely : 

Judges’ An Act to authorize the Purchase or Building of 

Lodgings Bill. Lodgings for the Judges of Assize on their Circuits : 

Highway Rates AnAct to authorize for One Year, and from thence 

Bill. to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, 

the Application of a Portion of the Highway Rates 

to Turnpike-roads, in certain cases : 

An Act to reduce certain of the Duties now pay- 

Bill able on Stage Carriages: 

Patents for An Act to amend an Act of the fifth and sixth 

Inventions Bill. years of the reign of King William the Fourth, in- 
tituled, An Act to amend the law touching Letters 
Patent for Inventions : 


Stage Carriages 


Joint Stock An Act to continue, until the Thirty-first day of 
on _ August One thousand eight hundred and Forty, an 
panies i. 


Act of the first and second years of Her present 
Majesty, relating to Legal Proceedings by certain 
Joint Stock Banking Companies, against their own 
Members, and by such Members against the Com- 


24° 96° August. 





panies : 

An Act to amend the mode of assessing the 
Rogue Money in Scotland, and to extend the Pur- 
poses of such Assessment : 

An Act to make further Provisions relating to the 
Police in the District of Dublin Metropolis : 

Assaults An Act for the better Prevention and Punishment 
(Ireland) Bill. of Assaults in Jreland for Five Years : 
Constabulary An Act for the better Regulation of the Consta- 


— bulary Force in Ireland : 
ih. 


Unlawful Oaths An Act to extend and render more effectual for 

(Ireland) Bill. Five Years an Act passed in the fourth year of His 
late Majesty George the Fourth, to amend an Act 
passed in the fiftieth year of His Majesty George 
the Third, for preventing the administering and 
taking Unlawful Oaths in Ireland : 


Rogue Money 
Assessment 


(Scotland) Bill. 


Dublin City 
Police Bill. 








Corporate An Act to restrain the Alienation of Corporate 
we pi), Property in certain Towns in Ireland, until the First 
_—— day of September, One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty: 
Sale of Spirits re Act for the better Prevention of the Sale of 
(Ireland) Bill. Spirits by Unlicensed Persons in Ireland: 
Halifax, Hud- © An Act forthe more easy and speedy Recovery 
errae a. of Small Debts within the Parishes of Halifaz, 
Debts (No. 3.) Bradford, Keighley, Bingley, Guisely, Calverley, 
Bill. Batley, Birstal, Mirfield, Hartishead-cum-Clifton, 
Almondbury, Kirkheaton, Kirkburton and Hudders- 
Jield, and the Lordship or Liberty of Tong, in the 
County of York: 
Goddard’s An Act for naturalizing Samuel Aspinwall God- 
Nat, Bill. dard. 
Canada. Ordered, That the Return relative to Canada, 
No. 561. Which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 
Lune, 26° die Augusti ; 
Anno 3° Victoria Regine, 1839. 
PRAYERS. 
ae India M*% Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
— the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament,— List No. 102, specifying the 
particulars of the Compensation proposed to be 
granted to certain reduced Servants of the East 
India Company, under an arrangement sanctioned 
by the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of 
India, and laid before the Honourable the House 
of Commons on the 26th day of February 1835 :— 
And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
par to Lord John Russell reported to the House, that 
dresses, 


their several Addresses of the 22d, 23d and 24th 
Von. 94, 








579 


days of this instant August, (that Her Majesty, 
would be graciously pleased to give directions, 
that the Papers therein mentioned might be laid 
before this House), had been presented to Her 
Majesty ; and that Her Majesty had commanded 
him to acquaint this House, that She will give di- 
rections accordingly. 


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; New South 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to several Ad- Wales. 
dresses to Her Majiatey-—A Return of the Revenue 
of New South Wales for the period of Fourteen 
years, from the 1st day of January 1834 to the 31st 
day of December 1837, inclusive ; specifying the 
various heads of Revenue. 

A Return of all Sums of Money paid out of the Lichfiela 
Land Revenue of the Crown towards the Lichfield Grammar 
Free Grammar School for the last Three years, the °°" 
Number of Free Boys who have received their edu- 
cation therein during the said period, and the total 
ae of Scholars now in a course of education 
there. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to Orders, Houses of 
--A Copy of the Report of the Commissioners ap- Parliament. 
pointed to visit the Quarries, and to inquire into 
the Qualities of the Stone to be used in Building 
the New Houses of Parliament. 

A Return of the proceeds paid into the Registry slave Trade. 
of the High Court of Admiralty, of all Vessels 
taken under the late Spanish Treaty on Slave Trade ; 
stating the Name of the Ship by which each 
Vessel was captured, and the portion paid or pay- 
able to the Captors. 

Return to an Order dated the 20th day of this Coffce. 

instant August, for an Account of all Coffee im- 
ported into the United Kingdom from the Cape of 
Good Hope, from the 1st day of January 1838 to 
the 31st day of July 1839, with the dates of Im- 
portation, the names of the Ships, the description 
of Packages, and the weight of each Importation ; 
specifying further, the description or place of growth, 
as far as the same may be known; and distinguish- 
ing such Importations as have been entered for 
Home Consumption, and the Rate of Duty at 
which the same have been admitted. 

A Return of the Parishes in England and Wales Tithe on Hops. 
in which any agreements for extraordinary Tithe on 
Hops shall have been transmitted to the Tithe Com- 
missioners, stating the respective Amounts of such 
extraordinary Tithe ; specifying the Parishes in 
which such agreements have been approved by the 
Commissioners, and in which they may have been 
refused, and the grounds of such refusal; stating 
also the Parishes from which such agreements are 
still under consideration. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the direc- Loan Fund 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—A Copy of the (t!#4.) 
First Annual Report of the Commissioners of the 
Central Loan Fund Board of Ireland :-—-And then 
he withdrew. 

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


Lord Eliot presented, pursuant to Order,—A Poor Rates. 
Return of the Amount of Money expended for the No. 562. 
Relief of the Poor, in each County of England and 
Wales, during the year ending the 25th day of 
March 1839. 

Lord Eliot also presented, pursuant to several Highways. 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—An Account of the No. 563. 
Total Sum expended during the year ending the 
25th day of March 1839, by Surveyors of the 
Highways, in every Parish, Township or Place in 
England and Wales, separately maintaining its 
Highways; such Account of the Money expended 
from the 25th day of March 1838 to the 25th day 
of March 1839, in making, improving, maintaining 
or repairing the said Highways, to be made up and 
returned as soon after the said 25th day of March 
1839, as the present Surveyors shall have prepared 





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County Rates. 
No. 564. 


Church Rates, 
No, 565, 


Nova Scotia, 
&amp;e. 


Emigration 
Ships, &amp;c. 


580 26° Augusti. 


and settled their Accounts ; with such explanations| of Individuals embarked in each Ship, specifying 


annexed to the Return as may appear to be neces- 
sa 

, on from the respective Treasurers of Coun- 
ties in England and Wales, of the Total Amount 
annually received by them from the County Rates, 
and from any other source of Receipt applicable in 
aid of County Rates :—Also, of the Total Amount 
annually expended by them during their years of 
Account, ending in or with the years 1835, 1836, 
1837, and 1838 ; and in cases where such Account is 
made up to Easter, Lady-day, or the Spring Quarter 
Sessions, an Account for the twelvemonth then 
terminating ; in all such Accounts of Expenditure 
distinguishing the Expense of building and main- 
taining County Bridges, and repairing the Roads 
appertaining thereunto: —Also, the Expense of 
building, enlarging, improving or repairing the 
County Gaol, and every House of Correction, Bride- 
well, Lede-&lt;p boven or Sheriff's Ward within the 
County :—Also, the Expense incurred in the main- 
tenance and safe Custody of Prisoners confined in 
any of these :—Also, Expenses incurred in Criminal 
Prosecutions at the Assizes and Quarter Sessions: 
— Also, Expenses incurred in apprehending and 
conveying Vagrants, and in Payment of High and 
Petty Constables :—Together with a separate Ac- 
count of the Debt at this time due and payable out 
of the County Rates, or other County iceauty — 
And, similar Accounts of Expenditure on these se- 
veral objects, during each of the last four years, 
from the Chamberlain, or other proper Officer of all 
Counties of Cities and Counties of Towns in Eng- 
land and Wales. 

An Account of all Monies received and expended 
by Churchwardens and Chapelwardens in England 
and Wales, from Easter 1838 to Easter 1839; dis- 
tinguishing the Sum received by them from Church 
Rates, from other sources of Official Receipt appli- 
cable in aid or in lieu of Church Rates; and dis- 
tinguishing from other kinds of Expenditure defrayed 
by them, all Expenses incurred in building, improv- 
ing and maintaining in repair, Churches or Chapels, 
and any buildings or fences appertaining thereunto : 
—Also, an Account of Debt (if any) due by the 
Parish or Chapelry for Expenses chargeable upon 
the Church Rates; and if such Debt shall have 
been secured on Annuities or other Contingent Pay- 
ments, an Estimate of the Value of every such liabi- 
lity, or a Statement of the particulars thereof. 

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


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to several 
Addresses to Her Meseetr.&gt; Copies or Extracts of 
any Correspondence received from Nova Scotia, 
New Brunswick, Prince Edward’s Island and New- 
foundland, relative to the constitution of the Legis- 
lative and Executive Councils of the Governments 
of those Colonies, or to their being made elective, or 
to any change that has been required by any Branch 
of the Legislature of those Colonies to be made to 
the said Councils, within the last Eight years ; also, 
to any change that has been made, or directed to be 
made in them, or in any mode of appointing new 
Members of the said Councils. 

A Return to an Address to Her Majesty dated 
the 9th day of July last, fora Return stating the 
Name and Tonnage, according to the old mode of 
admeasurement, of each Ship taken up by Govern- 
ment, or by any Persons acting urder its authority, 
for the Conveyance of Emigrants from any Port or 
Ports in the United Kingdom to Van Diemen’s 
Land and New South Wales, in the year 1837; 
showing the Dates when, and the Port at which 
each Vessel was taken up, her Age and Place where 
built, where the Emigrants by each Ship were em- 
barked, the Name of the Owner, and of the Broker 


or Agent making the Contract, and the Rate of 


Hire, per old ton, paid in each case; the Number 




















A. 1839. 


how many were Infants under One year old, how 
many from One to Seven years old, how many from 
Seven to Fourteen years old, and how many, of 
each sex, above that Age, and the aggregate Num- 
ber of Deaths, distinguishing Adults from Children, 
which took place on board each Vessel during the 
Voyage ; the Name of the Surgeon superintendent 
of each Vessel, and the aggregate Amount paid to 
him for his entire Services, specifying in each case 
the particulars constituting such Amount; also the 
aggregate Cost of the Victualling, Equipment, 
Contingencies and entire Expenditure as respects 
each Ship, independent of the Hire or Freight 
thereof :—A similar Return, so far as the same can 
be made out, as respects all the Vessels taken up 
by Government for the same Service in 1838:—A 
similar Return, so far as the same can be made out, 
as respects the Ships which have been taken up by 
Government for the same Service, during the present 
year :—And, a Return of the Names of all Persons 
acting in the United Kingdom under the authority 
of Government, as Agents in respect of Emigration, 
and of their Clerks, and their respective locations, 
together with the Salaries and Expenses for Offices, 
Travelling and all other Contingencies allowed to 
them, in each year. 


Copies or Extracts of the further Communications Jamaica. 


transmitted to the Marquis of Normanby by the 
Agent of Jamaica on the 13th day of June and the 


12th day of July, relative to the Agricultural State 
of that Colony. 


Further Return to an Address to Her Majesty, Canada. 


dated the 29th day of July last, for Copies or Ex- 
tracts of Despatches from the Secretary of State 
for the Colonies and Sir George Arthur, relative to 
the Clergy Reserves in Upper Canada :—An Ac- 
count of the Clergy Reserves sold in Upper and 
Lower Canada, from the year 1827, and the applica- 
tion thereof :—And, an Account of the Total Amount 
of the Proceeds of the Clergy Reserves sold in 
Upper and Lower Canada, and at present invested 
in the Three per cent. Consolidated Annuities. 


Mr. Labouchere also presented, by Her Majesty’s Convicts. 


command,—Papers relative to Transportation and 
Assignment of Convicts. 

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


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and others North American 
of the City of London, praying for inquiry into the Boundary. 


truth of certain charges affecting the conduct of 
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in relation 
to the North American Boundary Question, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Members and others connected with Queen’s Printer 
the Relief Congregation, Kilmarnock, praying the (S:tland.) 


House to address Her Majesty to refuse the renewal 
of the patent for printing Bibles in Scotland, was 


presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Southborough ;— Camborne ;—Mo- Education. 


derator of the Commission of the General Assembl 
of the Church of Scotland ;—and, Upper Clatford ; 
praying the House not to sanction the proposed 
scheme of National Education, recently laid before 
Parliament, as approved by the Committee of Privy 
Council,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Francis Hast- 
Accounts of all Sums of Money directed to be paid ines Medhurst. 


by Order of the Central Criminal Court on the 
Prosecution of Francis Hastings Medhurst, con- 
victed of Manslaughter; distinguishing the Pay- 
ments made in compliance with the Certificates of 
the Local Magistrates from the Allowances that 

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were granted by the Court, in respect of the trial: 
And, of all Sums of Money paid by Order of the 
General Court of Quarter Sessions, Middlesex, for 
Expenses incurred by the Coroner in holding the 


Inquest on the body of Joseph Alsop, at Hayes, on 
the 16th and 18th of March 1839. y 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Coroners acting 
in England and Wales ; specifying the County, 
City, Borough or Liberty, wherein such Coroner has 
Jurisdiction, and by whom he is elected or appointed. 
—Return of the Number of Inquests taken by each 
Coroner in England and Wales, stating the Number 
in each year separately, for the Four years ending 
August 1839, the Amount of Fees for taking In- 
} re the Charge for Mileage (whether to and 
ro), and any other Charges allowed in the Account 
of each Coroner :—Copy of the Schedule now in 
force, of Fees, Allowances and Disbursements to be 
paid by the Coroner, pursuant to the Act 1 Vic., 
c. 68, intituled, “ An Act to provide for the Pay- 
ment of the Expenses of holding Coroners’ In- 
quests,” arranged by the Justices in Sessions held 
im each County, or by Magistrates of each City, 
Borough or Liberty in England and Wales :—Re- 
turn of the Number of Deputy Coroners in each 
County, City, Borough or Liberty, stating by whom 
appointed :—And, a Statement of the extreme length 
and breadth of the District in which each County 
Coroner has duties to discharge. 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the Esta- 
blishment of County and District Constables, by the 
authority of Justices of the Peace; and the same 
were read, as follow : 

Pr. 4. 1. 3. After “ being” insert “ the popula- 
tion of the boroughs and towns bicrediasifter ex- 
cepted from the operation of this Act being de- 
ducted therefrom.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 6. After “ assembled” insert “ or at 
any adjournment thereof.” 

Pr. 5. l. ult. After “ fit” insert ‘‘ Provided 
also, That it shall be lawful to appoint the same 
Chief Constable for two or more adjoining coun- 
ties or parts of counties, if the Justices of such 
counties in General or Quarter Session assembled 
shall mutually agree to join in such appointment.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 20. After “ assembled” insert “ or at 
any adjournment thereof.” 

Pr. 6.1. 13. After “ session” insert “ and the 
Clerk of the Peace of each county shall give such 
notice as last mentioned on the requisition of any 
Five Justices acting for such county.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 5. After “ assembled” insert “ or at 
any adjournment thereof.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 7. After ‘ force” insert Clause (A.) 

Cravuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Chief Constable shall, subject to the approval of 
the Justices in General or Quarter Sessions as- 
sembled, or at any adjournment thereof, appoint 
one of the Superintendents to act as his deputy 
in case of his being incapable from illness, or ne- 
cessary absence from the county, to perform the 
duties of Chief Constable of the county; and the 
Deputy so appointed shall in such case as afore- 
said, and also in case of any vacancy of the office 
of Chief Constable by death or otherwise, have 
all the powers, privileges and duties of the Chief 
Constable: Provided always, That no Deputy 
Chief Constable shall be capable of continuing 


to act with the powers of Chief Constable during 
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any vacancy of the office for more than Three 
calendar Months after the vacancy has been oc- 
casioned.” 

Pr. 7.1.15. After “ county” insert “ and also 
in all liberties and franchises and detached parts 
of other counties locally situated within such 
county, and also in any county adjoining to the 
county for which they are appointed.” 

Pr. 8. |. 4. After “ no” insert “* Chief Con- 
stable or other.” 

Pr. 9.1. 19. After “be” insert “restrained from 
employing themselves in any office or employment 
for hire or gain, other than in the execution of 
their duties under this Act, and shall be.” 

Pr. 9.1. 22. After “ whatsoever” insert “or in 
the militia.” 

_ Pr. 9. 1. 25, After Clause (A.), added by way of 
Rider to the Bill, insert Clauses (B.), (C.), (D.), (E.) 
and (F.) 

Cravuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
constable appointed under this Act who shall be 
guilty of any neglect or violation of duty in his 
office of constable, and shall be convicted thereof 
before any Two Justices of the Peace for the 
county, shall be hable to a penalty not more than 
Ten pounds, the amount of which penalty may 
be deducted from any salary then due to such of- 
fender, or, in the discretion of the Justices by 
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with or without hard labour for any time not more 
than One calendar month.” 

Crauss (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That no 
constable appointed under this Act shall be at 
liberty to resign his office, or to withdraw him- 
self from the duties thereof, unless expressly al- 
lowed so to do in writing by the Chief Constable 
or Superintendent under whom he may be placed, 
or unless he shall give to such Chief Constable 
or Superintendent One calendar month’s notice of 
his intention; and every constable who shall so 
resign or withdraw himself without such leave or 
notice, shall be liable, on being convicted thereof 
before any Two Justices of the Peace for the 
county, to forfeit all arrears of pay then due to him, 
or to a penalty of not more than Five pounds.” 

Cravse (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
Constable appointed under this Act who shall be 
dismissed from or shall cease to hold and exercise 
his office, and who shall not forthwith deliver over 
all the clothing, accoutrements, appointments and 
other necessaries which may have been supplied 
to him for the execution of his duty, to the Chief 
Constable or Superintendent, or to such person 
and at such time and place as shall be directed 
by the said Chief Constable or Superintendent, 
shall be liable, on being convicted thereof before 
any Two Justices of the Peace for the county, to 
imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for 
any time not exceeding One calendar month; and 
it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace to 
issue his warrant to search for, and seize to the 
use of the County Police all the clothing, ac- 
coutrements, appointments and other necessaries 
which shall not be so delivered over, wherever the 
same may be found.” 

Cuause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
person not being a constable appointed under this 
Act who shall have in his possession any article 
being part of the clothing, accoutrements or ap- 
pointments supplied to any such constable, and 
who shall not be able satisfactorily to account for 
his possession thereof, or who shall put on the 
dress or take the name, designation or character 
of any person appointed as such constable, for 
the purpose of thereby obtaining admission into 
any house or other place, or of doing or procuring 
to be done any act which such person would not 
be entitled to do or procure to be done of his own 
authority, or for any other unlawful purpose, shall, 
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may be liable for such offence, be liable, on being 
convicted thereof before any Two Justices of the 
Peace for the county, to a penalty of not more than 
Ten pounds.” 

Crause (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
victualler or keeper of any house, shop, room, or 
other place for the sale of any liquors, whether 
“ spirituous or otherwise, shall knowingly harbour 
or entertain any constable belonging to the said 
“ force, or permit such constable to ab:de or remain 
in his house, shop, room, or other place, during 
any part of the time appointed for his being on 
duty, every such victualler or keeper as aforesaid 
“ being convicted thereof before any Two Justices 
“ of the Peace for the county, shall for every such 
offence forfeit and pay such sum, not exceeding 
“ Five pounds, as they shall think meet.” 

Pr. 1u. 1. 4. After “ county” insert “ and at 
“ every adjournment thereof.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 12. Leave out “ superintendent” and 
insert “ superintendents.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 15. After “ their” insert “respective.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 17. Leave out “ their,’ and insert 
“ such.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 32. After “ in” insert “ general or.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 5. After “ made” insert “ Provided 
“ also, That nothing herein contained shall prevent 
“ or invalidate the appointment of parochial con- 
“ stables.” 

In Clause (C.), added by way of Rider to the 
Bill: 

Pr. 16.1. 2. After “ all” insert “detached parts 
“ of counties, and also all.” 

Pr. 16.1. 6. Leave out from “ county” to “And” 
in 1.11, and insert “ by which they are surrounded, 
“ or if partly surrounded by two or more counties, 
“ then as forming part of that county with which 
“ they have the longest common boundary” ; and 
in |. 11. after “such” insert “ detached part of any 
* county or of any.” 

Pr. 16. 1, 10. Leave out from “ separate” to 
“ And” in |. 11. and insert “ Court of Quarter 
“ Sessions of the Peace, or in which separate county 
“ rates are made.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act for improv- 
ing the Police in Bolton, for Two years, and from 
thence until the End of the then next Session of Par- 
liament ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1. 5. Leave out from “ rates” to “ under,” 
in 1.6. 

Pr. 3. 1.12. After “ Bolton” insert “ or of the 
“ county of Lancaster.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 7. In the Amendment leave out “ by 
“ adjournment in and for the hundred of,” and in- 
sert “ at.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 23. After “ Bolton” insert “ or pre- 
“ vent any person from voting at any election of a 
“ Member to serve in Parliament for any county, 
“ city, borough or place other than the county of 
““ Lancaster, and the boroughs and places therein ;” 
and in the same line, after “ passed,” at the end 
of the Amendment insert Clause (A.) 
Cuause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be 
deemed to affect an Act passed in the second 


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“ year of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, | 
‘An Act for amending the Laws relating to the | 
“ Appointment of Special Constables, and for the | 
“ better Preservation of the Peace,’ or any Act | 
“ passed for enlarging the powers of Justices of| 


“ the Peace under the last-recited Act ; but all the | who, since his 


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A. 1839. 


“ either of them, may be exercised in the same 
“ manner as if this Act had not been passed.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 19. Leave out from “ the” to “ form,” 
in 1, 20, and insert “ several townships of Great 
“ Bolton and Little Bolton, which several town- 
ships, with the exception of certain parts of Little 
Bolton.” 

Pr. 8. 1.29. After “ borough” insert “ or within 
any part of the township of Little Bolton not in- 
cluded in the said borough.” 

Pr. 9. 1.12. After “That” insert “ the words 
‘treasurer of the said borough’ shall be taken 
to mean the person for the time being so called 
“ within the borough of Bolton, and that.” 

Pr. 9. 1.13. After “‘ confirm” insert “ his ap- 
pointment, or to sanction the creation of such an 
officer as a corporate officer, or to confirm.” 

Pr. 9. 1.14. Leave out “ any” and insert “ the.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 15. Leave out “heretofore,” and in the 
same line leave out “to,” and insert “ by Her Ma- 
“ jesty in the year One thousand eight huadred and 
“ Thirty-eight, upon the Petition of certain of.” 

Pr. 9. 1.16. Leave out “ Acts,” and insert Act.” 

The Amendments as far as the Amendment in 
Pr. 7. 1. 23. being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Pr. 7.1. 23. The next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; y 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by leaving 
out the first word “ or” and inserting the words 
“and that the overseers of each of the town- 
“ ships of Little Boltonand of Tonge-with-Haulgh, 
shall severally take an account of the propor- 
tion between the amount contributed to any 
rate for the relief of the poor, from that part 
of their respective townships which is within the 
borough, and those parts respectively which are 
not within the borough, and that wherever the 
said overseers shall have severally received any 
warrant from the said Commissioner (which he 
is hereby authorized to issue to the overseers of 
each of the said townships in like manner as if 
the whole of the said townships had been within 
the borough), and the said overseers shall have 
levied any amount required for the purposes of 
this Act, they shall severally pay over to the said 
receiver so much only of the amount mentioned 
in the warrant as shall bear the same proportion 
to the whole sum mentioned in the warrant, as 
the amount contributed to the whole rate from 
that portion of their township which is within the 
borough, bears to the whole rate; and shall retain 
the remainder thereof in their own hands to be 
applied to the other purposes of the poor rates, 
and such remainder shall be taken as payment by 
the several persons, by whom the same shall have 
been contributed from those portions of the said 
several townships which are not within the borough, 
on account of the next rate which shall be made 
in the said several townships for the relief of the 
poor, and so as often as the case shall arise: 
Provided also, That nothing herein contained, 
“ shall.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Cambridge _ 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ Borough Writ. 


for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Cambridge, in the 
room of the Right honourable Thomas Spring Rice, 
election for the said Borough, hath 


accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her 
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3 VicTorRiz. 26°—27° 


Majesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Des- 
borough and Bonenham, in the County of Buck- 
ingham. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make out 
anew Writ for the electing of a Citizen to serve in 
this present Parliament for the City of Waterford, 
in the room of Thomas Wyse, Esquire, who, since his 
election for the said City hath accepted the office of 
one of the Commissioners for executing the Office 
of Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain, and Trea- 
surer of the Exchequer of Ireland. 


Waterford City 
Writ. 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of 

the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to seve- 
ral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


August. 


which was presented upon Saturday last, be 
printed. 


last and Saturday last, be printed. 


583 


projected rebuilding of the said gaol, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Mails Con- Mails Convey- 


veyance Contract, which was presented upon Friday ce Contract. 
last, be printed. 


Na, 566. 
Ordered, That the Account relative to Parliament- Parliamentary 


ary Papers, which was presented upon Saturday P#Pers. 
last, be printed. 


No. 567. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Postage, Postage. 
No. 568. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops, Hops. 


which was presented upon Saturday last, be No. 569. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Rudkin’s Rudkin’s 


Apparatus, which were presented upon Tuesday gene 
0. . 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And hae returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, wherea Commission under the Great Seal was 
read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent 
to the several Public Bills therein mentioned; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the 
Royal Assent to the said Bills:—Which Bills are as 
follow : 

An Act for the better Administration of Justice 
in detached Parts of Counties: 


Administration 
of Justice 

(Parts of Coun- 
ties) Bill. 

Poor Law 
Commission 
Continuance 
Bill. 





An Act to continue the Poor Law Commission 
until the Fourteenth day of August One thousand 
eight hundred and Forty, and thenceforth until the 
End of the then next Session of Parliament : 

An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Assess- 
ment and Collection of Rates for the Relief of the 
Poor : | 

An Act to enable Justices of the Peace in Petty | 


Puor Rates 
Collection Bill. 


ill. 
een Sessions to make Orders for the Support of Bastard | 
Children : 
Bankrupts An Act to amend an Act passed in the Session | 
(Ireland) Bill. holden in the sixth year of his late Majesty King | 
William the Fourth, for amending the Laws relating 
to Bankrupts in Ireland : 
Manchester An Act for improving the Police in Manchester, 
Police Bill. for Two years, and from thence until the End of the 
then next Session of Parliament : 
Birmingham An Act for improving the Police in Birmingham, 


— (No. 2.) for Two years, and from thence until the End of the 
et then next Session of Parliament: 


a Bridge An Act for further extending the Approaches to 

ap oectes = London Bridge, and amending the Acts relating 
thereto. 

Postage, A Petition of Inhabitants of Slingsby, praying for 


the adoption of a low and uniform rate of Postage, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Stationers of Doncaster, praying the 
House not to sanction any measure respecting Post- 
age, requiring the use of stamped letter-paper or en- 
velopes, was also presented, and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Newgate Gaol 


(Dee) A Petition of Rate-payers of the several parishes 


of the city of Dublin, stating that the Petitioners 
have learned with astonishment, that a Resolution 
has passed the Grand Jury for the pulling down and 
rebuilding of the Gaol of Newgate, in the city of 
Dublin, on its present site, at an expense of more 
than Twenty-four thousand pounds, which sum it is 
pespeved to raise by additional taxation on the In- 

abitants of the said city ; and praying the House 
to interpose their authority, and discountenance the 


Twelve millions twenty-six thousand and fifty pounds ¢ 
by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year One 


Martis, 27° die Augusti ; 
Anno 3° Victoria Regine, 1839. 


PRAYERS. 


MESSAGE fromthe Lords, b 
and Mr. Russell : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
owing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to apply a Sum out of 
the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways 
and Means, to the Service of the year One thousand 
eight hundred and Thirty-nine, and to appropriate 
the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for raising the Sum of 


y Mr. Brougham Message from 
the Lords. 


Consolidated 
Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill. 


Exchequer Bills 
£.12,026,050.) 
Bill. 


thousand eight hundred and Thirty-nine : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for funding Four mil- 
ns of Exchequer Bills: 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize Her Majesty, Fisheries 
until six months after the commencement of the ee) Bi 
next Session of Parliament, to carry into effect a ‘ 
Convention between Her Majesty and the King of 
the French, reiative to the Fisheries on the Coasts 
of the British Islands and of France: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue an Act of Bank of Ireland 
the last Session of Parliament, relating to the Bank 4¢ Sonne 
of Ireland: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to exem 
mentary Grant to the Heirs of Jo 
Marlborough, from the Payment of the Duty of 
One shilling and six-pence in the pound : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act passed Bankrupts 
in the Session holden in the sixth year of his late (Ireland) Bill. 
Majesty King William the Fourth, for amending 
the Laws relating to Bankrupts in Ireland: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to explain and amend Fines and 
an Act of the first and second years of Her present a Bilt 
Majesty, so far as relates to Fines and Penalties (7a) Bil 
levied under the Revenue Laws in Jreland: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Bastardy Bill. 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to enable 
Justices of the Peace in Petty Sessions, to make 
Orders for the Support of Bastard Children, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for improving 
the Police in Bolton for Two Years, and from thence 
until the End of the then next Session of Parlia- 
ment, without any Amendment :—And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 


Exchequer Bills 


lio Funding Bill. 


t the Parlia- Duke of 


hn Duke of Marlborough’s 
Pension Bill, 


Bolton 
Police Bill. 





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584. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make outa 
new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to 
serve in this present Parliament for the County of 
Tipperary, in the room of Richard Lalor Sheil, Es- 
quire, who, since his Election for the said County, 
hath accepted the Office of Vice-President of the 
Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plan- 
tations. 


Tipperary 
Writ. 


Manchester Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 

Writ. to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Manchester, in the 
room of the Right honourable Charles Poulett 
Thomson, who, since his Election for the said Bo- 
rough, hath accepted the Office of Governor General 
of Canada. 


A Petition of the President and Members of the 
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, complaining 
of the inadequate remuneration allowed to Members 
of the Medical Profession for their attendance upon 
Coroners’ Inquests, and at Quarter and Petty Ses- 
sions ; and praying relief, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Medical 
Profession. 


Banks of Eng | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
land and Ire- Returns of the Rate of Interest charged by the 
tat. Bank of England on Loans and Discounts, from 


the year 1780 to the present time, with the Date of 


each variation :— And, of the Rate of Interest 
charged by the Bank of Jreland on Loans and 
Discounts, from the year 1780 to the present time, 
with the Date of each variation. 


Public Petitions Mr. Freshfield reported from the Select Com- 
(Forty-second mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
Report.) mined the Petitions presented from the 19th to the 
27th days of this instant August, both inclusive ; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mehemet Ali. 


with Mehemet Ali, 1838. 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


Bills. Mr. Speaker acquainted the House,—That a Re- 
turn of the Names and Titles of all Bills, Private 
as well as Public, which, having passed the House 
of Commons in the present Session, have not been 
returned from the other House of Parliament ; also, | 
of all Bills during the same pg which, having 

ouse of Parliament 
with alterations, have been afterwards dissented | 
from and dropped in the House of Commons ; with 
the Dates at which such Bills passed this House, 


No. 563. 


been returned from the other 


was upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 


Hemp, &amp;c. 
No. 564. 


the Royal Navy of Riga and Petersburg 


A like Return of the Quantities of Canvas Water- Bills : 






27° Augusti. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her 
Majesty’s command,—A Copy of Communications 








| Clifford, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod : 


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Order, 
—Accounts of the average Annual Consumption for | 
Hemp 
and Flax, and of Jtalian Hemp, from the 1st day 
of January 1833 to the 31st day of December | 
1888:—Of the Quantities of each of the above 
Articles purchased in each year, from the 1st day of | 
January 1833 up to the 31st day of December 
1838; distinguishing the price per ton paid, and the 
Quantity purchased in each year, with the Sum 
Total:—A like Return of the Quantities of New 
Zealand Flax purchased within the same period :— | 


A. 1839. 


proof Cloth purchased in the same period :—An 


Account of Hemp and Flax, distinguished as Baltic 
or Italian produce, sold by Public Auction from 
the several Dock Yards as unfit for Manufacture, 
within the same period ; showing the Amount per 
ton, and Sum Total obtained :—And, a like Account 
of the Quantities of Canvas sold as unfit for Ser- 
vice. 

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


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Death by —_ by 
Poison, which were presented upon the 28th day *°*™ 
of June last, be printed. No. 565. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Regis- Registration of 
tration of Deeds Office (Dublin), which was pre- (ee 
sented upon the 17th day of this instant August, yo 50, 
be printed. - 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Vew South New South 
Wales, which was presented yesterday, be printed. W#!es. 
No. 572. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Lichfield LichfieldGram. 
Grammar School, which was presented yesterday, prose 
be printed. a OE. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Houses Houses of 
of Parliament, which were presented yesterday, be Patament. 
printed. No. 574, 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Slave Slave Trade. 
Trade, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No.575. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coffee, Coffee. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 576, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tithe on Tithe on Hops. 
Hops, which was presented yesterday, be printed. = No. 577. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the First Annual Re- Loan Fund 
port relative to the Loan’ Fund of Ireland, which #4.) 
was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 578. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Nova Scotia, tag Scotia, 


&amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be printed. "a 579. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Emigration Emigration 


Ships, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be —- 
printed. No. 580. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Jamaica, Jamaica. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 581. 


Ordered, That the further Return relative to Canada. 
Canada, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 537. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to Convicts, Convicts. 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. No. 582. 


A Message from Her Majesty, by Sir Augustus Roya! Assent 


to Bills. 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Queen commands this Honourable House 


to attend Her Majesty immediately in the House of 
Peers. 


| Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to attend Her Majesty, where Her Majesty was 
— to give the Royal Assent to the several Public 


ills following ; viz. 


| An Act for raising the Sum of Twelve Millions Exchequer Bills 
| twenty-six thousand and fifty pounds by Exchequer ——— 
| Bills, for the Service of the year One thousand eight ~ 
hundred and Thirty-nine : 


| é : idated 
An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fond ( al 


priation) Bill. 


| Fund, and the Surplus of Ways and Means, to the 
Service of the year One thousand eight hundred and 
Thirty-nine, and to appropriate the Bapilics granted 
‘in this Session of Parliament : 


An Act for funding Four Millions of Exchequer Exchequer Bills 
si Funding Bill. 


An 





Duk 
Mat 
Pen 


Bar 
Act 


Fis! 
(Er 
Fra 


mae 





Duke of 


Marlborough’s the Heirs of John 


Pension Bill. 


Bank of Ireland 


Act Continu- 
ance Bill. 


Fisheries 
(England and 
France) Bill, 


County and 
District Con- 
stables Bill. 


Fines and 
Penalties 


(Ireland ) Bill. 


Bolton 
Police Bill. 


Her Majesty's 
Speech. 





3 Vicroriz. 


An Act to exempt the Parliamentary Grant to 
uke of Marlborough from the 
Payment of the Duty of One Shilling and Sixpence 
in the Pound : 


An Act to continue an Act of the last Session of 
Parliament relating to the Bank of Ireland: 


An Act to authorize Her Majesty, until Six months 
after the commencement of the next Session of Par- 
liament, to carry into effect a Convention between 
Her Majesty and the King of the French, relative to 
the Fisheries on the Coast of the British Islands 
and of France: 


An Act for the Establishment of County and Dis- 
trict Constables by the Authority of Justices of the 
Peace: 


An Act to explain and amend an Act of the first 
and second years of Her present Majesty, so far as 
relates to Fines and Penalties levied under the Re- 
venue Laws in Ireland: 


An Act for improving the Police in Bolton for 
Two Years, and from thence until the End of the 
then next Session of Parliament. 


After which Her Majesty was pleased to make 
a most gracious Speech from the Throne to both 
Houses of Parliament, as followeth : 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


The public business having been brought to a 
close, I have now to perform the satisfactory duty 
of releasing you from your long and laborious at- 
tendance in Parliament : 


I rejoice that a Definitive Treaty between Hol- 
land and Belgium, negociated by the mediation of 
the Five Powers, has settled the differences between 
those two Countries, and has secured the peace of 
Europe from dangers to which it had so long been 
exposed. The same concord which brought these 
intricate questions to a peaceful termination prevails 
with regard to the affairs of the Levant. The Five 
Powers are alike determined to uphold the inde- 
pendence and integrity of the Ottoman Empire ; and 
I trust that this union will ensure a satisfactory 
settlement of matters which are of the deepest im- 
portance to the whole of Europe. 


It has afforded Me the sincerest pleasure to have 
been able to assist in effecting a reconciliation be- 
tween France and Mezico. Intent upon preserving 
for My subjects the blessings of peace, I am highly 
gratified when I can avail Myself of an opportu- 
nity of removing misunderstandings between other 
Powers. 


I have recently concluded with the King of the 
French a Convention calculated to put an end to 
differences which have arisen of late years between 
the Fishermen of Great Britain and France. This 
Convention, by removing causes of dispute, will tend 
to cement the union between the two Countries, 
which is so advantageous to both, and so conducive 
to the general interests of Europe. 


I shall continue to pursue with perseverance the 
Negociations in which I am engaged, to persuade 
all the Powers of Christendom to unite in a general 
League for the entire extinction of the Slave Trade ; 
and I trust that, with the blessing of Providence, M 
efforts in so righteous a cause will be rewarded wit 
success. 


I regret that the differences which led to the with- 
drawal of My Minister from the Court of Tehran 
have not yet been satisfactorily adjusted by the 
Government of Persia. 

Vot. 94. 


27° Augusti. 





585 


In order to fulfil the engagements announced to 
you at the opening of the present Session, the Go- 
vernor-General of India has moved an army across 
the Indus ; and I have much satisfaction in being 
able to inform you that the advance of that expe- 
dition has been hitherto unopposed, and there is 
every reason to hope that the important objects for 
which these military operations Ties been under- 
taken will be finally obtained. 


I have observed, with much approbation, the at- 
tention which you have eitowed upon the internal 
state and condition of the Country. I entirely con- 
cur in the measures which you have framed for the 
preservation of order, the repression of crime, and 
the better administration of justice in this Metro- 
polis; and I have given a cordial assent to the Bills 
which you have presented to Me for the establish- 
ment of a more efficient Constabulary Force in 
those towns which peculiarly required it, and for 
effecting the important objects of generally extending 
the Civil Power throughout the Coser: 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


I thank you for the zeal and readiness with which 
you have voted the Supplies for the Service of the 
year. 


It has been with satisfaction that I have given 
My consent to a reduction of the Postage Duties. 
I trust that the Act which has passed on this sub- 
ject will be a relief and encouragement to trade, 
and that by facilitating intercourse and correspond- 
ence, it will be productive of much social advantage 
and improvement. I have given directions that the 
preliminary step should be taken to give effect to 
the intention of Parliament, as soon as the inquiries 
and arrangements required for this purpose shall 
have been completed. 


The advantageous terms upon which a consider- 
able amount of the Unfunded Debt has been con- 
verted into Stock, afford a satisfactory proof of the 
reliance placed on the credit and resources of the 
Country, as well as on your determination to pre- 
serve inviolate the national faith. 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


It is with great pain that I have found Myself 
compelled to enforce the Law against those who 
no longer concealed their design of resisting by 
force the lawful authorities, and of subverting the: 
institutions of the Country. The solemn proceed- 
ings of Courts of Justice, and the fearless administra- 
tion of the Law by all who are engaged in that duty, 
have checked the first age at insubordination; 
and I rely securely upon the good sense of My 
people, and upon their attachment to the Constitu- 
tion, for the maintenance of Law and Order, which 
are as necessary for the protection of the poor as 
for the welfare of the wealthier classes of the com- 
munity. 


Then the Lord Chancellor, by Her Majesty’s Parliament 


command, said : 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


It is Her Majesty’s Royal Will and Pleasure, That 
this Parliament be prorogued to Thursday the 24th 
day of October next, to be then here holden; and 
this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thurs- 
day the 24th day of October next. 





Parliament 
prorogued. 


24° Octobris.—12° Decembris. A. 1839. 


Jovis, 24° die Octobris ; 
Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


Bi lot House being met, pursuant to the last 
Prorogation ; and Mr. Speaker being in the 
country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod : 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


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


Accordingly the House, with the Clerk Assistant, 
went up to the House of Peers; where the Com- 
mission was read, for the further proroguing of the 
Parliament until Thursday the 12th day of Decem- 
ber next; and the Parliament was accordingly pro- 
rogued until Thursday the 12th day of December 
next. 





Jovis, 12° die Decembris ; 


Anno 3° Victorie Regine, 1839. 


T HE House being met, pursuant to the last Parliament 
Prorogation ; and Mr. Speaker being in the Preregued. 
country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod : 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


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


Accordingly the House, with the Second Clerk 
Assistant, went up to the House of Peers; where 
the Commission was read, for the further proroguing 
of the Parliament until Thursday the 16th day of 
January next; and the Parliament was accordingly 
prorogued until Thursday, the 16th day of January 


next. 











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